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September 30 2009

ScriptFTP 3.3 has been released

This new release of ScriptFTP comes with many bug fixes and the update is highly recommended, specially if you run ScriptFTP on Windows Vista/7/Server 2008. The new features are the following:
  • [New command] GETFILE2. Downloads a file and sotres it using the specified file name.
  • [New command] PUTFILE2. Uploads a file and stores it using the specified file name.
  • [New command] SETFILETIME. Sets the file modification time of a local or remote file.
  • [New command] ISCONNECTED. Checks if the connection with the FTP server is still alive.
  • [New command] SETTIMEOUT. Sets the number of seconds ScriptFTP will wait for a server response before droping an error.
  • [New command] STOPLOG.
  • [Other] ScriptFTP error codes have been sorted and changed in this version. For further reference, a complete list of them has been written. It is available here.
  • [Other] GETDATE has changed its name to GETTIME. For backwards compatibility GETDATE could be still used.
As usual, the setup file is available in the Downloads section.
Feel free to comment anything related to this new release in the forum or contacting the support.

July 21 2009

New search engine for ScriptFTP.com

As the contents of ScriptFTP.com keep growing day by day a small search engine has been added. This way the visitors can find the required information easily. You can see it on the right of website toolbar with a small magnifying glass icon. Enjoy :-)

March 23 2009

Happy birthday ScriptFTP

The fist version of ScriptFTP was released five years ago (March 23th, 2004) so ScriptFTP turns today five years old! :-)
During these years I received thousands of thankful emails but I'm the one who has to say thanks. This project is a day by day challenge that would not be possible without the people who supported it purchasing a ScriptFTP license. Again, from the deepest part of my heart, thanks to everyone who make this project possible.
birthday cake
Happy birthday ScriptFTP!

March 11 2009

PsPad now includes ScriptFTP syntax highlighting in the installation package

The last build of the popular text editor PsPad now includes a ScriptFTP syntax highlighter. Only the installation of the PsPad latest build is needed to start working with ScriptFTP scripts and get coloured commands, comments and variables.

This feature is still not available in the mainstream version of PsPad, it's currently only available in the development build. Until the next version of PsPad is released, the PsPad configuration file will be still available in the downloads section.

Feb 12 2009

Syntax highlighting for ScriptFTP scripts

ScriptFTP default editor is the plain and reliable notepad that comes with Windows. For those that prefer editing ScriptFTP scripts in a more powerful editor, two configuration files have been released for the popular programs Notepad++ and PsPad. Once set up you will get the ScriptFTP commands, keywords and comments differentiated by color as shown in the script samples section. This makes script editing much more easier. You can download the corresponding configuration file from the downloads section. As usual, any comments or suggestions are welcome at the forum.

Jan 12 2009

ScriptFTP 3.2 released

This new release contains some bug fixes and three new commands: SETMODEZ, GETFILESIZE and GETFILETIME. As usual, the update is for free. The installation file is available from the download section. The detailed list of changes is the following:
  • [New command] SETMODEZ. Use it to enable or disable on the fly compression during file download or upload.
  • [New command] GETFILESIZE. Returns the size of a local or remote file in bytes.
  • [New command] GETFILETIME. Returns the last mofication time of a local or remote file.
  • [Bug fix] Uploading a file that was being used by other program and not available for reading caused SYNC and PUTFILE to abort. Now this error is only a warning and the upload continues.
  • [Bug fix] GETFILE and PUTFILE showed two error messages instead of one when connection to the server was lost. Now only a connection lost error message is shown.
  • [Bug fix] Wrong syntax errors were reported when RAWCOMMAND was used in the script file. Fixed.
  • [Bug fix] PUTFILE was always retrieving remote file listing when most of the times is not necessary. Fixed.
  • [Bug fix] Start menu links to the ScriptFTP website pointed to the ScriptFTP 3 Beta website (no longer avilable). Fixed.
  • [Bug fix] Adding and substracting dates (as explained here) was resulting in wrong dates. Fixed.
  • [Bug fix] GETLIST returned nothing instead of "OK" when no files were found. This is not considered an error condition. Now returns "OK".
  • [Documentation] More firendly SETPROTOCOL help topic.
  • [Documentation] Help topic ScriptFTP on the command line updated.

I wish you a happy new year. Hopefully, 2009 will bring us SFTP support to ScriptFTP.

Nov 11 2008

Some updates

The download section have been updated today. You will find there two new links appart from the ScriptFTP installer file. The first one is a PDF version of the scripting guide. A printable version of the guide have been a request from a long time ago, even in the early days of ScriptFTP, three years ago. So it's finally here. The other download is an encryption tool for the script files. This tool is not new, it has been here for a while as some of you have already know reading this topic of the scripting guide. I've just placed it in a more visible page. Many users didn't notice at all that this tool actually existed (they even requested its creation by email when it was already created). But note that the tool is only available for customers who purchased ScriptFTP, sorry! I have no problem to give it for free for the people trying ScriptFTP but I find this way more secure. I hope everyone understand this policy.

If you have been reading the forum you probably have noticed that some minor bugs have been reported and patched recently. This means that a new version of ScriptFTP (3.2) will be released soon, probably this week or the next. If want to try it out the last build (which includes most patches) feel free to try the development version. Note that this build aims to be only for testing purposes.

Oct 1 2008

ScriptFTP 3.1 released

This new release fixes some bugs found during the last weeks and adds a couple of new features:
  • [New feature] New commands TEXTCUT and TEXTLENGTH to manipulate text velues.
  • [New feature] ScriptFTP can now be launched in the system tray or completely hidden as a background process using the optional parameters /TRAY or /HIDE respectively. Further info.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed an error that caused scriptftp_console.exe to hang randomly under certain cirumstances when using EXIT.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed an error in the check that SYNC does on the FTP server before synchronizing to know if file modification times are supported by the server or not. False positives were found.

Aug 14 2008

ScriptFTP forum opened.

A discussion forum has been opened to provide a place for the users to interact with other users or the people that develops and mantains ScriptFTP. Support questions will be also answered in the forum so if you think that your question about scripting or anything else may help other users don't hesitate to post it in the forum. Of course, the email support is still opened for those who prefer privacy. Any suggestions or comments about future relases of ScriptFTP are also welcome at the forum.

Jul 28 2008

ScriptFTP 3.0 released.

After months of testing by customers and beta testers I'm proud to announce that ScriptFTP version 3.0 has been finally released. This new version supports a more powerful script language and 6 new commands, you can expect also faster file synchronizations. The website has suffered also a major redesign to be as clear as possible. The complete list of changes is as follows:

Script language changes:
  • Every variable must start with the $ character.
  • Every label (used for GOTO jumps) must start with the : character. See the GOTO examples.
  • Support for the arithmetical operators: +,-,*,/,==,!=,<,<=,>,>
  • Support for the logical operators AND and OR.
  • Support for the text string operator '.' (dot) used to concatenate text strings easily.
  • The commands ADD, ISEQUAL, NOT and CONCAT are deprecated. Use the appropiate operator instead.
  • The TIMEDIFF command has been renamed to SETCLOCKDIFF
  • The SETSSL command has been renamed to SETPROTOCOL
  • The TALKATIVE command has been renamed to VERBOSE
  • Text strings can be also delimited with the ' character.
New features:
  • Much faster file synchronization algorithm.
  • Server-client time difference is calculated once per session, not once per SYNC call.
  • The ScriptFTP main window position and size is now saved. The next time you open a ScriptFTP it will be shown with the same size and position.
  • Script syntax errors are now reported before the script execution, not when the script error is reached.
  • New command line parameter /TRAY to start ScriptFTP in the system tray.
  • New command line parameter /HIDE to start ScriptFTP in the background. No window is shown.
  • New command line parameter /AUTOCLOSE to make ScriptFTP automatically close itself once the script is finished. No window is shown.
New commands:
  • VERBOSE: It shows on the ScriptFTP window the raw communication between ScriptFTP and FTP the server. Useful for troubleshooting.
  • STOP: It stops the script execution. It does not close the ScriptFTP window.
  • SETUPLOADMODE: It changes the way ScriptFTP uploads files.
  • FOREACH: Loop used to perform a separate action for each file.
  • GETLIST: It gets a file list and stores it in a variable.
  • QUOTE: Sends raw commands to the FTP server.
Fixes:
  • RENAMEFILE, files with more than one dot are now renamed right.
  • Scheduler fixed, had some errors in script list handling.
  • The script file are no longer blocked during the execution. You can edit them even while ScriptFTP is running that script file.
  • The Quit menu item now always works
  • SYNC now deletes the temporary files that creates.

Jun 19 2008

New build of ScriptFTP 3.0 Release Candidate is available.

This new build addresses some bugs related to the way the vertical scroll bar is handled during the script execution and other internal bugs related to memory handling and the script language compiler.
It is not expected to add more features, only bug fixing. Depending on the testers feedback this build could be finally released as ScriptFTP 3.0. Any feedback is very appreciated. You can download it here.

Jun 3 2008

ScriptFTP 3.0 Release Candidate available for download.

The ScriptFTP 3.0 version is almost finished but before releasing it on the main site I would like to make it available for further testing. This release is a step ahead over the ScriptFTP 3.0 Beta, and now is considered stable software. Please, consider sending any feedback to scripftp@scriptftp.com.

Jan 28 2008

ScriptFTP 3.0 still under development.

Six months have passed since the last update of the news page. I would like to report that the 3.0 Beta version is still being developed. A major redesing of the script parser of ScriptFTP is being done and the release deadline has been moved to the second quarter of 2008.

May 6 2007

ScriptFTP 3.0 Beta Released (free update for registered users)

I'm proud of announcing the ScriptFTP 3.0 Beta version. This relase is intended to let the users test it and get some feedback. As soon as the bugs that might appear are fixed it will be released as 3.0.
Please, feel free to try it and send any comment to scripftp@scriptftp.com.

May 24 2006

ScriptFTP 2.3 Released

- SYNC, GETFILE and PUTFILE are now able to automatically recover and resume transfers when the connection times out.
- Fixed an error that happened in some FTP servers when renaming a temporary file to the definitive filename.

April 7 2006

ScriptFTP 2.2 Released

- Now SYNC will only delete files when UPLOAD_DELETE or UPLOAD_DELETE is used. See SYNC.
- New options added to the GETDATE command for getting only the year, month, day, hour or minute.
- Fixed a bug in the installer. Registering the DLL now works on Windows 2000.

March 21 2006

EXEC and Scheduler bugs fixed

If you have experienced that EXEC produces no output this was related to a programming error. Download the fixed ScriptFTP version from the download section.
A scheduler error that does not allow some users to add a script to the scheduler have also been solved.

March 14 2006

ScriptFTP v2.1 has arrived. New features:

- Script file encoding. Now you can encode script files with sensitive information such as passwords, user names and remote server information. More information here. The old scheme to encrypt passwords in the OPENHOST command has been removed.
- New command to retrieve your own command line parameters. See GETPARAM.
- The ScriptFTP window stops scrolling when the user moves the scroll bar.
- The SETPROTOCOL command now supports FTPS explicit with encrypted data channel.

February 14 2006

Some bugs fixed

- Folder/subfolder download may fail in some very specific FTP servers. Fixed.
- ScriptFTP now tries to reconnect automatically (one time) if the connection is lost during a file transfer.
- Added support to apply CHMOD on directories. See CHMOD help topic.

February 2 2006

Added an optional parameter to the SYNC command

By default, the SYNC command syncronizes all the files found in the specified directories. I've just added an optional parameter to tell SYNC to syncronize only a set of files. Take a look at the updated the reference of the SYNC command.

January 31 2006

Two topics added to the scripting guide and minor changes in ScriptFTP

I've added two more topics to the scripting guide: How to make a Backup and Sending e-mails from the script. I have also done some cosmetic changes in the ScriptFTP Quickstart window and in the Scripting guide section of the website.

January 23 2006

v2.0 registration code is free for old users

If you have already purcharsed ScriptFTP 1.X the update to 2.0 is for free. Request the new registration code here.

Note: I've fixed some intaller bugs on Windows 2000.

January 14 2006

v2.0 finished

My apologies for the delay but, finally, I'm proud to announce the long awaited 2.0 version.
It includes the following additional features:

- Secure FTP support (also called FTPS or FTP over SSL). See SETPROTOCOL command.
- Better firewall support. Active/Passive transfer mode switch using SETPASSIVE command.
- A set of files or directories can be excluded from the transfer using the ADDEXCLUSION command.
- Faster syncronization algorithm.
- More descriptive and coloured error messages
- Easier to read script output.
- Easier command names and syntax.
- Binary, ASCII and EBCDIC transfer types.
- Data transfer speed limitation via the SETSPEED command.
- ScriptFTP_console.exe: Run your FTP scripts on the console.
- Support for cloaked passwords on FTP script files. See OPENHOST remarks section.
- Some bug fixes.

Download
ScriptFTP 2.0 Scripting guide
ScriptFTP 2.0 examples
Adapting your 1.4 script to the new version


Note that 2.0 version is free for 1.4 registered users. For getting the new registration code send an email to scriptftp@scriptftp.com with the order number regarding to the 1.4 purchase and the registration code.

November 23 2005

v2.0 is almost finished

The 2.0 version is almost finished but I'm correcting some details and I hope that the beta I'll release in a few weeks will be very stable. Not ready for production but very stable.

October 3 2005

Still working on 2.0. Postcardware removed

I'm still working on the 2.0. Remember that the upgrade is for free.
The postcardware page has no success so I've removed it.

August 24 2005

Working on 2.0 and Postcardware experiments

Well, I'm working on the 2.0 version. It will have many improvements such as secure FTP support. I expect to release the Beta version in October.
I'm also doing some experiments with a marketing method called Postcardware.

May 19 2005

ScriptFTP 1.4 new features

- New command GETENV to retrieve an environment variable.
- FTPFILERENAME now can rename multiple files.
- /HIDE command line option to run ScriptFTP hidden.

April 22 2005

ScriptFTP icon contest results

Huriata Bonilla from Mexico has won the ScriptFTP icon contest. Download the new 1.4 version build that includes the new icon set.

April 5 2005

ScriptFTP 1.4 is out

This new release includes many bug corrections, improved looking and new features:
- FTGETFILE/FTPPUTFILE Mirror parameter. Used for deleting the local or remote files that does not longer exist in the other side.
- Improved error handling and more detailed error codes.
- FTPRMDIR can delete a non empty directory.
- ScriptFTP integration with Windows visual styles.

April 1 2005

ScriptFTP icon contest by www.aerohorn.net

Aerohorn.net, a spanish graphical designers community, has a contest for creating a ScriptFTP icon. Come on, design your own ScriptFTP icon and post it in their forum.

March 2 2005

New features and commands available

FTPFILEDEL now supports wildcards for deleting multiple files.
SETPORT: Change the server port where ScriptFTP connects.

February 23 2005

ScriptFTP 1.0 release

After a year of development, many user suggestions and bug reports ScriptFTP 1.0 is finally here. [Download]

February 15 2005

New commands available

LOGTO: Log the ScriptFTP messages in a text file.
GETDATE: Get the date. Useful to name backup directories.
SILENT: Make ScriptFTP less talkative. Useful for batch jobs.

October 16 2004

ScriptFTP 0.9 now has Script Scheduler.


The Script Scheduler development has finished and it has been included in the ScripFTP 0.9 installation file.

September 11 2004

ScriptFTP 0.9 Beta hits the streets.

And finally... I am proud to announce the ScriptFTP 0.9 Beta version!
Since it is the 11-S anniversary this beta release is dedicated to all the 11-S and 11-M victims.

March 21 2004

ScriptFTP has been awarded.

ScriptFTP has been awarded the TOP score of 5-star by www.topshareware.com and www.sofotex.com.

March 23 2004

ScriptFTP 0.7 Release

ScriptFTP version 0.7 has been released. This is a stable version that implements a subset of the planned script language and only lacks the schedule capability. Contact me if you are missing any feature you think might be usefull for future versions or if this software does not work properly on your computer.