Page Overview

• Description
• A few possible uses
• Features
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Special Notes
• Functions

Description

FTPit is an exciting plug-in brought to you from the makers of the leading email plug-ins, SMTPit and POP3it. FTPit uses the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to allow you to transfer files to and from any FTP site. FTPit also allows you to upload text from a FileMaker field to a text file on the FTP site or download a text file directly into a field in your FileMaker database. Instead of launching a separate FTP client to upload the files your solutions creates, you can do it all from within FileMaker Pro with the click of a button.

Unsupported Software

As of October 27, 2008, this plug-in is officially retired and is no longer supported. Any bugs or problems this plug-in may have will not be fixed, and technical support is not available. If you are using FileMaker Pro 7 or above, we highly recommend you use FTPit Pro, especially since FTPit Pro is supported software. You can read more about why the plug-in has been retired in this article.

A few possible uses:

• Upload or download any file you have access to on any FTP site.
• Upload a complete website using only FileMaker Pro and FTPit.
• Catalog all the files on an FTP site using FTPit's directory listing functions.

FTPit Features:

• Queue multiple files and move on to something else while FTPit transfers the files in the background.
• Watch everything that FTPit is doing with its Status Window.
• Download text files directly into a field in your database.
• Example databases show you how to transfer single or multiple files and how to use the Text functions.
• New WaitForQueue function allows your complex FTPit scripts to flow more naturally.

FTPit Frequently Asked Questions:

• Where is the full version, why do all the downloads say "demo"?
• I was told there was a newer version, but I can't find the upgrade on your site.
• I cannot get FTPit to upload or download a single file.
• Are there any FileMaker 4 example databases?
• How can I send CHMOD or other UNIX commands to my FTP server?
• On Windows, the plug-in is returning an error that says "Cannot convert protocol 'tcp'"
• Every time I start my solution, the license agreement window pops up, how do I stop this?

FileMaker 7+ Compatibility

If you have a license for FTPit 1.x and are now using FileMaker 7 or later, we highly recommend that you upgrade to FTPit Pro. We do have upgrade discounts available.

FTPit Functions (Choose a function below or Launch the "Function Browser")

Choose a function... doFTP-Append doFTP-ChangeDir doFTP-ChangeDirUp doFTP-CompletedScript doFTP-Connect doFTP-CurrentDir doFTP-DataPortRangeEnd doFTP-DataPortRangeStart doFTP-Delete doFTP-Disconnect doFTP-Get doFTP-GetLocalRoot doFTP-GetPathToDB doFTP-GetPathToFM doFTP-GetQueue doFTP-GetText doFTP-HideStatus doFTP-Host doFTP-IsConnected doFTP-LastCompleted doFTP-ListFirst doFTP-ListNext doFTP-LocalChangeDir doFTP-LocalChangeDirUp doFTP-LocalCurrentDir doFTP-LocalDelete doFTP-LocalListFirst doFTP-LocalListNext doFTP-LocalMakeDir doFTP-LocalRemoveDir doFTP-LocalRename doFTP-LocalSize doFTP-MakeDir doFTP-MoveStatus doFTP-Passive doFTP-Password doFTP-Port doFTP-Put doFTP-PutText doFTP-Quote doFTP-Register doFTP-RemoveDir doFTP-Rename doFTP-ShowStatus doFTP-Size doFTP-TextAcquire doFTP-TextAppend doFTP-TextAssign doFTP-Type doFTP-Username doFTP-Version doFTP-WaitForQueue