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ConfigMaker tool for multiple configurations

Like many others I want to have EPG on my satellite receiver and WebGrab++ seemed like great tool.
Since I'm also lazy I don't want to do all the hard work of channel mapping, editing configurations, etc.. over and over again.
Modifying/maintaining one "grab" configuration is not that much of a deal, but problems rise when you have multiple configurations to run. Constantly copy/pasting site keys, updating inis & xmls, checking paths. Unacceptable.
What I also learned was that many others have same problems.

Welcome

WebGrab+Plus is a multi-site incremental xmltv epg grabber. It collects tv-program guide data from selected tvguide sites for your favourite channels.

Program Release
05/05/2021

removed : xmltv test project, not in use
removed : reference System.Web and System.Web.extentions, depreciated and replaced by System.Net
changed : the System.web members htmldecode and urldecode to the webutitlities namespace
changed : in license custom license remains inactive when no valid donator_license
added : option to specify a channellist name , e.g. c3-Cannada-East
added : auto channelcreation option for multi step channel creation , specified with c1, c2 etc in channel update

!! It is recommended to download the latest siteini.pack after upgrading to this beta !!

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Article
19/04/2021

As of last week, a small change is in effect for expired donator licenses. It is no longer supported to decrypt V3 mode encrypted siteini's with such an expired donator license. All the other settings remain the same, e.g. 50 channels and 10 siteini's

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Program Release
17/03/2021

No longer available ..

!! Important program update for users with a custom license in case the license settings fall back to standard donator settings!!

- includes the latest timezone data base from iana.org
- see changelog.txt for details

!! It is recommended to download the latest siteini.pack after upgrading to this beta !!

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Program Release
26/02/2021

No longer available ..

- MDB Postprocessor 3.0.4 fix of missing elements expanding in scrub, regex and primary search headers.
- License : a few fixes of rare cases.
- see changelog.txt for details

!! It is recommended to download the latest siteini.pack after upgrading to this beta !!

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Program Release
19/01/2021

No longer available ..

- MDB postprocessor 3.0.3 which fixes several issues and adds functionality to use the new mdb.ini's that use IMDb as primary search.
- Fixes a problem with scrambled license data with accented characters that causes hw_id matching errors
- see changelog.txt for more details

!! It is recommended to download the latest siteini.pack after upgrading to this beta !!

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Article
20/11/2020

This postprocess option introduced in V3.1.4 beta, allows to run an external executable after the frontend grabbing.
In theorie such an executable will simply do what it is designed for , even if it is not related to webgrabplus or xmltv files. But it makes sense to use this to modify or correct the xmltv file created by the frontend grabbing.

It is easy to configure, in the webgrab++.config :
<postprocess run="y" grab="y or no">name_of_plugin_executable any_number_of_commandline_arguments</postprocess>

It is allowed to add more than one postprocess plugin or in combination with the standard MDB or REX
Like :
<postprocess run="y" grab="y">MDB</postprocess>
<postprocess run="y" grab="n">add_logo.exe in:mdb_guide.xml out:mdb_guide_logos.xml logos:my_logos.txt</postprocess>
<postprocess ... />
It will run all of them , one after the other. (But .. It will always run MDB or REX first!)

For available plugins , see https://github.com/SilentButeo2/webgrabplus-siteinipack/tree/master/...

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