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I discovered this a few hours ago FranciscoR and as a result have developed a working template (prelim... not finished) that uses a different strategy with SF...

The regex value used for the 'version placeholder' has to be tweaked during import for the template to work with Vistumbler... try \d+(?:-\d+)+ instead of \d+(?:\.\d+)+ If you are a regex geek... it can be corrected afterwards in the {version} and {redir} regexs... although... unfortunately, the site has changed something that has broken the template in the last few hours for me though as FranciscoR has just noted while I was typing this...

Thanks for the update FranciscoR.

I've been so busy lately that I haven't run Ketarin in over a week and was unaware of the SourceForge issues... but I do like the changes I see. Thanks for being on top of the issue FranciscoR. Flo, sorry for not providing any feedback on the latest Ketarin revision... yet.

I have witnessed numerous anomalies between the processing of regex in Ketarin vs. Expresso when developing regexs for templates. I suspect there are slight differences in the .NET implementation/interpretation that could be the culprit. I have been wrong before though. LOL

One feature regarding PAD files that I would love would be the ability to add apps in a batch mode by dropping a list of PAD file URLs onto the Ketarin GUI that adheres to one's presets... ahhh... maybe someday!

Will try this when time allows FranciscoR... I'm swamped with work these days...

How in the world did you stumble upon this one Stalker? lol

I thought I remembered you having a similar issue FranciscoR...

I wish you the best dutchclimber... stop by and say hi when you can.

Wow FranciscoR... you are making me dizzy... you sure are getting fancy with 'regexreplace'... lol

Can you give us a TINY hint regarding the 'new' project yet Flo?

I agree with this or something similar Flo such as 'Disable Regex Processing' that is NOT sticky so that it can't be accidentally left that way when exiting the regex edit window... can it be done without a lot of coding as I too have been bitten by this phenomena?

Thanks FranciscoR! I believe Ketarin users will find this a welcome addition.

Doesn't work for me either Stalker, but the 'Generic PADfile Template' that I posted here for you does...

Please add this info to the 'Template Update & Status Notifications...' thread FranciscoR... when you have the time.

Why not add an {Application_URL} variable to your templates that could be populated with a 'placeholder' for each new app and display that in the custom column? Existing apps xml export could be manually edited adding that variable and info. Just my thoughts...

Excellent! Thank you! Thanks!... This probably explains the anomalies I've seen in the last couple of weeks. Yes PLEASE Flo... this one has 'stung' me a few times lately.

Ditto from me Flo! I'll help as time allows Flo... just let me know when.

I agree this would make new templates posted here easier to adopt for Ketarin users but we can not force anyone to adopt our proposed standards Stalker. I wish we could, so for now I guess we'll just have to be satisfied with a 'global search & replace' strategy in an xml editor. If we could get everybody on-board... I say go for it! Thoughts everyone?

A 'Generic PADfile Template' example for Stalker: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <Jobs> <ApplicationJob xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <DownloadBeta>Default</DownloadBeta> <DownloadDate xsi:nil="true" /> <CheckForUpdatesOnly>false</CheckForUpdatesOnly> <VariableChangeIndicator>{version}</VariableChangeIndicator> <CanBeShared>true</CanBeShared> <ShareApplication>false</ShareApplication> <ExclusiveDownload>false</ExclusiveDownload> <HttpReferer><placeholder name="URL of Application's PADfile?" value="http://cdburnerxp.se/rss/padfile.xml" /></HttpReferer> <Variables> <item> <key> <string>version</string> </key> <value> <UrlVariable> <RegexRightToLeft>false</RegexRightToLeft> <VariableType>RegularExpression</VariableType> <Regex>(?:\<Program_Version\>)(Beta.+?|Build.+?|\d+[\.\d+]+?.*?Beta.*?\d+[\.\d+]+?|\d+[\.\d+]+?.*?Build.*?\d+[\.\d+]+?|\d+[\.\d+]+?.*?Beta|\d+[\.\d+]+?)(?:[\s\s]|<|&)</Regex> <Url><placeholder name="URL of Application's PADfile?" value="http://cdburnerxp.se/rss/padfile.xml" /></Url> <Name>version</Name> </UrlVariable> </value> </item> </Variables> <ExecuteCommand /> <ExecutePreCommand /> <Category><placeholder name="Category?" value="New" options="Antivirus|CD-DVD|Data|Distros|Drivers|Education|Engineering|Finance|Games|Internet|Media|Miscellaneous|New|Office|Personal Productivity|Programming|Security|Test|Text|Utilities" /></Category> <SourceType>FixedUrl</SourceType> <PreviousLocation /> <DeletePreviousFile><placeholder name="Delete Previous Version?" value="true" options="false|true" /></DeletePreviousFile> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <FileHippoId /> <LastUpdated xsi:nil="true" /> <TargetPath>{target}\{category}\{appname:replace: :_}_v{version:replace: :_}.{url:ext}</TargetPath> <FixedDownloadUrl><placeholder name="URL of Application's PADfile?" value="http://cdburnerxp.se/rss/padfile.xml" /></FixedDownloadUrl> <Name><placeholder name="Application Name?" /></Name> </ApplicationJob> </Jobs> Modify to suit your needs Stalker...

In the interim, I just copy the app entry and paste as a new entry, add (32-bit), (64-bit), (No-Installer), (Portable), etc. to the app name, adjust the regex, etc. as required to solve this issue but some sort of 'grouping' under a main entry for an app with multiple versions, etc. would definitely shorten my displayed list which is now 1275 apps and growing each day.

I've had to modify 50+ app entries this week... hope this doesn't become a trend.

Thanks FranciscoR... excellent input that I overlooked mentioning and I like the screenshot!

Well... you may have to wait a while to use MG as a keyword... lol... They have some serious work ahead of them... at least several months the last I checked.