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[gelito]

Hi

For checking pdf or xls files I have set Website Watcher to compare date of modification. The problem is that sometimes when Website Watcher cannot access primary server where such files are stored, it is redirected to backup server where modification date of given file is different and it detects change where in fact content of the file is the same. If such problem repeats, Website Watcher would detect changes quite often, although in fact it would always compare two files.

I was wondering if it would be possible to force Website Wacher to detect changes only when the modification date is more recent than previous one. In other words, if Website Watcher would somehow find the file with older modification date it would ignore it. Please let me know if it can be somehow resolved with current functionalities and if not, will it be possible to add such functionality? Thanks in advance.

Best,

Gelito

[Martin Aignesberger]

[gelito]

Thanks for your quick answer. Below you can find few URLs that when checked frequently should give the result I described.

http://www.bcv.org.ve/excel/5_1_6.xls?id=101
http://www.ine.gub.uy/banco%20de%20datos/act_indmanuf/IVFIM_IVF_B06.xls

[Martin Aignesberger]

Thanks, I have added them to my list now...
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[gelito]

Please see below one more URL that could be tested:

http://www.bcv.org.ve/excel/4_5_16.xls?id= 413

[Martin Aignesberger]

Thanks. I could already reproduce it with the first XLS file and I'll try to find a working solution in v5.
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[gelito]

Thanks a lot. It would be really helpful.

Best,

Gelito

[gelito]

Hi Martin,

I have noticed that this adjustment does not work for files where date is the same, but just time of modification is different. Could you please check it? I am receiving alerts for this file quite often now.

http://www.bcv.org.ve/excel/2_4_1.xls
Checked by file-date: 2009-11-17 20:28:07

http://www.bcv.org.ve/excel/2_4_1.xls
Checked by file-date: 2009-11-17 20:29:51

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Martin Aignesberger]

I've added this URL to my list, but not gotten an update yet.
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[Martin Aignesberger]

[Martin Aignesberger]

Ha! Shortly after I posted my previous reply, I had this behavior. It seems that it happens only when the previous check reported an error and the following check is successful with a lower date/time. I'll debug into that problem now...
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[gelito]

Thanks

[Martin Aignesberger]

This should be solved in version 2010 (10.1).
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[gelito]

Fantastic! Thanks