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IP Downloads APP - links from https://mega.nz/ or other sites where file name is nto available

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Hi IPS,

As per title, when you will add a file download based on LINK from sites like https://mega.nz/ or other similar the file name will become similar to this:

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Can you add optional field allowing to set file name displayed in download? For links based file downloads. If filled then display the name, otherwise ignore. PLEASE.

  • 3 weeks later...
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@Matt Hey, sorry tagging but can you make sure this improvement will be addressed within next maintenance release? PLEASE.

From one side it is improvement, from other side it is issue as not all link types are supported, only direct ones where file name presents in URL.

This is something that is a change to the software rather than a bug. Please bear in mind we are very busily working on version 5 release, so its very very unlikely we are going to add something new to the v4 product within a week (2 of those 3 weeks since you posted, nobody has been present)

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3 hours ago, Marc said:

This is something that is a change to the software rather than a bug. Please bear in mind we are very busily working on version 5 release, so its very very unlikely we are going to add something new to the v4 product within a week (2 of those 3 weeks since you posted, nobody has been present)

I understand, however many download sites now days do not offer direct links where file name would be in the URL directly, so it makes URLs file uploads usage a bit limited. That would require to add one extra field beside link itself: name, if filled would list the record under the name. I trust you will find time for that 😄

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@Marc I saw plenty of new stuff in upcoming maintenance update. Find a room for that simple extra field for URL based downloads 😄 PLEASE

10 hours ago, PatrickRQ said:

@Marc I saw plenty of new stuff in upcoming maintenance update. Find a room for that simple extra field for URL based downloads 😄 PLEASE

As I mentioned above, we would not rush in changes to software within a week. Please bear in mind that .20 may well have already been finalised and tested even before your request, and not all requests will make the final release.

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Hey, could you address the matter in next release? PLEASE

As mentioned above, we would not usually make changes to the software in a bug fix release.

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Marc, you constantly do it:

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if you added permissions to custom fields and loads of other stuff, why not to add optional field for download file display name for cases like described above? Without that the Downloads software can be only used very limited way. What I request here is optional file display name field beside download link field. It would be used to display name of file in cases where file name cannot be obtained from URL directly.

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What I ask for is to add field: File name

Next to linked file URL:

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So in case name of file cannot be obtained from URL the name from the field will be used to avoid mess like this:

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Can you DM me the link to the mega.nz file you're adding please?

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I've thought about this a bit and although it sounds simple enough to add another box to accept a 'human name', it's quite complex in terms of adjusting the UI, and for most people most of the time they wouldn't really need to add anything as the software has a good go at figuring it out.

I ended up with this, which is an easy way to quickly edit the names of the downloads and doesn't require a lot of reworking.

2 hours ago, Matt said:

I ended up with this, which is an easy way to quickly edit the names of the downloads and doesn't require a lot of reworking.

Is this method available or will it be added?

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Great! Can you include it into next maintenance release of 4.7.21? We are not yet ready to upgrade to v5

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@Stuart Silvester That for @Matt found our solution presented above to avoid any problems coming from introduction of new feature. The way he did actually allows to edit existing name with a piece of extra code.

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On 5/21/2025 at 11:19 AM, Stuart Silvester said:

4.7.21 is feature locked, but it's highly unlikely any further changes like this are going to be included in v4.

Can I make polite request to include the fix in v4? in place name change exists in v4, enough to use it in the problematic case. You keep adding new features to v4: https://invisioncommunity.com/release-notes/4722-r134/

@Matt

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Eh, 13 years of paying renewals, rarely requested anything.. great.

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v5 is not something I am interested in for a while. There is very few developers knowing IPS systems/framework therefore queue to port all out to new version is huge. For me it is connected with a need of hosting software change what also leads in a need of huge maintenance of my systems.

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v4 is in security updates and maintenance mode now. Anything new will be added to v5.

3 hours ago, PatrickRQ said:

v5 is not something I am interested in for a while. There is very few developers knowing IPS systems/framework therefore queue to port all out to new version is huge. For me it is connected with a need of hosting software change what also leads in a need of huge maintenance of my systems.

This is no longer true, I now have more than 30 third-party applications,

All applications of the v4 have been upgraded to the v5 except for one application,

So the v5 is now complete

3 hours ago, PatrickRQ said:

v5 is not something I am interested in for a while. There is very few developers knowing IPS systems/framework therefore queue to port all out to new version is huge. For me it is connected with a need of hosting software change what also leads in a need of huge maintenance of my systems.

Would you be open to sharing a few of the things holding you back from upgrading, such as essential functionally or plugins/apps?

I would be happy to help figure out a way to get you in version 5 so you can take advantage of all the improvements and features.

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