Web Downloads

This feature enables you to download web pages, from your local intranet, or from the internet. The most common internet protocols http://, https://, & ftp:// can be downloaded.  This feature will work with most web pages, except web pages using frames.  

Download Url
Enter the full path of the URL to download (http://www.hiteksoftware.com). You must include the protocol (i.e. http://).
This field also supports dynamic variables.  Using dynamic variables, you can select a URL based on current date.
Example:  http://www.test.com/$%pp-yy%$.htm,  will download http://www.test.com/07-02.htm

Many Ftp urls require username & password information to be sent in the url itself.  The format may vary, but is usually of the form:  ftp://username:password@host.com/folder/file
To hide your password, enter the password in the password field of the dialog box. Use the following format for the url:
ftp://username:$password$@host.com/folder/file
The string $password$ will be replaced by the value in the password field.

Examples:
1) http://www.cnn.com
2) ftp://comp.com/test/test.dat
3) ftp://username:$password$@test.com/folder/test.zip

Parameters (optional)
This is an optional field.  If you did not enter input parameters in your url field, you can enter the parameter string here. You must separate each key=value pair by &
Example: name=joe&age=25&date=2/12/01
This field also supports dynamic variables.  Example: name=$%USERNAME%$&age=25&date=$%DATE::pp/dd/yy%$

Local Directory
Enter the full pathname of the local Directory to place the html file in.

Local Filename
Enter the required name of the downloaded file. Example test.htm.  If you do not enter a name, a default name of "TaskTitle.htm" is used.  This field also supports dynamic variables.  Using dynamic variables, you can save the file to a customized name, based on date/time, or username, or other variable.

Maintain Timestamp
With this option selected, the download file will have the same timestamp, as the file on the web server.

Download Option
There are 3 download options:
1) Download always - This will overwrite the existing local file, irrespective of timestamp.
2) Download based on local file timestamp - If a local file exists in the download folder, a file will be downloaded, only if the file on the web server is newer than the existing local file.
3) Download based on archived url timestamp - Every time a file is downloaded by this task, the file timestamp on the web server, is saved locally in a file. If this option is selected, a new file is downloaded from the web server, only if its timestamp on the web server is newer than the saved value. IMPORTANT: Please note that not all web servers will provide the timestamp information. In this case, this option will not work.

Append to Filename
If you are regularly downloading a certain URL and wish to save each download to a different filename based on current time/date or custom code you set, choose the append file option which best suits your download frequency.

Proxy Parameters
If you are behind a firewall, enter the proxy settings.  Your network administrator can provide your proxy settings or you may also obtain them from your web browser.

Download Embedded Images
This option allows you to download embedded images within the html page.  The image formats supported are .jpg,.gif, .tif, .png, and .bmp.  Only images in the same or child folder as the html page will be downloaded.