Test this NEW software and get a FREE license if you can find a bug..

[Tmasales]

Hey folks:

I have a new software app called WebMedia Spider 2X that I am testing and need some help with. I have tested it pretty well in Windows 2000, and 98 SE, but not in the other Windows Operating Systems.

I am trying to find out if the program causes errors while being used in other op systems like NT, ME, XP, 95, 98. ANYBODY interested in testing can download the code at:

http://webmediaspider.com/files/Dow...ET/WMSNET2X.EXE

I have built in a FeedBack Page (through the application's browser). If you would send me feedback using the program's feedback method and tell me ANY bugs you see running the code and are able to document the steps in reproducing the bug I will send you a FREE license. (if you like the application of course )

I think you will like it, as it searches for and plays multimedia files on the internet.

Thanks for ANY help testing. Make sure you leave an email address when you send feedback through the program so I'll know where to send your free license. The first ones to discover bugs are the ones that get a license It's kind of like an Easter Egg hunt Have fun with it..

Please leave feedback through the program's feedback page. I will probably not be checking replies here too often, but will close the post with the Easter Egg hunt winners (the people who found the bugs and got the licenses).

regards,

Mike Adams
developer, webmaster
www.webMediaSpider.com

[CVMichael]

the link is broken

[Mushroom Realm]

This thread belongs in either the Project Requests, or Chit Chat forums.

[James Stanich]

Originally posted by CVMichael
the link is broken

Guess you get a free liscense

[CVMichael]

hehehehe

[Tmasales]

Sorry .. the link is

http://216.119.100.66/files/Downloads/NET/WMSNET2X.EXE

It got broken when I copied it from another post. Of course a REAL tester (who would have gotten a license) would have been able to find it at:

www.webmediaspider.com

By the way the XP tester has been chosen and got his license so don't bother submitting bugs for XP. 98 (not SE) /ME/NTare still open for the easter egg hunt kids LOL


regards,

Mike

[Tmasales]

Hey James: checked out your VB board. Looks very nice.

Only one problem, looks like you never sleep because you must be constantly posting to it. Nice software library.

ie..

Check this out...
http://www.galahtech.com/forums/foru...?s=&forumid=51

[James Stanich]

Tmasales : I downloaded and used on XP. It severly drained my 900mhz 256 RAM system when searching Internet...

If time permits me, I will review it somemore.

BTW : GalahTech is not mine, it is just my home between this one...

[Tmasales]

James:

"Well"

I have a 250 mhz, 384 mb ram system, Win 2K , DSL broadband connection with DL speed of 768K and 128K UL speed and it smokes. I have used it on 128 MB system (98 SE) with 28 K dialup modem and it performed admirably. What was the memory usage? It should be 15 to 20 MB ram depending on what OTHER processes are running. Do you have a firewall?

"Drains" ? please define..

Mike

[James Stanich]

I have a CABLE connection. I had nothing else running except your app, and it was running a 95% usage of memory. I had to C>A>D> to exit the program. As I said it just seemed to be in the search aspect, I will test again when possible and provide more data...

[Tmasales]

Maybe the UPLOAD speed for CABLE? I haven't tested with a CABLE connection. Thanks for the feedback.

Mike

[dsheller]

I also had a bit of a problem with resources when I started the login session, it spiked to 85 to 95 useage and when I went to some of the same sites in IE it was using 10 to 15, however, I don't know what processes your app is performing besides visiting sides in the backround but I hope this helps a little bit.

BTW Specs are:

1.3 GHZ Amd Athlon
256 MB Ram
Cable

[Tmasales]

Thanks guys..

I am accessing the internet at Login and Exploration of course.

At login I am using the standard 'run of the mill' API function below:

Public Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias _
"URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, _
ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long

Private Function DownloadFile(url As String, _
LocalFilename As String) As Boolean
Dim lngRetVal As Long

On Error Resume Next

lngRetVal = URLDownloadToFile(0, url, LocalFilename, 0, 0)
If lngRetVal = 0 Then DownloadFile = True
End Function


I query an ASP page for the correct keygen info about 'who you are' from the database. Then, read the returned file (localFilename) for the response from the ASP page (url) which lets you in or keeps you out for the free trial. This function CAN stall the op system while waiting for lngRetValue if it is not fed a response readily from the ASP page which might be causing the memory spikes (kind of like an endless loop without a doevents in the loop). I don't use this function a lot simply for this reason. Once you http the net with it, you are kinda stuck until it returns a response.

It's late, I'm tired, and if the above doesn't make sense, then what does

Goodnight,

Mike

[francisd]

I would suggest you visit the forum on monitortools.com, you better find users rather than developers. http://www.monitortools.com

[Tmasales]

Developers are bad testers but they do know how to speak their egos.

[D.Viddy]

Yes, your software, is absolutly the ugliest piece of software I have ever used. It was truly awful, good work.

[Tmasales]

Thanks for the feedback. It was quite useless.

[hellswraith]

I deleted it as quick as I could. I am sorry, but the thing has a lot of issues.

I click start.....and I wait.... and I wait some more. I get pissed. Why do I need to wait for it to start? hmmm...

Next, since I was waiting, I some how got some p2p app running. It brought up another box that said it was logging in. I couldn't get rid of it. I hit cancel, it popped back up. I hit cancel, it popped back up....over and over. I tried to just hit the x at the corner, no luck, it came back. I tried to exit your program, it wouldn't let me. I ctrl-alt-delete finally get rid of that spider. I quickly uninstalled the app. Sorry, but apps like that really make me mad.

[Tmasales]

I hope you don't make love as quick as you evaluate software LOL
How old are you? 12 Your issues are probably due to too much candy and not enough sleep or due to a slow or lack of connection to the NET (or something too small to be of any use). I admit the P2P is slow starting. ( and the window goes away on it's on once connected)

As far as what pisses me off? There is a context sensitive help page that jerks like you never read or write for their applications. I would love to see the juvenile bull**** you write.

[Tmasales]

By the way there is a CLOSE P2P button on the form you said you couldn't get out of. And it is about 1" long ( Does that size remind you of anything?) and 1/4" high on my 1024x768 screen.

[hellswraith]

You asked for your software to be evaluated, I did.

Calling me 12 shows your ignorance. You can switch around that number and add 6 to it. Now, lets get down to business.

First, I told you, I had problems right when I started. The only thing I could do was browse in the browser. As soon as I pushed the start button, **** went to hell. It stayed like that for a while. I tried canceling, no luck. Sorry you don't like to hear that, but it is true. I then decided to try to wait a little more, and I clicked some p2p button (sorry that I didn't memorize the exact button), and the logging on screen came up, and that was it for the application. The only way to get out was to Ctrl-Alt-Del the application. (oh ya, I DID PUSH CLOSE, THAT IS THE PROBLEM).

If it doesn't work, then I delete it off my hard drive. No need for me to keep testing something that won't go anywhere or do anything. Again, sorry if your fragile ego can't handle that. I am sure you do the same. Fix those issues, and I would test it again, but for now, I can't even test it.

Now, if your done getting your panties in a knot, and really want to work out these bugs, I am here to test again.

My connection is fine, I have DSL at 1.5Mb connection. All was working at the time because I was also browsing these forums. I am running a 2Ghz P4, 512 MB of ram, and Win XP. It should definately be enough to run a simple app.

As far as help is concerned, I should barely need it. User interfaces should try to be designed so they are instantly usable. It is very rare that I have to look in help files to learn to 'start' using an application.

[hellswraith]

Also, it seems that I wasn't the only one to have the problem...
James Stanich mentioned he had to Ctrl-Alt-Del out too.

[Tmasales]

Thanks. That was a much better report then the first 'Ego Rabbit' one you gave. Yes I do have an ego and obviously you do too.

1) what was the version of the app you ran? Was it 2.12 which is the newest? (The version has changed about 8 times since James ran it)

2) When the main form appears you are REQUIRED to click the Start button on the form. When you click the Start button, certain hardware information is sent to an ASP page where you are automatically logged in to the webmediaspider.com website and you become a number iin the DB (based on your hardware to prevent multiple free trials) and your free trial is started and logged in the database on the website. so everytime you log in (Clicking the Start button) a check is made to see if your trial is up.

What EXACTLY happened when you clicked the Start button?

What should have happened is the small form with the spider should have appeared saying 'Auto-Login in Progress' With DSL this should have taken less than a second. After that, the Start button should disapear and ALL buttons are enabled (meaning when they are clicked you do not receive a message to Click the Start Button to Login when you click one) . The browser should welcome you the software and your FREE trial and a message box should appear asking if you would like to see a demo of the Play The NET option. Also, a Help form browser appears with context sensitive help. Obviously NONE of this happened for you because you did NOT get AUTO LOGGED IN AFTER PRESSING Start. (The P2P button is ALWAYS enabled because its FREE. It does take forever to connect, but it was just added and I am working on a host cacheing system to make it log into the Gnutella network quicker.)

If these things did NOT happen something is wrong with the routine to access you hardware to get the unique KeyGen for your login to webmediaspider.com.

SO, NOTHING WORKS IF THIS DOESN'T WORK.

I would appreciate another download and install and clicking the Start button to check the Auto Login routine and documentation of exactly what happened. The routine that reads serial numbers of certain hardware on your system should work. I run Xp, 2000 and 98SE on different computers and it works fine.

You might actually like the app after you get passed the bull**** login.

Try this code and see if it reads the serial number of the hard drive of the computer you tested on.

'This is the API header to get the user's drive serial number for the KeyGen
Public Declare Function GetVolumeInformation Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetVolumeInformationA" (ByVal lpRootPathName As String, ByVal lpVolumeNameBuffer As String, ByVal nVolumeNameSize As Long, lpVolumeSerialNumber As Long, lpMaximumComponentLength As Long, lpFileSystemFlags As Long, ByVal lpFileSystemNameBuffer As String, ByVal nFileSystemNameSize As Long) As Long

'To get the drives serial number where program is installed
'pass in mid(app.path,1,3) -- ie "D:\"
Public Function GetSerial(StrDrive As String) As Long
Dim Serial As Long
Dim dummy As String, dummy2 As String

StrDrive = FixArg(StrDrive)

GetVolumeInformation StrDrive, dummy, 255, Serial, 0, 0, dummy2, 255
GetSerial = Serial
End Function
'used by getserial above
Private Function FixArg(StrArg As String) As String '
If InStr(1, StrArg, ":") = 0 Then
FixArg = StrArg & ":"
Exit Function
Else: End If
FixArg = StrArg
End Function