Web Transfer Client Licensing

Use of the client requires the purchase of a license. Licenses for the client are for concurrent users; any number can have access, but only the number specified by the license can use the client concurrently. Session use is cookie based. If the license number is exceeded, the user is automatically directed to the HTML Upload Form page with an explanatory error message: "There are not enough available concurrent licenses to open the web transfer client. Contact your Enhanced File Transfer Server administrator for more help." You can edit the text that is displayed by editing the HTML file, NoAppletLicenses.htm, stored by default in C:\Program Files\GlobalSCAPE\EFT\EFTClient\, or hide the error message so that it does not appear (users would just be redirected to the HTML Upload form).

The number of Web Client sessions includes the number of times a single user has refreshed the screen to open another session, not just the number of users who are connected. Each refresh of the browser counts as one session, so inform users to not click the browser's Refresh icon (or F5). Click the Refresh icon in the WTC instead, which refreshes the display without requesting a new session.

The client is available for use during 30-day trials of EFT Server. The trial allows up to 5 concurrent sessions. After the trial has expired, a license must be purchased to resume use of the client.

You can view the number of licenses available in the EFT Server Administrator in the About dialog box (on the main menu, click Help > About) and on the Status tab.

To activate the Web Transfer Client

1. In EFT Administrator, click Help > Enter Web Transfer Client Serial. The Online Registration dialog box appears.

2. Refer to Activating the Software for details.

Hiding the Web Transfer Client Licensing Message

The HTML Listing and Upload Form references an "error" class attribute. If you do not want to show the error message, you can create or edit the referenced style sheet to hide the "error" class, as described in the procedure below.

To hide the error message on the HTML Listing and Upload Form

1. On the EFT Server computer, create a text file using your favorite text editor.

2. Type or paste the following text into the text file:

.error {

visibility: hidden;

display: none;

}

3. Name the file efthtmllisting.css and save the file in the EFTClient folder. By default, the path is: \Program Files\GlobalSCAPE\EFT\EFTClient.
   
   Users will still see the HTML Listing and Upload form when the WTC licenses are all used, but the error message will not appear.