HOWTO: Test File-Transfer of BPFTP Client

Sometimes, we’re just not sure why you can’t download a file from an ftp-server to your local-computer. In order to test this, please follow the below steps that will allow you to connect to a test ftp-server, navigate to a file on the ftp-server and download a file from the ftp-server to your local computer. This test allows us to isolate the program to a known ftp-server with files that we know you can successfully download.

  1. The current version is 2010.75.0.76. You should have this installed and running, it can be confirmed by “Help -> About BulletProof FTP Client…”. The important line reads “Engine: 2010.75.0.76”

    BulletProof FTP Client 2010
    Compiler 18.50
    RTL: 18.00
    Engine: 2010.75.0.76
    Raize: 5.5
    DevEx: 6.20110203
    Indy: 10.1.5
    JCL: 2.3.1.4197
    JVCL: 3.45.0.0
    LMD: 2011.4

  2. Next, start BPFTP Client 2010 and click the “Clear ALL” button
  3. Next, click the “Folder with a Magnify Glass” on the left, under the window that reads “Local Current Folder” and choose “Desktop”
  4. At the top, change the following fields to the following values

    5. Server Name/IP: ftp.kernel.org
    UserName: anonymous
    Password: anything@anything.com
    Port: 21

  5. Click the “Connect” button
  6. Double-Click on the “pub” folder on the right under the heading “Remote Current Folder”
  7. Double-Click on the “linux” folder on the right under the heading “Remote Current Folder”
  8. Double-Click on the “docs” folder on the right under the heading “Remote Current Folder”
  9. Double-Click on the “lanana” folder on the right under the heading “Remote Current Folder”
  10. Double-Click on the “unicode” folder on the right under the heading “Remote Current Folder”
  11. Click and Drag the file “unicode.txt” from the right-side to the left-side and “drop” it into the big white-window under heading “Local Current Folder”
  12. AT THIS TIME, everything should look like this screen-shot

HOWOT: Test File-Transfer with BPFTP Client

  • Click the first-icon on the left, at the very bottom of the program to “Begin processing Queued Actions.”
  • The file should download and you’ll see it under the “Local Current Folder” as the file “unicode.txt”. Double-Click this file and it will open a text-editor with a bunch of sentences wrapping around.

    • THAT’S IT, YOU HAVE JUST CONFIRMED THAT BPFTP CLIENT CAN SUCCESSFULLY DOWNLOAD A FILE.