[PIVOT-864] Add a pluggable file system architecture to FileBrowser so remote browsing can be done

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: wtk
• Labels: filebrowser vfs
• Environment: Windows, Linux, OSX
• Assignee: Roger Lee Whitcomb
• Reporter: Roger Lee Whitcomb
• Due: 31/Dec/12
• Created: 23/Jul/12 16:14
• Updated: 02/Nov/15 23:41

Description

Our application requires the ability to be able to browse (for instance) a Linux machine from the Windows desktop. For this I would like to add (somehow) a pluggable file system architecture so that I could (for instance) implement an FTP protocol underneath the FileBrowser so that I can browse through directories and files on something other than the local machine. We would also need to be able to type in a host name or TCP/IP address to start browsing the remote machine.

Issue Links

• relates to: PIVOT-937 Add host name header to remote file browser sheet