AbsoluteFTP(R) 1.8 (Official) -- July 24, 2000

       Copyright (C) 1995-2000 by Van Dyke Technologies, Inc.
                        All rights reserved.


This file contains an AbsoluteFTP product history.  It includes lists of
new features, changes, and bug fixes sorted by release.  For a product 
description, installation notes, registration and contact information, 
please refer to Readme.txt (downloaded with this installation).


Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.8 (Official)
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  Bug fixes:
    - The month of February could be misinterpreted for file dates
      returned from French language FTP servers
    - Closing the application window while a file operation dialog
      was active could cause a GPF


Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.8 (beta 3)
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  New features:
    - Added a "Verify file status on retrieve" check box option
      to the FTP page of the Global Configuration and Session
      Configuration dialogs to allow the status of a file to be
      updated before retrieving it from the FTP server

  Bug fixes:
    - Change directory operations would not revert to the previous
      directory when the operation failed
    - Too many error messages would display when a change directory
      operation failed in the local window and the previous directory
      was invalid
    - An invalid server prompt would appear in the proxy password
      dialog for SOCKS 5 authentication
    - The month of December could be misinterpreted for file dates
      returned from French language FTP servers
    - Some file status operations performed during transfer could
      return the wrong file size when the FTP server incorrectly
      returned an entire directory listing
    - The "Resume" button could be enabled on the Confirm Overwrite
      dialog when a resume operation was not actually possible
    - A session window could fail to display the system menu and
      control buttons when opening a session that was previously
      in the maximized state


Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.8 (beta 2)
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  Bug fixes:
    - File system folders could not be deleted under Windows 2000
    - The details for file system folders would not be displayed
      under Windows 2000
    - ID numbers would appear in the title bar for some items
      (e.g., My Computer) rather than the item name under Windows 2000
    - The log window height could reset back to the default height
      when opening a session window
    - Open and Download operations would store temporary files in
      the current directory rather than the cache directory
    - Manual Upload transfers would use the current directory
      rather than the specified directory
    - Directory listings from Hummingbird Communications FTP
      servers would not appear when using MSDOS OS type
    - Some directory listings from UNIX FTP servers would not
      appear when the day preceded the month in the file date
    - Icons that have a height equal to twice the width would not
      display for file types that used them
    - An unusable symbolic link could appear in the tree view after
      changing to a subdirectory and the PWD command failed


Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.8 (beta 1)
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  New features:
    - Connect dialog allows user-defined ordering of sessions in
      addition to alphabetical sorting
    - The tree view for both local and session windows can be turned
      on and off from the Global Configuration dialog View page and
      from the View menu
    - The session window log view can be turned on and off from
      the Global Configuration dialog View page and from the
      View menu
    - Added ability to automatically disable the directory tree for
      FTP server sessions where the operating system type is not
      recognized
    - Added Global and Session Configuration options to disable
      the directory tree manually
    - Connect dialog supports import of CuteFTP 4.0 session database
      files

  Changes:
    - Changed View menu "Dot Files" command to affect only the active
      window and to not change the global configuration option value
    - Global Configuration Firewall page allows blank username and
      password
    - Changed Session Configuration dialog to disable unavailable
      options when the session being edited is currently connected
    - Changed behavior of operations that use CWD to avoid sending PWD
      afterward where possible

  Bug fixes:
    - Remote path fields would revert back to initial values after
      browsing for a local path in the Manual Upload and
      Manual Download dialogs
    - An incorrect number of bytes transferred could be displayed for
      connections with large buffers
    - Filename case was not imported correctly for CuteFTP 2.0
    - The "Session Database Location" browser dialog was modeless
    - Accessing the File menu could cause an infinite loop of
      "Failed to create root key" messages when the session database
      was corrupt or missing
    - Informational indicators (column 0) of the log would always
      show "<" for transfer window output
    - The upload and download toolbar buttons were not enabled
      correctly on the synchronize window in Download Only mode