CuteFTP Professional User s Guide 

Distributing the Transfer Engine 

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ISTRIBUTING THE 

TE 

The Transfer Engine (TE) is a sub component of CuteFTP Professional. It is COM enabled 

and provides an interface from which developers can access most of CuteFTP's file transfer 

related methods.  

If you have created a script or application that calls the TE, you may wish to distribute your 

script or application to a group of end users. In order for the TE to work properly on the 

end users  machines, you must license, install and register the TE on each machine.  

Subsequently you must configure the TE so that it can run properly without the CuteFTP 

GUI (interface) installed, especially if you plan to run automated or scheduled tasks while 

not logged in, or if you plan to connect to SSL enabled FTP servers. 

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ICENSING THE 

TE (

FOR DISTRIBUTION

) 

Licensing   Steps to License the TE 

1.  Determine how many end user seats you will need. 

2.  Go to http://www.globalscape.com/cuteftppro. 

3.  Select on the Purchase link located on the page. 

4.  Purchase one license for each seat you need. If you need to purchase a license to 

cover a large amount of seats, please call us at 1 800 290 5054 or 1 210 308 8267. 

5.  Once registered, check your e mail for the Serial Number 

Licensing Considerations 

The TE inherits its registration process from CuteFTP. If running on a system that 

has a registered copy of CuteFTP installed, you do not need to register the TE. If 

CuteFTP is not installed (or registered), you must register the TE. 

The TE runs through a 30 day trial just like CuteFTP. Therefore, the TE may be 

distributed royalty free with unlimited runtimes for 30 days from the time it is 

installed on an end user's computer.   

After residing 30 days on the target computer, it disables itself if not properly 

registered. The TE must be registered either prior to first launch, during the trial, or 

after the trial has expired.  

When you purchase a license for CuteFTP you may NOT distribute CuteFTP or any 

of its sub components (such as the Transfer Engine) in an unlimited royalty free 

fashion. 

Each copy of the distributed Transfer Engine must be licensed for each computer 

where it is installed. This means you must purchase a full license of CuteFTP for 

each distributed copy of the TE.  

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