FileScout now fully integrated with Dropbox

Long time fans of FileScout will likely already be aware of this but for those of you out there who may be making use of Dropbox and have not as of yet, not heard of Filescout this should be of some interest. FileScout has recently been updated to include support for Dropbox and is now listed on the Dropbox website as an official plugin for the BlackBerry application. As a plugin to Dropbox, FileScout now makes sending and recieving files from your Dropbox account easier then ever before. You can hit the break for the full changelog and see more about how FileScout integrates with Dropbox. If you're looking to get started with FileScout and Dropbox just click on the source link for the download.

What's New

• FileScout Caches will be initiated on device start (and not on each start of FileScout):
• FileScout will now start way much faster
• Search and GoTo-Directory functions are instantly available after FileScout is started
• Previously generated Thumbnails will be displayed right after the start
• On application exit Thumbnails Cache will not be written - so the application close right away
• Thumbnail Cache will be fully automated written (when an updated is required) every 24h in the background
• Thumbnails will be automatically generated (in the background) when a new image is created on the device
• The complete new behavior & functions can be of course switched off in general options of FileScout
• FileScout will handle the SDCard insert or remove events
• New key short cut [SHIFT]+[T]: Goto Top of the file list
• New key short cut [SHIFT]+[B]: Goto Bottom of the file list

FileScout Dropbox Plugin Integration In order to keep the main FileScout Application as small as possible the FileScout Dropbox Plugin is a separate available Application by emacberry.com that allows you to interact with your Dropxbox. The Plugin have to be installed separately OTA. Therefore you will find in the FileScout options a new Section called Dropbox Options. When the Plugin is not present you will find there a button which allows you to install the FileScout Dropbox Plugin OTA directly from FileScout just with a single click.

After the Plugin is installed you need to specify your Dropbox login details (email & password) and press the login button. After your login have been verified you can start to access your Dropbox from FileScout.
If you don't know the Dropbox Service or if you don't have a Dropbox account yet visit the Dropbox website for details. If you like you can create a new Dropbox account with a referral to the emacberry.com Dropbox account.

What you can do with the FileScout Dropbox Plugin:

• Download single files, list of files or complete folders (not recursive) from your Dropbox to any folder of your BlackBerry Device. This can be done by navigating to the destination folder and select Receive from... from the #Menu within Filescout and in the following popup Dialog select Dropbox.
• Upload a single file, a selection of files or complete folders (not recursive) from your BlackBerry® Device to your Dropbox. Select a file, multiple files or a folder and select Send to... from the #Menu within FileScout and in the following popup Dialog select Dropbox.
• When you are uploading a file, files or a folder you can also create a new directory at your Dropbox.
• FileScout is caching the folder and file structure of your Dropbox if you like to force a refresh you can do this via the Refresh #Menu
• Display file or folder details for any item on your Dropbox (key short cut [O|I])

FileScout Dropbox Options:

• Logout - disconnect FileScout from your Dropbox account
• Enable/disable Online Warning Message (warning about transfer volume)
• When you use "Auto" as FileScout Options/General Options/Preferred Network setting you can disable certain fallback transports - e.g. when your BES Admin have blocked access to the Dropbox URL.
• Enable/configure a warning notification if a transfer will exceed a certain volume - you can select between OFF, 1 MiB, 5 MiB, 25 MiB and 200 MiB
• Check for FileScout Dropbox Plugin Update button
• Clear FileScout Dropbox Plugin Cache button - FileScout is caching the folder structure of Dropbox - this cache can be flushed via this function.

Source: Dropbox