WatchFTP v3.5 beta 1

We have a new beta available for WatchFTP, this will be a major new release.

What's new
Until v3.4 (the current released version), WatchFTP compared the files on your FTP server
to the files on your Windows file system to determine if they should be downloaded. This
way of comparing files causes several problems:
- Files must always be downloaded, even if you only want a notification email for those files
- You could not move, rename or change downloaded files because WatchFTP needed them to compare the FTP files with
- It was quite difficult (sometimes impossible) to properly support FTP servers in other timezones

In this new beta the file comparison algorithm has changed. Instead of comparing FTP files with downloaded Windows files,
WatchFTP stores the result of scanning the FTP server in the task directory. This allows WatchFTP to compare
files on your FTP site with the results of the previous scan.

What's next
A future v3.5 beta will implement tasks that do not download files but only alert you to new/changed FTP files.
Most likely we will also implement a new action that creates a daily or weekly report of new/changed FTP files.

Installing
When you install this beta and start the WatchFTP control center, you will be prompted for each of your
tasks to perform an initial scan of the FTP server.

Downloads
This beta is now the official release, download here:
http://www.watchftp.com/download.html

WatchFTP v3.5 beta 3

This new beta has a new window that shows you the changes (new, deleted and changed files/directories) between two dates. Right-click the task and select "Changes Since..." (or press CTRL+SHIFT+H).

See the top post for the new download links.

WatchFTP v3.5 beta 5

The language selection for wfrun.exe (the task runner) was not implemented properly so it would always run in "English" mode.
When you set the option to delete files after download and the file was already gone, previous versions kept trying to delete those files. This new beta first checks if the file still exists.

Download links for this new beta are in the top post.

WatchFTP v3.5 beta 7

This new release ads support for OpenVMS FTP servers. Note that sub-directories on OpenVMS are currently not supported.

The download links are in the top post.

WatchFTP v3.5 beta 9

A small update:
* Includes the French, German and Spanish translations for the new Find window
* Error messages are now shown in a new window making it easier to see the full text

The download links are in the top post.

WatchFTP v3.5 beta 11

A further fix for Win2000 compatibility is implemented.
Spanish, French and German translations completed.
The "Changes Since" window has a Download button.
"Changes Since" did not show everything if a directory was deleted or renamed.

See the top post for the download link.

So I have a question or maybe a feature for you.

After the file has been transferred to the target folder can you provide a feature to move the file to a parent folder. In our system the target folder is actively being scanned by another application for new files. If that application detects partial or broken files they are moved to a quarantine folder. (NOT DESIRED).

The desired approach would be to transfer the files to a <target folder>/creating (this creating subfolder is ignored by the application). then after the files have been transferred, have watchftp move them up a level (via a rename).

Also can you get wire speed through you application (assuming a tuned ftp environment like WIN2008R2 would provide)

So far this watchftp application seems very close to what I need and I would recommend it to my customers pending some additional testing.  

Correct, but Jim makes a good point.

However, instead of downloading to a temp subfolder and after that moving to its final destination, I think I will implement it like this:

On the window where you set the "Sync Folder" (the windows directory), I will add
Temp Folder:
    [                              ] <Browse>
and let it default to something like  C:\Temp.
When the download is completed (to C:\Temp), the file is moved to its real destination.

Expect a new beta with this functionality somewhere tomorrow.

There were some family issues I had to take care of today, but I will make sure it is finished later this weekend.

Yes, I know about Move vs Copy/Delete. If it is the same drive-letter the Move-call is more like a rename. Just messing a bit with file pointers in the source (M:\Temp) and target directory (M:\Downloads).
As you can enter a different folder to use as "temp" for each of your tasks it should work fine.

WatchFTP v3.5 has been released, see http://www.watchftp.com/download.html