WS_FTP - Version 7.01 Release Notes

Product: Version: Platform:
WS_FTP 7.01 All

New Features in Version 7.01
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- Added new ACI and Tandem-G host types

Issues Fixed in Version 7.01
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- Multi-user install does not work for Evaluation version.
- Interface allows user to copy and paste a folder inside itself. (This recurses until it fails to create another level)
- Uninstall options for removing Sites, Firescripts, or All is not working properly.
- Upgrade from v6.7 does not preserve firewall settings and the site level.
- Site names are case sensitive via the command line.
- Uninstall leaves WS_FTP Pro folder in the start menu.
- Multi-user install doesn't register icons correctly.
- Upgrading doesn't preserve sites properly.
- Release notes aren't available during per-user installs.
- Firewalls aren't upgraded properly.
- When the local view is selected, FTP Commands->Help brings up local help and issues remote HELP command.
- URL bar crashes when large URLs are entered.
- Transfer Manager log window can't be closed while transferring with 10 threads.
- Upgrade removes custom text viewer.
- Transfer files remote to another folder on the remote site causes the UI to display the wrong folder when complete.
- Sync utility will occasionally freeze when canceling a transfer.
- Copy/Paste onto a subfolder in the list doesn't transfer the file into the selected folder.
- Find utility will crash if the app is closed during the connection process.
- Close Find immediately after clicking "Find Now" will crash
- Saving a script that is in use causes the file to get deleted
- Performance issues with reading directory listings, uploading, and downloading.
- Firescripts were using the host user id and password in place of the firewall user id and password.
- VMS directory listings with filenames over 12 characters don't display properly.
- Scripting Utility crashes when application is closed during script processing.
- Starting a Transfer Manager request that was loaded from disk with several connections, the Transfer Manager would load FULL directory listings for each connection.
- Double-click in the local folder (to upload a file) was not using the selected transfer mode.
- Transfer Manager did not start new threads when starting a request with fewer files than the number of threads already transferring to/from a site and limit permits.
- Prompt overwrite options did not work correctly.
- Transfer Manager was handling directories incorrectly for host types that do not use a '/' as a directory separator.
- New sites are not created with Auto as the default transfer mode.
- Performance issues when reading Read/Write buffer sizes from sites created with previous versions of WS_FTP.
- Browse folders using a separated window for each folder is broken.
- Dragging folders from Classic interface to Desktop creates Read-only file(s)
- Viewing large log in the Transfer Manager can disable entire file transfer session until it finishes loading log.
- Pausing a transfer in the Transfer Manager doesn't always work properly.
- Crash in Find Utility.
- Copy and paste not working in Explorer.
- Site modified time/date in Explorer stays at 1200am and 1/1/01.
- Preserve file time option doesn't preserve time in Browser Integration.
- "Don't transfer older or same files during transfer" option doesn't work.
- Copy multiple items in the Find Utility and cancel the paste operation, the files will still transfer.
- Sync Utility not excluding folders properly.
- Removed or invalid folder from Remote Site will cause infinite loop when trying to transfer it.
- Sorting by size in the Find Utility during a find occasionally causes the app the hang.
- NOOP not showing in log consistently.
- Setting a Firewall will cause all sites to use Firewall settings.
- Reset Window location when maximized will cause Classic to look strange.
- When WS_FTP Pro is open, the -eo command line option does not work. 
- Log window states that it can't connect to 255.255.255.255 when it can't resolve a host.
- Creating a site in the Classic Connection Dialog without saving password creates 2 sites (sometimes).
- Deleting sites in the Classic Connection Dialog, then creating a site brings back the previously deleted sites.
- Close the Classic interface while reading a directory listing will throw a runtime error/crash.
- Schedule Properties Help Does Not Explain NT Login.
- Schedule Properties Missing Help Button.
- With caching enabled, moving files within a site doesn't update the cache for the destination folder.
- Closing Classic interface when doing a directory listing or refresh of a large folder may cause a crash.
- Explorer retrieves parent folder (LIST/MLSD) before navigating into the selected folder.
- Synchronize utility is adding extra directory separators when deleting files.
- Browser Integration does not function correctly with a firewall.
- The Sync Utility shouldn't go through all the directories when "Top Level Directory only" is selected.
- IP address is changed when using leading 0's on IP addresses.
- Starting and Pausing in the Transfer Manager downloads will cause resume all to not work correctly.
- Transferring a directory with links pointing to files in a Unix server does not transfer properly.
- Sync Utility was failing to process if the first folder was empty
- Classic Interface - When a folder is selected and you hit enter, the folder is refreshed instead of the UI changing into that selected folder.
- Sync Utility displays password and userid when running from command line.
- Scripting Utility issues Quit command twice.
- URL Handler has misspelling in Browser Integration.
- Scheduler does not handle URL names properly.
- Spelling error in connection reset log message.
- When you drag a file from local, system stores the file in the Storage directory rather than the intended location.
- Deleting sites disconnects other sites or collapses other site folders 
- Firewall: Option does not work if set to internal.
- Spelling mistake in Log Window message.
- Wildcards from command line does not work.
- Transfer failing from command line will not generate error in log.
- Problems saving from Quick Connect on initial opening.
- After upgrade to 7.0, from 6.7, changing default text viewer results in an error when specifying ONLY on remote side.
- Problem with Options Extensions Tab - remove button does not work.
- Firewall settings don't save in Synchronize.
- In Classic and Explorer, Append results in a file transfer.
- Download arrow doesn't allow user to supply filenames when no files are selected.
- In Synchronize, false dir name inserted if you don't provide a full path to the control file.
- The password length limitation of 23 characters.

See also: WS_FTP - Version 7.0 Release Notes

Document #:   Revision Date:
WS-20010911-DM01   06/14/04
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