In DVD Profiler 2.4, when you clicked on "Add DVD," DVD Profiler would prompt first before updating the local database file, like this:



I personally use DVD Profiler strictly offline and enter all of my own data, so I don't need or want it, but this would also be very useful to people who want to use DVD Profiler when not being connected to the Internet, or for people who want to control when their local database index files get updated.

DVD Profiler 3.x should prompt before updating after clicking "Add DVD" like 2.4 did, or, there should be a configuration option for this in Tools->Options->Online, something like "Automatically update local database file after clicking 'Add DVD'" -> Always, Never, Prompt.

FYI, if DVD Profiler can't connect to the Invelos servers on the update, it hangs, at least for me. This means blocking the Invelos site (via HOSTS, non existant proxy, firewall, unplugged Internet connection) is not a solution. More importantly, it means that users will not be able to add a DVD unless they have an active Internet connection!

Hope my request is taken seriously and considered.

Quoting skipnet50:

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Well, since 2.4 is "dead and buried"...... We are now on 3.1.1

Skip

Skip, did you even read what Psylocibe is asking?

Quoting TomGaines:

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Quoting skipnet50:

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Well, since 2.4 is "dead and buried"...... We are now on 3.1.1

Skip

Skip, did you even read what Psylocibe is asking?

Did you really have to ask that question?  We all know the answer.  Oh, wait, maybe it was a rhetorical question. 

Quoting Psylocibe:

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In DVD Profiler 2.4, when you clicked on "Add DVD," DVD Profiler would prompt first before updating the local database file

FYI - it's not updating any of your movies or profiles.  It's downloaded an update to the master list of DVD Titles and their UPC's.  Your profile database data is untouched.

I guess it could be useful to all our friends who still use dial-up connections or don't want the automatic download happen for some reason. The pop up question would allow this to be a conscious choice, rather than blocking it through a firewall and then unblocking in case you actually want to update.

I would like to second Psylocibe's request. It seems simple enough to implement, and I have had multiple instances where I'd prefer that the local database files didn't update at a particular time.

By the way, I tried putting in a proxy server, with "127.0.0.1," and "999" for the port. Rather than hang, DVD Profiler completely ignores it and updates the local database files anyways.

I haven't tried blocking it with a firewall. (I don't know the IP address or addresses to block and I'm too lazy to figure it out.)

The "cancel" button doesn't seem to do anything. I get a prompt asking if I really want to cancel, I click "Yes," then it continues to download and process the files.

If the dialog is added, I'd like to suggest adding an "Always connect" option so I don't get prompted again.  Maybe an options setting to clear the Always Connect option.