- What Parameters can be used to control the applet
- Rad FTP is an interactive File Transfer Program, however some of it's behaviour can still be changed with configuration parameters. They are described here
- How do I change the applet's colors?
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The background color of the Rad FTP applet can be specified by a parameter passed
to the applet. The syntax is as follows:
< param name="bgcolor" value="#eeeeee">
Obviously the #eeeeee value should be replaced with the color of your choosing.
This element should be placed with in the applet, object or
embed tags (depending on which is being used on your website
- How do I change the icons?
You can replace the icons contained in the ftpicons.zip file. Now for the
longer answer:
Use your favourite file compression/decompression tool to open the ftpicons.zip file
that is distributed with the FTP applet. You will find that the file contains several images and
a java class file. Do not make any modifications to the java class file or the applet will stop functioning.
Use your favourite image editing/icon creation software to make a set of icons that match
the icons in the zip file. Make sure your icons have the exact same size (16x16) and also give them
the exact same file names. Then replace the icons in the zip files with the new set of
icons you created.
Load the applet in your browser and the new icons will appear. If the icons do not appear
you need to clear the class loader cache please see the next question.
- Why do I keep seeing the old icons even though I replaced them with my own?
I upgraded to the latest version but the browser doesn't seem to reflect the change why?
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The answer to both questions is that the java plug-in is loading the applet that's contained
in the cache and not from the website. The simplest way to overcome this issue would to
open the java console of your browser and clear the class loader cache.
This is usually done by entering 'x' at the console.
The alternative is to rename the applet (example rename ftp.jar as ftp110.jar etc) jarfile and
the icons zip file so that the cache is by passed.
- I would like to have the FTP applet customized can you do it for me?
- Yes. Please tell us about it. If you are familiar with the
java programming language you might also want to purchase the source code license and make
the changes yourself.
- Is it possible for the applet to share authentication data with my web application ?
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Yes. This instead of asking the user to login to the ftp server it's possible to customize
the applet to retrieve authentication information from your web application. In fact we have
already carried out this modification for several clients.
Please contact us so that we can discuss it further.
