LARRY SKUTCHAN wrote: >Yes, we can take a look at doing something here. > > Thanks Larry, for taking a look into Spyder's overwrite problem. The next improvement to Spyder would be the ability to access subscription (password-protected)sites like the New York Times and the Washington Post, which currently block attempted Spyder downloads. Peter >>>>peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx Saturday, October 23, 2004 2:24:32 AM >>> >>>> >>>> >Hi Larry/Rob, > >I really like the Spyder and am doing more and more of my web-browsing=20 >with the Spyder. >One problem I've noticed is the automatic naming of text files stored=20 >in the "Transfer/Pending" >directory. > >Many web-sites have different sections with names like "Top news",=20 >"Health", "Science" etc. For >such websites, I create three separate Spyder shortcuts. But when = >Spyder=20 >downloads the information >in my "Top news" shortcut, it saves the info to the pending folder with=20 >the generic name, e.g., of "news.txt". >When I then download the data in my "Health" shortcut, it also saves = >the=20 >info to the pending folder as "news.txt", >thereby overwriting the first file I downloaded. > >Can the user have some more input over the naming of files which are=20 >downloaded, or could Spyder at least >prevent files from being overwritten by giving subsequent files names=20 >like "news1.txt", "news2.txt", "news3.txt"? >At present, I have to wait until the Spyder is finished with a download,=20= > >then manually re-name the file, and only then >continue with the next Spyder download. > >Regards, > >Peter > > > > > > >