AbsoluteFTP(TM) version 1.5 (Official Release) -- October 5, 1998 Copyright (C) 1996-1998 by Van Dyke Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Description ----------- AbsoluteFTP is a 32-bit Windows (TM) Sockets application that implements the client side of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) as specified in RFC 959. If you have any questions, please visit our Web site: http://www.vandyke.com or, send e-mail to AbsoluteFTP-questions@vandyke.com . Reporting Bugs -------------- If you experience an uncaught exception, General Protection Fault (GPF), or something you believe is a bug, please send e-mail to AbsoluteFTP-bugs@vandyke.com . Please do not assume someone else will report it. We will try to resolve reported bugs as quickly as possible. However, we can't resolve bugs that are not reported. Please describe the problem in as much detail as possible. In your e-mail message, please include the following information: The version of AbsoluteFTP (as shown in the About dialog box) The TCP/IP package and version The operating system and version (including service pack level) Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.5 (Official Release) --------------------------------------------- Changes: - Corrected the tab order on some dialogs - Corrected the status text for several menu items Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.5 (beta 4) ----------------------------------- New features: - Added features to copy file URLs and paths to the clipboard - Added ability to set the currently-selected directory as the session's initial path Changes: - Improved drag & drop cursor feedback in session windows - Bitmaps in the New Session wizard were incorrectly sized on systems using large fonts - Added automatic recognition for "Windows_95" server types Bug fixes: - View mode toolbar buttons would not work under older versions of comctl32.dll - Listing empty directories could hang on some servers - Delete and create directory operations could fail when the PWD command failed - Open With could fail to open file paths containing spaces - The session database was not closed correctly when certain errors occurred Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.5 (beta 3) ----------------------------------- New features: - Added ability to specify the session database directory - Added compatibility for pSOS FTP servers Changes: - Changed the directory browsers in the Preference dialogs to initially display the current directory setting - Reduced memory requirements when listing remote directories - Added prompt to continue transfer when a sharing violaton occurs on a file during upload Bug fixes: - Entering session information could fail if WinInet.dll was not present - Directory listings from AIX FTP servers could display incorrectly - Connections could fail when PWD returned an error but a valid, initial directory was specified - Downloading directories to drive root directories could fail - Removing directories on VMS servers could fail - Remote directories would sometimes fail to refresh after resuming an interrupted transfer - The tree view could display incorrectly after expanding a folder failed - Operations on filenames/directories ending in whitespace characters could fail - Renaming files/directories on VMS servers could fail - Uploading directories to VMS servers could ignore hierarchy - Stop operation could hang indefinitely when listing directories - Operations on directory and file names beginning with spaces could fail on UNIX servers Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.5 (beta 2) ----------------------------------- Changes: - Changed selection behavior on remote file delete dialog - Added distinguishing marks to log output Bug fixes: - Long startup delays resulted when restoring special folders - Floppy drives would spin up during initial startup - Many imported file types were incorrectly associated with text file types - Drive root directories could not be specified in local directory configuration fields (e.g. download directory) - File existence checks could hang during transfers - Persistent error message dialog appeared after attempting to upload files to a non-existent directory - Improved server response handling to allow replies that begin and end with different codes - Failed to prompt to resume a transfer after reconnecting - Manual download would sometimes fail with VMS servers - Files whose existence could not be verified prior to download would fail to transfer - VMS file version numbers were stored locally after transfer - File type definitions were ignored when transferring files from VMS servers - Transferring very small files between servers to a non-writable directory could cause a GPF - Deleting a remote directory in the tree view could cause a GPF - Closing the session window during the retry cycle could cause a GPF Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.5 (beta 1) ----------------------------------- New features: - Perform transfers directly between two remote FTP servers - Copy files between directories on a remote FTP server - Rearrange list view columns using drag & drop headers - Connect to a remote site using a URL (available on the command line or from the File menu) - Resume file transfers on demand (i.e. with drag & drop) - Command line options for connecting using session names (i.e. '/S ') or host addresses - Additional flag options have been added to force usage of '-l' and '-a' when listing remote directories - Specify initial local folder on startup - Resume uploads - Overwrite confirmation dialog now displays source and destination file size, date and time - Option to overwrite older files only when transferring - Automatic mapping of filenames with illegal characters to legal filenames when transferring - Keep-alive functionality - Default download directory option has been added to both the global and session configurations - Download command has been added to initiate transfer into the default download directory - Manual Download feature for downloading hidden files - PASV data connections can now be enabled/disabled globally - Rename target file in overwrite dialog when downloading - Right mouse button drag & drop allows file type override Changes: - Improved error messages for socket errors 11002 - 11004 - Changed date display in list view to use user's Regional Settings instead of the system's - Host address edit boxes accept and parse URL's - Improved drag & drop cursor feedback to display the "no drop" symbol when dropping a file/folder into its own directory - Changed toolbar to have flat style - Improved "Confirm overwrite" mechanism to work with servers that do not accept flag parameters with the LIST command - Improved busy site retry mechanism to handle cases where a connection is not initially established - Increased maximum retry attempts to 32000 - Improved local window automatic refresh to update the local window less often during transfers and to work better on drives that do not support system notifications - Improved application startup speed - Made Web and e-mail addresses in the About Box selectable Bug fixes: - Some directory names were incorrectly displayed as blank - Incorrect transfer statistics were displayed after files were skipped - Files on Novell NetWare drives were prevented from being uploaded - Some folders were not displayed in the tree view (even though they were visible in the list view) - User could be prompted multiple times for a session's username when resuming a file on startup - Transfer problems could occur when dragging & dropping to/from Windows Explorer - Tree view could freeze up when the last local directory failed to be restored - File dates returned from FTP servers could be incorrectly interpreted when the month abbreviations were specified in other languages (e.g. Italian, Spanish, French, German) - Transfer window elapsed timer would not update when transfer stalled - Link resolution mechanism would not work correctly on servers that do not allow LIST flags - Improved handling of session database to prevent "Failed to create root key errors" - Busy site retry mechanism could fail when the server rejected the connection after the password was sent - Send/receive buffer options on the global, advanced tab had UI problems - Disconnecting a session during the retry delay could cause GPF - Conversion for file dates retrieved from MSDOS-type FTP servers could be incorrect in the year 2000 (the new mechanism now assumes dates less than 80 are for the year 2000) - File time conversion on MSDOS-type FTP servers was incorrect when the timestamp was 12:xx - Automatic data connection type handling has been improved to handle a wider range of server errors - Loading file types caused some file types to be incorrectly associated with text documents under Windows 95 - Non-quoted paths returned by VMS servers could not be parsed correctly - Incorrect directory contents could be shown after changing to an inaccessible directory in an unconnected session AbsoluteFTP Features -------------------- - Familiar Windows Explorer user interface for the local and remote site - Upload and download multiple files from multiple sites concurrently - Direct server-to-server transfers - Resume interrupted/incomplete file transfers - URL support - Firewall support (including SOCKS versions 4 and 5, as well TIS (R), WinGate and CSM proxy support) - Hierarchical session database for managing personal sites - Session database includes over 200 useful, preconfigured sites - Named sessions allow saving of individual preferences for each site - Automated download action by file type - Manual download for downloading hidden files - Drag and drop (and copy and paste) file transfers - Network Neighborhood support - Ability to change file attributes - Easy setup/install - Automatic resolution of symbolic links (option) - Auto hide of dot files (option) - Quote command - Uppercase/lowercase filename conversion on upload - Quick connect dialog for easy connections - Common features accessible via the right mouse button menu - Easy access to AbsoluteFTP features through graphical toolbar - Caching of remote host directory listings Known Problems -------------- - Incompatible with FTP servers using VM, MVS, and SNIX file systems Feature Requests ---------------- Please let us know what features you would like to see in the next release version of AbsoluteFTP so that we can prioritize them based on your input. You may e-mail feature requests to us at the following address: AbsoluteFTP-features@vandyke.com . Registration ------------ For information on registration, see Registration under the Help menu, the License Registration topic in AbsoluteFTP.HLP, or visit our Web page at http://www.vandyke.com . All other inquiries should be directed to: Van Dyke Technologies P.O. Box 37457 Albuquerque, NM 87176 USA e-mail: AbsoluteFTP-support@vandyke.com