Site Contact system Ver 2.0

[mwoodxray]

I am going to attempt to upload and use "Site Contact system" as a formmail system so that I may get a conformation from users email before processing an order. The instructions require one file to be uploaded in binary and others to be uploaded in ASCII. I understand that an ASCII file is simply a txt file as from notepad. Is any file other than txt a binary file and will it be uploaded as such if I just use the HR system to upload it?

Thanks,
Mitch

[don5408]

Hi, Mitch. As you say ASCII refers to 'plain text' files, in addition to *.txt files ASCII mode would be used when uploading all of your web pages (ex: *.htm, *.html, *.shtml) as well as PHP and Perl scripts (ex: *.php, *.pl). Binary mode would be used when uploading images (ex: *.gif, *.jpg), multimedia files (ex: *.wav, *.avi) and executable files (ex: *.exe, *.zip).

In my limited experience with it it would *appear* that the HR File Manager does an adequate enough job of recognizing files by extension and uploading them in an appropriate manner, however my recommendation as far as uploading files to HR in general would be to use a third-party FTP program.

There are a number of good freeware FTP clients, I happen to use (and have no hesitation recommending) WS_FTP LE (http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm). Like all FTP clients WS_FTP LE offers the option to switch between ASCII and binary modes, and it also includes an "Auto" mode option under which all files are uploaded in binary mode with the exception of files with extensions you specify as requiring ASCII mode within the program's options dialog.

Don