Getting Started with Modem to Modem Script Files:

 

This chapter covers modem to modem iClose-Up connections.  Once you install iClose-Up, your computer is both an iClose-Up Client (the side making the connection) and an iClose-Up Server (the side receiving the connection).  You can exchange files between the iClose-Up Client and the iClose-Up Server. 

 

 

The following example assumes iClose-Up on both sides:

 

 

iClose-Up Server:

              On the computer that you decide will be the iClose-Up Server you will need to set the modem to answer incoming calls:

 

a)  On Windows 95/98/Me computers, Single Click the Right mouse button with your pointer on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, then select and click on Allow Modem Connections to this Computer.  Now select Allow clients to call this computer.  The iClose-Up Server side is ready to go! 

 

 

b)  On Windows NT/2000/XP computers, Single Click the Right mouse button with your pointer on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, then select and click on Allow Modem Connections to this Computer.  Now select the Server pull down menu and click on Start RAS Server.  The iClose-Up Server side is ready to go!

 

 

 

iClose-Up Client side:

 

1.  Start by not being connected to the iClose-Up Server you want to exchange files with.  Single Click the Right mouse button with your pointer on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, then select and click on Make an iClose-Up Script.  You are now in the iClose-Up Script Creator (Script Wizard).  

 

2.  Click Begin, then select Makes an iClose-Up connection, then click Next.

 

3.  Now select the entry with the name of the iClose-Up Server you want to exchange files with, then click Next.  You should have an entry to your iClose-Up Server in this list because you have previously connected manually, if you do not have an entry then go back and go through the “Getting started modem to modem connections” section.

 

Your iClose-Up Server will say “(RAS Connectoid)” after the Servers name.

 

4.  Select Send, Fetch, or Synchronize, then click Next.  (For our example below we will assume you selected Send)

 

5.  Now select to Send Common Files or Send All Files, and then select the action that should be taken if the file name already exists on the other computer, then click Next.  (For our example we will assume you choose the defaults which are the most common choices, Send All Files and Replace the existing file if it is older)

 

6. (a)  You are now presented with an explorer view of your computer (My Computer).  Select the Folders or Files you want to transfer

 

Select a File or Folder for transfer:  Select a File or Folder by hi-lighting the File or Folder, do this by clicking with your left mouse button on the File or Folder you want, then click Next.

 

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Select multiple Files or Folders for transfer:  Position the Explorer windows so that the Files or Folders you want appear in the right window.  Select the first File or Folder by hi-lighting the File or Folder in the right window, do this by clicking with your left mouse button on the File or Folder you want.  Now hold down the “Ctrl” (Control) key on your keyboard and while holding this key down continue to click with your left mouse button on any other Files or Folders you want to transfer, then click Next.  Note if you are transferring Folders and the Folders do not exist on the receiving side they will be created.

 

6. (b)  After you select your Folder(s) or File(s) for transfer there are four “radio” buttons to select the options you want selected for this transfer, they are located in the lower right of the Explorer window.

 

Include Subfolders:  If you select a Folder or multiple Folders to transfer, the Folders you selected will be transferred as well as any subfolders within your selected Folders.

 

Do not include Subfolders:  If you select a Folder or multiple Folders to transfer, just the Folders you selected will be transferred and none of the subfolders.

 

Transfer Files Only:  If you select a single Folder to transfer, this option acts as though you selected all the files in the Folder.  It will not send the Folder name nor will it create a subfolder with the Folder name on the receiving side.  This is a modification of the way Microsoft Explorer normally works.  Some users like this option because they do not have to make sure that the folder names on both computers are the same.  That is you can send all the files in my local folder to the other computer to any folder (the names do not have to match).

               

Transfer Files and Folder Name:  If you select a Folder to transfer, this option not only sends all the files in the Folder but also if the receiving Folder or drive does not have the same name as the source Folder, a new subfolder will be created on the receiving side.  This is the way Microsoft Explorer normally works.

 

 

7.  Select Please connect to the other computer now, then click Next.  iClose-Up will connect your Client to the iClose-Up Server.

 

8.  You are now presented with an explorer view of the iClose-Up Server computer (right window, third & fourth pane).  Click on the plus sign in front of the red triangles in front of the name of the computer you connected to.  Now find the location to send the selected Folder(s) or File(s) to, then click Next.

 

9.  You have now created a basic Script File, you have two options the Next button or the Finish button.

 

Next button:  If you want to add additional file transfers click on the Next button, and you will go back to the screen in the wizard that gives you the option to Send, Fetch or Synchronize.  Say you just created a Send to the iClose-Up Server and now you want to create a Fetch from the same Server, then click on Next to add the Fetch command.  Or say you sent some Files or Folders to the Server and now you want to send some other Files or Folders to the Server then click on Next.

 

Finish button:  If you are finished click on Finish and you will be asked for a name to save your new Script File as.  You will then be given the options to Edit Script, Run Now, Schedule Script or Close.

 

Edit Script:  Edit Script will bring up the iClose-Up Editor which will allow you to edit the script you just created.  The Editor will allow you to add advanced commands that are not in the iClose-Up Creator (wizard).

 

Run Now:  Run Now will run the Script you just created.

 

Schedule Script:  Schedule Script will bring up the iClose-Up Scheduler which will allow you to schedule the script you created to run at a different time or day.  You can schedule the script to say run every weekday at ten at night.  When you come in, in the morning, you can look at the Script Log that was created to see how your transfers went.  To see the Script Log file, right click on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen and select View iClose-Up Logs.  Then select View Script Logs.  Then select your log to view it.  (iClose-Up appends the date each day to the name of the Script Log.)

 

Close:  Close will close and end the Script Creator (wizard).

 

You are now ready to run your new Script File.  It is usually best to pick Run Now and then Verify rather than schedule it.  This way you can see if you made any mistakes when you made the script.  If the Verify goes ok then run the script by hand again but this time don’t pick the Verify.  You can run a Script three ways.

 

(a)  Using the “Run Now” option above that appears at the end of the wizard

 

(b)  Or by Single Clicking the Right mouse button with your pointer on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, then select and click on Run a Script File Now.

 

(c)  Or by Single Clicking the Right mouse button with your pointer on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, then select and click on iClose-Up Main Screen.  Then click on Run an iClose-Up Script.