File Filters
File filters allow you to selectively download files by file type.
For your convenience all files are grouped in file type categories: HTML, Image, Audio, Video, Java, Document, Archive and Other. With this feature, you may enable or disable loading of entire categories of file types, by setting or removing checks on the File Types list in the Project Settings / Advanced / File Filters dialog:
- An Unchecked category means that none of the file with extensions listed will be downloaded.
- A Checked category means that all files with checked extensions, listed in will be loaded. Unchecked extensions will be skipped.
- You may edit a category by adding, changing or removing file extensions in the list. It can be done in the Project Settings / Advanced / File Filters dialog.
- File size restrictions can be based on file extension. You can set different limits for different file types (for example, HTML, Image, Audio).
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- The File Filters check is case insensitive.
- There are two special categories: HTML and Other.
- All files from the HTML category are parsed (searched for links) by WebCopier.
- Even when the HTML category is unchecked, files from this category will be downloaded, parsed and, only after that, deleted.
- WebCopier can append the HTM extension to all downloaded HTML files that have nonstandard extensions
(for example, ASP). Otherwise, to view HTML files with nonstandard extensions, a special web server has
to be running on your computer.
This is controlled by Rename non-standard HTML files option.
- If the Other category is unchecked, all files with unknown extensions will be excluded from download.
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- Add a new extension to the HTML category only when you are sure that these files include HTML tags. Otherwise it may slow down the download process.
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