Contents

Welcome to PicaLoader
Introduction
Picture Format Support
PicaLoader Features
Product History
Copyright
Getting Started
Starting the Program
System Requirements
Using Help Tools
Quick Tutor by example
User Interface
Main Window
Preview Pane
Project Pane
Tasks Tab
Profile Tab
Main Pane
Pictures Tab
Search Tab
Report Tab
Option Tab
Monitor Tab
Profile Tab
Queue Tab
Main Menu
Project Menu
New Project
Open Project
Save Project
Database
Rebuild thumbnails
Optimize thumbnails
Optimize project data
Set Password
Properties
Exit
Task Menu
New Task
Remove Task
Rename Task
Enable All Tasks
Disable All Tasks
Sort Tasks
By task name
By create time
By start URL
Start
Pause
Abort
Export Task
Export Enabled Tasks
Import Tasks
Keyword Test
Profile Menu
New Profile
Remove Profile
Rename Profile
Picture Menu
Search Pictures
Delete
Copy to...
Move to...
Check
Check None
Check All
Invert checked
Delete checked
Copy checked to...
Move checked to...
Rating checked
Set WallPaper
Centered
Tiled
Restore
Slide Show
View Menu
Toolbar
Status Bar
Project Window
Preview Window
Thumbnails
Detail
Sort
By Rating
By Filename
By Size
By Type
By Create Time
By Download Time
By Notes
By Referrer
By Width
By Height
By Width*Height
By Definition
By Local Filename
Options
Help Menu
Contents
Search...
Index...
What's This
Register...
Purchase On-Line
PicaLoader Homepage
About PicaLoader...
View Window(Viewer)
Search Pictures Dialog Box
Options Dialog Box
Toolbar
Status Bar
Drop Box
System Tray Icon
Using PicaLoader
Create A New Project
Use Regular Expression in URL filter
Create A New Task
Batch download numbered sequence URLs with one task
Customize local filename
Customize HTML Parser by Script
Downloading Pictures
Checking Download Progress
Using Profile
Sorting Pictures
Copy and Move
Rating Picures
Deleting Pictures
View Pictures in Full Screen Mode
Searching for Pictures
Wallpaper
Share task settings with others
How to Customize PicaLoader Using Options
Keyboard Shortcuts
Command line parameters
Get Help
FAQ
Uninstalling
How to Purchase
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+ New feature

 

o Minor change

 

!! Bug fix

 

Version 1.65 Oct 2008

 

+ Show URL level in download queue.

+ Add win.MessageBox function to HTML Parser Script, help you debug your script.

o Enhance HTML Parser.

 

Version 1.63 July 2008

 

o Minor change: priority of dynamic picutres.

!!Bug Fixed: error parse links that nested in form.

 

Version 1.61 Feb 2008

 

+ Export/Import task(s).

 

Version 1.60 Feb 2008

 

+ Now you can control the HTML Parser by script language.

 

Version 1.55 Oct 2007

 

o New HTML Parser.

 

!!Bug fix :Memory leak when analyst JavaScript.

!!Bug fix :Manual Login not work when re-start a project. 

 

Version 1.53 Oct 2007

 

o Improved HTML Analyzing Engine.

 

!!Bug fix :Crash on super long URL.

 

Version 1.52 July 2007

 

o New error reporter.

 

+ Move error URL to queue so you can re-download them.

 

!!Bug fix :Window focus bug.

 

!!Bug fix :Few bugs in Window Vista.

 

Version 1.51 Jan 2007

 

o Slide show with hundreds of transition effects.

 

o Random slide show.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.50 Oct 2006

 

o Improved HTMLAnalyzing Engine.

 

o New Queue Viewer, now you can view and manage URL queue when downloading.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.49 Jun 2006

 

o Improved HTMLAnalyzing Engine for  some WEB 2.0  sites.

 

o Improved Manual Login  feature.

 

Version 1.48 Jun 2006

 

+ Start from local HTML file(e.g. file://c:\test.htm).

 

+ Compatible with Windows Vista(Tested under Windows Vista Beta2 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

 

 

Version 1.47 August 2004

 

+ Customize local filename.

 

+ Change picture directory.

 

o Change database file format(XML).

 

o Improved HTML Analyzing Engine.

 

o Improved Performance, decrease CPU usage.

 

!! Bug fixed: some special character in URL will cause the local filename incorrectly.

 

!! Bug fixed: can't analyst some large web page correctly.

 

!! Bug fixed: sometime can't abort/pause project correctly.

 

 

Version 1.46 April 2004

 

+ Rating pictures.

 

+ Sort & Search pictures by Rating.

 

+ New/Open project & Project Properties option in the right click menu of the system try icon.

 

+ Display JPEG EXIF information in the Picture Properties dialog.

 

o Sort being case insensitive.

 

o Some minor changes.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.45 March 2004

 

+ Support manual login to session-wise login site.

 

+ Sort tasks by task name/create time/start URL.

 

+ Auto save queue at regular intervals.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.42 February  2004

 

+ Support batch download sequence URLs in one task.

 

+ Option for store pictures with the creation time.

 

+ Option for not reject duplicate pictures.

 

o Create folder if no exist when start a new project.

 

o Add sort options to Thumbnail View Right Click Menu.

 

o ESC key now work on system option dialog.

 

o Max value of "Free disk space limit" chage to 9999 MB.

 

Version 1.41 January 2004

 

+ Sort by local filename.

 

+ Search by original filename and local filename.

 

+ Support Regular Expression when searching the downloaded pictures.

 

+ Project default options.

 

+ Option for disable Splash Screen.

 

+ Command line option for start slide show directly.

 

o Improved HTML Analyzing Engine for no named FORM.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.40 December 2003

 

+ Project wizard.

 

+ Option for saving pictures in original filename.

 

+ Option for recreate target website's folder structure.

 

o Renew project database for long filename.

 

o Improved HTML Analyzing Engine for some toll site.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.38 October 2003

 

+ Flip / Mirror / Rotate Left / Rotate Right in Full Screen Mode.

 

o Improved Performance.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.37 September 2003

 

o Improved User Interface.

 

o Compatible with WindowBlinds.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.36 September 2003

 

o Improved HTML Analyzing Engine.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.35 August 2003

 

o Improved HTML Analyzing Engine.

 

+ Six sample projects included.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.32 August 2003

 

o Improve Monitor View.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.31 Jul 2003

 

o Improve HTML Analyzing Engine for some kind of FORM based link.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.30 Jul 2003

 

o Support Regular Expression in picture/page URL filter!

 

o Download queue browser! Now you can browse the queue and remove the URLs that you want ignore.

 

o Keyword test, you can test whether a keyword match an URL.

 

o Splash screen.

 

o New icon and Logo.

 

Version 1.25 May 2003

 

o Improve HTML Analyzing Engine for some kind of ASP/JSP based web forum.

 

o Improve User Interface, new toolbar icon.

 

o Add "Within current directory & deeper" option in page location & picture location.

 

o "Auto select new picture" option switchable while a task is running.

 

o Auto refresh tray icon when the Windows Explorer is died.

 

o Support mouse wheel in full screen mode(mouse wheel for next page/previous page, CTRL+mouse wheel/left mouse button down+mouse whell for scroll picture).

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.20 April 2003

 

o Improve HTML Analyzing Engine.

 

o Improve User Interface.

 

!!Bug fix

 

Version 1.19 March 2003

 

+ Hot key for check all, check none, invert check.

 

!! Bug fix

 

Version 1.18 March 2003

 

+ Option to disable system tray icon.

 

!! Bug fix

 

Version 1.17 February 2003

 

+ Minimize PicaLoader to system tray icon.

 

!! Bug fix

 

Version 1.15 January 2003

 

+ Option to create "Lite" project, which can save all picture into one folder, and limit to 20,000 pictures per project.

 

+ Can check multiple pictures by hold Shift then click the check box or press Spacebar.

 

o In search view, when select "Check all" or "Check none" from main menu, only act on search result.

 

!! Bug fix

 

Version 1.1 October 2002

 

+ Option to search a sequence of pictures and to search a picture sequence by number, even if the picture is not visible in the target site.

 

+ Drop Box accepts links or webpage text selections taken from IE browsers.

 

+ Slide Show; can display a sequence of pictures as a slide show, each picture being shown in the Full screen mode for a predetermined time.

 

+ Option to limit the number of pictures for each download, if the limit is reached the download will pause, and you can resume it next time.

 

o Original filename_identifier string as the saving filename.

 

!! Bug fix

 

Version 1.0 Augest 2002

 

Initial release.