CuteFTP v4 User’s GuideDON’T SHOW SYSTEM ICONS. Instead of the regular file icons you might see in Windows Explorer, CuteFTP will display a set of generic icons, speeding up directory listings. SHOW TEXT. Select this box to display text under the buttons on the Toolbar. Recommended if you are using a higher resolution. CUSTOMIZE. Select this box to allow addition and removal of buttons on the CuteFTP main window though the Customize Toolbar screen. If too many buttons are selected, CuteFTP may not be able to display them all on the screen. DOUBLE-CLICK ACTION. Select Transfer, View, Execute, or Nothing as your default action. Transfer causes files in the local pane tobe uploaded, and files in the remote pane to be downloaded. View displays the file in the Windows Notepad. Execute runs applications.Display – ColorsPane and text colors may be selected from a basic palette or custom created.SELECT A BASIC COLOR FROM THE PALETTE. Find the pane or text field you wish to modify. Click the colored square next to the fieldname. From the color palette, click the basic color you wish to apply to the field then click OK.CREATE A CUSTOM COLOR. Find the pane or text field you wish to modify. Click the colored square next to the field name. Click the Define Custom Color button. Move to the new color palette (right side) to click and drag the 4-point black cursor (usually at the top or bottom) through the color grid. When the Color/Solid block displays the desired color, click the Add to Custom Colors button. Move back to the first palette under the Custom Colors portion located at the bottom of the box, click the new color and click OK. Display – FontsFonts for the Log window and the Panels (remote/local directory windows) can be changed independently of one another.To change the fonts for the panels, click the Select Font button in the Panels Font box. Click Select Font button in the Log Window Font box to change the log window font. Select the desired font and size from the resulting menu.Display – SoundConnect and end transfer sounds are audio tones played when connection to the server occurs and when transfers are complete. NOTE: These sounds will only be heard i f your PC has a sound card. Users may select standard Windows sounds or use a sound file from another source. Select from the list the event you wish to change. To select a default sound, choose it from the File drop-down menu. To choose a custom sound, click the folder icon next to the File drop-down menu, and locate a sound file. Click the Speaker button to preview a selected sound.Helper ApplicationsCuteFTP extends its functionality using helper applications. Two helper applications need to be selected: a text viewer and an HTML editor. When you use the View or Edit functions, these helper applications are “fed” the selected files. To select helper applications, click the folder icon next to each field and browse to the desired executable.The Windows Notepad should be selected as the default text viewer. CuteHTML will be selected as the default HTML editor if you chose to install it when installing CuteFTP.PromptsCuteFTP sends various informational messages during a session. By default, all message options are turned on. To turn off message options, deselect the check box next to the prompt you wish to turn off. Some prompts can also be turned off from the prompt dialog boxes themselves. Each prompt is further defined below. OVERWRITE CONFIRMATION (DOWNLOAD/UPLOAD). Select this box to direct CuteFTP to prompt you if your transfer operation is about to overwrite a file. AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE PROMPT WINDOWS AFTER ___ SECONDS. Select a default number of seconds to display a prompt window before automatically closing. TRANSFER BINARY FILE IN ASCII MODE WARNING. Select this box to direct CuteFTP to warn you if you are about to transfer a binary file (.exe, .wav, etc.) in ASCII mode. DELETE CONFIRMATION/DELETE FROM QUEUE CONFIRMATION. Select these boxes to direct CuteFTP to prompt you when deleting a file orqueue item.22
