Resco FTP Add-in Help
Contents
FTP Explorer
Creating a new FTP session
Operations
Searching
Options
FTP Explorer
FTP Explorer gives the possibility to browse the FTP server's content
directly in your Resco Explorer window. It adds the root below the "My
Device" and the user is able to copy/move/delete/rename files the same way as if they
were the local files.
After successful installation Resco FTP Add-in will register itself and
appears at the 3 places:
- It adds a check box "My FTP Locations" into Add-ins options allowing to
switch the add-in on/off.
- It adds "FTP" item into Options.
- The "My FTP Locations" root will appear in the tree.
Once the FTP root is selected you can use similar operations as
you are using in the Resco Explorer.
If your tree does not display FTP root, choose Options>Add-ins and check "My
FTP Locations".
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Operations
Searching
Options
Creating a new FTP Session
FTP session represents the connection to the specific FTP server. It has two
states ・connected and disconnected. These states are distinguished graphically.
Disconnected session has an icon with the red cross showing the disconnected
state.
Session can be created by following these steps:
- Choose Menu>View>Browse Folder (or simply press the keyboard shortcut "2") and select 溺y FTP Locations・/b> root.
- Choose Menu>New FTP Session
- Specify the unique Session name
- Specify the Host (FTP server). It can be entered in textual form
(e.g. ftp.mpeg.org) or as an IP address (e.g. 192.168.0.1). Do not add the
port number to this field, it is entered in the next field named Port.
- Enter the Login (User name) and Password. These fields can
be skipped if the box Anonymous is checked. Anonymous login is allowed
on majority public FTP servers and uses value Anonymous as a user name and
anonymous@anonymous.com as a password. Password field is protected and it is
stored to the registry in encrypted form. It is encrypted using Microsoft
Enhanced Cryptographic Provider.
- The field Local Dir determines the local folder which will be used
as the default storage for the files being downloaded without specifying the
destination explicitly.
- The field Remote Dir determines the remote folder which has to be
used as a root for this session. Mind that any remote folders outside this
folder will be not accessible for the session. Specify the root folder ( /
) if you need to access the full server's content.
- The box Passive mode determines the connection mode. Check this box
when it is not possible to connect to the remote server. Passive mode is more
reliable especially on Pocket PC devices with more network interfaces or
connected via ActiveSync pass-through connection (via the cradle). It is
commonly used by the web browsers but on the other hand it may be not
supported by some FTP servers. It is recommended to use the passive mode.
Unchecking this option could cause a connection failure or even a hang-up
connecting to a non-standard FTP server.
- Press Done menu and the new session will appear under My FTP
Locations root.
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Add-Ins Options
FTP Options
Operations
File Download
- Choose Menu>View>Browse Folder (or simply press the keyboard shortcut "2") and select desired FTP session under 溺y FTP Locations・/b> root.
- Choose Action>Connect.
- Browse the remote folder
- Select the source files or folders
- Choose Action>Download or Action>Download To
from the popup menu (or choose Copy or Cut and then select
the destination local folder and choose Paste on it)
- Download To action displays the window containing the destination
folder selection and all options applicable to the transfer (see
FTP options).
- Download action simply downloads the files to the local folder
specified in the Session details.
- Files can be downloaded also using Send To feature ・select the
remote files, choose the Menu>Send To and choose the favorite
destination.
File Upload
- Browse the local source folder and select the files or folders.
- Choose Action>Edit>Copy or Action>Edit>Cutfrom the
popup menu.
- Tap'n'hold on desired FTP session and choose Connect from the popup
menu.
- Browse the remote destination folder and choose Action>Edit>Paste.
File Viewing
- Select the remote file.
- Choose Action>View.
- File will be automatically downloaded to the temporary folder and viewed
in the built-in Viewer.
- After closing the Viewer the temporary file will be deleted.
Rename
- Select the remote file or folder.
- Choose Action>Rename.
- Type a new name and press Done.
Delete
- Select the remote files or folders.
- Choose Action>Delete.
- Follow the instruction and confirm the files to be deleted.
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FTP Options
Searching
- Choose Menu>Find
- Enter the file name (you can use wildcards *;?) and the folder where the
searching should start
- Enter the folder in which the searching should be performed (currently
selected folder is chosen by default).
- Press Find
- Locate the desired file in search results and press the action button to go to its location.
- Select Menu>Feed to listview to put the found files into list-view for further operations on them.
See Also
FTP Explorer
Operations
FTP Options
Options
Resco FTP Add-in adds a tab "FTP" into Resco Explorer
options.
Moreover it registers itself into Add-ins options allowing the user to switch it on/off.
Add-Ins Options
FTP Options
Add-Ins Options
Check "My FTP Locations" box if you want to include the FTP root into the tree view. If you don't use FTP often, it is recommended to exclude the FTP to save the free memory and loading time.
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Options
FTP Options
Default ActionThis option determines the action which has to be
performed when the destination file already exists. It will be applied for
Copy/Paste actions and for Download action.
The default setting is Prompt for action. It will cause that all
conflicts will be resolved individually by asking the user for an action.
Option Overwrite existing will force overwriting without any prompting.
Option Resume if possible will try to resume the file when the incomplete
download is found in the destination folder.
Finally option Skip existing will skip the files automatically if they
are found in the destination folder.
Incomplete Downloads
When the download is interrupted by the user abort or by connection shutdown
this option is applied to determine if the incomplete download has to be delete
or not.
The default option is Try to reconnect and resume file. It will
automatically detect the connection shutdown, reconnects to the server and
resume downloading.
Transfer Type
This is a specific option related to the FTP protocol. Some file types have
to be transferred in the Ascii mode while others in the Binary
mode.
The default option is Auto. It automatically detects the file type and
sets the proper transfer mode.
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Options