VBF extension

[francisstokes]

		private void btnGo_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			tbxPass.Text = "";
			Random rnd = new Random();

			try
				  {
			int no = Convert.ToInt32(nud.Text) + 1;

			for (int i = 1; i < no; i++)
			{
			   tbxPass.Text += chars[rnd.Next(0, 61)];
			}
				  }
			catch  {}


		 }

[si_the_geek]

Moved to the "Test" forum

[francisstokes]

.... but this is the CC forum...

[si_the_geek]

No it isn't - look above the first post (or below the quick-reply box).

Is there any reason that you want this in CC?

[NoteMe]

Because the extension is so PRETTY...

[si_the_geek]

It's so pretty that I had to go into the C# forum to let people know about it!!

[NoteMe]

Thanks a lot...we have about 300 users on 6-7 different forums now.

[Cander]

Thanks a lot...we have about 300 users on 6-7 different forums now.

We do? Wow. Maybe I will get back into working on it again.

[NoteMe]

Nahh..not 100% yet....but not far away either. It is hard to say though. Since the only way I can messure it right now is to see how many hits we have on the .rdf file. And since by default Fx is checking for new versions of an extension every 24h. It can be calculated more or less. But then again, people can change this value up or down, and on an other hand it is not sure that people are using that machine every day. But I would guess we getting close to 300 users now.


It is easy for me these days to count boards though. Since we moved all the smilies to my server. It is just to check what pages I get hits, but not page views from. Then go to those pages and look for our smilies.. But of course moste of these are probably VBF users taken the extension with them to other forums like codeguru, but then again. I guess people on other forums are are installing it too, since it has started to spread faster the last 2-3 months...

[NoteMe]

Like here:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/touchi...-sexual-6.html

[si_the_geek]

ok... as I have your attention guys

I have added a "code snippet" (actually it was "please mark this thread resolved"), but if I try to use it or edit it I get errors.. can I just remove it somehow?


(oh, and the drop-down list in the editor is only 2 pixels high!!)

[NoteMe]

It was cander that made that stuff.. It looks a bit different with different themes.

Are you root/admin on the computer you are using now? If not then I guess it is writing to a place that you are not allowed to.



Edit...or maybe I am wrong. Looks like Cander is testing on that:

		function platformPath()
		{


			try 
			{
				netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect");
			} 
			catch (e) 
			{
				alert("Permission to save file was denied.");
			}

			const DIR_SERVICE = new Components.Constructor("@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1","nsIProperties");
			try 
			{ 
				path=(new DIR_SERVICE()).get("ProfD", Components.interfaces.nsIFile).path; 
			} 
			catch (e) 
			{
				alert(e);
			}

			// findout if linux or windows to determine path
			if (path.search(/\\/) != -1) 
			{
				return "\\";
			} 
			else 
			{
				
				return "/";
			}


		}

I'll see if Cander can give you an answer first, if not, I'll digg into his code a bit deeper...


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[si_the_geek]

Are you root/admin on the computer you are using now?

Nope, I'm intentionally a "nobody"!

Oh, and I'm using WinXP Pro.

[NoteMe]

Yes I know you are a nobody, but what right do you have on your computer... I really need some fresh air now.


Let see if Cander knows without looking at it what is wrong. If he doesn't, i'll see if I get time to find a WIndows XP machine around here later on tonight.



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[Cander]

I really have no clue. It should write without any issues since it writes only to the current users profile directory.

[si_the_geek]

It only happens for a certain one, which has a : in the name.

Looking in the profiles directory I can see that the bit before the colon is there as a file, but not surprisingly the rest of the filename isn't.


Time for me to remove it from "snippets.vbf", and re-add it with a legal file name!

[Cander]

Ahh.That would do it.

Will have to do a check for illegal characters next time I get around to making updates

[NoteMe]

We forgot to think this through before we started coding.

Todo list:
- Make code fool proof.
- Rewerite all code with this on our mind: "Our users is idiots"


:D:

[Cander]

We forgot to think this through before we started coding.

Todo list:
- Make code fool proof.
- Rewerite all code with this on our mind: "Our users is idiots"


:D:

lol. I originally wrote this with VBF users in mind. And since they are developers I didn't think they could possibly do something stupid.

Just kiding guys. No love lost

[si_the_geek]

If I'd known before that it was a file per snippet I would have been ok... but as Note said, "Our users is idiots".

[NoteMe]

I give up...ARE, are are are. plural is always ARE..


"our users are idiots"...



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