FTP or Win98 property?

[Mandi]

As I am sure most of you can relate, I often have a large FTP session going in the background.  For example, at least once a month, I grab a fresh copy of my UBB Members (900+ files) folder, so I have a local copy when assisting the "I can't remember my password" minions (AKA, the "What does Case Sensitive Mean People" LOL .

About half the time, it runs quietly in the background.  The other half - it keeps "popping" into my ACTUAL active window.  More than once, I have inadvertently canceled the FTP action because of the intrusion . . . I'll be typing along in my "real" window and hit "enter" (for a return) just as the "Transferring . . . cancel?" window pops in.  In the Member folder example, it's particularly maddening, as the files are only 100 bytes or so apiece, and go zip-zip-zip, allowing me to type about 3 letters between each intrusion . . . I have to then go to task bar, make my intended window the active window again . . . ARRRGHH!!  

But it doesn't happen everytime, or even every session.

I'm on Win98 using WS_FTP.

Thoughts??

[sheila]

You might try nabbing Windows Commander
http://www.ghisler.com

I have never hand this type of problem that you relate. What I do, I select all the files I want to transfer, visually "drag" them from the remote site to the local site, and choose "download in the background". I can then go and work in another application with no problem.

[Dan Kaplan]

I've found that by minimizing the ftp window (as opposed to just opening another window in front of it), the ftp prompts only flash by on the screen with each file -- just long enough to deactivate the current window, but apparently not long enough to accidentally be cancelled.

Dactivate

[Mandi]

I should have included that that is what I also do, but it still "deactivates" my intended active window, forcing me to click in back to active via the taskbar.

[Dan Kaplan]

I doubt there's any way around that.  If you are transferring numerous small files, well, you're pretty much screwed.    If it's a few big files, then the method works quite well.  A moderate number of medium sized files works pretty well, as long as you don't mind occasionally reactivating the window...

Hunt and peck -- one hand on the keyboard, one hand on the mouse...

Dilemna

[JoeRT]

I also use WS_FTP and noticed this.  One thing I have found... if I transfer a folder/directory it doesn't keep popping up, but if I go into a folder, highlight the files I want to transfer and begin transferring them it will pop up with each transfer.

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Joe Torsitano
www.weatherforyou.com
www.tiswest.com

[Justin]

I've never cared for Windows Commander - I use Windows Explorer for file management, and CuteFTP for FTP. The newer versions of Cute are no good in my opinion (ads in the software - ugh!) but 2.6 is very good and stable. I've never seen it prompt on every file - if you are overwriting files, it will ask, but you can click 'All' on the first one and it won't bother you again about it...

I guess I can't really speak about Windows Commander or WS_FTP any more, as I've been happy with Cute since '98 and haven't tried the others since (at the time, FTP support in WC was brand new and very buggy).

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Jeff]

For WS_FTP Pro I trust you have gone to the Options tab (bottom) -> Session Tab -> and unchecked "Show Transfer Progress Dialog" (should be the second checkbox down unless they move it between versions).  With this unchecked, nothing should pop up at all.