================================================================================ GetRight Version History. ================================================================================ CHANGES BETWEEN 3.2 and 3.2.1 (Preview 2): * Added FTP Search capability to find more alternate addresses. * Added to Limits tab so always starts new files later when at the limit. * Added to lock on this server to keep from changing to an alternate server. * Added "Exceptions" for when using a proxy server. * Changed so when in Automatic downloading, picking the next file gives preference to servers it's not already downloading from. * Fix so *.log and 0-byte *.GetRight files written sooner. * Fix so sorting by URL on the Download Status now works right. * Fix so get rid of occasional(?) orphan tray icons. * Fix so if skip Save As prompt, the Now/Later prompt comes to front with Win98. * Fix so Web Page Processor (WPP) refreshes the Download Status. * Fix WPP so handles the tag. * Added checkbox so WPP can better handle files with the same filename. * Added column to WPP so you can see and sort by the web page order of URLs. * Added column to WPP so you can see and sort by HTML tag that contained the URL. * Fix so installer finds where previous version is installed. * Fix so monitoring Netscape won't stop working for some people. * Fix so downloading as Hidden windows brings up Download Status. * Fix to remember last saved directory correctly. * Fix so only gives focus to a new GetRight window if GetRight had the focus. * Fix so if tray icon, Stop is shown correctly if the FTP server can't resume. * Added more menu items when downloading in a tray icon. * Fix to minimize back to a tray icon if downloading as tray icons. * Fix so with some rare FTP errors GetRight will retry better. * Fix so if "Basic" mode, don't prompt for downloading unknown types in Netscape. * Someone (didn't leave a name) cleaned up the sound files a bit. * Fix Save As so if prompt to add as alternate and you say No, it returns to Save As. * Fix to allow & in filenames. * Fix to send "Referer" http header. * Fix so if Dial Up Networking set to "GetRight Should Never Dial" that Automatic downloading works right. * Added menu item to clear the history lists (URLs, Recent finished stuff, etc.) * Added more status images to Download Status (waiting, done, searching for alts). * Added to reset Automatic downloading hangup/turnoff options to the same as when the last Automatic downloading finished. * Added a 5 minute timer on the "Enter Username/Password" so doesn't prevent other things from ever starting. * Fix so when dialer reconnects, it resets some error statuses. * Fix so tooltip for tray icon doesn't show wrong size sometimes. * Added to Download Status->Right click menu to view the download headers. * Fix to not bother checking if connected if no downloads to do. * Fix to handle some % chars that aren't escape sequences. * Fix FTP wildcard downloading to list all files. * Added several more command line options for better scripting. * Change so Download Status dial items aren't disabled, but give a message and let you setup your dialing info (to avoid email about why they are disabled :) * Fix to refresh Download Status less often when adding a new download. CHANGES BETWEEN 3.1 and 3.2: --------Major Changes: * Added "Configuration Wizard" to make it much easier to setup common items. * Added "Basic" mode to be less confusing and overwhelming for novice users. * Added to "Save As" dialog. -Can enter a comment and set priority of file. -Can resume or overwrite a file that exists. -Get the "Save As" window into the taskbar (and Alt-Tab list). -Fix so Save As window is on top if using Windows98. * Added new style toolbar with a bit more bigger buttons. * Added typing in file type in Web Page Processor. * Added a drop-list instead of textbox on the "Enter URL" window. * Added "Close GetRight" to Start menu group. * Added so prompts for removing item from the list if the file doesn't exist. * Added so detects if you're connected to the Internet for "Always Connected" and "Other" dialer options on the Internet tab. * Added "process or view" if download a web page & file type is Not a web page (like .MOV, .ZIP, etc) to handle some HTTP error messages. * Added so can show download windows as tray icons (and changed operation on Download Status for setting the window show state). * Added to handle relative "Location=" headers in addition to absolute ones. * Change so Proxy tab has separate boxes for server and port. * Change so recognizes some other HTTP header values to get the file size. * Added "Always retry for this error" and "Stop retrying for this error" button on the phone dialer. * Added to handle multipart-boundary in "quotes". * Added /DIAL command line parameter. * Fix to look for a few other HTML tags to see if a file is a web page. * Fix to handle some other proxy formats better. * Fix so IE click monitoring works better for some sites that use CGI to redirect to an actual file. * Fix so checks file extension changes better. * Fix so better handles changing local filename and the old file didn't exist. * Fix a few slow memory leaks. * Fix so several things happen much faster: -Showing the "Save As" window for adding a new URL. -Refreshing the Download Status list. * Fix to not skip clicks on some image types in Netscape. * Fix so WPP doesn't have problems if list is full. * Fix so WPP processes a bit faster & catch a few more links. * Fix so shouldn't open more than one dial window under NT. * Fix so detects if server resumes but returns a bit different response. CHANGES BETWEEN 3.02 and 3.1: --------Major Changes: * Added catching clicks from Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0+. * Added to use Cookies from your web browser (some sites now Require cookies to download files.) * Added Web Page processor to extract many URLs from one web page. * Added "Import" and "Export" functions to save/restore a list of downloads. * Added "Change Username/Password" option to Download Status menus. * Added "Recent Files/URLs" menus to Download Status. * Improve to re-use FTP connection for more files on the same server. * Improve scheduling options (repeating schedule). * Fix so Windows Dial-Up-Networking works under Windows NT. * Added to detect any Windows Dial-Up-Networking connection to start downloading as soon as anyone dials the Internet (using ANY Windows Dial-Up Networking dialer program.) --------Minor Changes: * Improve updating Download Status immediately from Configuration changes. * Fix so browsing for virus scanner doesn't lose command line options. * Fix prompt if exceed limit of downloads at one time & click "All Later". * Improve to refresh/update Download Status better. * Added option to enable/disable all monitoring from the tray icons. * Improve wait & retry if modem is in use. * Get rid of some resource leaks. * Fix so plays right sound when done with FTP downloads. * Fix so adding alternates isn't case sensative when comparing names. * Make small window for GetRight Monitor smaller. * Added different "no-data for xx minutes" timeout for servers that do not resume. * Improve when monitoring web browser to ignore URLs containing /cgi-bin/ * Fix to handle finding Proxy server information from newer web browsers. * Fix so wildcards in FTP addresses re-create directory structure. * Improve to wait longer for "other" dialing software to connect. * Fix so "other" dialing software hangup scripts work right. * Added a few more sound events. * Added a bunch of "Enter Code" buttons so people won't keep asking where to type in the registration number. * Added to Setup and GetRight to detect and fix Netscape problems. * Added to put full URL in a tooltip on the individual download windows. (If too long or a description is used.) * Added list of servers to always skip when monitoring web browser clicks. * Added options to configure the Download Status toolbar. * Fix so turning off the computer (or shutting down Windows) works under NT. * Fix so turning off the computer works for non-automatic downloading too. * Improve to handle some servers that return non-standard stuff for partial transfers. * Change About form to have more buttons & pictures. * Added a lot more things into Help from the FAQ, etc. * And more small things too. --------Changes Between 3.1 Preview and 3.1 Release: * Added "Smaller download windows" option. * Cascade (sortof) new download windows so don't overlap all the time. * Fix so installer replaces in-use files (for IE integration DLL.) * Fix so better handles .GIF, .HTM, etc as "always get" types with click monitoring in IE. (Always ignores some types in IE even if in "always get" types.) * Fix to not play connected-resuming sound if no files to download. * Added "Continuing Download" sound. * Played wrong sound when switching URLs. * Added "Debug Info" menu item under download window system menu. * Fix to add the right file types (.???) if user doesn't specify a type at all. * Fix to not show "Hangup Modem" if have "hangup when done" enabled & stop downloads. * Added item to recalculate mirrors. * Added some links to help for some error messages. * Multi-select on web page processor didn't work well (disable multi-select for now.) * Make web page processor a bit smarter to catch some HREF's that were missed. * Added progress window for processing web page & adding files from processed page & when Importing a list of files & when scanning log file for Recover Lost Downloads. (since these can be pretty slow & otherwise can appear to have "hanged"). * Don't bother checking for alternates in the common mirror list file for some Web Page types (HTML, GIF, etc.) to speed up checking a bit. (But still do check your personal mirror list file.) CHANGES BETWEEN 3.01 and 3.02: * Added to change title-bar icon to show state of the download (paused, etc.) * Added so .GetRight file type is setup for GetRight so can double-click to resume a download. * Change handling CTRL and ALT key combinations in Netscape (ALT-Back, etc.) (GetRight now requres both CTRL and ALT keys to always get a file.) * Improve to start downloading immediately even if have alternates--and ping to calculate speeds on another thread and switch if needed. * Improve speed limit to hit the limit much closer. * Improve to show server name in "Open Source Web Page" tooltip. * Fix "send skipped types to web browser" to not send everything copied to the clipboard. * Fix problems/messages integrating with Netscape under NT. * Fix to show correct filenames when URL contains %xx. * Fix to correctly delete cancelled downloads with .GetRight extension. * Fix to refresh the Download Status in some place that did not. * Fix to ignore "slow" alternates if speed limit is on. * Fix so always restarts downloads in progress after redialing. CHANGES BETWEEN 3.0 and 3.01: * Fix bug integrating with Netscape for some Netscape users. (Replaces everyone's list of skipped clipboard types.) * Improve setup to give options about integrating with Netscape. * Fix so "Delete" for default directory by types works. * Fix so correctly remembers last directory used. * Added so .GetRight is optional. CHANGES BETWEEN 2.2 and 3.0: * Added to automatically catch clicks from web browser (Netscape only). * Added to stop downloading and hang up at a specific time. * Added options to save files to different default directories by file type. * Added Speed Limit for downloads. * Added many more sound options. * Added time left to Download Status report. * Added a little graph of the transfer rate to the Download Status window. * Added to ignore clipboard changing when "Enter URL" dialog is showing. * Added to always prompt for downloading if download currently scheduled. * Added to append .GetRight to names of in progress files (and remove when done.) * Added that holding ALT key when copy to clipboard always gets file. * Added "User after login" FTP proxy option. * Added to remember your schedule times for when you schedule next time. * Added setting priority to right-click menu on Download Status. * Change from scheduling at 15 minute intervals to 5 minute intervals * Improved ("Wizardize") install and uninstall process. * Improved "Download Now" prompt. * Improved to use standard Select Directory dialog. * Fix to handle invalid default directory better. * Fix occasional crash when exiting or re-opening Download Status. * Fix to handle some other redirecting scripts better (DOWNLOAD.PL, DOWNLOAD.ASP) * Fix to not restore Download Status when resume an item. * Fix to switch to the configuration tab with the error when saving. * Fix to handle retry on some other FTP login errors. * Fix to handle %## escaped characters in URLs better. * Fix to handle some FTP servers that return non-standard messages. * Changed the animated G. * And a few other things... CHANGES BETWEEN 2.11 and 2.2: * Added "Login" configuration tab to setup usernames/passwords for logging into some servers. * Added to accept wildcards (*, ?) in FTP addresses. * Added File Comment option. * Added "No Cache" option to HTTP proxy configuration. * Added to save and restore column widths for Download Status. * Added "On Top" and Maximize options for Download Status. * Improve alternate calculations a bit. * Fix to better reconnect to server in Automatic mode. * Fix to not show hidden/minimized windows when resume next in Automatic mode. * Fix Always On Top on GetRight Monitor window. * Fix that sometimes having alternate servers that didn't resume caused others to not resume later. * Fix to do window focus better. * Fix problem that could occasionally cause crashes. * Fix to better remove info if delete all alternates. * And some other minor improvements and fixes. CHANGES BETWEEN 2.1 and 2.11: * Added MYMIRROR.LST file so you can add your own mirror sets & not have them over-written by downloading a new MIRRORS.LST or re-installing. * Fix "Always On Top" code for Montor window. * Fix handling some FTP servers that return a little different code. * Fix bug that could cause problems on REALLY slow connections. * Fix to stop better if server doesn't disconnect when it is done. * Fix to handle ZDNet's method of starting downloads better. * Fix to hangup when done if not in Automatic mode. * Fix to re-write registry entries if they are removed by uninstalling Download.Com's "Download Manager". * Fix to handle Download.Com .VSL files a bit better. * Fix to not try and reconnect modem if nothing is pending. * Fix to handle some CGI redirecting sites a bit better. CHANGES BETWEEN 2.04 and 2.1: * Added finding fastest server for downloading. * Added support for Download.Com's "Download Manager" (.VSL) file format. * Added automatic finding of alternate URLs for common mirror sites. * Added ability to remember and go back to source web page of each file. * Added ability to save a .log file for each file downloaded. * Added option to select all in progress on spreadsheet. * Added so prompts if change file extension from original .ZIP or .EXE. * Added support for URL list in a .LST file as a command line parameter. * Added sorting to Download Status spreadsheet. * Added option to not show individual download windows. * Added to view LOG file from Download Status form. * Improve multithreading. * Improve so recovering lost downloads searches log files for URL. * Improve command line options. * Increase max number of files to 256. * Fix to ignore clipboard contents at startup. * Fix to delete partial file if delete download from Download Status window. * Fix to retry after entering password for password protected HTTP address. * Fix so won't start the wrong download sometimes. * Fix to handle 631 error when dialing. * Fix so F5 refreshes. * Fix some extra repaints of the download spreadsheet. * Fix so URL fits better if it is too long to fit. * Fix so doesn't accept GETIT.BIN as a valid automatic filename. * Fix scheduled starts at noon to not be midnight. * Fix file locking so Windows shows file size better while download is in progress. CHANGES BETWEEN 2.03 and 2.04: * Fix several things that caused (or could have caused) occasional crashes. * Add editing alternate URLs from individual status windows. * Improve automatic downloading--no error messages & resume another if errors. * Added Ctrl-A to select all on Download Status. * Fix so resume with multiple selections works right. * Fix to remove some flicker on download status spreadsheet. * Fix to ignore FTP errors for SYST command. * Fix that if Download Status is showing and have hidden individual status windows, don't show them for any new downloads. CHANGES BETWEEN 2.02 and 2.03: * Fix scheduled downloading. * Added some more checking to try to avoid rare crashes. CHANGES BETWEEN 2.01 and 2.02: * Fix dialing code to detect existing connections. * Fix to turn off or shutdown windows instead of logging out of windows. * Fix to handle out of disk space a bit better. * Fix one proxy bug that caused crashes. CHANGES BETWEEN 2.00 and 2.01: * Added "Turn Off Computer When Done" option. * Fix so closing Monitor window doesn't close other windows. * Fix Save As window (and some others) to come to the front. * Fix that didn't always disconnect modem correctly. * Fix some clipboard locking problems. * Fix some FTP total size shrinking problems from a few servers. * Fix occasional lost download problem. * Fix so Recover Lost Downloads uses default directory. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.3a and 2.00: * LOTS of stuff. * Disconnect when done * Redial and resume if disconnected * Added Scheduling options * Schedule later w/ dialing * Start now * Greatly improved download status window * Toolbar * Updates as downloads progress * Right-click menu * Hide individual windows and download in report view * Added "dialing" options * Added File Mirror List support * More proxy options * If socket disconnected, look @ percent done to decide what to do. * Handle automatic naming from redirecting servers * Support .* on Clipboard monitoring forms * Changed some icons & graphics a bit * Added some silly animation on the About form * Lots more internal enhancements and fixes CHANGES BETWEEN 1.3 and 1.3a: * Fix occasional file corruption from some servers. * Add browse button for default download directory. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.2d and 1.3: * Added clipboard monitoring functions. * Added option to stop and resume if no data has been received for XX minutes. * Added option to "redial" busy FTP servers. * Fix if using Win32s to shorten filenames to 8.3. * Fix to handle extra "multipart" headers which corrupted downloaded files. * Fix to also get file size if FTP server returns in K vs bytes. * Fix to save user:pass if do URL like ftp://user:pass@ftp.../ * Fix so doesn't restore window position offscreen. * Fix sounds so they aren't cut off if also set to close window when done. * Fix sending to virus scanner if download directory contains a space. * Improve extraction of filename from URL (mostly better for extra CGI stuff.) * Added several new options for proxy servers so FTP can be made to work. * Re-organized Configuration options and tabs to hold all the new choices. * Added more to help file. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.2c and 1.2d: * Make it work for Windows 3.1. * Fix bug that % downloaded got off for very large (>25MB) files. * Should now automatically detect if FTP servers won't resume. * Fixed bug so more HTTP servers should resume correctly. * Allow setting priority of downloads. * Double-click on tray icon restores windows. * Added "Configure" menu item to drop window. * "Enter URL" form automatically pastes clipboard text if it begins with http:// or ftp:// * Made time counter less jumpy. * If URL user drags&drops is already in list, resume existing one. * Added option to change URL. * Added option to recover lost downloads. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.2a and 1.2c (1.2b was not released): * Added ability to not start downloading immediately. * Added tray icon support. * Fixed problems with incorrectly removing items from queue. * Fixed problem restoring window positions. * Added to resume window--use report to show more information. * Allow user to select their own sounds. * Allow ftp://username:password@ftp.../ username & password format in URL. * Make command line param "/?" = help form; no params = Link Drop window. * Change window caption for download window so % and filename visible when minimized or in task bar. * Animated link icon on download form. * Workaround occasional Netscape Server bug where partial request returns only one byte. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.2 and 1.2a: * Made configuation have tabs. * Added "Default Save Directory" and "Skip filename prompt" configuration options. * Added "Send to Virus Scanner" configuration option. * Added "Use alternate FTP method" configuration option. * Added "Try to reconnect when disconnected" configuration option. * Added timeout for when waiting for reply (to fix problem with a proxy server and a bad server name or IP address.) * Changed some icons. * Cleaned up setup program & some other stuff. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.1c and 1.2: * Fix problem downloading from Download.Com * Improve handling of error responses from FTP servers. * Moved resume downloading options from Config form to it's own dialog. * Added "Resume one download at a time" option. * Added EMail address to config for anonymous FTP login. * Added Enter URL option to drag-and-drop target window. Added link to new resume dialog from drag-and-drop target window. * Added "Copy All" menu item to view header form to make easier for copying text to mail messages if people have problems. * For fast downloads, show as MB/sec. * Move percent counter to start of download titlebar so percent is visible in full taskbars. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.1b and 1.1c: * Fix another bug w/ FTP. * Added "View Header" option w/out switching to debug. * Added buttons to go to help page about registering. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.1a and 1.1b: * Add "Always On Top" option to link-drop system menu. Double clicking right button also triggers on-top change. * Add "Small Window" option to link-drop system menu. Double clicking left button also triggers size change. * Fix bug w/ non-default FTP ports & proxy servers. * If using FTP & proxy server, use server-passive (PASV) data connection. * Made getting proxy servers a "Find" button instead of automatic. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.1 and 1.1a: * Fixed bug if using HTTP proxy server. * Use different anonymous FTP password (change "guest" to "getright@"). * Fix order of some FTP commands. * Try to read proxy server information from browser configuration (if Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.) * Use more values in average KPS, and say it is average. CHANGES BETWEEN 1.0 and 1.1: * Support for FTP--including resuming! (Actually when testing, more servers supported resuming when using FTP than HTTP.)