Hey there, so I developed this program as a learning experience and decided to use it for another tech support forum I utilize and thought maybe I would expand upon it. Currently its in beta phase and it doesn't have all the bells and whistle's yet but I thought I would share it :)
So what it does is you select a topic you wish to keep an eye on and if there is a new post to said topic it will alert you; either by a window stating such or it can play a sound of your choosing.
Oh, and you may run into some problems that I am not getting on my machine.. so if you do just let me know!
Check post #7 for info!
Hey there, so I developed this program as a learning experience and decided to use it for another tech support forum I utilize and thought maybe I would expand upon it. Currently its in beta phase and it doesn't have all the bells and whistle's yet but I thought I would share it :)
So what it does is you select a topic you wish to keep an eye on and if there is a new post to said topic it will alert you; either by a window stating such or it can play a sound of your choosing.
Oh, and you may run into some problems that I am not getting on my machine.. so if you do just let me know!
Check post #7 for info!
pretty cool, hope you'll expand on it if you can
pretty cool, hope you'll expand on it if you can
Thank's, I hope by the end of the week to have the "unlimited topics" feature built in. Next will be the handling of multiple websites, which I know I can do but the only way I can ensure it works is if I make it so people have to implement the website into the coding in a way so I have to go through a lot of trial and error before I get it fully functional (And as user-friendly) as possible.
Thank's, I hope by the end of the week to have the "unlimited topics" feature built in. Next will be the handling of multiple websites, which I know I can do but the only way I can ensure it works is if I make it so people have to implement the website into the coding in a way so I have to go through a lot of trial and error before I get it fully functional (And as user-friendly) as possible.
There's nothing really to show ^^;
When I finish it I plan for it to have a GUI so you can easily add/remove topics that are watched and other fancy things. But at the moment, the only thing you will ever see is the window to show a new post (If you choose that over a sound) and the tray icon that you can access settings ect.
But for sake of showing, here it is!
http://robertsalatka.com/img/Watcher.png
^ Thanks Uchiha Itachi for the eyes!
There's nothing really to show ^^;
When I finish it I plan for it to have a GUI so you can easily add/remove topics that are watched and other fancy things. But at the moment, the only thing you will ever see is the window to show a new post (If you choose that over a sound) and the tray icon that you can access settings ect.
But for sake of showing, here it is!
[img]http://robertsalatka.com/img/Watcher.png[/img]
^ Thanks Uchiha Itachi for the eyes!
Removed due to an update pushed
Removed due to an update pushed
Alright guys, I'm gonna roll out this beta version.
http://robertsalatka.com/img/TopicWatcher/MainGUI.png
The program at the moment can handle (I believe as many topics as you want)
It can only handle this website and the AutoIt website's forums. Plans for more forums to come.
If you have a specific forum you would really like to see on here, PM me about it and I'll see if I can push out a personal one for you.
So the GUI is pretty self explanatory I believe. If you have any questions let me know. You cannot remove the first item in the list (Shown in this post as An R.S.S. Production)
You can add a new topic, which all you need is the URL and the name you wish to give it, the program should do the rest. Be warned, if you put in a URL that isn't the first page of a topic you will most likely make the program explode, just sayin'.
Removing a topic does not fully remove it, it just won't be checked or shown in the list (I don't think I allowed it to be checked.. I'll look into the in a couple days when I have more time) And if at anytime you try and re-add said topic it will alert you of it and ask if you simply want to add it back.
Viewing topic will open the topic in your default browser.
Sound will select where instead of a window stating a new post is found (It also now shows which topic it is as well) a sound of your choosing is played.
Change Time Interval will change how long in between refreshes in x minutes.
Change refresh style chooses whether or not you want it to automatically scan or manually.
And refresh is.. well.. if you can't understand it, don't use the internet.
So yeah, page link is: This doohickey.
Enjoy and let me know what you think/any problems you run into!
Alright guys, I'm gonna roll out this beta version.
[img]http://robertsalatka.com/img/TopicWatcher/MainGUI.png[/img]
The program at the moment can handle (I believe as many topics as you want)
It can only handle this website and the AutoIt website's forums. Plans for more forums to come.
If you have a specific forum you would really like to see on here, PM me about it and I'll see if I can push out a personal one for you.
So the GUI is pretty self explanatory I believe. If you have any questions let me know. You cannot remove the first item in the list (Shown in this post as An R.S.S. Production)
You can add a new topic, which all you need is the URL and the name you wish to give it, the program should do the rest. Be warned, if you put in a URL that isn't the first page of a topic you will most likely make the program explode, just sayin'.
Removing a topic does not fully remove it, it just won't be checked or shown in the list (I don't think I allowed it to be checked.. I'll look into the in a couple days when I have more time) And if at anytime you try and re-add said topic it will alert you of it and ask if you simply want to add it back.
Viewing topic will open the topic in your default browser.
Sound will select where instead of a window stating a new post is found (It also now shows which topic it is as well) a sound of your choosing is played.
Change Time Interval will change how long in between refreshes in x minutes.
Change refresh style chooses whether or not you want it to automatically scan or manually.
And refresh is.. well.. if you can't understand it, don't use the internet.
So yeah, page link is: [url=http://robertsalatka.com/TopicWatcher.html]This doohickey.[/url]
Enjoy and let me know what you think/any problems you run into!
There was a small error in the saving of a new link that if you accidentally clicked it you couldn't press cancel it was stuck in a loop. Fixed that.
Also added a version identifier in the bottom right corner.
Version 1.2 is now on the website as the download link!
There was a small error in the saving of a new link that if you accidentally clicked it you couldn't press cancel it was stuck in a loop. Fixed that.
Also added a version identifier in the bottom right corner.
Version 1.2 is now on the website as the download link!