HTTP & FTP Download Agent GetIt 1.0 for Windows 9x/NT/2000 Readme file
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Contents:
	
	>Overview
	>Requirements
	>Installation
	>Hints
	>Run the program
	>Contact author
	>Updates in this version
	

Overview
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	GetIt is a free tool for HTTP & FTP download. It has many features. First of
	all, it is very fast. GetIt is designed to adapt itself to all kinds of network
	connections from DDN to DUN. It will automatically adjust the buffer size according
	to available bandwidth. GetIt can to most extent make use of the bandwidth with
	low CPU and system resource usage, especially in high-speed connection. Just like
	its name, you can use GetIt to get whatever you want. There may be times when you
	meet such annoying situation, you want to use download agent to get something from
	a site, but what you get is just something like .asp or cgi.exe after dragging the
	hyperlink and dropping it to your download client. Even in worse case, the download
	can only be triggered by clicking the submit button in a form. With GetIt, all these
	above cannot annoy you any more. GetIt can monitor the browser and capture the specified
	download from it for you. (So far, this	feature only works properly in English version
	of IE.) So, there are many features in GetIt, why not have a try. Finally, GetIt is
	neither adware	or spyware, it is freeware, safe to use, that's all.


Requirements
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	GetIt fully supports Windows 9x/NT/2000. The minimum requirement is that you
	must have IE 4.0 or higher installed. If you use Win98 or Win2000, then you 
	have already meet the requirements. If your OS is Win95 or WinNT, you may need
	to install IE 4.0 or higher. By the way, it is recommended to choose Windows 
	2000 as your operating system if you can afford. Because Windows 2000 has better
	performance in DUN and Internet access.


Installation
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	Like most freewares, the installation of GetIt is quiet easy, just extract the
	zip file to a temporary folder and run the Setup.exe. Note if you open any
	browser, close it before the installation. Otherwise it may cause installation
	fail.

Hints
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	1. The Automation parameters in Options menu will take effect instantly, you
	do not have to restart anything.

	2. If you would like to download a resource by IE instead of GetIt, there is
	a shortcut for you, hold down the Ctrl key until the IE download dialog appears.
	It will prevent GetIt capturing	the download.

	3. If you access Internet through some firewall, you may have problems
	to use FTP. It seems the connection of the data channel will always timeout. To
	solve this, you can enable PASV mode in Options menu.

	4. If you need to download files with large volume, you are better off setting
	schedule for it to start at midnight.

	5. If you like to download files of your choice, you can right-click the desired
	url and select the GetIt menu item on the pop up menu. (Only works in IE)

Run the program
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	All the commands in GetIt is straightforward. Here just list two things which
	may confuse you.
	 
	1. After starting GetIt, you can find it uses intuitive Explorer-style interface.
	It has a address bar below the toolbar, which stores all the history url. You
	can also add a new download task quickly by inputing the URL in address bar
	and pressing Enter.

	2. Since you may well be unfamiliar with the syntax of GetIt import list file, you
	can attempt to export a list file and open it, which is	actually an ini file.
	Its syntax is very straightforward. But there is one thing you should keep in
	mind, the list file provides many parameters, if you are not sure how to use
	them, just leave them empty and let GetIt select the default values. If you use
	the wrong values, it may cause GetIt to work unsteadily.




Contact author
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	You can reach me by the following address: r_lian@yahoo.com.
	Any comments or suggestions are well appreciated.





	Thanks for using GetIt.

	Robin Lian
	10/25/2001

Updates in v1.03
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	Add proxy support

	Add cookie support(only works in IE)

	Add a menu item in the context menu of IE
	
	Fix the bug of failing to download files by some HTTP redirected URL

Updates in v1.04
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	Improve the proxy support

	Rewrite the underlying Socket codes

	Fix the uninstalling problem with Netscapte Naviagtor

	Increase the max retry counter from 99 to 9999

	Fix some trivial bugs to improve stability and usability