FTP client session window

The FTP client session window displays two panels: a local file system panel and a remote file system panel. The working directory is displayed at the top of each panel. Actions only apply to the panel that currently has focus (the other panel appears grayed out). The buttons next to the working directory field allow you to move up one directory and create a new directory within the working directory. The buttons between the two panels allow you to transfer the selected files or directories into the destination's working directory.

• View menu
• Actions menu

View menu

The View menu gives you the following options:

Toolbar

Allows you to display or hide the Toolbar icons.

Toolbar Text

Allows you to display or hide the names of the Toolbar icons.

Status Bar

The status bar at the bottom of the session window displays all commands and responses from the FTP server for the session. You can configure the status bar on the session to be displayed or hidden.

Transfer List Manager

Allows you to display or hide the Transfer List Manager toolbar.

Side-by-side View

You can configure the panels to display the file systems side-by-side from within the session.

Stacked View

You can configure the panels to display the file systems stacked (one on top of the other) from within the session.

Refresh

Updates the FTP client window with your changes.

Host Directory Listing

A window appears displaying the server directory information for the directory you selected, including all attributes provided by the FTP server. If you select a different directory, the information for that directory appears at the end of the existing list. If you close the Host Directory Listing window and select Host Directory Listing again, only the information for the current directory appears.

Actions menu

Many of the commands in the Actions menu can also be performed by doing the following steps:

1. Right-click the name of the file in the list of local or remote files.
2. Click the command that you want to perform.

The Actions menu gives you the following options:

Send Files to Host
Receive Files from Host

Sends selected files or directories to the FTP server from the local file system, or receives selected files or directories from the FTP server to the local file system. By holding down the Shift or Ctrl key, you can select multiple files or directories. You can also cancel file or directory transfers while they are in progress.

When If File Exists is set to Prompt For Action, you are presented with the following choices:

• Overwrite, which replaces the file completely.
• Overwrite All, which replaces all files.
• Save As, which allows you to type a new name for the file.
• Skip, which allows you to choose not to transfer the current file.
• Skip All, which allows you to not replace all existing files.
• Append, which allows you to append to the existing file.
• Append All, which allows you to append to all existing files.

   

When a file that is being uploaded is in different case than the one on the server, the client still generates an Overwrite Confirmation dialog. Some FTP servers allow storage of the same named file in different cases. The FTP client's GUI component does not know the server platform so it cannot suppress the Overwrite Confirmation dialog. Just click the Overwrite button. The server version of the file will not be overwritten as long as the case is different.

Send files to Host As
Receive files from Host As

Allows you to send or a receive a file or directory using a different file or directory name. For example, you can select the local file "Install.zip" and send it to the host as the file "NewInstall.zip". Follow these steps:

1. Click the name or names of the files and directories that you want to send (or receive).
   • When you select a directory name, you cannot rename the files inside the directory.
2. Do one of the following actions:
   • Click Actions > Send Files to Host As (or Actions > Receive Files from Host As); or
   • On the icon bar, click the icon for Send Files to Host As (or the icon for Receive Files from Host As); or
   • Right click the file name and then click Send Files to Host As (or Receive Files from Host As).
3. For each name that you select, Host On-Demand opens a popup window. Type the new name into the input field of the popup window.
4. Click OK, Skip, or Cancel.
   • Click OK to send (or receive) the file or directory using the new name.
   • Click Skip to skip sending the particular file or directory.
   • Click Cancel to cancel the entire send (or receive) operation.

Send Transfer List to Host
Receive Transfer List from Host

Transfers the files in the current transfer list to/from the host. If you do not specify a directory for the local or remote file, then the FTP client attempts to find the file in the current working directory. If you send a list to the host and you do not specify a remote file name, the FTP client transfers the file with the local file name. If you receive a list from the host and you do not specify a local file name, the FTP client transfers the file with the remote file name. If a directory already exists, the FTP client overwrites only the files it transfers.

Note: The Transfer List Manager ignores the value for If File Exists in the FTP session properties Runtime Preferences. The Transfer List Manager always replaces an existing file.

Add to Current Transfer List

Adds the currently-selected files or directories to the current transfer list in the current transfer mode. The current working directory paths are added to each file. If you want to upload or download files to a different directory, you must manually add files to a transfer list.

Delete

Deletes the selected files or directories. You can select multiple files or directories to delete. If Confirm Before Delete is set to Yes, you are prompted to confirm the deletion. Also, if you select multiple files or directories, you will be prompted for confirmation for each file or directory before it is deleted. If you don't want to delete the current file or directory, click skip and you will be asked to confirm the deletion of the next file or directory.

Remove All removes all the selected files or directories.

Warning: When you choose Remove All, Host On-Demand will not prompt you further to confirm the deletion, but instead will immediately remove all the selected files or directories.

Rename

Renames the selected file or directory. If you select more than one file or directory, you will be prompted for the new name for each file or directory. If you have selected multiple files or directories and do not want to rename the current file or directory, click skip, and you will be asked to rename the next file or directory.

Create Directory

Creates a sub-directory in the working directory. If the working directory is not where you would like to create a sub-directory, change to correct directory and type the name for the sub-directory. You do not need to type in the full path, only the sub-directory name.

Quote Command

Sends an uninterpreted string of data to the FTP server. The Quote Command allows you to set FTP server supported options. For example, to set the host translation table, type "site trans [translation table name]" in the dialog box.

Codepage Converter

Launches the Codepage Converter window, where you can convert different file types and change the code pages of files in either binary or ASCII mode.

Sort Local Files

Allows you to sort the names in the list of local files.

Sort Host Files

Allows you to sort the names in the list of host files.

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