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[beardboy]

Is there a way to show possible progress on download for users that are using old 56k dial up connections, and / or big file downloads?

I know you mentioned that firewalls could cause problems, but what about website username and passwords?

ASFRecorder implimented some username and password options and it is open source so it might be easy to use some of the C code that is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/asfrecorder/.

thanks,
beardboy

[Chris]

It's definitely possible to add new built-in variables that reflect the amount downloaded so far and the total size expected of the "uppermost" download that's currently in progress (in case you've started more than one simultaeous download via the press of 2nd hotkey -- rare).

Once I add the ProgressBar function that was asked for (by you I think), I might add an option that always shows a progress window whenever you do a download.

I'll take a look at ASFRecorder and maybe the source of an open browser or two. Usernames and passwords are often reflected in a session-id within the URL, indicating that you have logged onto the site and are now free to access your account settings, etc.

Is this something you have a use for right away? I ask because even though much of the source code may already be out there, I expect that adapting it *might* be complex (Internet access can get complex pretty darn quick, I believe, so features like this could wind up taking a long time to research, implement, and test).

As it stands now, the very first paragraph is something I can do right away if you would have a use for it. But it might be kinda hard to work with, as a user, because you would have to press a hotkey to temporarily "interrupt" the download in order to access the contents of the variables. So maybe it's better just to wait until I can add the progress bar with a new global option such as #ShowDownloadProgress.

[beardboy]

Don't do a lot of work on this, I probably get to excited with new features and suggestions on how to make them better. Definately not a high priority.

thanks,
beardboy

[Chris]

Ah, that's a relief. It will still stay on the to-do list, so hopefully will get some attention eventually. I'll keep the download-progress-bar option as a separate, higher priority item since that's likely to be the most useful without requiring a lot of development time.