Shoutbox

Wii, can you explain (as good as possible and as far as your English allows you to) how this script actually works?

Because from reading this thread all I can feel is that it is made way too complex and a mess to be honest... DLLs, TLBs, EXEs, ... I mean, why are they all needed?

A 'simple' script with a 'simple' DLL* (to send the SMS) should be sufficient. I also don't understand all the talk about registry changes, installations, the need to reboot, breaking the DLL if you restart the script**, etc...

Why do you actually need the Messenger Library for?

I wont use this script and will not even try or test it as I very strongly feel, from what I've read in this thread, it will mess many things up, pollute my registry, register some ActiveXs, etc.. from what I've read in this thread.

So to make me understand and to take that bad feeling away, can you explain how the script, the DLLs, the EXEs all interact with eachother, what their purposes are, etc? Maybe using some graphical workflow graphics or something, dunno...


* And if the purpose of the DLL is to send an SMS than it can mostlikely also be done directly within the scripting language. Plus! scripting supports Windows APIs, you can connect to the internet with that, connect to modems, etc.

** If a script reload breaks the DLL then that DLL is indeed very badly written as a script restart should not matter, even not to prevent users from cheating. In fact, if you talk about registering an email to recieve 50 free SMS then I assume something registers the email on some online service. It is up to the DLL and/or this service to 'detect' reregistering or cheating. In the end, a script restart should realy not matter at all and in fact it is very crucial for a proper script and proper DLL to allow stopping, restarting, enabling and disabling. A proper written script and DLL can communicate with eachother directly without breaking anything (and without using precious resources and cpu cycles) if one or the other fails to load or is reloaded.