mFTP for Palm
Simple Powerful FTP Client and FTP Exchange Library
Back up, retrieve, and distribute Palm objects, databases, files, and applications
from a Palm device with an Internet connection. Supports all Palm network connection
types, including:
- Dialup
- Wireless
- SmartPhone.
mFTP provides mobile users with easy access to FTP Servers. You can:
- Quickly back up your data from the road
- Regularly distribute common data to mobile users
- Collect data from mobile users in a central location
- Share contact data, calendar entries, or other Palm application data
- Access information on public servers
Simple effective UI
This clean, robust user interface requires a minimum number of taps to perform your tasks:
- On startup, automatically connect to and display selected server and Palm directories
- View Palm and server directories simultaneously
- Dynamically adjust the relative viewing sizes of the directories.
- Easily browse directories and files on the Palm device and on the FTP server; internal and expansion Palm memory cards are represented as volumes.
- Send and receive Palm objects, individual files, all files in a folder, or complete folder contents, including subfolders
- Easily create, delete, and rename directories and files on the Palm device and on the FTP Server
- Navigate directories using the Palm 5-way Navigator.
Easily manage FTP Servers
Create and manage your personal set of FTP servers, using your own names for servers.
There is no fixed limit on the number of servers you can define.
Choose from among these connection options:
- Simply select from list to connect to a server,
- Or Auto connect to your default server when mFTP starts,.
- Or Auto connect to last used server when mFTP starts.
- Or directly enter server info for one time connections
Customize for convenience and efficiency

It's easy to customize your installation:
- Specify the server you want to automatically connect to when mFTP starts.
- Specify the Palm directory you want to automatically display when mFTP starts.
- Save your UI display options for the directory list display.
Exchange Manager support
With mFTPLib, the included FTP Exchange Library, send Palm objects directly from any Palm application that supports the Exchange Manager. For example, send text documents to an FTP server from the Memo application using the 'Send Memo' command.
Similarly, received Palm objects are transferred directly to the Palm application registered for them.
mFTPLib implements all of the common Exchange Manager functions, including:
- ExgLibOpen, ExgLibClose
- ExgLibConnect, ExgLibDisconnect
- ExgLibPut, ExgLibSend
- ExgLibGet, ExgLibReceive
In addition, mFTPLib provides a set of FTP specific ExgLibControl functions for
managing files and directories on an FTP server. More information is available to
qualified developers on request.