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Version 8.03

FIXED: Bug: Sometimes connect fails on servers supporting compression (MODE Z)
FIXED: Bug (on vista & w2k): Sometimes clicking "run test" on site manager caused crash
FIXED: Bug: Right click on file pane toolbar > Runtime error '0' > crash
FIXED: Bug: Local file selections were lost when files were being transferred to current folder
FIXED: Bug: In settings, connected sound setting was not properly saved
FIXED: Bug: Contact support form looks for 3dftp.log in wrong directory (add text box with path to this dialog to make it easier to locate it)
FIXED: Bug: Registering and Settings window help-button does not work
FIXED: Bug: On vista, pressing help button on settings/register window might crash the app
CHANGED: Updated Buy now links
CHANGED: Change help file to point to 3dftp.com, instead of sitedesigner.com in external links

Version 8.02

CHANGED: Show volume names on the local file pane by default
FIXED: Malicious FTP server directory listing vulnerability

Version 8.01

Full Windows Vista™ support
All new transfer engine, includes features like 4GB+ support, auto-compress MODE Z support, get extended directory listings with MLST, set remote dates with MFMT etc.
All new theme system, five user selectable themes included
All new user interface, includes features like rearrange panes with drag'n drop or select one of the predefined layouts, new user configurable menus etc.

Version 7.01

NEW: CuteFTP Home 6.0 import
NEW: CuteFTP Pro 6.0 import
NEW: FlashFXP 2.1 import
NEW: FTP Voyager 10 import
NEW: WS_FTP Pro 8.0 import
CHANGED: Using LIST as default list command, in 7.0 was LIST -al (this does not work on VMS servers)
FIXED: Bug: Error ‘Object variable or With block variable not set’ shown on startup on some systems
FIXED: Bug: Imported sites are marked as quick connect sites = when there are too many of them, some are dropped
FIXED: Bug: Add file viewer/editor default settings to 3dftp.exe. These were missing on upgrade installs.
FIXED: Bug: Handles erroneous ini values DefaultViewer/Editor=0 properly
FIXED: Bug: Dblclick on empty space below file listing makes 3D-FTP to exit
FIXED: Bug: Startup hidden form was shown on some systems

Version 7.0

NEW: Dialog box color themes: Silver, WinXP and Blue (original)
NEW: Antivirus scanning for each downloaded file
NEW: Local Bookmarks
NEW: Set uploaded file time/date with MDTM command.
NEW: Select Files menu, with Select All, Select All Files, Select All Directories, Select with Wildcards, Select with Compare
NEW: New hotkey F8 "Add selected files to queue" (help updated)
NEW: Select All and Unselect all-buttons to Sync delete confirmation dialog
NEW: Rename multiple selected files with single command
NEW: Remember sync direction (restore it when sych window is opened)
NEW: Shift-click filename column header to sort by extension
NEW: Settings: New double-click action - Edit
NEW: Multiple view/edit rules, based on file extension. For example:
- .html;.htm -> opens frontpage.exe
- .txt -> opens Notepad.exe
- .php -> opens PHPEditor.exe
- .doc -> open internal text editor
- (rest *.*) -> open default viewer/editor based on file extension
NEW: Internal text editor improvements
- Loaded file size limited only by available RAM
- Wordwrap on/off option
- User configurable font
- Line/Col number display
- Find / Replace
IMPROVED: Predefined site list updated
IMPROVED: Better program icon on taskbar/title bar
IMPROVED: Ctrl-A Select All-function
IMPROVED: Ctrl-Y Download-function (was Ctrl-A)
IMPROVED: Ctrl-E Edit file-function
IMPROVED: Ctrl-I Select skin-function (was Ctrl-E)
IMPROVED: Ctrl-S is now save/upload in 3D-FTP Text Editor (was Ctrl-U)
IMPROVED: More ASCII file extensions
FIXED: Bug: Move plug-in, refresh source dir also after move
FIXED: Bug: Recurring schedule for uploading directories does not work.
FIXED: Bug: Print does not print last file/dir in the list
FIXED: Bug: User can delete special folders in site manager, e.g. Quick Connect Sites and then there is error in quick connect > save to recent list
FIXED: Bug: API: ChDir(LOCAL_FILES, "..") sometimes fails
FIXED: Bug: Quick connect, paste ftp:// url with spaces in the beginning, url not parsed correctly
FIXED: Bug: On autoreconnect, keep local dir (it now changes if local init dir is defined in SiteManager settings)
FIXED: Bug: StickyQueue.que file gets corrupted sometime.
FIXED: Bug: Make register window icon to show up in task bar.
FIXED: Bug: Delete last used directory and then start 3D-FTP > no drives are listed in local file listing or in last used directories-drop down.
FIXED: Bug: Add files to queue > select menu Queue > Schedule > program crashes
FIXED: Bug: Sort by extension sort order is reset on directory changes
FIXED: Bug: Right-click errors in certain remote paths with special chars
FIXED: Bug: Pasting text w/ CR/LF chars to site editor gives error on startup

Version 6.01

NEW: CuteFTP 5.0 XP import support
NEW: CuteFTP Pro 3.0 import support
NEW: WS_FTP 7.5 import support
NEW: FtpVoyager 9.0-9.1 import support
NEW: Site Editor: URL split works if URL pasted into the Site Name-field
NEW: Better support for personal firewalls, Passive transfer mode is now default
NEW: New api version number = 4 with following additions:
NEW: API: GetDirItemCount() and GetDirItem() now support query of currently selected files/directories in file lists
NEW: API: RenameDir() function added
NEW: API: DeleteDir() function added
FIXED: Bug: 'Can't show non-modal form when modal form is displayed' ConnectStatus:OpenWind routine. Code: 401. This occurred on AutoReconnect if Site Manager window or any other window was open
FIXED: Bug: Sync Remote > Local, local file deletion fails sometimes
FIXED: Bug: On recursive Sync, directory creation fails on shared network volumes
FIXED: Bug: On recursive downloads, directory creation fails on shared network volumes
FIXED: Bug: CuteFTP 4.2 import does not work properly
FIXED: Bug: FtpVoyager import remote dir saved to local dir field
FIXED: Bug: Import Sites..Click Get Sites before any client is selected > error
FIXED: Bug: Change to removable drive with no CD/Floppy, local file list & recent file list drop down gets empty, previous dir not properly restored
FIXED: Bug: Paste url to SiteManager ftp address, path is stored to wrong field
FIXED: Bug: Ctrl-A (download) and Ctrl-U (upload), Ctrl-M (sitemanager) hotkeys do not work on standard window skin

Version 6.0

NEW: More threads, maximum is now 20
NEW: Create / edit bookmarks
NEW: Bookmarks menu
NEW: SiteManager with access to bookmarks
NEW: Scheduler, create daily, weekly or monthly recurring schedules
NEW: Custom commands with macros
NEW: Force file case
NEW: Session and transfer logging with daily/weekly/monthly file rotation
NEW: Remember file list sort order over prog restart. Turn on/off via settings.
NEW: Sync: Include/Exclude filters
NEW: Shared Site Manager file. Add line SiteFile=d:\path\sites.ini to INI allows placing of site info to shared network drive accessible to multiple users
IMPROVED: Favorites directories dialog with bookmarks
IMPROVED: Dir total size with tree view hilight biggest directories
IMPROVED: Keep Alive extension: Auto-Reconnect if server kicks us out. Beat those "No-transfer within last 5 minutes disconnects"
IMPROVED: New firewall option: Resolve host address locally (for SOCKSv4)
IMPROVED: Added support for Mac NetPresenz FTP server
IMPROVED: Log window, optional: show date/time stamp on logs
IMPROVED: The retry logic to handle more error cases
IMPROVED: Better balanced thread usage on multi-threaded transfers
IMPROVED: Install: New look
IMPROVED: Sync delete confirmation-window is now wider
IMPROVED: Now possible to make SiteManager wnd wider (=resize vertically)
IMPROVED: Now handles Portuguese IBM AIX file dates properly
IMPROVED: Minimize to tray dbl-click restores prog
FIXED: Bug: Main wnd resize > clean history bg
FIXED: Bug: History clears itself on standard skin resize.
FIXED: Bug: XP: Toolbar bg color and btn hilite & shadow colors are wrong
FIXED: Bug: Artifacts on toolbar if using small buttons (=no labels)
FIXED: Bug: \\Server\Folder type UNC paths do not work in manual CD dialog
FIXED: Bug: Cannot change to network shared folder
FIXED: Bug: Show long pathnames in top of local dir list instead of 8.3 ones after install. Same applies to Log/Sound settings.
FIXED: Bug: Restore from tray icon sometimes crashes the prog
FIXED: Bug: Item Properties wdn, change Auto>Ascii, setting set always to Binary
FIXED: Bug: If directory was in queue, and tried to transfer when main thread was not connected, got errors
FIXED: Bug: If col header divider line is dblclicked, it hides other cols
FIXED: Bug: Install.ini file serial not handled properly for v5.0 serial keys
FIXED: Bug: On WinXP: Got error " 'Key is not unique in collection' occurred in DirSelector.OpenWnd routine" when double-clicking local dirselector button very quickly
FIXED: Bug: Links in register > upgrade window do not work

Version 5.01

FIXED: Bug: Wrong file is uploaded/downloaded/renamed. Occurs on systems having incompatible version of vsflex7l.ocx installed.
IMPROVED: Support for more Mac ftp server types added

Version 5.0

NEW: Show Directory Total size (w/ recursive subdir option)
NEW: Mousewheel scrolling support in file lists, queue and log window
NEW: Synchronize Directories
NEW: SiteManager (unlimited folders and subfolders), drag’n drop rearranging
NEW: Most Recently Visited Sites-list in Site menu Num of items in settings
NEW: Print Directory Listings
NEW: New toolbar in Standard Mode
NEW: Toolbar editor, customize toolbar, use small/large buttons, labels on/off
NEW: You can reorder the queue items by drag'n drop. Can drag multiple items
NEW: StickyQueue, option to save/restore queue autom. on program exit/startup
NEW: Sounds on error, connected, disconnected, dnl/upl completition etc.
NEW: Arrange queue for Ratio sites
NEW: User definable External Editor w/ auto upload
NEW: Custom LIST -al type commands to show hidden filenames on remote
NEW: Better handling of large system fonts
NEW: Import sites from CuteFTP, CuteFTP Pro, WS_FTP, FTP Voyager, Bulletproof FTP, text-, html-file
NEW: Custom LIST commands (like LIST –al.)
NEW: Windows XP support
NEW: VMS server support
NEW: Option to Use/Not use Recycle Bin on file deletes
NEW: Display of different file icons in file lists based on file assosiation
NEW: Browse... button next to site editor > local dir field
NEW: Browse... button to change local dir dialog
NEW: Unlimited sets licensing options now available
NEW: Unattended install options, (customize install w/ install.ini)
NEW: Include custom SiteManager site list with install
NEW: Truncate paths smartly for display in queue window
NEW: Problem reporting tool at Help > Contacting Support
NEW: Thread count slider next to Threads button
NEW: If file transfer error, show diff. transfer complete msg+make error sound
IMPROVED: Added 100 new predefined sites to SiteManager
IMPROVED: Show error from ftp server in queue items instead of syntetic one
IMPROVED: "Show Folders" option to SiteManager
IMPROVED: Paste URL to quick connect combo and its handled properly
IMPROVED: More tooltips to various dialogs
IMPROVED: 'remember-prev-position' for Internal text editor (used in Remote Edit)
IMPROVED: If multi-file selection for ChMod, perform ChMod for all selected files
IMPROVED: More ASCII mode file extensions
IMPROVED: Upload speed on >100Mbps conn. sometimes poor, now fast
IMPROVED: Loading progress has skinned look
IMPROVED: Menu shortcuts added
IMPROVED: Quick Connect, 'Save site to dropdown list' check box
IMPROVED: New Help system
IMPROVED: API documentation w/ tons on code samples
IMPROVED: API documentation available as Winhelp and printable PDF
CHANGED: Show less confirmations by default (on disconn., exit, clear queue etc.)
CHANGED: SiteManager > New Site > Sitename and host address fields order changed
CHANGED: Make default cache 1 day
CHANGED: Change delete confirmation message default to Yes
FIXED: Bug: Some file icons were not shown if registry points to non-existent file
FIXED: Bug: After fresh install, right click connect > menu contains site folders
FIXED: Bug: If remote dirlist is selected and NewDir button on local is clicked, tries to create new dir in remote
FIXED: Bug: Edit remote file, tries to upload with temp filename
FIXED: Bug: File icons over filenames in some NT4 computers
FIXED: Bug: Clicking Stop during transfer on very fast sites (100Mbps connection) caused sometimes Error
FIXED: Bug: Standard wnd minimize to tray does not work
FIXED: Bug: File delete does not work on ReadOnly files (if not using Recycle Bin)
FIXED: Bug: Error trying to edit filenames w/ long filenames/paths with spaces
FIXED: Bug: in settings PASV mode, needs restart of program
FIXED: Bug: Program dies (GPF) immediately after connecting/when connecting
FIXED: Bug: Program eats almost 100% processor time on connect wait for retry
FIXED: Bug: If using firewall, tries to resolve DNS name to IP before connecting
FIXED: Bug: API ConnectEx() in API didn't use global firewall settings
FIXED: Bug: API ChangeDir() returns always 0 (success), now returns -1 if CD fails
FIXED: Bug: Click queue item ,hit Del-key, remote/local file deleted, not queue item
FIXED: Bug: Date parsing fail if server reports dates in dd/mm/yy format
FIXED: Bug: If remote server date was ahead of us (it is in different timezone), new files might show wrong year in dir listings
FIXED: Bug: Handle rare unix date format (rare 31 Apr 2001, normal Apr 31 2001)
FIXED: Bug: Do not change to \temp dir when viewing file
FIXED: Bug: QuickConnect, retry count shows 1/0
FIXED: Bug: Click remote file list header after disconnect > error
FIXED: Bug: Restore window positions did not work properly on dual-monitor systems

Version 4.02

NEW: Add Site Shortcut to Windows desktop (see Site Manager "To Desktop" button)
NEW: Dont show ads for first 30 days for unregistered users
NEW: Standard Skin: New Toolbar
NEW: Standard Skin: New Menu system
NEW: Standard Skin: Quick Connect to recently used sites drop down
NEW: Standard Skin: Log Window added
NEW: Standard Skin: File & dir & drive icons added to file lists
NEW: Standard Skin: Buttons for the queue control (Go, Stop, Clear, Threads)
NEW: PlugIn API-AddSite (site name, address, u,pw, init dir, ...)
NEW: PlugIn API-GetSiteItemCount(), GetSiteItem(Index, ItemData)
NEW: PlugIn API-PingNow()
NEW: Ads do not prompt for user information, totally new ad system
NEW: New install includes five skins and Standard WinLook
IMPROVED: Up to 50% program start-up when using standard skin
IMPROVED: MultiWire transfer engine made faster
IMPROVED: Transfer Engine is partly rewritten for better stability
IMPROVED: Access to registration available via menu
IMPROVED: New server types supported
IMPROVED: New SkinEditor, support for extra 7 button types
IMPROVED: Make standard skin thread/log/queue windows same bg color
FIXED: Window / dirlist / queue resize cannot get over the limits
FIXED: On resize, make sure that all controls are within the limits
FIXED: Bug: remote edit > reset "EDITED" flag on editor open
FIXED: Bug: Files are not properly closed when clicking STOP in the middle of the transfer
FIXED: Bug: minimize > restore > resize does not work any longer
FIXED: Bug: Save queue command does not do anything on Win2000
FIXED: Bug: Program dies sometimes when disconnecting
FIXED: Bug: Program dies sometimes after queue transfer is complete
FIXED: Bug: Program dies sometimes on program exit
FIXED: Bug: Program eats memory & resources on long transfers
FIXED: Bug: Timeouts not always properly handled
FIXED: Bug: Program dies when downloading from sites w/ restricted simultaneous connects
FIXED: Bug: Program dies on going over dnl/upload limits with sites having upload/download rations
FIXED: Bug: 102% type number are shown on the queue, limit to 100%
FIXED: Bug: If "Do you want to overwrite" dlg was shown when uploading files, sometimes file was not properly uploaded
FIXED: Bug: Licensing dialogs pop up
FIXED: Bug: HTTP downloads timeout handling sometimes fails
FIXED: Bug: Remote file list not always refreshed properly after upload
FIXED: Bug : New directory is not added into the favorite dir list dropdown when uploading/downloading in multi-threaded mode
FIXED: Bug: Thread window > if number of threads manually edited, it was not saved properly

Version 3.0 Beta 1

NEW: MultiWire multi-threaded transfer engine
NEW: Multiple simultaneous HTTP file transfers
NEW: Multiple simultaneous FTP file transfers
NEW: HTTP download & resume support
NEW: HTTP proxy support
NEW: Firewall Socks V4 and V5 support
NEW: Log wnd right click menu (clear, copy to clipboard, select thread)
NEW: Log wnd thread numbering
NEW: Thread window, shows details of each transfer thread
NEW: Browse directories while downloading
NEW: Add new files to transfer queue while downloading
NEW: Single threaded option
NEW: News window shows ads
NEW: PlugIn: Always on top wnd, drag'n drop from file manager, adds to queue
NEW: Queue adds multithreaded transfers support
NEW: New online shop options, like volume purchasing and pricing
NEW: Support for Drag'n drop from browser
IMPROVED: Automatic Ascii mode changes
IMPROVED: Local file ChDir 600% faster
IMPROVED: Fully Y2K compliant
IMPROVED: General Settings > Cache days + Enable cache to Transfer tab
IMPROVED: General Settings enhancements
IMPROVED: Site Editor enhancements
FIXED: Bug: Remove delays after RETR and DIR (after Transfer Complete-msg)
FIXED: Bug: No grid lists on skin, local file list is visible
FIXED: Bug: No grid lists on skin, errors when trying to access remote file list (run demo)
FIXED: Bug: SkinEditor After wizard, main bitmap is not shown at all
FIXED: Bug: SkinEditor After wizard, bar & history top bitmaps are wrong (seem to be = normal)
FIXED: Bug: Clear Q (from popup menu) while transfer still in progress > Q is cleared, but transfer continues > Errors...
FIXED: Bug: Clear Q > click Cancel (in the middle of transfer) > Error in CalcTransferStatus, Err=91
FIXED: Bug: press Cancel (abort) in middle of transfer > prog is confused (happens on slow sites)
FIXED: Bug: Change skins > apply > local & remote dir text is missing

Version 2.0

NEW: Transfer Queue (Persistent connections, AutoResume, Drag’n Drop support, recursive sub directories, multiple sites, separate progress for each item, save, load, schedule items separately)
NEW: Clipboard monitoring + AutoStart transfer
NEW: <Standard Windows Look> mode where main window and local/remote/queue elements are fully resizable
NEW: Full drag'n drop for files & dirs between local, remote and queue window
NEW: Network Speed Tester. Test network speed to a site before connecting.
NEW: New API and Plug-In Architecture
NEW: Free 3D-FTP Plug-In SDK (w/API documentation and sample source code)
NEW: Plug-In Gallery on the net, download free plug-ins w/ FREE SOUCE CODE
NEW: PlugIn menu, start installed PlugIns easily.
NEW: Recursive Deletes, deletes whole directory tree & files recursively
NEW: Windows Explorer Integration, drag files from Explorer to remote site
NEW: Mirror Plug-In to upload new & updated files to remote site (or vice versa)
NEW: Drag files from browser to DragIt! Plug-In for error free downloads
NEW: Skin Editor with tree display of elements on skin
NEW: Keep Alive, with user defined set of commands
NEW: Remote Editing
NEW: Shareware version now supports resume
NEW: No time limitations on shareware version
NEW: New 3D-FTP Icon & Logo introduced
NEW: Minimize button and Minimize to tray
IMPROVED: Ascii vs. Binary mode now available directly from menu
IMPROVED: Support for more FTP server types
IMPROVED: Resume dialog with timeout
IMPROVED: Skins, Over 100 ready-to-use elements, multiple same elements, custom InfoText fields, fully backwards compatible
IMPROVED: Connect dialog: Each site can be expanded to display most used download and upload directories, so that you can directly go to proper subdirectory when connected.
IMPROVED: Select display format for file size and estimated download time
IMPROVED: Much more General Settings
FIXED: Lots of statistics overflow problems
FIXED: ChMod for directories

Version 1.5.3

FIXED: "Default skin can't be loaded" errors
FIXED: Ascii vs. Binary mode manual selections (if you selected Ascii it was Binary and vice versa)
FIXED: In demo mode current dir was added to favorite dirs, not anymore
FIXED: Sorting arrow reset down when changing dir
FIXED: Retry Count setting overflow on 32000+
FIXED: Button down flickers

Version 1.5.2

FIXED: Bug where right clicking removed the file selection (and made it impossible to select eg. Download-command from right click menu for multiple files.)
FIXED: Rare problems with calculating estimated transfer times (division by zero errors)

Version 1.5.1

ADDED: Skin transparency
ADDED: Complete file details on main skin
ADDED: Quick access to most used download/upload directories and drives (click directory name to access this window)
ADDED: Directory listing cache, speeds up dir changes a lot
ADDED: CHMOD dialog box for changing file attributes
ADDED: ChDir dialog, enter dir name manually
ADDED: One click connect to most used sites (Right click on Connect button)
ADDED: Incremental search in file list (enter first letters in file name to locate)
ADDED: Quick connect - now remembers 200+ last connected sites
ADDED: Shorten long pathnames (c:\windows\system\more > c:\...\more)
ADDED: Separate timeout for connect & download (other operations)
ADDED: When on-line, select new site > auto disconnect current > connect
ADDED: Resume dlg shows file date & size for local & remote files
ADDED: Transfer Complete dialog show stats on last transfer
ADDED: Smooth moving of window & not restricted to screen top
ADDED: File lists now keep top/visible items same after refresh
ADDED: File selection dialogs now remember their last used directory
ADDED: Demo cmd to menu
ADDED: Remember previous <<Less state in Demo dlg
ADDED: Resume dlg, remember last 'Apply for all' setting
ADDED: Ctrl key selection for file lists
FIXED: Statistics are not updated correctly on resume
FIXED: In file view, use always unique filename
FIXED: Log wnd messages not truncated
FIXED: Pure IP address connect sometimes fails
FIXED: localhost connect now works
FIXED: CD-ROM/A: access w/o disc gives proper message
FIXED: Make skin selection list box sorted
FIXED: View-Button does not work
FIXED: Problems with file list date sorting
FIXED: Button disable logic in main skin works now properly
FIXED: Log window position is not always saved properly

Version 1.0.1

FIXED: Better handling of some FTP server directory listings (sometimes files and/or directories were not listed at all)
FIXED: If TEMP env. variable points to non-existing directory, recover gracefully
FIXED: Reverse DNS lookup for pure IP address not performed anymore
FIXED: Resume not always enabled properly on registered versions
FIXED: Problems on WinNT reading pagefile.sys file attributes (fixes error msg "Error 'Invalid procedure call or argument' occurred in FillFileCollection routine. Code 5"
ADDED: Default action for resume dialog (ask, overwrite, skip ...) in General Settings
ADDED: Log & news window are also minimized when main wnd is minimized
ADDED: new ftpx.dll to install with new version number

Version 1.0.0 - Original Release (3/1999)

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