File transfer
File transfer is a way of sharing files with others. In the Bluetooth Neighborhood, you can make a file available to a remote user by placing it in the folder My Shared Files:
When a remote user has carried out service discovery on your device, he can open your folder My Shared Files and the files in it. Furthermore, he can add and delete files if he is allowed to do so (for information on the security aspects of My Shared Files, see the section “File Transfer Settings”).
Finally, if a remote device sends a file to your local device, it is received in My Shared Files.
Making a file available in My Shared Files
Placing a file in My Shared Files is easily done by dragging the file from where it is stored to the folder My Shared Files. Or you can open My Shared Files first, and then drag the file to the list view displaying the contents of My Shared Files.
In the above example, a file is being dragged from the desktop to the list view displaying the contents of My Shared Files.
When a remote user opens your folder My Shared Files, he will have access to the file you placed in it.
Sending a file to a remote device
If you want to transfer a file to the Shared Files folder of a remote device, you can do so in a number of ways:
- Drag the file from where it is stored to the remote device (or device folder):
In the above example, a file is being dragged from My Documents to the remote device.
- First carry out service discovery on the remote device. Then drag the file from where it is stored into the remote Shared Files folder:
In the above example, a file is being dragged from My Documents to the Shared Files folder of the remote device.
- First carry out service discovery on the remote device; then open the remote Shared Files folder; finally drag the file from where it is stored to the list view displaying the contents of the remote Shared Files folder.
In the above example, a file is being dragged from the Desktop into the contents of the remote Shared Files folder.
No matter which way you choose to transfer a file to a remote device, the user of that device will receive the file in his Shared Files folder.
Receiving files
When your local Bluetooth device receives a file sent from a remote device, the file is placed in My Shared Files.
You can then open the received file directly from My Shared Files, or you can drag the file to wherever you want to store it. In the following example, a file is being dragged from My Shared Files to My Documents:
