PM Downloader news
| 29.04.2007 |
PM Downloader version 1.02 is ready for download.
List of changes:
 Fixed semaphore leak, which may cause PM Downloader hang on intensive use. Added option to limit number of simultaneous downloads from same host.
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| 08.04.2007 |
PM Downloader version 1.01 is ready for download.
List of changes:
- Fixed - download fails when downloading file from root dir on IBM FTPD/2.
- Fixed crash on PM Downloader close while 'view history' window opened.
- Other small fixes.
- Flush file buffers to disk every 10 minutes.
- Updated Italian translation.
 Compiler upgraded to OpenWatcom 1.6.
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| 07.10.2006 |
PM Downloader version 1.0 is ready for download.
List of changes:
- Added new bitmap theme, see settings notebook, Interface page 2.
- Added the ability for downloads to be saved to different locations based on the media type of the download, see settings notebook, 'Saving' page.
- Sort save folder history by last access.
- Fixes to prevent SYS3180 crash.
- Other small fixes.
 Browser plugin: removed ability to execute PM Downloader as it may cause problems. PM Downloader must be running in order to catch downloads from plugin.- Use STL classes internally instead of old hand-written classes.
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| 07.09.2006 |
PM Downloader version 0.9.7 is ready for download.
List of changes:
- Fixed intensive downloads list "blinking" and CPU load if items in "waiting" state present in list.
- Fixed handling of 'no such file' FTP error.
- Fixed - 'Incomplete' directories was created in every individual download path.
- Updated Swedish translation.
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| 18.06.2006 |
PM Downloader version 0.9.6 is ready for download.
List of changes:
- Fixed - if download was continued from server which doesn't support resume, size of file was detected incorrectly (one byte less).
- Italian NLS-file included.
- Compiler upgraded to OpenWatcom 1.5.
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| 12.02.2006 |
PM Downloader version 0.9.5 is ready for download.
List of changes:
- Fixed crash on some server replies.
- Updated German translation.
- Some small fixes.
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| 17.01.2006 |
PM Downloader version 0.9.4 is ready for download.
List of changes:
- German NLS-file included. (And also an alternate one, see in LANG subdirectory).
- Fixed possible crash if SSL certificate string too long.
- Sometimes download completed, but still display "downloading" status - fixed.
- Prevention for SYS3180 crash.
- Other small improvements and fixes.
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| 04.01.2006 |
PM Downloader version 0.9.3 is ready for download.
Fixed two bugs introduced in version 0.9:
- "Stop" command doesn't have effect on "waiting" downloads.
- Username/Password from PMD settings not used in some cases.
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| 03.01.2006 |
PM Downloader version 0.9.2 is ready for download.
List of changes:
- Added option to add URL to top of queue.
- Added option to share audio device.
- Fixed - PM Downloader doesn't restore your downloads list if save folder's name contain Cyrillic characters.
- Other small improvements and fixes.
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| 29.12.2005 |
PM Downloader version 0.9.1 is ready for download.
List of changes since version 0.9:
- Compiler upgraded to OpenWatcom 1.4.
- Force start for downloads.
- SSL connection information was not displayed - fixed.
- Fixed bug with HTTP authorization introduced in version 0.9.
- Correct average speed on download completion.
- Some small improvements and fixes.
List of changes since version 0.8.8:
- Changed compiler - now it OpenWatcom.
 Implemented HTTPS protocol. Now PMD.EXE not so small as before due to linked OpenSSL library.- PM Downloader now NLS-enabled. Included English, Russian, Dutch and Swedish nls-files.
- Support for HTTP-CONNECT proxy.
- Added download bars, inspired by Azureus.
- Individual speed limits for downloads.
- Group of downloads can be moved up/down.
- Buttons in "Add URL" dialog to quick fill referer and filename fields from URL.
- Smooth colors for traffic indicator.
- Fixed wrong timestamp on some FTP downloads.
- Fixed wrong filesize restored from ini for files larger than 2 Gb.
- Downloads list now saved in XML-file instead of PMD.INI.
- Folder for incomplete files now have name "Incomplete" (was "TMP").
- Changed methods of determining speed/counting ETA.
- Some other improvements and fixes.
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| 01.12.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.8 is ready for download. Just bugfixes here.
List of changes:
- Changed icon (eComStation style).
- Fixed crash on redirection with unsupported protocol.
- Workaround for buggy video drivers (see readme).
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| 14.08.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.7 is ready for download. Just bugfixes here,
new features in development.
List of changes:
- Fixed drag-and-drop from Mozilla 1.4 and higher.
- Fixed rare crash on adding some URLs.
- Mozilla plugin (nppmd.dll): Fixed sys3171 crash when PM Downloader started from plugin.
- Some small fixes.
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| 15.06.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.6 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Fixed saving state of option "Reset attempts counter on getting data".
- Workaround for Matrox video driver. (PMD 0.8.5 crashes in PMGAX64.DLL).
- Fixed possible sys3183 crash at PMD start.
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| 07.06.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.5 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Included Netscape/Mozilla plugin. Using this plugin you can catch browser downloads and transfer them to PM Downloader. See NPPLUGIN\readme.en for details.
- Added column "Save folder" to downloads list. (default invisible).
- New option at "Misc" page - "Reset attempts counter on getting data". (default off).
- Fixed crash on redirection, when location specified as relative path.
- Reduced flickering of downloads list, other interface improvements.
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| 18.05.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.4 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Referer support. (http headers).
- New interface option - "Minimize instead of closing" (default off).
- Added two items to "Download" menu - "Start all stopped" and "Stop all active/waiting".
- Set speed limit through pipe. (see readme).
- Use folder with id <WP_INETDOWNLOAD> as default download folder.
- For FTP transfers, use MDTM command to determine timestamp.
- Included REXX script SCANDESK.CMD which scan local Desktop for URL objects dropped from Netscape/Mozilla, and add to PM Downloader via pipe.
- Clipboard monitor fixes.
- Fixed download problems on java.sun.com.
- Some internal fixes and improvements.
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| 21.04.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.3 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Added clipboard monitor.
- D&D basket now understand URLs dragged using DragText.
- Added "Create folder" button to "Select folder" dialog.
- Some internal fixes.
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| 15.03.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.2 is ready for download. List of changes:
- New interface option - "Show status of current job in title" (default on).
- Fixed some bugs introduced with v0.8.1.
- Some speed-up during importing large lists.
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| 13.03.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8.1 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Internal improvements.
- Fixed addurl.cmd. With Classic REXX, URLs was cutted at "//".
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| 23.02.2003 |
PM Downloader version 0.8 is ready for download. List of changes:
- PM Downloader now shareware!
- More handy way for switching traffic limitation. (3 levels, 3 buttons on toolbar).
- Downloads with unknown size was incorrectly "completed" on timeout.
- Fixed rare crash during FTP login procedure.
- Some UI changes/fixes.
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| 23.01.2003 |
PM Downloader preview 7 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Implemented support for large (>2Gb) files. (Additional requirement - filesystem which support large files, e.g. JFS).
- Implemented traffic limitation. (Needs testing, may be not accuracy).
- New tab in settings notebook - "Default passwords and usernames for hosts".
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| 07.12.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 6a is ready for download. List of changes:
- Fixed bad PMD behaviour when option "Auto-delete completed (and/or failed) downloads" are on.
- Fixed possible crash during host resolving (threads synch).
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| 22.11.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 6 is ready for download. List of changes:
- "General" page of settings notebook renamed to "Misc".
- Some internal and UI changes.
- New menu/toolbar item - "Delete failed downloads".
- More options on "Confirmations" page of settings notebook.
- More options on "Misc" page of settings notebook.
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| 14.10.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 5e is ready for download. List of changes:
- Writing "/STARTALL" to pipe \PIPE\PMDOWNLOADER will start all paused downloads. Also, "/STOPALL" will stop all active downloads.
- Now you can have control over all properties of downloads when adding through pipe (see readme).
- Double click on tray icon will minimize PMD if it is active window.
- Fixed a PMD hang, when "Stop" pressed during hostname resolving or connecting.
- Better handling of "Content-Disposition" (http headers).
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| 23.09.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 5 is ready for download. List of changes:
- SOCKS 5 support. Note: FTP will work only in passive mode when SOCKS is used.
- Now you can add URL by writing it to pipe \PIPE\PMDOWNLOADER. Also, rexx script addurl.cmd included, which lets you add URLs from command line.
- Implemented export/import to/from plain text file.
- Added simple traffic meter and status line.
- Added folders history to field "Save download to folder" in "Add URL" dialog.
- Counts ETA.
- Properties for active downloads can be viewed in read-only mode.
- Added command line options "/MIN", "/MAX" and "/START". See readme for details.
- Some bugs fixed.
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| 14.08.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 4a is ready for download. Fixed one bug:
- Option "Don't use temporary folder" has no effect - fixed.
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| 26.07.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 4 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Implemented sound events. See "Sounds" page in settings notebook.
- Implemented confirmations. See "Confirmations" page in settings notebook.
- When killed, PM Downloader saves URLs list.
- New menu item "Clear log" in log lists popup menu.
- Confirmations on overwriting files and downloading from scrath.
- Some small bugs fixed.
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| 21.06.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 3 is ready for download. List of changes:
- Added context menus for URLs.
- Changing properties of added URLs. ("Download|Properties" in menu).
- D&D basket now understand URL objects dragged from desktop.
- Double clicking on D&D basket shows PM Downloader.
- New option - "Show D&D basket in tasklist" (default on).
- New option - "Scroll jobs list on adding" (default off).
- New option - "Get file date from server" (default on).
- Incorrect filesize shown after stop/continue (on ftp.mozilla.org).
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| 07.05.2002 |
PM Downloader preview 2 is ready for download. New features here (for full list of changes look in file history.txt):
- Drag-and-drop from Netscape 2.02 and Mozilla 1.0.
- Downloading using FTP-proxy. (For examle, jftpgw).
- Log downloads history.
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