I would also consider a code contribution, however, if you want to get
your hands dirty and figure out how to make our file transfer feature
compatible again.  I always fall back on the "funding needed" line
because, historically, very few people have contributed code to
TurboVNC.  The Windows viewer code in particular is a bit difficult to
work with.

On 8/1/17 9:32 PM, DRC wrote:
> Sorry for the delay on this.  Your message got lost in my inbox because
> I was apparently traveling when it was received.
> 
> The file transfer feature in our Windows native viewer is a relic of its
> TightVNC heritage.  That feature has remained in the code only because I
> was able to maintain it without any significant changes, but it doesn't
> work with our server (which is Unix/Linux-only), and it doesn't exist in
> our Java-based viewer (which is the only TurboVNC Viewer available on
> non-Windows platforms.)  I can verify that the feature still works with
> the legacy TightVNC v1.3 server but not with the latest TightVNC v2.8
> server, so apparently something has changed in the RFB file transfer
> protocol that makes our implementation no longer compatible.
> 
> TurboVNC, as a product, is driven by the needs of serving on-demand
> Unix/Linux professional 3D applications.  Mainly as a service to the
> community, and so I can additional testing resource for our viewer, I
> support UltraVNC as a server.  However, none of my paying customers is
> actually using the UltraVNC Server, so my support for that platform is
> going to be more limited and low-priority.  In all likelihood, unless an
> organization steps up to financially sponsor the development of an
> updated file transfer feature, the chances of it happening are slim to none.
> 
> On 4/30/17 9:22 AM, David Dai wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm a new user of turbovnc, i use turbovnc client with ultravnc server
>> as suggested,
>> the client profermence is so amazing, but the file transfer function is
>> diabled. I am 
>> using turbovnc 2.1.1 and ultravnc 1.2.1.2.
>>
>> Is the FBP version turbovnc used not compatible with ultravnc? will it
>> be supported?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David

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