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 2008 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 2008.

If your tree does not display FTP root, choose Options>Add-ins and check "My FTP Locations".
See Also
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:

- Tap’n’hold on “My FTP Locations” root and choose New FTP Session from the popup menu (or open the File menu and choose 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.
- Tap on OK and the new session will appear in the tree under My FTP Locations root.

See Also
Add-Ins Options
FTP Options

Operations

File Download

- Tap'n'hold on desired FTP session and choose Connect from the popup menu
- Browse the remote folder
- Select the source files or folders
- Tap'n'hold on the selection and choose Download or 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, press the Send To toolbar button and choose the favorite destination.

File Upload

- Browse the local source folder and select the files or folders.
- Tap’n’hold on the selection and choose Copy or Cut from the popup menu.
- Tap'n'hold on desired FTP session and choose Connect from the popup menu.
- Browse the remote destination folder.
- Tap’n’hold on it and choose Paste.

File Viewing

- Select the remote file.
- Tap’n’hold on it and choose View.
- File will be automatically downloaded to the temporary location and viewed in the in-built Viewer.
- After closing the Viewer the temporary file will be deleted.

Rename

- Select the remote file or folder.
- Tap’n’hold on it and choose Rename.
- Type a new name and hit Enter on the keyboard or tap outside the rename box.

Delete

- Select the remote files or folders.
- Tap’n’hold on it and choose Delete.
- Follow the instruction and confirm the files to be deleted.

See Also
FTP Options

Searching

- Select the starting key
- Choose Edit/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).
- Optionally you can specify the advanced criteria for searching like the file size and date. If it is desired move to the tab Advanced.
- Press Find

See Also
FTP Explorer
Operations
FTP Options

Options

Resco FTP Add-in adds a tab "FTP" into Resco Explorer 2008 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.
See Also
Options

FTP Options

Default Action

This 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.
See Also
Options