How to manipulate remote files on FTP?

ATLANTA, USA: 360Works, FileMaker product developer, has launched FTPeek, a Universal Binary FileMaker plug-in that allows to upload, download, and manipulation of remote files on an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server entirely within a developer’s FileMaker solution.

"360Works built its reputation by being responsive to its customers and the marketplace. That’s why we developed FTPeek to meet the demand we discovered for key updates to an essential plugin," said 360Works founder and president Jesse Barnum. "FTPeek is the first FTP plugin built specifically for the new FileMaker plugin API and the server scheduling features and secure transfers have been a big hit with our early adopters."

"I like the FTPeek plugin so far, it is easy and straight forward," said 360Works customer and early FTPeek adopter Ruben van den Boogaard of Infomatics Software. “I am a big fan of 360Works SuperContainer, and use their Scriptmaster product, too."

FTPeek was developed for FileMaker developers and FileMaker consultants seeking updated functionality in FTP plugins. Its key features include:

Universal Binary cross-platform support:

FTPeek runs at full native speed on Windows and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard) on PPC and Intel. FileMaker 7 or later is required. Installation and configuration is the same on Windows and Mac, and does not require purchasing separate Mac and Windows versions - the same license key works on all platforms.

Runs on FileMaker Server:

Allowing the automation of nightly FTP batch transfers with the scheduled script triggering feature of FileMaker Server 9. No more 'robot' machines to maintain. It will also run in the Web Publishing Engine, allowing developers to embed FTP scripts straight into your FileMaker web solution with Instant Web Publishing (IWP) or Custom Web Publishing. These features require an Enterprise License.

Security:

Public key encryption is included with support for FTP over SSL (FTPS) and FTP over SSH (SFTP). Using encrypted FTP is as easy as switching one plugin function. In addition, you can access the public key of your FTP server to protect yourself from DNS spoofing attacks.

Transfer directly to/from FileMaker fields:

Developers that need to upload a Word document stored in their FileMaker solution, or upload HTML from a text field are no longer required to write it to a temporary directory - you can FTP directly from text and container fields to the FTP server. The same goes for downloads. This also works with documents and images stored with 360Works SuperContainer.

Includes a built-in FTP user interface:

If users are to have full FTP access to the server, there's no need to build those layouts or run an external application - a full-featured, 100 percent FileMaker FTP solution is included with the plugin.

Click here to download FTPeek.