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<html> <head><title>Internet Angel 3.04, documentation (english version)</title></head> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc" link="#000080" alink="#f00000" vlink="#000080"> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5"> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top"> <a name="top"></a>Internet Angel 3.04 © Tassilo Rinder, 1999 (english version) <hr> <center><table border="2" bgcolor="#c0ffff" cellpadding="5"><td> <center> Internet Angel & PixLoader Homepage: <a href="http://home.t-online.de/home/rinder/homepage.htm">Infos & Downloads</a> </center></td></table> </center> Internet Angel is an automated tool which searches and downloads Internet files such as images, sounds, videos, and more. It can download Internet documents with both anchored pages and their in-line files as well as entire Web sites. Note: only Hypertext Transport Protocol (http://) is supported. The program rewrites the HTML documents to disk so that you can display all in-line images using your browser while off-line (e.g. Netscape or MSIE). Internet Angel comes with a timer that makes it possible to start and stop the program automatically at pre-determined times. <a name="complete"></a> Downloading of partially loaded files or Web sites can be resumed or reloaded later by choosing the "Complete/Continue INETA-search" option. You can also download several Web sites including all of their images and anchored pages using a list of URLs stored in an ASCII text file (see <a href=#list>List</a>). To use full web throughput capacity you can run more than one session of the program concurrently. To run more than one session concurrently you can install multiple copies of the application in separate directories. Another option is to create several directories which contain only the file INETA.INI and then to create links (icons) to INETA.EXE (on the desktop as an example). The working directories (right mouse key, properties) of these links must be propagated to the directories where the new INETA.INI files are stored. E-mail: <a href="mailto:ineta3@hotmail.com">ineta3@hotmail.com</a> If you experience problems downloading internet documents or if you want some tips on optimising downloads please send an e-mail to: <a href="mailto:Internet_Angel@topmail.de">Internet_Angel@topmail.de</a> (please understand that this support can only be provided to registered users).</td> <td bgcolor="#ffe0c0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <a href="license.htm">Registration and Licensing</a> CONTENTS: <a href="#requirements">1. System requirements</a> <a href="#password">1.1 Server password</a> <a href="#interface">2. User Interface</a> <a href="#start">2.1 How to start</a> <a href="#list">2.2 List</a> <a href="#repeat">2.3 Repeat</a> <a href="#time">2.4 Time and Windows Shut Down</a> <a href="#start_after">2.5 Start After</a> <a href="#preview">3. Preview</a> <a href="#edit">4. Read and Edit</a> <a href="#options">5. Options</a> <a href="#directory">5.1 Directory</a> <a href="#picture">5.2 Picture</a> <a href="#usericon">5.3 UserIcon and UserTitle</a> <a href="#onlysite">5.4 OnlySite and Resthome</a> <a href="#nosite">5.5 NoSite and Exclude</a> <a href="#timeout">5.6 TimeOut</a> <a href="#depth">5.7 Depth</a> <a href="#minfilesize">5.8 MinFileSize and MaxFileSize</a> <a href="#maxkbytes">5.9 MaxkBytes</a> <a href="#images">5.10 In-lineImages</a> <a href="#javaapplets">5.11 JavaApplets</a> <a href="#metarefreshes">5.12 MetaRefreshes</a> <a href="#relocations">5.13 Relocations</a> <a href="#emailaddresses">5.14 EmailAddresses</a> <a href="#localbrowsing">5.15 LocalBrowsing and SaveHTML</a> <a href="#longfilenames">5.16 LongFileNames</a> <a href="#professional">5.17 Professional Options</a> <a href="#files">6. Files</a> <a href="#distributed">6.1 Distributed Files</a> <a href="#generated">6.2 Generated Files</a> <a href="#outlook">7. Outlook</a> </td></table> <hr> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5"> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffc0c0"> <a name="requirements"></a> 1. System requirements</td><td valign="top"> INETA runs under Windows 95/98 or WinNT4.0. The files MSVBVM50.DLL, ASYCFILT.DLL and OLEAUT32.DLL which are part of the VisualBasic 5.0 runtime module service pack, are required to run Internet Angel. If one ore more of those files are missing on your computer, you should install the <a href="http://www.download.com/PC/Result/TitleDetail/0,4,0-44894,1000.html?st.dl.results.list.tdtl"> VisualBasic 5.0 runtime library module service pack (www.download.com)</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffc0c0"> <a name="password"></a> 1.1 Server password</td><td valign="top"> If you have an account on a server which requires a sign-in password username and password, you should first log in on the server using your browser (e.g. with Netscape or MSIE). After that you can access the same server using Internet Angel. </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"> <td valign="top"> <a name="interface"></a> 2. User Interface <center> <IMG SRC="help(e).jpg" BORDER="0" width="600" height="450" USEMAP="#help" alt="Help Map"> <MAP NAME="help"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="4,32,24,50" HREF="#start" ALT="Start"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="109,32,129,50" HREF="#assistant" ALT="Assistant"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="171,32,191,50" HREF="#preview" ALT="Preview"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="192,32,212,50" HREF="#options" ALT="Options"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="213,32,233,50" HREF="#edit" ALT="Read and Edit"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="10,71,150,84" HREF="#complete"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="171,60,213,81" HREF="#list" ALT="List"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="231,57,282,84" HREF="#repeat" ALT="Repeat"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="306,57,393,84" HREF="#time" ALT="Time and Windows shutdown"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="417,57,468,84" HREF="#start_after" ALT="Start After"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="12,131,42,144" HREF="#target" ALT="Target"> <AREA SHAPE="POLYGON" COORDS="116,151,550,151,550,219,249,219,249,180,116,180" HREF="#options" ALT="Options"> <AREA SHAPE="POLYGON" COORDS="8,181,248,181,248,219,227,219,227,340,8,340" HREF="#preview" ALT="Preview"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="228,220,583,340" HREF="#edit" ALT="Read and Edit"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="5,355,596,446" HREF="#protocol" ALT="Protocol"> </MAP> </center> </td> </table> <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffff"> <a name="start"></a> 2.1 How to start</td><td valign="top"> Enter the URL you want to start downloading as the Source (www.example.com/instance.htm) or paste it from the Windows clipboard by clicking on the "<" button. Then click on the Starter-Icon or press the F5 key. INETA loads the referenced source file from the Web and saves it to the Windows <a href="#directory">cache directory</a>. The hyperlinks and in-line images (e.g. GIFs or JPEGs) in the document will also be downloaded. INETA follows hyperlinks in the document to also download linked files and so on to the number of levels you specify for downloading. <a name="assistant"></a> Another option is to launch the Internet Angel Assistant by clicking on the Wand-Icon and then following the step-by-step instructions. The easiest way to learn how INETA works and to be introduced to some of the program's many <a href="#options">options</a> is to open a pre-defined Taskfile. Click on the menu "File" and then on "Open Task..." to choose a taskfile. You can define taskfiles yourself and save them using the "Save Task As..." function. Taskfiles can be executed directly from the Windows Explorer by double clicking on them (the first time you have to choose "Open with...INETA.EXE"). </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffff"> <a name="list"></a> 2.2 List</td><td valign="top"> Lists (or input files, standard extension *.inp) contain the names of several URLs to be downloaded. Create the URL list using a text editor (e.g. NOTEPAD). The format is: URL (www.example.com/...) empty line (or filename) URL empty line (or filename) URL... etc. Click on the menu "File" and then on "Choose Input File..." to select your list. To use the list later, un-mark the list box. Then, to use the same list at a later time, re-check the list box. </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffff"> <a name="repeat"></a> 2.3 Repeat</td><td valign="top"> Some URLs like Web Cameras or news URLs are updated periodically. To download a single URL or a list (<a href="#list">see above</a>) of URLs including in-line files and hyperlinks several times, you can select a repeat time of from 0 min to 24 hours (when you click on the time interval number it will increment it by 60 minutes). Note: you can use the repeat function to feed data to INETA from another computer. You can keep INETA permanently running by selecting a repeat time interval of 60 mins, for example. Then you can transmit a new input file every 60 mins. Name it REPEAT.TXT and copy it to the INETA.INI directory (working directory). The file REPEAT.TXT is renamed to the input file when INETA begins downloading. To set INETA to idle mode, REPEAT.TXT must contain a "dummy" URL (http://??? for example). </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffff"> <a name="time"></a> 2.4 Time and Windows Shut Down</td><td valign="top"> If the time box is marked, INETA automatically exits after the specified time interval (1 to 720 minutes, clicking on the number will increment it by 60 minutes) or when the download has finished. The active download process is interrupted. However the INETA application does not release the telephone line when the download has finished (the disconnent must be handled by either your modem or ISDN interface card software). You can elect to use the Time function in combination with the Windows Shut Down function. When the Windows Shut Down box is marked, Windows shuts down either after the selected time interval or when the program has finished all downloading. You should check to be sure that your telephone, modem or ISDN interface card properly releases the telephone line. </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffff"> <a name="start_after"></a> 2.5 Start After</td><td valign="top"> By using this option you can set a time delay before Internet Angel starts the first Internet request (0,5 to 168 hours) in order to take advantage of times when the Internet is less busy (when you click the time delay number it will increment by 8 hours). </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffff"> <a name="preview"></a> 3. Preview</td><td valign="top"><a name="target"></a> Click on the Eye-Icon, to view the Preview-Window. The files stored in the <a href="#directory">cache directory</a> are listed in the right hand portion of this window. These files can then be viewed by clicking on the file name. Double clicking the file name, opens the file (if an appropriate Windows file extension program association link exists) using the Windows Explorer (you can also double click the text Target while a download is in progress). The file marked in the listing can be deleted by touching the "Delete"-key. While a download is in progress, the display can also be refreshed by clicking on the image (OnClick function). Note: since the file preview function uses both Windows system resources and time slices, in rare cases its use can generate program instability. This window therefore should not remain open unnecessarily. Until a permanent solution to this condition is found, both the OnClick function will remain inactive and the automatic closing of the window with minimizing and terminating will occur. </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffff"> <a name="edit"></a> 4. Read and Edit</td><td valign="top"> Click on the Notepad-Icon, to view this window. The <a href="#generated">files generated</a> by INETA can be viewed here. Since it concerns particularly the found or loaded links here, their number is always indicated. The <a href="#generated">log file</a> (INETA.LOG), which can be viewed and deleted here is an exception. <a name="protocol"></a> The last 40 lines of the log file can be viewed also in the Protocol-Window (double click the Protocol-Window to open the log file (INETA.LOG) by the Windows Explorer). You can edit the file INETA.NOT. To edit this file, the program must be in idle mode (click the Stop-Icon, if need be). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="options"></a> 5. Options</td><td valign="top"> Click on the Wrench-Icon, to view the Options-Window. You have the oppurtunity to substantially extend the functionality of INETA by choosing special options. Note: most of these options can be modified during a current download, for certain adjustments however, the program must be in idle mode (click the Stop-Icon, if need be). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="directory"></a> 5.1 Directory</td><td valign="top"> This is the cache directory to save the Internet documents and pictures. If this directory does not exist, it will be automatically created. File collections, which were downloaded for off-line browsing (see also <a href="#localbrowsing">LocalBrowsing</a>), can be copied from here into any other directory and be viewed also there. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="picture"></a> 5.2 Picture</td><td valign="top"> Here you can select a background picture, to escape from the boredom of life. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="usericon"></a> 5.3 UserIcon and UserTitle</td><td valign="top"> You can select a program icon and a new program title to be showed in the Windows Taskbar. As standard alternative the Explorer-Icon is preset. Press the F12-key to swap icons. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="onlysite"></a> 5.4 OnlySite and Resthome</td><td valign="top"> If you mark the RestHome ('Restrict to Home') box, then only Documents from the Server Domain (or from the Servers in the <a href=#list>Input File</a>) will be downloaded. Enter parts of the URLs to be Downloaded on the OnlySite line (if you marked the RestHome box, these servers will also be included). It is not necessary to enter complete URLs or domain names here, parts of URLs are also sufficent. Several entries are to be separated by blanks. The entry ".it microsoft" e.g. causes only connects to computers with ".it" or "microsoft" as parts of their domain names (or URLs). Example: If you want to downlaod the contents of the user directory "http://www.example.com/user/ineta", the line OnlySite should read "www.example.com/user/ineta" or "user/ineta". The RestHome box must NOT be marked, otherwise the entire site "www.example.com" would be searched and downloaded. Notes: the entries on <a href="#nosite">NoSite</a> and <a href="#nosite">Exclude</a> always take priority. Note that an empty OnlySite line together with an un-marked RestHome box does not mean any restriction. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="nosite"></a> 5.5 NoSite and Exclude</td><td valign="top"> Enter parts of the URLs NOT to be downloaded on the NoSite line. It is not necessary to enter complete URLs or domain names here, parts of URLs are also sufficent. Several entries must be separated by blanks. The entry "nets" e.g. avoids all connections with "www.netscape.com", "help.netscape.com" just like with "www.microsoft.com/nets.htm". Additionally to this, you can mark the boxes under Exclude or write on this line. Files, with these extensions are NOT downloaded. Several entries must be separated by blanks. If the JPG box (for example) is marked, all files with the extensions JPG JPEG or JFIF are ignored. This line can be completed at will, however the entries must begin with a period. Notes: .htm, .html and .shtml files should not be excluded, because these files contain the hyperlinks, pictures et cetera. You have to download them even you may not want to keep them. In accordance with the Browser abilities, PNG files are requested as GIF files. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="timeout"></a> 5.6 TimeOut</td><td valign="top"> This is the time limit to wait for a data receipt. Possible values are 0 to 60 minutes (0 = no time out). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="depth"></a> 5.7 Depth</td><td valign="top"> This is the maximum level of the hyperlink search. If this value amounts to Depth = 1, only the first URL will be downloaded. If the in-line images of the first document are to be downloaded, the Depth value must amount to at least 2. Possible values are 0 to 99 (0 = no limit). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="minfilesize"></a> 5.8 MinFileSize and MaxFileSize</td><td valign="top"> The MinFileSize value defines the smallest permissible file size in kBytes for downloading. Any files smaller than the MinFileSize value are ignored or automatically deleted. This limit does not apply to HTML files since they contain hyperlinks. MaxFileSize defines the largest permissible file size in kBytes for downloading. Any files larger than the MaxFileSize value are ignored. Possible values are 0 to 32767 (Enter 0 to specify no size limit). Note: Not all servers on the Internet transmit the HTTP header which includes file size data. Therefore, Internet Angel must receive at least one 'test' data package so that the programme can determine the size of the file. This limits the effectiveness of this option. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="maxkbytes"></a> 5.9 MaxkBytes</td><td valign="top"> This value defines the maximum amount of data in kilobytes which may be downloaded per session. Possible values are 0 to 2097152 (Enter 0 to specify no size limit). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="images"></a> 5.10 In-line Images</td><td valign="top"> If this box is marked, the in-line images and videos of the documents are downloaded. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="javaapplets"></a> 5.11 JavaApplets</td><td valign="top"> If this box is marked, the JavaApplets of the documents (*.class) are downloaded. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="metarefreshes"></a> 5.12 MetaRefreshes</td><td valign="top"> If this box is marked, the link of a refresh instruction in the meta tag of the original document, is downloaded. When the <a href="#onlysite">RestHome</a> box is marked, this probably new server is also accepted as a "Home"-server (see also the explaining note to Relocations). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="relocations"></a> 5.13 Relocations</td><td valign="top"> If this box is marked, the link of a location instruction in the HTTP header of the original document, is downloaded. When the <a href="#onlysite">RestHome</a> box is marked, this probably new server is also accepted as a "Home"-server. Explaining note: if a document is not any longer available, a location instruction in the HTTP header can automatically link directly to another document or another server. When the Relocations box is marked (also in the case of refresh-meta-tags, when the MetaRefreshes box is marked) and the RestHome box is marked, the new server is accepted as a "Home"-server. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="emailaddresses"></a> 5.14 EmailAddresses</td><td valign="top"> If this box is marked, all e-mail addresses found in the mailto tags of the downloaded documents, are saved in the file MAIL.TXT, which is located in the <a href=#directory>cache directory</a>. New addresses are sequentially appended. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="localbrowsing"></a> 5.15 LocalBrowsing and SaveHTML</td><td valign="top"> If the LocalBrowsing box is marked, the files are, if need be, renamed and the HTML documents are rewritten in such a way that off-line browsing is possible and the links and in-line images can be found locally, in the <a href=#directory>cache directory</a>. The start URL, with which the session began, is then clickable over the menu "Special". To leave the documents in their unmodified original version, this box must be un-marked. If the SaveHTML box is also not marked, no HTML documents will be kept. Note: to save system resources you should not mark unnecessarily one or both of the two boxes. On the one hand you need more disk space, on the other more system time to modify the documents. Moreover that, naming the files for off-line browsing is not flexible, since the name must be already determined before downloading the file. That can lead to the fact that files, which were not completely downloaded are overwritten within a new session. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="longfilenames"></a> 5.16 LongFileNames</td><td valign="top"> If this box is not marked, only file names according to the old DOS conventions are generated. Different files of the same name are renamed (e.g. homepage.htm homepa_1.htm, homepa_2.htm etc.; or, if LongFilenames was selected: homepage.htm homepage(1).html, homepage(2).html etc.). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#c0ffc0"> <a name="professional"></a> 5.17 Professional Options</td><td valign="top"> Only in rare and special cases it can be necessary to modify some these options. If you have a static IP number (e.g. 129.69.59.114), you should insert it on the line Host. Double click on the line If-Modified-Since to see an example. You can experiment with the values at will. Click on the Reset to default key to restore the default values. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <a name="files"></a> 6. Files</td><td valign="top"> INETA is delivered with a number of files and some files are created during the program execution. The files are located in the INETA program directory with only one exception: the file COMCT232.OCX. This file is copied during installation (if missing) to the Windows-System directory and should not be removed, since it is used also by other applications. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <a name="distributed"></a> 6.1 Distributed Files</td><td valign="top"> The following files come with the INETA installation (the fat printed files are indispensable for the program execution): <ul> <li>COMCT232.OCX (OLE Control: animation player)</li> <li>HELP(E).JPG (clickable map file, part of this documentation)</li> <li>INETA(E).HTM (this documentation)</li> <li>INETA.AVI (animated download indicator)</li> <li>INETA.EXE (executable program file)</li> <li>INETA.INI (ini file)</li> <li>README.TXT (brief information)</li> <li>LICENSE.HTM (information about licensing the program)</li> <li>*.TSK (three example task files)</li> </ul> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <a name="generated"></a> 6.2 Generated Files</td><td valign="top"> The following files are created during the program execution (only the fat printed files are permanent, the other files are temporary): <ul> <li>COMPLETE.INP (list of links which are still to download; during the program execution)</li> <li>INETA.GOT (list of already downloaded links)</li> <li>INETA.LOG (log file)</li> <li>INETA.NOT (list of links which are still to download; after the program execution)</li> <li>INETA.TMP (write protected during the program execution, locks each new program session in the same directory; because this file is only deleted when the program terminates correct, it serves as indicator for abrupt program termination)</li> <li>LINKS0.INP (list of the a priori found links)</li> <li>LINKS1.INP (list of the a posteriori found links)</li> </ul> Note: the files INETA.NOT and INETA.GOT can be edited manually if necessary. The file format is the same as described under <a href="#list">list</a>. These files must end with a return, to make it possible, to append new entries. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffc0ff"> <a name="outlook"></a> 7. Outlook</td><td valign="top"> Which will bring the next version of Internet Angel: <ul> <li>semi-intelligent parsing of HTML-documents, controlled by keywords</li> <li>implementations after suggestions and desires of registered users</li> <li>faster and more efficient code written in C++</li> <li>free of charge for all registered users</li> </ul> </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"><tr> <td bgcolor="#ffe0c0"><center> » <a href="#top">back to the top of the document</a> «</center></td> </tr></table> </body> </html>