AbsoluteFTP® 2.2.10 (Official) -- May 5, 2005 Copyright © 1995-2005 VanDyke Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This file contains an AbsoluteFTP product history. It includes lists of new features, changes, and bug fixes sorted by release. For a product description, installation notes, registration and contact information, please refer to Readme.txt (downloaded with this installation). Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.10 (Official) -- May 5, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - On MVS servers, large partitioned data sets (PDS) were not displayed correctly. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.9 (Official) -- February 3, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------- Changes: - At the end of a file transfer, AbsoluteFTP prints out a summary of the number of attempted file transfers, the number of successful transfers, and the names and error codes for any files that may have failed to be transferred. Bug fixes: - If the folder tree view was collapsed and then expanded, the hard drives were no longer displayed. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.8 (Official) -- October 26, 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - After opening a Flash MX 2004 Pro file from within the local AbsoluteFTP window, AbsoluteFTP crashed if it was closed while the document was still open. - On VMS servers that use lowercase .dir for directory entries, directories were missing from the file listing. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.7 (Official) -- August 19, 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - When the Folder Tree was not being displayed, pressing the Tab key caused AbsoluteFTP to crash. - The file download failure error dialog did not include the filename. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.6 (Official) -- June 29, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - AbsoluteFTP crashed when uploading a file through a SOCKS 5 proxy. - For remote files, the file size was incorrectly displayed for files larger than 4 gigabytes. - AbsoluteFTP was unable to parse directory listings from Sterling Commerce's Secure FTP. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.5 (Official) -- May 20, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - A Rename operation on a local file or folder could have been interrupted by the automatic directory refresh. - If the local window was minimized and AbsoluteFTP was restarted, the local window would be minimized in a different location and sometimes hidden. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.4 (Official) -- April 13, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------- Changes: - When the Properties dialog is opened, the Attributes field has focus. Bug fixes: - For new installations of AbsoluteFTP, the prepopulated session database was not being moved to the proper location during installation. - Files on a VMS server could not be edited remotely using "Open" or "Open with". Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.3 (Official) -- March 18, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - AbsoluteFTP crashed when a multiple file transfer was resumed and the file or folder being transferred was on the Windows desktop. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.2 (Official) -- February 12, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------ Bug fixes: - AbsoluteFTP crashed if any file attribute was more than 80 characters long. - Pressing Shift+F10 now displays the context menu. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2.1 (Official) -- January 15, 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - Selecting text in the Log View window pane and pressing CTRL+C sometimes caused an access violation error. - Launching AbsoluteFTP under Windows 95 resulted in the following error: "Missing File WS2_32.DLL". Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2 (Official) -- December 4, 2003 --------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - AFTPCL could crash when CTRL+C was pressed more than once during connection or during an upload. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2 (Beta 5) -- November 25, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: - AbsoluteFTP produced an "Out of memory" error when resuming a transfer after upgrading to AbsoluteFTP 2.2 from any previous version. - AFTPCL prompted for the password even when it was specified in the URL source, destination, or target. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2 (Beta 4) -- November 13, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------- New features: - The location of the session database can be specified on the command line using /F. - Ability to rename files with AFTPCL using /RENAME flag. Bug fixes: - For resumed transfers, the transfer progress dialog sometimes showed incorrect information. - When a file was being overwritten and the transfer was interrupted, the transfer started over rather than resuming. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2 (Beta 3) -- October 9, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------ Changes: - AbsoluteFTP now remembers whether the toolbar should be displayed or not. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2 (Beta 2) -- October 2, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------ New features: - When changing directories to a UNC path, the tree can now be viewed. Changes: - The Directory Permissions specified on the Advanced page of the Global Options are now applied when a new folder is created. - For new installations of AbsoluteFTP, the Quick Connect and Connect buttons have switched positions on the toolbar in order to be consistent with CRT. Changes in AbsoluteFTP 2.2 (Beta 1) -- September 18, 2003 --------------------------------------------------------- New features: - Support for resuming multiple-file transfers. - Improved remote editing by allowing the file being edited to be uploaded to the remote server each time the file is saved on the local machine. This is a global option called "Upload when the file is saved in the editor". - Ability to delete files/directories with AFTPCL. - Ability to change permissions on multiple files. - Ability to copy individual lines of text from the log window to the clipboard. Changes: - If a remote file is being edited by an application that locks the file, a message is reported in the log window that the file cannot be uploaded because it is locked. - Made keyboard accelerators to common menu items the same between CRT and AbsoluteFTP. - Added support for parsing directory listings from VxWorks FTP servers. - Improved support for OS/400, including listings that do not include library name. - Improved error messages after a failed delete, rename, chmod, or link resolution operation. - Added /NOPROMPT flag to AFTPCL. When this flag is used, it causes AFTPCL to dismiss all user input prompts as though the user clicked on the Cancel button or pressed the ESC key. - Renamed "Session Configuration" and "Global Configuration" to "Session Options" and "Global Options", respectively. - Added a "Quick Connect" button to the Connect dialog's toolbar. Bug fixes: - AbsoluteFTP prompted to overwrite on upload when the file did not exist on the remote site. - When deleting a directory using AFTPCL, if the directory was specified with a trailing /, the contents of the directory were deleted, but the directory was not. - AbsoluteFTP crashed when a server-to-server transfer was interrupted. - The FTP transfer mode was sometimes incorrect because it was not properly initialized by the FTP server or because AbsoluteFTP did not initialize it when resuming a transfer. AbsoluteFTP now explicitly sets the transfer mode in these cases. - Interrupted downloads failed to resume after reconnecting if the "Action for existing files" global option was set to anything other than "Confirm overwrite".