automate the verification of md5 (and others)

[ghost]

Hey!
very nice app, first time using it.
I find that, after producing with this app the MD5 for a downloaded file, and then getting the should-be MD5 from the file's authors, (like from here https://launchpad.net/drgeo/trunk/19.09/+download/DrGeo-windows-19.09b.zip/+md5 )
then, I need to paste both inside a text editor, and compare them , char by char.
Couldn't this be automated ?
Like, provide a box (inside the added "Checksums" in properties of file) called "original MD5", where to paste the "should-be" md5, and then have HashCheck do the comparison and report success/failure.

I suppose then it would be better to have ability for user to select just one hash variant, for which to do the comparison

Vic

[LanceUMatthews]

Like, provide a box (inside the added "Checksums" in properties of file) called "original MD5", where to paste the "should-be" md5, and then have HashCheck do the comparison and report success/failure.

HashCheck already does this (mostly). Once the Checksums tab is finished computing the hashes the progress bars turn into a search box. Paste the expected hash there and it will be highlighted, if found, in the results above.

Even simpler, save the target of your link as a file with an .md5 extension (e.g. DrGeo-windows-19.09b.zip.md5) in the same directory that you downloaded DrGeo-windows-19.09b.zip. Then launch that .md5 file and HashCheck will display a window comparing the actual and expected checksums.

[ghost]

Once the Checksums tab is finished computing the hashes the progress bars turn into a search box. Paste the expected hash there and it will be highlighted, if found, in the results above.

Thanks, I would never have guessed that that box is for that purpose!

I'd suggest to have written line , above it, "Paste the expected hash sum here for comparison" or like that.