Copyright: Copyright (c)1997,98 Tim Johnson


Cache View Contents

 Cache View lets you easily look at what is in the Netscape Navigator ™ cache.
 You can open the cached files for viewing, and copy or move them out of the cache.  It will even reconstruct the directory paths of the files for you.
 The intuitive Windows 95 interface makes Cache View easy to learn and even easier to use.

Useful things to know…

Program Options

Copying and Moving files

Emptying the Cache

A list of Hotkeys

How do I…?

View a cached file

Copy a URL onto the Clipboard

Reconstruct a website

Find a specific URL

© 1998, Tim Johnson


 	Options

The program options can be set by chosing Options… from the View menu.  The following dialogue will be shown:

Default Action

These option buttons set the default action that will be performed when a cache entry is activated.

Open File

Opens the file with the program that that file is associated with.

Open URL

Loads the URL into Netscape Navigator.

Quick View

Opens the file with the QuickView program.

Netscape Cache Directory

Enter the Netscape Navigator cache directory in this text box.  This is the directory that the fat.db file lives in. Use the Browse button to search for this directory.

Copy and Move with original filenames

Selecting this option will make Cache View use the original filenames (from the URLs) when copying and moving.

Copy and Move with original paths

This option can only be used if the with original filenames option is selected, and makes Cache View use the original paths as well as the original filenames.

Use Server Name of Website in Path

This option can only be used if the with original filenames option is selected, and makes Cache View include the name of the server in the copy or move path.

Decode fat.db File on Startup

This option causes Cache View to decode the fat.db file as soon as the program is run.

Delete fat.db file when emptying cache

Selecting this option will ensure that the fat.db file is deleted every time the Cache View is used to empty the cache.


Emptying the Cache

Cache View can empty the Netscape cache in two ways:

Chose the “Empty Netscape Cache” from the Cache View folder on the start menu. (or run “cview.exe /empty”)

Select the Empty Cache menu item from the File menu.

Both methods will decode the cache (if it hasn’t been done yet) and delete all the files from the cache directory.

If the “ Delete fat.db file when emptying cache” option is selected, the fat.db file will be removed as well.


Copying and Moving files

Files can be copied or moved from the Netscape cache to another directory for storage.

To do this, just select the files you want to move from the main list, and select Copy To... or Move To... from the Edit menu, or click the appropriate buttons on the toolbar.

The following dialogue will be displayed:

Destination File Names

This list contains the paths and filenames of the files that will be copied or moved from the cache.  You can edit them by pressing the F2 key, or delete them with the Delete key.

Depending on the Copy and Move options you have set, the list will contain either the cache file name, the original file name, or the original full path and filename.

Destination Folder

The path in this field sets the path that the files will be copied or moved to.  This can be typed in, selected from the list of previous ones, or browsed from the folder list.

If the path entered does not exist, it will be created for you.

Operation

The operation to be performed can be changed by selecting the appropriate option here.  This is either to copy the files, or to move them.  Moving them deletes the selected files from the cache directory once the operation is complete.


Copy a URL onto the Clipboard

You can copy the URL of a cached file by selecting the cache entry, and chosing Copy URL String from the Edit menu.  This will place the URL onto the clipboard, and you can then paste it to other applications.


View a cached file

There are several ways to view cached files.  You can view them in the associated program on your system, view them in Netscape, or view them with the QuickView program.

You can use the menuitems under the File menu and the toolbar buttons to perform these actions, or double click the cache entry to perform the default action.


Reconstruct a Website

To reconstruct a website, all the files used in the site must have their correct paths relative to the main page.  To do this in Cache View, you need to enable both Copy and Move options so that the correct filenames and paths will be used.

Sort the cache entries by URL by clicking the URL column header

Select the cache entries from the URL you wish to reconstruct

Select Copy to… or Move to… to move the files, and click OK on the dialogue box after entering the folder to store the files in.

The selected files of the web site will now be copied or moved from the cache, and arranged with the correct paths and filenames.

Index File Name

For URLs that do not specify the file name, the default filename used is “Index”, and the extension according to the file type.  To change this default filename, enter the following line into the cview.ini file in the [CacheView] section:

DefaultFileName=MyName

Where “MyName” is the filename to use.  Note: make sure you do not include a file extension!


Find a specific URL

CacheView includes a function to search for specific strings in the URLs of the cache entries.  To do this, select Find… from the edit menu, and enter the string you want to find.


A list of Hotkeys
Cache View Hotkeys

To:	Press:

Move To…	CTRL+X

Copy To…	CTRL+C

Delete	DEL

Select All	CTRL+A

Find	CTRL+F


Special Note
Special Notes

Cache View is currently in its second version release.  This version was a complete re-write, as it was ported from Visual Basic to C++.

More information can be found at the Cache View home page:

http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~timj/cv/

You can still submit bug reports or function by mailing them to:

timj@progsoc.uts.edu.au