Upload and Download

Uploading and downloading files and folders is the process of storing or retrieving files or sets of files stored in Lockbox.

Upload File or Folder

Every user with full read-write access to a box or folder can upload files and folders to it.

It is not possible to upload files or folders to a read-only folder.

Clients cannot upload files or folders to shared client boxes.

You are always prompted when you attempt to upload a file/folder to a destination that already contains an item of the same name. Be aware that existing files are replaced if you confirm the file upload.

Multiple files and/or folders can be uploaded together with drag and drop. To do so, mark multiple entries by clicking them with the mouse while holding the ‘Ctrl’ key of your keyboard before starting the drag and drop.

Upload using drag and drop

To upload files or folders using drag and drop do the following:

1. In your operating system’s desktop or file browser, select the file or folder you would like to upload.
2. Click it with your mouse and keep the mouse button pressed down.
3. Move the mouse pointer over to the Lockbox client and into the desired destination folder in the file browser pane.
4. Release the mouse button to start the upload.

Upload files using the toolbar

To upload files using the toolbar

1. in the box navigation pane, select the box to which you would like to upload to.
2. (optionally) Navigate to the folder to which you would like to upload to.
3. Click the ‘upload’ button in the toolbar.
4. In the ‘Open file’ file browser dialog, navigate to the file(s) on your computer you would like to upload and press the ‘Open’ button to start the upload.

Folders cannot be uploaded using the toolbar.

Upload process

After a file or folder upload has been started, you will see a progress bar for every file/folder in the file browser pane. The progress bar indicates progress about the following three steps:

• Queuing – a selected file/folder is added to a queue in the Lockbox client waiting for further execution.
• Encrypting – a selected individual file/all files in a folder  is/are compressed and encrypted.
• Uploading – an encrypted file is transferred to the destination folder in your box.

Abort file or folder upload

If you wish to abort a file upload in progress, click the ‘abort’ button on the right-hand side of the progress bar. If aborted, an upload process terminates immediately and no files are transferred to your box.

Download File or Folder

Every user with access to a box can download files and folders from it.

You are always prompted when you try to download a file/folder to a destination that already contains an item of the same name. Be aware that existing files are replaced if you confirm the file download.

Drag and drop is not supported for file downloads because browser restrictions and limitations in the Java programming language prevent drag and drop actions from Java applications to native applications.

Multiple files and/or folders can be downloaded together. To do so, mark multiple entries by clicking them with the mouse while holding the ‘Ctrl’ key of your keyboard.

Download using the context menu

To download files or folders using the context menu do the following:

1. In the box navigation pane, select the box from which you would like to download.
2. (optionally) Navigate to the folder from which you would like to download.
3. Navigate to the file you would like to download, then right-mouse click its entry to open the context menu and select the ‘Save as…’ item.
4. In the ‘Save file’ file browser dialog, navigate to the destination folder in the local file system of your computer and press the ‘Save’ button to start the download.

Download using the toolbar

To download using the toolbar

1. in the box navigation pane, select the box from which you would like to download.
2. (optionally) Navigate to the folder from which you would like to download.
3. Navigate to the file you would like to download and select it.
4. Click the ‘Download’ button in the toolbar.
5. In the ‘Save file’ file browser dialog, navigate to the destination folder in the local file system of your computer and press the ‘Save’ button to start the download.

Download process

After a file or folder download has been started, you will see a progress bar for every file/folder in the file browser pane. The progress bar indicates progress about the following three steps:

• Queuing – a selected file/folder is added to a queue in the Lockbox client waiting for further execution.
• Downloading – a selected file is transferred to the destination folder in the local file system of your computer.
• Decrypting – a downloaded file is decompressed and decrypted.

Abort file or folder download

If you wish to abort a file download in progress, click the ‘abort’ button at the right-hand side of the progress bar. If aborted, a download process terminates immediately and no files are transferred from your box to the local file system of your computer.