The Transfer Log in Auto FTP Manager provides information about all events. It shows the Date-Time, Event and the Description of the respective event. The log events are divided into following categories: Command, Response, Status and Error. To view only error events, right click in the Transfer Log where log messages are generated and select Show Error Events option. [image: AFMpost6045.jpg] Now the Transfer Log will show only the error events that occurred during the file transfer process or connection.

Whenever you transfer a file from source to destination and the file is already present on the destination, then there is a conflict. Auto FTP Manager can resolve such conflicts easily with the help of Conflict Resolution rules. You can set the conflict resolution rules while creating the automated transfer profile. When creating the connection profile you can find the Conflict Resolution section on the Automated Transfer Settings page. Choose an option from the drop down list. If the file is already present on the server, you can overwrite the file or skip the file transfer. Auto FTP Manager has different conflict resolution options for date, time and size. [image: AFMpost6026.jpg]

Auto FTP Manager allows you to configure a proxy setting for each connection profile separately. You can configure the proxy setting when creating a connection profile. When creating a connection profile, click on the Configure Proxy Settings link. [image: FTP_details.png] On the Proxy Settings dialog, choose the Connection Type from the drop down list. You can select the socks 4 & 5, HTTP, or FTP proxy connection as needed. Click on the Auto Detect button to detect the Proxy settings configured in Internet Explorer. [image: profile_proxy_connection.png]

Auto FTP Manager can filter files based on the file size and then transfer the files which are smaller than the size you specify. To do this, first create an automated transfer profile. If you have already created the connection profile, right click on the profile name listed in the left side panel and select Edit Profile option. Move to the **Automated transfer settings **page. Click on the Configure button under the File and Folder Filters section. Select the File Size filter type. Set it to Include the file size less than 20 KB and click the Ok button. [image: AFMpost5981.jpg] Whenever you start the automated transfer, the files under 20KB will be transferred and the other files will be ignored.

In Auto FTP Manager, you can easily set any folder as a home folder directly from the file manager. The Home folder will be the source or destination for file transfer. After creating the transfer profile, open the File Manager list view. Right click on the required folder and select Set as Home Folder option. [image: AFMpost5957.jpg] Next, start the automated transfer. All your files will be transferred from or to the selected home folder. Using this method, you can quickly change the source or destination folder.

You can use the File Filters in Auto FTP Manager to upload only the files of specific extensions. To configure a filter, right click on the profile name in the left side panel and select the Edit Profile option. Go to the Automated Transfer settings page, click on the Configure button under the File and Folder Filters section. Select the File type filter option, choose the ‘.html’ file extension and click on the Include button. Save the changes. [image: AFMpost5933.jpg] Whenever you start the automated transfer, only the html files on the FTP folder will be updated. You can add more extensions to the list, if you want to include more file types. Further you can add a schedule to start the transfer process automatically at a specified time.

You can configure Auto FTP Manager to turn off the PC when transfers are completed. Create an automated transfer profile to configure the PC shut down function. See this link for creating a connection profile: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/what-is-a-profile.aspx While creating a connection profile, select the ‘Turn off Computer’ option from the Automated Transfer Settings. [image: AFMpost5909.jpg] Once the automated transfer is completed, the PC will be turned off after 30 seconds. Note: Whether the file transfer is successful or unsuccessful, the PC will be turned off after completion of the transfer.

The Conflict Resolution option in Auto FTP Manager allows you to overwrite the files only when the source file size is larger. To set the Conflict Resolution, right click on the Automated Transfer profile listed in the left side panel and select the ‘Edit Profile’ option. Go to the Automated Transfer Settings page, select the ‘Overwrite if size is larger’ option from the conflict resolution drop down list. Click next and complete the settings. [image: AFMpost5896.jpg] Right click on the profile name and start the automated transfer. When the size of a file being transferred is larger than the existing file on the local folder, then the smaller file will be replaced by the larger one.

You should use the filter for Modification date in Auto FTP Manager. This will allow you to transfer the files that were modified today and exclude others. To add a Filter, right click on the Automated Transfer profile listed in the left side panel on the UI and select the ‘Edit Profile’ option. First, you will have to create a connection profile. Go to the Automated Transfer Settings page and click on the Configure button under the File and Folder Filters section. Select the ‘Modification Date’ filter type. By default it is set to include the files that have changed today. Click OK to save the settings. [image: AFMpost5883.jpg] Right click on the profile name and start the automated transfer. You will notice that, only files which are modified today are downloaded.

You can use the File Name filter option in Auto FTP Manager to download files having a single character in the file name. First, create the Automated transfer profile from File >> New Connection Profile. Enter the details required to connect to the FTP server, including FTP address, port number and authentication details. On the Automated Transfer Settings page, select the option to transfer files from ‘FTP server’ to ‘PC folder’. Go to the File and Folders Filters section and click on the Configure button. [image: AFMpost5628.jpg] Select the File Name filter type and set it to Include file names matching the wildcard. Enter the pattern as “?.txt” and “?.doc” separated by a semicolon. A question mark "?" matches any one character, so all the file names with single character will be included. Click Ok to save the filter settings. Move to the next page, and enter the profile name to complete the profile creation process. [image: AFMpost5868.jpg] A profile name will be listed on the left side panel, right click on it and start the automated transfer. The files having names like a.txt and 7.doc will be downloaded. You can also add a schedule to start the transfer.

Auto FTP Manager can automatically download files from your FTP server on a specified time interval. This is done with the help of the built in Scheduler in Auto FTP Manager. To add a schedule for file transfer, you have to create an automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. On the create connection profile dialog, select the Automated Profile option. On the next page, provide the details required to connect to the FTP server. On the action rules page, select the option to download files from your FTP server. Next, click on the Configure button under the Schedule Transfers section. Select the Daily schedule and enter the start date along with the time. Configure it to repeat after every 5 hours. Click OK and Next button to complete the settings. [image: AFMpost5857.jpg] The schedule will run at your specified time and the files will be automatically downloaded from the FTP server every 5 hours.

Auto FTP Manager can start a file transfer whenever a file in a monitored PC folder is changed. This can be done using the On Folder Change option in the Scheduler. Lets assume you have a connection profile created. If you have not created a connection profile then refer the help file to see how to create an automated transfer profile. Next, you have to configure Schedule Transfers. Choose the On Folder Change schedule option. Browse the folder which you want to monitor for changes. Select the check box to perform a transfer when a file is modified or renamed. You can also add a wait time after a file change is made with the help of Wait N minutes before starting transfer option. Click Ok and the next button to finish the settings. [image: AFMpost5842.jpg] Whenever you rename a file in the monitored folder, the file transfer will start after the specified wait interval.

A schedule in Auto FTP Manager automatically starts the file transfer process at a specified time even though the application is closed. You can also use Login to run the schedule even if your system is logged off option. This can be set when configuring the schedule. It allows a scheduled profile to run even when there is no user logged into Windows at the scheduled time. Enabling this option will require you to enter the Windows password for the current logged in user. Note: This option is not available for ‘On Application Launch’ and ‘On Folder Change’ schedules. [image: Schedule.png] Once you add a schedule, you can close Auto FTP Manager. The schedule will start at desired time, even though Auto FTP Manager is not running.

Auto FTP Manager lets you create multiple profiles to connect to the same FTP server. You can also create one connection profile and quickly make a duplicate of the original profile, then modify the folder selection. Lets assume you have a connection profile created. If you have not created a connection profile then refer the help file to see how to create an automated transfer profile. [image: FTP_details.png] When you create a connection profile, it will be listed in the left side panel. Right click on the profile name and select the Duplicate Profile option. You can edit the duplicated profile and change the FTP folder location, action rules and profile name. See this link for more details about Automated Transfer rules: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/WhatIsAutomatedTransfer.aspx

Use the File and Folder Filter in Auto FTP Manager to automatically download files greater than 50MB or any size you specify. To configure these settings, right click on the profile name listed in the left panel and select the Edit Profile option. Navigate to the **‘Specify Automated Transfer Settings’ **page. Look for the File and Folder Filters section and click on the Configure button. [image: AFMpost5803.jpg] Select the File Size filter option and set it to Include file size greater than 50 MB. Click Ok to save your settings, and navigate to the next page to finish. [image: AFMpost5803_1.jpg] When you now start the automated transfer, only the files having a size greater than 50 MB will be downloaded.

You can skip the transfer of specific folders from the root directory using Auto FTP Managers' File and Folder filters settings. To do this, first create an automated transfer profile. On the action rules page, select the option to download files from the FTP server. Next, add filters for your automated transfer profile. Go to the Files and Folder filters section and click on the Configure button. Tick the ‘Select folders to exclude’ checkbox and click the Exclude folders button under the FTP section. Choose the folders you want to exclude from the transfer. Click OK and save the changes. [image: Exclude_subfolders.png] To automate the transfer process, configure a schedule for this profile. Look for the Schedule Transfers section and click on Configure button, select the schedule type, and enter the start date and time. Click Ok to save the settings. Navigate to the next page and finish the settings. [image: Schedule.png] The schedule will run at a specified date and time. The files will be downloaded from all the folders except the excluded folders.

Auto FTP Manager allows you to set the number of attempts for login to a FTP server. This retry setting is helpful when you are connecting to a busy FTP server. To set retry login attempts, go to File >> Settings. On the Connection tab, look for the On Connection Failure section. Increase the Retry login attempts and set a delay between each retry attempt before aborting. Auto FTP Manager will try to login to the FTP server for the number of times you specify. [image: connection_settings.png] The Keep alive settings in Auto FTP Manager are useful to maintain a connection with the FTP server. It prevents disconnection by regularly sending a command that does not do anything. Note: Some FTP servers do not support the NOOP command and can disconnect even after receiving the NOOP command regularly. For such FTP servers, it is recommended to use the PWD command to keep the connection alive.

Use the File and Folder Filters in Auto FTP Manager to skip certain types of files from transferring. This feature allows you to prevent the download of 0 KB files. To configure the settings for File and Folder filters, you have to create an Automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. Set the connection profile type to Automated Profile. On the next page, enter the details required to connect to the FTP server including FTP address, username and password. On the Action rules page, select the transfer action for downloading files. [image: AFMpost5769.jpg] Next, look for the File and Folder filters section and click on the Configure button. Select the File Size filter and set it to Exclude file size equal to 0 KB. Click the OK button to save your settings. [image: AFMpost5769_1.jpg] To automate the transfer process, add a schedule. Go to the Schedule Transfers section and click on the Configure button. Choose the schedule type and start date-time as needed. Move to the next page, enter the profile name and click on Create button. Now, whenever the schedule will run the files will be downloaded except the 0 KB files.

Auto FTP Manager allows you to maintain same files on two folder locations using the action rule for synchronization. The Scheduler will help you to synchronize these folders regularly. To configure the settings, create an automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. Choose the transfer type as PC to FTP server and profile type as Automated Profile. Navigate to the next page and enter the details required to connect to the FTP server. Click the Next button and look for the Action rules section. Select the Synchronize source and destination folder option. This option will make sure that files present in both the folders are exactly same. [image: AFMpost5759.jpg] Under the Schedule Transfers section, click on the Configure button. Select the schedule type as Daily with a repeat interval of a few minutes or hours as required. Click Ok to save these settings. [image: AFMpost5759_1.jpg] The schedule will run every N minutes / hours and the selected folders will be synchronized each time. If the files are not present in one folder then they are transferred from the other folder.

Use Auto FTP Manager's built in Scheduler to upload files to your FTP server automatically. To update files every hour you will need to create an automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. Select the connection profile type as Automated Profile. Enter the required details to establish a connection with the FTP server. On the next page, go to the Action rules section and select the option to upload files to FTP server. [image: AFMpost5748.jpg] To add a schedule, look for the Schedule Transfers section and click the Configure button. Select the Schedule type as Daily. Specify the start date - time and set the Repeat after every option to 1 hour. On the next page, enter the profile name and click the Create button to save these settings. [image: AFMpost5748_1.jpg] Now, the schedule will start at a specified time and the files will be uploaded to the FTP server every hour.