Author: BulletProof Software

In BulletProof FTP Client, it’s possible to define a Session File for the software to continuously save the current ftp-server and the files that are queued for transfer. By default, the software performs this action and uses the Windows Temporary-Directory for the storage of the session-file.

You may choose your own directory for these files, by using the below command-line parameter. This will cause the software to use the given file for the storage of the session-file.
/S:c:\somedirectory\somesubdir\somefile.bps

However, if this directory becomes unavailable or un-writable; the software will be stuck in a situation where the it can not save the session-file and will keep throwing a error-dialog-box of “Invalid filename.”

Fixing this is easy and involves either creating the directories again where the file exists, fixing the permissions for the directory or file in the OS, or changing/removing the command-line parameter and let BPFTP Client use the Windows Temporary-Directory.

The following screen-shot is a collection of 3 images:

The third demonstrates where the command-line parameter is located and details deleting everything after and including the /S:c:\somedirectory\somesubdir\somefile.bps

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

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

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