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Features

• Add as many countdowns as you like in your nickname, personal message or media message
  
• Start counting upwards when the countdown date passes, or set a finish message such as "Happy new year!".
  
• See a live preview of the countdowns while modifying your preferences.
  
• Choose the words used for the time units, or let the script take the units from the current language file.
  
• Disable the countdown temporarily when a personalized status with personal message change is set, or when a media message countdown is interrupted by another program.
  
• Make the countdown tags as advanced as you want with the great variety of tag options.
  
• Support for Messenger Plus! Live's updater.

• English (myself)
  
• Dutch (myself)
  
• French (Franck Dethier & Thomas Michiels)
  
• Danish (Patricia)
  
• Finnish (Olli)
  
• Greek (Basilis)

• Hungarian (Sarxes)
  
• Brazilian Portuguese (blessedguy)

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Change log

• Version 2.2.021 - 21 February 2009
  
  • Some important bug fixes and script class improvements were made.
• Version 2.2.020 - 3 January 2009
  
  • You can now have as many countdowns as you like, in the same way as you can set up the tags.
    
  • System-wide hotkeys to quickly enable and disable the countdowns.
    
  • Added the documentation browser.
    
  • Rewritten countdown calculation system.
• Version 2.1.017 - 15 August 2008
  
  • Removed Countdown Live's own script updater and added support for Plus! Live's built-in updater.
    
  • Fixes a bug reported by Phazeus with the countdown calculating system.
• Version 2.1.016 - 16 July 2008
  
  • Fixes the bug as reported here: SmokingCookie's reply to [Release] Countdown Live (Latest: 2.1.014)
• Version 2.1.015 - 15 July 2008
  
  • Fixes the bug as reported here: SmokingCookie's reply to [Release] Countdown Live (Latest: 2.1.014)
• Version 2.1.014 - 14 July 2008
  
  • First public release of Countdown Live 2.1.
    
  • Tags are now separated from the countdowns, you can have as many tags as you want. New options for the tags include skipping of countdown units, units with leading zeros and unit grouping. For more information, please visit the features reference.
    
  • A preferences tab for the preview has been added. The preview panel has also been extended with extra toolbar buttons to force a refresh of the preview, to access to the preview settings panel and to toggle the state of the countdowns.
    
  • The preferences tabs list is now scrollable when all tabs can't fit in the window.
• Version 2.0.008 - 1 April 2008
  
  • First public release of the new Countdown Live 2.

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Known issues

• None.
  If you found an issue, please post about it in this topic so I can investigate it.

In case you'd like to translate Countdown Live...

Looking very nice ,

and actually, very very VERY familiar...

...I see you have copied much of the user-interface principles used in my Holiday Counter Plugin (which I said I would make a Live version out of it, so blah at those "I was first, you copied my idea" and "you shouldn't be making something if someone already said he would make it" posts before in those other threads)...

So please consider also this (or I am forced to steal your code and can claim it my own since you copied much of the principles, and implement these things myself and release it again ):


1) When you use tags in your countdown script as placeholders, use "n" as the shortcut for minutes, not "m". This may seem unlogic at first, but it is actually more consistant with many other tools and you wont have problems when you add a month abbrivation.

2) Make sure people can still use the text "%d" for example (for whatever reason). In other words, make sure people can escape a text if they want it literally. Thus "\%d" will not be parsed.

3) Selecting a countup/countdown in the combo box is rather useless since you must set the time anyways... Depending on the time being in the past or future it is already defined as a countdown or countup, so no need for the user to specifically select it in the combo box also.

4) The label "method" is confussing. Better use "countdown tag" or "tag" or whatever.

5) In reference to 4, make it possible that a user can use also use the countdown tag as a normal Plus! tag in text in a conversation (thus: (!COUNTDOWN) ) and thus that it will be replaced with that countdown string.

6) be consistent with your tags. If you define a tag to be %countdown%, it makes more sense to also define the time tags as %d%, %h%, etc... (thus also with a end % sign), or vice versa... not mixed.

7) in reference to 5 and 6: whatever tag format you choose (I would have choosen "(!xxxx)" since that is also the standard way for plus tags, not "%xxx%"), it should be the same one as used in the 'text' texbox and as tag used in conversation texts.



Suggestions (which you didn't yet copied from the Holiday Counter Plugin):

- Make it possible that people can choose for both changing their nick and PSM.

- Make it possible that people can choose an icon for the PSM.

- Make it possible that a countdown automatically changes to a countup or vice versa when the time has passed.

- Make it possible that people can save multiple countdown settings.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I see you have copied much of the user-interface principles used in my Holiday Counter Plugin (which I said I would make a Live version out of it, so blah at those "I was first, you copied my idea" and "you shouldn't be making something if someone already said he would make it" posts before in those other threads)...

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1) When you use tags in your countdown script as placeholders, use "n" as the shortcut for minutes, not "m". This may seem unlogic at first, but it is actually more consistant with many other tools and you wont have problems when you add a month abbrivation.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
2) Make sure people can still use the text "%d" for example (for whatever reason). In other words, make sure people can escape a text if they want it literally. Thus "\%d" will not be parsed.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
3) Selecting a countup/countdown in the combo box is rather useless since you must set the time anyways... Depending on the time being in the past or future it is already defined as a countdown or countup, so no need for the user to specifically select it in the combo box also.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
4) The label "method" is confussing. Better use "countdown tag" or "tag" or whatever.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
5) In reference to 4, make it possible that a user can use also use the countdown tag as a normal Plus! tag in text in a conversation (thus: (!COUNTDOWN) ) and thus that it will be replaced with that countdown string.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
6) be consistent with your tags. If you define a tag to be %countdown%, it makes more sense to also define the time tags as %d%, %h%, etc... (thus also with a end % sign), or vice versa... not mixed.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
7) in reference to 5 and 6: whatever tag format you choose (I would have choosen "(!xxxx)" since that is also the standard way for plus tags, not "%xxx%"), it should be the same one as used in the 'text' texbox and as tag used in conversation texts.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Suggestions (which you didn't yet copied from the Holiday Counter Plugin):

- Make it possible that people can choose for both changing their nick and PSM.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- Make it possible that people can choose an icon for the PSM.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- Make it possible that a countdown automatically changes to a countup or vice versa when the time has passed.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- Make it possible that people can save multiple countdown settings.

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Originally posted by Mattike

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1) When you use tags in your countdown script as placeholders, use "n" as the shortcut for minutes, not "m". This may seem unlogic at first, but it is actually more consistant with many other tools and you wont have problems when you add a month abbrivation.

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Err... strange, but ok, I can do that

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Originally posted by Mattike
Hmm... I don't know what anyone has to do with %d, but no problem.

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Originally posted by Mattike

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
5) In reference to 4, make it possible that a user can use also use the countdown tag as a normal Plus! tag in text in a conversation (thus: (!COUNTDOWN) ) and thus that it will be replaced with that countdown string.

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I tried it once, but that just got messed up. I can try again, ofcourse.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- Make it possible that people can choose for both changing their nick and PSM.

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That means checkboxes... well, why not?
But how would I set the Text then?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- Make it possible that people can save multiple countdown settings.

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You mean, saving whole setting blocks? I don't think that'll be included very soon...

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looks good cant wait til tommorrow morning
but what if something bad happened like you accidently deleted it? or is it ready but you are just keeping us in suspense

Yes, I probably have to move the release date. I try to reach it as close as I can get, but Cookie gave me much work with his suggestions.

Hmm... how do I let the script not parse "\%d" using a regular expression?

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cStr = cStr.replace(/%d/g, Math.floor(cSecs/86400));

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
what text?

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Originally posted by Mattike
Hmm... how do I let the script not parse "\%d" using a regular expression?

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cStr = cStr.replace(/%d/g, Math.floor(cSecs/86400));

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How the hell can I tell it not to replace when it has a \ before it?! Never used negation in RegExps before...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
what text?

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The text like "Only (!COUNTDOWN)...", shouldn't it be different for nickname and personal message?

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Looks very familiar to the Screenshot Sender 4 interface...

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Originally posted by Matty
Looks very familiar to the Screenshot Sender 4 interface...

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Quite a few scripts have adopted that type of interface. I think it gives it a professional look. Doesnt Status2FTP and Hopper have that look too?

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Originally posted by alexp2_ad
I'm pretty sure I had a beta where it looked like this before SS4 was released.

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Originally posted by Matty
Ya but remember those images I posted, regardless the language panel was completly ripped off. If he used any of our code he better credit us and -dt-.

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Originally posted by CookieResized
A solution to all this is doing as if you can't use regular expressions:
find the first occurance of any tag, replace it if it doesn't begin with "\" and move on from that point forward in the string to find the next occurance of any tag.

In that way you don't have problems when the tag "%dw" actually contains the text "%hw" and you do:

cStr = cStr.replace(/%dw/g, DayWord);
cStr = cStr.replace(/%hw/g, HourWord);

I know it is a bit far fetched (that people will use %hw inside the word text), but this is stuff to consider if you want to make a total fool proof plugin.

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* Matti gets to work... stay tuned!

Countdown Live 1.0.120 is released! (with an hour of delay )
See the first post...

WOW, no replays yet... BUT I LOVE IT, THANK YOU... Ill gona do a german translation...

i put the refresh thingy to 1 second it said it couldnt and changed to dutch and i cant change it back
is this a bug or me not knowing how to change language

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Originally posted by boston
i put the refresh thingy to 1 second it said it couldnt and changed to dutch and i cant change it back
is this a bug or me not knowing how to change language

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I really like this script. You can clearly see a lot of effort and time has gone into it, and it just looks and feels professional . Good work

German Language File:

I didn't have had a detailed look at the script, but after an extremely quick glance I saw you use a function called
addslashes(). That function can be done extremely shorter:

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//Adds slashes before special characters of regular expressions
function addslashes(str) {
    return str.replace(/(\W)/g,'\\$1')
}

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When I exit out of MSN and restart it, my language automatically switches to Dutch.

yeah, same for me with the german language, which i had translate...


btw. its not included in ur installer yet...

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I didn't have had a detailed look at the script, but after an extremely quick glance I saw you use a function called
addslashes(). That function can be done extremely shorter:

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//Adds slashes before special characters of regular expressions
function addslashes(str) {
    return str.replace(/(\W)/g,'\\$1')
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Another thing (rather important) you want to implement (but it will require recoding major parts): If a tag is not used, the value should be incoorperated with the tags that are used.

This means, for example, when you have:
  %d days %h hours %n minutes => 2 days 5 hours 3 minutes
and you leave out the days tag it should become:
  %h hours %n minutes => 53 hours 3 minutes

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- Update interval must be 15 seconds (or even higher) or higher

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- The countdown tag is restricted in size, remove that

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- Wrong wording in "reset my psm when countdown is activated" ? (=> 'activated' must be 'deactivated').

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- The nickname checkbox is too close to the psm checkbox. psm checkbox might need more space too for other translations.

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- The menu after the countdown tag combobox is good, but seems a bit strange that it pops up. One could expect it to pop down. (dunno if this is intended or if this is Plus!'s doing)

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- Change the wording "countdown tag" to "tag" or "(!CD) tag" (or let it also update to countup when a date in the past is selected)

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- Make it possible to use \n (new line) and \t (tab) in translation texts.

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- Even if same language is selected and one presses ok or apply, read the file again and apply the new translations (very usefull for translators).

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- If an error needs to be shown (eg: the interval is too low) do it in a messagebox, not a toast

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- I would change the order of the context menu to:
1) activate
2) refresh
3) -----------
4) options
5) About
6) --------
7) check for updates
in anyways, putting options before check for updates as options is more important and more used (the check for updates isn't needed in the menu though imho, as it is available in the options screen already)

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Also, here is a correction for the Dutch language (some things corrected, other things replaced so it closer matches Plus!'s translation).

And also the English language (also with some stuff fixed as listed above)

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Originally posted by jmccarroll
When I exit out of MSN and restart it, my language automatically switches to Dutch.

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Ok I love this script. But I would like to do a little change and I need help because It has a really long code. The script blocks users from changing the update interval to less then 10 seconds. What do I have to change to be able to set the minimum update interval to 3 or 5 seconds?

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Originally posted by Zeh
Ok I love this script. But I would like to do a little change and I need help because It has a really long code. The script blocks users from changing the update interval to less then 10 seconds. What do I have to change to be able to set the minimum update interval to 3 or 5 seconds?

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var iMin = 10; //Minimum interval

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Ok thankz. If I set the minimum to 6 seconds then I will only change the psm 10 times in a minute so there should be no problem.

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Originally posted by Mattike
It's very unsafe to lower the interval below 6 seconds, since you can change your name/personal message only 10 times per minute. (WLM limitation)
However, if you really want to do this, then look in func.js for

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var iMin = 10; //Minimum interval

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and change it to the amount of seconds you want to be the minimum.
Don't claim I didn't warn you!

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Originally posted by boston
what about nitemares countdown script doesnt that change more than 10seconds a minute

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Originally posted by Mattike
Hmm... That would replace any non-word characters. I agree it's lots easier, but is it really necessary to replace a "#" character?

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Another thing (rather important) you want to implement (but it will require recoding major parts): If a tag is not used, the value should be incoorperated with the tags that are used.

This means, for example, when you have:
  %d days %h hours %n minutes => 2 days 5 hours 3 minutes
and you leave out the days tag it should become:
  %h hours %n minutes => 53 hours 3 minutes

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That's indeed lots harder, since you don't know what parts should be kept and what should be left out.

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Originally posted by Mattike
I could combine "%d" and "%dw" to "%d" which displays "3 days", but I think I better implement those other suggestions you've posted...

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Originally posted by Mattike

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- The countdown tag is restricted in size, remove that

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The problem is: how? I've looked for solutions in the Windows XML Reference in the Scripts Documentation but there are no properties available which let the typing area of the combobox go further than the width of the control.

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- Make it possible to use \n (new line) and \t (tab) in translation texts.

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\n is already supported, I already thought about adding \t but I wonder why it should be used for... if you can give me just one example, I add it.

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Originally posted by NiteMare
thats for personal message atleast, i don't know about nicknames, i'm still working with that one. i've been busy with my job

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I installed countdown live, and i went to plus but how do i use it? Where do i go? I cannot find any options in this countdown like in your screenshots.

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Originally posted by NiteMare
2. if you set it to refreash less then every 6 seconds, it will show on your computer, you can see it count down by the second, but on every other computer, it only updates every 6 seconds

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Originally posted by black widow
I installed countdown live, and i went to plus but how do i use it? Where do i go? I cannot find any options in this countdown like in your screenshots.

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it doesn't say coutndown live. I click on plus icoon and then i go to the preferenses and there i see scripts and after i click on it, i see countdown live.

Next to countdown live on the right i see

installing
removing
new
progress

I go to installing and i see "my pictures"
I go to progress and i see many codes not usefull
Igo to new and i can make a new script

This doesn't make any sence so, what do i do now?

Scripts preferences (if any) are accessed by clicking on the Plus! icon, not on the Plus! menu in the contactlist... This is so for every script.

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In the Contact list click on the plus live icon, go on Countdown Live and click on options.

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I found it, thanks

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- The menu after the countdown tag combobox is good, but seems a bit strange that it pops up. One could expect it to pop down. (dunno if this is intended or if this is Plus!'s doing)

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It's Plus!' fault. I wonder how Patchou made the menu in the debugging window to drop down...

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I just noticed one thing with this:

Under the syntax information it says that minutes and the minutes tag are %m and %mw but in fact they are %n and %nw

ive got a bug
i set a timer then it changes to dutch...
this is a bug
this needs fixing

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Originally posted by minipatchou
ive got a bug
i set a timer then it changes to dutch...
this is a bug
this needs fixing

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Originally posted by minipatchou
ive got a bug
i set a timer then it changes to dutch...
this is a bug
this needs fixing

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i dont think it can be fixed

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Originally posted by Chris4
Why do you 'think' it can't be fixed?

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I've translated this script into Norwegian (norsk) and here is the.ini-file.

Hi!

I really like the idea with this script but there is a thing i want to know; Is there a way to change the "and" word in the countdown? I'm trying to change it through the codes for hours now but i just couldn't (the reason is my "perfect(!)" code knowledge i think ) . I just want the script to countdown in my language completely, not like 8 blabla and 7 blabla, but like 8 blabla bla 7 blabla

Thanks!

You don't need to alter code at all...
So first reinstall the script so changes are undone.

Just go to the script's preferences (Plus! icon > Countdown Live > Preferences) and change the string which makes up the countdown tag:








PS: if you have questions about a script, always search the forum for existing threads about that script and post in that existing thread. Don't create a new thread for it... in this case: "[Release] Countdown Live (Latest: 1.0.140)"

I seem to have a strange kind of bug...

Whan i choose the date 9 feb 2007 and click OK the time jumps to 9 march 2007

Removed the script and installed it again!

The same behaviour...

Annyone else?

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600)
Windows Live Messenger 8.01.0178
Messenger Plus! Live 4.11.0.254
Countdown Live 1.0.140

How does the singulars and plurals work?
Does it just change the matching text found in the 'tag' field?

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Originally posted by hubbie
I seem to have a strange kind of bug...

Whan i choose the date 9 feb 2007 and click OK the time jumps to 9 march 2007

Removed the script and installed it again!

The same behaviour...

Annyone else?

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600)
Windows Live Messenger 8.01.0178
Messenger Plus! Live 4.11.0.254
Countdown Live 1.0.140

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How does the singulars and plurals work?
Does it just change the matching text found in the 'tag' field?

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Originally posted by hubbie
I seem to have a strange kind of bug...

Whan i choose the date 9 feb 2007 and click OK the time jumps to 9 march 2007

Removed the script and installed it again!

The same behaviour...

Annyone else?

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600)
Windows Live Messenger 8.01.0178
Messenger Plus! Live 4.11.0.254
Countdown Live 1.0.140

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Very strange, I remember having trouble with the dates but I can't seem to replicate this on my Vista. It's been more than a year I worked on this script, and it's not easy to work on multiple projects at once. I can't test this anymore in XP because all PCs at home are upgraded to Vista, so I can't help you at the moment. When I find some time, I'll try to look at it.

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Originally posted by P4R4D0x
How does the singulars and plurals work?
Does it just change the matching text found in the 'tag' field?

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For example, for days, the script looks for %dw in the tag field and then checks the amount of days. If it's 1, it uses the singular, if it's something else (not 1), it uses the plural. That means it can give you "1 day", "0 days" or "3 days", just like it should be.

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Very good script, but it really needs an option to disable the annoying toast saying that the countdown/countup is activated/deactivated.

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Yer, I know what that all means, but what i'm asking is, is all I have to do is put days in the tag field for that to funstion correctly?

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%d %dw to go...

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5 days to go...
1 day to go...
0 days to go...

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Originally posted by Vilkku
Very good script, but it really needs an option to disable the annoying toast saying that the countdown/countup is activated/deactivated.

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• A brand new design - Designs are very temporarily. When you design something cool, you may find it boring only a month later. Therefore, I found I had to redesign this script too. No teasers at the moment, that's for the official release which I hope I can get done by the end of this week.
  
• Improved countdown system - Honestly, I never liked my own countdown calculating system. There were simply so many flaws with it, such as wrong dates or negative values. Also, it sometimes simply failed to place the countdown in the right spot. I've spent the last month to find ways to improve the system, and I think the result is great. A lot of credit goes to my testers, who helped me to find problems and reported them to me. There are still things I might want to change, but thanks to my script updater system I can fix that later too.
  
• Countdown preview - You'll be able to see exactly how your countdowns will look in your name, personal message and media message right in the Preferences window. This was already a feature in the last version, but I can assure you that what you'll see is far cooler than what the current version has now!
  
• Multiple countdowns - Sometimes, you want to have a countdown to two dates, such as Christmas and new year, at the same time. In Countdown Live 2, you will be able to do just that!
  
• Upgrade support - Although you'll only have to use this feature once, it may just save you 2 minutes configuring your settings. Countdown Live 2 will attempt to port your preferences from version 1 to version 2 and will make the necessary adjustments to them. It's recommended that you take a look at the preferences when you install the new version, since a lot of new features will still need to be configured.
  
• Actions on countdown end - One thing that users should take in account is that there'll be two tags for each countdown. One will be used for counting down, the other one for counting up. This is because you will be able to choose whether to set a finish message, such as "Happy new year!", at countdown end or to start counting up with another tag. This may sound confusing, but the layout will make sure that everything is understandable. And you always have your preview to make sure everything is working properly!
  
• ...and much more! - Countdown Live 2 was built from scratch. Everything has been revised and better ways of coding things have been used to make the upcoming release as fast and reliable as possible. Some interesting new features were added, but I don't want to let you know everything just yet because that would spoil the fun of the release I guess.

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Originally posted by Vilkku
Very good script, but it really needs an option to disable the annoying toast saying that the countdown/countup is activated/deactivated.

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Yes, there you have a good point. I can assure you that there won't be any annoying toasts anymore in the upcoming version.

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Originally posted by Vilkku
Very good script, but it really needs an option to disable the annoying toast saying that the countdown/countup is activated/deactivated.

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Yes, there you have a good point. I can assure you that there won't be any annoying toasts anymore in the upcoming version.

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Please do not remove it!

Make it into an option if you wish, but don't remove it. I don't find such a toast which only pops up when you actually activate/deactive it not annoying at all. It even informs me if everything went ok or not (especially on start up).

If it is annoying, Vilkku, don't hit the activate/deactivate button each second then (j/k)....

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Hmm, okay then. On public request, I'll try to find a spot in my preferences window for this option.

Hey guys...I'm having trouble with this script.

I want to set a countdown do Feb 7th. So I type 02/07/2008. But when I click Apply, the date changes to 03/07/2008. No matter what day in February I chose, the month will be changed to March!


I also noticed it happens with other months, such as April, June, September and November.

I'm using the last version and Windows Vista.

Quick hot-fix for the update checker, please check the first post. Update will be available soon, when the Scripts DB has received the update.

The update checker isn't working at the moment, and no bugs were fixed yet. If possible, install this version as soon as possible and then, keep your fingers crossed to make Countdown Live 2 being released soon, since the current version is quite screwed.

I'm in some deep shit at the moment, I'll try to explain later. Please, scripts DB, quickly upload this update for me!

Hi everyone.....
I just found that it counts wrongly.....
When I choose Jan 31 2007 it says 423 days, but when I choose Feb 1 2007 it says 394 days.....so it's counting less for my anniversary on Feb 3.....
Hope to have it fixed soon, thanks!

Countdown Live 2.0 has arrived!!!

Check out the first post!

EDIT: "download.php" had a bug which prevented you all from downloading it - fixed now.

I was prompted to update a few days ago, and the version had a bug in it. Couldn't select any of the tabs in the preferences window. All fixed now with your new release.

On a sidenote, when updating, the old variable (!CD) remains in the countdown if one is running. Perhaps update that by default to (!CD1) so that countdowns aren't screwed up?

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Originally posted by Jay29
I was prompted to update a few days ago, and the version had a bug in it. Couldn't select any of the tabs in the preferences window. All fixed now with your new release.

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Originally posted by Jay29
On a sidenote, when updating, the old variable (!CD) remains in the countdown if one is running. Perhaps update that by default to (!CD1) so that countdowns aren't screwed up?

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* NanaFreak sexes the hottness!

Absolutely loving the layout of it Mattike, yet to go through it completely but it is really nice, great job

hi,I've just downloaded the new version..the previous was working great..the new one..doesn't work! why??
i reinstalled it ..deactivated-activated..but nothing..

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Originally posted by kostakiss
hi,I've just downloaded the new version..the previous was working great..the new one..doesn't work! why??
i reinstalled it ..deactivated-activated..but nothing..

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• In a conversation window, send (!VER) to a contact (a bot or someone who doesn't care). The message which is then sent should contain your Windows version, Messenger version and Plus! version. This information may help when it's a version-specific issue.
  
• If possible, some debugging information of Countdown Live can help a lot, as it can contain describing information of the problem.
  To do this, you first need to enable script debugging in Plus! Live. Open the Plus! script preferences (Plus! Scripts Menu > Script Preferences), then make sure the option "Enable debugging options" is checked and click OK.
  Then, you can open the script debugger (Plus! Scripts Menu > Show Script Debugging). Select "Countdown Live" from the list, try to simulate the problem (for example, opening the window or installing the script) and see if anything appears in the text box below. Then, copy-paste that in your reply.
  
• If you can, attach a screenshot of your problem.
  Open the window with the problem (the error box, the preferences window,...) then press Alt+PrintScreen (or Alt+PrtScrn depending on your keyboard). Open Paint (or any other graphics editor) and paste (Ctrl+V) the image. Save it and attach it to your reply by using the "Attachment" field in the "Post Reply" form.

How exactly do I add the counter to my current nickname? I dont see my current nickname in a textbox anywhere.

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Originally posted by riahc4
How exactly do I add the counter to my current nickname? I dont see my current nickname in a textbox anywhere.

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Originally posted by riahc4
How exactly do I add the counter to my current nickname? I dont see my current nickname in a textbox anywhere.

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1. Check the button next to "Nickname".
   
2. Type your desired nickname.
   
3. Insert the countdowns, either by typing the (!CD1) or (!CD2) tag or using the drop-down button.
   
4. Make sure that the countdowns are enabled (look at the preview!), if not, enable them from the Settings tab.
   
5. Click OK or Apply.

Well this doesnt work very well...

I set the counter to July 4th at 0:00:00 and it says there are 19 days left (from May 14th)

Well, the fact that it says "19 days" is caused because it calculates the months too. If you add the amount of months in, you'll see "1 month and 19 days", which is (almost?) correct.

To solve your problem, you can use the total amount of days remaining, by using the "%td" and "%tdw" units. They can also be found in the insert menu button. In the next version, I'm going to extend that functionality a bit more, in case you want to display years and days but no months for example. As for now, the "%td" unit will do just fine.

Although it is correct, I don't know who wants to use only one of the normal (non-total) %d, %m, etc tags on their own, that makes no sense.

Isn't it 'smarter' that the script actually reconizes in an inteligent way what combination of tags are being used and thus how it needs to calculate the tags (like it is done in my countdown plugin/script)?

eg: If you only use months and days, it will display 1 month 19 days. But if you would use only the days tag it would display 49 days (or whatever the correct amount would be for that period).

A lot less confusing in that way, you keep the versatility of the script and people can still use whatever they want... And the calculation of the tags can be made a lot shorter and smarter, which equals a lot faster. And if you'd whish you could include a lot more time tags without any problems. Eg: the fact that you say in the next version you're going to include the possebility to use years and days together suggests that the calculation is quite complicated now and not versatile/robust or easly extendible. With the system I prupose you wouldn't even consider "adding more combinations" since every possible combination you can think of would already be possible just like that. It would even make it possible to treat months and years like scientific or fiscale months and years without problems. Didn't I send you the source of my Countdown plugin/script once?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Eg: the fact that you say in the next version you're going to include the possebility to use years and days together suggests that the calculation is quite complicated now and not versatile/robust or easly extendible. With the system I prupose you wouldn't even consider "adding more combinations" since every possible combination you can think of would already be possible just like that.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Didn't I send you the source of my Countdown plugin/script once?

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Hey Mattike nice script! I've used CD L before, but then I reinstalled it couple days back and I must say, the interface is definitely more user-friendly.

One suggestion though, not directly at your script, but all countdown scripts, is to be able to select to in/exclude Saturdays and/or Sundays. For example...to countdown school-related topics (i.e., exams), it would make sense to count the classes left (imo)(Mon-Fri), and for employees, maybe Mon.-Sat..

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Originally posted by Nagamasa
Hey Mattike nice script! I've used CD L before, but then I reinstalled it couple days back and I must say, the interface is definitely more user-friendly.

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Originally posted by Nagamasa
One suggestion though, not directly at your script, but all countdown scripts, is to be able to select to in/exclude Saturdays and/or Sundays. For example...to countdown school-related topics (i.e., exams), it would make sense to count the classes left (imo)(Mon-Fri), and for employees, maybe Mon.-Sat..

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Countdown Live 2.1 is released!
Check out the first post!

Congratulations for the release Matti. The new features make this script even better.

BUG!!

Concerning CDL 2.1.014:

When importing preferences from this new version, I get to see that the XML file's prefs are "out of range".

I figured out that "Globals.js"'s line should be:

var PrefVersionRange = ["2.1.009", "2.1.014"];

EDIT:: A bug in one of Matti's scripts

I know that it's not possible to directly import v2.0 preferences to v2.1, but it seems that because I forgot to update that last number, you can't even import from the latest v2.1 to the same version. Damn it, I underestimated the severity of this, I thought only beta testers would notice.

I'll add this in the next version, which will likely be released soon. I'll first wait in case more bugs are found. Anyway, thanks for reporting!

Hehe, if beta testers don't notice, I usually have a look at the code myself

And I'll be 'bugscanning' for a while

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
Hehe, if beta testers don't notice, I usually have a look at the code myself

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Originally posted by Mattike
I checked the code, but I seem to forgot to change this while changing the version numbers from the last beta (2.1.012) to the public version number (2.1.014).

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Originally posted by Mattike
Maybe I should write some kind of macro to do this automatically everywhere I need to change the version number. Anyone knows how to do this in Notepad++? (that is: find and replace something in multiple files with a parameter you specify)

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code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Unicode"?> <!-- Save as Unicode in notepad -->
<PrefRanges>
      <PrefRange Minimum="2.1.012" Maximum="2.1.014" />
</PrefRanges>

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code:

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function OnEvent_Initialize(MessengerStart) {
      getScriptInfo(MsgPlus.ScriptFilesPath + "\\ScriptInfo\\Script.xml");
      (additional code)
}

var PrefVersionRange;

function getScriptInfo(XMLFile) {
     F = objDOM.load(XMLFile); // true if loaded, false if not loaded
     if {
          D = objDOM.selectSingleNode("//PrefRange");
          PrefRangeMin = D.getAttribute("Minimum");
          PrefRangeMax = D.getAttribute("Maximum");
          PrefVersionRange = [PrefRangeMin,PrefRangeMax];
          return true;
     } else {
          Debug.Trace(objDOM.parseError.reason);
          return "";
     }
}

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Well, that could be a solution indeed. I'll see what I do with it, thanks anyway!

Uhh.. I'm afraid I have another bug.. Screenshot on its way..

Screenshot:



And I have MsgPlus 4.60.326 by the way.

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Perhaps you could use something like this:

JScript code:

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function getPlusVersion(sMinVer) {
      if(MsgPlus.Version < sMinVer) {
            return false;
      }
      return true;
}
 
function getPlusBuild(sMinBld) {
      if(MsgPlus.VersionBuild < sMinBld) {
            return false;
      }
      return true;
}
 
function OnEvent_Initialize(MessengerStart) {
      if(!getPlusVersion(MinimumVersion) {
            [What to do if MsgPlus.Version < MinumumVersion] // Versions greater than MinimumVersion should work
      }
      if(!getPlusBuild(MinimumBuild)) {
            [What you want to do if MsgPlus.VersionBuild < MinimumBuild] // Builds greater than MinimumBuild should work
      }
      [Whatever you want to do here]
}

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Aah, damn it! I put "greater than" where I had to put "greater than or equal to"!

That's gonna be another update?

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
That's gonna be another update?

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Yup, got it.

No errors due to my MsgPlus version and importing prefs works

EDIT::

Perhaps you should reduce the update interval to 6 hrs

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
Perhaps you should reduce the update interval to 6 hrs

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Hmm.. Perhaps you can make an XML on Google Pages, I use it too (see the link in my sig) and it works perfectly

That will allow you to check every 6 hrs, instead of 24 (which means I would have had to struggle on with that stupid error today)

Blah, whatever.

The time span between the last two updates was exceptionally small, compared to previous releases. If a user wanted to update the script, he/she could easily find it with a forced check for updates through the scripts menu. The 24-hour delay is just so people don't get too many update notifiers. Lowering the delay to 6 hours may sound OK, but I think it's just a waste, as the server would get 4 times the amount of requests. It's not that the server wouldn't be able to handle it, it's just that I don't want to be the biggest bandwidth waster of the server. And yes, an external hosting may work, but I more like to keep things organised at one place.

I just don't feel the need of doing that, the current system works well enough and I don't see why I should change that.

...I think it'll only give me more headaches.

Okay, I see your point

I'll stop jabbering about the update system now, promise (unless it contains a bug )

Hi

I'm french and i use your wonderfull script but i'm affraid about french translation... there are many many orthography/grammar mistakes.

Do you want a clean french translation ?

@ Albator V:
Well, as I'm unable to do quality-testing of the actual translations, such things may occur. The only translations that I can really guarantee a certain quality level are the English and Dutch translations, which are provided by myself.

I'd love it if you could correct the French translation. If you're interested, send me a personal message and we'll talk about it on Messenger.

This error is getting very annoying!!! Spanish language...



Note: Why does it say Log Manager??? (is an ironic question )

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Originally posted by Script Debug Window
> Start loading preferences
  Checking language version
!!! Error: Language version doesn't match script version

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It appears that you are using an outdated verson of the translation file. You will have to wait for a new version of the Spanish translation (not from me: I don't speak a single word Spanish ), or translate it yourself (which will take time).

And about your note: that's an error in the translation file, I'll have a look myself if other langages have the same error.

That's an error in on of the script files and one of the many Copy-paste frustrations.

That's why I use a dynamic system to get the script's name

@ Matti:

Check line 82 of Language.js.

Looks like you're going to need another update

I can help with translation... just contact me Matti

Check this translation script on Matti's site..

Hey, I've been looking for an option but could never find it, assuming it exists. I have a countdown counting to a certain date (July 29th, Stargate Continuum ) but due to the fact that I set the timer to the beginning of the day ( around 8:00am ) the days are one less because it counts the rest in hours, however; my countdown doesn't use hours and as a result on the last day before the 29th - my counter will say 0 days remain. I there anyway to activate rounding up?

http://matti.buelens.com/cdl/index.php?p=feat#feat-prefs-tags

I see what you pointed out, unit skipping - however; that seems to work in downward skipping:
1 day 2 hours -> 26 hours

But not upward skipping:
1 day 22 hours -> 1 day

As you can see it doesn't round the hours into days which I want, only the other way around

First of all: the 2nd case is wrong, because:

1 day = 24 hrs.
24 / 2 = 12 and 22 > 12 so it should be 2 days
(since 12 / 24 = 0.5 so it must be rounded up. 0.5 or anything above becomes 1.0)

Then..

Hmm you're makingthings complicated.. I think there's not yet such a feature in CDL, but it's certainly a good idea.. It's time Matti gets to read his email again...

Well in the above example I was referring to if the user wanted to exclude days from the message, so it only showed hours - it turns days -> hours.

You mean show "42 hrs. left"?

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Originally posted by brwarner
Hey, I've been looking for an option but could never find it, assuming it exists. I have a countdown counting to a certain date (July 29th, Stargate Continuum ) but due to the fact that I set the timer to the beginning of the day ( around 8:00am ) the days are one less because it counts the rest in hours, however; my countdown doesn't use hours and as a result on the last day before the 29th - my counter will say 0 days remain. I there anyway to activate rounding up?

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Well for example here's my options:

%d %dw = 6 days <- THis is what I have set
%d %dw %h %hw = 6 days 14 hours <- What it would look like with hours enabled

The hours do not round into the days, hence my message implies there are 6 days left till release (July 28) when really its on the 29th

As I said, this would result in showing your countdown as "1 day left" when there is only 1 hour left! This is far more wrong than what you would have now ("0 days left").

The best thing you can do is to make another countdown 1 day before the event, showing everything in just hours.

Because what you suggest to do is realy realy realy wrong Imagine if I would use only years in the countdown? It would show "1 year left" when my event is just 5 minutes away for example....

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PS: since you only want to display the amount of days, why don't you set the target date a day later then it realy is? In that way you have exactly what you want (showing "1 day left" at 7am at the 29th). You could even add the word "less than" to make it slightly a bit more accurate ("less than 1 day left" at 7am, the 29th).

Good point, I just added hours to the timer and used the braces for days.

Errr.. I've found a small error in Dutch.xml (OK, rather detail, but still an error ):

In Error "DownLangsVersion", the word "wou" is slang (or: "spreektaal"), I think it should be "wilde"?

EDIT::

And the title of "TagsDeleteFailed" is still English

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
In Error "DownLangsVersion", the word "wou" is slang (or: "spreektaal"), I think it should be "wilde"?

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
And the title of "TagsDeleteFailed" is still English

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Originally posted by Mattike

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
In Error "DownLangsVersion", the word "wou" is slang (or: "spreektaal"), I think it should be "wilde"?

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According to this page on taaladvies.net, "wou" is less used in writing language then "wilde" but therefore not incorrect. In my opinion, "wou" sounds better than "wilde", so I cba to change the translation just for that. If you prefer to use "wilde", who am I to stop you from modifying the translation and change every "wou" into "wilde"?

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Languages.. My stronger part (let's not talk about Maths ).

Oh and thanks for the faster tubez and the reminder ticket

@Matti:

Uhh.. I'll try

But with CookieRevised's remider ticket, it'll be okay

Good news! After some trial and error, I managed to remember the root user name and password again!
The updated Dutch translation is uploaded, you can find it in the Download Languages window. It has also the "wou" changed into "wilde" (there was only one occurrence, so I decided to change it after all).

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Originally posted by Mattike
Good news! After some trial and error, I managed to remember the root user name and password again!
The updated Dutch translation is uploaded, you can find it in the Download Languages window. It has also the "wou" changed into "wilde" (there was only one occurrence, so I decided to change it after all).

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When you select the option to be able to put (!CD1) into your name and for it to work there is a bug...

It works originally, like i entered..
EDDiE (!CD1)

But then after the countdown refreshes, it becomes
EDDiE (!CD1) and erases anything placed after the countdown.

Perhaps CDL doesn't store your nickname after the countdown tag?

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Originally posted by warmth
How about the other bugs ???

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Originally posted by Eddie
When you select the option to be able to put (!CD1) into your name and for it to work there is a bug...

It works originally, like i entered..
EDDiE (!CD1)

But then after the countdown refreshes, it becomes
EDDiE (!CD1) and erases anything placed after the countdown.

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Originally posted by Mattike

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Originally posted by warmth
How about the other bugs ???

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You mean the thing where it says "Log Manager"? That's a hard-coded error message in the language script file which I appear to have copy-pasted from Log Manager. I'll try to remember it when I get back home on Monday...

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Originally posted by Mattike

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Originally posted by warmth
How about the other bugs ???

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You mean the thing where it says "Log Manager"? That's a hard-coded error message in the language script file which I appear to have copy-pasted from Log Manager. I'll try to remember it when I get back home on Monday...

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Originally posted by Eddie
When you select the option to be able to put (!CD1) into your name and for it to work there is a bug...

It works originally, like i entered..
EDDiE (!CD1)

But then after the countdown refreshes, it becomes
EDDiE (!CD1) and erases anything placed after the countdown.

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Hmm, that's something odd. I'll have a look at it when I get back. Although, please keep in mind that this feature is experimental, and not tested in all possible cases, so these things can happen. But it's good when you report them: then I can fix those features and eventually take them out from the experimental section.

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NOTE: Since the new Messenger Plus! Live version was released (v4.70), you might get update notifications from Plus! itself to install Countdown Live 2.1.015 while you already have 2.1.016 installed. This is because I currently can't provide an update for the scripts database, please ignore this update warning. I will release an updated version soon after I get back in Belgium.

A slight problem here:

Using 2.1.016 version of Countdown Live

I have a countdown set for Thursday 09/04/2008, and the tag format is {td:{y: %y %yw}{m: %m %mw} %d %dw},{ts:{h: %h %hw}{n: %n %nw} %s %sw}. However, the Countdown currently reads as "1 month 23 days, 23 hours 6 minutes 24 seconds" which would be inaccurate as 4th Sept is less than a month away. However, after some testing, I found out that setting the countdown to 10/04/2008 with the same tag would read fine with 1 month 22 days. Would anyone care to enlighten me if there is anything wrong with the tag I am using, or is it a bug?

Thanks!

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Originally posted by Mattike
NOTE: Since the new Messenger Plus! Live version was released (v4.70), you might get update notifications from Plus! itself to install Countdown Live 2.1.015 while you already have 2.1.016 installed. This is because I currently can't provide an update for the scripts database, please ignore this update warning. I will release an updated version soon after I get back in Belgium.

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@CookieRevised:

<UpdateID>MACDL</UpdateID>..

The ID should be 6-8 chars long (yours is 5)

MACDL0 or something should make do.

And your sig is outdated (MsgPlus 4.60 or 4.70? )

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
@CookieRevised:

<UpdateID>MACDL</UpdateID>..

The ID should be 6-8 chars long (yours is 5)

MACDL0 or something should make do.

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Goooooooooooood morning Vietnam Plus! Live community!

Here I am, back from my headquarters in Belgium. Finally I have my superduber internet connection back and my latest script files, so I'm ready to work on a new version of Countdown Live.

I already got rid of the complete script updater of Countdown Live itself (no worries, I still have a backup) and I implemented the necessary XML elements to the ScriptInfo file. I opted for the update ID "MaBuCDL", from Mattias Buelens' Countdown Live. This way, I have a more unique author identifier and still have 4 characters for the script's name. The only thing I don't like is that the build number can't have that many digits (only 5). It would have been more interesting to have more (7 or 8) because now it's already filled up with "21016", so I can't go for a 2.10 release or a 12.0 version. Although these are extreme cases (I don't think I'm going to wait 9 more minor versions to release 3.0), but they aren't impossible. So I think that it should be extended... although I personally won't need it that soon.

The translation file has been changed a little bit, but nothing has to be re-translated. Only structural changes have been made (2 things moved, some more were removed), so every translation can be ported by running the new conversion with Plus! XML Translator. The translation profile also has been changed, so you won't need to translate things which won't be used.

Anyway, I think I'll pack this updated script and send it to the beta-testers. Then I'll wait for the green light from them and then I'll convert the other translations too and submit the script to the scripts database.

For those who reported bugs with Countdown Live / Plus! XML Translator: could you please contact me via a PM (or Messenger if I added you) with more details about the problem? As it's very hard for me to get a complete picture of what has happened the past three weeks. Thank you!

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Originally posted by Mattike
The only thing I don't like is that the build number can't have that many digits (only 5). It would have been more interesting to have more (7 or 8) because now it's already filled up with "21016", so I can't go for a 2.10 release or a 12.0 version.

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Originally posted by MenthiX
You can simply tag the first release with the UpdateId as <BuildNumber>1</BuildNumber>, and increase <BuildNumber> by 1 on every release (including alpha/beta/test versions).

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• Removed Countdown Live's own script updater and added support for Plus! Live's built-in updater.
  
• Fixes a bug reported by Phazeus with the countdown calculating system.

Great, I;m offline for a few days, and my mailbox is a mess

Isn't it better to leave the update system where it is, but only enable it if the user has 4.60 or earlier?

EDIT::

@Matti: I've read your email, and have found no bugs in CDL 2.1.017 (yet ) that the Download Laguage window shows languages for CDL 2.1.012 - 2.1.016 only (perhaps you haven't updated the language files on your server?)

EDIT 2::

When changing languages, the Media icon setting seems to go lost.. And the countdowns get disabled.

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
Isn't it better to leave the update system where it is, but only enable it if the user has 4.60 or earlier?

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
@Matti: I've read your email, and have found no bugs in CDL 2.1.017 (yet ) that the Download Laguage window shows languages for CDL 2.1.012 - 2.1.016 only (perhaps you haven't updated the language files on your server?)

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
When changing languages, the Media icon setting seems to go lost..

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In a future release can i have the possibility to change the DP at the end of Countdown. Even not more refresh countdown( except in preview panel) if I'm off line or if I have no on-line contact.

thank's for your works
Geo

Changing the DP in the end of the Countdown would be really nice.

Don't know if this has been reported or is a known issue, but when i try and edit the tags for "days" "weeks" etc, they will not save correctly, and will just revert back to the originals, all i am trying to do is make them capitals.

Check the Languages tab.. There's a check mark that has to be unchecked.

"Always use the words from the language file ....."

It is unchecked

You're right.. Capitalising doesn't work.. I think they're 'lower-cased', as entirely different words do work..

Changing doesn't work.. Bug?

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Originally posted by Geo
In a future release can i have the possibility to change the DP at the end of Countdown. Even not more refresh countdown( except in preview panel) if I'm off line or if I have no on-line contact.

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
You're right.. Capitalising doesn't work.. I think they're 'lower-cased', as entirely different words do work..

Changing doesn't work.. Bug?

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
You're right.. Capitalising doesn't work.. I think they're 'lower-cased', as entirely different words do work..

Changing doesn't work.. Bug?

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@Eddie:

I've explained it to Matti, so I guess he'll take care of it.

Apparently the words for the units don't get applied at all. I haven't tested this yet, but I'll certainly investigate this.

I configured my preferences as the way I want but I guess the counter doesn't update itself automatic... As for days it is ok but I would like to see the minutes and seconds change on their own too in my msn status. is there a way to do that I wonder? because if the seconds won't change there isn't a meaning in putting a counter lol =)

@bluretina:
That's quite odd, the seconds and minutes are supposed to update properly. Please check the update interval in the Settings tab, maybe it's too high and thus it doesn't change to often? 1 to 10 minutes is a good setting. Also make use of the preview area: it gives you a good idea if it'll work like you want it to work.

The update interval is set to be at least 15 seconds to prevent flooding the server with status updates which will be ignored after a while when it occurs too often. Therefore it simply can't update the countdowns every second - the server would simply ignore any further update requests! If that's what you mean...

i just updated the script and got this error:

That is because the Spanish translation file never got updated. You can, however, translate the script yourself. All the instructions you may need are on this webpage.

Good luck

well i know, the fact is that it seemed to be fully translated, i didnt even change the labguage file at first but it still worked... except for the fact that i was getting that dodgy window every time i started messenger . So i simply opened the language file and edited the line about compatibility.

My suggestion: Make that window appear ONCE, not every single time. And it's not like it's not going to work, it may not be fully translated, sure, but it still works .

Matti, if you want me to finish the spanish translation, let me know. I'll be glad to do it, as i like this script Either that or ask the spanish translator to do it, as spanish is the most used language in Plus! as you probably know

Yes, I was already thinking about showing it only once, also for the Plus! Live version compatibility message. I think I'll have a look at it today and see how I can implement that in the best possible way I can find.

I'd really appreciate it if you could do the Spanish translation. Most of my translators are Countdown Live users who PM me and ask if they could do the translation, but when I need new translations a few months later for the next version it's a big struggle to get in contact with them again. Therefore I think it's more interesting to have active forum members to do translations. So yes, I'd be great if you could do it!
* Matti sends a PM to Chrono...

Nice

And the first download from the site

I can't translate this new version until the new MP!L is out... so you guys will have to wait a bit for spanish translation...

Great Matti. I am happy I could help with Greek.

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Originally posted by Spongshga
Pleas Ad this german beta tranlate to your Sript!!!

and read some files!!!

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Actually, the "patch" only extract the translation to "C:\Programme\Messenger Plus! Live\Scripts\Countdown Live\Languages" and show a few "ads".
But the rest is totally unnecessary.

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Originally posted by Chancer
Actually, the "patch" only extract the translation to "C:\Programme\Messenger Plus! Live\Scripts\Countdown Live\Languages" and show a few "ads".
But the rest is totally unnecessary.

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I reported that zip to be removed by moderators. It doesn't do what it should. Yes it extracts files but it will only work if you have a German version of Windows and have Plus! installed in the default location. Therefore reported to be removed.

On the RC1 (on my pc) this script doesn't work, when I open it and make my preferences, after I click on "OK" nothing happens, when I click on Apply, nothing happens neither. It works in form that it can be imported, and the preferences window of the script works, the preview works fine, every thing but the acutal countdown in pm or name...

I browsed thru all pages, no one seems to have this problem, maybe it's because of new version of plus ?

Thanks forward.

The bug had already been confirmed. A temporary fix is checking the "Always use the words from the language file for the time units" checkbox.

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
The bug had already been confirmed. A temporary fix is checking the "Always use the words from the language file for the time units" checkbox.

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Hehe I'll remind you of it

I found some bugs my friend that you must fix (quickly because for the first time I really need you script jajaja)

Check the attached file for debug window info...

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Originally posted by Myself, a few posts back
The bug had already been confirmed. A temporary fix is checking the "Always use the words from the language file for the time units" checkbox.

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Thanks Smoking... I already talked about this with Matti personally

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Originally posted by Casper
On the RC1 (on my pc) this script doesn't work, when I open it and make my preferences, after I click on "OK" nothing happens, when I click on Apply, nothing happens neither. It works in form that it can be imported, and the preferences window of the script works, the preview works fine, every thing but the acutal countdown in pm or name...

I browsed thru all pages, no one seems to have this problem, maybe it's because of new version of plus ?

Thanks forward.

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Originally posted by alger456
i have the same problem either,i'm using windows xp sp2 and i have try wlm8.5 and9.0 but it doesnt work too.please help us

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Is it possible to display more then one countdown in the name or message?

Like, if I want to show the total number of days left for two different dates. (In my case, when my wife to be arrives in the UK, and when we're getting married))

Yes, it is.

Edit your name (within CDL) so that it says (!CD!) (!CD2) , whereas "" is any text you like.

I tried (!CD1) whatever (!CD2) blah earlier but only the first (!CD1) got converted.

Tried again, only the first (! gets converted. The rest gets ignored.

Maybe there is no (!CD2)? This could be, as I can make ten countdowns and delete 2-9, so it'd be (!CD1) (!CD10)

Please check the ID numbers in the "Countdowns: tab.

Checked. It's only converting the first (!CD1). It if I try (!CD1) and (!CD1) only the first one get converted, the second one shows as (!CD1) instead of the countdown

Raw format

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(!CD4) to go until the Big Day.  (!CD4)

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21 hours, 0 days, 2 weeks and 5 months to go until the Big Day.  (!CD4) says

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That's strange.. AFAIK, it should work.. I'll report this one to Matti

Is there any info you would like me to supply? my MSN is in my profile if you want to talk to me directly

Thanks for the quick response.

Nope, there's nothing necessary for now.

Hello there,

Thanks for reporting this issue, I really appreciate it when users help us with bug hunting.
A quick research pointed out that a small mistake caused the script to only look for one (!CD#) occurrence. Unfortunately, small mistakes can cause big trouble... (For those interested, yes, it was as simple as missing a "g" flag in a critical regular expression! )

Expect this issue to be solved in the next build, along with other bugfixes.

Hurrah! I look forward to the next build with much excitement. It be nice to have two important dates counting down in my display name, as I could see it change as I type too compared to the personal message.

And hey, at least you understand regular expressions... RegEx confuse me.. >_>

Nice one

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Again the first one to download this new release
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I am going to work this days to give you the full translated file...

Thanks Matti for including me in the testers Keep doing well...

I hope someone is still checking this. I've noticed a little bug after trying to adjust it abit. It has problems displaying multi-tags when certain units is used or mutli units. I can display mutli tags if they had a day unit only but when I use lots of them or a certain unit (not sure which), any tags after does not reneder correctly and is just shown as (!CD#)  (# being a number of whatever tag is used)

I haven't tested throughtly of which it may be the case but there is a problem there and I wanted to raise the issue so it is at least known, least I forget to test.

Can you verify that the tag number exists?

I can, in fact, by switching the tag around (the tag with many units in). The one second placed first would show up and the first one placed second would disappear.

where i can find the italian translation??
thank you

There should be an option in the preferences to change the language. It should be included.

Could i translate it in german ?

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Could i translate it in german ?

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There should be an option in the preferences to change the language. It should be included.

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Oops looks like I didn't read it enough. The Italian translation isn't complete according to the first post.

Breaking news: when the preferences window is maximised, one of the tab scroll buttons at the top remains enabled. When clicked, it becomes disabled, enabling the other. Is that supposed to happen?

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
Breaking news: when the preferences window is maximised, one of the tab scroll buttons at the top remains enabled. When clicked, it becomes disabled, enabling the other. Is that supposed to happen?

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I can't reproduce it, only happens sometimes and I don't see any regularities or "pattern"

Thanks for reporting this problem. I had a look at it myself and I was able to reproduce it by following very precise steps:

1. Open the Preferences window.
   
2. Without resizing the window, select the (previous to) last tab which requires the tabs list to be scrolled.
   
3. Maximize the window.
   
4. One arrow button stays enabled where they should both be disabled.

Countdown Live Turkish Language Download :

http://rapidshare.com/files/288118725/Turkish.rar.html

Thank You Matti

Thanks ryden, but unfortunately I have to dismiss that translation since it contains a lot of untranslated strings and errors. I hope you understand that in order to maintain the quality of the script, I cannot accept such translations.

I sent you a PM with a cleaned version of your translation, with all problematic parts emptied. Load that one up in Plus! XML Translator with the English file as original and look for all untranslated strings. Translate those, save it, send it back to me and I'll have another look at it.

Hi folks (and especially Matti), I've been working on my Video Converter Plus! script lately. I've programmed a function that allows you to scroll through tabs within the settings window, by placing the mouse in a specific region (the blue area in the image below) and using the mouse wheel*. It might be cool to have this in a future release of CDL..



* Note: this function is not available in the current public release, you're gonna have to wait..

Hey SmokingCookie, wow, what a long time since I last spoke to you!

Anyway, that's a really neat idea and I'll definitely consider it whenever I think an update is needed, but as for now I don't see any necessity to push an update. This is purely aesthetic/ergonomic so I don't want to bother my users with something that small. Nevertheless, it's on my to-do list so whenever I feel like making an update, I'll be able to remember your suggestion.

I understand your point, I wasn't trying to coerce you on updating the script. As of now, I have also made the ComboBoxes and ListView controls scrollable, you may want to put that on your to-do as well..?

Oh and merry Christmas everyone!