BitKinex Properties

These properties represent all global (data source independent) application settings.

Dialog items description:

• Main
  • Automatically search for updates - BitKinex can periodically search for new versions of the application on the official Barad-Dur server(s). The user is automatically notified as soon as there is an update available.
  • Browser integration - Adds new items to the browser's context menu. The browser must be restarted to use the new settings.
  • Protect all data sources with a password - All data sources will be stored in an encrypted form when this option is turned on. The user will be prompted for a password when attempting to access the data sources.
  • Log level - Set the desired log level here. The application log files are stored in the user's profile directory (..\Application Settings\BitKinex\logs).
  • Delete log files older than ... - Log files older than this value will be automatically deleted by the program start.
  • Remote control - These options can be used to turn the remote program control on or off. Remote control allows you to send commands to a running BitKinex instance over network. You can use the "Remote Console" utility (which is automatically installed with BitKinex) to control a running instance. Due to security reasons, this option should be used in secure network environments only.
• Bandwidth throttle
  • Allows users to set transfer speed limits for the whole application. The volumes of uploaded and downloaded data per second on all opened connections will stay under this limits. Optionally, you can specify time intervals when the transfer speed should be reduced.
• User Interface
  • Preset the "Temporary data source" option (Quick Connect) - This options specifies the initial value of the "Temporary data source" checkbox in the Quick Connect Dialog.
  • Menu item highlighting - The most important menu items are drawn bold when this option is on.
  • Show tips at startup - This option controls the appearance of the tips at startup.
  • Sound alerts - Turn the sound alerts on/off.
• User Interface - Control Window
  • Preserve window layout - Turn this option on if you want to preserve the position and size of the window as well as the layout of all its panes. Use the third state of the checkbox if you don't want to restore the "Transparency" and "Always on top" items.
  • Double-clicking on a data source icon creates new instance(s) - Select this option to adjust the behavior of the data source pane when the user double-clicks an item. The third state of the checkbox instructs Bitkinex to reuse hidden instances (associated with requests in the History pane).
  • Automatically select the active data source - Activating a browse window causes automatic selection of the appropriate item in the data source pane.
  • Automatically close the Request Info Window - BitKinex automatically closes the Request Info Window when the user selects another item in the request pane.
  • Automatically minimize all browse windows - Turn this option on if BitKinex should automatically minimize all browse windows when the Control window is minimized.
  • Prompt when deleting data sources - Determine whether or not BitKinex will prompt you before deleting data sources. Changing this option is recommended for expert users only!
  • Prompt when cancelling requests - Determine whether or not BitKinex will prompt you before canceling requests. Changing this option is recommended for expert users only!
  • Hide when mininimized - When checked, the window will be not displayed on the system taskbar.
  • Show Subrequests - This option controls the level of detail in the Request Pane.
• User Interface - Browse Windows
  • Preserve window layout - Turn this option on if you want to preserve the position and size of the window as well as the layout of all its panes. Use the third state of the checkbox if you don't want to restore the "Transparency" and "Always on top" items.
  • Preserve file filter - Turn this option on if you want to preserve the file filters defined for browse windows.
  • Allow dynamic splitting of data source pairs - Browse windows display two data sources in one window by default. This simplifies file transfers between the two data sources. Turn this option on if you want to allow simple splitting of the data source pair (the data sources will be displayed in single windows).
  • Automatically expand directories in the file tree - When checked, BitKinex automatically expands directory items in the file tree.
  • Use small toolbar buttons - You can use this option to save your desktop space.
  • Display message box on error - An extra message box can be displayed each time an error occurs during browsing.
  • File list format - Use these options to adjust the way files are displayed in the list pane. Advanced users can also define a custom date/time format by editing the BitKinex data source file. This method is described in detail in the BitKinex FAQs.
• User Interface - File Editing
  • File type(s) - Use this combo box to define file types which should be opened using the same program.
  • Editor associated with the selected file type(s) - This item specifies a program which will be used to open the selected files for editing.
  • Automatically resume remote edit requests - BitKinex can watch the external editor (associated with the selected file type(s)) and resume the paused edit request automatically. Updated file(s) will be uploaded back to the server as soon as the user saves his changes and/or closes the editor.
• Requests
  • Number of simultaneously processed requests - All transactions (copy, delete, move, open, edit, print requests) are queued and this value limits the number of requests simultaneously processed. This setting can have a big impact on the resource consumption and should be changed with care.
  • Number of retries - When problems occur during the request processing, BitKinex automatically retries that particular step as many times as specified in this setting.
  • Number of retries for a particular operation - This value specifies the number of retries after which BitKinex skips the processing of a particular file.
  • Number of temporary files simultaneously opened - During the processing of a complex transfer request temporary files must be created. This option is used to control the number of these files. Low value will slow down the transfer performance by reducing the number of files simultaneously transferred.
  • Directory for temporary transfer files - This option specifies the location where temporary transfer files are created. If a path specification is invalid, it will be impossible to perform any transfers.
• Requests - Resumption / Removal
  • Show the list with incomplete requests on startup - Enable / disable the Request resumption window.
  • Resume incomplete requests ... - Select the types of incomplete requests which should be resumed by application restart.
  • Remove completed requests ... - Select the types of requests which should be removed from the request queue upon successful completion.
• Requests - Default Parameters
  • Preset the "Forced execution" option for all requests - Requests running with the "forced execution" on don't prompt the user for confirmation before removing or overwriting files. Changing this option is recommended for expert users only!
  • Skip files identical in name, time and length (or length only) - Turning this option on causes BitKinex not to transfer files which already exist on the destination data source and have the same size (and update time).
  • File comparison - Two files are considered to be identical if they match the criteria specified here.
• Requests - Advanced
  • Terminated requests - Select which requests should be automatically removed from the request pane and which should be moved to the history. You can choose these options based on the termination status.
  • Truncate requests in history - Turn this option on to speed-up the application restart and to save your hard disk space. The Request Info Window cannot display detailed status for requests with truncated log files.
  • Days to keep requests in history - This option allows users to control the number of requests kept in history.
  • Max. number of request in history - This option allows users to control the number of requests kept in history.
• Security (SSL/SSH)
  • Trusted certification authorities - Stores the path to the file where the certificates of trusted authorities are stored.
  • FTPS/HTTPS - These switches control the way how BitKinex checks a certificate presented by a server at the SSL session startup.
  • Trusted server certificates - Allows users to manage the explicitly trusted certificates used by the FTPS and HTTPS protocols.
  • SFTP trusted server public keys - Allows users to manage the trusted public keys.
• Security - Own certificate
  • Stores the path to the SSL certificate used by the secure connection establishment. Press the "New certificate" button to create a new self-signed SSL certificate.
    You can use the openssl.exe utility (distributed with this package) for advancded certificate management. Please visit the official OpenSSL web page for details.