Java

Checkout Java Information as it is required for the B-Fabric Download Manager.

How to download a workunit

On the show workunit screen as well as in the workunit listings you can find the download-related icons next to workunit status as well as at the right top of the page:
(1) Downloads using the B-Fabric Download Manager (a Java Application)
(2) Downloads via the Web browser
(3) Opens this "Workunit Download" section of the user manual in a separate tab of the Web browser.

Download via the Web browser

If you have no Java installed on your local machine, e.g., due to missing admin rights, there is the (less reliable) HTTP Download alternative via the Web browser. Clicking on the icon (2) initiates the download via the Web-Browser. For each resource of the workunit a single download is initiated and (depending on your browser configuration) a window pops up and asks you to approve the download by clicking on "Okay". This is a limitation of the security concept of todays Web browser and cannot be disabled.

When the download is finished, the file can be reached by clicking on the icon on the bottom left of the screen:

When you click on the icon next to the file, you can see the folder where the file was downloaded. By default, it is the "Downloads" folder of your computer.
How to change the download directory is described in section Configure Download Directory.

Download using the B-Fabric Download Manager (Java Application)

When you click on the Download icon(1), a download starter file (ends with jnlp; Java Network Launching Protocol), which contains the entire download information, is downloaded. Nowadays, with the increased security settings of the todays web browsers, this jnlp file must be explicitly started. After launching the jnlp file, a warning message will be prompted by Java Web Start for security reasons and you have to explicitly agree that you want to run this application. Extra information for Apple User about Security Settings.

After clicking the "Download " icon (1), if you have approved the "Always trust content from this publisher" on the related security warning pop ups before with the other downloads via the "Download Manager", they will not appear again and the jnlp file for this workunit will start being downloaded. After it is downloaded, you can see the downloaded jnlp file on the bottom left of the screen:

This file is downloaded under "Downloads" folder of your computer and you can check it by clicking the icon on the right side of the file and selecting "Show in folder location":

When you click on this jnlp file, it pops up a security warning asking whether you trust the content. Here you select "Always trust content from this publisher" so that next time this security check will be skipped. Then, click "Yes". If you have completed this process before with the other downloads via the "Download Manager" as described in the "Resource Download" section, this pop up will not appear. But you will see the IcedTea tool is starting the "Download Manager":

When the download manager gets started, before it can begin to download, there is another security pop up asking whether you trust the content. Here you select "Always trust content from this publisher" so that next time this security check will be skipped. Then, click "Yes" and the download will start. If you have completed this process before with the other downloads via the "Download Manager" as described in the "Resource Download" section, this pop up will not appear, and you will see the "Download Manager" starts the download process. You can stop the download by clicking the button in the "Pause" column:

After stopping the download, the Download Manager screen looks like as below. You can resume the download by clicking the play button in the "Resume" column:

By clicking on the stop button under "Action" column in the same row of the resource, you can also stop the download of one resource in the workunit and keep other resources downloading:

By clicking on the resume button under "Action" column in the same row of the resource, you can resume the download of the resource that you've stopped:

When you click the path link (C:\Users\..) under the "Download Directory" column, you will see the folder location where the workunit is being downloaded:

You can also stop the download by clicking the close button (X) on the top right of the "Download Manager" screen. When you click, a pop up will appear asking your confirmation about closing the "Download Manager":

When you click the "Close" button, the folder location where the workunit was partly downloaded will appear:

After closing the "Download Manager", if you run the jnlp file in your local "Downloads" folder, it pops up a screen asking whether you want to resume the previously stopped download or to start a new one from scratch: