Using RapidFiler on networked Windows machines

Windows machines on campus networks often have a utility called RapidFiler (the icon is a little man riding what looks like a unicycle; sometimes labelled 'FTP' or 'FTPAccess') which performs file transfer protocol (FTP) operations by drag-and-drop.

To start RapidFiler, double-click on the icon. You'll see a form asking for

• Remote host name (here you type liberty.uc.wlu.edu)
• User name (here you type your username)
• Password (here you type your password --it won't be echoed)
• several other fields which you can ignore

A two-part window will open. The upper part defaults to your machine's C:\windows subdirectory, and the lower to your Liberty home directory. You can move (actually it's copying) a file from one to the other by clicking on its icon, holding down the mouse button while you drag the icon to the other window, and the releasing the mouse button.

You can change directories by clicking:

• To change c:\windows to a:\ , click once on the c:\windows label and type a:\ in the dialog box
• To change c:\windows to c:\ , double-click on the c:\windows label

The Options menu lets you change transfer options:

• Use ASCII for text files
• Use Binary for graphics files, compacted files (.zip extension), and executables (those with .exe and .com extensions)

You can exit from RapidFiler by choosing Exit from the File menu.