Introduction

SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro is a fully featured, Windows-based, secure LAN/WAN-to-FTP host connectivity product. SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro is easy to install and can reside on any Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 system where users require secure (using SSL and TLS encryption) and non-secure access to FTP hosts.  Designed with administrators in mind for fast, simple, automated distribution to End Users, SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro can easily be pre-configured and installed as a standard desktop application or distributed from a web server, file server, terminal server, via Email or via traditional magnetic media.

Scope

The purpose of this QuickStart Guide is to provide the SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro Administrator or end user a set of step-by-step instructions for performing a basic installation of SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum requirements to run SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro:

• Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Windows NT 4 SP3, or Windows 2000
• 100 MHz 486 or Faster Processor
• 8 Megabytes of Memory
• 2 Megabytes of Disk Space
• VGA Display

How to Install SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro - Quick Install

Installing SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro is quick and easy. When you downloaded SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro, you downloaded the entire program as a self extracting executable file called bzftp.exe.

1. Browse to where you saved the above file and double click on the file to start the installation process.
    
2. A WinZip Self-Extractor dialog will be displayed.  Click the Setup button to extract the zip file.
    
3. You will be presented with the SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro Setup dialog.  Make sure the Install SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro radio button is selected and click the Next button.
    
4. You will be presented with the SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro Licensing dialog.  Choose the "Yes, I agree" radio button and click the Next button.
    
5. You will be presented with the Installation and Working Directories dialog.  Change the Installation and Working Directories as needed and click the Next button.  We recommend keeping the default values.

NOTE If you want your SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro configuration files to be saved in your "My Documents" folder, check the "Always Use the user's Personal Folder as the Working Directory" checkbox.  If you want your SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro configuration files to be saved in the "All User's Common Folder", check the "Always Use the All User's Common Folder as the Working Directory" checkbox. Otherwise leave them unchecked.

6. You will be presented with the Program Group, Program Icons, Desktop Shortcuts dialog.  Make any desired changes and click the Next button. We recommend keeping the default values.
    
7. You will be presented with the Launch Selected Items dialog. Check or un-check any desired items and click the Finish button. We recommend keeping the default values.
    
8. The SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro files will now be installed.  When this process is completed, you will receive a message that the SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro installation was completed successfully.

9. Click the OK button.
    
10. At this point, the SEAGULL Secure FTP pro Help file will launch followed by the following dialog:

11. Click the Yes button to launch the Seagull Registration Wizard.

Next Step: The SEAGULL Registration Wizard will start. For help with the SEAGULL Registration Wizard, click here.

How to Start SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro

After the installation is complete, Seagull Secure FTP Pro can be executed by double-clicking the Seagull Secure FTP Pro Desktop Icon.

1. Upon program execution, you will immediately be presented with a standard Windows file dialog as shown:

2. With your mouse, choose an existing file name from the list...
   
   Or
    
3. Enter a new file name in the File Name box and click the Open button.  You will be prompted with a message that the file does not exist. Click the OK button.
    
4. The SEAGULL FTP application will now launch.

Other Ways to Launch SEAGULL FTP

Seagull Secure FTP Pro can also be started by clicking the Windows "Start" button, then clicking "Programs", then "Seagull Secure FTP Pro" then Seagull Secure FTP Pro again.

Another way of running the program is by selecting Start:Run from the Windows Taskbar and browsing to the Seagull Secure FTP Pro installation directory and double clicking on the BZFTP.EXE file.

SEE SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro Help for complete information how to configure SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro.  To launch SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro Help now, click here

Customizing SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro

SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro can be used right “out of the box” or if you choose, it can be customized by an Administrator to look and act exactly the way you desire, then distributed and installed.

SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro can be completely pre-configured so that end users can install and start using SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro immediately.

Here is a partial list of customizable SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro functions:

• Host connection list
• Screen size and location of the FTP Client (on the end user’s screen) upon launch
• Desktop colors
• Power keys content
• SSL or TLS encryption
• Feature locking
• Many, many more...

SEE SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro Help for complete information how to customize SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro.  To launch SEAGULL Secure FTP Pro Help now, click here