Download items

A download item is an entry in a download list. It tells the downloader how to retrieve raw data from one or more external sources (either local or online), how to parse the data and where to save the results.

When a download list is selected in the download list box, all items in the list are displayed in the download items panel:

In the picture above, the item box is displaying items in the download list "US ETFs". Of the items in view, those with symbols QQQ, DIA and BBH are selected. The

icon preceding the DIA item's name means that there is at least one remark (typically an error message from the donwloader's latest update attempt) for that item.

Clicking

in the toolbar while the item box has input focus will cause all selected items to be queued for updating.

To sort the items by name, click the Name header. Click a second time to reverse the sort order.

To sort the items by symbol, click the Symbol header. Click a second time to reverse the sort order.

To sort the items by currency code, click the Currency header. Click a second time to reverse the sort order.

To sort the items by (latest) update date and time, click the Updated header. Click a second time to reverse the sort order.

To change the name of an item, select it, wait a moment, then click the name to open its in-place editor. Press Enter to close the in-place editor and commit to the new name; press Esc to abort editing and revert to the previous name.

The name can also be changed (along with the symbol, currency and other item properties) using the single item editor.

To select multiple items, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking them. To select a contiguous range of items, select the item at one end of the range, then hold down the Shift key while clicking the item at the other end of the range.

To queue all selected items for updating, right-click the item box, then use the Update menu entry:

The download list need not be active for items in it to be updated this way.

Items marked with the

icon have at least one remark (typically an error message from the donwloader's latest update attempt). To view all remarks for such an item, right-click the item to select it and open the pop-up menu, then use the Remarks menu item. If multiple items are selected, the remarks for the first selected item with remarks are displayed.

To delete all remarks for all selected items, right-click the item box to open the pop-up menu, then use the Zap remarks menu entry.

To find an item by name, right-click the item box to open its pop-up menu, then use the Find menu entry.

To edit an item's properties, right-click the item to select it and open the pop-up menu, then use the Properties menu item. If only one item is selected, the single item editor will be opened, giving you access to all the item's properties. If multiple items are selected, the multiple item editor will be opened. Use this editor to set common properties for all selected items.

To create a new item from scratch, press Ins (the item box must have input focus). Alternatively, right-click the item box to open its pop-up menu, then use the New menu entry.

To create copies of all selected items, right-click the item box to open the pop-up menu, then use the Copy (to same list) or Copy to... (any list) menu entry.

To delete all data files maintained by the selected items, right-click the item box to open its pop-up menu, then use the Clear menu entry.

This deletes the data files associated with the selected items, not the items themselves.

To delete the selected items, click Del (the item box must have input focus). Alternatively, right-click the item box to open the pop-up menu, then use the Delete menu entry.

This deletes the selected items, not the quote files maintained by the selected items.

The item box can be vertically resized by dragging the empty space just below it. It can be horizontally resized by dragging the empty space separating it from the list box.