July 07, 2009

Secure iNet Factory 8.2 Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of Secure iNet Factory 8.2.  This release includes the following updates:

  • Added com.jscape.inet.sftp.SftpConfiguration.setStartSubsystemReplyNeeded method in order to deal with some flawed server implementations.
  • Fix for com.jscape.zip.Zip class so it can handle both / and \ path terminators in decompress method.
  • Fix for com.jscape.inet.sftp.Sftp class to deal with very large window sizes.

Secure FTP Factory 8.2 Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of Secure FTP Factory 8.2.  This release includes the following updates:

  • Added com.jscape.inet.sftp.SftpConfiguration.setStartSubsystemReplyNeeded method in order to deal with some flawed server implementations.
  • Fix for com.jscape.inet.sftp.Sftp class to deal with very large window sizes.

July 03, 2009

Using custom forms to automate business processes

        JSCAPE Secure FTP Server 5.2 (link) introduces a new 'forms' feature which can be used in conjunction with the existing Web Based file transfer option. The aim of this feature is to provide custom information with web based file uploads. This can be used to carry out a specific business function. In this article will demonstrate how this can be achieved by a simple example : to provide custom shipping options for order processing.

The following steps will be carried out :

1) Create a custom form in JSCAPE Secure Server Manager to manage the shipping options.
2) Create a File Upload trigger in JSCAPE Secure Server Manager. This trigger will have a 'Send Email' action which will be executed on a successful file upload.
3) Upload an electronic receipt of the order via the existing web based interface of JSCAPE Secure FTP Server.
4) Set the options in the form created in step 1)
5) Confirm that the forms work by verifying the sent and received emails.

NOTE : WebDav and HTTP services must be present in the 'Services' tab of the Jscape Secure FTP Server to carry out this example.

The above steps will be illustrated with the proper screenshots :

Create a custom form in JSCAPE Secure Server Manager to manage the shipping options

Go to Services -> HTTP, press the 'Forms' button to bring up the following screen :

UploadFormsImg

Click on the 'Add' button :

NewFormsImg

    Enter the 'Name' and 'Description' field to describe the business function. Make sure the 'Enabled'
checkbox is checked, this will make sure the forms popup dialog is displayed in the web interface when uploading files.

   Add fields to the form by pressing the 'Add' button :

CODImg

   This field is 'COD', whether the customer will pay when the order is delivered. We can see that this field will be displayed as 'DropDown' with two values : true or false. Note that the values must be comma-separated. 'Required' checkbox is ticked to indicate that the value must be specified.

    In this manner one can add as many fields as required. The various 'Type' fields allow many kinds of values to be entered according to whatever business logic is used to create such a form.

Setup File Upload Trigger and Send Email action

  The first step is to setup the File Upload trigger as you would normally do. After this is done create a 'Send Email' action which has the following fields. In this example I send an email from my gmail account to my alternative email. For this to work the fields under 'Send Email' should be as follows :

Hostname : smtp.gmail.com
Port : 587
Connection-Type : START_TLS
Username  : username@gmail.com
Password  : ************
From : username@gmail.com
To : to@jscape.com
Subject : Shipping Options
Body : %UploadForm.ShippingOptions.COD (Cash on Delivery)%
           %UploadForm.ShippingOptions.Packaging%
           %UploadForm.ShippingOptions.Signature%

When entering the 'Body' data click on 'Add Variable' button and you will see the various Form fields you created in the step 1). This makes it convenient to embed data in the email.

Attachment : %LocalPath%

When entering Attachment select %LocalPath% from the 'Add Variable' options. This will provide access to the uploaded file.

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   For this example I have HTTPS running on port 443 in JSCAPE Secure FTP Server Manager. Keeping this in mind I go to by using my browser : https://localhost:443/action/login? . After selecting a file for upload and pressing the 'Upload' button the following popup is displayed. We can clearly see the ShippingOptions form is present in the popup :

 

Popup_1

Press 'OK' to bring up the options :

Popup_2 


We can see here that the fields shown correspond to what we created in step 1. Select the appropriate options and click 'OK' to upload the file and send the email. To confirm check the 'Sent' folder of the sending email. Confirm the receiving email receives the email containing a print-out of the options selected in this pop-up form.

 

June 03, 2009

JSCAPE Secure FTP Server 5.2 Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of JSCAPE Secure FTP Server 5.2. This release includes several feature enhancements. Highlights include:

* Support for IPv6

* Collect additional file upload data using custom forms builder.

* Send ad-hoc email file transfers directly from MS Outlook using JSCAPE Secure FTP Server Plugin for Outlook.

* View documents in web browser using JSCAPE Web Document Viewer.

For more information please visit:

http://www.jscape.com/secureftpserver/


JSCAPE Web Document Viewer Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of JSCAPE Web Document Viewer.

JSCAPE Web Document Viewer is an add-on component to the JSCAPE Secure FTP Server product. JSCAPE Web Document Viewer simplifies content distribution by embedding a document viewer in the JSCAPE Secure FTP Server web interface. With support for over 100 document formats, users can view documents on the server without having to download files or have supporting software installed.

JSCAPE Secure FTP Server Plugin for Outlook Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of JSCAPE Secure FTP Server Plugin for Outlook.  JSCAPE Secure FTP Server Plugin for Outlook can be used in combination with a compatible Outlook email client and JSCAPE Secure FTP Server to perform ad-hoc email transfers.

This product is available free of charge to users of JSCAPE Secure FTP Server Enterprise Edition.

April 22, 2009

Secure iNet Factory 8.1.0 Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of Secure iNet Factory 8.1.0.  This release includes the following updates:

  • Add support for alternate MAIL FROM address when performing USER validation in EmailInspector class.
  • Updated minimum JVM requirements to 1.4.
  • Added support for alternate character encoding when reading directory listings in SFTP protocol.
  • Fix for symbolic links in SFTP protocol
  • Fix for uploading directories using SCP protocol.
  • Fix for date parsing in UnixParser class.

Secure FTP Factory 8.1.0 Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of Secure FTP Factory 8.1.0.  This release includes the following updates:

  • Added support for alternate character encoding when reading directory listings in SFTP protocol.
  • Updated minimum JVM requirements to 1.4.
  • Fix for symbolic links in SFTP protocol
  • Fix for uploading directories using SCP protocol.
  • Fix for date parsing in UnixParser class.

April 08, 2009

Enabling Phone Authentication

The following video discusses phone authentication in general and how to use within JSCAPE Secure FTP Server.

http://www.jscape.com/secureftpserver/videos/phone_authentication/phone_authentication.html

April 07, 2009

Secure FTP Applet 5.5 Released

JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of Secure FTP Applet 5.5.  This release includes a minor bug fix for handling symbolic links in the SFTP protocol.