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- WebFetch v1.16 June 27, 1996
- Filename : Feature.txt
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- For best viewing in Windows, set font to Courier New 10.
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- Advanced Features
- 1. Copy and paste full path names into WebFetch.
- 2. Create subdirectories.
- 3. Allow multiple downloads through command files.
- 4. Saves a record of downloaded files.
- 5. Load, edit and save command files.
- 6. Using with a proxy server.
- 7. Using with a password protected page.
- 8. Set which webbrowser WebFetch mimics.
- 9. Resizing and customizing WebFetch interface.
- 10. To access the built-in help.
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- 1. Copy and paste full path names into WebFetch.
- By using Windows standard powerkeys (ctrl-insert to copy,
- shift-insert to paste). Paste the full path in the Website Name
- box and then either hit the tab key, or click on the box.
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- 2. Create subdirectories.
- If the subdirectory named in the D/L name does not exist,
- WebFetch will ask if you want to create the directory.
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- 3. Allow multiple downloades through command files.
- WebFetch allows three different ways to "automatically"
- download one or more webpages at a time.
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- (a) Command Line (one item):
- From the command line (Run menu, or as an item in a group)
- you call Webfetch with parameters that identify the full http
- path of the webpage or file, where to save it on your hard
- drive, and four optional parameters : run as an icon, D/L
- referenced graphics, Strip HTTP headers, and Skip or Overwrite
- existing files (the last four work similarly as the options on
- the WebFetch main screen).
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- ex: webfetch -igoks http://www.yahoo.htm/ c:\temp\yahoo.htm
-
- Where the options -i(icon only), -g(D/L graphics), -o
- (overwrite existing files), -k (skip existing files), and -s
- (Strip HTTP headers) are optional, but the full URL name and
- DOS filename are required.
-
- (b) Command Line (batch file) :
- From the command line you can pass the name of a "command"
- file that is a text file containing parameters in the same
- format as above, with one job per line.
-
- ex : webfetch /f weblog.txt
-
- Where the /f parameter tells WebFetch to open and read the
- contents of the weblog.txt file and execute each line separately.
-
- example of file contents :
- -igos http://www.yahoo.htm/ c:\temp\yahoo.htm
- -igs http://www.cnet.com/Content/Techno/ c:\temp\tech.htm
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- (c) From WebFetch, you click on the "Auto Req..." and choose
- the command file to run automatically. It has the same format
- as in the previous section.
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- 4. Saves a record of downloaded files.
- WebFetch saves a record of every file it downloads in a file
- named "weblog.txt". The format is the same as the command file
- mentioned in 3. To configure WebFetch to log the download of
- webpages or graphics files (the default is both), go to the
- configuration screen, and click on the Advanced Configuration
- option. Under "File Logger Information", check which items you
- want saved to the logfile. When done, click on the Main Screen
- Configuration and click the Save button. The settings are now
- made permanent. If you just want the changes for that session,
- then click on the Set Button instead of the Save button.
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- 5. Load, edit and save command files.
- To take advantage of the online editor, click on the "c"
- button to bring up the configuration screen. Select Filelogger
- Options and it will bring the filelogger configuration screen
- which includes an online editor. You can create, load, save,
- and edit command files to use in the auto or batch mode.
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- 6. Using with a proxy server.
- To configure for a proxy server, go to the configuration
- screen and click on the Advanced Configuration option. Under
- "Proxy Server Information", make sure the Proxy Server Active
- box is checked, and fill in the values for the proxy server port
- and Name(URL Address). Click on the Main Screen Configuration
- and click on the save button. WebFetch is now configured to use
- that proxy server and port for every download.
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- 7. Using with a password protected page.
- To enable a user/password pair, go to the configuration screen
- and click on the Advanced Configuration option. Under
- "Authorization", check the Enable Password box, enter a name and
- password, and then click on the Authorize button. WebFetch will
- use that name and password for as long as the Enable Pasword box
- stays checked. If you want WebFetch to save that name/password
- pair to a file and use it each time it starts, check the Save
- Authentication box. In any case, click on the Main Screen
- Configuration and press Save or Set to save values.
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- 8. Set which webbrowser WebFetch mimics.
- Some webservers will deliver different graphic or text content
- based which webbrowser you are using (www.yahoo.com and
- www.msn.com are just such examples). You can currently configure
- to "mimic" or convince the website that you are either Netscape
- or Microsoft's Internet Explorer (MSIE). Other webbrowsers may be
- be added in the future.
- To configure this option, go to the Advanced Configuration
- option on the configuration screen. Under "Webbrowser Spoofing",
- click on either the Netscape of MSIE(Microsoft) option. Then
- click on the Main Screen Configuration at the top and click on
- either the set or save button.
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- 9. Resizing and customizing WebFetch interface.
- For some circumstances, the width of the fields in WebFetch's
- main screen are not wide enough to see the entire pathname. You
- have two options, you can resize the main screen and the fields
- will grow or shrink according to the change in the overall size
- of the main screen.
- Or, the three "Status" fields at the bottom : Connection,
- File Name and Download status you can configure to show either
- the beginning or end of the pathname. To configure, position
- your mouse over the field, and click once with your >>right<<
- mouse button. Clicking again will switch it back.
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- 10. To access the built-in help.
- Click on the ? button on the main screen. You will see a new
- screen with the following functions:
- Help screen with three options : Version History, Features,
- Readme - and yes, before you ask, these contain the same info as
- the files of the same name.
- Network Status Screen - Lets you know if you do have a good
- network connection. If you are using Compuserve and find the
- connection has dropped, it will tell that in this window.
- Force Winsock Connection - useful when another program (like
- Compuserve's dialer) knocks WebFetch off. By pressing this, WF
- tries to re-establish a network/Winsock connection.
- And a scrolling advertisement at the bottom. You can this
- stop the scrolling by double-clicking on the text.
- Close button - what else?
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