Met het programma WinSCP kunnen op een veilige manier bestanden worden gekopieerd binnen een lokaal netwerk, via Secure Copy, of over het internet, via Secure FTP. Het kan daarnaast automatisch verschillende mappen synchroniseren en bestanden bewerken met de ingebouwde text editor. Voor een overzicht van alle mogelijkheden van dit programma verwijzen we jullie door naar deze pagina. De Tsjechische ontwikkelaar, Martin Prikryl, heeft versie 3.8.1 de deur uitgedaan met de volgende aanpassingen:
Version 3.8.1:
- Notice is displayed for period of time on status bar on various events, including:
- Automatic selection of transfer setting preset.
- Turning on/off of synchronised browsing.
- New version release.
- Synchronization checklist can be sorted by any column.
- When downloading, up to date remote file modification time is used, instead of cached time shown in file panel.
- File masks can select files also by their size.
- Automatic refresh of remote directory after an operation can be disabled (also by keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+R).
- Stored session can be renamed.
- Synchronized browsing state is now part of session state.
- Options dialogs for uploads, downloads, synchronization and Keep remote directory up to date invoked from command-line can be skipped using /defaults switch.
- Transfer settings presets drop down menu improved to show information about the preset being selected.
- Parameters /script and /command can be used without /console to run the script without creating a console window (works for .EXE only).
- Overwrite configuration message offers possibility to transfer file under different name (SFTP-only).
- Turning off the advanced options on Login dialog hides also some advanced controls on tabs that are otherwise visible.
- Edit is not a default action for double-click.
- When new version release is notified, the message indicates if it is beta version.
- Exclude file mask in example transfer setting preset Exclude temporaries expanded with *~; #*; .#*.
- Error “EAccessViolation” is now replaced with more meaningful “Invalid access to memory” also in scripting.
- Mere change from Exclude mask to Include mask is not shown in transfer setting overview unless the mask itself is specified too.
- Main window no longed flashes when Preferences dialog is closed.
- Location profiles are renamed inline now.
- Confirmation of file recycling is configurable independently of file deleting.
- Reading of remote directory can be cancelled by Esc key.
- During authentication, usage of stored password is indicated.
- Shift+Up/Down selects files.
- Button Cancel is not disabled on message dialogs, when Never ask me again checkbox is checked.
- Command Insert to Command Line is no longer shown in file context menu on Explorer-like interface.
- Bug fix: Menus were always shown on primary monitor in multi-monitor environment.
- Bug fix: WinSCP was not reflecting system-wide disabling of menu animations.
- Bug fix: Menus were not animated on Windows XP.
- Bug fix: Failure when connecting thru proxy.
- Bug fix: Major CPU consumption during prompt for password/passphrase.
- Bug fix: It was not possible to edit remote files with name containing characters not allowed on Windows.
- Bug fix: Timestamp synchronisation was not working properly for remote directory synchronisation.
- Bug fix: Group control caption was truncated on some XP themes.
- Bug fix: Button Browse on download options dialog was not preserving trailing backslash and operation mask.
- Bug fix: Assertion in DirView.pas.
- Bug fix: Incorrect decoding of SFTP extension version.
- Bug fix: Command open in scripting failed if password was specified in its parameter.
- Bug fix: Failure when last access time of file being uploaded could not be retrieved (typical for uploads from CD).
- Bug fix: Incorrect validation of file masks separated by comma.
- Bug fix: Before updates information is shown, query is sent to the server, if cached information were retrieved by another version of WinSCP.
- Bug fix: Transfer option New and updated file(s) only was not being saved.
- Bug fix: Command line switches /synchronize and /keepuptodate were not documented in syntax overview shown by /help switch.
- Bug fix: When Never ask me again was checked on query for synchronization before starting Keep remote directory up to date, the synchronization was not performed.