When setting user agents (like batch/target/URL-Specific) a drop down list of user agents would be useful.
Ideally a simple file that the developer can edit would give flexibility.
Drop down list for user agents
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Sorry, I'm not sure I'm understanding. There should already be a drop-down list of user agents that can be used to set the user agent everywhere a URL is being entered to be fetched except with the integrated web browser.
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Hi Albert,
I'm using 7.01.
When I go to the property tab in batch wizard, I don't get the drop down like I see in the open-from-web dialog. Instead I get a text entry field.
This is on a Windows 2003 machine. I haven't tested on other machines.
I did run a check to see where the drop down is populated from but didn't find it.
I'm sometimes using this UA string (or similar)
"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.2; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
That sort of string will be needed in some cases. For example where page contents depend on the presence of the .NET CLR version 2 on the machine. In that case page visitors can be offered ClickOnce content. (Like a desktop application but it installs rather like loading a web page, potentially very, very powerful!)
It would be valuable to be able to also define such strings in other places like the open-from-web dialog.
NOTE: If, in batch wizard, I had the current drop down (instead of the text box) I would not be able to use a string like this!
I'm using 7.01.
When I go to the property tab in batch wizard, I don't get the drop down like I see in the open-from-web dialog. Instead I get a text entry field.
This is on a Windows 2003 machine. I haven't tested on other machines.
I did run a check to see where the drop down is populated from but didn't find it.
I'm sometimes using this UA string (or similar)
"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.2; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
That sort of string will be needed in some cases. For example where page contents depend on the presence of the .NET CLR version 2 on the machine. In that case page visitors can be offered ClickOnce content. (Like a desktop application but it installs rather like loading a web page, potentially very, very powerful!)
It would be valuable to be able to also define such strings in other places like the open-from-web dialog.
NOTE: If, in batch wizard, I had the current drop down (instead of the text box) I would not be able to use a string like this!
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Hi Mike,
You're right that in the Batch Wizard Target Properties that a simple text box is used for the agent. However, when adding a new URL, you will get the drop-down to specify the agent.
You can actually add a string to the agent drop-down by specifying it. It's actually a combo edit box and drop down. If you specify a new string, then it should get added to the drop down so it should be there the next time the agent drop-down is used.
The agent strings are stored in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AI Internet Solutions\CSE HTML Validator v4\Editor\OpenFromWebAgents
I hope this helps.
You're right that in the Batch Wizard Target Properties that a simple text box is used for the agent. However, when adding a new URL, you will get the drop-down to specify the agent.
You can actually add a string to the agent drop-down by specifying it. It's actually a combo edit box and drop down. If you specify a new string, then it should get added to the drop down so it should be there the next time the agent drop-down is used.
The agent strings are stored in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AI Internet Solutions\CSE HTML Validator v4\Editor\OpenFromWebAgents
I hope this helps.
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Hi Mike,MikeGale wrote:Hi Albert,
A combo box is what I expected.
In my system 7.01 under Windows 2003 the drop down does not appear, no matter what I do. There's a bug there.
When the control gets focus /mouseover it acquires a thin black box around it but no drop down.
Strange. Can you send me a screenshot?
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OK. That sounds right then. There's no combo for the user agent in the Batch Wizard Target Properties when you are editing a URL target.MikeGale wrote:I was editing an existing URL not creating a new one.
The interface is different.
I've checked adding a URL and I do get a drop down combo.
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