An application that will make you get the CloD beta first!

[mazex]

New version 1.0.3.0 that is highly recommended! Se first post that has been updated for details

[LcSummers]

Mazex, you are a hell of a man,

great idea and thank you for sharing these files

[sorak]

Originally Posted by mazex

2012-04-22: IMPORTANT - UPDATED TO 1.0.3.0 (See bottom)

Hi!

There is so much frustration here now that I decided to write an application after the last delay this thursday, so I don't have to come here every day and check if there is a beta available It's probably the silliest app I have ever written

So - this small C# application (that requires .NET Framework 4.0) will poll the site http://www.1cfiles.com/IL2_CliffsofDover/ where all the beta torrent files have been posted so far (so I assume that the next one will be published there too - m'kay Blacksix?)... It will poll every ten minutes in the default setting and if it finds a new torrent file it will send an email to you and if desired it will automatically start your torrent application of choice and start the download... So when you get back from work you are all set to fly!

There are a bunch of options that are pretty self explaining, there is a log file created in the app folder and yes, the email password is stored in encrypted format and I don't snoop it... I posted the source on the same site if you want to check or use it for some other stuff

An image of the application running (I have it on a server that always runs):



Download at my Google Site here:

https://sites.google.com/site/mazexx/files

The binary app that most want is called "ClodWatcher_v1.0.3.0.zip" and the source code if anyone want it is called "ClodWatcher_v1.0.3.0_src.zip".

I have only tested the SMTP mail part with gmail where it works fine, and I have only tried the "auto start" torrent part with Vuze(Azureus)... No guarantees... I recommend to try the "Test run" button before leaving it on to see that all works (it will "fake" that the last file on the current site is "new" and act from that - downloading, mailing and starting the torrent app etc).

It uses very little CPU naturally and the load of it polling the 1cfiles site for this simple list once every 10 minutes or so will sure be no problem for them...

So - let's all fire this up and continue doing something useful in our lives, I'm going out in my garden now

UPDATE 2012-04-21 - Made a new version 1.0.1 after I got a http timeout that made the loop stop... Now it will try 100 times and sleep 10 seconds between the tries if it gets some network error. You can change the number of retries in the config file with the parameter: httpGetRetryCount. It will now also send an email if the poll loop should stop so you know it

UPDATE 2012-04-22 Updated to version 1.0.3.0: Most importantly fixed an embarrasing bug that in the real scenario that is yet to happen would make it download the same file over and over again every 10 minutes (a late bug after adding the test run feature where the part in the loop that sets the current list as the old list was passed As the torrent app would reject duplicates it would not do that much but an email every 10 minutes would be annoying! Sorry for that). Fixed some logging, anchored the GUI elements, added "select folder" for the download folder and made the poll a mandatory dropdown (so users can't set below 10 minutes to avoid anger from server ops, default at 30 minutes).

/Mazex

SO WHEN IS YOUR NEXT PATCH/UPDATE ?? HOW COULD YOU RELEASE this with so many ground breaking bugs.... Let me guess.. 2 weeks you will have all the bugs fixed?

[mazex]

Originally Posted by sorak

SO WHEN IS YOUR NEXT PATCH/UPDATE ?? HOW COULD YOU RELEASE this with so many ground breaking bugs.... Let me guess.. 2 weeks you will have all the bugs fixed?

Lol I actually thought about that myself when i fixed that bug (that did never "happen", but still). This is a "hello world" sized app that was coded in an evening and still I manage to get bugs in it, and then I've been working as a professional developer for 15 years Think about writing a friggin flight simulator that has to run on all weird rigs in the world and a crazy state combination to keep track of...

But very soon I will get a new version ready - it's in internal testing right now but we found a bug that I'm not allowed to speak about that may take a few days to fix To make you happy I have this for you all to view in the meantime!

Picture of russian village that will appear in ClodWatcher version 2.0:


We are working at the alignment of the fences so no whining about that please!

[klem]

Originally Posted by mazex

Lol I actually thought about that myself when i fixed that bug (that did never "happen", but still). This is a "hello world" sized app that was coded in an evening and still I manage to get bugs in it, and then I've been working as a professional developer for 15 years Think about writing a friggin flight simulator that has to run on all weird rigs in the world and a crazy state combination to keep track of...

But very soon I will get a new version ready - it's in internal testing right now but we found a bug that I'm not allowed to speak about that may take a few days to fix To make you happy I have this for you all to view in the meantime!

Picture of russian village that will appear in ClodWatcher version 2.0:


We are working at the alignment of the fences so no whining about that please!

The horse is the wrong colour

[sorak]

Originally Posted by mazex

Lol I actually thought about that myself when i fixed that bug (that did never "happen", but still). This is a "hello world" sized app that was coded in an evening and still I manage to get bugs in it, and then I've been working as a professional developer for 15 years Think about writing a friggin flight simulator that has to run on all weird rigs in the world and a crazy state combination to keep track of...

But very soon I will get a new version ready - it's in internal testing right now but we found a bug that I'm not allowed to speak about that may take a few days to fix To make you happy I have this for you all to view in the meantime!

Picture of russian village that will appear in ClodWatcher version 2.0:


We are working at the alignment of the fences so no whining about that please!

heheehe

[F19_Klunk]

Originally Posted by mazex

Lol I actually thought about that myself when i fixed that bug (that did never "happen", but still). This is a "hello world" sized app that was coded in an evening and still I manage to get bugs in it, and then I've been working as a professional developer for 15 years Think about writing a friggin flight simulator that has to run on all weird rigs in the world and a crazy state combination to keep track of...

But very soon I will get a new version ready - it's in internal testing right now but we found a bug that I'm not allowed to speak about that may take a few days to fix To make you happy I have this for you all to view in the meantime!

Picture of russian village that will appear in ClodWatcher version 2.0:


We are working at the alignment of the fences so no whining about that please!

Humour!!!

[SG1_Lud]

Thanks Mazex, works as advertised

[Madfish]

I get a CTD when pressing the [X] button in the top right. What's up?!

[ATAG_Doc]

Okay so when can we expect a patch?