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- Get2Edit v1.1 Shareware.
-
- Get2Edit removes html formatting from web pages and saves
- only the link and the associated text. It removes image
- links, anchors and frame links. The output is formatted with a
- pipe symbol separating the link and the associated text for easy
- importing into a database.
-
-
- -------Opening URLs---------
- Type the URL into the URL window and click on "Get URL"
- The source of the web page at the URL is placed into the text area for
- processing or editing.
-
-
- -------Opening Files--------
- 1. Click File, "open file(s)" in the menu.
- Then select the files you want by holding down the control
- key and selecting the files you want by clicking on them. Or, you can
- click in the file selection window and then press Ctrl-A to select all
- files in the directory. You can open as many files as you want this way.
- The time it takes to load the files will be related to the number and
- size of the files. They will be concatenated (appended) together into
- one large file for processing.
-
- Another way to open files:
-
- 2. You can use windows explorer to navigate to where your html files are,
- then right click on any number of selected files (you select them the
- same way as described above) and click the "send to" option.
- For this to work, you'll need to add a shortcut to get2edit to your
- C:\ windows\sendto\ directory.
- The advantage to this is that you don't have to start the program first.
- The limitation is that the path and command line must not exceed the
- limit imposed by DOS (yes DOS) of 256 characters, since the filenames
- are passed to the program on the command line. This usually limits
- you to around 10 files.
-
-
- -------Processing-----------
- Processing is done in 3 levels for the sake of flexibility.
- The processing must be done in numbered order for it to work properly.
-
- 1. removes formatting and inserts the pipe | symbol.
- 2. removes links with no associated text.
- 3. removes the <a href=" and the "> plus a few other things from the link.
-
-
- -------Abort--------
- The Abort button or menu option aborts the Get URL command. This is useful
- if you try to retrieve a site that doesn't exist or if the server isn't
- available and you don't want to wait for the process to time out.
-
-
- -------Saving Files--------
- Clicking File, Save allows you to save the file as either a plain text, HTML
- file, or as a RTF file. The RTF format is a Rich Text Format that allows you to
- save special formatting like fonts, font sizes and colors. The file would then look
- the same way if it was opened in any program that could open RTF files.
- Microsoft Word and Wordpad can open RTF files.
-
-
- -------Other Commands and Options--------
- Most of the other commands are self explanatory.
-
-
- -------Limitations---------
-
- HTML is an evolving language, and there may be some instances where the
- output of the program is less than perfect. In these cases, the program is
- equipped with full text editing capabilites, which allow the user to manually
- remove lines that are not properly processed.
-
-
- ------- **Registration**---------
-
- What will registering this software get you?
-
- 1. Free support by e-mail. Your ideas are also appreciated!
- 2. Beta tester status (if you want) for this and other
- software made by the author. Some of this software may
- never be released as shareware.
- 3. Free Upgrades for at least the next two major releases of
- the software.
- 4. Notifications of all new releases and bug fix releases. This will
- be quickly developing software. Stay tuned!
-
- Send Check or Money Order for $10.00
- to:
-
- Ken Anderson
- 20150 Hollands Lane
- Willits, CA 95490
-
-
- -------Liscense--------
-
- GRANT OF LICENSE
- Ken Anderson (the author) has granted you, the user, a evaluation license
- to use Get2Edit v1.1 (the "Software") This does not give the user the
- license to modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble
- (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction),
- or create derivative works based on the Software. Get2Edit is partially based on
- the works by Francois Piette.
-
- DISCLAIMER
- The Author shall not be held responsible for any damages arising from the
- use of the Software. Although every effort has been made to ensure the
- quality and suitability of this software, it is provided without warranty
- of any kind. The user assumes full responsibility for operation and
- consequences of the operation of the software.
-