Graphical Retriever And Browser
web G.R.A.B. ver 0.22 Beta release
Copyrights Asbjørn Pettersen. B.Sc. Software Engineer. Norway.
This file includes information about:
- version 0.22 15-10-1996
- Load graphics option
- PgUp and PgDown
- Improved dialog for selection of URL's
- Empty log file
- Display mouse pointing URL
- View URL's in HTM file
- version 0.21 17-08-1996
- Printing is now working
- Generate *.sli files to be used by WEBslide program
- version 0.20 10-06-1996
- Multi depth grabbing (Sub-levels). Depth 0 or Depth 1.
- depth in parameter passing.
- Abort command added
- Display load status and progress
- New HTML text decoding.
- Configure viewers option
- "Open file" for URL loading.
- Log events to file webgrab.log and viewing.
- version 0.12 02-05-1996
- Quicklist
- Configure server (Network options). SOCKS,PROXY,news and mail.
- INI file WEBTOOLS.INI
- Improved image file search in grabbed HTML file
- Handling large HTML lines ( up to 900 chars. !)
- New file name convention:
- *.htm - The new grabbed HTML file
- *.org - The orginal HTML file
- *.deb - The debug/result file for *.htm creation.
- version 0.11
- shortkey: F5 reload URL
- Send Mail
The program is built for use with the Web Explorer toolkit so it's very simular to
the original browser. I have tried to copy the command and interface into web G.R.A.B.
so it should be familiar.
This tool shall make it easy to capture interesting URL pages onto disk.
- Capture.
This is the "G.R.A.B" button. It will grab the current URL page.
- Capture Next.
Grabs the next URL selected by the mouse.
- File Url. View the grabbed disk URL's.
The program can also be called with parameters from batch scripts or from
the OS/2 window.
webgrab <URL_name> <filename> | <depth>
Example: webgrab http://www.spacetec.no c:\html\spacetec.htm
Example: webgrab http://www.spacetec.no c:\html\spacetec.htm depth=1
The menu
- File
- Open document (URL)..
This command will open an URL document. Example: http://www.spacetec.no
- Print. This does not work yet !
- Halt loading document. This command will halt loading the current document.
- Exit. Terminates the program.
- Options. Not available in this version.
- Capture
- Capture This command clears the current list and you
must select pre-recorded HTML pages from a file dialog.
- Capture Next This command saves the current
recorded HTML pages.
- File Url Select a disk Url to be displayed.
- Handling of some graphical file types
Please send mail to me. In this beta release I have not enabled
the mailing code so you have to do it through your mail tool.
I need suggestions, bug reports and information from you.
Author:
Asbjørn Pettersen:
ape@spacetec.no
I work at
Kongsberg Spacetec A.S.
Please send a postcard to me (for motivation).
Asbjørn Pettersen
Mekanikerveien 8
9019 TROMSØ
NORWAY
I have built in some debugging information in this beta release because I
don't expect it to handle all URL's that exist.
- Event log file for grabbing events.
- webgrab.log - Event logging of all major grabbing.
- Debugging files: All files are overwritten at each program startup.
- debuggra.txt - this file loggs all WWW browser activity and more
- webgrab.deb - this file is loggs the convertion of HTML files
- Debugging programs:
- testgrab.exe - this program will test/simulate vital functions.
HTML Validation Service
from WebTechs HTML Validation Service
- 3D Graphics and Animation created by Neal Dawson.
TRAX AUDIO MEDIA FX. Norway.
- E-mail ndawson@sn.no