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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
19/06/2017
This version is no longer supported, use V3.1 or higher
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Utility release
16/03/2017

August 2023
- All three documented config files are updated and reflect the options of program version 5.1
- The rex and mdb ones contain the added functionality of the 'allocation and presentation' section made possible in this program version

August 2022
- update of WebGrab++.config.documented.xml and mdb.config.documented.xml
Includes elements decryptkey and license
- update of mdb.config.documented.xml
Includes rebuild 'r' option of the ldb file and the option to use xmltv element names in select 'contain' and 'unselect'
- Applies to WG++ version 3.2.5.1 (framework) and 4.2.4.3 (dotnetcore) or higher

August 2020 : small addition to rex.config.documented.xml and mdb.config.documented.xml
applies to V3.1.1 beta and higher of WG++ including V3.0.0 of postprocess
see readme.txt for details of the update

June 2020 : small update of WebGrab++.config.documented.xml
see readme.txt for details of the update

Februari 2020 : updated all three.
for version 3.0.0 of WebGrabPlus

April 2019: updated all three .
for version 2.1.9 of WebGrab+Plus

May 2017: updated WebGrab++.config
for version 2.0.6 of WebGrab+Plus

March 2017: first issue

Content :
WebGrab++.config.documented.xml a documented version of WebGrab++.config.xml
Mdb.config.documented.xml a documented version of Mdb.config.xml
Rex.config.documented.xml a documented version of Rex.config.xml

These three xml files are standard configuration files that can be used for WebGrab+Plus if the addition .documented is removed from the filename. They differ from the example config files provided by the standard program installer in that they contain an explication of all the settings.

update of all three containing files

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Docs release
12/02/2017

New edition V2.0.1 of the manual. ('Maintenance' update of V2.0)

Reflects the new release V2.0.3 of the program.
​Just a few additions and corrections.
A list of all the changes are on page 1 of it

Happy reading!!

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Article
02/02/2017

And finally we have a cross-platform IDE that fills our needs. Atom is the name. It is highly extensibility and has now a WebGrab+Plus package available.
Documentation is worked on, but currently a small portion of the syntax is highlighted. Updates will follow as new features will be added.

Quick start:

  1. install atom
  2. add the package (just search for webgrabplus-atom)
  3. open a siteini
  4. result should be something like below

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Article
23/11/2016

Many users wanted to contribute to the Siteini.pack. Currently this was done through our forum and mail. Keeping the siteini.pack up-to-date this way, is a huge task.

Therefor we have moved a copy of the current version of the Siteini.pack to GitHub (thanks for the tip awiouy). That way, anyone can make pull requests to the pack.

This should make it possible to keep track of the changes in time and free us form the hassle to search for updated/new siteinis.

The link to the repo is: https://github.com/silentbuteo2/webgrabplus-siteinipack

 

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Upgrade release
03/08/2016
V1.1.1
/ 57

03/08/2016
Version V1.57.0 (same as Beta 56.29)
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Beta 56.29
- update    : update the V2 version schema
- fixed     : when duration or stop without a date component is specified
              the date of the next start- and stoptime is sometimes 1 day off
- improved    : calculate(timezone=timezone_id) uses start or stop pattern when the element is any start or stop
- improved    : error and warning logging of calculate(timezone=timezone_id)

Beta 56.28
- changed   : date time calculation result uses the cultinfo from the siteini (not the currentculture)
- added     : default episodesystem "onscreen" if episode pattern is used and no system defined in siteini
- update    : new tzdatabase based on tzdata2016f
- fixed     : extracting preconditionals when episide pattern has multiple patterns

Beta 56.27
- fixed     : index_episode was processed while applying episode pattern to (detail-) or (subdetail_)episode
- fixed     : error that rejected a episode pattern that matched the one element...

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