FlashFXP allows uploading and downloading files to FTP sites. As any other FTP client, this one can handle any file type. It supports transferring data between a local computer and a remote location as well as between two remote machines. The application has an explorer-like interface with two panels that allow viewing both the target and the source directory simultaneously. Luckily, the tool permits drag-and-drop operations between the two panels. Moreover, it allows working on various sessions at the same time, but I did not like that each session is run in a separate window. In my opinion, showing them as separate tabs would be more convenient.
The program can manage transfer queues without any problems. Likewise, you can use filters to prioritize or block specific file types. Furthermore, it is possible to create and save tasks for later use. In this regard, it is even allowed to schedule these jobs to run at a specific time or with a given frequency. Unfortunately, the program does not have a built-in scheduler, so it uses Windows Task Scheduler instead.
Besides standard FTP, the tool supports various secure file transfer protocols, including SSH and FTPS. There are other features that help you transmit data in a protected way, such as its support of X.509 certificates for user authentication, which are verified through Windows Certificate Store. Likewise, the program safeguards your password using 128-bit encryption.
All in all, FlashFXP is basically not very different from other FTP tools. Yet, it has some extra features, such as a text editor and folder comparison. The product is shareware and you can try it without any restrictions for 30 days.
v4.3 [Dec 6, 2012]
Changes and improvements
--Updated SFTP engine to the latest version.
--Improved screen reader support. If you find some issues please let us know so that we can get them resolved. We've tested with Windows-Eyes and NVDA. All controls should now provide proper descriptions when tabbed, mouse over, or selected.
--Many improvements to the task scheduler. (when modifying or creating a task the syntax and parameters used by FlashFXP have changed, These changes are not backwards compatible with previous releases.)
--Improved FTP uploading where the connection would sometimes be dropped at the end of the transfer.
--Many code optimizations and performance (speed) improvements.
--Added [Site Manager] multiple select to the site list. This should make it easier to manage sites, specifically when wanting to delete or move a selection of sites at a time.
--Improved [Preserve File Date/Upload] feature, this operation is now executed as a separate operation after the file transfer completes, this is done so that if the command fails it doesn't confuse the user into thinking the transfer failed. More information is available on our website at Video file upload hangs at 99%
--Changed [Task Schedule] property repeat until configuration to allow "until" to be optional, when unchecked the task will run indefinitely. Previously there was no clear way to set this.
--Added [Translation] input validation for the Personal ID number field.
--Improved [Queue/Operation] en-queue delete logic to check to see if the same file/folder is queued for transfer and re-order the delete operation if determined that the file would be deleted prior to transfer. Most users would want to delete the file after the transfer not before. This check is on the source file location.
--Added [file list] icon shortcut overlays to symbolic links to files, when the file is detected as a symbolic link, not all servers will indicate when a file is actually a symbolic link.
--Improved [tree navigation] performance by eliminating a bottleneck that resulted in a 50% speed increase during certain operations.
--Added the ability to drop external folders/shortcuts on the local browser address bar to quickly jump to the folder of the dropped item.
--Improved performance (6x speed increase) when transferring many small files over low latency connections.
--Added the ability to use the keyboard shortcut shift End during a rename (f2) to select the whole filename.
--Changed the way data channel sockets/objects are created and managed to improve efficiency and performance.
--Improved the way site to site transfers are aborted. This new method has been tested with pure-ftpd, gene6 ftp, proftpd, glftpd, ioftpd, vsftpd, drftpd, and serv-u.
--Added a file replace dialog when attempting to move a file into a location that already contains a file with the same name allowing the user to select the desired action, overwrite, skip, rename, cancel.
--Improved the user experience (reduced flicker) when minimizing and restoring the main window to/from the maximized state.
--Improved content layout and position when using large fonts or font scaling.
Bug fixes
--Fixed [Task Schedule] property 'Expire on' setting, the setting wasn't being set correctly when FlashFXP was run on Windows Vista or newer.
--Fixed [server/transfer/abort] access violation when the server returned a multi-line reply during an abort operation.
--Fixed [interface/prompts] FlashFXP would sometimes disappear from the task list (alt tab) when certain child windows were active.
--Fixed [browser/file list] issue that prevented renaming under Wine.
--Fixed [LiveUpdate] crash when canceling a "check for upgrade".
--Fixed [Site Manager] crash when performing a site list search when the selected site is modified and not yet saved. (error occurred while displaying the save changes prompt)
--Fixed [FTP/PROXY/MODE Z] download/listing issue when using a SOCKS Proxy on a FTP server with MODE Z enabled.
--Fixed [Application] crash (Invalid Pointer Operation) triggered under some conditions when using a screen reader with FlashFXP.
--Fixed [Application] text drawing gitches while in screen reader mode.
--Fixed [Application] double buffer drawing with DWM composition enabled.
--Fixed list-view column text, it was rendered upside down and reversed on some systems.
--Fixed an issue where the Windows 7 taskbar progress would incorrectly start at 90%.
--Fixed an issue where the user was unable to transfer any files after canceling a transfer, the cancel flag was not reset in some situations.
--Fixed [server file search/result list] issue where symbolic links weren't shown with the shortcut overlay icon.
--Fixed [server file search/delete operation] issue where symbolic links were treated as folders when in fact they should of been treated as files.
--Fixed [queue list] item selection issue when the queue list is focused using the tab key on the keyboard. The selected items might appear selected but attempting to perform an operation such as delete would fail.
--Fixed [server/operation] issue when trying to move a file or folder, the operation could fail without any indication as to why it failed.
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