Lists in ScriptFTP

24th November 2016

ScriptFTP, as many script languages, does not have data types. This makes the script language and its syntax a lot easier to learn but not as powerful as others. Think of it as being “not so descriptive” and “less complex”. The drawback, in practice, is that you cannot handle things like “lists”,”sets” etc. Everything is a plain text string and you need to deal with this limitation to get the things done.

Regarding to the lists. How can the FTP script handle a list? There is a shortcut:

$my_list = "my_item_number_1|my_item_number_2|my_item_number_3"
 
FOREACH $item_name IN $my_list
     PRINT($item_name)
END FOREACH

Running the script you get:

my_item_number_1
my_item_number_2
my_item_number_3

 

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How to run a scheduled FTP script in the background

16th November 2016

The ScriptFTP integrated scheduler is used to set a script to be run at given times. Once a script is scheduled the Windows Task programming service will automatically launch ScriptFTP.exe with the appropiate parameters and a window will pop-up in the user desktop and do the file transfer. Some users find this annoying and want the FTP script to be run in the background. This post covers this issue.

 

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ScriptFTP 4.1

7th November 2016

This new release comes with the following changes

  • Brand new user interface that works fine under high DPI displays (mostly newer laptops and high end screens). If you see the ScriptFTP window very small or with a normal size but blurry this release will solve the issues
  • New ScriptFTP scheduler that works under the newest version of the Windows Task Programming service (Windows 8/10)
  • Faster script execution and separate process for script running
  • The status bar shows buttons to quickly access to script autorun and script output settings.
  • Updated security SSH and SSL protocols with the latest revisions.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

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