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Specifying Names for Imported Web Files

WebGrabber will be practically useless if you had to type in the filename for each imported web page. This process is automatic through a naming policy. WebGrabber offers many policies (See the Name List sub-menu). Unless you just want insignificant names such as No-023.htm, a naming policy that works on some web sites might not work on others. You will find, however, that the same policy can be applied to most web files under the same web site.

The most common policy is "1-URL Based" (Click the button or do List > Name List: Default), try it and look at the resulting names. Usually this is sufficient. If you get name conflicts, WebGrabber will suggest a name but it will flag the related shortcut item as "Ignored". The name might not be the one you want. You can then either apply a different policy to these few shortcut items (using the Shortcut Item dialog) or you can simply edit the proposed file name. Do not forget to clear the "Ignored" flag. If you do not mind getting meaningless names, keep the name and clear the "Ignored" flags.

It is also possible that both shortcuts with different file names are referencing the same web file. Check their URL value at the table display under the column "URL". Under such circumstance, you just leave the "Ignored" flag at its set value.

There are shortcut items that you cannot name, this is simply because the shortcut file does not contain a valid URL string (such shortcuts contain a Java script statement).

 


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