CybTekSol

After further investigation, it turns out it's an issue with my regex in the template... it was picking up 2 matches and the jump went to the one other than my intended match while my intended match was highlighted properly... Oh, the elusive goal of a 'universal' regex... Sorry for the false alarm... next time I'll dig a little deeper before posting. Doooooh!

I've been trying to determine how many app entries this occurs with on my PC and so far I've found three. So happens these are the ones using the template I was perfecting late last night that have a complex regex. The site was very difficult and the 'anchor points' for the regex cover several lines with wildcards which is probably a larger amount of data than Ketarin wants to highlight. Is there a max character or max line for the highlighting buffer, etc. ? It's not a major issue for me if this is the only template I have that it affects.

It appears the 'background highlighting' feature is now intermittent... worked flawlessly with the previous beta. Any ideas?

HOWEVER... a small weakness in this became apparent to me late last night when I was developing, tweaking and testing 'universal' regular expressions for a new site template... Whenever I am somewhat satisfied with my regex, I proceed to import the template repeatedly for at least 8 or 10 apps on the site for which I am developing the template. This particular site's hypertext had many long lines which made it VERY DIFFICULT to find the regex match in the 'Edit Variables' window. I believe this issue could be solved simply by adding 'Jump to match' Ctrl+J or something similar along with the existing 'Copy' and 'Copy match' right-click features that already exist which would center the regex match in the window. What do you think Flo... a reasonable solution?

@FranciscoR, I chose to use a regular expression to 'scrape' the version info from PortableFreeware... it has worked with every App ID I have tested it with so far. The regex is: /icon.gif"></a>.*?<p>.*?(Beta.+?|Build.+?|[\d]+-[\d]+-[\d]+|[\d.]+|[\d]+)[&|<] Test it if you wish.

Yes, I was using the version you posted today... I should have stated that it was the version that was the problem... forgive me.

@FranciscoR, This is an issue with their servers... when this happens to me, I simply adjust the regex for the {redir1} variable by removing one of the [\d] entries in file=[\d][\d] to use a different server. As a matter of fact, I've changed my template to file=[\d] as the server scraped by file=[\d][\d] is less reliable. Like I said in another post, a 100% 'error-free' template may be an elusive goal. On the other hand, I believe universal templates, even my generic one for miscellaneous sites make life much more productive with Ketarin.

Try App ID 159 & 1388... 159 is the one my regex has trouble with on my revision. It's very difficult to make an 100% 'error free' template but don't give up. I haven't quite achieved it yet. It might be an elusive goal.

DON'T do that!! I'll do my best to keep you motivated!

I am becoming obsessed with Ketarin apparently... at least that's what my wife says! Does this make me a hardcore GEEK Florian? She fails to see how much Ketarin has revolutionized the way I build, customize, configure and keep a plethora of PCs current. Apparently men are from Mars and women from Venus!

I like the idea of using the 'SnapFilesId'... for some reason this was not obvious to me... I have modified the SnapFiles template that I will use most often as a result of this. Thanks! I added a 'placeholder' for the application name, changed the order of the variables so that 'SnapFilesId' is the first listed, added my custom 'TargetPath' variables and removed the residual URL for dlspad.html left over in the template. BTW, the 'SnapFilesId' appears to always be the same as the initial application's info page, for example: [snapFilesId = hxxp://www.snapfiles.com/get/spad.html] or [snapFilesId = hxxp://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/PSPad_Editor/spad.html] which makes it even easier. LONG LIVE Ketarin (and Florian)!

Okay Flo... once again YOU were right... the scroll position NOT changing works better in the initial development of regular expressions as you can go to what you want to match and it stays put while you are copying & pasting the pieces of the regex together. SWEET!! BEST beta to date... YOU ROCK!

I moved my Jobs.db file to my Ketarin folder a long time ago to make Ketarin more portable. So far it hasn't caused any issues... but I don't know about future releases. How about it Florian?

Florian, I LOVE the background highlighting in the 'Edit Variables' window!! THANKS!! I'm not sure about disabling the auto-scroll though... makes me have to hunt for the first match. It will grow on me with time I'm sure.

Just wanted to let everyone know that it is very easy to extract a 256x256 pixel high-quality Ketarin icon in PNG format for use in RocketDock using IcoFX (freeware, available at SnapFiles.com and the portable version is available from PortableFreeware.com). Simply extract the 256x256-32 icon from Ketarin.exe and export it in PNG format (your choice of file name) and move it to your RocketDock icons folder. Florian... I hope you don't mind us extracting from your resources. If so, please delete this post. BTW, the 256x256-32 icon is stunning... excellent work (as always)!

I agree it will not solve the line-feed issue, however, it WILL show that the scrape extends beyond the intended target which will help me a lot!

@FranciscoR, GOOD job... I like it! Oh... the power of the 'placeholder' implementation and ingenuity!

I am still convinced there is a conflict with another auto-starting application on your PC. Are you familiar with 'Startup Manager' apps such as AutoRuns by SysInternals or Starter by CodeStuff? If so, and you are comfortable with using them, temporarily disable unnecessary apps (usually user add-ons) at startup and see if it makes any difference. Note: Flo... I hope you don't mind me trying to help... I don't want to step on any toes.

More info... I had modified the 'VariableChangeIndicator' line to {version} for all files externally... I removed all except those for the offending apps (those that continually update) and found that their were newer versions of 16 out of nearly 500 apps in my database! ALL is WELL again.

I have all but given up on a Softpedia template for the time being... I'll mail a six-pack to anyone that cracks it. (with proof of age of course)

I got them working... I had originally scraped the version with regex to my liking (i.e. I didn't want the 2008 or 2009 from the default version of Ad-Aware) and FileHippo didn't like it. Deleted the custom {version} scrape... redefined it and walla. Florian, if you read this, is customizing the {version} variable on FileHippo problematic? If so, a work-around?

Florian, Do you know if FileHippo has changed something that could be preventing updates? I just noticed Ad-Aware will NOT update to 8.0.0.0 for example? Also, a quick glance at some apps in my database indicates I do NOT have the latest versions available on their site. Is anyone else experiencing this?

It's not 100% and it is slow to process, but here it is anyway... I'm scraping the version from within the 'title' tags. The way in which they list app versions varies so much, I'm not sure if a 'one size fits all' template will ever work. <title>.*?(\d.*?[ ]Build[ ]\d.*?|\d.*?[ ]Beta[ ]\d.*?|\d.*?)[ ].*?</title> If you improve it, please share it with me.

Are you using the latest beta of Ketarin (0.9.9.22 for 01-20-09)? I have never encountered any problem with Ketarin similar to this on two different PCs... I highly suspect it is related to how your PC is configured or another issue. Try disabling other unnecessary apps that may be running in the background as it could be a conflict issue. If the problem goes away... re-enable the apps one at a time to find the offending app. Hope this helps.

I believe it will be more productive, especially when one encounters hidden line feeds included in their regex match only after the fact as I have repeatedly trying to refine my 'BetaNews FileForum' template that uses their search engine. I hope others agree!