[FileHippo: handle Beta]

You have the option in the Advanced Settings tab.

Select beta versions = Download always.

[Backslash in regex]

I'm not sure how I should try. I tried [^/\]*$ and [^/\/\]*$ but these didn't work. Could you post me an example?

Did you try //\

[My Resignation as Moderator...]

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[Source Code Availability to Port to Linux]

Ketarin is open source, you can the code here: http://scm.flyspray.org/repos/ketarin/

 

Will you try Mono? I'd be interested in the result (success of failure)

[How to delete the target directories?]

You can do:

rmdir "{root}\PortableApps\a-squared_usb" /S /Q

mkdir "{root}\PortableApps\a-squared_usb"

[Append File Extension]

You could use built-in variables for that: {url:basefile}{version}.{url:ext}

 

if download url is aaaaaaa/bbbbb/myfile.myext

then

{url:basefile}= myfile

{url:ext} = myext

[Need your help]

The warnings are "normal". They only indicate that a variable could be not declared, and this is harmless.

 

If you fail to launch the exe, this is because you must have System.Data.SQLite.DLL in it's directory (or in the gac, but this is not relevant here).

The dll is in the Assemblies folder of the project, and usually automatically copied to the output directory by the build process.

[Some files keep downloading but no newer file?]

Manually updating the job causes the file to be downloaded each time, so this is not a question of new version on the server.

A bug into the md5 calculation?

I can confirm the issue with 7-zip and java runtime. It's working fine with my others applications from Filehippo though.

[Ketarin download appears to be corrupt]

Nope. I just downloaded the file from http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/download successfully.

Maybe a proxy issue?

[How to ignore minor version number changes?]

Can I make Ketarin update a program only when the 1st or 2nd split of version number changes?

 

Let's say that the version number currently is "1.15.27" and the next update I want is on "1.16.nn" not before.

I want it to work so that I won't need to download an update at "1.15.28", "1.15.29" ... etc.

 

I found something at http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=83

and tried to do it with Split and Trimend but couldn't get it working right.

 

Is it possible and how would I do it?

You can use a regex to capture only the part you're interested in.

Something like (\d+\.\d+) will capture 1.15 from 1.15.27

[Integrating InstallPad features]

I really like to idea of having the downloading process separated from the installing one.

When you said at step 0 "copy file to a location", did you also mean extraction in the case of an archive?

[Ketarin 1.1.0 (beta)]

I wonder if the lag issue could be related to the database fragmentation.

Maybe the sqlite vacuum command could improve the performance.

[Ketarin 1.1.0 (beta)]

Indeed the startup is still laggy.

So I retested with my build of yesterday and found it faster. The difference is that I used SharpDevelop to debug. I also found the exe is bigger (667Ko vs 630Ko). Weird, isn't it? I thought SharpDevelop use msbuild from the SDK but I was wrong, obviously.

I can send you my exe and my database if you want to test.

[Ketarin 1.1.0 (beta)]

Slower compared to 1.0.9? I don't think that there is something new in this regard. Feel free to send me your database so I can check. It shouldn't be that slow.

 

And I don't think that I can fix the selection issue before I can actually reproduce that. Hopefully andreone can find the source of the problem.

 

Hello, I think I found the culprit of the selection issue: it's the ObjectListView sort function that forces the redraw of the view (groups are destroyed and rebuilt).

Commenting the line 234 in MainForm.cs removes the problem:

olvJobs.Sort();

Should the sort only be called when the sorted column is the last updated time?

Or a global option?

I don't know.

 

I also experienced the speed issue.

After searching a bit but finding nothing, I tried the latest SqlLite assembly (1.0.65.0), just to see. This solved the problem. The window is shown almost immediately, whereas with version 1.0.58.0, I have the time to read "no application has been added yet".

Time to upgrade

[Ketarin 1.1.0 (beta)]

However, I have this issue all the time.

Maybe it's an OS issue? Which is yours?

I doubt that. It happens on Vista Home SP2 FR and on XP SP2 FR.

Maybe the FR is in cause

However, it's really not a big issue, just a bit annoying. I'll try to get the latest sources and do a little debugging session today or tomorrow. I'll let you know.

[Ketarin 1.1.0 (beta)]

- error window doesnt pop-up now (i got 2 errors ann no pop-up in the end)

I can't reproduce this one either.

 

- after checking for update Ketarin now jumps to the beggining of list (this nags a lot...)

However, I have this issue all the time.

I just open Ketarin, scroll down a little, pick up a job and select "Update". When the update is completed, the list seems to be cleared and refilled.

[Ketarin 1.1.0 (beta)]

The link is broken.

[Create target directory before downloading a file?]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your issue, but Ketarin already create directories that you specified in the settings of the job (first tab, the edit box at the bottom), so why do you want to do something yourself that Ketarin already does?

 

Other than that, using the {file} variable which contains the path to the downloaded file before actually having downloaded it has very bad odds to work

 

And to create a directory from the command line, Windows has the built-in command mkdir "{target}"

[How to execute file after downloading?]

I've just tested and just putting {file} works fine with me.

Maybe the actual path of your download has spaces in it, so you should enclose {file} with quotes like this "{file}"

[USB Thumbdrive Use: Deleting the original Setup file?]

I believe too that both options are needed.

This could be the default when creating a new job.

 

Regarding existing jobs, I think the best would to stay with the current behavior, as all existing jobs are relying on this.

[Ketarin 1.0.9.309]

Changes:

...

!Fixed a possible deadlock when executing commands

Just wanted to indicate something non obvious about this fix: this means that pre/post download commands with very long output won't block Ketarin anymore.

In other word, we don't need anymore to use start "" mycommand or mycommand > nul or anything else as a workaround.

Simply use any command normally.

[Quicktime Player]

A search on the forum returns this: http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=202

[Separate program icon and status icons]

Or is there any other way to do that?

It's not exactly the same, but you have the 'Last updated' column.

 

Maybe a simple 'Status' column labeled with up-to-date, updated and error would do the job.

[Variables within variables]

Another way is to put 7z.exe into your PATH environment variable.

Or into Ketarin's folder (my solution).

 

But using variable in variable is tricky, how would Ketarin know the order of definitions? How to avoid circular references?

[Export]

what about global program settings from the options window?

They're into the database file.