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Version 4.2.0
Aug. 21, 2007

Enhancement: Changed default local directory to be users default home directory according to the operating system and added link back to this directory in "Browse local" dialog.
Enhancement: Added client support for MODE Z command in order to compress file transfers and directory listings if supported by server. This feature can be enabled using the enableCompression applet parameter.
Enhancement: Added "Zip Upload" feature which allows you to compress one or more local files/directories into a single archive before uploading to server.

Version 4.0
May 30, 2007

Enhancement: Added support for WebDAV file transfer protocol.
Enhancement: Added retryLimit parameter which controls how many times a file transfer will be retried in the event of failure.
Enhancement: Added
performChecksum parameter which controls whether checksums are performed when using FTP/S protocols.
Enhancement: Added
natAddress parameter which controls the NAT address used when connecting using FTP/S protocols.
Enhancement: Improved loading of language.txt file in that if language.txt file cannot be found a default version that is embedded in JAR will be used.

Version 3.0.4
Jan. 9, 2007

Enhancement: Added
showRemote parameter which alllows you to enable/disable showing the remote directory listing.
Enhancement: Added
tempExtension parameter which allows you to define a temporary extension that will be used when uploading files. Files will be renamed after upload is completed.
Enhancement: Added certificate dialog to be displayed when connecting to an FTPS enabled server. Whether the certificate dialog is displayed may be controlled using the
showCertificateDialog applet parameter.

Version 3.0.3
Dec. 15, 2006

Enhancement: Added
showGrid parameter that may be used to enable/disable the grid lines shown in local and remote directory listings.
Enhancement: Added
showHorizonalLines parameter that may be used to enable/disable the horizontal grid lines shown in local and remote directory listings.
Enhancement: Added
showVerticalLines parameter that may be used to enable/disable the vertical grid lines shown in local and remote directory listings.
Bug Fix: Fixed ASCII file transfer performance issue.
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with
enableDownload and enableUpload parameters.

Version 3.0.2
Oct. 27, 2006

Enhancement: Message windows is now cleared when connection is successfully established.
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with applet repeatedly polling unavailable drives.

Version 3.0.1
Oct. 24, 2006

Bug Fix: Fixed bug in directory listing parser for servers that support MLSD command.

Version 3.0
Oct. 1, 2006

Enhancement: GUI revamped and updated to use Swing components.
Enhancement: Added support for drag-drop file transfers.
Enhancement: Added support for date/filesize in both local and remote directory listings.

Version 2.6
Jul. 1, 2006

Enhancement: Improved transfer speed for SFTP (FTP over SSH) protocol.
Enhancement: Added ability to clear control channel using CCC command when establishing an explicit FTPS (FTP over SSL) connection. See the ccc and cccClose commands in Using Secure FTP Applet > Connection Parameters for details.
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with dialog windows not closing when clicking close button in upper right hand corner.
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with applet hanging when trying to upload a file to a directory without proper permissions in FTPS mode.

Version 2.5
Aug. 1, 2005

Bug Fix: Various bug fixes

Version 2.1


Apr. 14 , 2005

Enhancement - Added abilty to specify location of parameters file. See params applet parameter.

Version 2.0

Mar. 3 , 2005

Enhancement - Added ASCII file transfer support for SFTP (FTP over SSH) protocol
Enhancement - Added FTPS (FTP over SSL) connection support
Fix - Fixed issue parsing some UNIX FTP directory listings

Version 1.6

Sep. 8 , 2004

Enhancement - Added special user.desktop value that may be passed to localDir applet parameter in order to specify the local directory as the desktop.

Version 1.5

Aug. 23, 2004

Enhancement - Added showCurrentRemoteDir applet parameter allowing you to hide the current remote directory path.
Enhancement - Added ZLIB compression support for improved file transfer performance.
Fix - Fixed handling of SFTP directory listings on VanDyke VShell SFTP server.

Version 1.4

Jun. 9, 2004

Enhancement - Added ability to define runtime properties in a file, hiding applet parameters from view in HTML source.
Enhancement - Major performance enhancement to SFTP/SSH downloads.

Version 1.3

May. 13, 2004

Enhancement - Added support to browse local volumes.
Enhancement - Added support to browse recent local remote directories.

Version 1.2

Apr. 27, 2004

Enhancement - Local directory listings are now sorted alphabetically.
Enhancement - Added loginErrorUrl parameter to specify page to redirect to in the event of a login error.
Fix - Fixed file upload bug found when overwriting files where source file is smaller in size than destination file.

Version 1.1

Apr. 08, 2004

Enhancement - Added SOCKS proxy support.
Enhancement - Added ability to exclude remote directories from display. See remoteDirs applet parameter.
Enhancement - Added ability to limit remote directories displayed. See remoteDirs applet parameter.

Initial Release

Mar. 01 2004