GollyJer Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Today is my first foray into Ketarin and I'm loving it. The app I'm attempting to create a section for is Actual Multiple Monitors. The download URL is http://www.actualtools.com/hfiles/ammsetup.exe and the file name never includes the version number. How do I approach this? A "no version information" example isn't discussed in the Basics section of the wiki. Does Ketarin check the file size for differences in determining a new version? Maybe this is a stupid question as it seems this would be the primary way Ketarin would know the file is different. The website http://www.actualtools.com/multiplemonitors contains some text with the current version number. Would that only be used to create variables to generate the download url and change the saved file name if desired? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omniferum Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Ketarin checks file size and date, which most websites publish for their downloads within the links themselves. Out of almost 200 apps i've only had to set one app to be 'version check variable', but that is for a specific build of winrar. Otherwise trust Ketarin to know best, it has worked for me so far. Variable version checks do nothing beyond telling Ketarin "Awesome! you can download now" you can however use the variable assigned to name the file you download further if you really really want it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GollyJer Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks Omniferum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomorrow Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Out of almost 200 apps i've only had to set one app to be 'version check variable', but that is for a specific build of winrar Yeah what is it with winrar anyway?.The only way to make sure you get a new version when it's actually new is to use variable for change check.With regular size check the damn thing downloads every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omniferum Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Yeah, i'm not sure to be honest. You'd think a widely used program like winrar would follow standard practices, kinda annoying to be perfectly frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 It's an HTTP headers thing. If their server doesn't actually include details about the file being downloaded, there's no way to tell if it's changed until it's been downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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