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I've been using TP on 98 and ME for years. I just upgraded to XP and now the ftpActiveDoc.bat macro I was using hangs. It makes the connect to the ftp serrver and begins transfer, but then times out. Nothing has changed on my ftp server.

Any known bugs with the Add-On and XP. Is there another ftp add-on that works with XP. I lover the macro and would rather not live without it.

I just downloaded the AddOn that you referred to. This is just a simple straight-forward batch file. It is not a macro.

I would suggest that you go through and review the user-defined parameters, especially the Path settings. They may need to be edited. They may have changed on your XP from your earlier system.

I also noticed that some of the references to line numbers are not correct, but that should not be a problem. (You can edit those to be correct at the same time).

Hope this was helpful................good luck,
Bob

I've checked all the settings and they are correct. I've used them in the past with this same batch command. The real issue is that after logging in successfully the transfer is hanging and then timing out. Not a problem I ever had in Me.
Any other ideas?

A few thoughts:
One is to to execute the ftp command outside of TextPad. Take the output file that is generated and execute the ftp client against it (ftp -s c:\location\ftpascii.txt)
Next thought is to do the above but thow the -d option in as well for debugging info
Next thought would be to execute the ftp script by hand, so
ftp
open FtpServer
UID
PWD
cd DestinationDir
etc

Assuming that doesn't help, post the script here (minus UID and PWD) and see if we can eyeball it.

Ran ftp by hand and it seems to be the problem. I can login but it hangs when I send a file

I get the
"200 PORT command successful." prompt
then it stalls
then i get the following error
"550 Cannot connect to 208..59..... - Operation timed out.
Connection closed by remote host."

I've tried on 2 different servers and am having the same problem.
I realize that this indicates a problem out of the bounds of Textpad, but if anyone has any ideas, I'd be greatful.

There's a so called firewall in win xp, could that be it?

heyj wrote:...I just upgraded to XP and now the ftpActiveDoc.bat macro I was using hangs...

Can you manually connect using ftp? Either the command line or something like FileZilla should work. The info I found on the web says a 550 ought to be a permanent negative error (never gonna work) having to do with the file or file system. Sounds intriguing, please keep us (at least me) informed on what you find out.

OK,
I feel like a dope now. It was a firewall issue. Not Windows but ZoneAlarm, my firewall of choice) I hadn't set my server as a trusted zone.

Thanks for the help to all, and for triggering the right stream of logic