GlobalCommand 3.1
This is a minor update to the GlobalCommand software
New Features/Changes:
- More intuitive dialogs.
- Run at Startup
- Check for updates (removed broken Updater plug-in)
- Enabled/Disabled on menu
- Fixed internal plugin (ShowConfig, Plug, Enabled/Disabled)
- Lower memory usage under some conditions
Download: GlobalCommand 3.1 [Zip]
DigTweet 1.2 – Set your Digsby Status via Twitter
I’ve done some retooling of the DigTweet application this weekend. I decided to drop the whole command line thing, and wrap it up really nicely. I’ve added some new features that some may find useful.
First off, the menu now contains some useful options:
- Quickly Enable/Disable automatic updating.
- Manually update.
- View settings.
- View past sync history.
Clicking on View Status Messages will yield the log window:
Updates and Errors will be logged for review.
Clicking on Settings from the tray menu will invoke the all new Settings dialog:
Select the Twitter URL — no need to find your RSS link, just enter your profile URL (e.g twitter.com/davux) and it will be resolved for you.
Choose an update interval, and select whether or not you’d like to cause an update event when a reply is found.
You can also now create a list of words to “ignore.” These words will automatically reject the tweet regardless of any other settings.
Choose to update Digsby, and or execute a command, or write to a file when an update is found. DigsbyStatus.exe is no longer required, and a focus bug has been resolved.
DigTweet can now automatically run when windows starts up, and can also optionally start updating upon start.
Updates will be passed down in the form of a message informing you that a new version is available.
Enjoy!
Download: DigTweet 1.2 [ZIP]
Digsby-GoIm – Have Digsby recognize and handle aim: URL’s
There was a request a few weeks back on the Digsby forums for the ability to have Digsby recognize and interpret aim: links. AIM Links allow you to add a URL to a webpage which will automatically launch AIM. You have the ability to specify to “add a specified contact” or “send a message” to a contact.
Examples:
Send a message:
aim:goim?screenname=davux
Output: Send Dave a message!
Add a contact:
aim:addbuddy?screenname=davux
Output: Add Dave to your contact list!
Note: Alternate aim:// links are also supported.
Usage
This Flexibility works great on message boards and community sites where single-click access to an alternate communication medium is advantageous.
The Catch
This program (like many of my Digsby enhancements) works by simulating a user, and due to some limitations in Digsby itself, I’m unable to gracefully get around this single limitation for the software. I hope that for most people, it would be trivial.
You must have your AIM account as the primary account in Digsby.
This means that your AIM screen name must be the first one listed when you view your accounts. You can view your accounts by clicking on Tools and then Preferences and select the Accounts tab. You can move the account by simply dragging it up or down.
Note: A restart is required for these changes to take effect.
The Software
DigsbyGoIm is easy to use. You’ll need to install it just once, and it will work without any extra interaction on your part. There is no need to start run it manually. Clicking on any aim: link will launch it, and in turn, Digsby.
Once downloaded, copy the executable to a location which you will not accidentally delete it. The program will register itself to that location, and if you remove or delete the file, links will no longer be handled. If you do decide to move the program–don’t worry. Re-running the executable to install will update the references and links will be handled at the new location.
Double-click DigsbyGoIm.exe to install. You will be prompted with a set of options.
Selecting YES will install the handler. Note that this will overwrite any current AIM link handler. You will need to reinstall AIM in order to recover your old link handler. AIM will continue to function properly in all aspects other than handling links.
If you are using Windows Vista, you will be prompted to elevate. This is a one-time action and is required in order to add the registry entry to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT that will allow this program to register itself to handle links.
That’s it! Links will be handled now, and you can enjoy not having to copy and paste screen names to send messages. Note that addbuddy link identifier will not actually add the buddy to your contact list, but rather just invoke the Add Contact dialog, and fill in the name. You will have the option to select an alias and click Add. Also note that the message parameter will be ignored for goim links.
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DigTweet Graphical Application
Due to some demand, I’ve wrapped DigTweet up into a graphical program that runs in the tray. Optionally, you can still run it from the command line, with some new feature, and some updates to the error detection scheme.
New Features:
- Choose to ignore replies so they don’t end up as your status message.
- Choose the update interval.
- Run graphically or from the command line.
- Save settings between sessions.
Due to some of the limitations of .NET, I’ve compiled two versions, one for strictly graphical users and one for mixed-mode users. The two versions are functionally equivalent, however the console version will flash the window when launching, whereas the GUI version will not attach to the console window which it is launched from.
Screenshots
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DigTweet 1.1 Graphical (Recommended)
Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 is required.
DigsbyStatus is included.
Update Digsby Status automatically when on Twitter update!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I was working on a solution to sync the twitter update status (one-way), with Digsby’s status. This works great for those that update twitter throughout the day with contact information and such important things. This is a simple console application that makes use of the DigsbyStatus.exe to update the status.
It isn’t a full XML parser and could probably be broken pretty easily by other RSS feeds, so I wouldn’t recommend trying that.
Using the utility is easy, just make sure the DigTweet.exe and DigsbyStatus.exe are in the same folder, and pull up a command prompt.
DigTweet.exe RssLinkSo for example, to sync to my feed, I would enter:
DigTweet.exe http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/14261383.rss
You can find your Twitter RSS feed at the bottom of your personal page (not your homepage, that link will go to a feed of everyone’s status).
If you like, you can make a single-click batch file. Just open notepad and enter the following:
DigTweet.exe http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/14261383.rss
Change the RSS path to your own, and save the file as StartDigTweet.bat. Be careful to not have ‘.txt’ appended to the end by notepad. Click this file and the window will open. You can largely ignore what it’s saying, just minimize it and go on with whatever you’d normally do. Tweets are only updated ONCE, so if it changes the status, and you switch to something else, it won’t be overwritten until a) you restart DigTweet, or b) you have something new in the “top slot” in your feed. (Note: deleting a tweet will cause a sync on the previous tweet)
You can grab a copy of DigTweet today.
Set Digsby Status from Command Line
There was a request today on the Digsby forums about setting the status based on a twitter feed. I thought this was a great idea, since this is something I could use. Normally I don’t use status message at all – but I do twitter.
I set to work figuring out how to set the status from outside the application. I went with the same approach that I had used before, simulating a local user via Win32 Window messages. This is a great solution because it doesn’t interfere with any actions that a user may be performing locally – you don’t even know it is happening.
I broke this project up into the two logical components, the part that gets the twitter feed and the part that actually does the work of setting the status. What I’ve come up with is a little command line utility to set the status.
It can be used like so:
DigsbyStatus.exe "This is my new status message"
Or, to clear the status:
DigsbyStatus.exe ""
Quotes are needed as to simulate a “blank” argument. The status classification can’t be changed, so you will still be available or away based on the protocol and the last state of the computer. I figure someone else might find this useful to, say, update status based on some unsupported media player.
Download: DigsbyStatus_100.zip [10KB]