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Proxy how to?

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elite-fusion
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Proxy how to?

Post by elite-fusion »

Hello, I am new to this program and am running the latest candidate version from the home page, but im n a corporate network here at work, but not able to find where to input proxy settings, can you please help me out. Thank you
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Re: Proxy how to?

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There is currently no way to use authenticated proxies.
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Re: Proxy how to?

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its not an authenticated proxy, its just a proxy for work, i have a URL/IP and a Port #, thats it. No username or password
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Re: Proxy how to?

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In that case.
The Manual wrote:Proxy
Name of the proxy server. The plugin doesn't support any authentication so it's possible to use only servers that does not require it or you need a some different way to authenticate yourself to the proxy server.
I hate to say it but I think each WebParser Measure will need

Proxy=yourservernamehere
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Re: Proxy how to?

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what about port?

will it be like this:

Proxy=blah.blah.com:83

for example?
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Re: Proxy how to?

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and also, what do you mean by "each WebParser Measure"
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Re: Proxy how to?

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elite-fusion wrote:and also, what do you mean by "each WebParser Measure"
Anything like so:
[Measure1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins/WebParser.dll

([Measure1] will be different each time and in fact you may not even see it like that, the next two items are the important ones.)
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Re: Proxy how to?

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JpsCrazy wrote: Anything like so:
[Measure1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins/WebParser.dll

([Measure1] will be different each time and in fact you may not even see it like that, the next two items are the important ones.)
Actually, only a WebParser measure that goes out to the web will need the proxy statement. WebParser measures that have:

URL=[MeasureName]

to refer to a "main" WebParser measure that actually goes out to the web, won't need it. In most skins, this means only the first WebParser measure will need it.
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Re: Proxy how to?

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The documentation does not mention a port number.
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Re: Proxy how to?

Post by jsmorley »

WebParser uses a pretty standard Windows API for connecting, and the format of

Proxy=YourProxyServer.com:PortNumber

Should work. I don't have any way to test it really, but give that a try.