Thanks for all the answers. We are going to give FileZilla run for the server side, and see if the users can figure out how to upload a file.
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FTP Server On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Chris Blair<[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for something for the client. It seems certain users have > difficulties uploading files to our server. I was hoping to find something > form based with browse buttons to locate the file to upload. What you're looking for is not technically possible with FTP. The FTP protocol specification does not include UI. Whatever UI is provided is provided by the client's software. You can tell the client to get better software, of course, but that may not be practical. HTTP permits uploads via plain old HTML forms. MSIE and Firefox both present a standard "Open" dialog to pick the file. But neither t provide any progress indication during the upload itself -- once you click "Submit", the thing just sits there. You have no way of telling if it's making progress or the server isn't responding or what. You're probabbly looking for something served over HTTP to a browser, but with fancy client-side intelligence. Something like a Flash or Java applet. Of course, that means you're moving beyond strict HTTP/HTML, so you may have compatibility or human accessibility problems. How much that matters to you depends on your user base. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
