Picasa Downloader

Project Description

This application lets you download multiple Picasa webalbums of a selected picasa user with only a few clicks and without Picasa being installed.

* Enter the Picasa Username,
* Hit the List button,
* Select albums to download,
* Hit Download,
* Take some Coffee!

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New Release:

Set version to v1.0.10.0
Simplyfied code in Download All Context MenuItem by just calling getAlbums.
Added Ctrl support for Download All Context MenuItem.
This also corrects disabling the Download Button and Enabling the Stop one.
Added some Application.DoEvents() + Thread.Sleep(0) to some tight loop.
Escape illegal characters in filename and path by an undescore.
Rewrote Patterns and Settings to be mapped on PicasaOptions class.
Added Updated Date to Patterns.
Refactored ReplacePatterns into a single method and re-used code.
Refactored GetLocalDirectory and GetLocalfilename into a singe method and re-used code.
Scroll Listview when Downloading.
Added F1 Help support to LocalPropertiesOverlay.
Use DateTime.Parse when possible to obtain Updated Date.
Removed unused code, properties and fields.
Changed new IniFile(Filename) to new IniIni(null) (more uptodate).
Found a workaround for the GDI+ errors during Bitmap.Save().
Download Selected and Resume Download Context Menu Items now work on selected items instead of focussed one.
Reset Abort flag for Resume Download.
Added some safeguards around setting the value of the progressbar.
Resume option (for partially downloaded albums).
List of Albums now fetched 100 at a time, gives a nice progress indication).
Breached 1000 albums limit with some unsupported and undocumented code (but it works!). Ctrl-Click the List button to use it.
Added an About Dialog with Paypal Donate Button and Email link.