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  1. Overview                                                               
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  3. This document contains notes about FTP Express. It is the most up-to-date
  4. information for the application.
  5.                                                                        
  6. What is FTP Express                                                    
  7. -------------------                                                    
  8. FTP Express is an FTP client application that uses the familiar Windows 95
  9. interface to make using FTP as easy as using your Explorer. In fact, the only
  10. FTP knowledge required to use FTP Express is the address or URL of the site you
  11. want to connect to.
  12.                                                                        
  13. In addition to its familiar Explorer like interface, FTP Express is especially
  14. useful over low speed connections. FTP Express saves the site's entire contents
  15. to disk - not just the address and login. You can reload the site later on and
  16. browse offline. No more wasted time searching through endless directories every
  17. time you need a file. Just switch to the directory of interest, and drag and
  18. drop the site's files anywhere on your system (copy/paste works too!).    
  19.                                                                        
  20. We've worked hard to make FTP Express simple to use. We think you'll like it and
  21. find it a valuable addition to your system.
  22.                                                                        
  23. Reporting Bugs                                                         
  24. --------------                                                         
  25. If you see features you think would be useful or have a bug to report please
  26. contact us at the e-mail address below:
  27.                                                                        
  28. techsupport@intellisys-mn.com                                          
  29.                                                                        
  30. Be sure to include the version number and any information that would be helpful
  31. in addressing the problem. We may contact you via e-mail if we need any more
  32. information. If you don't want to be contacted, indicate so in the message.
  33.                                                                        
  34. System Requirements                                                    
  35. -------------------                                                    
  36. FTP Express runs on any system that will run Windows95 or Windows NT 4.0.
  37.                                                                        
  38. Installation                                                           
  39. ------------                                                           
  40. Simply unzip the file and run Ftpexpress.exe.                          
  41.                                                                        
  42. Distribution                                                           
  43. ------------                                                           
  44. FTP Express can be freely distributed subject to the terms of the license
  45. agreement.
  46.                                                                        
  47. Known Problems                                                         
  48. --------------                                                         
  49. Dragging a file and dropping it onto an application does not work. Files can
  50. only be dropped on the desktop, an Explorer or another site within FTP Express.
  51. It appears that you can drag a file from a site and drop in the recycle bin.
  52. This doesn't work. FTP Express only supports FTP servers that use Unix style L8
  53. listings. If you try to connect to a site and don't see any filenames displayed,
  54. it's likely this site may be using a different format. Support for other formats
  55. may be added in the future. A Unix style listing has the following form:
  56.                                                                        
  57. drwxrwxrwx  1 ftp      ftp             0 Mar 21 07:11 Program Files]   
  58.                                                                        
  59. You can find the type of the server by opening a command prompt FTP session and
  60. using the command "quote syst".  Most servers support the above the type of
  61. listing.
  62.                                                                        
  63. Versions                                                               
  64. ---------                                                              
  65. 1.5.010 December 6, 1997                                               
  66. ------------------------                                               
  67. * First public release of version 1.5.                                 
  68.                                                                        
  69. 1.0.012a September 13, 1997                                            
  70. ---------------------------                                            
  71. * In some cases, the site wizard would crash in Windows 95 before displaying
  72. itself. This was caused by a problem with an early version of comctl32.dll. FTP
  73. Express was changed to avoid this problem.
  74.  
  75. * Users can now specify a port for a site.                              
  76. * Deleting the last file in a folder on a site could cause the folder to not
  77. refresh itself properly when a file was added. 
  78. * If a proxy server was used, FTP Express could not always find downloaded files
  79. in the internet cache. The file format has changed for site documents. You can
  80. read any current sites you have, but when you save them to disk they are no
  81. longer readable by older versions.
  82.                                                                        
  83. 1.0.012 June 24, 1997                                                  
  84. ---------------------                                                  
  85. * Proxys were not working correctly.                                   
  86.                                                                        
  87. 1.0.011 June 19, 1997                                                  
  88. ---------------------                                                  
  89. * First Release.                                                       
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