Desires for the next version

[Rafi]

i tested right now with getright 5, and all seems to be ok.
if you have problems anyway, let me know.

I have V 4.5d. I'll try to upgrade ...

[Krokette (Germany)]

4. the problem is not to select, the problem is to download one-by-one without human intervention

Ich denke nicht das das ein großes Problem Darstellt. Ich würde es so lösen.

1. Feststellen wo eine Pack Software Installiert ist.

2. Die Filenames der markierten Bilder zuerst mal in eine Textdatei speichern.
   
3. Programmintern die File laden und in ein String ausgeben.

Filename:='c:\bilder.ini';
AssignFile(F,Filename);
FileMode := 0;
Reset (F);
Read (F,Lese);
commandline.caption:=commandline.caption & Lese & ' ';
CloseFile(F);    

Das ganze solang wiederholen bis (End Of File) EOF. Den gelesen String (In diesem Fall) immer eine Bild. Einfach mit dem operator '&' an die CommandLine anhängen.


Dos Command Line ('cmd.exe a OutputFile') & commandline.caption

a = Befehl für Packen
OutputFile = Ausgabe
commandline.caption = Müßte eigentlich markierten Bilder mit einem Lehrschritt enthalten

4. Die Parameter für Die Dos Anwendung sehen wie folgt aus.

RAR <Befehl> -<Schalter 1> -<Schalter N> <Archiv> <Dateien...>
                  <@Dateiliste...> <Zielverzeichnis\>

Die genauen Befehle kriegst Du über
rar /?

5. Die Commandzeile könnte so aussehen.

rar a bilder.rar dsc0001.jpg dsc0002.jpg dsc0003.jpg dsc0004.jpg c:\home_dir_hfs\

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[Anonymous]

Hi,
I came across this small free tool which I thought might be useful to those who wish to display thumbnails in HFS at this time.  It will generate a HTML file of thumbnails of all images in a directory. Not real elegant without some extra editing, but it does the job.

http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/index.html#listpics

[defiler]

I just tried this today and since a few people would like this feature, here is what I've done.

The comment field of a particular file is capable of accepting html so, use this line <IMG SRC="/pictures/tn/tn_433.jpg"> (example path and filename) as the comment of each picture you wish to display a thumbnail of.  You may have to make HFS aware of the folder where you store the thumbnails, just hide it so users can't access them.

The dow side to this right now is that you have to create the thumbnail images with a seperate program (there are many free ones,  Google it) and then you have to individually edit the comment lines.

I will work on automating it somehow maybe with some suggestions from others.

[Rafi]

Interesting! I tried using http://127.0.0.1/filename.gif but it did not succeed (the text was showing) ... how do you input the link ?

Anyway - a better way will be changing the icon for a file to this link...may be in the next version we'll be able to have user defined link-icon...

[defiler]

By using this as the comment I did not get the thumbnail to act as the hyperlink <IMG SRC="/pictures/tn/tn_433.jpg">.  Here is another bit of html that will turn the thumbnail into a link to the original image.  <a href="433.jpg">
<img border="0" src="/pictures/tn/tn_433.jpg" width="65" height="38">
</a>
You can even eliminate the thumbnail creation process with this one and use the width and height numbers to display the image smaller than normal.

Of course you must still replace the path I've used for the path where your image is stored.

 

[defiler]

Anyway - a beter way will be changing the icon for a file to this link...may be in the next version we'll be able to have use defined link-icon...

I agree!

[defiler]

I've just discovered that this has an undesireable effect on the hit counter. Every time the page is refreshed the hit counter increments, I guess if you are not really keeping track of it then it's not a big deal.  I may have to go into the template to implement the thumbnails.

Here is another bit of html that will turn the thumbnail into a link to the original image. <a href="433.jpg">
<img border="0" src="/pictures/tn/tn_433.jpg" width="65" height="38">
</a>

[rejetto]

another problem is that people downloads the big image and then resize.
so if you have many "thumbnails", it takes forever to load, because you have to load all of the big images.

[PhoenixPath]

Whee!

The checkmark option is easy.  VERY possible.  But can be SLOW for VERY large files.

Check the files you want, then click "send files to queue"

This would allow you to browse other directories and send other files to the queue as well.

Once all the files are requsted/sent to queue, the user would click "Edit Queue" button.  There, he could deselect files he/she didn't really want.  Also, they could remove files here and then go back and add more.  Once the queue is set to what the user desires, he/she would click the "zip" button.

A new page/tab would open, showing them the zip-progress.  Once it is complete, they can download the zip. Note that there should definately be a limit on zip-file size and on number of files to be zipped to keep it from getting out of hand.  These limits should be configurable based on the hosts PC resources.

This would DEFINATELY require a database of sorts, but I think you may already be considering using one.  

Best way to implement this would be along with a user-database (users could sign up) and perhaps the ability to "plug-in" a forum of some kind.

I have seen this kind of thing used in newsgroup services (Easynews.com) and it works VERY well so long as limits are configurable.

The ability to download multiple files at once would be a HUGE leap for this program.

[Anonymous]

The ability to download multiple files at once would be a HUGE leap for this program.

Don't forget that when a person is downloading from you, you are actually uploading to them.  Upload speeds even on a normal broadband connection isn't that great.  So if a user is downloading multiple files at once from your http file server, the download speeds they would be getting is divided into the total upload speed your connection supports.  In otherwords, they would experience slow download speeds from your server.

Don't confuse it with the maximum download speed of your connection - it's the maximum upload speed your connection supports that will determine what kind of download speed your users experience from your http file server.

[PhoenixPath]

You can already download multiple files from HFS...  Click a link, choose save as.  Click another, choose save as.....and so on, and so on....until your browser chokes.

Okay....you must have only read the last line.....

By multiple files, I mean multiple files zipped by the host into one.

Go back and re-read, you'll get it.

The suggestion above gives you the ability to set up a queue so that you don't have to "Save As..." for every file you download.  Mark several, tell the server to zip 'em and download the zip.  Quick, easy, and takes the same amount of bandwidth no matter what (actually less, since the files would now be compressed, whereas otherwise they may not have been).


And wow... the explanation of upstream vs. downstream...  

In otherwords, they would experience slow download speeds from your server.

If  they download multiple files, they'll get them in the same amount of time as they would if they downloaded them one by one.  Your upstream speed does not slow down when uploading multiple files.  Their total downstream from you would remain the same, minus overhead.  The zip suggestion would actually remove some of that overhead.

[Anonymous]

By multiple files, I mean multiple files zipped by the host into one.

I know you can download more than one file at a time with HFS.  I didn't say you couldn't.

So it isn't multiple files.  It's only one file you would be downloading.  Why call them multiple files?  My comment above with regards to speed had to do with the actual downloading of more than one (multiple) files at the same time.

[PhoenixPath]

lmao....

Okay...  Because it's multiple files zipped into one file.  I thought I explained that.

[Rafi]

lmao....

Okay...  Because it's multiple files zipped into one file.  I thought I explained that.

you also have to define what to do with the received file(s) - if&how to unzip it. Probably the easiest - is to start with doing nothing , just download it as a zip.