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- Don't get scared by the initial Password dialog -- it
is used only to specify your user name within FtpVC environment, so
that if the system is used by multiple users, there will be a way to
trace changes in files to a specific user. Choose any password you like,
or simply check the Use Windows User Name option, in which case no
password is necessary.
- Create a new project in the General tab. Specify Project name
(whatever you like), Address (your FTP server), User name
(your user name for the FTP server), and User password (your
password for the FTP server).
- Go to the Startup tab and specify remote and local directories.
FtpVC directory is where the program will keep stub and history files,
relative to each remote directory. Uncheck Update Status of Files After
Reading Directory if your Internet connection is very slow and your
directories have many files; you will need to use the Refresh or
Refresh Selected command after you are connected in order to get
version control data for your files. You may want to check other tabs but
the default should generally work fine.
- Connect to the server.
- There are two ways to get your files connected to FtpVC. The choice
depends on whether you already have your files on the FTP server or not.
- If files are already on the server, use the Attach
command to create stubs. Note that this will not transfer remote
files to your local directory. You will get files when either
Get or Check Out command is executed.
- If files are not on the server, use the Add command to
upload them and create stubs. You can add either file(s) or
directory (in the latter case you can also add files from its
subdirectories by enabling the Recursive option). If a file
you are adding already exists on the server, FtpVC will ask you
if you want to overwrite it. If you answer No, the file
will not be uploaded, and the stub won't be created either.
- Use the Get command to get your files. Use the Check Out command
if you want to get the files and edit them. Use the Check In command to
get your saved files back to the server, or Undo Check Out to cancel
your updates and to get the previous versions of the files to your local
directory.
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