Getting
Started with Network Script Files:
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).
On a network connection you only need iClose-Up on one side, the side
that you want to be the Client side. We
will assume in the following example that iClose-Up is on the Client side and
the server side does not have iClose-Up.
Server
side:
On the computer
you decide will be the Server you do not need to do anything except have it turned on and on the
network.
iClose-Up
Client side:
1. 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 a Network connection, then click Next.
3. Select Send, Fetch, or Synchronize, then click Next. (For our example below we will
assume you selected Send)
4. Now select to Send Common Files or Send
All Files, 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)
5. (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.
or
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.
5. (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.
6. You are now presented with an explorer
view of the your network. Find the
location to send the selected Folder(s) or File(s) to, then click Next.
7. Next you are asked for a User
Name and Password. Enter a User Name and Password then press Ok, if one is necessary, if not select No
Password Required.
8. 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.