v2.1.0

Major Changes:

• Logger

  Logging feature added to help diagnose problems when encountered. Logs to file and to console output. (Console log only available when run from terminal in Linux.)

• Downloaded File Date Modifier

  Option added to set the date modified attribute of downloaded files to match the date that the content was posted on reddit. Feature is available through the settings menu.

Minor Changes

• Last Downloaded List Subreddit Support

  The last downloaded list now supports subreddits as well as users.

• Download Timer

  The download run time is now displayed in the output box after a completed download.

• Import Save File

  Since the data directory has been moved out of the application folder, this file menu item allows easy import of existing save files from a backup location.

  Note:

  The act of moving the save file(s) by an application may be flagged by some security programs depending on where the save files are stored on your system. If this occurs, the save file may not import properly on subsequent tries. To remedy this, open the app data directory (available through the file menu) and delete any save_file items inside, then retry the import.

Reddit Object Settings Dialog Bug Fix

This version fixes a bug that occurred in the user and subreddit settings dialog that prevented the selected items download folder from opening.

Save File Permission Denied Patch

This patch is only for Windows users experiencing an error with startup or saving.

This patch fixes a permission error that was causing the application to crash upon starting or crash upon saving for some users.

For Windows users the save_file path has been changed. To use any old save files that you may have you will need to move them to following path: AppData\Roaming\SomeGuySoftware\DownloaderForReddit.

Downloader For Reddit V2.0

This release features massive changes to function and layout.

Updated Features:

Extraction and Download

• User/subreddit validation, content extraction, and download now all happen simultaneously. This results in run download runtime that is 100% faster than version 1.1.0.

GUI

• Every gui in the application has been updated
• Dialogs that were statically sized can now be resized
• Many windows (including the main window) now feature sliding layouts to customize view
• Many dialog layouts have been improved

Operation

• New filter options have been added to filter the content that is extracted.
• Single subreddit downloads have been improved and are now able to be sorted properly from the subreddit settings dialog.
• Users and subreddits can now be added from a text file.

Bug Fixes

There have been many bug fixes that have made the application much more stable than previously. Crashing errors due to banned or suspended accounts, content hosted on websites that no long exist, and mis-linked content among many others have been fixed.

Automatic Update Problems

The automatic updater that shipped with the application in the previous release has since been discovered to not always work correctly and has been removed from this release.

Sometimes the updater deletes the applications files and does not replace them with the new version.
If this happens to your application, your save file has not been deleted and can be moved into the application folder for the new version.

To do this:

• Open the old app version folder and copy the following files into the new version folder:
  • On Windows
    • save_file.dat
    • save_file.bak
    • save_file.dir
  • On Linux:
    • save_file

Automatic update added

Change Log

Major Changes

Automatic update feature

This release adds to the program an automatic update feature. At the moment the updater only works on the executable version of the program. If you are running from source, it will not automatically install the newest version, but it will alert you that one is available.

Patches

This release also fixes a bug that made the downloader not restrict by a custom date properly.

User Manual Patch

A user manual has been created and added as well as a way to access it from the help menu.

Initial Release

This is the initial release of The Downloader for Reddit.