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FTP Suite
"We got to move these files and folders..."
Issue: 4.2 (November/December 2005)
Author: Joe Nastasi
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Article Length (in bytes): 10,121
Starting Page Number: 11
RBD Number: 4208
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FTP Suite is a product offered by my company, Pyramid Design. It is a software component that allows REALbasic developers to add the File Transfer Protocol to their REALbasic applications. It is implemented as a collection of classes and modules; some are internal to FTP Suite and some can be modified by the developer. The FTP Suite architecture is composed of eight software components and is outlined in Figure 1 and Table 1.
FTP Suite can perform two types of FTP operations. Smart Sequences perform an entire FTP sequence from logon to logoff. They are suited for applications where transfers occur mostly under the client program's control and for transfer sequences that affect entire directories or multiple files in the same directory. Smart Commands perform partial FTP sequences (usually one or two FTP commands) and are best suited for clients that cannot predict what FTP actions will be needed beforehand or for clients who need to be able to transfer files beyond the standard folder-to-folder operation. Smart Commands give the developer more flexibility.
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