John's HTR File Rat (Downloader)
When John created this program, that makes it much easier and quicker to download HTR files from HDW, he sent me following message:
“This is completely free to HTR members as I firmly believe in HTR. The quality of data, support and business practices is superb! Because I’ve been disabled, if you want to ask for a donation from the members to cover the cost of out of pocket expenses that would be cool. If not, that is COMPLETELY fine by me as this was certainly done to make a contribution to a fine bunch of folks. The donation can be anything.”
I think you are going to love his HTR File Rat, I know I do. For me it is the only way to get my race files downloads.
You can PayPal a donation to John at htrfilerat@htr-handicapping.com or if you want to donate by mail you can send it to me and I will make sure he gets it:
Rick Bush
817 Modica St
Bossier City, LA 71112
You can report any problems, suggestions or questions in the forum or email John at the above address.
Download HTR File Rat Full Install, Version 2.20 dtd 24 Aug 09
Download HTR File Rat Full Install 2007, Version 1.52 dtd Nov 07
John has sent me an upgrade to the File Rat.
Additions v2.+:
An “Automation” feature is available for no hassle upkeep in downloading files. This consists of two parts for flexibility:
1) “Enable Automation” where the program downloads files everyday at the hour selected while the program is running.
2) “Enable Windows Startup” where HTR File Rat is automatically started and minimized to the System Tray when your computer is rebooted.
When using automation, the only dates that download are from 2 days back through tomorrow. This will keep large unnecessary downloads from repeating after you manually download a large “catch up” day. When “Automation” is enabled, there is a blue clock that lights up located just right of the track list to remind you “Automation” is enabled.
When manually downloading, the dates can be set as needed. This will not affect the dates downloaded by the Automation feature.
You can now keep the program hidden while it is running. Just hit the “Minimize To Tray” button. When downloading is in progress, the icon in the tray will pulse. This will alert you that if you reboot you will interrupt and lose the active download. If you double click on the tray icon the program will become visible again. When the program is visible you can also double click the tray icon to hide it again in the system tray.
The track list is now automatically updated.
There are now two views for the track list window. One view is the track list itself and the other is any messages generated after the last download. After a download session is completed, this window returns to the “Message View” state automatically instead of returning to the track list. There is a “Track View/Message View” button that toggles between the two views.
Enjoy,
The full install also acts as an upgrade if you already have the File Rat installed.
The program defaults to install on your boot drive in \Program Files\HTR\HTR File Rat\.
To use, check the files you want to download, set the End and Start dates, enter your Logon Info, set download path if you want something other than C:\htr, set which tracks you want to download and click on HDW Start Download.
You can select Download All Tracks or you can select which tracks you want to download.
Note from John: If you want all the tracks, make sure you check the box “Download All Tracks.” This will get all tracks even though they don’t show up in the track list. When you uncheck “Download ALL Tracks”, only the tracks checked in the tracklist will be downloaded. If you download the present day tracks, make sure you go back and download again the next day to get the racefiles with the scratches and the results and chart files.
Forum thread about the File Rat.
