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- Web Leech for 32bit Windows Version 2.3.0 02-Nov-1998
- Copyright 1997 Voodoo Software Ltd. All Rights Reserved
- ----------------------------------------------------------
-
- This is the "FINAL" version of 'Web Leech 2' for Windows.
- You may distribute this version of 'Web Leech 2' to
- friends, associates, or to a computer bulletin board (BBS), but
- the product will remain FREE at all times. If you are intending
- to distribute the product through any other means (i.e magazines)
- then the express permission of VOODOO SOFTWARE LTD. is
- required.
-
- If you need assistance with installing, or using this software,
- there is LIMITED technical support via e-mail ONLY. Voodoo Software
- accept NO RESPONSIBILITY for any confilct, damage or any other
- system event which may occur as a result of using this software.
-
- Email: support@voodoo-software.com
-
- Special Thanks to Jason Berry (Hiya!) and Larry for all thir help
- during the development & testing of this product.
-
-
-
- Purpose
- -------
- The purpose of this application was to enable the user to download
- files which are attached to web pages, but WITHOUT having to click
- on each link/file individually to save them. Instead a list of available
- files is created, and all/selected files can be downloaded.
-
- IT IS NOT a program to store web sites on your local drive, use something like
- Web Whacker for that. This is just an easy way to download multiple files from
- a HTML page on a web server.
-
-
-
- Platform Requirements
- ---------------------
- The application requires a PC running Windows NT4 or Windows 95/98. Currently
- the application is only available for the Intel platform.
-
- You will either need an internet dial-up account running TCP/IP or be connected
- through your LAN, again using TCP/IP
-
-
-
- Quick Guide
- -----------
- Since WebLeech2 differs greatly from the previous version, it is recommended that all
- users read these brief guildines to using the product.
-
-
- Connecting to a site
- =-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=--
- to connect to a site you can either enter the URL in the "Location" text box and click
- on the "Connect" button. Alternativley if you are using either IE3/4 or Netscape Navigator
- you can double click on the "Current netscape/ie URL" option under "Web leech Sites", this
- will open that URL in webleech.
-
- If the site contains frames then you will notice a little "+" box appear next to the site
- name in the "Web Leech Sites" section. Clicking on this will expand the frame-list and
- you can select a particular frame, again by just double-clicking on it.
-
-
- Downloading files
- =-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-
- Downloading files (or copying, if from local drive) is done entirley by drag and drop. Once
- a file-list has been generated for a remote site, you can simply drag and drop the file(s)
- that you need to a local path on the left-hand pane.
-
-
- Options
- =-=-=-=
- The options screen is much as it was on the previous version, however new users should be
- aware of the "Parser Accuracy" section. This specifies how accurate the application is at
- removing link names form the source HTML. Unless you have any problems this should always
- be set at 100%. Any lower setting may result in files being displayed which are not valid
- files (such as mailto: tags etc.). You have been warned!
-
-
-
- Changes since v2.0.7
- ********************
- 1) Single-click on local drives now in tree-view, not double-click
- 2) No longer shifts the tree-view when dragging a file over it.
- 3) Sound will not play if option set to No :) Ooops!
- 4) You can double-click on stuff in sub-directories now to launch (locally)
- 5) You can drag multiple files OK, and are informed at the end if any files were not d/loaded (gives a list of missing files)
- 6) You can drag files to sub-dirs ok too.
- 7) You an (nearly 100%) resize the form, this needs some tyding up, but it works.
- 8) Auto-update will now download files to correct local path (not cause a Bad Filename error)
- 9) Make sure correct button state when checking for updates.
-
-
- Changes Since v2.0.8 - Public Beta
- **********************************
- NEW : Now imports your previous Web Leech favourite sites (not options).
- NEW : You can right-click on remote files and select Save.. instead of drag-and-drop
- NEW : Dirs/files sorted with dirs at top of list.
- NEW : Added animated logo whilst downloading.
- NEW : Do not inform user when loaded if web-leech already up to date (it was rather annoying)
- only inform them of new updates (unless user clicks on "Check For Updates button")
- NEW : Can now download URL's from IE3 as well as IE4 (also included proper IE icon)
- NEW : User now has option to clear the site cache from the options screen.
- NEW : If a page specifies that all files there are FTP then give then inform the user that
- they will need an FTP client (perhaps one day we'll include FTP XFers too)
- NEW : Let user customize the toolbar then reset when they load also save window pos & size.
- NEW : Change the toolbar icons (I didn't like 'em anyway!)
- NEW : Give user option of reporting bugs via e-mail or web page (if webpage setup during the
- install process).
- NEW : Now includes Application Help File (at last)
- NEW : Update is now a seperate program so we can overwrite running instance correctly.
- NEW : Double-click on logo to go to our Homepage.
- NEW : Show Tip of the day option on Help Menu.
- NEW : When viewing remote files, display file description (if available between the
- <A HREF> and </A>.
- NEW : User can change sort-order on the list-view
- NEW : Updates now downloaded as PKZIP Self-Extracting EXE just incase there is an error
- during update, user can do a manual update.
- NEW : Pressing DEL on the site list now removes a site
- NEW : Expanding dirs in the tree-view no longer refreshes the file list.
- NEW : When installing, user can select which site will be used for checking/downloading
- updates.
- NEW : CTRL+A in list-view will select all files.
-
- FIX : Creating local dirs now works properly & saving to created dirs too.
- FIX : User/Password saved properly now, no need to re-enter after each file.
- FIX : Pressing del/backspace when entering URL will now properly erase the entry.
- FIX : Updates are now downloaded to local drive correctly.
- FIX : Can now rename local dirs properly (in tree-view).
- FIX : Make sure that all recent sites are saved properly (some machines only saving last one).
- FIX : Double-Click on trayicon now works properly (previously had to do this twice).
- FIX : Resizing the form now only resizes the main 2 windows (stops bad looking displays).
- FIX : Stop users from being able to move splitter and cause either site/file window to
- overlap the other.
- FIX : Improved support for directory browsers which pointed to directories which were
- different to the specified URL (those which return Index of /path/ in the <TITLE> Tag)
- FIX : Made sure that destination is highlighted properly when in drag-n-drop mode also
- changed dropicon so user knowns is in drop mode.
- FIX : Changed Registry key for saved settings.
- FIX : Stop user interacting with tree/list view whilst transfer in progress
- FIX : Make sure files shown as files and not dirs (occassionally happened)
- FIX : Make sure we close application properly when quit. Some users getting problems when
- quitting, seems a stub was still in memory.
- FIX : Make sure proxy changes displayed on status bar without having to re-run program also
- make sure that proxy disable changes immediate and not when program restart.
- FIX : Don't close Options window when APPLY clicked, wait until user clicks on Close
- FIX : Show transfer dialog when downloading updates.
- FIX : When removing site from favourites, also remove cached data for that site.
- FIX : Set more default options during install (such as cache size etc.)
- FIX : View-Source on remote file will show source properly and not just last site visited.
- FIX : Generaly tidied up moving between different directories/sites.
- FIX : Clearing cache only cleared cache for sites in list, not ALL cache.
- FIX : When renaming a dir locally, children now inherit the path correctly.
- FIX : Pressing HOME when typing a URL moves to start of text properly
- FIX : Button state reset after a cancel.
- FIX : Dirs containing ../../. etc. now parsed properly when downloading to local.
- FIX : Fixed bug introduced in Build 8 where you could not copy between local drives properly.
-
-
- Changes Since v2.1.9
- ********************
- NEW : Now include a "What's new" section in the help
- NEW : New download sites.
- NEW : Instant access to online FAQ.
- NEW : New lower setting available for parser accuracy.
-
- FIX : Now sorted items in tree-view when clicked.
- FIX : Entire HTML saved in cache now.
- FIX : Fix to enable download of files which ended in "/"
- FIX : Slight code optimisation, should increase speed a little.
- FIX : No longer causes a GPF when exit program from a minimized traystate
-
-
- Changes Since v2.2
- ******************
- NEW : Status shown as % in the panel at bottom of the screen (so it fits now!)
- NEW : If error occurs when trying to copy a file we now stop copying that file instead of
- copying the HTML response for the error as the destination file.
- NEW : Check if page has a REFRESH meta tag, if so then inform the user that the page is
- setup to refresh and ask if they want to see the source (so that they may want to
- get the new URL).
- NEW : Users can now add a site to the favourite's list without actually having to connect
- to the site (just right-click on a favourite or the browser sites and select the
- "Add new site to favourites.." option.
- NEW : User can now import their system (IE) favourites.
- NEW : Users can now queue a list of files accross multiple sites to download.
- NEW : Transfer status bar now shown in the status bar at bottom of webleech window.
- NEW : If user tries to copy local file to full/read-only destination we now let them
- know instead of just returning that the file did not copy.
- NEW : Removed redundant toolbar buttons. N.B : USERS WHO HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THEIR TOOLBAR
- CONFIG IN VERSIONS 2.1/2.2 WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR BUTTON CONFIGURATION IN ORDER TO
- GET THEIR TOOLBAR BACK TO NORMAL. To do this just double-click on the toolbar and
- select the RESET option.
- NEW : Sites which previously returned a 302 (site moved) error, are now detected and the new
- url should be displayed in the remote list (you will get a message informing you that
- the site has moved)
- NEW : Show the current location in the label above the file list-view
- NEW : Drop down location list will no store all sites visited in this session.
-
- FIX : Install no longer distributes WININET.DLL and WebLeech no longer uses this DLL, so
- users with IE3 installed should be OK now.
- FIX : XFer progress not set at 100% before file XFerred or when connecting.
- FIX : Splitter bar height now correct.
- FIX : When connecting to a password protected site you have previously visited on your
- first launch of WebLeech, you will not be prompted for a password.
- FIX : Previously, setting for overwrite/replace file was not being saved, this is now fixed.
- FIX : Stop displaying FTP files in the list (WebLeech does not XFer FTP files, use something
- like CuteFTP for that).
- FIX : Files over 32MB no longer cause an overflow error.
- FIX : HOPEFULLY fixed problem small number of users were getting abour resizing a form when
- it is maximized!
- FIX : Slight adjustment to 50% accuracy setting, should find more files now.
- FIX : WebLeech shouldn't show as many "junk" entries anymore (i.e filenames would sometimes
- still contain pieces of HTML code in there).
- FIX : File descriptions (if avilable should no longer contain "junk" characters at start)
- FIX : Deleting directories with empty sub-dirs now works OK
- FIX : Fixed misc problems when trying to access source of child frames immediatley after they
- had been parsed.