Examples Processing Image Surfer Pro Forms

Image Surfer Pro Forms are only created by the button. There are several good examples of what generated forms look like in the Using ISP Forms On Popular Webpages example in this user's manual. On this page we will explore the various options for processing the forms after they are generated.

In these examples, the image on the right will link directly to the webpage used as the starting point. The other images will each link to full size images. This allows you to follow along by setting your preferences, going to the website and performing the actions - thus duplicating the results.

Adding Direct Image References	Description Our first page to be processed is a thumbnail post from Ace-Clipart.com Which was also used in the Auto Processing a Free Hosted Gallery examples. In the user Preferences we have enabled the following fields: {Auto select URL links to images in forms} {Auto add individual images to lists} The only two actions taken are to first process the original page with and then immediately process the generated form with
Before	Image Surfer Pro Form Generated	After
After you create the ISP Form with the button notice the "Add all direct image references to collection" check box in the header of the Links column. Because the {Auto select URL links to images in forms} configuration is enabled, this check box is selected when the form is created. Selecting and un-selecting this check box will change each of the "Add Image To Collection" check box for each URL in the Links column where the URL links to an image file. If you have read though the examples of Auto Processing Free Hosted Galleries, the result will look very familiar. In the intermediate Image Surfer Pro Form page you will see that right column links which point to image files (based on their file extensions) have been selected because their check boxes were automatically marked. The most appropriate link is chosen - Clean if it exists is chosen by default, then Sterile, and finally the Original link. Processing a page this way is exactly like initially processing the page as a thumbnail post with the button. FHG processing always uses the Clean links and never the original links.

Adding Embedded Images	Description This time we will process the exact same thumbnail post with just one change to the configuration. This time we will disable Auto select URL links to images in forms and instead enable Auto select image files in forms. The only two actions taken are to first process the original page with and then immediately process the generated form with
Before	Image Surfer Pro Form Generated	After
In the intermediate step you will notice the check box for every image extracted from the original webpage has been checked. So the resulting updates to the fusker collection should be expected. Notice the "Add all images to collection " check box in the header of the Content column is also selected. Because the {Auto select image files in forms} configuration is enabled, this check box is selected when the form is created. Selecting and un-selecting this check box will change each of the "Add Image To Collection" check box for each image shown in the Content column. The resulting fusker collection tree has two branches with image files under both. The "gfx" directory holds the graphics used by the website to form the top border and some advertizing icon type images. The "photos/laholla" has the thumbnail images we saw on the first page. For clarity the resulting page shown here is the expanded view of the entire fusker collection.

Performing A Directed Search	This time we will process several different categories of the ace-clipart website. Starting from the FHG page flower photos from Ace-Clipart.com. This FHG contains close up pictures of several beautiful flowers. You will also notice to the left of the page pointed to by a large arrow a list of picture and clip art subjects. Each of these links leads to a similar FHG of images. If we were to process this page using the button. The 8 images directly referenced by the 8 thumbnail images on this page would be added to your fusker collection; however, no image from other pages would be added. We will use an ISP Form to add not only the directly referenced images from this page, but also the images from other FHG pages from the list. It is easy enough to browse to each page and use the button to add the images from them, but this method demonstrates how a Directed Search can be used to collect the images from several FHG pages if those pages are linked to by a single page.
Top Of Generated ISP Form	Selected Portion Of Generated ISP Form	Directed Search In Progress
When the ISP form is created regardless of the user preferences we can use the "Add all" selection boxes in the table header to select just the images directly referenced by the original webpage. As shown, only the "Add all" check box in the Links column should be selected. This will select the "full size" images linked to by the 8 thumbnail images on this page but not select any of the thumbnail images nor page graphics shown on the page.	If we scroll down past the thumbnail images we will get to the portion of the ISP Form where the links on the left of the original page are. In an ISP Form the non-image content will always follow the image content of the page. In the Links column we will select the "Search page for more images" boxes for a few of the FHG links that sounded interesting. In this case: free american flag photos free patriotic pictures american history photos grand canyon pictures mesa verde pictures butterfly pictures	Once the additional pages have been selected for searching, we execute the Directed Search using the button. The first step of the search will process the "Add image" selection boxes on the ISP Form and add those images to your fusker collection. Once the image links have been processed, IE will begin navigating to each of the pages selected for search in order from top to bottom on the ISP Form. During the search an interactive task status window will be visible at the top right corner of your screen (you can move this around). After each page has been searched the image data found will be added to your fusker collection and a message box informing you the processing is complete will appear.
Results Of The Directed Search	When the Directed Search completes it will prompt you to return to the original ISP Form. In most cases the pages searches will not show up in the browsing history. The collection now has a total of 7 pictorials and 52 images. You will notice the images seem to be grouped by photos and clipart with four of the FHGs in the photos category and three in clipart. Image Surfer Pro has no control over this grouping, it simply reflects how the images are stored on the hosting server. Here we have displayed all of the images with an "Expanded" view of the full fusker collection. The page is zoomed to 15% in order to display all the images.