Online User Guide

The Configuration Window

Click on a topic in the navigation window to the left to learn about each page of the configuration.

There are a lot of options that can be configured here. Some are basic, others advanced.

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There is a lot of information here, and it has been divided up into several web pages...

General | Internet | Downloads | Interface | Advanced

Interface

This lets you setup how windows and the interface of GetRight looks and works.

Download Windows As
This item lets you pick how the individual download progress windows should be displayed. If changed, any current downloads will be changed to the display method you pick here. (You may also change this on the Download Status window.)
Normal Window = Show as a regular window. (In Basic mode, all windows are shown as normal windows.)
Minimized Windows = Regular window, but it starts minimized in the taskbar.
Tray Icons = As a small icon in your tray icons in the taskbar. Right clicking on the tray icon will show a menu to allow you to restore the larger window, pause/resume the download, or close the download. Double-clicking on the tray icon will restore the normal window.
Hidden (on Download Status) = Windows are not visible. You can view the information on the Download Status window. Note that if the Download Status window is not open then the downloads will be started as minimized windows. Also, if the individual windows are hidden, and this Download Status window is closed, the individual windows will be changed to be minimized instead of hidden. (Otherwise it is very hard for you to stop or view the status of the downloads!)

Use smaller download windows
Makes the individual download windows about one third smaller (less images and animations too.) [You must have purchased GetRight for this item to be available.]
*Changing this will not change any download windows that are currently open. You must close and re-open any download windows for the size change to take effect.

More screen reader compatible menus and buttons (no graphics)
All the icons in the menus and buttons with pause/resume icons on them look nice, but can make it a bit more difficult for people using screen readers in GetRight. This lets you turn them off.

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Sounds

This form lists events that occur within GetRight and lets you associate a sound with each of these events.

Address Added When a new address is added to GetRight's download list.

Address Added as Alternate When a new address is added as an alternate address to an item in GetRight's download list.

Alternates Calculated GetRight was able to calculate alternate addresses where a file may be downloaded.

Connection Broken When GetRight loses the network connection to a server where it is downloading.

Connection Error When there was some error making a network connection to start downloading the file.

Connection Timed Out When GetRight was not able to start the transfer because the server did not respond.

Dialer Connected When the GetRight dialer has connected to your Internet Service Provider.

Dialer Connected; Downloading When the computer has dialed the Internet, and "Always start automatic downloading when connected" is enabled on the Internet configuration tab.

Dialer Did Not Connect When some error occurs when GetRight is dialing your Internet Service Provider.

Dialer Starting to Dial When GetRight is starting to dial your modem.

Finished All Downloads When everything in progress has completed.

Finished All (With Some Errors) When automatic mode ends but some files were left in the list because of errors.

Finished Download When GetRight has finished downloading each file.

FTP Browser Logged Into Server When the GetRight Browser has successfully connected and logged into a server. This is useful if the server was busy at first and GetRight had to retry...the sound alerts you when GetRight was able to connect.

Prompting to Hang Up When GetRight shows the prompt that gives you 30 seconds to cancel hanging up your modem.

Prompting to Login When GetRight shows the prompt to ask you for a username/password to login to the server.

Prompting to Turn Off Computer When GetRight shows the prompt that gives you 30 seconds to cancel turning off your computer (or shutting down Windows.)

Re-Using FTP Connection GetRight finished downloading a file, and another file is on the same FTP server, so GetRight is switching to download the next one from the same server.

Server Will Not Resume When a file being downloaded may not be resumed. (If this sound is selected, it may cause the Start Downloading sound to not play--especially if this is a long sound).

Start Downloading When GetRight has connected to the server and has started to download a file.

Start Downloading (Resume) When GetRight has re-connected to a server and has continued to download a file that it had already partially downloaded. If no sound is set for this, the Start Downloading sound will be played.

Starting Scheduled Download When GetRight starts downloading at a scheduled time.

Switch to Alternate Address When GetRight switches to continue the download from a different server.

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Icons

This lets you change the look and function of some of the tray icons.

Tray Icon
Use the slider to move between several built-in tray icon choices. Or click the tray icon picture-buttons to pick any icon (.ICO) file off your computer.

Drag-Drop Window Icon
Click the button to select any icon .ICO file to use for the icon. Click "Cancel" on the open file window to clear the icon.

Double-click tray icon opens
By default, GetRight opens the Download Status when you double click the GetRight logo tray icon. With this you may pick several different GetRight windows to be opened when you double-click that icon.

Animated Drag-Drop Window Icon
To make the icon on the GetRight Drag-Drop window icon spin like on the individual download windows. This over-rides any different icon you have chosen for the window.
*You must restart GetRight after making this change.

"Tools" submenu in Tray Icon menu
You may change so the items in the GetRight tray icon Tools submenu are not in a submenu and are in the initial tray icon menu. (Like the way it was in GetRight 3.2 and earlier.)

Include "Recent Finished Files" in Tray Icon menu
Includes the list of recently finished downloads (as on the Download Status File menu) in the tray icon right click menu. Selecting one of the items will run the program, or view the file.

Icons in menus for "Recent Finished Files"
Show the correct Windows file-icons in the menus for running the recent finished files. If you have a slow computer, getting these icons may slow down the menu displaying, so you may turn off those icons. (This applies to both the optional Recent Finished Files in the tray icon, and the Recent Finished Files in the Download Status window, File menu.)

When downloading as Tray Icons, show percent text in icon
When showing the individual download windows as tray icons, this lets you control whether or not GetRight will include the tiny numbers to show the percent. (On some monitors, might not be too readable).

When downloading as Tray Icons, use alternate Tray Icon color
When showing the individual download windows as tray icons, the default color is Red on a Black background. With this checked, it uses Green on the default "gray" color.
*You must restart GetRight after making this change.

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