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    Use the Conflict Resolution options in Auto FTP Manager to replace the old file on the destination when the source location has the same file with a newer date. Conflict Resolution options are configured on an automated transfer profile. If you have already created the connection profile, right click on the profile name in the left panel and select the Edit profile option. Make sure you have selected Automated profile for the File Transfer type. Navigate to the next page and look for the Conflict Resolution section. Select ‘Overwrite if date is newer’ option from the drop down list. Click the Next button and finish the settings. [image: AFMpost5738.jpg] Once the settings are configured, right click on the profile name and select Start automated transfer. If the source file being transferred was created after the existing destination file, then the old file will get replaced with the new one.
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    Auto FTP Manager allows you to download only those files which contain strings you specify by using the Files and Folders filter option. First, create an Automated profile for downloading files from the FTP server and then you can configure the filters for that profile. To create a automated transfer profile, click File >> New Connection Profile. Select the connection profile type as Automated Profile. [image: AFMpost5521.jpg] Enter the FTP details such as FTP address, port number, username and password. Navigate to the next page, look for the Action rules section and select the transfer actions for downloading files. Next, look for the Files and Folders filters section and click the Configure button. Select the filter for File Name and set it to 'Include file names containing string values'. Enter the words that you want to search in the file name like 'New' and 'review'. Use the semicolon to separate the words. Click OK to save these settings. Go to the next page and click Finish to create a profile with configured settings. [image: AFMpost5726.jpg] Now, whenever you start automated transfer, the files containing the specified strings such as 'New' and 'review' in the file name will be downloaded.
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    Use the scheduler feature to download files automatically using Auto FTP Manager. The first step is to create an Automated profile to transfer files from your FTP server and the second step is to create a schedule for that profile. To create an automated transfer profile, click File >> New Connection Profile. Select the connection profile type as Automated Profile. Enter the FTP details such as FTP address, port number, username and password. Navigate to the next page, look for the Action rules section and select the transfer action to download to your PC. [image: AFMpost5712.jpg] In the Schedule Transfers section, click on the Configure button. You can select a daily or weekly schedule. The **Daily **schedule will download files every day. In the Weekly schedule you can select particular days of the week for transfer. Set the start date and time for the schedule. After creating the schedule, click on the **Next **button, and enter a Profile name to finish the settings. [image: AFMpost5712_1.jpg] Once complete, the schedule will run at the configured time and files will be downloaded from FTP server automatically.
  • What is the difference between Quick connect and Automated profiles?

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    Auto FTP Manager allows you transfer files to and from FTP server manually or automatically. Using the Quick Connect profile, you can manually transfer files between the source and destination using the built-in file manager. Add the files to the transfer queue and start the transfer. The files can be dragged from one panel and dropped to other making the transfer easy. Using the Automated transfer profile, you can transfer files from the source to destination based on automated transfer rules. You can configure file and folder filters, schedule the transfer, save or send a transfer report and much more. When you want to transfer files at specific times automatically then you should choose the automated transfer profile. [image: new_connection.png]
  • Keeping a history of file updates

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    In Auto FTP Manager the default rule is to overwrite files if they are present on the destination. You can maintain a history of file changes by appending the date and time to newer files. This can be done using the Conflict resolution feature. To configure these settings, right click on the automated transfer profile name and select the Edit Profile option. Navigate to the Action rules page. Look for the Conflict resolution section, and choose the Append Date-Time option from the drop down list. [image: AFMpost5683.jpg] Now, whenever you download files from your FTP server, the date and time will be added to the filename. This way the original file will not get overwritten and you can maintain a history of downloaded files.
  • Transfer files that match a specified file size

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    Auto FTP Manager can select files that match a size. The advanced filters option lets you choose to either transfer only files that match the size or send everything except the size-matched files. First, create an Automated profile. On the menu bar, click File >> New Connection Profile. Select connection profile type as Automated Profile and enter the FTP details. Navigate to the next page and look for the Actions Rule section. Select the option to download or upload files from source to destination. Next, go to the File and Folders Filters section and click the Configure button. Select the File Size filter option, set it to Include file size Equal to '500' MB and click the OK button to save the filter settings. On the next page enter the profile name and click the Create button. [image: AFMpost5670.jpg] Now, whenever you start the automated transfer, the files matching the specified file size will be transferred. Note- Auto FTP Manager provides five type of filters you can set for files during automated transfer such as **Select folders to exclude, Modification Date, File Size, File Name and File Type. **
  • Automatically start transfer when PC folder is modified

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    You can use the Auto FTP Manager Scheduler to watch the PC folder. It can automatically start transferring when files are created, updated or deleted from the watched folder. Follow the steps to configure schedule: To create automated transfer profile, click File >> New Connection Profile. Select connection profile type as Automated Profile and enter FTP details. Navigate to next page and look for Actions Rule section. Select the option for downloading files. Now, from Schedule Transfers section and click on Configure button. Select Perform Automated transfer option and schedule type as On Folder Change. Browse for the PC folder you want to monitor. Select Deleted checkbox to monitor for deletions in the PC folder. Set the waiting time with the help of the Wait {N} minutes before starting transfer option. Now, when a file is deleted from the watched folder, Auto FTP Manager will wait for the selected time interval and start downloading files from the server. [image: AFMpost5656.jpg] This schedule gets invoked whenever file gets deleted from the selected PC folder.
  • Run automated transfer even when windows is logged off

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    The scheduler in Auto FTP Manager allows you to automatically run transfers. To run the transfer when Windows is logged off, you have to configure the schedule with a Windows user and password. To configure the schedule to run as a service, right click on the schedule and select the Edit Schedule option. Next, enable the option Login to run the schedule even if your system is logged off. Enter the Windows password and click the OK button. [image: AFMpost5641.jpg] Now the automated transfer will start at the scheduled time even when Windows is logged off.
  • Exclude specific files from downloading

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    You can easily exclude image files from getting downloaded using the advanced Filters option in Auto FTP Manager. To configure filters, select the automated transfer profile, click Profiles >> Edit Profile option. Go to the 'Specify Automated Transfer Settings' page and click the Configure button under the ‘File and Folder Filters’ section. [image: AFMpost5628.jpg] Next, on the Configure Filters dialog, select the ‘File Type’ checkbox. Enter the image file extensions and click on the 'Exclude' button. This will add the extensions in the Exclude list on the right. [image: AFMpost5628_1.jpg] Now, when you start the automated transfer, manually or through a schedule, the image files will not be downloaded.
  • Run Auto FTP Manager in the background

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    You can minimize the Auto FTP Manager user interface to the system tray. This will hide it from the screen. Click on the ‘Settings’ icon in the top right corner of Auto FTP Manager. On the General settings tab, select ‘On Application close, minimize Auto FTP Manager to system tray’. The application will be minimized to the system tray when you close it. All your transfers and ongoing processes will continue to run in the background. In order to restore the program, click on the application icon in the system tray. [image: AFMpost5609.jpg] You can also select the ‘On Application launch, minimize Auto FTP Manager to system tray’ option to keep the application running in the background on launch.
  • Downloading files changed in the last 2 days

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    You can transfer just the files updated in the last 2 days by using the file and folder filters in Auto FTP Manager. To configure the Filter, right click on the Automated Transfer profile and select the ‘Edit Profile’ option. Navigate to the Action rules page, click on the ‘Configure’ button under the ‘File and Folder Filters’ section. [image: AFMpost5591.jpg] Choose the ‘Modification Date’ filter type and make the changes as shown below. Click on the OK button to save the settings. [image: AFMpost5591-2.jpg] When you start the automated transfer, the files which are changed in the last 2 days will be downloaded.
  • Deleting files from my PC after FTP upload

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    Auto FTP Manager can move or delete the files from the source after the transfer completes. First, create an Automated Transfer Profile. In Auto FTP Manager go to the File menu and select ‘New Connection Profile’ option. Choose ‘Automated Profile’ and click on the next button. [image: AFMpost5581-1.jpg] Enter the connection information, URL, username, password and port number, etc. On the next page you can set the action rules for the automated transfer. Tick the ‘After Transfer’ check box and select the ‘Move’ or ‘Delete’ option from the drop down as required. If you want to move files to another location, then specify the folder path using the ‘Location’ button. Click on the Next button to enter the profile name and finish the settings. [image: AFMpost5581-2.jpg] Whenever you run the automated transfer, the files will be uploaded to the server and removed from your PC folder.
  • Begin transfer after adding files to a queue

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    You can select your files and add them to Auto FTP Manager's transfer queue and then start the files transfer with a click. The first step is to create a connection profile. Go to the File menu and select the New Connection Profile option. Choose the ‘Quick Connect’ connection profile and click on the Next button. Enter FTP address, username, etc to make the connection with the FTP server and click Next. [image: FTP_details.png] You will see the File Manager list view showing all files and folders present in the directory location. Drag the files from the File Manager and drop them in the transfer queue or right click on any file / folder and select the ‘Add to Transfer Queue’ option. The transfer Queue lists the files and folders which are ready for transfer. You can review the file list here. When ready, click on the ‘Start’ button to begin the transfer. [image: AFMpost5547.jpg]
  • Downloading files from a FTP server every morning

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    Auto FTP Manager allows you to automatically transfer files at specified time using Schedule Transfers. You have to create Automated profile for auto downloading files from FTP server and then create schedule for that profile. To create automated transfer profile, click File >> New Connection Profile. Select connection profile type as Automated Profile and enter FTP details. Navigate to next page and look for Actions Rule section. Select the option for downloading files. Now, look for Schedule Transfers section and click on Configure button. [image: AFMpost5534_2.jpg] Select Perform Automated transfer option and schedule type as Daily. Enter Start date and time. You can select morning time here. The schedule will run every day at specified time and files will be transferred automatically. [image: AFMpost5534_3.jpg] Note: You can also run your schedule even if system is logged off. Just enable the option Login to run the schedule even if your system is Logged Off. When you enable this option, you need to specify Windows password.
  • Automatically transfer files once a week

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    Auto FTP manager allows you to automatically transfer files at specified date and time using Schedule Transfers. You have to create Automated profile for transferring files from FTP server and then create schedule for that profile. To create automated transfer profile, click File >> New Connection Profile. Select connection profile type as Automated Profile. [image: AFMpost5521.jpg] Enter FTP details such as FTP address, port number, username and password. Navigate to next page, look for Action rules section and select the transfer actions. Under Schedule Transfers section, click on Configure button. Select Perform Automated transfer option and schedule type as Weekly. Specify Start date and time and select Thursday as the day of the week for transferring files. [image: AFMpost5521_2.jpg] The schedule will run every week on Thursday at specified time and files will be transferred to destination automatically.
  • Transferring when the file size is different

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    Auto FTP Manager allows you to overwrite the file on the destination if the size has changed. First, you have to create an Automated profile from File >> New Connection Profile. Select connection profile type as Automated Profile. [image: AFMpost5521.jpg] On the next page, enter FTP details such as FTP address, port number, username and password. Navigate to the next page, look for Action rules section and select the transfer actions. Set Conflict resolution to Overwrite if date/size is different. Click Next button, enter profile name and finish the settings. [image: Automated-Transfer-Rules.png] Now, whenever you will start automated transfer, files on the destination will be replaced with files on the source if the size has changed.
  • Skip download of large files from FTP server

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    Using the File and Folder Filters in Auto FTP Manager, you can skip the download of large files from FTP server. To configure settings for Files and Folders filter, you have to create an Automated transfer profile. Click File >> New Connection Profile. Select connection profile type as Automated Profile. [image: AFMpost5521.jpg] On next page, enter all the details required to connect to FTP server including FTP address, username and password. On the Action rules page, select the transfer action for downloading the files. Now, look for Files and Folders filters section and click Configure button. Select File Size filter and set it to Exclude file size Greater than 'N' MB. Click Ok button to save these settings. Move to next page, enter profile name and click on Create button. [image: AFMpost5496.jpg] Right click on the profile name and select Start Automated transfer option. The files having the size greater than the specified file size will not be downloaded.
  • Downloading recent files from FTP server

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    Auto FTP Manager allows you to download the latest files automatically using the Modification Date filter. To download files from the FTP server automatically, you have to create an automated transfer profile from File >> New Connection Profile. Select action rule for downloading the files. To add filters for your automated transfer profile, go to the Files and Folder filters section and click Configure button. Select the Modification Date filter type. Set this option to Include files that have changed ‘Today’ or ‘In the Last’ few hours/ minutes. For example- Transfer files that have changed in the last 10 minutes. [image: AFMpost5483.jpg] To automate the transfer process, configure a schedule for this profile. Look for Schedule Transfers section and select the schedule type as Daily. Set a schedule to repeat after every N days / hours / minutes. Click Ok to save these settings. Navigate to the next page and finish the settings. The recent files will be automatically downloaded from the FTP server whenever schedule gets invoked.
  • Automatically transfer files when I update a folder

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    The scheduler in Auto FTP Manager allows you to automatically transfer files from a folder when any file within the specified folder gets updated, modified or deleted. To configure the schedule for an automated transfer profile, right click on the profile name and select Edit Profile option. Move to the action rules page, look for the Schedule Transfers section and click on Configure button. Select On folder change option and browse the folder you want to keep watch on. Make sure you have selected the same PC folder location which you have selected while creating the automated transfer profile. You can also set the waiting period after the change is made using the Wait ‘N’ minutes before starting transfer option. [image: AFMpost5469.jpg] If any modification is done on the selected folder, then On folder change schedule will be invoked and files will be transferred automatically.
  • Receiving an alert on a transfer failure

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    Using Auto FTP Manager, you can receive notifications for all transfers or failed transfers. You can choose to save transfer report on PC or Network drive, FTP server or Email. To receive an alert notifications, you have to create an automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. Choose source and destination for transfer and select connection profile type as Automated Profile. [image: AFMpost5521.jpg] On the next page, provide FTP address, authentication details required to connect to the FTP server. On action rules page, select uploading or downloading action for file transfer. Under the ‘On completion of transfer’ section, select the Save or Send Transfer Report and click on Configure button. By default the ‘Save report when an automated transfer has failures’ option is selected. From ‘Save location’ drop down list, select the Email option. Enter the email address and the mail server details. Send test email to verify the email settings. Click OK to save these settings and create the profile. [image: Transfer_Report_Settings.png] Whenever you start the automated transfer manually or on a schedule and transfer failure occurs, you will receive transfer report by an email.