gbVisualGet
gbVisualGet presents a list of all links on a web page, allows the user to select
items on the list and then downloads those items without further action required on the
part of the user.
gbVisualGet includes a built-in web browser so that the user can navigate to pages of
interest. It also includes a file browser so that the user can open local files.
To install, just unzip the contents of the distribution file into a folder of its own!
Feature List
gbVisualGet provides a variety of features.
- Download selected list of files from a web page
- Built-in web browser (display is optional)
- Select type of file to view/download
- Display of file size (on demand)
- Select file types by Archive, Music, HTML, Image file or All
- URL Bookmarking
- History of URLs
- User-selected home page and default search site
- User-selected download folder
- Search dialog in browser
- Open download folder
- View page source code
- Online Help
Using gbVisualGet
Using gbVisualGet consists of two basic steps:
- Using the built-in web browser, navigate to a page of interest. gbVisualGet
will automatically build a list of file links from the page)
- Check files to download
- Press the download toolbar button
That's it! Go about your business and gbVisualGet will sound an alarm when
the downloads are complete!
Toolbar
All gbVisualGet features and settings are accessed through the toolbar buttons.
- Download - Download all checked files
- Stop - Stop all in-progress downloads
- Open - Open the download folder
- Zip - Display only archive links
- Music - Display only music links
- HTML - Display only HTML links
- Images - Display only image links
- All - Display all links
- Previous - Go to previous page displayed in browser
- Next - Go to next page displayed in browser
- Reload - Reload current URL
- Home - Go to the home page
- Size - Get size of each line
- Search - Go to the default search site
- Local - Open a local file in the web browser
- History - Display URL history
- Find - Open the Find dialog, for searching within the current page
- Source - Display source code for the current page
- Browser - Display the web browser
- Settings - Various settings via these dropdown submenus:
- Change Download Folder - Open folder select dialog
- Set Current Page as Home Page - set home page to currently displayed URL
- Add Current Page to Bookmarks - add currently displayed URL to bookmark list
- Show Bookmarks - display bookmark list in ListView
- Clear Bookmarks - clear list of bookmarked sites
- Clear History - clear list of previoulsly visited sites
- All Means All - include all link types, not just the basic 4 types
- Uncheck on Download - uncheck files once they are downloaded
- AutoCreate Folder On Download - create folder, name to match download site, when downloading files
- Play Sound When Download Complete - play a short sound after the last file is downloaded
- Display Settings - display various settings in popup dialog
- Help - Open this online Help page
ListView Context Menu
The following context menu items are available by right-clicking on the ListView control.
- Check All - Check all items in list
- UnCheck All - UnCheck all items in list
- Copy Selected Link - Copy path of selected links to clipboard
- Copy Checked Links - Copy paths of checked links to clipboard
- Copy All Links - Copy paths of all links, whether checked or not, to clipboard
- Download Selected Item - Download the selected link
- Download Checked Items - Download all checked items
- Download All Items - Download all items, whether checked or not
- Remove Selected Item - Remove selected link from list
- Remove Checked Items - Remove all checked items from list
- Remove All Items - Remove all items, whether checked or not, from list
- Open Selected Item in Browser - Send path of selected item to web browser for opening
Keyboard Shortcuts
The following key combinations are available to the user to access gbVisualGet features:
- F1 - Help
- F3 - Find dialog
- Ctrl+D - Download checked files
- Ctrl+O - Open download folder
- Ctrl+T - Toggle link types to be displayed
- Ctrl+P - Previous Page
- Ctrl+N - Next Page
- Ctrl+G - Go to list URL
- Ctrl+H - Go to home page
- Ctrl+F - Find dialog
- Ctrl+S - Display source code
- Ctrl+B - Display web browser
Other Comments
Comments and suggestions are welcome!
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