Often in conversation, chat users may experience the need to share a file with others. It may be a word document, a picture or some MP3 files. Now with this optional File Transfer Module, chat users can send and receive any files without having to invoke email program. The module is only available in private chat window. To configure this module, please take the following picture.

The following are the explanations on the functions of this module.

Enable File Transfer
This is used to set whether the administrator enable the file transfer function or not.
Max File size
This is used to set the size of a transferable file. If the transfer server is the default one, its size is limited in 1024KB.
Upload URL
This is used to set the url for uploading a file.
Download URL
This is used to set the url for uploading a file.
The transferable file suffix (such as *.mp3). Multiple suffix can be delimited by comma. And the asterisk wildcard * or *.* means all types.
This is used to set the extension name of a uploading file.
Here you can also set the dimension of this function as shown in the picture above.
 

There are two ways to initialize a file transfer.

1. Left-click the user name that you want to transfer file with, select Send file in the pop-up menu, then a private chat window would open.

2. Double-click the user name to which you need to transfer file in userlist, click Send file icon in chat dialogue box.

Following either way over mentioned, an open file dialogue box will appear, choose the file, click Open, and then the request would be sent out.

Before the object user decides whether to accept your request, you can cancel the transfer request if you need.

Once the transfer completes, a notification would be delivered .