Quick Check

If you directly click on a digest file in your Internet browser like Firefox the browser downloads this file (e.g. MD5) as a temporary file on your computer and then starts the configured program like Digester. Most digest files do not carry any Internet address information, so the checking must fail with an error message here. This is not the fault of the Digester software but due to the digest files.

In such cases please use the quick check as follows:

1. Open your Internet browser again.
2. Copy the link address of the file with the right mouse button.
3. Paste the address into the quick check field and click on the Go button.

 

You can find the quick check between tool bar and the docking window area of the Digester main window. This component extends the check window, where files and network files must be selected first from within the file system window or the network file system window. You have to establish network connections first etc. so this mechanism is not the best solution to download and check files from the Internet quickly.

You can enter either a path for a local file on your PC (like C:\Temp\javainfo.jar) or a network address like:

    http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/iso/openSUSE-12.1-DVD-i586.iso.asc

You have the choice to enter a path for a digest or signature file or the path of an original file to be checked. By clicking the Go button the Digester software checks for existing digests/signatures for the given file. If this is the case then these files can be used to check the integrity of the referenced original files. The original files like bigger ISO images to burn DVDs may be downloaded and used after the checking has been completed successfully.

After the Go button has been clicked (if not disabled) then a download dialog with a list of identified files is being shown (original files like the ISO image in the figure and digests/signatures). By setting the flags in the Get column of the list you may schedule the files to be downloaded. If you like to select or deselect all files in the list please click on the Select All or Deselect All buttons at the bottom. By default all recognized files are automatically downloaded here. If you accept this auto-selection you may disable this dialog by setting the Do not show again flag. The files are then directly downloaded and checked.

For the download a download directory must have been specified where to save the files. This directory can be configured in the preferences and set to the following values: 

After the download of the files has been completed the digests/signatures are being checked if appropriate digests or signatures have also been downloaded. The checking results are presented then. The downloaded files can be found in the desired directory if the download has been successful.

The context menu of the quick check (right mouse button) makes it possible to insert a path from the clipboard which has been copied from an Internet browser like Firefox (Firefox function Copy Link Location). The path within the quick check input field may be copied also into the clipboard to be accessed by other programs, use the context menu for this. The previously edited paths are remembered by the input field so that entries may be used directly the next time the quick check is used. If you like to clear the list please use the context menu Clear History.

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