Announcing the release of Version 1.1 of Lynn's WorkPlace File Transfer
Protocol (LWPFTP), a fully WPS-integrated FTP client for OS/2 Warp. 
Version 1.1 is now available at the following sites:

        ftp://ftp.teamos2.org/pub/shareware/homeside/lwpftp11.zip
        http://www.os2bbs.com/files/lwpftp11.zip
        ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming/lwpftp11.zip
                                          (or os2/network/tcpip)

It will also be available at the following soon after release:

        ftp://ftp.tach.net/pub/OS2/lwpftp11.zip
        ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming/lwpftp11.zip
                                   (or pub/os2/network/tcpip)

Version 1.1 brings the following new features to LWPFTP:

        1) Online registration with charge card support!
        2) Full FAT partition support for Ftp Folders
        3) Drop/Put support
        4) Transfer-and-open support
        5) ASCII transfer support
        6) and more - check out http://www.teamos2.org/homeside

You can now register on-line via Pete Norloff's OS/2 Shareware BBS! Call
(703) 385-4325 or telnet to bbs.os2bbs.com to use the online shareware
registration. The cost is still $20.00 and will be billed to your selected
charge card. If you have any questions about the online registration,
contact Lynn Deffenbaugh at lwpftp@homeside.com or Pete Norloff at
webmaster@bbs.os2bbs.com.

LWPFTP now fully supports Ftp Folders and Files on FAT partitions. Long and
illegal (according to FAT) filenames are supported with the WPS view
showing the original filename as used on the remote server. OS/2's WPS
handles the creation of 8.3 filenames under the covers.

Ftp Folders can be drop/put enabled allowing a simple drag-and-drop
approach to putting files to ftp sites. Ftp Folder settings enable this
feature to avoid potentially misdropped files cluttering remote ftp sites.
Dropped files are linked back to the local original with a shadow object.

The default double-click action for Ftp Files has been changed to open the
default view after transferring a text file. After registering, you can
set this behavior to not open anything, or to open everything after
transferring from a double-click. To simply transfer a file, you must now
use Transfer on the object's popup menu.

In addition to the double-click, transfer-and-open, you can now transfer a
file in ASCII mode (the default is binary) using a conditional cascade
menu from Transfer on the object's popup menu. This will be handy for
pulling text files from EBCDIC servers.

LWPFTP is a fully WPS-integrated, approach to FTP client applications.
Simply configure an Ftp Folder to point to an FTP site, open it up, and
you're on your way! Files and sub-folders will be created automatically
based on the directory listing from the remote site. To get a file onto
your machine, simply select Transfer from its popup menu or simply
double-click it.

Browsing FTP sites has *never* been easier. Even with the Web Explorer(s),
you still had to deal with single-threaded (or at least single-site)
transfers. Multiple sites now simultaneously initiate a transfer with
multiple objects within a single site queueing internally (complete with
progress status and estimated time to complete).

LWPFTP implements a folder subclass (called LWPFtpFold) that allows
specification of an FTP site, access information, and path. When the new
folder is opened for the first time (or when (Re)Populate is selected from
its popup menu), a remote directory listing is obtained from the FTP
server and additional objects are created in the Folder. These objects
will be either more FtpFolders or FtpFiles.

An FtpFile is a datafile subclass (called LWPFtpFile) which also has the
FTP information in its settings as well as a Transfer popup menu option.
After a file is transferred (via menu or simply double-clicking), it will
convert to a more appropriate datafile object (including the visible
icon). At that point, the file is locally available on your machine and,
if the file contained only text, it will be opened according to the WPS
file associations.

FtpFolders and FtpFiles adopt the original name provided by the FTP server.
Since most of the world is not restricted by a dinosaur file system
(namely FAT), these names are (more often than not) greater than 8.3
characters. Due to this, you should always create FtpFolders and FtpFiles
on an HPFS drive. They are file system objects, so they can be created in
any folder on any drive. With version 1.1, this is not required as much,
but long filenames perform *much* better on HPFS than FAT.

Lynn's WorkPlace File Transfer Protocol is a shareware application. If you
don't know what all that means, look it up elsewhere. The fundamentals are
that the software is yours to evaluate for a "reasonable" time (I estimate
2-4 weeks is "reasonable"). After your evaluation, you are expected to
either remove the software and quit using it, or register it.

To register, send $20.00 (US) to:

        Mr. Lynn W. Deffenbaugh
        Homeside Software, Inc.
        P.O. Box 100453
        Palm Bay, FL  32910-0453
        USA

Or use the online registration at Pete Norloff's OS/2 Shareware BBS to
receive your registration ID instantly. Dial (703) 385-4325 or telnet to
bbs.os2bbs.com. The cost is still $20.00 but you can charge it to your
choice of charge card. For more information, check out
http://www.os2bbs.com/. You can even get the latest version from the BBS
while you're registering.

To get the latest version of LWPFTP, just point an FtpFolder over to
ftp://ftp.teamos2.org/pub/shareware/homeside. The latest version will be
available there with a filename of the form lwpftpnn.zip where nn is the
latest (increasing) version number. Thanks to TeamOS/2 Online for
providing this support for OS/2 shareware.

You can also look in ftp://ftp.tach.net/pub/OS2 which is an ftp site
maintained by my local Internet access provider. If you live in East or
Central Florida and are looking for a local access provider, drop a
message to scpayne@tach.net or check out http://www.tach.net.

Or you can check in the pub/os2/incoming on ftp-os2.cdrom.com or the
incoming directory on hobbes.nmsu.edu. The recommended directory for
LWPFTP is os2/network/tcpip at either site.

Thank you for evaluating Lynn's WorkPlace File Transfer Protocol.

Lynn W. Deffenbaugh, Author - Lynn's WorkPlace File Transfer Protocol
Certified OS/2 Engineer, Team OS/2, President - Homeside Software, Inc.

Now on the WWW at: http://www.teamos2.org/homeside
 
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