Downloads

Starting Downloads with GetRight:

Monitoring clicks in your web browser.

This method is by far the easiest. It works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and many other web browsers (other web browsers may need to be setup on the Monitor Browsers - More Browsers configuration page.

GetRight will be triggered by these web browsers to automatically download some file types. Just use your web browser as usual--GetRight will work when it needs to.

• Make sure GetRight program is running.
• Use your web browser as usual. When you encounter one of the common download types (.EXE, .ZIP, etc.) GetRight will automatically be triggered to download the file. (This can be configured using the Monitor Types & Options tab on the Configuration forms.)

Tips that work with Microsoft Internet Explorer:

• If you hold the SHIFT key when clicking a link, GetRight will not catch any link that is clicked. This is useful for some web page forms or search engines that look like .EXE files to GetRight.
• If you hold both the CTRL and ALT keys when clicking, GetRight will get any link that is clicked.

Clipboard

(Any web browser, or any other program.)

GetRight monitors the contents of the clipboard to see if a web address (URL) is copied into the clipboard.

When a web address (URL) is copied to the clipboard, it automatically triggers GetRight to start up and get the file.

Copying the web address (URL) text to the clipboard:

• Find a file you wish to get in your web browser.
• Using Microsoft Internet Explorer: Click the Right mouse button on a file you wish to download, then pick the "Copy shortcut" item in the menu. Other web browsers will have a similar menu (but each calls it something different.)
• Or from ANY other program--email, word processor, a different web browser, or anything else where you may see a web address (URL)--select the link text (looks like http://xxx.xxx.xxx/file.name or ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx/file.name) and press Ctrl-C to copy the text to the clipboard.
• For the common download types (such as .EXE .ZIP, etc.), GetRight will automatically start as soon as the text is copied.
• For most other types, GetRight will ask you whether it should download the file or not.
• GetRight will prompt you where to save the file.
• GetRight will then get the file. The download window should look similar to the window used in your web browser when downloading.

GetRight Download Window

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.)