------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teleport Pro Version 1.28 for Windows 95/NT (c) 1996 Tennyson Maxwell The fastest, most powerful file-retrieving robot on the Internet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations! You have obtained the most powerful offline browsing and file-retrieving tool on the Internet. Part Swiss Army knife, part chainsaw, Teleport Pro is a fully automated, multithreaded, link-following, file-retrieving webspider. It will retrieve all the files you want -- and only the files you want -- from any part of the Internet. Teleport Pro can also - Completely download a website, enabling you to "offline browse" the site at much greater speeds than if you were to browse the site online - Create an exact duplicate, or "mirror" of a website, complete with subdirectory structure and all required files - Search a website for files of a certain type (and even size!) - Download a list of files from the Internet - Explore every website linked from a central website - Search a website for keywords - Make a list of all pages and files on a website Want to offline browse a website? Want to grab 400 sound files for a multimedia presentation? Looking for just the right background graphic? A list of every web page and file on a shareware site? Found a huge archive of great graphics -- but don’t want to wait for each of them to download? Found a great link site, but don’t have the time to check out every link? No more waiting for slow pages to download. No more clicking on links for hours, only to find garbage at the end of your trail. ------------------------ How to Use This Document ------------------------ To view it on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window. To print it, open it in Notepad or another word processor, then use the Print command on the File menu. In syntax lines, lowercase text signifies replaceable parameters and uppercase text must be typed as it appears. ------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS NEW AS OF VERSION 1.25 SPECIAL NOTE: NEW FILE UPDATING SYSTEM NEW UNLIMITED UPGRADE POLICY CONVERTING OLDER VERSION PROJECT FILES A NOTE ON JAVA SUPPORT 32-BIT WINSOCK REQUIRED MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 BUG NOTE MICROSOFT SERVICE PACK 1 BUG NOTE MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 3.0 BUG NOTE REGISTERING TELEPORT PRO TECHNICAL SUPPORT ------------------------------------------------- =================== NEW IN VERSION 1.25 =================== These are just some of the exciting new features implemented in version 1.25-- NEW: Built-in scheduler! You can now set up Teleport Pro to run projects whenever you like, using a convenient built-in scheduler. The new Teleport Pro Scheduler handles multiple projects, running either sequentially or in parallel, and can manage connection conflicts -- it can even run projects on separate connections! NEW: Command-line switches improve project automation: specify run, update, relink, autoconnect, autodisconnect, and autoexit as command- line parameters. NEW: New Start button behavior automatically queues BOTH new and old (already retrieved) files when pressed. New files are retrieved first, then old files are automatically scanned for updates. NEW: Improved parser leniency: handles more common HTML authoring mistakes, finds more links than before. NEW: Improved forms exploration -- now can navigate through POST forms. ======================================= SPECIAL NOTE: NEW FILE UPDATING SYSTEM ======================================= Probably the most noticeable change (as of Version 1.25), is that Teleport no longer has separate Start and Refresh buttons. Both functions have been incorporated into a single Start button. When you now Start a project, Teleport will scan the project database looking for files that match your retrieval specifications, but which have never before been received. If it finds any such files, it queues them for retrieval. And if Teleport find files that were previously retrieved, but are possibly out-of-date, its queues those for updating -- all in the same session. When updating, Teleport gets files only if the remote server says that they have changed, since the last time Teleport retrieved the file. To give you more flexibility, Teleport uses additional rules for determining when to update files. The new Update settings can be found on the Project Properties, Exploration page. ============================ NEW UNLIMITED UPGRADE POLICY ============================ Because of the confusion over whether and when registered users will be eligible for free upgrades, we've decided to make it simple: All upgrades to Teleport Pro are free for registered users, regardless of version number. Also, the unregistered per-project file limit has been doubled to 200 files. ====================================== CONVERTING OLDER VERSION PROJECT FILES ====================================== Beginning with Version 1.20, Teleport Pro uses a new, more compact database structure and a new type of project file (.tpp file). Teleport Pro will automatically convert project files created by older versions of Teleport Pro -- but once saved in the new v1.20 format, these project files will become unusable by the previous versions of the program. If you plan to keep and use older versions of Teleport Pro, be sure to save a copy of your project files in their original format before you open (and then save) the files using Version 1.20 or later. ====================== A NOTE ON JAVA SUPPORT ====================== When you run SETUP to install Teleport Pro for the first time, it will create a "bin" directory in the folder where you install Teleport Pro. This bin will contain two files, CLASSES.ZIP and JAVAP.EXE, needed for Teleport to retrieve Java applets. DO NOT UNZIP the CLASSES.ZIP file! ======================= 32-BIT WINSOCK REQUIRED ======================= At this time, Teleport Pro requires that you use a 32-bit winsock dll for your Internet connections. In most cases, the Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking system will satisfy this requirement. Some third-party winsocks, such as Trumpet, are also compatible with Teleport Pro. If you are unsure of whether you are using a 32-bit winsock connection, contact your ISP or the organization that provided you with your connection software. Some third-party utilities can convert between a 16-bit winsock and an application like Teleport Pro that requires a 32-bit connection. One such program is "connect-WSOCK32", a shareware utility available at http://vroom.web.de/connect/ ============================= MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 BUG NOTE ============================= Microsoft has confirmed that a bug in the Windows 95 operating system may cause your computer to crash while using the Internet. The bug slowly leaks resources each time a connection is established to the Internet. Because Teleport Pro establishes many, many connections to the Internet while running, it is important that you install a patch from Microsoft that corrects this problem. Microsoft makes the patch for United States users available at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/krnlupd.htm European users should locate the proper patch file for their language system from the page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/localize/localize.htm A copy of the United States version of the patch is also available for download from the Tennyson Maxwell website at http://www.tenmax.com ================================= MICROSOFT SERVICE PACK 1 BUG NOTE ================================= Microsoft's Service Pack 1 contains a bug that can corrupt your system registry if you use Dial-Up Networking, or if you run applications that access Dial-Up Networking registry information (as Teleport Pro does). Microsoft has released a patch that corrects this bug. The patch can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/passwd.htm and SHOULD BE INSTALLED if you have installed Service Pack 1. ======================================== MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 3.0 BUG NOTE ======================================== Microsoft has confirmed that a bug in their Internet Explorer 3.0 Beta 2 causes other applications' toolbar buttons to display as if disabled. Teleport Pro users will notice that the Refresh, Start, Pause, Stop, and Abort buttons of those programs will not appear to function properly if Internet Explorer 3.0 Beta 2 has been installed (although the buttons will continue to work). Microsoft has now released the Final Version of Internet Explorer 3.0. This version corrects the toolbar bug in Beta 2. Tennyson Maxwell strongly encourages users who still have the Beta 2 version to pick up the final version (it is free) on Microsoft's website. A link to the proper page can be found on Tennyson Maxwell's home page at http://www.tenmax.com ======================== REGISTERING TELEPORT PRO ======================== Teleport Pro is shareware. You are granted a free license to use this software 40 times, after which the license and the software both expire. If you decide that you like Teleport Pro -- and we hope that you do! -- you can register it, keep it, and use it as much as you like. Registering the program is just like buying it. There are really two good reasons to register Teleport Pro: 1. The program, and your license to use it, expire after you have used it 40 times. 2. Until you register it, Teleport Pro will only retrieve up to 200 files per project. For now, registration costs only $39.95 US. And your registration is valid for all upgrades to the Teleport Pro product. This means that your registration number will work on every upgrade we release. In fact, if you send us your email address when you register, we’ll notify you automatically every time we issue an upgrade. We can accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover credit cards. We can also accept checks or money orders drawn on a United States bank, or a foreign bank with a United States clearing house. To register Teleport Pro, simply select Register from the Help menu. Teleport Pro will display the Registration dialog box. There are three options for sending us your registration information: Secure Server: Press this button to launch your browser and visit our Secure Server. Your order will be processed online and you will receive a registration code immediately! Choose this option for fastest service. You must have a secure browser (such as Netscape or Microsoft) to use this option. Credit card orders only, please. CompuServe: If you're a CompuServe member, press this button to launch CompuServe, then GO SWREG and register program # 12414. Your CompuServe account will be billed for the account will be billed the cost of registration. We will email your registration code to your CompuServe address when we receive notice of the order, usually within a week. Mail/Email/Fax: Press this button to display the Order Form and print it or save it to disk. You can then mail or email it to us, or fax it to us. (Our address/fax number will appear on the form.) If mailing, please enclose your check, money order, or credit card data. We will email your registration code within two days of receiving your order. ================= TECHNICAL SUPPORT ================= Most questions about Teleport Pro can be answered in the online Help files, or at the Tennyson Maxwell website at http://www.tenmax.com If you haven't been able to find the answers online, please contact the Tennyson Maxwell Support Team at support@tenmax.com.