Skype plugin !?

by **dalanik** on Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:06 pm

I've made some small progress...

1) updates contacts every minute
2) possible to call contacts
3) possible to hang up
4) possible to sort contat list/filter only online
5) checks on calling whether the user is online
6) get's one's own information (profile)
7) possible to change own status (online/offline/away/etc)

Still have to figure out accepting calls :-)

by **sagitaz** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:44 pm

1) updates contacts every minute

do you use plugin XEvent for this ? or another method ?

i've a little bug with the import of about variable. when the user are special caracteres, the database is bugest. for the moment i have clear the lines in the vbs.

by **dalanik** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:17 pm

sagitaz wrote:
1) updates contacts every minute

do you use plugin XEvent for this ? or another method ?

i've a little bug with the import of about variable. when the user are special caracteres, the database is bugest. for the moment i have clear the lines in the vbs.

I use XEvent, that's the only way from vbs :-(

I try to filter special chars in script:
(those are most of the characters used in East/Central/South Europe):

Function Clean(TexStr)
Dim TexStr1, TexStr2

TexStr1 = Replace(TexStr, "ć", "c", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr2 = Replace(TexStr1, "š", "s", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr1 = Replace(TexStr2, "č", "c", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr2 = Replace(TexStr1, "ž", "z", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr1 = Replace(TexStr2, "ě", "e", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr2 = Replace(TexStr1, "ř", "r", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr1 = Replace(TexStr2, "ý", "y", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr2 = Replace(TexStr1, "á", "a", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr1 = Replace(TexStr2, "í", "i", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr2 = Replace(TexStr1, "é", "e", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr1 = Replace(TexStr2, "ú", "u", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr2 = Replace(TexStr1, "ň", "n", 1, -1, 1)
TexStr2 = Replace(TexStr1, "&", "and", 1, -1, 1)

Clean=TexStr2
End Function

by **dalanik** on Tue May 09, 2006 8:17 pm

Just to let you know that I'm (still) working on this (would you believe) :-)

After a while I decided to try to move my script code to a plugin, and I'm advancing slowly in making a real plugin...

I'm already getting events from Skype (i.e. user online status change and calls) now just to implement it somehow in xlobby...

I might post first alpha version next weekend if anyone's willing to test it....

D.

by **ingalls** on Wed May 10, 2006 11:35 pm

Great news!
Thanks Dalanik

by **dalanik** on Sun May 14, 2006 8:52 pm

OK, so here is the first test version for you to try out... it is packaged with an example skin (that's why the archive is so big) :-)

Docs included.

Be sure to get skype 2.0.x and ActiveS API (links in the docs)

Let me know if it works for you....

http://xlobby.lanik.org/XSkype_v024.zip

Dalibor

by **dgemily** on Mon May 15, 2006 6:51 am

waaaaaaaaaaaouuuu !!!
wonderful, I will try it out :wink:

Thnaks...

by **ingalls** on Mon May 15, 2006 10:13 am

Really great! I had no bug when using the plugin, I made a call without any problems! :lol:

Thanks a lot, this is really a great plugin that will give us a lot of possibilities!!!

Contacts list in Xlobby with status, xap possibilities, with the possibilities to interact with the security system for calling us via skype plugin (your plugin can interact wwith xap plugin). I will see if I can do a skin with interaction between xap-xskype dans some great xap modules like xap outlook 2003 too.

thanks a lot!
I saw the "to do" list and the chat possibility will be great to!!

by **dalanik** on Wed May 17, 2006 9:23 pm

I guess I have to make it more visualy appealing... That's why I'm currently working on adding some images :-)

by **dgemily** on Thu May 18, 2006 6:47 am

dalanik wrote:I guess I have to make it more visualy appealing... That's why I'm currently working on adding some images

yep, it will be so nice :lol:

by **rika** on Thu May 18, 2006 7:07 am

dalanik. Realy great work here!

Rika

by **summerall** on Fri May 19, 2006 6:27 pm

Skype can now make free calls to landline or cellphones in US and Canada. Sweet!!!

by **dalanik** on Wed May 24, 2006 12:21 pm

Hello,

So I improved it a bit; among other things:

* search users
* add users (send authorization request)
* remove users
* authorize users
* deny authorization
* counters for missed calls/messages
* chat notifications (messages poping up)
* chat reply
* clear history
* display images for status

Anyway, be warned that CHAT function is not working very well; it will all probably be OK if you have only one chat, but don;t try multiple chats, because your messages may end up at incorrect contact's PC :-)

It is a bit more complax that I thought, I'm currently struggling to make it work in more logical way...

Another thing that doesn't work (and is not documented in docs) is rename contact... I mean - it works, but this seems to rename contact in Skype only, but in plugin I still see old name... not an important feature anyway.

Here's the link:

http://xlobby.lanik.org/XSkype_v023.zip

Let me know if it works, I didn't get much input on previous version :-)

Dalibor

by **ingalls** on Wed May 24, 2006 4:59 pm

Just to tell you I love your plugin!
I use a lot the 022 version of the plugin and will give a try to the new version today!

by **dalanik** on Wed May 24, 2006 8:13 pm

Thanx, then I must suppose it works :-)

I still get Skype window popping-up sometimes, and I read somewhere that Skype could be run as a service, and that would prevent it from ever popping up window on calls... Now - does anyone know such program that allows you to run exe as service (freeware preferably)? I found http://www.firedaemon.com/ but it's not freeware :-)

D.