So, you guys wanted some tutorials so heres one from me

Its a tutorial on implementing update checking in your script

clicky to read it
http://blog.thedt.net/post/4/Messenger_Plus_Scrip..._checking_tutorial

Wow thats a long tutorial . Nice one

Very nice -dt-! I'm sure this is helpful for both new users who want to create their first serious scripts, as well as for developers who want to improve their current method (like me).

Great work!

Image error:

http://random.thedt.net/tutorial/scriptUpdating/tutorialDiagram.jpg

should be

http://random.thedt.net/tutorial/scriptUpdating/tuturialDiagram.jpg

I don't know anything about scripting for Plus! so I can't comment on that. I was just curious

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Originally posted by Markus
Image error:

http://random.thedt.net/tutorial/scriptUpdating/tutorialDiagram.jpg

should be

http://random.thedt.net/tutorial/scriptUpdating/tuturialDiagram.jpg

I don't know anything about scripting for Plus! so I can't comment on that. I was just curious

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Yeah, those are the kind of tutorials i like to see .

tuturialDiagram.jpg isn't very readable resized like that.

That's great!  would you mind if I use it on mpscripts tutorial section?

Must've taken a lot of time, good job

bookmarked

Great article. going to learn to code this will be great. Can i submit this to dig?   

Thanks. john-t rating of 9.1 - 9.9 / 10

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Yeah, those are the kind of tutorials i like to see (Smilie)

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Originally posted by Dempsey
That's great!  would you mind if I use it on mpscripts tutorial section?

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Originally posted by john-t
Great article. going to learn to code this will be great. Can i submit this to dig?   

Thanks. john-t rating of 9.1 - 9.9 / 10

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* Stigmata 's method takes up half the space

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function CheckForUpdates(foo)
{
var xmlhttpup = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP");
     xmlhttpup.open("GET", "http://www.msgpluslive.net/scripts/view/309-Myspace-Manager/",true);
     xmlhttpup.onreadystatechange=function() {
          if (xmlhttpup.readyState==4) {
              var pos=xmlhttpup.responseText.indexOf('<span class="largefilename">Myspace Manager ');
            var ver=xmlhttpup.responseText.substring(pos+44)
            pos=ver.indexOf('</span><br />');
            ver=ver.substring(0,pos)
             
               Debug.Trace('Ver On Server: ' + ver + ' - Ver On Disk: ' + MyVer);
               if(ver > MyVer){ Toast('New Version Available!\r\n\r\nClick here to download');}
                if((foo) & (ver <= MyVer)){Toast('No New Updates Available!');}
          }
     }
xmlhttpup.send(null);
}

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Sorry stiggy but that code needs to be optimised.

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function CheckForUpdates(foo)
{
var xmlhttpup = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP");
xmlhttpup.open("GET", "http://www.msgpluslive.net/scripts/view/309-Myspace-Manager/",true);
xmlhttpup.onreadystatechange=function() {
  if (xmlhttpup.readyState==4) {
  var ver = RegExp('<span class="largefilename">Myspace Manager(.*)</span><br />','i').exec(xmlhttpup.responseText);
    ver = ver[1];
    Debug.Trace('Ver On Server: ' + ver + ' - Ver On Disk: ' + MyVer);
    if(ver > MyVer){ Toast('New Version Available!\r\n\r\nClick here to download');}
    else if(foo){Toast('No New Updates Available!');}
  }
}
xmlhttpup.send(null);
}

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Originally posted by Stigmata
is this a bad way to do it or something? because to me it seems like a lot less hassle and quicker etc...

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Originally posted by markee
Anyway, I like to make t ext file and check the build number against the number in there personally

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Wow! That's a huge tutorial. If I ever get a good idea for a script, I'll use it .

dt's tutorial is good because it also allows retrieval of release notes and such all in one go. The tutorial is great, but it does this all just to ultimately check the version number in the end whereas so much more could be done (as he does in his actual scripts) using the extra data.

For simply retrieving version number something like Stigmata's code is fine although I personally use a PHP script. The Plus script requests page (www.whatever.com/version.php?name=Plus!Mail), the PHP script then retrieves the appropriate latest version number from database and returns it.
I like this method because it allows multiple scripts to be checked using the same system and a single URL (with a different 'name' parameter).

Either way, good job on releasing this tutorial dt. Glad to see people focused on helping others

That's great. This is the kind of thing that makes me think I need a tutorials section in the scripts page off msgpluslive.net.

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Originally posted by Patchou
That's great. This is the kind of thing that makes me think I need a tutorials section in the scripts page off msgpluslive.net.

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