What's New in Version 3.1.0
Beyond FTP 3.1.0 - Released: August 2,
2005
Beyond FTP Version 3.1.0
includes the capabilities of Version
3.0.0 as well as the following enhancements and new capabilities:
General Program Enhancements
- The Beyond FTP Program no longer includes any script edit or status
functions. It is basically used to manage the
address book and its associated configuration, and to perform ad hoc transfers
and actions.
- The Beyond FTP Script Editor now provides buttons for indenting and/or
commenting multiple lines at once.
- The Beyond FTP Script Editor now implements a number of keyboard shortcuts
for marking and inserting text.
- The Standard FTP Server now supports encrypted connections using SSL/TLS.
This is automatically available when the FTP server is enabled. Both implicit
and explicit connections are supported.
- The Beyond FTP Console program now includes several debugging and trace
options that are useful to the APT support staff in understanding and
resolving problems.
Script Status
The status of running and completed scripts is now managed and displayed in
the Script Status Program. All distribution status functions have been removed
from the Beyond FTP program. Results for each script are displayed in separate
windows. The source lines of the script are color-coded and associated with
their actions.
Beyond FTP Script Status Program
- The Script Status program is a separate program that supports the
management of scheduled, running and completed scripts. It may be run from the
Start menu or from Beyond FTP.
- Script results are now automatically refreshed in the background. The
current status is always available. There is no longer the need to engage
auto-refresh for local scripts.
- The actions and events associated with the script are displayed with the
script source code. This makes the results far more understandable.
- A separate script workspace lists all scripts on the local machine.
Various tabs divide this list into scripts that are active, scheduled, and
completed with an error.
- Scripts can be run or scheduled from the toolbar or several context
sensitive menus.
- Script results can be managed at remote servers. Separate remote updating
selections provide control over the manner and frequency of remote refreshes.
- Script status can automatically open and close active scripts and cycle
through the results of currently running scripts. Control of these functions
is found on the main button bar.
Script Language Enhancements
- The Write command provides the ability to append strings to a file, and to
add/modify entries in the wildcard file.
- The Recompile command forces automatic recompilation of a script before
each run. This is especially useful when combined with the Server_List
command.
- The Server_List command now provides for the loading of server lists
directly from the address book. This allows fully dynamic server lists based
directly on the contents of the address book.
- The Wait_For_Completion command now implements a delay option that stops
the script for the number of specified seconds.
- The Next command forces a while loop to process the next iteration.
- Two predefined variables have been added to give you control over the
error value that is returned on script completion, and access to the name of
the script that is running.
- Four new file name parsing operations are available in the Assign command.
Beyond FTP 3.1.0 Patches and Hot Fixes
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- Secure FTP
sessions with implicit logon