FTP Tab (Transfer Settings Dialog Box)
Getting there
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Open a VT terminal session and then open the Transfer Settings dialog box.
The steps depend on your user interface mode.
User Interface Mode
Steps
Ribbon
On the ribbon, from the group, click the launcher:
Reflection Browser
On the Reflection menu, choose and then . In the Transfer dialog box, click the button.
TouchUx
Tap the Wrench icon and then under , select . In the Transfer dialog box, click the button.
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From the dialog box, select the FTP protocol.
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Click the tab.
The options are:
- Log-in options
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Enter your user name as it is registered on the FTP server. If you are logging in for the first time, try to log in as , or log in by selecting the check box.
Enter the password the FTP server associates with the user name. When a password is expected and the check box is selected, the password appears in plain text, instead of asterisks (*), as you type it. If no password is expected, click to continue.
For added security, the number of asterisks that show do NOT match the number of characters in your password.
Often, FTP servers expect an e-mail address as a password when you log in as an user.
Log on to the FTP server as a guest, with the user name anonymous.
Type the name or IP address of the FTP server to log on to.
Specify when logon information should be cleared from the controls and fields in this tab (and thus not used as logon information for, as an example, a new host you wish to log on to).
When you perform a file transfer, it defaults to the transfer type you select from this list.
Select
To do this
Apply the items under (set from the tab) to be applied to the file contents, as well as any character set translation that you have opted to perform.
Transfer the file contents unchanged.
Have Reflection select the transfer type for you.
When you perform an ASCII transfer with this option selected, Reflection translates characters based on the settings from the tab of the dialog box and the tab of the dialog box.
If you are using FTP for ASCII transfers to a host, you can select this option to invoke settings automatically under options on the tab.
Select the type of host to which you will send files to or receive files from.
When selected, the client sends a PASV command to communicate with the server in passive mode (sometimes called PASV mode). This initiates a separate data connection for directory listings and file transfers.
Use passive mode to minimize connection problems with firewalls.
There are two different implementations of FTP available from the tab: Reflection FTP and Microsoft FTP.
Reflection FTP provides connections to any host Reflection supports. Microsoft FTP provides connections to UNIX hosts, and can be used only for FTP transfers to hosts whose FTP server supports UNIX or Windows NT-style server command interfaces.
Select the host directory to which Reflection should be set after an FTP connection is made. If a directory is listed in this box, the command in the box is ignored.
Type a host command in this box to retrieve the location of your host's current directory. Reflection uses this information to set the current host directory after an FTP connection is made. The command that's listed can be changed if it does not match your host's "get current host directory" command.
If a directory is listed in the box, that value is used and the command in the box is ignored.
NOTE:When is , only the box can be used to set the current host directory.