DropSite Courier™ Beta 2 February 18, 2003

Expires March 15, 2003

Installation: 

Unstuff DSC3Beta-2.sit included with this package if it's not already unstuffed. This is a StuffIt 6 archive. You can get the Aladdin StuffIt Expander from http://www.aladdinsys.com. 

Legal: 

Be sure to read the license agreement before using DropSite Courier. This is Beta software and it surely is not finished and may have bugs. Use at your own risk! 

What is it ? 

DropSite Courier is an application that creates small file transfer icons which users can drop files on and have them delivered via FTP to a predetermined server. The target customer wants to have end users to drag and drop files for delivery with little or no interaction. With DropSite Courier you can give end users a preconfigured icon to transfer their files to your server. You can e-mail it to them and tell them to put it on the desktop and drop their files on it when they are ready. 

How is it different from the Original DropSite ? 

DropSite Courier works a lot like the original DropSite but there are some major differences:

The DropSite Courier icons are fully self contained applications that can be copied to other computers without needing the DropSite Prefs File; they vary in size with the about box picture you supply but will probably be at least 96k bytes. Original DropSite creates files that are about 9k bytes in size each of which relies on the DropSite Engine and the Prefs file.

The creator of the DropSite Courier icons may allow any or all settings to be changed by their end user. Users can never change the name of the file server, though.

DropSite Courier can be configured to e-mail a file manifest when delivery is complete.
DropSite Courier allows only a single destination. 
DropSite Courier allows the creation on Windows Clients

Using DropSite Courier: 

Sorry a manual is not ready; we hope that DropSite Courier will be easy enough for you to figure out and use. Firstly, unstuff DSCBeta-2.sit. Then double click the DropSite Courier icon to get started. You'll get an untitled document window. Use this window to set up the characteristics for your user. The check boxes determine if your end user will be able to change settings on their own. You might want to allow some users to set ID's or passwords if you are distributing DropSite Courier from a web page rather than direct distribution. 

When everything is set up save it and you'll get the usual Mac file save. Your DropSite Courier is ready to go. 

You may use your own About Box picture; click on the default or current Pict first then paste it in. 

Double click on a DropSite Courier icon to change settings. Some, all or none may be available. 

Beta 2 Notes: 

Adds native support for file zipping on MacOS.
New option to archive files as MacBinary/Zip. This is an alternative to StuffIt. Files archived this way are intact with resources just as StuffIt archives. Compressing files this way yields files about the same size but are compressed significantly faster. End users never have to worry about what version of StuffIt Engine they have.

Beta 1 Notes: 

First release with MS Windows client
Have not done thorough testing on various Windows versions
Minor fixes for Mac clients

Features not available on Windows

Custom Icons 
Custom Aboutbox picture
User editable settings

Looking for feedback: 

Please let us know about any problems you have using DropSite Courier. We are very interested in what you feel would make it better. Send feedback to beta@frodis.com 

Thanks for helping us make a great product! 

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