jcarle

i updated the copy on wud homepage

Test using <a href="http://www.test.com/path/file.ext" target="_blank">http://www.test.com/path/file.ext</a>

Oops!.. But I didn't see your version as a topic title here, nor was it included in WUD.. Perhaps you can post a link to that here, or even better: attach it again here. Or just leave it, then it will be included in newer versions of WOD. Indeed descriptions and links can be useful, but of course getting the files themselves was the main point. I didn't see them, because I edited in Notepad, and it was not that obvious. Reading in English is often not a point, and the links are still usefull: you're two clicks away from the dutch version. Of course I am a bit dissapointed.. But the credits go to you! All of the available UL files are posted on http://wud.jcarle.com/

Full edit, actually.

Agreed, this contest is postponed and will be revised in the future. Though, I have to say, nice design Aegis.

I think there's a lack of artists.

Added to wud's webpage.

Whatever does not yet exist on the http://wud.jcarle.com/ page, would be appreciated always. Let me know when it's ready and i'll add it to the page.

I want to find out what the situation is with proxy when it comes to using WUD. Please fill out your choice in this poll. Thanks.

Fixed it. Uninstall your current version and re-install using the latest setup package. It was a bug with the installer.

Try with the latest build, 451 and let me know if it still does it.

If I type a url in a list with some text, then edit the message, I get this: Example URL: http://www.domain.com/path/file.ext With some text, <a href="http://www.domain.com/path/file.ext" target="_blank">http://www.domain.com/path/file.ext</a>

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You mean download via proxy?

PM sent.

Those who downloaded Build 435... there's a new build up, Build 436, fixed that glaring mistake I made with the refresh link not disappearing. Doh!

FIXED. Doh!

When WUD starts up, it loads all of the UL files from the directory where WUD resides in. UL files are just XML files with a UL extension. At the moment, there's very little code in place to check for missing information in UL files, so it's important that this schema is followed according to these guidelines to get smooth operation with WUD. A UL file is written in the following form: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <updatelist product="" servicepack="" platform="" language="" lastupdate="" xmlns="http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com/wud.xsd"> <categories> <category id=""></category> </categories> <updates> <update id="" category="" publishdate="" article=""> <title></title> <description></description> <filename></filename> <url></url> </update> </updates> </updatelist> First, the general information about the UL file must be placed in the top-level <updatelist> tag. <updatelist product="( Operating System )" servicepack="( ServicePack )" platform="( Platform )" language="( Language Code )" lastupdate="( Last Update )" xmlns="http://wud.jcarle.com" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://wud.jcarle.com http://wud.jcarle.com/wud.xsd"> ( Operating System ) is the general title of the Operating System being covered. ie: "Windows XP", "Windows 2000 Professional", "Windows Vista". ( ServicePack ) is the base service pack that precedes the updates. This value is optional. ie: "Service Pack 1", "Service Pack 2", "Service Pack 3", "Service Pack 4" or "Service Pack 5". ( Platform ) is the platform identifier supported by the updates. ie: "x86", "x64" or "ia64". ( Language Code ) is one of the 24 Microsoft language codes. (See list below). ( Last Update) is the date the UL was updated in the form of YYYY-MM-DD. Before adding the updates, the categories that will be used in the UL file must be declared. <category id="( Category ID )">( Category Title)</category> ( Category ID ) must be an integer and must be unique for each category. Two categories MUST be declared, even if they're not both used. Category 1, Critical Updates and Category 2, Service Packs. Those categories are crucial for automated integration within third party applications. The update items contain all the information on each individual update available. <update id="( Update ID )" category="( Category ID )" publishdate="( Publish Date )" article="( Article URL )"> <title>( Title )</title> <description>( Description )</description> <filename>( Local Filename )</filename> <url>( Remote URL )</url> </update> ( Update ID ) can be any alphanumeric string but it must be a unique identifier for each update. ( Category ID ) is the ID of one of the previously declared categories. ( Publish Date ) is the date the update was published/released in the form of YYYY-MM-DD. ( Article URL ) is optional. If included, it is the HTTP URL of a knowledge base article related to this update. It is important that the URL be a fully qualified HTTP URL. ( Title ) is the display title used for the update. ( Description ) is the full description of the update. The description text is optional, but the tag, even if empty must be present. ( Local Filename ) is the filename that will be used to save the downloaded update. It is important that no path is used. The importance of this tag becomes clear when you wish to download both the .NET frameworks v1.1 and v2. Both have the filename dotnetfx.exe. So a good choice for this tag for both of those updates would be dotnetfx11.exe and dotnetfx20.exe, respectively. ( Remote URL ) is the HTTP URL where the update can be retrieved. It is important that the URL be a fully qualified HTTP URL. And that pretty much makes up the UL files. You can also use the W3C XSD Validation Tool to validate your UL once you've included the XML Schema Definition in the updatelist tag. Microsoft Language Codes ARA - Arabic CHS - Chinese (Simplified) CHT - Chinese (Traditional) CSY - Czech DAN - Danish NLD - Dutch ENU - English FIN - Finnish FRA - French DEU - German ELL - Greek HEB - Hebrew HUN - Hungarian ITA - Italian JPN - Japanese KOR - Korean NOR - Norwegian (Bokmål) PLK - Polish PTB - Portuguese (Brazil) PTG - Portuguese (Portugal) RUS - Russian ESN - Spanish SVE - Swedish TRK - Turkish

Because of the amount of changes, the current version has been retired and is replaced with a new version, 2.22 Beta Build 435. Changes include: Added ability to minimize to tray. Added option to use product subfolders. Arranged options in a pop-down group. Added ability to refresh UL lists. Added support for article property in UL schema. Added ability to navigate to article when URL is provided within the UL. Added shell integration for new file extension, .ulz which is a compressed version of a UL file. Program settings moved to the registry. To download the new version, navigate over to WUD's new homepage at http://wud.jcarle.com/. PLEASE READ WUD no longer comes packaged with ULs. Simply install WUD using the setup package, then click on Add Update List and choose which update list you want to use and it will be automatically added to WUD.

Thanks! I've updated the first post with your version. I noticed you added the dates to the title - probably not a bad idea, the way MS keep fixing their hotfixes I wouldn't recommended doing that. The dates are already within the publishdate section of the UL file. If you want to have them appear in the user interface side of WUD, just type me up a quick post about it here. Letting the application choose the formatting leads to more powerful customization that can be done. Hence, you could have all the ULs show their date, not just the ones you wrote.

Thread has been locked as Version 2 has reached the end of it's development cycle. For new features, see Version 3. Let's talk new features! Things that are going to get implemented: Automatic highlighting of already downloaded updates. Done. Minimize to tray. Done. Adding links to original KB article in UL files. Done. Option to create sub-directory per UL. Done. Proxy support. Done. Remove previous updates. Done. Command-line options for 3rd party integration. Done. Automatic update list update checking. Done. Estimated download time left, time elapsed. Download throughput indicator. Digitally signed update lists. Option to shut down computer once downloads are complete. Localized user interface.

It's also based of the mssecure cab which is set to be discontinued.

Added to the main download package. Thanks.

Yeah, now I see what was meant. Okay, makes sense. It's not half bad and will actually make it into the next release along with the checking of already download updates. Awesome, I love the feedback guys.

Well, 1 and 2 are maybe a little unnecessary. I think instead, it will be better to simply have each UL available for download seperately. I'm working on a WUD official homepage right now to do that. 3 is interesting and i've thought of doing so before, but i'm not completely sure how i'd go about doing so, i have to check a few things first. As for 4, that is a definate priority which will be the next thing added to WUD.