WackGet version 1.2.4

Table of contents:

  1. What is WackGet?
  2. Using WackGet
  3. Menus
  4. License: GNU General Public License (online)
  5. Version History

1. What is WackGet?

WackGet is a download manager. It maintains a queue of files and downloads them in the order you specify.

WackGet is a minimalist application. It doesn't tax system resources, doesn't require a lot of screen real estate, and doesn't include extraneous features. It's free, ad-free, and is lovingly developed and maintained by the hip people at Millweed.com.

WackGet uses wget to download files. (In the WackGet program directory, you'll see a copy of wget.exe.) We had to modify wget slightly.

For the latest version of WackGet and other stuff, visit http://www.millweed.com/projects/wackget/.

WackGet is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, which can also be found online.

2. Using WackGet

It's simple: you run WackGet, add items to the queue, and sit back and have a beer while your files download.

To add items to the queue, you can choose Add New Item or Add From Clipboard from the Queue menu, or you can simply drag a link over from your web browser.

Everything downloads from the top down (files at the bottom last), and the number of consecutive downloads is defined in the Preferences dialog box.

Stuff in the download queue can be reordered by dragging it around or selecting it and using Move Up or Move Down the Item menu.

Status of items is displayed in the Status column.

3. Menus

File:

Load Queue - Loads saved queue file.
Save Queue - Saves current queue to file.
Preferences... - Displays the application preferences dialog.
Open Download Folder - Displays the download directory.
Exit - Quits the application. Prompts for confirmation if any items are currently downloading.

Item:

Move Up/Down - Moves the selected items up or down the queue list.
Pause/Resume - Pauses the selected items, or resumes if paused.
Remove - Deletes the selected items from the queue list. Prompt for confirmation if specified in the application preferences.
Force - Immediately forces attempt to download selected item; retries download if already failed.
Requeue - Re-adds selected item to the queue.
Run - Executes selected file with default application.
Copy URL - Copies the URL of the selected item to the clipboard.

Queue:

Add New Item... - Displays dialog for manually entering new item URL. "http://" is prefixed to URLs if another protocol is not specified.
Add From Clipboard - Parses clipboard for valid URLs and adds them to the queue.
Clear All Complete - Prunes all complete items from the queue list. Also clears failed items if specifed in the application preferences.
Select All - Selects all items in the queue.

Help:

About WackGet... - Displays application information, version and copyright.
Help... - Loads this help file in your web browser.

document authored 8/20/03 @ 3:47pm