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FlashGet Database Generator

Current version is 1.00, and I believe it is matured.
this is a handy console mode utility that helps you a lot when you have a massive list of files to download and want to save them in different locations.

e.g. if you have a situation like:

“http://www.web.com/A/001.zip” to “http://www.web.com/A/100.zip”
“http://www.web.com/B/001.zip” to “http://www.web.com/B/100.zip”
..
..
“http://www.web.com/Z/001.zip” to “http://www.web.com/Z/100.zip”

and want those files under A to be saved to “C:\A”, B to “C:\B”, and Z to “C:\Z”, then this utility is for you.

the usage is simple:

in console mode, type “type list.txt | fdb”, the file “out.jcd” will be created, you can then load it with flashget and start to download, and after you’ve finished the downloads, you can reload the default database for flashget.
also if you like, you can type “type list.txt | fdb name.jcd”, if you want to create a named output file.

as you can see, the utility takes its input from standard input, like any unix utiltities. type “fdb –help” if you forgot how to use it.

the content of “list.txt” is the actual urls and the locations to save,
e.g.

http://www.web.com/A/001.zip;C:\A
http://www.web.com/B/001.zip;C:\B
http://www.web.com/Z/001.zip;C:\Z

hope you enjoy it.

annoucement:
starting from foo_menu_addons 0.3.7, all of my update or new components will need the vc8 sp1 runtime libraries, it can be downloaded in my component post.

公告:
由foo_menu_addons 0.3.7開始, 以後我的新插件或更新一律需要vc8 sp1 runtime libraries, 它可在我的插件貼子中找到

NEW UPDATE:
version is now 0.3.7c, no code change, just reuse the new manifest.
vc8 sp1 runtime libraries is needed, can be downloaded in my component post.

新更新:
現在版本為0.3.7c, 沒有源碼改變, 只是再用新的manifest.
需要vc8 sp1 runtime libraries, 可在我的插件貼子中下載

update:
version is now 0.3.7b, increased the speed of expanding items.

更新:
現在版本為0.3.7b, 加快了播放列表項目擴張的速度

just little minor fixes:
1. jump commands didn’t work for the first playlist
2. jump previous wrongly set the first item focused if no focused item

小修正:
1. 跳躍指令對第一個播放列表失效
2. 如果沒有焦點了的播放列表項目, “跳到上一個”這指令會錯誤把第一個播放列表項目設為焦點

eventually have a chance to try the windows vista rtm 6.0.6000, but there’s a bug in the weather gadget of the sidebar, the problem is that it will keep showing “service not available” if your system locale is not English. read along if you are having this problem too.
after doing some searching on the net, I found some people change the code in weather.js, but I just don’t like this way, and I think patching the actual dll would take less time, so here we go.

file to be patched: “C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\wlsrvc.dll”
CRC32: 575ab95c
MD5: 31170caf2b2ff87be9a4d5f53444d166

before you do the patch, you must close the sidebar, take ownership and set the permission of the dll, make a search at google if you don’t know how. then change some bytes of it as:
offset old new
0×0141: 0×40 0×3c
0×76ab: 0×54 0×50

then you can run the sidebar again and should be able to see the weather forecast.