ActiveX EXE
FTPLite is an ActiveX EXE application. Which means the application is actually 2 applications bundled into 1. The first application is the initial splash screen, which does nothing more than activate the second ActiveX EXE (FTPWebsiteManager.exe) application. After installing FTPWebsiteManager.exe resides in the system directory on a users computer and cannot be activated without using a 'shop front' application.

The application has been created as an ActiveX EXE for 2 reasons:

1. As a separate application, it runs in it's own memory space on a computer and is not influenced by, or effects other applications that may be running at the same time. (In computer programming jargon this is called multi threading). Large files can be uploaded in the background while the user performs some other task in another application at the same time.

2. The application can be slotted into any other application that can reference objects, including Access, Excel, Word, or any Visual Basic application. It means these applications can get comprehensive FTP capabilities using multithreading, with no coding requirements.

To use the ActiveX EXE follow these steps:

1. Download and install FTPLite as you would any application. This will install the ActiveX EXE in the system directory of your computer. The EXE is called FTPWebsiteManager.exe. The installation process will also register the EXE on your computer which means it will show up in a project references dialog box.

The coding requirement is minimal. If using a command button:

You also have the option of passing parameters to the window, or you can enter them in text boxes after the window has opened. Parameters could be passed from field values in a database recordset. By using a database in this way a calling application could use a database to manage multiple web sites, and multiple locations within a web site. The Caption parameter would be passed from a Profile Name field, which would be useful to identify a specific record in such a database.