Java FTP Applet

Numorous problems were reported when the applet attempted to connect to the Titan FTP server. These issues have been fixed in the current release.

A feature that has often been requested is the ability to delete non empty directories. The latest release incorporates that feature and it can be switched on and off using the configuration dialog. The default setting is off.

If recursive delete is enabled and you choose to delete a folder all files and subfolders contained in it will be removed.

Another new feature is the ability to enable or disable the display of hidden files on unix file systems.

In previous versions of the applet, the progress indicator is displayed just as the actual data transfer begins. However the data transfer is preceded by a data gathering state which can be time consuming when several thousand files are to be uploaded or downloaded.

If such a transfer is to be aborted the user had to wait through the data gathering stage for the progress monitor to pop up and then click on the cancel button. Version 1.12 improves this behavior by displaying the progress indicator even during the data gathering stage so that the user has the option of cancelling the transfer at a much earlier stage.

On linux systems directories have a non zero file size. This size was included in calculating the total file size displayed on the progress monitor which lead to the displayed value being slightly inaccurate.

This is a purely visual effect that was present in previous version and it had no impact what so ever in the actual byte

When a large number of files were being uploaded and or downloaded the performance was seen to degrade. This issue has been fixed.

A new settings dialog that allows the user to obtain greater control over the client's behavior has been added in version 1.10.

Some of the configurations changes that can be carried out via this dialog includes, setting the connection port, switching between active and passive mode and changing the display to name a few.

You can now make use html to specify the background color of the applet to better match the color scheme of your website. The syntax is as follows"

< param name="bgcolor" value="#eeeeee">

Replacing the #eeeeee entry with your own background color. (This change does not apply for the stand alone client).

The icons used with in the applet have been moved out to a separate file (ftpicons.zip). You can replace the icons with your own images to match other icons used on your website. no programming knowledge needed. (This change applies only for the FTP applet only.)

A small number of FTP servers send multi-line responses over the control connection instead of the more common single line response. Both the standalone and web clients did not process some of these responses correctly. This issue has now been resolved

The speed with which the listing on a remote server is processed has been increased by as much as 25% which is a significant improvement when processing directories that contain several thousand files.

When a file on either the local machine or the remote FTP server was renamed the listing did not automatically refresh. This issue has been resolved.

When the applet is engaged in a task that cannot be interrupted the cursor will now change to the wait state. This change does not effect the functionality of the software but represents a usability enhancements. This change only effects the current thread and other transfers in progress will be unaffected. .