Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional Release Notes

Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional

Release Notes for Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 2006

Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional for Microsoft Windows® 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003

In This File

Features
o New Features in WS_FTP Professional 2006

Included Applications
o Upload Wizard
o Find Utility
o Synchronize Utility
o Script Utility
o Scheduler Utility
o Browser Integration

Requirements & Installation Instructions
o Requirements
o Installing (All Applications)
o Uninstalling (All Applications)
o Silent Install (All Applications)
o Silent Uninstall (All Applications)
o Activating the Software

Support & More
o Support & Documentation

New Features in WS_FTP Professional 2006

Security
• 256 bit AES encryption for SSL and PGP
• PGP Export wizard now allows exporting a key pair
• Support for TLS session caching
• SSL configuration now allows selection of acceptable ciphers
• UPnP support for Windows XP
• Quick Connect options for disabling password saving, and clearing connection history
• AUTH TLS support
• Support for transfers over HTTP and HTTPS

File, Folder and Connection Management
• Workspaces allow saving of frequently used local and remote connection configurations
• Folder Linking provides synchronized folder navigation between two folder views
• Auto Retry for failed transfers has been improved to allow a retry delay
• File size display options allow size to by displayed in bytes, Kbytes, Mbytes, or Auto
• Connection status is now displayed in the status bar
• Site Import wizard supports CuteFTP, FTP Voyager, and WS_FTP LE
• Auto-detection of time differences allows accurate views of local and remote timestamps
• Thumbnail creation provides the ability to create thumbnails for your images before uploading
• Compression mode allows files to be automatically compressed before upload and decompressed when downloaded
• Single Pane view displays all connection tabs in a single pane allowing more information to be displayed for the active connection
• Support for transfers over HTTP and HTTPS
• Transfer Shortcut feature allows for frequent transfers to be saved as Windows shortcuts to provide one-click transfers

User Experience and Customizable GUI
• Scripting utility interface has been improved to facilitate faster script development
• Transfer Manager window has been improved to display textual errors
• Ability to change the look and feel by using skins based on WindowBlinds technology
• Tab customization provide the ability to change the tab color, tab name, and other site options

Power and Productivity
• Scripting utility interface has been improved to facilitate faster script development
• E-mail Notifications can be configured when files are transferred

Utilities Included

Upload Wizard
The Upload Wizard provides a simple interface for uploading files.
It can be invoked via integration with Windows Explorer (just right click on file(s) or folder(s) and select upload using the WS_FTP Upload Wizard!)
You can launch the Upload Wizard as a stand-alone application via the shortcut provided in the WS_FTP Professional program group.

Find Utility
The WS_FTP Find Utility allows searching an FTP site for files.
This utility is useful when searching for files on a large, complex site.

Synchronize Utility
The WS_FTP Synchronize Utility is designed to allow you to "mirror" folders and directories between your PC and a remote FTP server. It lets you keep remote sites up-to-date by automatically
uploading files which have changed, while deleting files that have been removed from the master directory. This is especially useful for quickly and efficiently updating live web sites from an authoring site, or for mirroring FTP servers.

Script Utility
The WS_FTP Script Utility automates the transfer and management of files through FTP commands such as open, get, and put. For example, you can create a script that instructs WS_FTP Professional to upload certain files, and then use a scheduling program to run the script at the same time each day or week. Script lines that start with ';' are comments and are ignored by the command processor.

Scheduler Utility
The WS_FTP Scheduler Utility is an interface to Windows Scheduler that allows you to schedule time consuming or reoccurring tasks to be executed automatically.

Browser Integration Utility
Browser Integration allows you to use WS_FTP Professional to download files from a web browser. With this feature, if you select a download file in your web browser (provided the download file has an FTP URL), the download will be processed by WS_FTP Professional.

Requirements & Installation Instructions

Requirements
WS_FTP Professional requires one of the following Operating Systems: Windows 98SE, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP or Windows 2003

Installing (All Applications)
If you purchased a WS_FTP Professional CD-ROM, insert the CD in a drive. If the CD does not automatically display a "Welcome" screen, click the Windows Start button and select Run. Enter the CD-ROM drive letter followed by autorun.exe. For example, D:\autorun.exe. Follow the instructions on your screen.

If you downloaded WS_FTP Professional from the Internet, run the downloaded application, WSFTP_Pro_Install.exe. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Uninstalling (All Applications)
The uninstall function removes all files associated with WS_FTP Professional from your PC, including your configured sites. It also removes the WS_FTP Professional icon from your desktop. To uninstall WS_FTP Professional, you need to use the "Add/Remove Programs" function located in the Control Panel. Select Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional from the program list and click the "Change/Remove" button.

Silent Install (All Applications)
To install the application silently, execute the following command at the command prompt:
WSFTP_Pro_Install.exe silent

Silent Uninstall (All Applications)
To uninstall the application silently, execute the following command at the command prompt:
RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\09\01\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{AD88355B-A4E0-4DA1-BAC3-EA4FEA930691}\setup.exe" silent

Activating the Software
To unlock WS_FTP Professional for use beyond the thirty-day evaluation period, you will need a license key.

If you have already purchased WS_FTP Professional, your license key has already been provided to you.
If you are using an evaluation version, run WS_FTP Professional, then select the link to purchase an application key.

After you have obtained your license key, run WS_FTP Professional and select Activate Now to enter the license key and activate your product.

Support & Documentation

Interactive Getting Started Tour - Walks you through the initial setup, configuration and connecting to your first site as well as transferring your first files.

>> Take the Getting Started Tour

Getting Started Guide - Covers information about the release and a screen shot labeling all the key areas of the application interface.

>> Download the Getting Started Guide

Tools Guide- Covers information on the included Utilities that are installed with WS_FTP Professional.

>> Download the Tools Guide

Security Guide - Covers information on security and encryption and using SSL, SFTP and PGP.

>> Download the Security Guide

Note:

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project.
PGP is a registered trademark of PGP Corporation.
This product contains software based on standards defined by the OpenPGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Proposed Standard RFC 2440.