As Requested in here: countdown

i've created a Countdown script that places it in your Personal message

the Personal message is customizable, and so is how often it updates

5 basic commands do tha same thing the menu buttons do:

!cdEnable = Enables the counter and saves the current PSM
!cdDisable = Disables the counter and restores the orginal PSM
!cdConfig = Opens the configuration panel, which is pretty simple
!cdPrint = Send your psm in the conversation, but only when the counter is active
!cdUpdate = updates the counter manualy*New*

Warning: the lower the refreash rate, the more flooded your Chat logs will be, i recommend using a value of 5 minutes or more

Enjoy



Update:
****Version 3.0.25****
-fixed a bug with the final message feature

****Version 3.0.17****
-Fixed one minor bug with the preview button

****Version 3.0.16****
New Major Release, including half a dozen new features/options, code updates, and minor bug fixes
-Minor bug fixes
-Little cleaner code
-New Feature - Preview window: to preview what changes will look like in your Personal message/NickName
-New Feature - InConversation Tag: which allows you to use (!cd mm/dd/yyy
hh:mm:ss) in the middle of any sentence to display a counter
-New Option: do not refreash when there are no contacts online, this saves some flodding in your logs
-New Option: the option of weather or not to disable the timer when all values are zero
-New Feature: added %D value (note: must be capitalized or it will mean the days value), thisallows you to enter a word that means "ago" or "since" for a count up timer
-New Option: the option of weather or not to remove the counter when disabled

***Version 2.9.0***
-added functions to calculate years months and weeks
-reorganized the config panel

***Version 2.8.0***
-Fixed a known issue involving the counter adding 30 days too meny(only happening near the end of each month

***Version 2.7.0***
-added ability to put the counter in the nickname, psm or both

***Version 2.6.0***
-fixed a bug in the move zeros function

***Version 2.5.0***
-fixed a bug in the disabling of the timer

***Version 2.4.0***
-Auto Update Checker add, thanks to -dt-'s help


***Version 2.3***
-Added option to have 0 values removed

***Version 2.2***
-Plural system revampt, to allow for any language, altho you can not use } or / inside the tags
-Setting are now PER E-MAIL ADDRESS, so multiple users can use the script

***Version 2.1***
-fixed bug in disabling counter
-addd display toasts for enabling, disabling, and at the countdowns end


***Version 2.0****
New features:

Count Up - you can also count upwards in addition to downwards, the setting is located in the config window

Final Message - apon reaching zero, in count down mode, the script will disable the counter, and put your own message in your PSM, again, the message is settable in the config window

Reset Personal Message - located in the menus, if selected, it will reset the psm to the original message

Also a few minor bugs fixed

***Known Issues***
- near the end of the month, the counter may add or subtract 30 days, from the actual time remaining, the bug appers in both up and down directions, and as far as i can see, can't be traced. it only happens for a day or two then returns to normal, if anybody knows a fix for this please tell me right away  Fixed

..... looks nice ... a few screen shots with the release would have been better Still .... i like it

* John Anderton downloads to try

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..... looks nice ... a few screen shots with the release would have been better Still .... i like it

* John Anderton downloads to try

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good job nitemare

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Originally posted by NiteMare - Thread title
[Releace] CountDown

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lol bad spelling
Releace
i suppose the being up 30 hours caused that

theres the screen shot

time for bed if i can make it

good luck with the wedding, luckie

NiteMare, I would recommand you to save your settings in the registry instead of in a file... Scripting.FileSystemObject is not marked as safe and it blocked by default on Windows XP SP2 machines, preventing your script to work. If you need help on using the registry, I can help you out. Contact me.

You spelt refresh wrong. Nice script

doesn't work for me I don't know how to explain the problem in english

I have noticed that when you try and change the "Refresh Rate in Minutes" option, up/down arrows appear which basically fill the box beside it. (Cannot see anything )

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Originally posted by Knuckles
I have noticed that when you try and change the "Refresh Rate in Minutes" option, up/down arrows appear which basically fill the box beside it. (Cannot see anything )

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Originally posted by FineWolf
NiteMare, I would recommand you to save your settings in the registry instead of in a file... Scripting.FileSystemObject is not marked as safe and it blocked by default on Windows XP SP2 machines, preventing your script to work. If you need help on using the registry, I can help you out. Contact me.

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Originally posted by hmaster
You spelt refresh wrong. Nice script

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Originally posted by DRaGoM
doesn't work for me I don't know how to explain the problem in english

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Hmm, I am trying to set a CountDown for the 21st of July of this year and for some reason it is coming up with 432 days... any idea why this is happening?

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Originally posted by Knuckles
Hmm, I am trying to set a CountDown for the 21st of July of this year and for some reason it is coming up with 432 days... any idea why this is happening?

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i got the same problem i wanted to set it to 6pm 14 july 2006 and it came up with 350+ days ..

Fix it

Please

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Originally posted by Knuckles
Hmm, I am trying to set a CountDown for the 21st of July of this year and for some reason it is coming up with 432 days... any idea why this is happening?

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no clue, it works for me, check your system clock, maybe yoru date is off

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Originally posted by Simple me
i got the same problem i wanted to set it to 6pm 14 july 2006 and it came up with 350+ days ..

Fix it

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Originally posted by Knuckles
Hmm, I am trying to set a CountDown for the 21st of July of this year and for some reason it is coming up with 432 days... any idea why this is happening?

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no clue, it works for me, check your system clock, maybe yoru date is off

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Works for me, but NiteMare, I thought you were sleeping?

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by Simple me
i got the same problem i wanted to set it to 6pm 14 july 2006 and it came up with 350+ days ..

Fix it

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i have no idea whats going on with yours, it works fine for me

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hmm there's already a script to countdown... how about making on that counts up?? lik I haven't taken a shower in 1 year 2 days and 23 minutes? and it counts up instead of down?

other thread is here

Few things: By default, the personal message field is set to "%d Day{d} %h Hour{h} %m Minute{m} %s Seconds{s}" which creates a double "s" at the end when seconds > 1.

Be consistent with your capitalization. "Count down Time (24 Hour Clock)" -- either have it all in caps or only the first word (the latter is preferred, happens in a few other places too)

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Originally posted by Ddunk
Few things: By default, the personal message field is set to "%d Day{d} %h Hour{h} %m Minute{m} %s Seconds{s}" which creates a double "s" at the end when seconds > 1.

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Prob. something modified your default settings Nite... I sure it was maked as unsafe in one of the recent patches, I have the KB document somewhere as I had a recent problem with one of my web applications using that object.

As for the bug with the 365+ days, its a localisation problem. Use the setYear, setDate, setMonth, setHours, setMinutes, setSeconds methods instead of passing a String to fix it...

My offer for the registry still stands. I have modified your script localy to make it work, all I did was modify the prefStore class, so the rest of your code stays the same.

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Originally posted by FineWolf
Prob. something modified your default settings Nite... I sure it was maked as unsafe in one of the recent patches, I have the KB document somewhere as I had a recent problem with one of my web applications using that object.

As for the bug with the 365+ days, its a localisation problem. Use the setYear, setDate, setMonth, setHours, setMinutes, setSeconds methods instead of passing a String to fix it...

My offer for the registry still stands. I have modified your script localy to make it work, all I did was modify the prefStore class, so the rest of your code stays the same.

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I can't change the date, I select December 7th, 2006 from the calendar, set date and close, then go back into the configuration box and the date is 12/07/2006, what's going down with this?

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Originally posted by P4R4D0x
I can't change the date, I select December 7th, 2006 from the calendar, set date and close, then go back into the configuration box and the date is 12/07/2006, what's going down with this?

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stupid date format ¬_¬

EDIT: Hmm, i go to change the date and the format of the date is the one i expected (dd/mm/yyyy)

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Originally posted by Knuckles
stupid date format ¬_¬

EDIT: Hmm, i go to change the date and the format of the date is the one i expected (dd/mm/yyyy)

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Originally posted by P4R4D0x
I can't change the date, I select December 7th, 2006 from the calendar, set date and close, then go back into the configuration box and the date is 12/07/2006, what's going down with this?

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That is because december 7th is 12/7/2006  and july 12th is 7/12/2006

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Originally posted by P4R4D0x
But you didn't answer me, I want December 7th but it keeps changing back to July 12th??

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by P4R4D0x
But you didn't answer me, I want December 7th but it keeps changing back to July 12th??

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no its not setting it to july 12th, 12/07/2006 is in mm/dd/yyyy format. thus 12 = December, 07 = 7th

run the count down, it should go to the right day

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Originally posted by NiteMare

Personaly i like to see the month first (mm/dd/yyyy) because thats what you say first (ie July 2nd,3006)

but if lots of people want it, i'll consiter alternatives

i'm just waiting for FineWolf to wake up so we can fix that bug

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Many thanks!!

But i have dowloaded and unziped it and tried to install it  with the script menu from plus but plus don´t recognized the scripts files.....I think i´ll do someting wrong...

me too, i cant get it to work, i can normally do this, but id be appreciatitive for some help on what to do after downloading it.
thanks

Woohoo,, wonderful job buddy

Well, if you download the file, it should come up as a picto with the MP!L logo, and not as a zip file, just click it and let plus install it. you don't need to unzip it. atleast that is how it worked for me.

If it's not a MP!L icon after download assosiate ( or whatever the way you spell it) with Plus! right click on the file, properties and change the open with, with the puls opener ( i think you have to search for it).

i hope it helped you

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Originally posted by Llama_dude
me too, i cant get it to work, i can normally do this, but id be appreciatitive for some help on what to do after downloading it.
thanks

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Many thanks!!

But i have dowloaded and unziped it and tried to install it  with the script menu from plus but plus don´t recognized the scripts files.....I think i´ll do someting wrong...

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Thanks nitemare, it works fine!!!!!!!!!

i think you added an s on seconds so it comes up as secondss in the psm. secondly, if the psm refreshes every minute at its minimum, then what is the point of seconds being displayed?

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Originally posted by benjyrama
i think you added an s on seconds so it comes up as secondss in the psm.

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Originally posted by benjyrama
secondly, if the psm refreshes every minute at its minimum, then what is the point of seconds being displayed?

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Originally posted by benjyrama

you should have been able to set the minutes as a decimal and refresh every .5 of a minute, and so on, but a bug prevenst that, i've fixed it though

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hey, i'm trying to configurate the countdown to a day in this month but the result is like 522 days or so, maybe that there is an error or that i have to configurate in a special mode if you can revise it.. thanks and sorry if this question has been answered before.

at me it didn't work too. i don't know why.

Does not work here (french computer)
It says 548 days.... (i set the date to august 2006....)

i don't know but it is open source? we can develop togeher

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Originally posted by The Game
i don't know but it is open source? we can develop togeher

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i've updated it, please give it a try see if that fixes the problems

It works now. thanks!

but can u add to the "plurals" an 'e' for the days and 'n' for hours/minutes/seconds for german user?

Id APPRECIATE IT if someone would send would write the script o na reply for me, as my downlaod failed. If someone write the script on here for me, ill make it and enable it myself,
thanks,

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Originally posted by The Game
It works now. thanks!

but can u add to the "plurals" an 'e' for the days and 'n' for hours/minutes/seconds for german user?

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Originally posted by Llama_dude
Id APPRECIATE IT if someone would send would write the script o na reply for me, as my downlaod failed. If someone write the script on here for me, ill make it and enable it myself,
thanks,

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Originally posted by Llama_dude
Id APPRECIATE IT if someone would send would write the script o na reply for me, as my downlaod failed. If someone write the script on here for me, ill make it and enable it myself,
thanks,

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Originally posted by Simple me
@ Nitemare, Can you modify the script so that when you open  config countdown (or something like that i'm at work i cant check it) in the editting text panel it will remember your last counter.
for example:
%d dayys %h hours and %minuts to go.

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Originally posted by Jexel
i have a suggestion that will probably make your script even better and probably not that hard to implement.

Instead of making just a countdown also implement a counter

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Thanks, now that works for french Xp

Good work !

Loving this script! But a little problem. When typing in the commands (!cdConfig etc) you have to enter it exactly like that. Keeping the capitals. I know I could just go through and change it myself, but could you do it so we can just type !cdprint and still have it print out the count down please?

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Originally posted by linx05
Loving this script! But a little problem. When typing in the commands (!cdConfig etc) you have to enter it exactly like that. Keeping the capitals. I know I could just go through and change it myself, but could you do it so we can just type !cdprint and still have it print out the count down please?

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Hello,
I got a problem translating the CountDown timer to dutch.
Because you get an 's' behind minute,second etc. i can't get an good dutch translation. In dutch you start with Seconde, Minuut, Uur, Dag and then Seconden, Minuten, Uren Dagen.
Seconde and Dag aren't a problem but with the Minuten and Uren you got one U less. So i would like to ask if any of you could make a good translation, i know a bit about programming but when i tried to solve the problem is just screwed up, and the script didn't word at all. So i would appreciate it if any of you could make a good dutch translation.

Greetz koen

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Originally posted by koen14
Hello,
I got a problem translating the CountDown timer to dutch.
Because you get an 's' behind minute,second etc. i can't get an good dutch translation. In dutch you start with Seconde, Minuut, Uur, Dag and then Seconden, Minuten, Uren Dagen.
Seconde and Dag aren't a problem but with the Minuten and Uren you got one U less. So i would like to ask if any of you could make a good translation, i know a bit about programming but when i tried to solve the problem is just screwed up, and the script didn't word at all. So i would appreciate it if any of you could make a good dutch translation.

Greetz koen

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It doesn't replace the old Count Down.  This script is named CountDown and the old one was Count Down.  In the future keep the name consistent so the update will install over the old one.

Other than that, good work.

Edit:  When I click disable countdown it stays on my PSM and stays active.  It seems that the only way to disable the countdown is to disable the entire script.
Edit2: After clicking disable countdown (the countdown still remaining active) I use !cdDisable in my conversation box and the message "Sorry, But your countdown timer is not active." appears in the window.  It's sent to the other person in the conversation as well.
Edit3: Also, can you change the !cd... to a /cd... so that it will show up in the Plus! command list.

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Originally posted by jmccarroll
It doesn't replace the old Count Down.  This script is named CountDown and the old one was Count Down.  In the future keep the name consistent so the update will install over the old one.

Other than that, good work.

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very nice script, works awesome, good job man!!!

i love having my refresh at 0.01, i can actually see the seconds go down

Very nice script indeed.

One feature should be added, though.
The counter has a fixed format (days, hours, minutes [and seconds])
If you have "%h hour{h} and %m minute{m} to go", the hours is still the same hour in %d %h format.

It would be awesome if you can detect if there's only hour tag in the PSM.

Tested the script and it's great.
However, here's the problem I've encountered
1) Whenever I reenable the count down, Â will always appear next to the color code ( ·$ ).
2) The option next to the date can't seem to open.
You can leave the 2) out as I pretty know that probably it can't yet support Windows Vista.

btw, will there be a auto re-enable for this count down script? It's a waste of time to re-enable everytime I sign into WLM.

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right, this is gonna seem annoying, but ive downloaded the file, and ive made the new script with this in:

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Originally posted by xJ +

btw, will there be a auto re-enable for this count down script? It's a waste of time to re-enable everytime I sign into WLM.

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Originally posted by Llama_dude
Now it shows there is a coutndown script, but when i click for it to configuire, bothing happens. whats going on?

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Originally posted by thekid
One feature should be added, though.
The counter has a fixed format (days, hours, minutes [and seconds])
If you have "%h hour{h} and %m minute{m} to go", the hours is still the same hour in %d %h format.

It would be awesome if you can detect if there's only hour tag in the PSM.

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He means that if he drops the %d and wants to leave only the %h, then %h won't count the hours left but only the hours of the actual day.

With days:
%d days, %h hours, %m minutes left - 2 days, 3 hours, 4 minutes left

Without days, now:
%h hours, %m minutes left - 3 hours, 4 minutes left

Without days, according to thekid's request:
%h hours, %m minutes left - 51 hours, 4 minutes left


This could be made with %m and %s as well

hmmm, i'll try for the next release

I HAVNT ALTERED YOUR SCRIPT NITEMARE! i aint a professional ,and when i downloaded it, i got five files, and the code i posted was on one of the files, and ive made it as a script, the configuaration is coming up! what on earth made you think i altered it!!??
look, im just looking for some help, im still learning here.

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Originally posted by Llama_dude
I HAVNT ALTERED YOUR SCRIPT NITEMARE! i aint a professional ,and when i downloaded it, i got five files, and the code i posted was on one of the files, and ive made it as a script, the configuaration is coming up! what on earth made you think i altered it!!??
look, im just looking for some help, im still learning here.

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right, this is gonna seem annoying, but ive downloaded the file, and ive made the new script with this in:

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Originally posted by Llama_dude
it dont work when i try to configuire it

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For the preset count down, I suggest setting the date of the release of that version to be the default date, and the default count down message to be:

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%d Day{d} %h Hour{h} %m Minute{m} %s Second{s} Since I downloaded the countdown script by Nitemare

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Originally posted by .Lou
For the preset count down, I suggest setting the date of the release of that version to be the default date, and the default count down message to be:

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%d Day{d} %h Hour{h} %m Minute{m} %s Second{s} Since I downloaded the countdown script by Nitemare

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Would seem more professional. and if someone accidentally sets the countdown to "special day" people will be like "wtf?!"

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Originally posted by .Lou
How about adding a feature to toggle between multiple countdowns? The options window just needs to be sortof like the Plus! Preferences, with the buttons at the top, that say "Countdown 1, Countdown 2, etc etc". I think 5 is a good number You could also set the time between countdown switches and etc, to make the switch random, or to go in order.

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I have a bug! When it install it, it never stops! even if I chose disable... I mean my psm always comeback to the countdown!

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
I have a bug! When it install it, it never stops! even if I chose disable... I mean my psm always comeback to the countdown!

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same here

crap, its even happening to me, working on it

Edit: Found the bug, i'll release the fix in 20 miunutes

great thanks

Great but it would be cool that when we disable the countdown, it brings back our psm.

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Great but it would be cool that when we disable the countdown, it brings back our psm.

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ok thanks again

***Version 2.2***
-Plural system revampt, to allow for any language, altho you can not use } or / inside the tags
-Setting are now PER E-MAIL ADDRESS, so multiple users can use the script

Just downloaded this, and I am loving it ! I never have anything useful for a PSM, but now instead of having no PSM, I have a nice littlw count down... errr count up in my case lol.

One suggestion I would like to make is, instead of using "Refresh Minutes", if you could use "Refresh Seconds"?

Setting the refresh rate to 0.01 works, but it kinda jumps. Like it changes every second, but after every other change, it does like a half second change. Gah, its hard to explain. I am sure you'd understand if you tested it out yourself . Thats why I am thinking a refresh rate of 1 second might be good .

Very nice script, keep it up !

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One suggestion I would like to make is, instead of using "Refresh Minutes", if you could use "Refresh Seconds"?

Setting the refresh rate to 0.01 works, but it kinda jumps. Like it changes every second, but after every other change, it does like a half second change. Gah, its hard to explain. I am sure you'd understand if you tested it out yourself . Thats why I am thinking a refresh rate of 1 second might be good .

Very nice script, keep it up !

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You are totally correct about the chat logs ! I hadn't even thought about that. Perhaps I may just get rid of my seconds now. Thanks for the heads up .

The download link provided has version 2.0 and not version 2.2.

excuse me, but with 2.1, I had to remove messenger + because this script made my messenger crash at startup (of messenger)

I couldn't do a thing., Will it work now with 2.2 ?

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
excuse me, but with 2.1, I had to remove messenger + because this script made my messenger crash at startup (of messenger)

I couldn't do a thing., Will it work now with 2.2 ?

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The download link provided has version 2.0 and not version 2.2.

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took me a while to figure out how to use it then i got it!! and i like this alot!! gunna b using it alot and good work nitemare!!

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
excuse me, but with 2.1, I had to remove messenger + because this script made my messenger crash at startup (of messenger)

I couldn't do a thing., Will it work now with 2.2 ?

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i have no idea, you never reported any problems, and you shouldn't have to remove messenger Plus! live, just remove the count down folder, located in the scripts folder

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Originally posted by LoochTheMan
The download link provided has version 2.0 and not version 2.2.

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i download 2.2 fine,  where are you downloading from?

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
excuse me, but with 2.1, I had to remove messenger + because this script made my messenger crash at startup (of messenger)

I couldn't do a thing., Will it work now with 2.2 ?

thanks

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i have no idea, you never reported any problems, and you shouldn't have to remove messenger Plus! live, just remove the count down folder, located in the scripts folder

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Originally posted by LoochTheMan
The download link provided has version 2.0 and not version 2.2.

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i download 2.2 fine,  where are you downloading from?

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I took it from here and even when I removed the folder, it didn't work.

maybe it conflicted with another script, I don't know

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I couldn't be bothered to read the whole thread so sorry if this has been reported already:

I cannot view the calender control at all. Not sure if this is a plus bug or a bug related to your script. When clicking nothing happens.

I'm using Windows Vista

Here on Windows XP Home SP2 the calender control (little pop up calender ?) works fine. Perhaps Vista (lucky ) has a problem with the calender popup control? Have you used any other things with the pop up? Such as expedia.com? If they don't pop up when putting dates in there, I think it might be a problem with Vista. Otherwise, I'm not sure.

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Originally posted by Keikonium
Here on Windows XP Home SP2 the calender control (little pop up calender ?) works fine. Perhaps Vista (lucky ) has a problem with the calender popup control? Have you used any other things with the pop up? Such as expedia.com? If they don't pop up when putting dates in there, I think it might be a problem with Vista. Otherwise, I'm not sure.

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Originally posted by Keikonium
Here on Windows XP Home SP2 the calender control (little pop up calender ?) works fine. Perhaps Vista (lucky ) has a problem with the calender popup control? Have you used any other things with the pop up? Such as expedia.com? If they don't pop up when putting dates in there, I think it might be a problem with Vista. Otherwise, I'm not sure.

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
Great but it would be cool that when we disable the countdown, it brings back our psm.

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it should, but it doesn't always work, i'm still trying to figure that one out

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
Great but it would be cool that when we disable the countdown, it brings back our psm.

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it should, but it doesn't always work, i'm still trying to figure that one out

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You should, on countdown enable, grab the current psm and save it in the registry, then read the registry entry when the countdown is stopped, and set the psm again

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Damn it... I'm gone for 2 weeks to Italy and NiteMare makes a script which does exactly the same as mine.

Nice work, this makes me think to improve mine too!
I've called mine Countdown Live, I just hope that won't cause too much confuseness...

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Damn it... I'm gone for 2 weeks to Italy and NiteMare makes a script which does exactly the same as mine.

Nice work, this makes me think to improve mine too!
I've called mine Countdown Live, I just hope that won't cause too much confuseness...

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Well... At the moment it does more, but that's just temporany. I'm trying to make my interface as clear as possible, since yours is a bit overloaded.

Anyway, the battle has begun!

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Originally posted by Mattike
Well... At the moment it does more, but that's just temporany. I'm trying to make my interface as clear as possible, since yours is a bit overloaded.

Anyway, the battle has begun!

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not sure if it's been asked, but is it even half way possible for there to be a choice to set the refresh rate to seconds in stead of minutes? like have the choice of in minutes, or in seconds.... but what am i doing? i love this . great work, (a huge leap from the psm counter that worked without a wrapper i had before)

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Originally posted by Apola Silverstone
not sure if it's been asked, but is it even half way possible for there to be a choice to set the refresh rate to seconds in stead of minutes? like have the choice of in minutes, or in seconds.... but what am i doing? i love this . great work, (a huge leap from the psm counter that worked without a wrapper i had before)

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all right, thanks! -blush- i was thinking of trying that, just not sure if it would work with this knowledge i will rule the world.... or just have fun with this awsome script, cya

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Originally posted by NiteMare
you lost

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Originally posted by NiteMare
you didn't get it in the script database

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and mines not "overloaded" its just userfriendly

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Originally posted by Mattike
You mean that window almost as huge as Windows Live Messenger's contact list itself?

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Can you make it to where when the counter reaches 0 it takes that variable away.

Like say you have xx days, xx hours, xx, minutes, xx seconds.  When any of those xx have a 0 can you make it automatically remove them?  So you won't have a countdown with 26 days, 6 hours, 0 minutes until...

can some-one or nightmare help!!!
i dont get it.
everytime i set it comes up NaN Days NaN Hours NaN Minutes NaN Seconds
What the hell is up with it?




Regards
     KieranJ.

What do you have under the 'Personal Message' box?

By default it should be:

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%d {d/Day/Days} %h {h/Hour/Hours} %m {m/Minute/Minutes} %s {s/Second/Seconds}

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Originally posted by Chris4
What do you have under the 'Personal Message' box?

By default it should be:

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%d {d/Day/Days} %h {h/Hour/Hours} %m {m/Minute/Minutes} %s {s/Second/Seconds}

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I got the exact same.

What's wrong is..

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Count time = 12:00

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Count time = 12:00:00

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Originally posted by Chris4
I got the exact same.

What's wrong is..

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Count time = 12:00

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It needs to show the seconds aswell. Change it to this:

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Count time = 12:00:00

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That fixed it for me

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Thank's for shareing the countdown script,

but there is a problem when i'm using it,

I think maybe I should report to you, so you can make it better~

the problem is: everytime when I restart my PC or MSN, the value I set in the coundown configuration will restore to the default value, and if I want to change the value again, there is nothing happend after I press the apply button.

so everytime if I want to use the countdown script, I have to reinstall it again, again and again...

This problem didn't happened when I use the oldest version of this script (version 1.85?), so I'm wondering that is there any place I can download the oldest version of this script?

I'm using Windows XP SP2, and my system language is Traditional Chinese, hope this information can help you to fix the problem. If you need other information (like screenshot...etc),just let me know, I can send it to you.

Thanks for this cool stuff again, and hope you can understand my English.

Click on Disable CountDown and then Enable CountDown... should enable itself automatically however...

how do ya use them

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Originally posted by juniorb213
Thank's for shareing the countdown script,

but there is a problem when i'm using it,

I think maybe I should report to you, so you can make it better~

the problem is: everytime when I restart my PC or MSN, the value I set in the coundown configuration will restore to the default value, and if I want to change the value again, there is nothing happend after I press the apply button.

so everytime if I want to use the countdown script, I have to reinstall it again, again and again...

This problem didn't happened when I use the oldest version of this script (version 1.85?), so I'm wondering that is there any place I can download the oldest version of this script?

I'm using Windows XP SP2, and my system language is Traditional Chinese, hope this information can help you to fix the problem. If you need other information (like screenshot...etc),just let me know, I can send it to you.

Thanks for this cool stuff again, and hope you can understand my English.

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Originally posted by 4penguino
how do ya use them

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Originally posted by chris4

Count Date: Just simply set the date that you want to count down to (Note: It's American date, so it's mm/dd/yyyy)

Count Time: [24hr clock] Set the time that you want to count down to (example: 14:50:00 would be 2:50pm)

Refresh Rate: Set this to "1" if you want it to update for every minute, or leave it how it is.

Personal Message: Leave it how it is if you don't want to get confused, otherwise you can change it. The text below it explains what each of them mean.

Count Down End: This is what it will say once the countdown is at 0 hours 0 minutes and 0 seconds.

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Originally posted by NiteMare
Personaly i like to see the month first (mm/dd/yyyy) because thats what you say first (ie July 2nd,3006)

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Originally posted by Salem
Yeh, well most of Europe uses dd/mm/yyy if i remember correctly, so i think having support for both would be good.

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by Salem
Yeh, well most of Europe uses dd/mm/yyy if i remember correctly, so i think having support for both would be good.

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is it REALLY that hard to switch 2 number, or use the calender?

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Hello NightMare.

I was wondering if teh user could have refresh for like 15 seconds?

Some people's computer's can handle it.

Thanks,

Brayden.

15 seconds? Dang... who do you want to annoy?!

I love this script, seriously, it was easy to get running too, well done!

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IP Address: Logged
Yesterday 07:24 PM     
Profile E-Mail PM Find

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by Br4yd3nP.Plus
IP Address: Logged
Yesterday 07:24 PM     
Profile E-Mail PM Find

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it is possable, by setting the minutes to a decimal number, however your logs along with your contacts logs will be COMPLETELY thrown off, having a personal message change every 15 seconds, so i do not recommend it

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The script is not functioning well ... According to the script, 2 months have 89 days... If you put the coundown date to 2 months afterward it says 89days left.. I mean from 1 august 2006 to 31 september, it says 89 days...

can you take a screen shot of the config window, also check the Debug window for me (enable it in the scripts tab of the preferances, then open it via the Plus! menu on the contact list), and post any errors that apper

Function called: OnEvent_Timer
Tag not found
Tag not found
Tag not found
60000
Update_Time

hmm, the tag not found shouldn;t be there, can you please post teh screen shot of your config window, along with your windows version and the language that your WLM is in

windows media center version 2002 service pack 2

can you understand the problem or you need more explanation?

i don't know what to tell ya, i can't reproduce the problem, nor do i know whats causeing it, check your system clock, is it set to the right date?

ive got the same freakn prob

shows 64 days till 3rd of Sept..

Script is starting
Script is now loaded and ready
Function called: OnEvent_Initialize
07/01/2007
false
Function called: OnGetScriptMenu
Function called: OnEvent_MenuClicked
Function called: OnCountDownEvent_CtrlClicked
09/03/2006
00:00:01
09/03/2006
30
False
30
Function called: OnCountDownEvent_CtrlClicked
Function called: OnGetScriptMenu
Function called: OnEvent_MenuClicked
enabled
saving PSM
true - true
Tag not found
Tag not found
Tag not found
1800000
Function called: OnGetScriptMenu
Function called: OnEvent_MenuClicked
true
disabled

hmmm, could those people that have the problem please upload the config file in the scripts/Count Down/ folder

the file should be a bunch of numbers ending with .xml

here's mine..

had to rar it cuz wudnt allow .xml

thanks, i'm looking in to this as we speak to see if i can find out whats happening

i just realized that the "Tag not found" error is just saying that your leaving out the {h/hour/hours} {m/Minute/Minutes}{s/Second/seconds}

it was an error proofing thing i put in and forgot about, but it should be there, and it is not causeing the bug

agian, could you please check your system date to make sure your clock are not off

during the month of september the script add's 30 days from what ever it should be, instead of being 42 days till sep 11, it becomes 72 days till sep 11... i suddenly noticed i now had to wait an extra 30 days till im 17.. ha ha.. is this fixed? ill try the new version.

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Originally posted by NiteMare
i just realized that the "Tag not found" error is just saying that your leaving out the {h/hour/hours} {m/Minute/Minutes}{s/Second/seconds}

it was an error proofing thing i put in and forgot about, but it should be there, and it is not causeing the bug

agian, could you please check your system date to make sure your clock are not off

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
exact same thing happened to me today...

i found the problem, its happening to me now, for some reason, and i have no clue why, its mistaking the 9th month of the year as october, not september

but i have no clue it there something in my script or if it's a Plus! live bug?

Good script.

It is possible :

When days equal 0, do not display "Days"
When Hours equal 0 & days = 0, do not display "Hours"
When Minutes equal 0 & Hours = 0 & days = 0, do not display "Minutes"
and


Thanks

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Originally posted by Geo
Good script.

It is possible :

When days equal 0, do not display "Days"
When Hours equal 0 & days = 0, do not display "Hours"
When Minutes equal 0 & Hours = 0 & days = 0, do not display "Minutes"
and


Thanks

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OK, i'm waiting.

Good work

I spoke about fast .

I notice the same problem as the others, as soon as the countdown overtakes more than a month, he(it) becomes false.

Ex: countdown until in 08/31/06 at 23:00 (moment day in 07/31/06) days 31 in ......... yew the countdown is until in 09/01/06 (just one day more) at 23:00, it display days 62....

I tested all the combinations, the hour of the syteme over the 12 and 24 hours and the management of the odre of date DD / mm / YY and MM / DD / YY but without result

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Originally posted by Geo
I spoke about fast .

I notice the same problem as the others, as soon as the countdown overtakes more than a month, he(it) becomes false.

Ex: countdown until in 08/31/06 at 23:00 (moment day in 07/31/06) days 31 in ......... yew the countdown is until in 09/01/06 (just one day more) at 23:00, it display days 62....

I tested all the combinations, the hour of the syteme over the 12 and 24 hours and the management of the odre of date DD / mm / YY and MM / DD / YY but without result

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I've got a problem.  A lot of people have said it but I'll just confirm it.  I'm trying to set the countdown for September 2nd, and it's coming up on the counter as 62 days, x hours, x minutes and so one remaining.  It should be 32 days.

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Originally posted by jmccarroll
I've got a problem.  A lot of people have said it but I'll just confirm it.  I'm trying to set the countdown for September 2nd, and it's coming up on the counter as 62 days, x hours, x minutes and so one remaining.  It should be 32 days.

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my script seems to have corrected itself, tis back to 40 days to my birthday instead of 60.. so i dunno odd?

oph well, happy with it now

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Originally posted by AmbulanceX
my script seems to have corrected itself, tis back to 40 days to my birthday instead of 60.. so i dunno odd?

oph well, happy with it now

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ha ha seems as if once the month of july got passed (for it's the 1st of august today) it works fine.. sounds good to me.

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Originally posted by AmbulanceX
ha ha seems as if once the month of july got passed (for it's the 1st of august today) it works fine.. sounds good to me.

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still not working here..

It is true English is not my language, it it is seen?
And thus I have the mania to use translator who are not very performent.

Sorry

Great script. Does anyone know if anything like this exists for your personal message? I would love to have it display a countdown to my wedding day and update every day.

glad you like it

File has been updated, check first post

hello NiteMare.

There are several problems on V2.4:

1 : When the fct "removal value if equal zero" is enable, There are characters too in front of the value which stays.

2: When the Countdown is ended, I have a infinity toast "Countdown Reached, Disabling timer"


Good work

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Originally posted by Geo
hello NiteMare.

There are several problems on V2.4:

1 : When the fct "removal value if equal zero" is enable, There are characters too in front of the value which stays.

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Originally posted by Geo

2: When the Countdown is ended, I have a infinity toast "Countdown Reached, Disabling timer"

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update to fix a bug

Hi,

i forget this:

When the fct "removal value if equal zero" is enable, the srcipt display 0 minute.

when the value (Day, Hour, minute, seconds) équal 0 the sript display a plural name

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Originally posted by Geo
Hi,

i forget this:

When the fct "removal value if equal zero" is enable, the srcipt display 0 minute.

when the value (Day, Hour, minute, seconds) équal 0 the sript display a plural name

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hey nightmare...could you add an option to add the text to the display name??

i tried changing the tags 'MyPersonalMessage' byt 'MyName', however nothing happent

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Originally posted by Chancer
hey nightmare...could you add an option to add the text to the display name??

i tried changing the tags 'MyPersonalMessage' byt 'MyName', however nothing happent

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Hi,

I'm getting NaN as values for the num of days and num of hours. I'm in the UK, may be a date issue.

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by Chancer
hey nightmare...could you add an option to add the text to the display name??

i tried changing the tags 'MyPersonalMessage' byt 'MyName', however nothing happent

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Possability for future builds

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Originally posted by j.g.allen
Hi,

I'm getting NaN as values for the num of days and num of hours. I'm in the UK, may be a date issue.

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Can you remove the spaces in the PSM when the fct "remove value..." is enable.

PSM = "1 Day 3 Hours 40 Minutes 24 Seconds"
PSM = "  3 Hours 39 Minutes 46 Seconds"
PSM = "    38 Minutes 35 Seconds"
PSM = "      15 Seconds"

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Originally posted by Geo
Can you remove the spaces in the PSM when the fct "remove value..." is enable.

PSM = "1 Day 3 Hours 40 Minutes 24 Seconds"
PSM = "  3 Hours 39 Minutes 46 Seconds"
PSM = "    38 Minutes 35 Seconds"
PSM = "      15 Seconds"

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code:

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%d {d/Day/Days} %h {h/Hour/Hours} %m {m/Minute/Minutes} %s {s/Second/Seconds}

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%d{d/ Day / Days }%h{h/ Hour / Hours }%m{m/ Minute / Minutes }%s{s/ Second / Seconds }

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this is the best countdown/up because the countdown live is copyied and its got a few bugs in and its never as good as this countdown

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Originally posted by boston
this is the best countdown/up because the countdown live is copyied and its got a few bugs in and its never as good as this countdown

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For more precision, it would indeed be necessary to anticipate the end of the count.

If the remaining countdown value is lower than the refresh value.  it would indeed be necessary not to wait a new refresh to show the end of the countdown.

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Originally posted by Geo
For more precision, it would indeed be necessary to anticipate the end of the count.

If the remaining countdown value is lower than the refresh value.  it would indeed be necessary not to wait a new refresh to show the end of the countdown.

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updated, for the ability to put it in your nickname

thanks nice
works good nice
nickname option works brill
1st bug free script ive ever downloaded

(i will notify you for bugs)if there is any

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Originally posted by boston
thanks nice
works good nice
nickname option works brill
1st bug free script ive ever downloaded

(i will notify you for bugs)if there is any

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I'm new to wlm, scripts, and this forum infact; But when i saw that script i thought i'd give it a go... I was expecting all scripts to be buggy but this one was perfect! Thanks for making the first script the best one!!

only 365 days and 56 mins till this time next year apparently

I found a bug when I set up the date to 09/06/06, the day changes to 35....

Just to let you know.
Using WinXP SP2
WLM (Latest)
MsgPlus! (latest)

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Originally posted by Odium696
I found a bug when I set up the date to 09/06/06, the day changes to 35....

Just to let you know.
Using WinXP SP2
WLM (Latest)
MsgPlus! (latest)

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by Geo
For more precision, it would indeed be necessary to anticipate the end of the count.

If the remaining countdown value is lower than the refresh value.  it would indeed be necessary not to wait a new refresh to show the end of the countdown.

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hmm good point, i'll think about it

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wicked i ahve downloaded it, how long did it take to make it?

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Originally posted by xx134xx
wicked i ahve downloaded it, how long did it take to make it?

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Originally posted by Geo
You had the time to look this...

Thank you

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thanks to help from finewolf, we have eliminated teh bug that was adding 30 days to your timer, (up or down), i'm at work right now, but i will release the fix tongiht

updated and lookin good

I really don't like the Javascript DATE object...

I got a suggestion
add a week code thingy so itll be
1 weeks 1 day 3 hours 34 minutes 2 seconds til i get a car

hmm, i could add weeks and years, motnsh may be tricky though, but ill see about adding those features

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Originally posted by NiteMare
hmm, i could add weeks and years, motnsh may be tricky though, but ill see about adding those features

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Originally posted by quacky
I got a suggestion
add a week code thingy so itll be
1 weeks 1 day 3 hours 34 minutes 2 seconds til i get a car

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hmm, i could add weeks and years, motnsh may be tricky though, but ill see about adding those features

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years are equally tricky than months.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by NiteMare
hmm, i could add weeks and years, motnsh may be tricky though, but ill see about adding those features

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years are equally tricky than months.

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Originally posted by quacky
I got a suggestion
add a week code thingy so itll be
1 weeks 1 day 3 hours 34 minutes 2 seconds til i get a car

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Holiday Counter can do that (and more)

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this is a geat script m8 well done

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by NiteMare

hmm, i could add weeks and years, motnsh may be tricky though, but ill see about adding those features

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years are equally tricky than months.

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how so? well yeah i understand the leap years, but is there something else i'm missing?

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Originally posted by quacky

Holiday counter is for msn not wlm
EDIT: sorry yes it is

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NiteMare, I'm done recoding the timeStamp object to support year and months.. Weeks would be easy to add if really needed. It uses real years and real months, no fixed length stuff. Please read your MSN.

(Kinda funny I took over the time calculation in your script since you had that end of month problem . The JavaScript Date Object is crap... )

update!, go check it out

the new version is not working for me !

I plan a december 10th event and it says 5 days to go !!!!

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
the new version is not working for me !

I plan a december 10th event and it says 5 days to go !!!!

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ok and how can I make it to be seen ?? thanks

Hey nitemare can you update the attchment on the first post
thanks

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Originally posted by quacky
Hey nitemare can you update the attchment on the first post
thanks

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
ok and how can I make it to be seen ?? thanks

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%y{y/ Year / Year }%M{M/ Month / Months }%w{w/ Week / Weeks}

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can't you make an option adding them all automaticly ?

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Originally posted by tinpiliycfa
can't you make an option adding them all automaticly ?

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Cool script ,
but how to configure to show how many hours is left to new year? (only hours) ?
Thanks

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Originally posted by DeKoVV
Cool script ,
but how to configure to show how many hours is left to new year? (only hours) ?
Thanks

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Just alittle update, i'm working on a Version 3.0 for the scripting contest, it will have atleast 3 new (handy) features, and maybe more

plugin rocks but the only bad thing i can see is when you disable the counter your psm name is removed

USING THIS FOR A CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN

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Originally posted by psycho_maniac
the only bad thing i can see is when you disable the counter your psm name is removed

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im having a problem with the countdown plugin. this is what i have for my psm. i cannot get the days to work. what am i doing wrong here?

%M {M/month/months} %w {w/week/weeks} and %d {d/day/days} till im 21  !!!!!!!!!!!!

also i get a error when i disable the countdown plugin

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Originally posted by psycho_maniac
im having a problem with the countdown plugin. this is what i have for my psm. i cannot get the days to work. what am i doing wrong here?

%M {M/month/months} %w {w/week/weeks} and %d {d/day/days} till im 21  !!!!!!!!!!!!

also i get a error when i disable the countdown plugin

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big update!

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Originally posted by NiteMare
big update!

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Originally posted by Jimbodude

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Originally posted by NiteMare
big update!

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Excellent update! love the new features epecially the preview box, good work NiteMare. Countdown to win the competition lol
* Jimbodude downloads

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Vau, exellent update!!
Bravo

Very nice update NiteMare Great job Keep it up

bug fixed, check first post

hello NiteMare

in the Version 3.0.17, the countDown do not display the final message....

view a trace file

& Sometimes, if we start countDown too much near the date of the end, the script does not stop the countDown and crosses in mode count.
(In spite of the good options marked)

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Originally posted by Geo
hello NiteMare

in the Version 3.0.17, the countDown do not display the final message....

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hello, i have the same bug in all Version 3.x

Good luck

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Originally posted by Geo
hello, i have the same bug in all Version 3.x

Good luck

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ok thanks

Can be to add to the option "no contact online " the on-line/ blocked contacts

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Originally posted by Geo
ok thanks

Can be to add to the option "no contact online " the on-line/ blocked contacts

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just consider that an online but blocked contact is an offline contact for not refresh the countdown


Sorry for my english

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Originally posted by Geo
just consider that an online but blocked contact is an offline contact for not refresh the countdown


Sorry for my english

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update posted

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Originally posted by NiteMare
update posted

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Hi,

May i know how i can configure his script?
I installed the script but there is no menu option for me to setup my countdown timer.

Thanks!

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Originally posted by ihuazai
Hi,

May i know how i can configure his script?
I installed the script but there is no menu option for me to setup my countdown timer.

Thanks!

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for some reason i don't have a scripts menu.
but the commandline method works.

thanks!

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by ihuazai
Hi,

May i know how i can configure his script?
I installed the script but there is no menu option for me to setup my countdown timer.

Thanks!

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there should be a menu option, first make sure the script is active in the scripts section of the plus options

then take a look in the scripts menu, if you STILL for what ever reason can't find it, you can also access the configuration panel by opening a chat and typing "!cdconfig" with out the quotes, that should open the configuration panel,  after you set everything up you can turn it on eather by the menu or typing "!cdenable" in a chat (again with out teh quotes)

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Can you update CountDown for 4.50/9.0?

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Originally posted by riahc4
Can you update CountDown for 4.50/9.0?

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Pretty sure I tested this for compatibility and it worked already chair

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Originally posted by riahc4
Can you update CountDown for 4.50/9.0?

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I have some problem when i use some french characters like é à ö in counter. those characters are replace by another and sometime, nickname (with special characters) are modify too...