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@MadDog - Yes I'd planned to share my templates next week when I do my tutorial on the subject... but, since you've asked I'll post the template for MajorGeeks with a brief overview and relevant variables either when I return home late tonight or tomorrow morning. @Kerberos - You are right-on the money, even many app developers' sites use the "HTTP-EQUIV Refresh" element and the ability to process that is what I had begun to tackle... I'm ecstatic that you have conquered it. I can't wait to see it in action! Congrats! I'll be back later...

I've been testing a good portion of the day... exporting, importing, adding, tweaking, and on and on. I'm VERY HAPPY with this beta and think it's a KEEPER! GREAT JOB Flo! I've only experienced one small hitch when I was manually editing a complex regular expression and hit a combo that Ketarin didn't like and froze... I think this was MY fault as I should have edited it outside of Ketarin and pasted it... which I did and then NO problems!

I used a similar technique to create a 'Generic MajorGeeks Template' that I can import each time I add an app from MajorGeeks. After importing the template, I modify the name and the save file location... then feed the first two of three variables the apps page URL from MajorGeeks and that's it. Works like a charm! Got to love Ketarin, eeh? I've had to modify my regular expression for one app from MajorGeeks as it is not available on all file servers. Strange that the app is not available on all. It's simply a matter of removing four characters in the regular expression. All of the others work with the first file server scraped.

So far... SO GOOD Florian!! Looks like you've hit it out of the park. No problems with my existing database. THANK YOU for implementing my feature requests (especially the 'new variable' dialog box drop-down list) and the others... I've re-enabled ALL my entries as none of them continually update although the version remained the same! I'll continue to test today and let you know if I encounter any issues... but right now I'm IMPRESSED! YOU ROCK FLO!

Unfortunately, I have 4 or 5... but my database is now 400+ apps... I can live with that slight percentage!

I look forward to this addition also Florian... THANKS!! I currently have had to disable 4 or 5 apps as they constantly update although the version has not changed. In the meantime, I'm using logs to catch the apps that fall into that category... (See the 'Application update ToDo list on your desktop' thread in 'Tips and Tutorials' for a description of that)...

FranciscoR, I have done almost the same as your final script, but added {version} behind {appname} which allows me to easily disable those downloads that constantly update even though the version has not changed... which is annoying...

Stalker, This is one of the items on 'my wish list of feature requests' that I intended to request in the future... possibly post version 1.0 or so as Florian has his hands fairly full at the present... In the meantime, I am creating the 'site templates' by manually editing an existing single app's entry that I exported, (i.e. as for SnapFiles.com); I created a template named SnapFiles_Template.xml. I am trying to find the time to create a Tutorial regarding this in the 'Tips and Tutorials' forum... possibly next week. There is one entry that must be removed in the exported XML to create the template... (i.e. the Guid="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" entry on the 'ApplicationJob' line) and the 'LastUpdated' entry must be changed to <LastUpdated xsi:nil="true" /> if you downloaded the app prior to creating the template). I use PSPad (freeware) to edit the exported XML. Once you develop regular expressions that are consistent on a particular site this can be done easily and makes life much easier! There are a couple of other issues that I will attempt to address in the tutorial. Hope this helps in the meantime.

Sounds GOOD to me!!

Duly noted... well I was wishin'...

From the edit window... click on the Variables button, this opens the 'Edit Variables' window... then click on the '+' button which opens the 'New Variable' input dialog window which is where I'm requesting the 'drop-down' list. Forgive me for not describing this precisely before. Is this possible?

Florian, I know we have discussed this in another subject's thread but I wanted to make it 'official' by posting it here in detail. As a former lead guitarist from childhood I was never successful in 'remapping' (in my brain) my left hand for PC keyboard speed and therefore rely heavily on 'drop-down lists' to increase my efficiency. Could you please add a right-click drop-down list feature in the 'New Variable' window that displays ALL applicable 'declared' AND 'global' variables to INCLUDE the 'most frequently' used ones? I know you are busy, so take your time... I just wanted to put the request in the queue. THANKS for your consideration!

Florian, Is it possible to allow resizing of ALL of the columns individually and make them sticky without too much coding? My paths are so long that I need to sacrifice the 'last updated' column display of the time and the 'progress bar' size. I apologize in advance if I have missed anyone already having mentioned this. THANKS and keep up the GREAT work!!

Thanks appyface for your contribution... I have used this to 'simply' two of my 'regular expressions' in my 'custom site templates' for import. Also, I was unaware of Expresso, have already installed it and it looks promising!

Thanks MadDog for your effort... you will forever be known as the author of the 1st user-contributed tips/tutorial post in the Ketarin Tips and Tutorials forum. You will live forever in our hearts! I feel we should have offered a prize or something! I hope you will be content with just being famous!

FranciscoR, I've been successfully editing exported XMLs and then importing them for days... I'm using PSPad which is available at most download sites and is freeware. It also appears to be able to handle the database file, it loads and displays well... you may want to try it.

Can you reproduce the problem? I don't have any. Since I posted this info it has not occurred again. I have closed and reopened Ketarin a couple of times so could have been the database had to be rewritten as it was from version .19? Also, it may have been that I created the situation as I've developed a template that works with any file so far I have found on MajorGeeks.com and was tweaking it at that time and it's pretty intense.

I've been working with it for several hours now and LIKE what I see... Import & export to & from XML is working well, however, I didn't try it with my full database. I like the drop-down with available variables for fields on the edit window... now if they worked on the edit variables window as well! I was able to feed 'textual content' parameters without problems and there were no problems with my existing database! The only glitch I encountered so far is the occasional 'Not a valid URL' prompts when adding a variable on the edit variables window... a small price to pay indeed! I'm rapidly honing my skills with Ketarin and have started on a 'feature request wish list' that I start bugging you with soon. Keep up the GREAT work Florian!!

Ketarin users wishing to share knowledge gained beyond the scope of the "primary tutorial" during their usage of the program or those having extensive regular expression skills directly applicable to Ketarin usage are invited to share their knowledge and/or abilities with other users here. Please try to be concise while keeping the tips and/or tutorials at a level that can be comprehended by an average user.

Started testing using my existing database... since I didn't want to change any of my entries I decided to copy an entry and paste a duplicate to work with after renaming it. As soon as I selected copy, Ketarin promptly exited without any fanfare Copy worked well with the previous version (0.9.9.19) and my database. Any ideas?

At the risk of being a little off topic, I must relay how EXCITED I am about the future of Ketarin!! Again, THANK YOU Florian for "going public" with Ketarin and not keeping it to yourself ;-) There is NO OTHER program that comes close to being the solution to my more than a decade of enduring the "latest available version" download conundrum as a system builder and customizer!! Once the masses catch on I believe Ketarin is going to be BIG!! Well, that's my prediction (for what it's worth)... does anyone else feel the same??

I think this is a SPLENDID idea... if you get the time to set it up and get it going I would be willing to volunteer a few hours a week to help moderate it if you can use my services ;-)

I was just referring to the XML export sharing part... I'll probably just provide a link to mine on my home page provided by my ISP if anyone is interested in using it...

Florian, Thanks for your reply... I know you are probably very busy with all this and want you to know how much I APPRECIATE your effort!! Any way you think is best... I will do all I can to help. My son is a web developer in his spare time and may be able to provide a site and bandwidth for the Ketarin XML export sharing, etc. ... I'll discuss it with him and get back to you.

kwe, I have almost all of the FileHippo downloads... plus quite a few others that I use regularly for system builds and I'm busy at improving the selection daily as Ketarin is revolutionizing the way I build and maintain PCs! My goal is to have this database to 500 "must-haves" in the next couple of months... time permitting of course. As for variables, I also use {truncate} as described in my other post and {special} as a "catch all" for unusual circumstances that I may encounter on some of the app developer's individual sites... I'm refining (and learning) all this as I go ;-)