FileUp

Create secure and reliable applications with the world’s most popular and easy-to-use file transfer tool. SoftArtisans' easy-to-use file transfer products benefit both large corporations and individual developers looking to create powerful HTTP file upload and download Web applications. A feature-rich product first introduced in 1997, FileUp is the one solution that offers both client-side resumability and the strength to overcome the built-in file size limits of ASP.NET.

File Up is available in the following editions:

• File Up Standard Edition: FileUpSE transmits files from a local hard disk to a server-running Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) or to a separate file server that is networked to the web server.With FileUpSE, file transfer sizes can reach 2 GB within ASP or ASP.NET with minimal server resources.This incredible file transfer strength means you never have to worry about ASP.NET's default file size limit.
• File Up Professional Edition: A powerful file transfer bundle that adds flexible file management and anActiveX control (XFile)to the dependability of FileUp Standard Edition. With FileUp PE you getpowerful server-side codefor processing requests, withrich client-side component for making the requests.

Key Features:

• Visual (ActiveX) product
  
  • Can be used from Internet Explorer, Visual Basic
    
  • Supports drag-and-drop
    
  • List of files to transfer can be preset
    
  • Accurate progress indicator
    
  • Shows estimated size and transfer time
    
• Non-visual COM component file transfer engine
  
  • Allows multiple HTTP GET, POST, PUT in a single operation
    
  • Generates events for capture by IE or VB
    
  • Supports SSL, proxies, multiple authentication mechanisms
    
  • Can be used from Internet Explorer (optional silent operation), Visual Basic or ASP
    
• Receive files
  
  • Download multiple files to preset locations
    
  • Download to a string or to a file
    
• Send files
  
  • Upload via RFC1867 POST (compatible with SoftArtisans FileUp) or HTTP PUT
    
  • HTTP Content of POST can be a file or a string
    
• Multilingual support
  
  • XFile supports Unicode file names and form values, including in directory uploads, on Windows NT 4.0 or higher
    
  • SoftArtisans recommends using XFile with SoftArtisans FileUp, a server-side product that is Unicode compliant
    
• Shell Extension allows uploads directly from Windows Explorer
  
• Integration
  • Can be used in conjunction with SoftArtisans FileManager to preset list of files or manipulate files before or after transfer
    
  • Can be used with SoftArtisans Archive to compress files before or after transfer
    
  • Fully compatible with SoftArtisans FileUp to receive files on the server

FileUp - Features

New Features in version 5

Increased upload performance of up to 55%

File Up Standard Edition

FileUp is a tool for performing transactional file uploads and secure downloads. It allows dynamic applications to accept, save and manipulate files uploaded via a browser. Files can be of any format such as Word documents, images or plain text.

NEW Features in version 4 include:

• Rich functionality under ASP.NET including progress indication and support for COM+ transactions
• Upload up to 4 GB with ASP and ASP.NET
• Support for ADO.NET data types
• MD5 hashing to ensure integrity.

Features include:

• Unicode Filename and Form value support: improved working with SoftArtisans XFile
• Secure Resumable Downloads Support: when used in conjunction with a resumable download client tool
• Unique File Names: create unique file names for uploads in order to avoid the risk of replacing old files with the same names
• Supports Foreign Character Sets: including file names
• Work-around: for corrupted upload stream in international versions of Internet Explorer 5
• Transactional Uploads: guaranteed synchronisation between upload processing and database transactions, full COM+ integration and simplified error handling with guaranteed integrity when uploading multiple files
• Server-side Progress Indicator: enables clients to monitor the upload progress from any location
• COM+/MTS: compatibility is provided
• Performance Monitor Counters: to monitor upload and download performance precisely
• MacBinary Decoding: files that have been uploaded from a Macintosh can be saved with MacBinary format or with extracted data fork
• Recursive Directory Uploads: entire directory trees can be uploaded with one operation when used in conjunction with JFile and XFile client-side tools
• Uploads to Memory: uploads can be stored in memory rather than disk for improved performance and security
• SoftArtisans Archive: create and extract ZIP and Microsoft CAB format archives and upload to a ZIP or download a specific file from a CAB
• SoftArtisans FileManager: advanced security features
• SoftArtisans SMTPmail: SMTP e-mail control.

File Up Professional Edition

FileUp Professional Edition combines server-side and client-side products providing complete file transfer functionality. It includes:

NEW Features in version 4 include:

• Rich functionality under ASP.NET including progress indication and support for COM+ transactions
• Upload up to 4 GB with ASP and ASP.NET
• Support for ADO.NET data types
• MD5 hashing to ensure integrity.

Features include:

• Unicode Filename and Form value support: improved working with SoftArtisans XFile
• Secure Resumable Downloads Support: when used in conjunction with a resumable download client tool
• Unique File Names: create unique file names for uploads in order to avoid the risk of replacing old files with the same names
• Supports Foreign Character Sets: including file names
• Work-around: for corrupted upload stream in international versions of Internet Explorer 5
• Transactional Uploads: guaranteed synchronisation between upload processing and database transactions, full COM+ integration and simplified error handling with guaranteed integrity when uploading multiple files
• Server-side Progress Indicator: enables clients to monitor the upload progress from any location
• COM+/MTS: compatibility is provided
• Performance Monitor Counters: to monitor upload and download performance precisely
• MacBinary Decoding: files that have been uploaded from a Macintosh can be saved with MacBinary format or with extracted data fork
• Recursive Directory Uploads: entire directory trees can be uploaded with one operation when used in conjunction with JFile and XFile client-side tools
• Uploads to Memory: uploads can be stored in memory rather than disk for improved performance and security
• SoftArtisans Archive: create and extract ZIP and Microsoft CAB format archives and upload to a ZIP or download a specific file from a CAB
• SoftArtisans FileManager: advanced security features
• SoftArtisans SMTPmail: SMTP e-mail control.

File Up Enterprise Edition

FileUp Enterprise Edition assists the multi-faceted needs of any secure file transfer application. It handles multi-gigabyte file transfers, supports Web farms and functions across firewalls. There are no limits to the number or size of files that can be uploaded.

Features include:

• Decouple the file servers from public Web servers
• Place a firewall between the file server and the Web farm providing an additional layer of protection
• Make requests via HTTP or HTTPS/SSL from Web server to file server using SOAP-MIME with Attachments technology. FileUpEE creates the SOAP envelope automatically
• Place upload logic, connection strings etc on the file server keeping sensitive information off public Web servers
• Stream files stored in a non-browsable directory on the file server to the client
• No size limit for uploads or downloads
• No file limit for uploads or downloads
• Use FileUp Enterprise Edition as a native .NET assembly or COM ASP solution
• Store uploaded files in central storage area not on the Web servers
• Share uploaded documents among all the servers in a Web farm
• Fully extensible set of file properties to enable sophisticated applications such as content management
• Resume uploads between Web server and file server
• Replicate data on the file server to a remote location
• Store detailed audit information for every upload and download.

Feature Comparison