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Menus
WebGrabber menus are arranged under four major objects:
- File Menu: It contains menus items related to the whole collection of topic roots and to the WebGrabber tools and configuration.
- List Menu: It contains menu items related to commands that affect the current topic root whose shortcut list is displayed on the main window table. It also contains commands that affect the display of the current shortcut list.
- Item Menu: It contains menu items that focus on one specific shortcut item.
- Help Menu: It contains menu items for displaying the documentation about WebGrabber.
Note: Many menu items are disabled until you open at least one topic root directory.
- Open Topic Roots
: It displays the Open Topic Roots modal dialog. Through this dialog, you specify which directories are topic root directories, and that will be part of the collection of opened topic roots to work on
- Create Roots and Shortcuts
: It displays a Dir or Shortcut Creator non-modal dialog
- Configuration
: It displays the WebGrabber's Configuration dialog
- Current Topic Root
: It is a sub-menu for selecting the current topic root among your collection of opened topic roots (i.e. the ones that have been opened using the Open Topic Roots dialog). The current root is the one from which its shortcuts are displayed on the main window table and that will be the focus of the various List menu commands.
- Next
: It selects the next topic root from your collection of opened topic roots.
- Previous
: It selects the previous topic root from your collection of opened topic roots.
- Select
: It is a sub-menu where each of its items corresponds to one topic root from your collection of opened topic roots.
- Name All
: Name all shortcut items contained in all topic roots of your collection of opened topic roots using the default policy (From the URL)
- Grab All
: Import all web files associated with all shortcut items contained in all topic roots of your collection of opened topic roots.
- Hyperlink-Adjust All
: Adjust all hyperlinks of all web files associated to all shortcut items contained in all topic roots of your collection of opened topic roots. This is done in such a way that the hyperlinks work locally, referencing the proper web file that you have imported.
- Update/Save Shortcut List
: Save your current shortcut list as it is displayed on the main window. It is intended to be used when you modify only a subset of its items. The shortcut list is saved each time you do a List-related command.
- Name List: Default
: Apply the default naming policy to all shortcut items of the current list. Note: The default naming policy is "URL based".
- Name List
sub-menu contains various naming policies, it specifies how the local copy of the web file will be named (See How a Naming Policy Works). This type of policy does not apply to the file extension; an extension naming policy is applied instead
- 1- Url-Based
: The local file name is the same as the web file name part of its URL.
- 2- Shortcut Name
: The local file has the same name as its related shortcut file.
- 3- Last HTTP
: Some URLs contain an embedded URL, for example an URL that redirects to another web file that may be located elsewhere. The local file name is the same as the web file name part of the embedded URL.
- 4- Query
: The local file will be named from one of the query arguments of the URL. If the query contains many arguments, the first time this policy is applied, it selects the first argument, the next argument is used if you apply the policy again, etc. The name contains the argument ID and the argument value, including the equal character (ex. name=common).
- 5- N_xxx
: The local file name is N_xxx where xxx is a unique number-string within the topic root.
- 6- User-Defined
: The local file name is provided by you.
- Test List
: Query about the related web file size and about its mime type, for all shortcut items of the list.
- Grab List
: Import the web files (and associated embedded web files) referenced by every shortcut item of the list.
- Hyperlink-Adjust List
: Adjust the hyperlinks of imported web pages so that they work locally with all other web files imported under the current topic root.
- Optimize List
: Remove redundant files that were imported, keep only one copy in a designated sub-directory of the current topic root: the "CommonEmbed" sub-directory.
- Ignored Flag
sub menu contains commands that affect the Ignored flag of all non-redundant shortcut items of the list. An item with its Ignore flag being set will not be imported or be integrated. The flag is set automatically if WebGrabber finds redundant shortcut items (i.e. shortcut items with the same URL) and shortcut items with name conflict.. Note: Ignored flag of redundant shortcut items can be flipped individually only; you do it by clicking the related Ignored Flag checkbox field on the Shortcut Table. Important Note: Among redundant items sharing the same URL, one of them will have its Ignore flag cleared. If you flip an Ignore flag of such an item, another item sharing the same URL will also flip the other way. This interlock mechanism insures you that all the imported web files will be non-redundant.
- Set All
: Set Ignored flag of all non-redundant items on the list.
- Clear All
: Clear Ignored flag of all non-redundant items on the list.
- Flip All
: Flip Ignored flag of all non-redundant items on the list. If the flag is set, clear it; if the flag is cleared, set it.
- Statistics
is a sub menu of summary variables to be displayed on the status bar. Only the selected ones (menu items that are checked) are displayed on the Statistic bar (See Display Bars).
- 00- Total
: Variable that contains the total number of shortcut items of the current topic root.
- 01- Nb Embedded Tot
: Variable that contains the number of embedded references to web files from the web pages of the current topic root.
- 02- Nb Embedded Err
: Variable that contains the number of embedded references to web files that cannot be imported or be integrated.
- 03- Nb Embedded Web Pages
: Variable that contains the number of shortcut items that are embedded web pages (i.e. web pages contained in a main web page frame).
- 04- Nb New/Unnamed
: Variable that contains the number of unnamed or new shortcut items. Shortcut items with the state value of 1: Unnamed.
- 05- Nb Web Pages
: Variable that contains the number of shortcut items that are web pages.
- 06- Nb Shortcut Files
: Variable that contains the number of shortcut files. Note: A shortcut item might have its shortcut file deleted by you.
- 07- Root Dir Size
: Variable that contains the total size in kilobytes of all files under the current topic root directory and ALL its sub-directories.
- 08- Root Nb Files
: Variable that contains the number of files that are found under the current topic root directory and ALL its sub-directories.
- Optional Table Fields
is a sub menu of table fields that may be hidden from the table display. It also contains commands for saving and loading table display (and other display layouts) preference commands.
- All Links
: Reserved field; it should be left unchecked.
- Local Path
: Hide/Show the Local Path field.
- Shortcut Name
: Hide/Show the Shortcut Name field
- Shortcut Date
: Hide/Show the Shortcut Date field
- Load Preferred Layout
: Set the WebGrabber desktop layout based from the default desktop layout file: WSGFrame.ser
- Load Layout ..
: Displays a File Open dialog from where you can select a layout file (a file with a .ser extension) that contains a WebGrabber desktop layout.
- Save As Preferred Layout
: Save the desktop layout settings into the file named: WSGFrame.ser. You may want to copy such a file with a different name if you like to have a collection of different layouts.
- Show Selected Item
: It displays or hides the Shortcut Item dialog
- Edit Mode
: (Not to be implemented in version 1.0)
- Copy to Clipboard
: Copy the selected shortcut item data onto the system clipboard.
- Revert to Named State
: Set the selected shortcut item state back to the "Named" state. From that state, you can re-import the related web file. It is disabled if the shortcut list contains one or more items that have reached the Hyperlink-Adjusted state (a value of 6).
- Content
: It displays the Help documentation at its Introduction point.
- About
: It displays the WebGrabber's splash screen.
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