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this would be a really neat feature on msg plus, if there was a  File Transfer Resume, so if you connection breaks and your senting or rec a file, then the next time you go to sent or rec the same file u could click a resume button (or even better it does it by itself )

e.g

i have a zip file (100mb) and i drag and drop to contact (mr a)

it gets half way, and mr a computer cut off the internet

mr a come back on line and i re drag and drop

msg plus, then asks (or be default) resume the download from where mr a computer got to last time.!!!

any thoughts on this?

I don't think that its possible i'm afraid, it will break the connection, and its not fully sent until the whole thing is there, so there is no record of the amount of file thats been sent apart from the percentage... Nice idea, but not possible I'm afraid...

Sorry Dude.

theres a plugin called File Transfer Plus that uses its own file transfer system and it supports resuming, but both you and your contact need the plugin.

I'm sure this is possible, I can remember wtbw was going to create this option sometime ago.  But he was too busy

File Transfer Plus makes it possible as said above, the only problem is that both people have to have it..

The FT mechanism in Messenger itself could support resuming, if Microsoft actually implemented it

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Originally posted by raceprouk
The FT mechanism in Messenger itself could support resuming, if Microsoft actually implemented it

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The same thing happens with Windows itself..

Lets say, you copy a file of 100mb from one folder to another. In the destination folder it would be created instantly a 100mb dummy file. Then while it would be tranfering, it would fill the empty 100mb file with the real content.

Now, if it was changed like the way ftp transfers work:

You start trasfering a file of 100mb, and it creates the first 100K already trasnfered.. and its goin like that

Instead of creating a 100mb file with nothing, it should be creating while trasnfering.. that way it would be resumed..
lets say: if you cancel in ftp, the incomplete file will be there.. even if its a movie file, you can watch teh first Mbs you downloaded, but in Windows way, if the trasnfer aint complete, it will just be deleted..


I think its pretty absurd windows itself doesnt have something like that.. but thats my opinion ofcourse

But how often do you get problems when copying files on a WIndows machine compared to downloading a file?

ive had problem copying large files before, patically over a network like when my wireless connection drops

yes if microsoft implimented the dummy file thing it would work great. imesh uses that feature so it cant be that hard to make