Thanks, surfalot, for the reply, and also Geoffrey for the earlier one.
For the record, it seemed to me that EP's lack of support for download attributes dated to way back when, and although most relevant comments referenced the lack, every now and then there would be one saying that it should be included in the "next release" or "soon", or might be remedied by some other contribution (yes I have looked at them, and would like to point out that it is sometimes extremely difficult to ascertain exactly what they do, and what they do it with - ie which ones are compatible with which).
I simply thought it would be stupid of me to embark on another course of action without checking the current situation, and much as I understand that you're pretty p***ed off answering the same old question, so would I have been if I'd done a lot of work only to find that it was covered in an upcoming release.
It seemed to me both logical and reasonable to ask those more knowlegeable than myself to confirm what I already believed to be so - yes, I had read all referenced items - and my main failing was some "rose-coloured glasses" optimism that they would no longer hold true, whilst my main transgression is that I obviously should have quoted from them, that way you could simply have posted;
"Still so".
I apologise for not having kept it that simple.