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OK, I've rewritten the backup code (restore code still needs more work) to address most of what you said before.

It still uses external DLLs but these are in subdirectories under the plugins folder. I've neatened it up a little.

If you're still having problems, please add me (e-mail is in 1st post)

http://www.josolyne.demon.co.uk/PlusSettings.exe

Thanks

XgD

Just got a great idea

How about also storing a hash of the zip or just the reg file, on the server so you first download the hash, calculate the hash of the local copy, and if they are the same you don't have to up/download.

For me personally it won't be a problem, but for people on dial-in, they would notice 1~2 MB's up/downloaded everytime they close and open MSN.



EDIT: Found out the zip on my server was only 150 Kb/s , but still I think it will be a good idea.

It's nonsense to download and upload a file everytime, even if it hasn't changed.

EDIT2: There also seems to be a problem when reloading plugins, your plugin causes MSN to crash.

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Originally posted by Ezra
Just got a great idea

How about also storing a hash of the zip or just the reg file, on the server so you first download the hash, calculate the hash of the local copy, and if they are the same you don't have to up/download.

For me personally it won't be a problem, but for people on dial-in, they would notice 1~2 MB's up/downloaded everytime they close and open MSN.



EDIT: Found out the zip on my server was only 150 Kb/s , but still I think it will be a good idea.

It's nonsense to download and upload a file everytime, even if it hasn't changed.

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Well, with FTP and 150kb files, the bulk of the time is actually in connecting to the server and negotiating rather then the actual upload, so whether a 'hash' file is uploaded also is irrelevant... the plugin still needs to connect to the server to get the has anyway which takes the time.

As an aside, I've just finished a new version which backs up MSN Messenger settings as well as Plus! settings, and should (in the future) be able to backup Winks/Emoticons/Backgrounds/DPs as well, but this won't be in the next version.

By then, the file size of the zip may be at least 2mb, so a hash file might be a good option.

I've also re-written the restore code and also made it easier to add new languages in the future. I'm just testing this version at the moment before I post it on here, and I'll upload it when I'm done.

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EDIT2: There also seems to be a problem when reloading plugins, your plugin causes MSN to crash.

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I've not experienced this myself but I'll look into it. It might be because the backup procedure takes time to complete, so when Plus tries to reload the library, its still in use. I might make a copy of the file elsewhere to run on exit to stop this in the future if it works.

XgD

Another update... fixing a few bugs, few new things. See first post for info

XgD

is there any way to make this work with WLM 8.5???

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Originally posted by warmth
is there any way to make this work with WLM 8.5???

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This plug-in was written for Plus! 3 two years ago. The whole plug-in system was replaced by the current script system in Plus! Live and thus this will not work for any version of Windows Live Messenger, because:

• The preferences of Plus! Live are totally different than those of Plus! 3.
  
• The location where the preferences are stored was changed.
  
• The plug-in isn't written for Plus! Live, because it simply didn't exist yet!

Of course, someone could try and create a similar script which does this for Plus! Live, but it's somewhat impossible to port this plug-in straight to Plus! Live.

Please note before posting: the last reply was posted on 10 November 2005, that's 2 years ago! Please let these threads just die silently.

Hmm, i thought I had replied to this already. Seems my post didnt post.

Anyway, it said something along the lines of the above post, that everything's changed and its not going towork without a rewrite in the new scripting language.

I'm not using multiple computers any more, so theres no incentive for me to re-create this, although if there is a demand for it, i might consider a re-write for MP Live.

XgD

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Originally posted by Mattike
Of course, someone could try and create a similar script which does this for Plus! Live, but it's somewhat impossible to port this plug-in straight to Plus! Live.

Please note before posting: the last reply was posted on 10 November 2005, that's 2 years ago! Please let these threads just die silently.

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I already know this Mattike... sorry for being so confusing with my words... I should have been more specific... But in the real way, I achieved my target !!! looK:

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Originally posted by XgD
although if there is a demand for it, i might consider a re-write for MP Live.

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I will love to see this script working... I'm also available to test it...

Well it will be some time until I am able to work on it (probably around christmas time), and there's no guarantee the scripting language will be able to do what I wanted to do (multithreads, hash generation etc), but i have some ideas about how to improve it.

Thinking about it, I'd have to implement a ZIP function and a FTP function into (Java?)Script, which seems a little excessive, so unless I can use the script as some sort of wrapper for my DLL/EXE, it seems a non-starter.

As I say, I've not looked at the scripting language for MP!Live, but I will release my old source code if will help anyone to create this.

XgD

Any updates on this?