CybTekSol

The latest version of Ketarin (1.0.3) released February 24, 2009 solves the issue of their site changes for 'user-agent'. Flo had a QUICK fix for this!

Flo... you can count me in on this also... the export/import settings feature that is... I don't care how it is implemented but it would help.

It has already been implemented... I believe for the last few beta releases.

Wondermous!

Flo, Ideally... from my viewpoint, as hherrie suggested, an 'Archive file before downloading' function that would accept global settings such as {archive_root_folder}{category}{previous_version_filename} so that it would mirror my C:\DownLoad\Latest DownLoads folder structure to C:\DownLoad\Archived DownLoads for example. In this manner, I could establish a global variable for {archive_root_folder}=C:\DownLoad\Archived DownLoads, and simply 'tick a box' for those apps that I wish to archive, which for me is the majority of them.

Ketarin users are LUCKY that you are developer and not me as I would wither under the pressure!

BTW... I fear the day when they target us due to lost ad revenues... we may become 'persona non grata' on the web!

Flo, All is well again... working beautifully... once again, YOU ROCK!

LOL

Flo, is the 'EmulateIE7' code the culprit?

They have changed their hypertext code... I just haven't figured it out yet!

It was loading them yesterday as I was successfully updating 13 apps from *.shtml pages until today.

@hherrie, I am currently using the move command with path and partial filename of the existing file (everything except version) with wildcards, so I agree there could be a more efficient solution... but at least I now have that ability in Ketarin as it was impossible before. I'm sure Flo will improve on this feature in future releases.

I must agree that this would be useful for me as I have started installing Ketarin on everything in sight lately! Would simplify the process, in the interim, I have created a new Jobs.db with the default settings and simply copy it to the new machine.

CHANGES at Softpedia on 2-24-09 have apparently broken this template.

NONE of my downloads from Softpedia are working today! They have caught on to us! They have changed their code overnight as they were working yesterday. The pages will NOT even load in Ketarin for me! I need some time to determine what has changed. HELP Flo!

Dooooh! How did I miss that NEW BUTTON? I must need some caffeine!

THANKS for this feature! I have posted a template demonstrating "value" for 'placeholders' but can you give me an example of "regex" and the syntax for it so I don't break something. Wonderful! THANKS... again. Welcome additions to the 'Online-Database'... Somewhat confused on this... just for apps imported from the 'Online-Database' or ALL methods of adding new apps? Will make power-users happy! AS USUAL... Ketarin keeps getting better and better... THANKS for your hard work Flo!

@FranciscoR, I have experienced this anomaly once while using Ketarin a few weeks ago. If my memory serves me correctly, due to a change in a site, my {redir1} variable actually caused the app download to be cached in the database. As a result the database went from ~800k to over 43MB! Luckily, I have been archiving the database before a global download session from the very beginning so it was a minor annoyance as I was able to recover quickly. It has not occurred again, so I haven't addressed the issue with Flo. But obviously... it CAN happen.

My EXAMPLE Generic template using NEW 'placeholder' values: I am posting this simply to demonstrate the NEW 'placeholder' values feature implemented by Florian today, February 23, 2009. NOTE: It is a variation of my 'generic' template posted two weeks ago which I use when an application is not hosted on one of the major sites for which I have an existing template. 1) The latest version of Ketarin (1.0.3) released February 23, 2009 or later is required as this revision uses the new 'placeholder' values feature implemented by Florian. 2) The template follows: <?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" /> <VariableChangeIndicator /> <CanBeShared>true</CanBeShared> <ShareApplication>false</ShareApplication> <HttpReferer /> <Variables> <item> <key> <string>version</string> </key> <value> <UrlVariable> <VariableType>RegularExpression</VariableType> <Regex>Latest[ ]Version.*?(Beta.+?|Build.+?|\d.*?)[<|&]</Regex> <Url><placeholder name="Enter URL to be 'scraped'" value="http://www.download.com/" /></Url> <Name>version</Name> </UrlVariable> </value> </item> <item> <key> <string>download_url</string> </key> <value> <UrlVariable> <VariableType>RegularExpression</VariableType> <Regex>a href="([a-z]+://.*?\.(?:exe|7z|zip|zip2|bz|bz2|bzip|gz|gzip|jar|lha|lzh|lzw|pak|rar|sit|sit!|sit5|sitd|sithqx|sitx|tz|wsz|cab|msi|bin|img|iso|xpi|pbp))"</Regex> <Url><placeholder name="Enter URL to be 'scraped'" value="http://www.download.com/" /></Url> <Name>download_url</Name> </UrlVariable> </value> </item> </Variables> <ExecuteCommand /> <Category><placeholder name="Category" value="New-Category" /></Category> <SourceType>FixedUrl</SourceType> <DeletePreviousFile>true</DeletePreviousFile> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <FileHippoId /> <LastUpdated xsi:nil="true" /> <TargetPath><placeholder name="Target path" value="{target}\{category}\{appname}_{version}.{url:ext}" /></TargetPath> <FixedDownloadUrl>{download_url}</FixedDownloadUrl> <Name><placeholder name="Application Name" value="New-App" /></Name> </ApplicationJob> </Jobs> This template is for demonstration purposes only, therefore, I will remove it after a few days as I just wanted users to see how this new feature will make using templates more efficient. CybTekSol

And maybe the 'Category' could be pre-populated with 'New'. Then the 'Save to file' or 'Save in folder' selection could be determined from how the majority of the apps within your personal Jobs.db are configured, and likewise the <targetpath> pre-populated in the same manner? If this is possible... MAN... templates would really rock! Addendum: Of course, if it is a new Jods.db, it could default to the template author's 'placeholder' input for population...

I FEEL your pain... I'm caught in the same conundrum!

Short of 'hacking' Sun's servers, I am unaware of any solution to their client-side scripting involving the URL... maybe one of their techs will become a Ketarin geek and pass us the necessary inside info. Correction: I was thinking of server-side scripting... if this is client-side scripting can Ketarin intercept this in the future and emulate it somehow Flo?

@FranciscoR, I LIKE the above example and think it is VISUALLY APPEALING! I hope Flo feels the same as IMHO, it is a viable solution.

@FranciscoR, Not a bad idea from my viewpoint as long as the window would auto-size to accommodate descriptive text for the required input and not truncate it. FWIW, my viewpoint doesn't carry much weight in the final decision... that's all up to Flo obviously.