I think there should be a type of "Instant Search" in the log viewer. Sometimes we want to remember what someone said but we dont rememeber when, who, where, or why they said it; we just know what they said.
By simplying putting words of the phrase, then instant search in log viewer would help out.

This would be useful, and also, wouldnt it be fairly easy to do, patchou?

This is possible, Just press CTRL+F just as you would to search for text in your web browser.

Hope this helps

~Salem

I think riahc4 means searching _all_ the available logs, not just the current open one...

Aka: the same as when you use Windows Explorer to search for a phrase in a file in a directory and all its subdirectories...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I think riahc4 means searching _all_ the available logs, not just the current open one...

Aka: the same as when you use Windows Explorer to search for a phrase in a file in a directory and all its subdirectories...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I think riahc4 means searching _all_ the available logs, not just the current open one...

Aka: the same as when you use Windows Explorer to search for a phrase in a file in a directory and all its subdirectories...

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But it would be a pain for your CPU if you have your logs encrypted with a password and have to decrypt them all first before you can search in them...

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Originally posted by Mattike
But it would be a pain for your CPU if you have your logs encrypted with a password and have to decrypt them all first before you can search in them...

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And also what happens if you changed passwords as well, you would also have to enter the password for each log which just adds to the time.  Plus then when it is looking through does it keep a decrypted copy so that it is quick for you to search through later or do you go for security and have to then decrypt them again when you are checking the hits to your queries?

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Originally posted by markee
And also what happens if you changed passwords as well

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Originally posted by Mattike
But it would be a pain for your CPU (...)

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Originally posted by vaccination
And could take a long time to, especially if the majority of the logs are big.

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I have been wondering about this myself, it would be awesome to have as I find the current one a bit annoying tbh.

gogogogoggo patchou

Hm, patchou could use the vista search api for this, but that leaves XP out in the cold

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XP could just install windows desktop search, it seems like it has the same api : >

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hm could be done as a plus script *starts*

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hm Ive created code to search the log directory for "hello" and debug.trace the results, though because the IE control isnt available for scripts i cant display the results and highlight the phrase

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var CSIDL_PERSONAL = 0x5;
var reglogdir = "HKCU\\Software\\Patchou\\Messenger Plus! Live\\" + Messenger.MyEmail +"\\Preferences\\LogsDirectory";

var shell  = new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell');

try{
    var dir = shell.RegRead(reglogdir);
}catch(e){
    var dir = getSpecialDir(CSIDL_PERSONAL) + "\\My Chat Logs";
}
dir = dir.replace("\\", "/");

var db = new ActiveXObject('ADODB.Connection');
db.open("Provider=Search.CollatorDSO;Extended Properties='Application=Windows';");

var results = db.Execute("SELECT System.ItemPathDisplay FROM SystemIndex WHERE CONTAINS('hello') AND SCOPE='file:" + dir + "'");

while(!results.EOF){
    Debug.Trace(results.Fields.item('System.ItemPathDisplay'));
    results.MoveNext();
}


function getSpecialDir( CSIDL){
    var szSendToPath = Interop.Allocate((255 *2) +2);
    Interop.Call("Shell32", "SHGetSpecialFolderPathW", 0, szSendToPath,  CSIDL, 0);
    return szSendToPath.ReadString(0);
}

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Originally posted by riahc4

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I think riahc4 means searching _all_ the available logs, not just the current open one...

Aka: the same as when you use Windows Explorer to search for a phrase in a file in a directory and all its subdirectories...

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Exactly.

For example, I stopped talking to a friend a long time ago. And I was trying to search our last conversation but it is impossible because I dont remember the date.
Putting their email or a date or a text or a nickname or something should bring up anything related to it. I think Patchou should make Messenger Plus! be able to use the WDS 3.0 platform for Plus! logs including also his old method of Find thru search logs.

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I'll try to work on that for the next version.

As for the IE contol, you'll be glad to know version 4.50 give scripts full access to it.

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Originally posted by ahmetgns
Right click on that contact.../Messenger Plus! Features.../Open Chat Log... would help. Keep in mind. I don't have any idea if you have removed that contact from your list.

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I'll try to work on that for the next version.

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