BZFriends - A "'who's online' utility

[Tut Tank Ahmon]

I made up an utility to check which friends are online on BZFlag server, optionaly allowing to join the same server in same or different team.



The project is in beta state.

It's developped in Mono/GTK using Monodevelop on OpenSuse and Sharpdevelop on Windows Vista.

I would actually need some ppl to test the thing under various environments :
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Any Linux distribution
- Mac

At the moment, the project has no installer , and dependencies must be installed manually.

If you are volunteer to help or just want to have a look to it the project is here :

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bzfriends

[tobylane]

The file you put up two hours ago can't be found. Good luck, and I'll help where I can.

[blast]

Try a different mirror.

[tobylane]

It was a different kind of error, like a deleted file from the project.

The .sh file isn't written correctly, "/bzfriends.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory" though it works without that line.

Works fine, in mono, so it's a mono dock icon and menu options. I added Gicu, a bot that seems to be always on. You can't see the name of the second person while the first is selected.

In terminal,
(bzfriends:478): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_remove: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (container) || widget->parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed.

In log.txt a lot of this,
06/08/2009 14:16:37: BZFriend control : Expose required for TutTankAhmon
06/08/2009 14:16:37: BZFriend control : Expose required for Gicu

[Tut Tank Ahmon]

It was a different kind of error, like a deleted file from the project.

that's right, i've re-posted the zip file because the content was not correct.

The .sh file isn't written correctly, "/bzfriends.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory" though it works without that line.

I made the linux shell script quickly and under windows without testing it ; it might have problem to execute.

Works fine, in mono, so it's a mono dock icon and menu options. I added Gicu, a bot that seems to be always on. You can't see the name of the second person while the first is selected.

I don't see a similar problem either under windows or opensuse : is it a window refresh problem ?

In terminal,
(bzfriends:478): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_remove: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (container) || widget->parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed.

Yes i see all these message. ATM I know which line causes this message but i don't know what's the problem.

In log.txt a lot of this,
06/08/2009 14:16:37: BZFriend control : Expose required for TutTankAhmon
06/08/2009 14:16:37: BZFriend control : Expose required for Gicu

You can ignore the log file for the moment, it's really messy, i must put a few order into it. Terminal output is more useful.

BTW on which OS did you test it ?

[blast]

The "^M" that the terminal reported in the shell script means that the file is using Windows line endings. Convert it to use *nix line endings. Easy way for a small script is to just edit the file and delete the ^M's. For something large, there are sed replacements you can do.

[Tut Tank Ahmon]

I was expecting something like that ; Ty blast

[clarahobbs]

Or, to fix the ^M problem, just run the file through the dos2unix program. That would automatically convert the line endings.

[tobylane]

Sorry yes of course, I did it on mac. http://img37.yfrog.com/img37/9605/bzfri.png

[Tut Tank Ahmon]

It's """working""" on mac ??? great news, because i thought that mono support was not very good on apple platform !

[joevano]

It's """working""" on mac ??? great news, because i thought that mono support was not very good on apple platform !

Mono support is fine on a Mac...

[Gamma]

I'm afraid it doesn't work under windows XP.

I'm running winxp home and as soon as I click on the "BZFriends" icon I get the errors in the attachments.
The full error report is huge and it doesn't allow copy/past so I have no way to show you guys...

[joevano]

The "contents of the error report" (from error2.bmp) would possibly be more helpful. The two images you posted basically just tell us there is an error. Also, would be better to post jpg files for images, if that is an option... bitmaps (bmp) are huge by comparison.

[blast]

I'm afraid it doesn't work under windows XP.

I'm running winxp home and as soon as I click on the "BZFriends" icon I get the errors in the attachments.
The full error report is huge and it doesn't allow copy/past so I have no way to show you guys...

Did you run it through mono?

[Gamma]

Hmmm... that might be the problem
lol
No I didn't, I'll try again later with mono.

[Tut Tank Ahmon]

Hi folks,

First,sorry gmangrey for lack of support but
- i forgot to activate the notification of new posts on topic
- i often (almost daily) use "view new posts" function in forum and did not see there were new posts here.

So, many thanks to blast and joevano for their help.

This said, I released a new version here https://sourceforge.net/projects/bzfrie ... p/download

This version should be more stable (but uglier ...) , and manage better minimization to system tray (with a tooltip saying who is online).

I'm studying usage of InstallJammer in order to make clean installation under Windows and Linux.

I'm waiting for a bzfriend of mine to draw me a nice icon (I don't say who it is but his callsign begins with a 'z' )

Thanks all

[honeytank]

Is it working with windows 7?
Something included?(little message system, chat etc)

[joevano]

Just try it... if it works good, if not it doesn't. According tho the stats on sourceforge no one has worked on this for over 7 months.

[Cobra_Fast]

It seams like it won't work with Windows XP...
If i double-click the BZFriends.exe the cursor flashes hourglass for a split second and then it's over.

[strayer]

As an alternative, you can use the jabberbot. There's a special bzbb topic with details

[darkid]

hrm... Mac OSX 10.6.3
failed.
Albeit, i may be missing something.
I downloaded the .zip file and ran the .exe through WINE, but that didn't work.

[blast]

hrm... Mac OSX 10.6.3
failed.
Albeit, i may be missing something.
I downloaded the .zip file and ran the .exe through WINE, but that didn't work.

Run it with mono, not wine. (which was mentioned numerous times in this thread...)

[Tut Tank Ahmon]

I abandonned this project to focus on my jabber bot.
As Strayer The Great suggests, use Bzfriends Jabber bot instead.

[tobylane]

Maybe an Aduim plugin?

[blast]

Why can't Aduim use the jabber bot? It supports the jabber protocol.