RFtp PRO Features
Executive Summary of 3.x features
- Graphical User Interface (or command-line) FTP client for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 32 and 64 -bit editions
- Full computation/verification of modern cryptographic hashes including MD5, SHA1, SHA2 (SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512), and Whirlpool
- Visual representation and persistent logging of all aspects of FTP client/server interaction
- Transfers large (64-bit filesize) files and efficiently utilizes high-bandwidth (multi-gigabit) network connections
- Performs transfers/deletes/searches on files, directories, or directory trees
- Supports powerful UI metaphors like "drop and forget" uploading with RFtp Shortcuts, as well as full integration with the Windows Shell
What RFtp PRO Is Not
- A Web browser or email client
- An HTML editor (seriously!)
- A Zip/RAR/BZip2/GZip/Tar etc. [un]archive tool
- An Explorer replacement
Installation
The TRIAL version
- Download the RFtp PRO installer ("RFTrialP.exe")
- Run the downloaded installer (usually by double-clicking)
- Accept the simple license agreement
- Settle on an installation directory (the default is good)
- Click "Install" and happy FTP'ing!
The Licensed version
- Download the RFtp PRO installer ("RFtpDPro.exe")
- Run the downloaded installer (usually by double-clicking)
- Accept the also simple license agreement
- Enter your "License-Data" (obtained from the site after purchase)
- Settle on an installation directory (the default is good)
- Click "Install" and happy FTP'ing!
Upgrading from a TRIAL to a Licensed version
- There is no need to uninstall first!
- Just follow the instructions above for installing a Licensed version - all of your FTP sites, passwords, history, etc. will be automatically imported for you!
Uninstalling (applies to both types of install)
- Use either the RFtp PRO menu "Uninstall" entry or the Windows Control Panel "Add/Remove Programs" applet
- Choose whether you want to remove everything - if you plan on re-installing later, you should answer "No" when asked this question!
User Interface
RFtp PRO is presented as a "property sheet" (or "tabbed dialog"), with all of its functionality and user interaction spread across five major pages (supplemented by a number of tools, dialogs, toolbars and "context" menus).
Host Page
- Maintains list of full FTP URLs with sorting based on URL/Host-only/Most-Recently-Used
- Primary functions available include Connecting, PINGing, and Tracing Routes to FTP servers
- Auto-scaled real-time graphs track network activity, both transfer and control -related
- Tools for Import/Export of Host list entries, display of gathered Statistics, and managment of available Restart sessions
Files Page
- Explorer-like organization, including "Desktop"-rooted folder tree, with Local and Remote file/directory panes
- Windows icon and filetype interpretation optionally used in both panes
- View type and icon arrangement selected through right-click ("context") menus
- Object-specific and pane-specific functions available through right-click ("context") menus, e.g., MD5 hash generation/verification and pattern-driven "Site Search"
- Downloading/uploading initiated via right-click menus or drag-and-drop between panes - drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer to Remote pane is also available
Log Page
- Optionally color-coded log reflects both commands sent to FTP servers and protocol-driven responses
- Number of logs retained is configurable (including "none" if that is needed)
- Logs may be "exported" to the system clipboard or text files - "old" logs may be examined while logging is active!
- Displayed information level may be selected/filtered in real-time
Options Page(s)
The bulk of configurable behavior is controlled by the Options property sheet page collection. Broadly speaking, they can be divided into the options which "make sense to change" / "can be changed" while an FTP connection is active, and those which can only be changed before the server is contacted. Functionally, they are grouped into seven categories:
- General - "look and feel" options, e.g., system Tray and icon usage
- Host Connections - server connect and proxy setup
- File Transfers - transfer-specific settings, e.g., "Passive" connections and Restart enabling
- Logging - controls include color-coding and number of retained logs
- Prompts - which data deletion/overwrite cases will require prompted confirmation
- Odds and Ends - some more "look and feel", some internal workings stuff
- Advanced - the "Per Host" overrides, including Time Zones, and transfer types and modes
Help Page
- Displays version, credits, copyright and trademark information
- For the Licensed version, shows licensee name and organization
- Holds root and selected entries of Help topic tree, including "What Is...", "How Do I...", "Frequently Asked Questions", "Advanced Usage" and more!
- Web and email contact links are provided
Requirements
- Runs on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8
- Administrator privileges may be required during installation
- 2 MB of disk space is needed (exclusive of space required by any retained logs)
- network connection is necessary to do anything useful beyond generation/verification of MD5 hashes