GetRight 5.2d Online Manual
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The Download window shows details about the file being downloaded, where it is being saved to your computer, and statistics about the progress and speeds. The buttons at the bottom let you control the download to pause, search for mirrors, and much more.
Cancel
Stops the download and closes the window. The partial download will be saved, you can find it to restart later from the GetRight Download Status.
Pause/Resume button:
Will cause the download to be paused, or lets you resume the download if it was already paused.
Options Button Menu:
Download (or Segment #) sub-menu:
| · | <List of Alternates, if any>: Lets you easily change between the different alternate URLs for a file. The server name will be shown, along with the Ping time (in 1000's of a second...the lower the number, the better.) |
| • | Lock On Server: [Only shown if there are alternates.] GetRight will periodically check to see if an alternate URL is still the fastest (by pinging all the servers.) Select this to have GetRight not ping and not change from the current server. You may also turn off this checking on the Mirrors configuration tab. |
| • | <Status of connection or K/sec>: [Only shown if Segmented downloading.] The status of the segment's connection, or the speed at which the segment is downloading. This menu item won't be updated while the menu is still showing...you must cancel the menu (click on the download window) then re-click the Options button for the data here to be updated. |
| • | Copy URL to Clipboard: Copies the current URL to the clipboard. If Segmented downloading, copies the URL for the selected segment. |
| • | View Transfer Details: View the exact sequence of commands and responses sent between GetRight to the FTP or HTTP server. Mostly useful for debugging or identifying the cause of a problem. |
| • | Browse the FTP Server With This File: Open this server in the GetRight Browser. |
| • | Resume/Pause/Stop This One: [Only shown if Segmented downloading.] This item lets you start or stop each segment of the file. Other segments will not be changed. |
| • | Cancel This One: [Only shown if Segmented downloading.] This item lets you completely cancel and stop a segment. (The colored thermometer of the segments will not show the same after doing this.) |
Accelerate/Segment sub-menu:
| • | The number of segments to split and download this file at the same time. One is the usual method of downloading--start at the beginning and download to the end. You may choose two, three, or four total segments. They will start at different spots in the file and all download at the same time to (hopefully) improve your download speed. (More Info) |
You must have alternate (mirror) addresses for this to be available. (If you do not have alternates, an item for Search for Alternates will be shown instead...described below.)
The file must be at least 100k in size for Segmented downloading to be available.
Selecting a number of segments larger than you have now will start more segments downloading. Selecting a number of segments smaller than you have now will not stop any current segments (since it might not stop the one you want it to stop), but next time will only start the new number. You may stop segments yourself under each segment's menu.
| • | Recalculate Speeds: GetRight will periodically check to see if an alternate URL is still the fastest (by pinging all the servers.) This will recalculate the speeds immediately. |
| • | Search for Alternates: GetRight will use several methods to calculate alternate addresses (mirrors) for a file. It uses both a list of known mirrors for common download sites (such as TUCOWS or Simtel.net). GetRight will also use a FTP Search server to find many other mirrors for a file. (More Info) |
| • | Mirror Manager: Shows a form so you can remove or add, edit, and verify alternate addresses yourself. (More Info) |
| • | Open Folder: This opens the folder on your computer where the file is being downloaded to. |
| • | Open Source Web Page: When GetRight starts a new download, it calculates the current web page that is shown in your web browser. This option allows you to return to that page at a later time (in case you forgot exactly what an item is, or wish to start a different download from that page). |
NOTE: This option may not work properly for pages that are in Frames (can return to the parent frame), if you have several browser windows open, or if you start the download from some other source (such as an email program.)
| • | Enter File Comment: This allows you to add a short comment or description about the download. The text you enter will be shown in place of the Address (URL) on this form, and on the individual download windows. While you may enter a very long description, only about 50 characters will be visible in the individual download window. |
You may edit an existing comment to change it. If you change an existing comment to be "blank", then the Address (URL) of the file will be shown again.
| • | Run This Program When Done or Open This File When Done: You can set so GetRight will open the file (or run the program) when it is done downloading. The default value of this will be calculated using the file type and what you have setup on the When Done configuration tab, but you may change the action for each file here. |
NOTE: If GetRight is currently setup to shut down the computer when it is done downloading, it will not open the files. This is so the computer doesn't sit waiting for someone to click "OK" in some other program before it finishes shutting down.
| • | Show Acceleration and Mirror details: This shows a report on the bottom of the download window with details about the individual connections for Accelerating your download, and any other mirrors available. This lets you see the current connection status and speeds, etc. |
| • | Show Speed Graph: This shows a speed graph for this download at the bottom of the window. |
Skins sub-menu:
| • | No Skin / Skin Names: Pick to switch between different "skins" to change the appearance of the download window. Or to not show a skin and use the default windows appearance. |
| • | Random Skin: Picks a different skin when the download window is opened. Also picks a random skin each time the Random Skin item is selected. |
| • | Organize Skins: Shows a simple window to let you delete or rename any of the skins in your list. |
| • | Browse to Add a Skin: Lets you select a GetRight Skin file (GRS) off your hard drive. |
| • | Find More Skins: Come to the GetRight skins web page to look for more skins you can use. |
Window sub-menu:
Gives a variety of choices about how the window shows. Have the download window on-top of all other windows, make it semi-transparent, hide it, etc.
Games Button:
GetRight can let you play a game right in the download window. Something to do rather than watch a progress bar move as it downloads!
This gives several choices in a menu...you can play a game, or visit the GetRight Arcade to download or play games. You can also hide this button from the menu.
See also:
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