Since there have been some issues related to FTPing in OOTPB 2006, Andreas Raht gave me this information to post.
Please understand that any FTP-related issues are high priority in our work on the next patch.
Here is the info from Andreas:
Sorry for the ongoing problems with the FTP connection!
Please keep in mind that you can still just copy the files to the server with your FTP client software.
In the "Create Reports & FTP Upload" dialog, do the following
- Select the reports that you want to upload
- Click on "Create Reports"
- now the reports are generated and a list of the reports has been created. You can now either upload the reports directly to the server as single files, or you can archive them and upload the archive, to uncompress it manually on the server, or you can copy the files to another folder on your computer, to upload them from there using an FTP client software. This works as follows:
- write a folder name like "c:\temp" in the "Folder to copy files into" text box. Make sure the folder exists on your harddrive!
- click on "Copy Files Now" to copy all necessary files into that folder
- Open your Explorer, locate the folder, and drag the files / subfolders into the FTP client...
So far for the reports!
The league file (the file which your league members actually need) is easier:
1- Open the "Archive & Upload League Files" dialog
2- select the files that you need
3- click on "Create Files"
4- click on "Create Archive"
5- there is now a new file in the /import_export subfolder inside your league folder on your harddisk- the file has the same name as your league has, and the extension .tar.gz. It can be opened with most zip tools like Winzip, or the free TUGZip (http://tugzip.com/index.html)
6- you should just click on "Upload Archive" to upload the file to the server, so that the league members can download it to their computer. But if you're experiencing problems with the FTP connection, you can of course upload the file manually with your FTP client software.