Convivea
Bit Che => Bugs & Feature Requests => Topic started by: chip! on June 18, 2006, 03:48:31 pm
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Change Log:
1.0.60 - Mar 28, 2008
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- added: Full support for Windows Vista and Windows 2003
- added: All issues with DEP are fixed, all Bit Che components are now able to run on any Windows version (or Linux/MacOSX with Wine emulator)
- added: Full Unicode support for language translation and auto detects system language
- added: Check for updates now includes both new engine scripts and program updates
- added: Search history is saved between sessions
- added: Remembers Window size, position, Maximized or Normal, and if Script Bar is visible or hidden
- added: Remembers column sizes for maximized or not maximized
- added: Ability to specific a specific browser to launch URL pages (open settings.ini, under "options", make a new line "browser_path=" and put the full path to whatever browser you want to use)
- added: Command line flag "/portable" to force bit che to use the current directory as the app path
- added: Many new scripts added
- updated: Faster startup
- updated: Reorganized menu options
- updated: Improved tab bar
- updated: New icons (much prettier when ALT-Tab, etc)
- updated: Many overall code improvements/optimizations.
- fixed: Should now have fewer false anti-virus reports
- fixed: Problem handing cookies that prevented compatibility with some scripts
- fixed: Tons of bugs!
http://www.convivea.com/download.php?id=2
1.0.59 -- Dec 12, 2006
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Download: http://convivea.com/down.php?id=2
added: Spanish & Dutch translations (thanks guys!)
added: DIDIDave.com script
fixed: default sort by Seeders
fixed: 'Enter Registration' is disabled if registered
fixed: Bit Che closes if you do not enter anything in the registration box or click close the registration window by clicking close botton on the top right hand corner
fixed: Arabic translation shows and english in File -> Language menu and in the intial installation
fixed: If you have dialog box open, Bit Che can not be found by selecting Alt-Tab
fixed: Bit Che detected an Azureus client even when it was uninstalled. It is maybe because Azureus has not de-registered the .torrent file..
fixed: "lblDoubleClick=Double Clicking a result opens:" in Preference menu does not read the translation.
fixed: In Tools -> Preference "Automatically check for Bit Che updates" and "Minimize Bit Che to the system tray" string "Bit Che" is not capitalized even when it is in the language file.
fixed: English mnuAbout has changed from "About" to "Bit Che" in built58. Is there any way to track/check english.ini file changes?
fixed: Should the [list_results] also have a Ratio? I can not find it in a language file.
fixed: "Guevara Account" does not get translated in registration box.
fixed: Under [menus] in .ini file "Repeat searches on all tabs" and "Repeat searches on current tab" are missing
fixed: Minor cosmetic comment; should there be space around "/"? see "Show seeder / leech ratio as:" and "Show/Hide Scripts"
fixed: couple other minor things..
1.0.58 -- Dec 10, 2006
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Download: http://convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_58.exe
new: options moved to a 'preferences' dialog.
new: option for automatic update check for new versions of bit che & the menu option checks internally instead of launching the webpage
new: option minimize bit che to the system tray
new: option to refresh all open tabs at set interval (great for leaving minimized)
new: hot keys (F5/F6) added to refresh current tab and all tabs
new: torrent ratio displayed on list results (option to hide in the preferences)
new: guevara edition now the same installer as the freeware edition but it needs to be unlocked in order to use the features. to unlock: use 'About | Enter Registration' and enter your forum/registered email address.
new: bit che is now more user friendly and detects if you have a torrent client installed or not.
fixed: a *bunch* of little tiny bugs and polishing tweaks
1.0.57 -- Dec 6, 2006
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
new: Added 'Morning Coffee' type extension (predefine searches for certain days, etc)
updated: Torrent Details window now closes when you press 'Open Torrent'
fixed: several GUI bugs
fixed: several Tabs bugs
fixed: several other bugs
1.0.56 -- Nov 23, 2006
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
Freeware Edition: http://convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_56.exe
fixed: "filter.txt" is loaded every search and changed the string detection function
fixed: Remove Duplicates is now properly synced to the Active Tab
fixed: several other smaller bugs/statusbar updates
updated: optimized some functions resulting in *slightly* faster code for script handling
1.0.55 -- Nov 23, 2006
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
Freeware Edition: http://convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_55.exe
new: added bc:// Protocol URL support for future support with browser search plugins / uTorrent integration
new: added command line support for launching searches (any text supplied for the command line will launch a search, use "/#" to specify media profile type)
new: multiple instance awareness & will send search queries to the open instance automatically
new: implemented "filter.txt" for permanently ignoring results based on keywords you put in this file
new: MessageBox buttons reflect the language translations
new: Torrent Details can sort columns by filename or file size
update: Tabs now slide over when closed and tab 1 can be closed (but will always be replaced by another if there are no other open tabs)
update: Sticky Tabs now require being "Unsticky'd" before they can be closed & a new Pinned icon is shown instead of the X for Sticky Tabs
updated: replaced all remaining Labels with UniAware Labels..
update: The icons for Tabs (X and the Pin) are both slightly dimmed when the tab is not the active tab and active tab X is now blue.
update: new logo icon for Guevara Edition
fixed: launching a new search on a previous tab changes the Search Button to Stop
fixed: results # no longer update for wrong tab if current tab isn't the search tab
fixed: right mouse button to open a new tab gives the focus to the textbox and highlights it's content
fixed: right click no longer shows Bold old caption after cleared
fixed: when beginning a new search when the focus is set at another tab, the results show up in the proper tab
1.0.54 -- Nov 10, 2006
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
-fixed: sticky tabs are protected. the sticky tabs should remain sticky until you 'unsticky' them.
-improved: when you make a new search, the focus gets sent to the Active Tab's results list so your mouse scroll will move the list results up&down.
-improved: Query box can not reset the search history if you scrolled down with the mouse.
-new: Right Click in the tabs area white space to create a new blank tab.
-new: Unicode capable labels used for the Torrent Details. (I will update the other labels with Unicode-aware ones if the ones on the Torrent Details work).
1.0.53 -- Nov 8, 2006
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
-new feature: sticky tabs. to use, right click the tab you want to be sticky. a "*" will be added to the caption to signify it being 'sticky'. when you close Bit Che, any sticky tabs will be saved, and when you launch bit che again, those queries will automatically fire up again.
-fixed a minor tab alignment issue
1.0.52 -- Nov 7, 2006
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
Freeware Edition: http://convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_52.exe
-fixed bug when starting a 2nd instance of bit che
-fixed bug with the X Close All Tabs button
-fixed bug with resizing of results list when maximized and then closed all tabs, then restored window
-improved routines for new tab creation and closing of all tabs. new tabs dont flicker really fast to the 1st tab anymore.
-added menu option to Double Click Results to Open Torrents (instead of Torrent Details)
-month of the torrent creation date on Torrent Details is now forced to English (or current language file used).
1.0.51 -- Nov 6, 2006
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
Freeware Edition: http://convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_51.exe
-fixed nasty bug crashing Bit Che upon searching
-added a menu option to 'Open Searches in New Tabs' by default
-added full captions to the tabs ToolTips along with the media type/profile name of the search
-minor GUI improvements
1.0.50 -- Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
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new: basic profile/media type searching for sites that support this
new: basic file size filtering added.. uses either "-size>X" or "-size<X" where X is the # of MB. "-size>100" will include only results that are greater than (or equal to) 100mb.
new: torrent details now shows creation date and which client created the torrent (if available).
new: CNTRL or ALT or SHIFT will launch the search into a new Tab
new: F2 will show/hide the Scripts Sidebar
update: numerous little polishing changes, such as focus returns to the query box when typing (almost always now).
1.0.49 -- Nov 2, 2006
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stable beta
http://www.convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_49.exe
fixed: dupe check buffers are now properly used and erased per tab
fixed: removed results are now properly erased and unloaded once the tab is closed
improved: winsock threads are now launched all at once, slightly faster searches
improved: fixed the 'removed results' dialog listview size so that all results are visible
minor: polished a few little things, such as bit che is shown slightly faster when starting up.
new since build 44:
-implemented tab searching
-implemented localization and translated bit che into French & Italian
1.0.44 - Oct 10, 2006
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1. Core Improved: Increased the winsock threads count from 20 to 30 (able to process more scripts at once).
2. GUI Improved: Torrent Details window has had some slight cosmetic improvements and is now resizable (thanks tuckeratlarge @ neowin.net).
3. GUI Improved: Results list is not 'updated' if new torrents are not added.
4. GUI Improved: Basic stats are now shown in the status bar upon startup.
5. GUI Improved: Corrected 2 small typo's in message boxes.
6. Added new scripts:
IPTorrents.com
ZeroTracker.com
BitChile.com
1.0.43 - Oct 7, 2006
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1. Bug Fix: "Open Website" now launches the proper web page (editable in the script .ini).
2. Core Improved: Minor tweaks to the script processor. Functions '&' and 'e' are more useful.
3. Core Improved: Debug engine now allows you to step 'backwards' or 'reload' the script and start over. (stepping back also reloads the script (from the script .ini) but will jump back to the previous line). Now you don't have to re-do a search just to test changes you're made to the script. Finally!
4. GUI Improved: Added a donation button :) (this can be hidden by adding "NoDonateButton=1" to "settings.ini".
1.0.42 - Oct 4, 2006
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1. Core Improved: Added support for "-keyword" filters for removing results.
2. Core Improved: Added new 'debug' script processor. Add the "debug=1" flag under [options] in "settings.ini" then press F12 for a step-by-step output debugger for testing scripts. (really helpful! even for me)
3. GUI Updated: Corrected context menu naming scheme (torrent details/open page)
4. GUI Updated: Replaced bit_che.exe icons with higher resolution 'che' logo.
5. Bug Fix: Pressing STOP in a search no longer prevents viewing of torrent details.
6. Bug Fix: Context menu for the script list is now working properly.
1.0.41 - Oct 3, 2006
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1. Core Improved: Compatible with sites requiring HTTP POST headers for queries.
2. Core Improved: Added basic script debug output flag "debug=1" in settings.ini (helpful when writing scripts).
3. Added 3 new scripts:
Dimeadozen.org
IpodNova.net
TodoTorrents.com (whoops! no registration required, but does require Bit Che 1.0.41 ;))
1.0.40 - Oct 3, 2006
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1. Updated UI: Password manager now a little more user friendly. Also, passwords are no longer saved as 'Plain Text'.
2. Core Fix: Updating scripts will no longer enable or disable a script. This can only be done manually.
3. Core Update: Now possible to Multiple Select torrents for viewing details/downloading/saving, etc
4. GUI Update: Menu option added to open Torrent Details in different windows or use a single one.
5. GUI Update: Bit Che now stores the last 10 searches to a drop down list (automatically cleared when exiting or loading Bit Che).
1.0.39 - Sep 14, 2006
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1. New UI: scripts are now displayed in a 'sidebar' and groups member sites away from public sites (right click a script for extra options menu)
2. Updated UI: made a few tweaks to the user interface
3. Bug Fix: Auto Removal of Strict Matches (duplicates) now works again
4. Bug Fix: Torrent Details window does not re-appear if you close it before its loaded (or if you load a different torrent)
5. Bug Fix: file size with KB's are now properly formatted and sorted
6. Logistics Improved: Bit Che and the installer are now aware of each other, as well as multiple instances of Bit Che
1.0.38 - Sep 12, 2006 (beta version)
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1. Fixed several small bugs, including bug with Windows 20003 (we think!)
2. Enhanced member login support and better error handling/error messages
3. Added *beta* support for sites that require picture validation upon logon (oink.me.uk)
4. Added new 'che' graphic created by savaden (thanks!)
5. Passwords are now ****'d
6. Added 'Stop' button functionality to stop a torrent search
7. Added 8 new user requested scripts:
- oink.me.uk (beta, better support in the future)
- isohunt.com
- btjunkie.org
- mybittorrent.com
- myspleen.com
- h33t.com
- filemp3.org
- bitsoup.org
1.0.36 - Sep 2, 2006
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1. Fixed member account login bug.
1.0.36 - Sep 2, 2006
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1. Added basic support for member based sites.
2. Fixed file size sorting issues.
3. Added CNTRL and SHIFT switchers for when selecting different Scripts. Holding down CNTRL while selecting a script will select only that script. Holding SHIFT will select ALL scripts.
4. Included scripts with build 36:
- Demonoid.com
- Piratebay.org
- Mininova.org
- TorrentSpy.com
- TorrentReactor.net
- TorrentBox.com
- TorrentPortal.com
- Snarf-it.org
- Mp3Nova.org
- NewTorrents.info
1.0.35 - Aug 28, 2006
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1. Added script updater feature for downloading the latest scripts.
2. Fixed script with Mininova.org
3. Fixed minor bug with script interpreter.
1.0.34 - Aug 28, 2006
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1. Implemented external scripts. Included scripts with build 34 are Piratebay.org, Mininova.org, TorrentSpy.com, TorrentReactor.net
2. Removed all internal scripts from the code.
3. Fixed file size reporting/sorting
4. Fixed 2 bugs with the menu's for the Removed Results log window.
5. Added option to cap the results to 50 per source searched.
1.0.33 - Aug 24, 2006
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1. Fixed nasty bug with Fulldls internal script
1.0.32 - Aug 23, 2006
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1. Added Strict duplicate matching removal option
2. Removes Strict matches by default (very fast! but also option to disable feature)
3. Fixed several sites parsing scripts
4. Removed site 'Seedler.org'
5. Added site 'Fulldls.com'
6. Displays the reason for being filtered on the Removed Results page
1.0.30 - June 20, 2006
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1. Added 2 new sites: MegaNova.org & TorrentReactor.net
2. Improved speed and accuracy of the duplicate result checker.
1.0.29 - June 19, 2006
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1. Added basic duplicate checking based on torrent name and file size.
2. Added 2 hotkeys: "F5" - check for duplicates "F6" - view removed results.
3. Search results are sorted by #of Seeds by default.
1.0.28 - June 19, 2006
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1. Fixed a redirection bug with the torrent downloader.
2. Settings are now saved from session to session.
1.0.27 - June 19, 2006
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1. Optimized and speed tweaked search result parsing.
1.0.26 - June 18, 2006
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1. Add option to copy URL to clipboard.
2. Add option to open torrent with default program (removed Internet Explorer dependency).
3. Add 'Save Torrent As..' short cut to menu..
4. Fixed the incorrect sorting of file sizes.
5. Added option to view the removed/filtered results.
6. Statusbar shows progress of all sites being searched.. ( "." idle "-" connecting "+" searching/processing)
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Much appreciated :)
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Thanks Chip :D
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;D
Thanks a ton!
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yepp ;D
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Damn that is a problem... the sizes are all the same for TV Eps and the only difference is generally the EP #... i'll have to think about this and see if I can come up with a work around for TV Eps..
Thanks!!
*edit*: umm where'd your post go!? haha
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Damn that is a problem... the sizes are all the same for TV Eps and the only difference is generally the EP #... i'll have to think about this and see if I can come up with a work around for TV Eps..
Thanks!!
*edit*: umm where'd your post go!? haha
Heh, I moved it to the bug list.
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Ok wow, if only I saw this before... because i was thinking BitChe screws up too much... but has been updated much since it seems
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have you noticed any other bugs/issues or anything annoying that might not have been mentioned yet?
i'll always keep a thread open in the project with the latest builds.. once they are stable/complete enough, i'll release them over the public :)
thanks!
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ran out of my useage for the month
test it out in a few days when I get my GBs back
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Just gotta say that I love Bit Che. I didn't think it would make such a difference, but I love just opening one program, typing in a few words, and getting clear, organized search results from 8 sites at once.
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Just gotta say that I love Bit Che. I didn't think it would make such a difference, but I love just opening one program, typing in a few words, and getting clear, organized search results from 8 sites at once.
I agree.....AWESOME JOB CHIP!!!!
When I get some money saved I'm would like to throw you a couple of bucks Chip..Obviously won't be $100 but I want to show that I apprieciate your work to make my life easier with these brillant progs....End of August,begining of Sept......Is the contact info from "http://convivea.com/donate.php" still current???....
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Minlo: Yes it is... I would appreciate anything, seriously even $1 feels great :)
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Bit Che 1.0 build 32 posted..
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Ooo, nice. Thanks again. :)
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wait wait... nasty bug with build 32... grab build 33...
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posted: Bit Che 1.0 build 34
more on the script language to come in the future.. should you want to try and make your own scripts.. (its not exactly user friendly at the moment)..
notice, this is just a beta version so that the new script system can be tested.. there are still a few bugs..
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posted: Bit Che 1.0 build 35 [stable beta]
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posted: Bit Che 1.0 build 35 [stable beta]
Seems quite good.
All we need now are more scripts, some API documentation and some useful variable names wouldn't be bad :P
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i'll have to do the documentation on the script commands and varriable names after I've finalized at least a few more scripts and made sure that the current interpreter is pretty much complete for handling most site's parsing requirements.. so far its looking good.. I only had to make 1 minor adjustment to handle mp3nova.org and that script is done, along with newtorrents.info.. i've decided to stop working on the public sites since those are fairly easy to script (once you get the hang of how to use the script commands to parse the html).. and now I'm working on implementing support for login based sites like Demoniod.. I'm about 50% done with adding support for that site.. so I'm guessing another day or two..
hmm, and i just noticed there is still a bug with the file size sorting algo =/ easy fix though, i forgot to trim the decimal point off after converting from gb to mb's =/
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...now I'm working on implementing support for login based sites like Demoniod.. I'm about 50% done with adding support for that site.. so I'm guessing another day or two..
That!!! will be a major step-up for Bit Che once you've completed that chip, good going.
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done :)
now... if anyone else has some invites for other sites, please let me know so I can try to add support for as many different types of login sites.. thanks :)
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Thanks, new build makes it really worth using over the last couple :)
I don't really go on any login bassed sites, will have to ask for invites off perhaps some forum members Demoined just to test it. But will ask around in the house to find some sites that use user name and password stuff.
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I will see if I can get you an invite they are currently performing maintenance on the site so I can't get on it
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(topic bump) -- new build posted
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Thanks, chip!
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(topic bump) - new build posted :)
I'm going to move this build 39 over for release on the main site tomorrow unless there are any critical bugs that I have missed...
enjoy!
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(topic bump) - build 40 posted
As usual, I'm going to move this build over for release on the main site tomorrow unless there are any critical bugs that I have missed...
enjoy!
hmm... I found a bug... Multiple Selecting and Opening Torrent Details doesnt always show up in differnt windows (if the option is selected) and when the torrent requires special handling (BTJunkie)
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build 41 posted!
as long as there are no significant bugs in this version, I'm going to put Bit Che on the back burner for a couple weeks... I'll try to write up some doc's for writing scripts but I dont think I'll be adding any new features to Bit Che for a little while. I think it's at a pretty decent place to take a pause since i dont think there are any pressing improvements needed (with the exception of media type searching, but that will definitely be addressed when I resume coding)..
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About says Freeware Edition ??? hmmm..... whats going be in the registered edition?
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I have no plans for a registered version for Bit Che... thats simply so that people will know if they have "paid" for Bit Che at some scam site, that really the software is freeware..
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build 42 posted... i know i said i wasn't going to add any more features but it was pretty quick to add the keyword filtering, and i really wanted that :) also, the script debugger is now actually pretty useful!!
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I have no plans for a registered version for Bit Che... thats simply so that people will know if they have "paid" for Bit Che at some scam site, that really the software is freeware..
ahh got cha...
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build 42 posted... i know i said i wasn't going to add any more features but it was pretty quick to add the keyword filtering, and i really wanted that :) also, the script debugger is now actually pretty useful!!
Hi! Where can I get the latest build?
Thanks,
Tom
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build 42 posted... i know i said i wasn't going to add any more features but it was pretty quick to add the keyword filtering, and i really wanted that :) also, the script debugger is now actually pretty useful!!
Hi! Where can I get the latest build?
Thanks,
Tom
It's in the first post of this topic.
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build 43 posted..
this will be public tonight if there are no critical bugs found this afternoon. it appears to be in good shape now ;)
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Appears to be fine here too, chip! Thanks. Bit Che rocks.
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I just had to register only to say how much this app rocks! I really appreciate the updates and all (esp. the bigger icon ;)) THANK YOU!
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haha... thank you very much! i really do rely on user feedback to improve Bit Che, so welcome to the forums.... feel free to hit us up if you can think of anything to make bit che even better ;)
also, thanks goes out to everyone who has been telling their friends about Bit Che!
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topic bump, minor update posted: Bit Che - 1.0 build 44
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Hey chip! - thanks for the buttons on the torrent dialogue and thanks for the heads up.
By the way - as a thank you in the real world I sent you a donation. It's not much but it should get you a Pizza to munch whilst working on Bit Che.
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yeah no problem!.. and thank you very much for the donation! every little bit helps and I appreciate every dollar thats donated.. I spend it all on beverages or pizza or candy ;) which always makes the development process even more enjoyable. so thanks again!
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hey chip, I remember that avatar!!!
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3575/chiplalaaw7.swf
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oh my gosh, i just cracked up laughing so hard.. that definitely made my night..
now i guess I need to do some editing to this board so that we can have flash avatars.. ;)
thank you!
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I posted a work in progress beta of build 45. Its not an official release so I'm not going to update the change log yet. It is a little more polished than build 44, but it is mainly a build to test the new support for language files, for translators.. You can find the download link in the translation thread.. otherwise, an official build 45 should be ready within a few days..
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thanks chip!
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work in progress build 46 posted to either the translator or the 'minimize to tray' threads..
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bit che 1.0 build 47
beta / work in progress build..
changes:
-re-designed search button to include support for launching searches in a 'New Tab', otherwise it will be launched to the current tab
-fixed 2 bugs with 'tabs'
-fixed 'Tab' ordering (when pressing Tab to switch between controls), but the search tabs are not included yet.
http://www.convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_47.exe
edit: build 47 appears to be in good shape now..
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bit che 1.0 build 48
http://www.convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_48.exe
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what about an option in which you can save some scripts with a name? i mean when you click on the mp3 search option to select only some sites with mp3. when you click on the my favourite sites to select a list of scripts. Hows the work going on revolutiott, blue-whitegt and dldldave.com?
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yeah i've been planning on 'profile' type searches, but im waiting until ive implemented media type searching with the sites that allow specific file type searches.. but it's on my todo list.. as far as the other site scripts, they should be done this week..
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Well it took Firefox about 2 years to implement a polished off version of tabs, this tab set up is very well implemented in about a week :)
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Yeah...Just wanna say I think you're doing an awesome job w/ this project, chip. Youre very attentive to the community's requests for features & you release updates more often than Slysoft's AnyDVD(uh...that's alot).
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thanks :) I enjoy this, and I love seeing the project grow! thanks for all of your support/input, etc :)
bit che 1.0 build 49
http://www.convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_49.exe
fixed: dupe check buffers are now properly used and erased per tab
fixed: removed results are now properly erased and unloaded once the tab is closed
improved: winsock threads are now launched all at once, slightly faster searches
improved: fixed the 'removed results' dialog listview size so that all results are visible
minor: polished a few little things, such as bit che is shown slightly faster when starting up.
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build 51 Freeware and Guevara editions posted!
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build 52 Freeware and Guevara editions posted!
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Why do you ned to version of this program?
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several reasons:
1. To help the Bit Che project grow by enticing more people to get involved and to help out in whatever way they can.
2. To have a simple way to reward those people who do help out with the project.
3. To give an extra reason for people to donate to the project. Yes, I am a student in college and need money to help pay for the server costs, etc, and also I need money for 'pizza' to eat while I develop Bit Che. While this is the least important of reasons, it is still a valid reason nonetheless.
There are even more reasons, but I don't think anyone would need more reasons..
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build 53 posted
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Guevara Edition: http://convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=254.0
-new feature: sticky tabs. to use, right click the tab you want to be sticky. a "*" will be added to the caption to signify it being 'sticky'. when you close Bit Che, any sticky tabs will be saved, and when you launch bit che again, those queries will automatically fire up again.
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chip what about
1) adding date also on the tabs except name size etc so we can sort the results with the dates?
2) Also when we click in the white space next of a tab to open a new tab but i think this is difficult
3) Add specific torrent result manuall to remove them. A lot of times we see a fake torrent and we have to make the search again, it would be nice to have this ability (with hash checking maybe? or it will slow down the program?) Torrents should be added in a seperate remove list in my opinion
4) when you hover the mouse pointer over a tab to see search name, media type and also the number of results
5) an option to check a number of days in order to show a (new) text right next to the search result. i mean if i set 10, then the torrents that have been released in the last 10 days to have a "*new*" text next to their name.
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several reasons:
1. To help the Bit Che project grow by enticing more people to get involved and to help out in whatever way they can.
2. To have a simple way to reward those people who do help out with the project.
3. To give an extra reason for people to donate to the project. Yes, I am a student in college and need money to help pay for the server costs, etc, and also I need money for 'pizza' to eat while I develop Bit Che. While this is the least important of reasons, it is still a valid reason nonetheless.
There are even more reasons, but I don't think anyone would need more reasons..
This is i god ide.
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I quite agree with Exoskeletor's suggestions 4 (number of results) and 5 (new). But maybe it's too much info in a same place.
About the fake torrents, it's just the beginning. Industry will put more and more fake files online within the few next months, so I don't know if creating a fake files list will do any good ;)
Sab
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chip what about
1) adding date also on the tabs except name size etc so we can sort the results with the dates?
2) Also when we click in the white space next of a tab to open a new tab but i think this is difficult
3) Add specific torrent result manuall to remove them. A lot of times we see a fake torrent and we have to make the search again, it would be nice to have this ability (with hash checking maybe? or it will slow down the program?) Torrents should be added in a seperate remove list in my opinion
4) when you hover the mouse pointer over a tab to see search name, media type and also the number of results
5) an option to check a number of days in order to show a (new) text right next to the search result. i mean if i set 10, then the torrents that have been released in the last 10 days to have a "*new*" text next to their name.
1. cant do the date because bit che only becomes 'aware' of the creation date after reading the torrent file directly with the Torrent Details.. but like I previously said, we could add the date field to the list of results (name/size/seeders, etc) for the sites that do report the date. I dont know off hand roughly how many sites do or do not report this, and if it would even be useful to have some results with the date listed, and others without, but I will throw this on to the ToDo, so that I'll do a little more research about it when I have nothing else to do.
2. I'll make it so that when you Right Click the white space, a new blank tab is loaded..
3. This really isnt possible except unless we start creating a 'blacklist' of file names to ignore, but for the sake of being slim, I dont think I want to implement this....
4. I can do this no problem.
5. this might be possible, if we start extracting the submitted date, as talked about with item #1, but if we do implement that, then I suppose we could just sort the dates, and then you'd see everything listed from newest to oldest (and then the torrents that dont have dates at the bottom)..
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build 54 (guevara only) is posted, with the change log at the top of this thread..
i've left build 53 attached to the Guevara Download thread because I'll be out of town this weekend and I wouldnt be able to fix anything in 54 until next week.
cheers, have a great weekend everyone!
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in the next version when someone click the right mouse button to open a new tab give the focus on the textbox and highlight it's content
Also make it to minimize in tray and to add time to refreash all the open searches. in my opinion this is a superb feature. and to inform users when a new search has been found (something like the rss that more torrent sites have)
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1. cant do the date because bit che only becomes 'aware' of the creation date after reading the torrent file directly with the Torrent Details.. but like I previously said, we could add the date field to the list of results (name/size/seeders, etc) for the sites that do report the date. I dont know off hand roughly how many sites do or do not report this, and if it would even be useful to have some results with the date listed, and others without, but I will throw this on to the ToDo, so that I'll do a little more research about it when I have nothing else to do.
Most sites have a date in the search lists, there are a only few which do not (slotorrent, torrentportal, torrentspy). You'll also need an addition to your scripting language as dates can be a murky area due to the differing formats: dd/mm/yyyy dd/mm/yy dd/mm mm/dd/yyyy yyyy/mm/dd and some just use the regional settings of the searching pc. Shouldn't be a problem with the addition of a scripting command which mirrors the VB6 format command with a user defined date mask.
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It's getting better every build :D
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in the next version when someone click the right mouse button to open a new tab give the focus on the textbox and highlight it's content
Exoskeletor -
I'll update this np.. the minimizing to tray with refreshing open searches and reporting when a new result is found will take some time and planning before implementing, because at that point, a rough database will probably be needed to keep track of what results have been "found" already.. this could get messy, but I'll add it to the ToDo list... thanks
Most sites have a date in the search lists, there are a only few which do not (slotorrent, torrentportal, torrentspy). You'll also need an addition to your scripting language as dates can be a murky area due to the differing formats: dd/mm/yyyy dd/mm/yy dd/mm mm/dd/yyyy yyyy/mm/dd and some just use the regional settings of the searching pc. Shouldn't be a problem with the addition of a scripting command which mirrors the VB6 format command with a user defined date mask.
FidoFuz - excellent.. thanks for the heads up. formatting the date shouldnt be too tricky. For some reason I failed to realize that most sited do report the date =/ in any case, this will be a nice improvement then :) gracias!
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I just downloaded the latest build and I must say, Incredible! Tab searches definitely do Rock IMHO!
2 developers that I consider the most talented:
CHIP
Jdobbs (DVDRebuilder author)
If you are accepting donations for making OUR lives easier, I am more than willing.
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sorry i'm Newbie Member , i would like to try the version 0.54 :-[ :-[
thank. ;D ;D ;D
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a lot of time has passed since a new version. i have a new suggestionn:
it is possible to add a feature to see the latest torrents? for example to select 2 sites and to select to see the latest 10 torrents that have been added
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build 55 will be ready tomorrow..
!-- fixed: right click shows Bold old caption after cleared
!-- fixed: when begining a new search on when the focus is set at another tab, the results do not show up in Tab 1
!-- fixed: in the next version when someone click the right mouse button to open a new tab give the focus on the textbox and highlight it's content
!-- fixed: results # update for wrong tab if current tab isn't the search tab
!-- fixed: launching a new search on a previous tab doesnt change the Search Button to Stop
!-- fixed: Torrent Details can sort colums by filename or file size
!-- improved: Tabs now slide over when closed and tab 1 can be closed (but will always be replaced by another if there are no other open tabs)
!-- improved: Sticky Tabs now require being "Unsticky'd" before they can be closed & a new Pinned icon is shown instead of the X for Sticky Tabs
!-- new: The icons for Tabs (X and the Pin) are both slightly dimmed when the tab is not the active tab.
!-- new: new logo icon for Guevara Edition
!-- updated: replaced all remaining Labels with UniAware Labels..
!--- new: added command line support for launching searches
!-- new: multiple instance awareness & will send search queries to the open instance automatically
!-- new: added bc:// Protocol URL support for future support with browser search plugins / uTorrent integration
these are the list of changes so far... im going to implement the "filter.txt" and also the subclassing for changing of the MessageBox buttons, and that should complete the next release...
any other new features are going to have to wait a little while since i'm headed into finals with school..
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build 55 posted!
new: added bc:// Protocol URL support for future support with browser search plugins / uTorrent integration
new: added command line support for launching searches (any text supplied for the command line will launch a search, use "/#" to specify media profile type)
new: multiple instance awareness & will send search queries to the open instance automatically
new: implemented "filter.txt" for permanently ignoring results based on keywords you put in this file
new: MessageBox buttons reflect the language translations
new: Torrent Details can sort columns by filename or file size
update: Tabs now slide over when closed and tab 1 can be closed (but will always be replaced by another if there are no other open tabs)
update: Sticky Tabs now require being "Unsticky'd" before they can be closed & a new Pinned icon is shown instead of the X for Sticky Tabs
updated: replaced all remaining Labels with UniAware Labels..
update: The icons for Tabs (X and the Pin) are both slightly dimmed when the tab is not the active tab and active tab X is now blue.
update: new logo icon for Guevara Edition
fixed: launching a new search on a previous tab changes the Search Button to Stop
fixed: results # no longer update for wrong tab if current tab isn't the search tab
fixed: right mouse button to open a new tab gives the focus to the textbox and highlights it's content
fixed: right click no longer shows Bold old caption after cleared
fixed: when beginning a new search when the focus is set at another tab, the results show up in the proper tab
ps, Happy Thanksgiving!
(for anyone else in the US)
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Thanks for the new build...
Request, can you please reread the filter.txt before doing a new search.
Currently you seem to have to exit BC and restart to get the filter.txt reread, and I've just realised BC is processing the filter.txt as regexp's. Adding [Sex] as a line in the filter.txt removes any result with an S, e or x in it. Is there a way to make it straight text?
BTW, F4 and F5 only seem to work on the last tab displayed, I normally run with remove exact off, but highlighting the first sticky tab and pressing F4 or F5, removes results from the third tab.
Much appreciate all you effort Chip.
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ahhhhhhh.. ok i fixed those things mentioned :) thanks!
posted build 56
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Thanks for the update! ;D
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Yes, great update. Thanks!
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chip are you going to implement user profiles for the trackers also?
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as i designed it now, you can go into the settings.ini and create your own profile, and then specify which trackers you want to use that tracker (using the scripts Sidebar), and also configure the search url for each site for that profile (editing each script.ini)... you'll have to do that manually though, since I didnt want to add anything into the main program that would be confusing.. and I figure the more advanced users wouldnt gripe that much about doing something manually =/
but, regarding your question, are you looking for something else?
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build 57 update is finally ready.
it fixes many bugs and adds a basic 'Morning Coffee' type extension for predefining searches.
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ok now we need to minimize to tray and the ability to set time escept date :)
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Very nice update! Coffee Cups work well (haven't found a bug yet).
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ok... i finished Minimize to the Tray.. i was hoping for an extra button on the caption bar, but unfortunately the code for that is a nightmare in VB6. I was hoping to hire another coder to do that code for me, but no one has been able to do that yet that looks good enough to use with Bit Che.. so in the next release, it will just be a standard option to minimize to the tray, and the I will have the tabs repeat the searches every 30 minutes (configurable in the settings.ini).. that will have to do for the time being..
also, i have changed the setup for the Guevara Edition. I've implemented a server check/registration for the Guevara Edition account. I decided to go this route for several reasons... 1st) I will not have to compile and upload 2 different versions anymore. A single distribution definitely will make things a lot easier for everyone in the future. 2nd) I will be able in the future to automatically enable accounts when people donate via Paypal and do not have a user account on the forums because it will be database driven. 3rd) The registration will be tied to your email address which will make it harder for someone to go share the 'Guevara Edition' with the rest of the internet. I have no problem with people sharing it with their friends.. so this will not be a problem for that scenario at all.
I dont think anyone will have a problem with this because it will be almost entirely transparent to any registered users. All you have to do is enter your account once. Bit Che will verify that its a valid account. Then you will restart Bit Che and you'll be good to go. Also, I have made sure that the extra code for this 'registration check' does not slow down the startup of Bit Che.
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what is the caption bar? what extra button you wanted?
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I had this problem a few years ago and decided the best solution was to make the form borderless and draw my own title bar, min, max, and close icons. That wasy I could easily add any sort of controls to the title bar. It means quite a bit of extra coding just for a simple button since you have to handle the moving/resizing too, but it means making it easier to make BitChe skinnable in future.
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I could code a quick mock-up and send it to ya if you like.
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chip can you make bit che to give focus on utorrent or any other torrent program after you open a torrent? They open on the backround and this is little annoying
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hmm... maybe, but I know I personally would definitely be more annoyed with the focus being sent away from Bit Che after opening one because I often open multiple torrents before clicking on uTorrent (which is normally right behind Bit Che anyway).
but ill see about maybe adding that..
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build 58 is posted with some nice improvements... enjoy guys! i'll be back later this week after my finals for fixing any bugs with this release!
bugsssssssss:
1. message boxes shown while Bit Che is minimized are not clickable and unresponsive (fixed, re-download build 58)
2. strange issue with searching a single script after the message box bug (not reproducible, possibly tied to the below fixed bug)
3. 'All' from the scripts bar gets updated with 'Please enter your registered email' string. (fixed, re-download build 58)
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i re-uploaded build 58 to fix the above mentioned bugs and also a minor issue with some language files (related to the 'All' caption in the scripts bar)..
any other bug fixes will get a build increase =/
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Thanks CHIP!
I have found a bug.
When searching the torrents don't sort according to how many seeders.
It used to be the torrent with most seeders at the top downwards
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When searching the torrents don't sort according to how many seeders.
It used to be the torrent with most seeders at the top downwards
That's not a bug.. you can resort the results however you want by clicking the column headings. It goes ascending or descending order when clicked (just like with Windows Explorer). If you click the seeders category the results will sort according to seeder number.
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great release. i think that after you have register the Enter registration option must be disabled
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good call... ill do that..
also, that kind of is a bug with the sort by seeders not working, because its suppose to sort by Seeders automatically, but apparently its doing 'Source' by default, which is pointless ;) so i'll have this fixed asap.
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Thanks Chip ;D
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i cant find the "double clicking a result opens" to translate
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grab:
http://www.convivea.com/download/English.ini
(has all the strings for build 59)
and
http://www.convivea.com/download/compare.exe
(used to compare your translation file against English.ini)
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i have update in the other thread the complete translation. For some reason .58 doesnt translate lblDoubleClick even if i have translate it and i have remove the ! in the beggining
Also you have to upadte convivea.com with the latest build i think
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yeahh... that was a bug with build 58 that will be fixed with 59.. the code i used to translate all of the controls in bit che looks for the control name against the language file, but I just forgot to rename that DoubleClick label to one that has a matching string in the language file... (its named for a uniLblDoubleClicking instead of the standardized lblDoubleClick naming scheme.)
i'm going to upload build 59 in a hour or so, i just have a few minor adjustments to make with the package, including the new version of the 'compare.exe' tool...
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thanx. dont forget to add the latest greek.ini :)
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grab:
http://www.convivea.com/download/English.ini
(has all the strings for build 59)
The English.ini file seems to be older that build 58 ini file and does not have all the strings (like Coffee..)
Can you please post the latest English.ini file?
Thanks!
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that English.ini should be basically 100% complete... it shows the menu/form strings for Coffee, etc for me..
[menus]
mnuCoffee=Coffee
mnuEditCoffeeCups=Edit Coffee Cups
[form_captions]
frmCoffee=Morning Coffee
etc.. are you not seeing those in the file after you are downloading it? (if so, maybe your browser has cache enabled and you are seeing an older file.. try downloading again).. or do you mean something else?
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Ok, now after reloading the file, I can see the version 59.
I must have had the older version in a cache somewhere.
Sorry!
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Chip, I got a small comment: Isn't it too easy to get a Guevara Edition: someone just has to visit the forum and copy the emailadress from a member over here to get the Guevara Edition... or am I wrong?
J.
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what about first login in the forums and then when you are registering bit che to check your cookies? or if it is easy to add in the registration the password also
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eeeeeeek! I wonder why i didnt think of that before? I guess i figured everyone has their email address hidden.. but still that is a security problem. so i went ahead and made the necessary changes to verify your account w/ your password before unlocking Bit Che.. :-\
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ok...... 59 is finally ready (i hope :)) for download .. posted above... you'll have to unlock again with your forums Email & Password..
if that doesnt work for anyone who should have access, please let me know..
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Looking pretty nice, lot of new features in these last couple of builds. Sorry I've not been bug testing recently, been caught up in one thing or another, lectures, Wii, Anime society stuff etc..
When I get a bit of free time over the holidays I'll try and do a thorough search for bugs. In the mean time, thanks for the great software :)
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I must say, this Bit Che is getting more and more incredible by the month!!!
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Hey!
great program...
just wanna say Thanx!
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i think demonoid.com has a problem lately (or they have server problems like torrentbytes.com)
Chip when someone has enable to check every 30 minutes, if a torrent site has a problem and you dont press ok, bit che keeps sending you messages and messages. make it to send only one for earch site if you can please
Chip what about adding a feature to browse torrents? to show for example for every site the latest 10 submited torrents (at least for the sites with username and password)
Also what about a feature to add the selected torrents to a new profile? (except media type profile i think we sould have Torrent selection profile or something like that)
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just checked Demonoid and it appears to be working.. probably server problems.
- I need to fix up the check every 30 minutes feature so thats been added to my list.
- i've been wanting to implement browse torrents for a while now, but for many sites this will require a new script code.. but now that we have several active members working on scripts, this might be a good time for me to look into that as again..
- could you explain a little more about what you mean by selected torrents to a new profile? do you mean selected sites/scripts in the scripts side bar to a new profile? the media type profile would work for that, i've designed it so that it can be both "media type" selector and also just general "script selection" profiles.. I will make a post about how to add a new profile (you have to edit your settings.ini)
http://www.convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=333.msg2896#msg2896
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i have make a new profile, and i have set the profile boolean to 1 for 2 sites. but when im restarting bit che it goes down to 0 again and it doesnt show me any site. (i dont know if you understand, i have select 2 sites on a profile but when bit che is strated over it unchecked them)
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Chip some new suggestions:
How about a statistics page? just like the results and downloaded when we start bit che but to show more:
searches, torrents downloaded, torrents founded, file size of the files etc
Rating system it would be good if we can add a rating on the torrent sites. For example all the private torrent sites to have an 100, torrentspy 50, btunkie 30 (adds a lof of trackers and in the end there are a lot of connections and the speed is not good) etc etc. This would be good because we dont have to remember or to search which torrent sites are private or was good on the past etc etc. Maybe for hardcode users like us this is not very usable but for new users this could be very usefull. Of course we can add any rating we want. (give on private trackers a very good default rating etc)
Another reason for private servers is the ratio we have on a site. for example if we have low ratio we can add a very good rating to remember to seed.
On public trackers we have also differences just like the example i say with btjunkie.
What do you think?
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Something else, when we are using the bc:// command like it replaces the latest search. make it to do the search in new tab open to maximize to window if it is minimize (not maximize,return to previous state)
What about also a "type" in the list with the results? i mean to be able to sort files in order of extension
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sorry chip...is it just me or i am havin trouble finding torrents on Demonoid....??
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ahhh there was a problem with the Demonoid script.. but I have fixed it and an update will be available soon
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1. How about a statistics page? just like the results and downloaded when we start bit che but to show more:
searches, torrents downloaded, torrents founded, file size of the files etc
2. Rating system it would be good if we can add a rating on the torrent sites. Another reason for private servers is the ratio we have on a site. for example if we have low ratio we can add a very good rating to remember to seed. On public trackers we have also differences just like the example i say with btjunkie.
3. Something else, when we are using the bc:// command like it replaces the latest search. make it to do the search in new tab open to maximize to window if it is minimize (not maximize,return to previous state)
4. What about also a "type" in the list with the results? i mean to be able to sort files in order of extension
1. Great idea for the statistics. I will improve this and either add the statistics to the About Bit Che dialog, or just use a MenuItem & MessageBox to display the more detailed stats. Or maybe ill just have it loaded into the statusbar as well. I'm not sure yet.
2. I like the rating system idea so I have written it down as things to consider, but that would definitely require some major changes to Bit Che and even the ListControl. But, since I was going to try and get one that is UniCode aware or maybe eventually write my own, this rating system might be a good idea.
3. I will fix that for sure. Ick! :)
4. I dont think type will be possible unless we start extracting that from the search sites. But, this is *sort* of redundant, because if you use Media Type searching, then you can assume that what your seeing is a video, or music, etc.. However, I'll add this to the list. If/When I get around to implementing torrent date extraction from the site, i'll look into the file type as well.
Thanks :)
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Feature suggestion:
How about a daily newspaper with your morning coffey. Most torrent sites show the latest torrents (today/yesterday/last 12 hours). I would like suggest a feature of displaying the latest torrent from couple of the most popular web sites. It would be good if that could be filtered and sorted at least by age, type, minimum of seeds and minimum of leeches.
A sample of where the daily lists can be pulled:
http://www.mininova.org/today/
http://www.mininova.org/yesterday/
http://www.isohunt.com/latest.php?mode=bt
http://thepiratebay.org/recent.php?orderby=&page=1
http://www.torrentportal.com/new-torrents.php
http://www.torrentreactor.to/torrents
Thanks!
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turegum isn't that what the RSS feed is for
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demonoid script now working perfectly...thanks chip
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Chip on windows vista im getting every time that i havent any torrent client installed even if i have
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which torrent client do you have installed?
i must remind myself to reboot into Vista at some point today so I can test/fix this :)
thank you!
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utorrent man
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I use utorrent under Vista aswell.
I had this same problem, but it isn't Bit Che.
When you set utorrent as default under Vista it doesn't quite take.
You will have to manually set it. Just click on any .torrent file, select "open with",
browse to the utorrent exe, and make sure "alaways use this program" is selected.
That should take care of it.
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so... hows the new version going? is going ever to be released? :D
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haven't had time to work on it this past week at all :(..
tomorrow im going snowboarding, and then next week is going to be pretty busy as well.. i might not get any progress done until next weekend.. oh well =/
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tomorrow im going snowboarding...
nice. have lots of fun and all that...
:D L.
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how do i make my own scripts?
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how do i make my own scripts?
check all the topics here http://www.convivea.com/forums/index.php?board=13.0
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I just wanted to say I have vista business edition (32bit) installed and Bit Che works great with Azureus. No issues here.
I would also like to add a suggestion for Bit Che. The only reason I still check out sites like mininova is for the daily top torrents list. I second the idea turegum had about a daily newspaper. I think it would be great if in the future Bit Che offered a section listing the most popular daily torrents.
P.S. I just tried out Torrent Harvester, a program very much similar to Bit Che but featuring many more torrent sites to search (which is the main thing that persuaded me to try it). However, most of the sites they offer don't work and the search results window always flashes like crazy when it is being updated, which annoys the heck out of me. I would like to say Bit Che has a much cleaner interface and is quicker and simpler with connecting to the private trackers. I wasted a couple hours of my life trying to get access to all the sites TH offered and realized more than half didn't work. I had a bit more search results with TH, not as many as you would think, but I'm confident BC will include more sites in the future and resolve that shortcoming. For now I'm sticking with Bit Che.
Keep up the great work Chip! ;D
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Hey akalol111 and welcome to the site.
Glad to here you like Bit Che :), stick around and watch out for the release of Bit Che build 60, some major new features are being implemented along with the usual of more languages and more sites, should be to your liking. However because the features are big and the devloper, Chip, is rather busy at the moment it's taking a little while. But hopefully not too long now before we see a public beta of it.
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Greetz from Lithuania.
I have a notice about registration number menu item.
chip! I thought that it would be nice if after the Guevara registration the registration number menu item would not be shown on the menu at all.
What do you think about that?
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3 weeks of snowboarding and busyness, really hope you had enough fun to balance off the work Chip.
Really looking forward to the new release and seeing some more sites get indexed, particularly as one of my favorite sites has folded, sladinki007.net
BTW, whenever I open a torrent file from BitChe into uTorrent, the new torrent dialog in utorrent pops up twice, happens on pretty much every torrent and I don't think it happens if I open a torrent straight from Opera. Has anyone else noticed this, or is it an oddity just wih my machine?
Mark
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You may find some new scripts in http://www.convivea.com/forums/index.php?topic=179.0
if there are any specific sites you want added let me know.
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Chip in the next version please make this:
Keep the history of items that we have search after the bit che is closed and open again. (lets say that we can configure the number of the items from the ini also, if we have set 20 and we have 20 items. the next one will replace the last one)
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Any chance of removing the login info from the settings.ini would be a lot less confusing if you stored them in the scripts dir using the same name as the script but a different extension.
Would also make it a lot easy er to remove them when testing.
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Feature request: Option to automaticly check at startup for new engines or updates, for new languages and for new bit che versions at the same time
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Hi Lads,
Just updated to the Guevara Edition, on about the 8th search placed programme in taskbar so as to use the Web.
Now the Bit Che programme is Not Responding to attempts to bring it back up on the page. I'll probably have to Restart Computer again, just annoying 3/4 through utilizing the ConvertX to Dvd programme..
kind regards meth
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for what that filter.txt file helps?
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Feature request:
Is it possible to add a scroll bar at the bottom. That way if you have many tabs saved like I do, you do not have to maximize the window to view them.
Also, remember sort. I like to view them by latest realese in a series not by seeder. But thats not an important feature just a "If you have spare time and feel like implementing it" request.
Once again, thanks for such a wonderful program.
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Feature request:
Is it possible to add a scroll bar at the bottom. That way if you have many tabs saved like I do, you do not have to maximize the window to view them.
Also, remember sort. I like to view them by latest realese in a series not by seeder. But thats not an important feature just a "If you have spare time and feel like implementing it" request.
Once again, thanks for such a wonderful program.
Ahh it's a tough one that actually, I don't know if you're familiar but there was a similar bug in Firefox 1.5 and below, I think they tried about 40 different UI's and they all looked chunky or crap.
I suggest Chip takes a look at the latest nightly build of Firefox 3, alpha 8 is out as I post this ( http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2007/09/20/gran-paradiso-alpha-8-available-for-download/ )
Particularly try scrolling when you have loads of tabs open (make it different web pages or you don't quite get the effect). See what you think of its handling in general.
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Flexible Specialist script categories would be handy
for things like Anime sites so its easy not to bother searching them for general stuff or just search them for specific searches
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I suggest Chip takes a look at the latest nightly build of Firefox 3, alpha 8 is out as I post this ( http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2007/09/20/gran-paradiso-alpha-8-available-for-download/ )
Particularly try scrolling when you have loads of tabs open (make it different web pages or you don't quite get the effect). See what you think of its handling in general.
I just took a look at Firefox alpha 3 (Gran Paradiso) and I see what you mean about the tabs.
That would be a good tab option for Chip. I definitely like it better than the old arrow button firefox has.
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Im using firefox 2.0.0.6 and just use the mouse wheel to scroll tabs though that may be a plugin I cant remember
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Don't know if this was mentioned,
Having flashing tabs when your list is updated from the last search, or have bit che highlight what has changed from the last search.
I normally keep bit che open the whole time I'm on the pc, even for days at a time. But my list (Searches) are so long that I have to sort through them to find what is new.
I download alot of episodic content (anime seasons).
O0
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a new version after those years could be handly also :D
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preview test build of Bit Che 1.0 build 60..
http://www.convivea.com/download/Bit_Che_1_0_60_1.rar
-faster startup
-many small bugs fixed
-many small user enhancements added
(remembers Window size, position, Maximized or Normal, and if Script Bar is visible or hidden)
(and column sizes for maximized or not maximized)
-should have full unicode support (havent fully tested yet =/)
-auto detects system language
-now notifies upon script engines being updated
-improved tab bar
-fixed problem handing cookies that prevented compatibility with some scripts
-general enhancements and improved performance
-improved compatibility with Windows 2003
-shouldnt have as many false anti-virus reports now
left to do:
compatibility for Vista paths will be fixed in next test build (2)
note: this build is for testing purposes only. anyone is welcome to use it, but there will be many test builds in the next week or so until the final build 1.0.60 is released.. it is not known yet if this is a stable release.
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bit che 1.0 build 60 test 2
http://www.convivea.com/download/Bit_Che_1_0_60_2.rar
-fixed profile loading
-now remembers profile type between sessions
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hey chip!
I am not able to search at all in the test build just to let you know
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hey chip!
I am not able to search at all in the test build just to let you know
You copied the files in to the normal Bit Che directory?
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Didnt know you had to do that I just copied it to the desktop. DOH!
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http://www.convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_60_3.rar
compile date: Mar 2nd, 2008
-fixed couple small bugs
-search history is saved between sessions (i will add an option to disable this later, if requested)
i think this is getting close to a stable release.. the last thing to add will be to add support for Vista paths ;D
-chip
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im getting a bug where the scriptbar isnt always being loaded when it was open during the last session.. ill have to look into this more for test 4
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http://www.convivea.com/download/Bit_Che_1_0_60_4.rar
compile date: Mar 3, 2008
-fixed the script bar not always being saved as open/closed between sessions
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http://www.convivea.com/download/Bit_Che_1_0_60_5.rar
compile date: Mar 5nd, 2008
-Windows Vista compatible: now stores scripts, language, temp and other program files under "CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA" (can be disabled using "portable=1")
-added option to set "portable=1" under "[options]" in the settings.ini to force Bit Che to use the current directory as the root dir (mainly for making Bit Che portable safe)
-added new icons (much prettier when ALT-Tab, etc)
-rearranged some menu items locations & added 2 new menu options "Open App Data Folder" and "Clear Search History"
-self-heals the BC:// links if the registry doesn't link to the current running Bit Che.exe
this will be Bit Che 1.0 build 60 RC1!
yey :) happy testing.. thanks everyone!
-chip
ps, notes about the new storage paths.. this change was made to be compatible with Vista and future versions of Windows. Users will no longer have UAC problems and "Run as Administrator" is no longer required. Bit Che will automatically copy the settings.ini (and essential Bit Che files) to the new storage path. this allows Bit Che to install over old versions and not lose the old settings.ini.
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I'm quite liking build 60, one minor quible is that when you go to enter registration, there's no explicit "cancel" box, I realise there's a close box but it's not quite the same.
Anyway, not too fussed, will carry on testing tomorrow morning.
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ok i moved it over.. there is a cancel button, but it appears where the "OK" button is once you hit ok.. but for standards, i extended the boxes to fit the Cancel button independently.. thanks for catching that ;)
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hey everyone... im kinda hoping to get a little more feedback about the that last test build.. if you get a chance? can you let me know what you think, and also if everything is working, and what your system is.. just so I can begin to move this build over to a public release if everything seems to working..
thanks :)
-chip
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There's not a lot I can see, it's quite good, probably going to be a bit before I find any noteworthy bugs.
As another pieces of polish I would like to to say that under:
"Options > Show / Hide Scripts"
Is a toggle tick, literally speaking your ticking the option "Show / Hide", which doesn't make much sense, it should just be:
"Options > Show Scripts"
Ticking that makes logical sense to show and unticking "Show" makes logical sense that it would hide.
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Another thing occurred to me, a language page?
Make a link in the language box which says something like "Other Languages" for those which have been updated or not included since the latest install of Bit Che?
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I have to agree that this build is excellent!
Have been using it for the last couple days and I can't find
anything that I'd really change.
Great work Chip ;D
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hey everyone... im kinda hoping to get a little more feedback about the that last test build.. if you get a chance? can you let me know what you think, and also if everything is working, and what your system is.. just so I can begin to move this build over to a public release if everything seems to working..
thanks :)
-chip
Can you please add the option to select which browser to open when clicking on 'open page' or any external link from Bit Che? I have 3 browsers and have set FF as default but I use Opera mostly and that is always running in background, I'd like BitChe to use Opera for opening links instead of the default system browser (intentionaly set to FF).
Also, is it possible to make the position of tabs moveable? (like manually moving Ratio after Source, Seeders before Size.. etc.)
Thanks for the software btw (I didn't even know it was being updated, and I have known about BitChe since the first release :P).
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Ok, on Windows Vista, search results extend down past the bottom slightly, cutting off the text just barely.
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Nice jop Thank you .
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The new version looks great.
here are couple of comment regarding the language files:
- When you click Coffey without registration, odd Yes/no box with no text appears (Did I installed it incorrectly?)
- "Open Apps Data Folder" (in the menu) does not seem to be in the english.ini
- "Clear Search History" (in the menu) is missing from the english.ini mnu section
- English.ini has "Would you like to update to the lastest scripts now?", should be "latest"
- on Script download completions there is a "Update Complete" window and it has an English text "All scripts have been updated!" which is not in the English.ini file
- Progress windows text "Updating Bit Che Scripts" is not in the English.ini file
Thanks :)
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turegum,
hey thanks for the attention to details. i will get those fixed up asap before the final release.. :)
-chip
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I am getting this error message now and cannot open Bit Che at all. I am running Vista Ultimate 64 bit.
Any ideas why it would have stopped working? ???
Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Users\Shane\AppData\Local\Temp\WER838C.tmp.version.txt
C:\Users\Shane\AppData\Local\Temp\WER8FE1.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\Users\Shane\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9050.tmp.hdmp
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409
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My guess it isn't 64-bit compatible.
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I noticed that you used a different Bit Che logo on "About Bit Che" window than "Preferences" and "Torrent Details" windows in Build 60 (Guevara Edition).
Thanks for the great program.
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My guess it isn't 64-bit compatible.
Well I'm running XP x64 and it's fine. It's probably an issue to do with DEP, which should be fixed in build 60.
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Bit Che 1.0 Build 60, test 6, (RC2 - compile date 3/27/2008)
if you used test 5, please read the notes below if you would like to keep your settings.ini when testing this new version.
http://www.convivea.com/download/Bit_Che_1_0_60_6.rar
polishing touches, fixed:
- data/settings is stored in %appdata% instead of %app_local_data%
notes: if you have Test 5, use 'Open App Data Folder' from the File menu, and copy your settings.ini to your Desktop.
then you can unpack this Test 6, run it, and then 'Open Add Data Folder' again to go to the new folder, and copy your settings.ini there (and restart Bit Che).
- "Options > Show Scripts"
- blank Yes/no message box with no language file being used
- "Open Apps Data Folder" added to english.ini
- "Clear Search History" added to english.ini
- fixed typo with "Would you like to update to the lastest scripts now?"
- updated both Script Updating and Download Torrent to use the language file, added missing strings to English.ini
- all issues with DEP are fixed, all Bit Che components are now able to run on any Windows version (or Linux/MacOSX with Wine emulator)
added:
- ability to specific a specific browser to launch URL pages (open settings.ini, under "options", make a new line "browser_path=" and put the full path to whatever browser you want to use)
- command line flag "/portable" to force bit che to use the current directory as the app path.
this is meant for general testing. if there are no major problems, I will move this version over to an installer and release this version publicly as build 60, asap.
thanks everyone!
-chip
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Installer:
http://www.convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_60.exe
No Installer:
http://www.convivea.com/download/bit_che_1_0_60_portable.rar
;D
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Woot woot
Nice work chip
Works like a charm.
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Couple of comments about this release candidate
English.ini file has:
mnuChangeLanguage=ChangeLanguage
Is that used at all?
From "Torrent Details" window clicking "Open Torrent" a small progress box appears stating on the second line "connecting to". This "connecting to" is in the English.ini file but does not get translated.
Selecting "Update Scripts..." -> progress bar "Extracting" does not change to a different language and Update complete box header and text do not change to a different language.
I also notice a minor strange behavior:
Select "About" -> "Update Scripts". If you leave the "Update complete" window open and exit Bit Che, "Update complete" window stays open. Other info windows force you to click OK.
What is the best way to get updated language files included into the next release? Maybe you could also post it to "Translators Wanted!" thread.
Thanks :)