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Internet Download Accelerator user guide.
Options - Other
User interface and HTTP options.
User Interface
Windows
Always open "Add download" window when adding new download
If this option is checked Internet Download Accelerator will open the download addition window. Otherwise, download will start automatically.
Open "Download completed" window
Check this if you want Internet Download Accelerator to open the download completion window.
Open information window when starting download
If this option is checked Internet Download Accelerator will open the information window when starting download.
Show download error messages
If the flag is set, IDA will show windows with download error messages.
Show splash screen while starting
If the flag is set, then IDA will show splash screen while starting.
Ask confirmation when deleting download(s)
If this checkbox is checked then when you delete a download from the download list the confirmation dialog box will appear.
Ask confirmation before creating a new folder
If this flag is set IDA will ask whether to create a folder if it doesn't exist.
Events
Add new downloads on top of the list
If you check this option all new downloads will be added in the beginning of the download list.
Sort by addition date when opening a download list
Check this if you want the download list to be sorted by addition date when the program starts or a new download list is opened.
Automatically delete all finished downloads when closing the program
If this checkbox is checked all finished downloads will be deleted from the download list when closing the program.
Mark downloaded files as unread
Mark files as unread when:
- a downloaded file has been used someway. A file will be marked as unread if it has been opened, copied, or moved.
- when a download is selected. A file will be marked as unread if the download is selected in the download list.
Sounds
Use sounds
If this flag is set IDA will play specified sounds when events listed below occur.
Play
Play sound choosen for the event.
Change sounds
Change a sound file for the event.
Reset to default
Set the program standard sounds for all events.
HTTP settings
User-Agent information
This option defines how Internet Download Accelerator will present itself to a remote HTTP server. If you encounter problems with download choose one of the popular browsers.
Use HTTP version 1.1
If this option is checked Internet Download Accelerator will use HTTP 1.1.
Use cookies
If this option is checked Internet Download Accelerator will use cookies when working through HTTP. This is necessary for some servers which place cookies on your computer before download.
Automatically create a referer field if it does not exist
If this option is checked Internet Download Accelerator will automatically create a referer field if it was not specified. It may be necessary for some servers.
Restart download if file date changed (Last-Modified field)
If this option is checked Internet Download Accelerator will automatically restart download if the date of the creation of a file being downloaded has changed during download.
Do not use cache (no-cache)
If this flag is set IDA will not use proxy-server cache or/and your ISP cache.
Hotkeys
Force download to start with the key combination : Ctrl+Shift+...
The specified hotkey will be used to perform this operation.
History
Enable history
If the flag is set, IDA will store information on completed downloads in the history.
Sort downloads on date of adding to the download list
If the flag is set, IDA will sort the history by date that a download was added to the download list. Otherwise, the history will be sorted by date of download completion.
Maximum number of history records
If the number of records in the history exceeds this limit old records will be deleted automatically. Larger number of records require more hard disk space to store them and more time to sort them.
FTP Explorer
Maximum allowable number of errors (number of attempts)
Download Master will attempt to connect to a site or folder the specified number of times. After that, state of the site or folder will be set to "error".
Clear the site list after quitting FTP Explorer
If the flag is set, then all open sites will be closed when quitting FTP Explorer.
Misc
Get date and time of file creation from the server
The file will be saved with date and time received from the server.
Update descript.ion file when saving downloaded file
Save the information about a downloaded file to a descript.ion file.
( i ) This file is used by many popular file managers (FAR, Total Commander) to display descriptions of file in the current folder.
Use DOS/OEM encoding for the descript.ion file
The description file named descript.ion will be saved in DOS/OEM encoding. Otherwise it will be saved in your current Windows encoding.
Create a separate description file for every download (*.txt)
That will save all information on your downloaded file to the text file (format is: name_of_your_file.txt).
Only if the description exists
A text file with download description will be created only if the description exists for a download.
Show subcategory downloads in a category
If this flag is set, IDA will show in the download list not only downloads of a category but also downloads of all its subcategories.
( i ) Changing this option will not change any download folder.
Automatically rename downloads on filename(s) math
Enable this option for IDA to autonatically rename a download if an active download with the same name exists in the download list.
Automatically rename files on filename(s) math
If this flag is set, IDA will automatically change the file name, if a file with the same name already exists on the disk in the folder to which the downloaded file is saved.
Get file size after adding download
If the flag is set IDA will automatically get the size of a file from the server immediately after you have added a download to the list.
( i ) To insert a download description you can drag text from another program (Drag&Drop) or you can select text in the browser before starting download (it works for IE and IE-based browsers).
Show size in bytes
If the flag is set, then IDA will dispaly file size and download speed in bytes.
Use "History" when checking if a file has been previously downloaded
If this option is set, IDA will check in the history whether the file has been previously downloded and it exists on the disk.
( i ) If the history file is big, it may take a lot of time.