My Docs Online offers two ways automate file uploads and downloads. An end-user-friendly scripting tool for Windows allows a variety of automation options with no programming. The MDOSDK program, coupled with a configuration file allows users to easily automate a variety of tasks, including: Replicating (copying) the contents of your My Docs Online account to […]

File Search (and Undelete/Restore) is available in the new web client for all users. Just look for the “Search” button above the list of files. Enter the file name (or portion of the file name) to display all matching files. Two lists will be shown. “Active” files are files visible in the account. You can […]

When you try to start the Desktop App (a Java application), and Windows doesn’t know how to handle the “JNLP” file, it is probably one of two things. Either you don’t have Java installed, or a recent Java update caused the Java Web Start feature the Transporter relies on to stop working. In either case […]

Account administrators can opt to have daily Upload Log reports created in the CSV (comma-separated values) format that is easily downloaded and opened in Excel. Once turned on the reports are generated nightly to show all new files uploaded during the day just ended, including files that were later deleted. Each line of the report […]

Using the Web Browser interface with Internet Explorer 7, if you do a “right-Click…Save Target As” any spaces in the file name become underscores. Why? Web URLs are not allowed to have spaces, which are instead replaced by “escape characters” that most find unsightly and many find confusing. If the name of the file you […]

Account administrators can opt to have daily Activity Log reports created in the CSV (comma-separated values) format that is easily downloaded and opened in Excel. Once turned on the reports are generated nightly to show activity for the day just ended, and include information on actions of interest such as: Logins, including User ID, time/date, […]

If you are seeking information on the “.mdo” file you are using the Download Assistant by clicking “download” in the “Old” Web Client (see this article to tell which you are using and the differences). The Download Assistant has been retired and replaced by the Desktop App and by the new web client’s built-in “Download […]

Advanced techniques for using Microsoft Office and My Docs Online For users who need to share the frequent updating or editing of Word or Excel files, the ability of the WebDAV protocol used by MS Web Folders to “lock” a file while a user has the file open for update provides a simple yet powerful […]

If you’re using the Upload Manager Client for Windows and unable to connect to My Docs Online please download the latest version. That should solve the problem. The latest version can be downloaded here. Originally described in a My Docs Online blog post.