Convenient client and server explorers make navigating your computer and remote FTP servers fast and simple.

ALFTP Main Application Window

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Title Bar

◆	The ALFTP title bar will display the name of the FTP server you are currently connected to, or the IP address if the name is not available.

Menu

◆	The menu gives you access to every function available in ALFTP.

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File The following operations are available under the File menu.   New Folder Create a new folder (directory) on the server or client with the "New Folder" menu item.   Rename Change the names of files or folders on the FTP server or client.   Delete Delete files or folders on the FTP server or client. [****] Site Map This opens the Site Map window for you to add, edit, delete, or connect in 1 click to saved FTP servers.   Connect Manually connect to an FTP server.   Disconnect This disconnects you from the FTP server you are currently connected to.   Exit Quits from ALFTP. Use this to quit ALFTP when Minimize to System Tray on exit (X) is checked in Preferences.

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Edit   Direct Edit You can open files directly from an FTP server or client in an associated application, or with Notepad if no association exists. You can then make quick edits and save the file back to the FTP server or client. To associate a program with a file extension in ALFTP, open the Preferences dialog, click the Advanced tab, enter a file extension in the File Extension input under Associate Editors, then browse to and select the executable for the program that should open the file extension. This is useful for making quick edits and changes to homepages, web sites, web applications, web services, etc.   Files opened like this do NOT follow the normal windows file extension associations. They need to be custom defined by you.   While you are editing the file and have not closed your editing application, the following dialog is displayed:     DO NOT close it. Save your work (usually Ctrl+s) and close your editing application. You are then prompted to confirm that you wish to save your edits to your FTP server:     In the event your are disconnected or some other event causes the transfer to fail, ALFTP will prompt you to open its backup folder so that you can get your automatically backed up file.     Your backup files will be rename to this format: <filename>_<system_date> <system_time>.<file_extension>   All colons (:) are replaced with dashes (-) and your file extension remains the same. You can find the backup file in the ALFTP\Data\EditBackup folder:     Please note, that if a transfer is interrupted, the file on your FTP server will likely be corrupted and unusable (hence the reason for ALFTP protecting you with a backup).   Execute You can open and run files normally from an FTP server or from your computer (the client) by selecting a file and clicking Execute. This opens the file with the program normally associated with it in Windows. e.g. ALZip will open zip files, ALSee will open jpeg files, and Internet Explorer will open HTML files (assuming you have those programs configure to open those file types when you double click in Windows Explorer).   Copy Copies data, files or folders on the client, so you can paste them to elsewhere on the client.   Cut This places data, files or folders on the client into the Windows clipboard and marks them for deletion after they are pasted.   Paste This copies data, files, or folders from the Windows clipboard to the selected location. Files and folders cannot be copied/pasted to an FTP server.   Note: Copy, Cut and Paste behave as normal in Windows. The limitation is that you cannot use them with files or folders on FTP servers.   Select All Selects all files and folders on an FTP server or client.   Select Inverse Inverts the currently focused selection.

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Transfers     Upload Put the selected file(s) and/or folder(s) from the client onto the FTP server.   Download Get the selected file(s) and/or folder(s) from the server and save them to the client.   Queue file(s) for transfer Queue files for upload and/or download between an FTP server and your computer.   Start Queued Transfers If you have files waiting in the transfer queue, this will start the transfer.   Cancel Transfer This stops the current upload or download.   Cancel All Transfers This stops the current file or folder transfer and removes all file and folder uploads and downloads from the transfer queue.

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Tools (R)     Set Permissions For UNIX based systems like Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, OSX, etc., you can change file and folder permissions.     Command Window Advanced users can directly enter FTP commands into a command window.     Change Directory Use this to enter a directory and navigate there without the use of a mouse.     Move For advanced users, type in the path on the server to where you wish to move the selected file(s) and/or folder(s). They are moved without transferring them between the server and client. (You must have the correct permissions to use this, both on the selected file(s) and/or folder(s) and the target path/folder.)     Save Remote Directory Sets the current directory on the FTP server as the default directory to navigate to when you first connect to the site on subsequent visits. This does not affect the default local directory on your computer.   (Press <Ctrl + S> to quickly set the current directory as the base folder to open when you connect.)     Search for file Search for files on the FTP server. Type in the name of a file to search for, then click Search. Matching files are displayed in the list view below.     Run Server Use this to quickly turn your computer into an FTP server. Your IP address is automatically configured, but you may wish to change some of the other settings, like port, number of users, login ID, password, and whether users can write to your FTP server.   (Please refer to FTP Server Settings for more detailed information.)     Stop Server If you have the ALFTP FTP server running, this stops it.   Show Server Status Window While the ALFTP server is running, this displays details on how many users are connected and all user actions taken.

•	Options     Preferences You can customize ALFTP settings here.

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Help     Readme Typical readme.txt with version history and other relevant information.   Help Displays the online ALFTP help file.   About ALFTP Displays copyright information, version, and important URLs. [****] ESTsoft Home Page ALFTP is a part of the ALTools family of PC utilities from ESTsoft. This takes you to ESTsoft's corporate home page. [****] ALTools Home Page This takes you to the [****] ALTools (ALZip, ALSee, ALToolbar, ALSong, ALShow, ALPass) home page with all of the ALTools PC utilities.

Toolbar

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The tool bar has all of the most common and most useful functions.   [****] Site Map Displays the Site Map explorer with all the saved sites that you can connect to.   Connect Use this to manually connect to FTP servers.   Disconnect Terminate the current connection with an FTP server.   Stop Abort the current transfer or task.   Upload Store file(s) and/or folder(s) from your computer (the client) onto an FTP server.   Download Get file(s) and/or folders from an FTP server and save them to your computer (the client).   Type Choose between ASCII, Binary, or Automatic transfer types.   Server Displays the ALFTP FTP server menu to quickly Start or Stop the FTP server, or display the FTP server status window.   Refresh Refresh the file and folder explorer windows for the client or the server.   View Change the view in the file explorer to one of Large Icons, Small Icons, List, or Details.

Server Explorer

◆	The server explorer displays a folder tree view (in top/bottom mode) and a file explorer. In right/left display mode, the folder tree view is not available.

Client Explorer

◆	The client explorer displays a folder tree view and file explorer just as the server explorer, but just for your computer.

File Transfer and Queue

◆	Files and folders that are currently being transferred or that are in the queue for transfer are listed here.

Connection Status

◆	Every command that ALFTP issues and every server response is displayed here along with other important messages.

Status Bar

◆	Your computer disk drive status (free space), transfer status, amount transferred, transfer speed, and time so far are all displayed.

Related Topics

[ Table of Contents ] - [ Index ]- [ Introduction to ALFTP ] Preferences