Group chats: ChatRoomID setting replaced with real protocol id

60 files changed, 313 insertions, 432 deletions

diff --git a/include/m_chat_int.h b/include/m_chat_int.h
index 135be0f7f8..b7be21801a 100644
--- a/include/m_chat_int.h
+++ b/include/m_chat_int.h
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ struct CHAT_MANAGER
 

 	BOOL          (*SetOffline)(MCONTACT hContact, BOOL bHide);

 	BOOL          (*SetAllOffline)(BOOL bHide, const char *pszModule);

-	MCONTACT      (*FindRoom)(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom);

 

 	char*         (*Log_CreateRTF)(LOGSTREAMDATA *streamData);

 	char*         (*Log_CreateRtfHeader)(void);

diff --git a/include/newpluginapi.h b/include/newpluginapi.h
index a7e561461f..e836a93c9f 100644
--- a/include/newpluginapi.h
+++ b/include/newpluginapi.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ protected:
 

 	// pass one of PROTOTYPE_* constants as type

 	void RegisterProtocol(int type, pfnInitProto = nullptr, pfnUninitProto = nullptr);

-	void SetUniqueId(const char *pszUniqueId);

+	void SetUniqueId(const char *pszUniqueId, int type = 0);

 

 public:

 	void debugLogA(LPCSTR szFormat, ...);

diff --git a/libs/win32/mir_app.lib b/libs/win32/mir_app.lib
index 6b0fdbb352..dc36cf5c27 100644
--- a/libs/win32/mir_app.lib
+++ b/libs/win32/mir_app.lib
diff --git a/libs/win64/mir_app.lib b/libs/win64/mir_app.lib
index 3a3071cebf..7726b7ca9b 100644
--- a/libs/win64/mir_app.lib
+++ b/libs/win64/mir_app.lib
diff --git a/plugins/Actman/iac_contact.pas b/plugins/Actman/iac_contact.pas
index bf19f02020..a1bd4b1577 100644
--- a/plugins/Actman/iac_contact.pas
+++ b/plugins/Actman/iac_contact.pas
@@ -88,41 +88,31 @@ begin
   proto:=Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact);

   if proto<>nil then

   begin

-    is_chat:=IsChat(hContact);

-    if is_chat then

+    uid:=Proto_GetUniqueId(proto);

+    if DBReadSetting(hContact,proto,uid,@cws)=0 then

     begin

-      p:=DBReadUnicode(hContact,proto,'ChatRoomID');

-      node.AddTextW('id',p);

-      mFreeMem(p);

       result:=1;

-    end

-    else

-    begin

-      uid:=Proto_GetUniqueId(proto);

-      if DBReadSetting(hContact,proto,uid,@cws)=0 then

-      begin

-        result:=1;

-        node.AddDWord('ctype',cws._type);

-        case cws._type of

-          DBVT_BYTE  : node.AddDWord('id',cws.bVal);

-          DBVT_WORD  : node.AddDWord('id',cws.wVal);

-          DBVT_DWORD : node.AddDWord('id',cws.dVal);

-          DBVT_ASCIIZ: begin

-            node.AddText('id',cws.szVal.A); // ansi to utf

-          end;

-          DBVT_UTF8  : begin

-            node.AddText('id',cws.szVal.A);

-          end;

-          DBVT_WCHAR : node.AddTextW('id',cws.szVal.W);

-          DBVT_BLOB  : begin

-            p1:=mir_base64_encode(cws.pbVal,cws.cpbVal);

-            node.AddText('id',p1);

-            mir_free(p1);

-          end;

+      node.AddDWord('ctype',cws._type);

+      case cws._type of

+        DBVT_BYTE  : node.AddDWord('id',cws.bVal);

+        DBVT_WORD  : node.AddDWord('id',cws.wVal);

+        DBVT_DWORD : node.AddDWord('id',cws.dVal);

+        DBVT_ASCIIZ: begin

+          node.AddText('id',cws.szVal.A); // ansi to utf

+        end;

+        DBVT_UTF8  : begin

+          node.AddText('id',cws.szVal.A);

+        end;

+        DBVT_WCHAR : node.AddTextW('id',cws.szVal.W);

+        DBVT_BLOB  : begin

+          p1:=mir_base64_encode(cws.pbVal,cws.cpbVal);

+          node.AddText('id',p1);

+          mir_free(p1);

         end;

       end;

-      db_free(@cws);

     end;

+    db_free(@cws);

+    

     if result<>0 then

     begin

       node.AddText('protocol',proto);

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/extBackg.cpp b/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/extBackg.cpp
index 5655d67a07..b16188fcdb 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/extBackg.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/extBackg.cpp
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ void LoadPerContactSkins(wchar_t *tszFileName)
 				continue;

 

 			const char *uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(szProto);

-			if ((INT_PTR)uid != CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND && uid != nullptr) {

+			if (uid != nullptr) {

 				DBVARIANT dbv = { 0 };

 				if (db_get(hContact, szProto, uid, &dbv))

 					break;

diff --git a/plugins/Import/src/import.cpp b/plugins/Import/src/import.cpp
index 17aeaa073a..3fd7b23161 100644
--- a/plugins/Import/src/import.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Import/src/import.cpp
@@ -95,20 +95,6 @@ MCONTACT CImportBatch::HContactFromID(const char *pszProtoName, const char *pszS
 	return INVALID_CONTACT_ID;

 }

 

-MCONTACT CImportBatch::HContactFromChatID(const char *pszProtoName, const wchar_t *pszChatID)

-{

-	for (MCONTACT hContact = dstDb->FindFirstContact(pszProtoName); hContact; hContact = dstDb->FindNextContact(hContact, pszProtoName)) {

-		if (!Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, pszProtoName))

-			continue;

-

-		ptrW wszChatId(db_get_wsa(hContact, pszProtoName, "ChatRoomID"));

-		if (!mir_wstrcmp(pszChatID, wszChatId))

-			return hContact;

-	}

-

-	return INVALID_CONTACT_ID;

-}

-

 MCONTACT CImportBatch::HContactFromNumericID(const char *pszProtoName, const char *pszSetting, uint32_t dwID)

 {

 	for (MCONTACT hContact = dstDb->FindFirstContact(pszProtoName); hContact; hContact = dstDb->FindNextContact(hContact, pszProtoName))

@@ -725,18 +711,11 @@ MCONTACT CImportBatch::ImportContact(MCONTACT hSrc)
 		return 0;

 	}

 

-	// group chat?

-	const char *pszUniqueSetting;

-	bool bIsChat = myGetD(hSrc, cc->szProto, "ChatRoom", 0) != 0;

-	if (bIsChat)

-		pszUniqueSetting = "ChatRoomID";

-	else {

-		// Skip protocols with no unique id setting (some non IM protocols return 0)

-		pszUniqueSetting = Proto_GetUniqueId(szDstModuleName);

-		if (!pszUniqueSetting) {

-			AddMessage(LPGENW("Skipping non-IM contact (%S)"), cc->szProto);

-			return 0;

-		}

+	// Skip protocols with no unique id setting (some non IM protocols return 0)

+	const char *pszUniqueSetting = Proto_GetUniqueId(szDstModuleName);

+	if (!pszUniqueSetting) {

+		AddMessage(LPGENW("Skipping non-IM contact (%S)"), cc->szProto);

+		return 0;

 	}

 

 	wchar_t *pszUniqueID = L"<Unknown>";

@@ -754,18 +733,12 @@ MCONTACT CImportBatch::ImportContact(MCONTACT hSrc)
 		case DBVT_ASCIIZ:

 		case DBVT_UTF8:

 			pszUniqueID = NEWWSTR_ALLOCA(_A2T(dbv.pszVal));

-			if (bIsChat)

-				hDst = HContactFromChatID(szDstModuleName, pszUniqueID);

-			else

-				hDst = HContactFromID(szDstModuleName, pszUniqueSetting, pszUniqueID);

+			hDst = HContactFromID(szDstModuleName, pszUniqueSetting, pszUniqueID);

 			break;

 

 		case DBVT_WCHAR:

 			pszUniqueID = NEWWSTR_ALLOCA(dbv.pwszVal);

-			if (bIsChat)

-				hDst = HContactFromChatID(szDstModuleName, pszUniqueID);

-			else

-				hDst = HContactFromID(szDstModuleName, pszUniqueSetting, pszUniqueID);

+			hDst = HContactFromID(szDstModuleName, pszUniqueSetting, pszUniqueID);

 			break;

 

 		default:

@@ -814,7 +787,7 @@ MCONTACT CImportBatch::ImportContact(MCONTACT hSrc)
 

 	srcDb->FreeVariant(&dbv);

 

-	if (bIsChat)

+	if (myGetD(hSrc, cc->szProto, "ChatRoom", 0) != 0)

 		db_set_b(hDst, szDstModuleName, "ChatRoom", 1);

 

 	m_contacts.insert(new ContactMap(hSrc, hDst));

@@ -879,7 +852,7 @@ void CImportBatch::ImportHistory(MCONTACT hContact, PROTOACCOUNT **protocol, int
 	else hDst = NULL;

 

 	bool bSkipAll = false;

-	uint32_t cbAlloc = 4096;

+	int cbAlloc = 4096;

 	uint8_t *eventBuf = (uint8_t*)mir_alloc(cbAlloc);

 

 	// Get the start of the event chain

diff --git a/plugins/Import/src/stdafx.h b/plugins/Import/src/stdafx.h
index b60d8402a5..3df8c0917a 100644
--- a/plugins/Import/src/stdafx.h
+++ b/plugins/Import/src/stdafx.h
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ class CImportBatch : public MZeroedObject
 	PROTOACCOUNT* FindMyAccount(const char *szProto, const char *szBaseProto, const wchar_t *ptszName, bool bStrict);

 

 	MCONTACT HContactFromID(const char *pszProtoName, const char *pszSetting, wchar_t *pwszID);

-	MCONTACT HContactFromChatID(const char *pszProtoName, const wchar_t *pszChatID);

 	MCONTACT HContactFromNumericID(const char *pszProtoName, const char *pszSetting, uint32_t dwID);

 

 public:

diff --git a/plugins/MirLua/src/Modules/m_message.cpp b/plugins/MirLua/src/Modules/m_message.cpp
index 289f82c935..a00ec285e1 100644
--- a/plugins/MirLua/src/Modules/m_message.cpp
+++ b/plugins/MirLua/src/Modules/m_message.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int message_Send(lua_State *L)
 
 	const char *szProto = Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact);
 	if (Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, szProto)) {
-		ptrW wszChatRoom(db_get_wsa(hContact, szProto, "ChatRoomID"));
+		ptrW wszChatRoom(Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact, szProto));
 		ptrW wszMessage(mir_utf8decodeW(message));
 		res = Chat_SendUserMessage(szProto, wszChatRoom, wszMessage);
 		lua_pushinteger(L, res);
diff --git a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/classExImContactBase.cpp b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/classExImContactBase.cpp
index 301d87c4f3..5393ae538b 100644
--- a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/classExImContactBase.cpp
+++ b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/classExImContactBase.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ uint8_t CExImContactBase::fromDB(MCONTACT hContact)
 	uint8_t		ret = FALSE;
 	uint8_t		isChatRoom = FALSE;
 	LPSTR		pszProto;
-	LPCSTR		uidSetting;
 	DBVARIANT	dbv;
 
 	_hContact = hContact;
@@ -106,29 +105,16 @@ uint8_t CExImContactBase::fromDB(MCONTACT hContact)
 		db_free(&dbv);
 	}
 
-	// unique id (for ChatRoom)
-	if (isChatRoom = Contact::IsGroupChat(_hContact, pszProto)) {
-		uidSetting = "ChatRoomID";
+	LPCSTR uidSetting = Proto_GetUniqueId(pszProto);
+	if (uidSetting != nullptr) { // valid
 		_pszUIDKey = mir_strdup(uidSetting);
 		if (!DB::Setting::GetAsIs(_hContact, pszProto, uidSetting, &_dbvUID)) {
 			ret = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
-	// unique id (normal)
+	// fails because the protocol is no longer installed
 	else {
-		uidSetting = Proto_GetUniqueId(pszProto);
-		// valid
-		if (uidSetting != nullptr && (INT_PTR)uidSetting != CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND) {
-			_pszUIDKey = mir_strdup(uidSetting);
-			if (!DB::Setting::GetAsIs(_hContact, pszProto, uidSetting, &_dbvUID)) {
-				ret = TRUE;
-			}
-		}
-		// fails because the protocol is no longer installed
-		else {
-			// assert(ret == TRUE);
-			ret = TRUE;
-		}
+		ret = TRUE;
 	}
 
 	// nickname
diff --git a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/svc_ExImVCF.cpp b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/svc_ExImVCF.cpp
index 1dc8fc82d4..14887c485d 100644
--- a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/svc_ExImVCF.cpp
+++ b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/svc_ExImVCF.cpp
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ uint8_t CVCardFileVCF::Export(uint8_t bExportUtf)
 	// contacts protocol, uin setting, uin value

 	//

 	LPCSTR uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(_pszBaseProto);

-	if ((INT_PTR)uid != CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND && uid) {

+	if (uid) {

 		CHAR szUID[MAXUID];

 		if (!db_get_static(_hContact, _pszBaseProto, uid, szUID, sizeof(szUID)))

 			fprintf(_pFile, "IM;%s;%s:%s\n", _pszBaseProto, uid, szUID);

diff --git a/plugins/Utils.pas/mircontacts.pas b/plugins/Utils.pas/mircontacts.pas
index 9a34525d24..583292702d 100644
--- a/plugins/Utils.pas/mircontacts.pas
+++ b/plugins/Utils.pas/mircontacts.pas
@@ -138,40 +138,28 @@ begin
   hContact:=db_find_first();

   while hContact<>0 do

   begin

-    if is_chat then

+    if DBReadSetting(hContact,Proto,uid,@ldbv)=0 then

     begin

-      if IsChat(hContact) then

+      if dbv._type=ldbv._type then

       begin

-        pw:=DBReadUnicode(hContact,Proto,'ChatRoomID');

-        if StrCmpW(pw,dbv.szVal.W)=0 then result:=hContact;

-        mFreeMem(pw);

-      end

-    end

-    else

-    begin

-      if DBReadSetting(hContact,Proto,uid,@ldbv)=0 then

-      begin

-        if dbv._type=ldbv._type then

-        begin

-          case dbv._type of

-//            DBVT_DELETED: ;

-            DBVT_BYTE   : if dbv.bVal=ldbv.bVal then result:=hContact;

-            DBVT_WORD   : if dbv.wVal=ldbv.wVal then result:=hContact;

-            DBVT_DWORD  : if dbv.dVal=ldbv.dVal then result:=hContact;

-            DBVT_UTF8,

-            DBVT_ASCIIZ : if StrCmp (dbv.szVal.A,ldbv.szVal.A)=0 then result:=hContact;

-            DBVT_WCHAR  : if StrCmpW(dbv.szVal.W,ldbv.szVal.W)=0 then result:=hContact;

-            DBVT_BLOB   : begin

-              if dbv.cpbVal = ldbv.cpbVal then

-              begin

-                if CompareMem(dbv.pbVal,ldbv.pbVal,dbv.cpbVal) then

-                  result:=hContact;

-              end;

+        case dbv._type of

+//          DBVT_DELETED: ;

+          DBVT_BYTE   : if dbv.bVal=ldbv.bVal then result:=hContact;

+          DBVT_WORD   : if dbv.wVal=ldbv.wVal then result:=hContact;

+          DBVT_DWORD  : if dbv.dVal=ldbv.dVal then result:=hContact;

+          DBVT_UTF8,

+          DBVT_ASCIIZ : if StrCmp (dbv.szVal.A,ldbv.szVal.A)=0 then result:=hContact;

+          DBVT_WCHAR  : if StrCmpW(dbv.szVal.W,ldbv.szVal.W)=0 then result:=hContact;

+          DBVT_BLOB   : begin

+            if dbv.cpbVal = ldbv.cpbVal then

+            begin

+              if CompareMem(dbv.pbVal,ldbv.pbVal,dbv.cpbVal) then

+                result:=hContact;

             end;

           end;

         end;

-        db_free(@ldbv);

       end;

+      db_free(@ldbv);

     end;

     // added 2011.04.20

     if result<>0 then break;

@@ -217,25 +205,14 @@ begin
   if Proto<>nil then

   begin

     p:=StrCopyE(section,setting);

-    is_chat:=IsChat(hContact);

-    if is_chat then

-    begin

-      pw:=DBReadUnicode(hContact,Proto,'ChatRoomID');

-      StrCopy(p,opt_cuid); DBWriteUnicode(0,group,section,pw);

-      mFreeMem(pw);

-      result:=1;

-    end

-    else

+    uid:=Proto_GetUniqueId(Proto);

+    if uid<>nil then

     begin

-      uid:=Proto_GetUniqueId(Proto);

-      if uid<>nil then

+      if DBReadSetting(hContact,Proto,uid,@cws)=0 then

       begin

-        if DBReadSetting(hContact,Proto,uid,@cws)=0 then

-        begin

-          StrCopy(p,opt_cuid); DBWriteSetting(0,group,section,@cws);

-          db_free(@cws);

-          result:=1;

-        end;

+        StrCopy(p,opt_cuid); DBWriteSetting(0,group,section,@cws);

+        db_free(@cws);

+        result:=1;

       end;

     end;

     if result<>0 then

@@ -373,37 +350,28 @@ begin
       begin

         if acc=nil then

           acc:=Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact);

-        if IsChat(hContact) then

-        begin

-          p:=DBReadUnicode(hContact,acc,'ChatRoomID');

-          StrReplaceW(buf,'%uid%',p);

-          mFreeMem(p);

-        end

-        else

+        uid:=Proto_GetUniqueId(acc);

+        if uid<>nil then

         begin

-          uid:=Proto_GetUniqueId(acc);

-          if uid<>nil then

+          if DBReadSetting(hContact,acc,uid,@ldbv)=0 then

           begin

-            if DBReadSetting(hContact,acc,uid,@ldbv)=0 then

-            begin

-              case ldbv._type of

-                DBVT_DELETED: p:='[deleted]';

-                DBVT_BYTE   : p:=IntToStr(buf1,ldbv.bVal);

-                DBVT_WORD   : p:=IntToStr(buf1,ldbv.wVal);

-                DBVT_DWORD  : p:=IntToStr(buf1,ldbv.dVal);

-                DBVT_UTF8   : UTF8ToWide(ldbv.szVal.A,p);

-                DBVT_ASCIIZ : AnsiToWide(ldbv.szVal.A,p,Langpack_GetDefaultCodePage);

-                DBVT_WCHAR  : p:=ldbv.szVal.W;

-                DBVT_BLOB   : p:='blob';

-              end;

-              StrReplaceW(buf,'%uid%',p);

-              if ldbv._type in [DBVT_UTF8,DBVT_ASCIIZ] then

-                mFreeMem(p);

-              db_free(@ldbv);

+            case ldbv._type of

+              DBVT_DELETED: p:='[deleted]';

+              DBVT_BYTE   : p:=IntToStr(buf1,ldbv.bVal);

+              DBVT_WORD   : p:=IntToStr(buf1,ldbv.wVal);

+              DBVT_DWORD  : p:=IntToStr(buf1,ldbv.dVal);

+              DBVT_UTF8   : UTF8ToWide(ldbv.szVal.A,p);

+              DBVT_ASCIIZ : AnsiToWide(ldbv.szVal.A,p,Langpack_GetDefaultCodePage);

+              DBVT_WCHAR  : p:=ldbv.szVal.W;

+              DBVT_BLOB   : p:='blob';

             end;

+            StrReplaceW(buf,'%uid%',p);

+            if ldbv._type in [DBVT_UTF8,DBVT_ASCIIZ] then

+              mFreeMem(p);

+            db_free(@ldbv);

           end;

-          StrReplaceW(buf,'%uid%',nil);

         end;

+        StrReplaceW(buf,'%uid%',nil);

       end;

 

       SendMessage(list,CB_SETITEMDATA,

diff --git a/plugins/Variables/src/contact.cpp b/plugins/Variables/src/contact.cpp
index bb6194aad9..5904a2cd23 100644
--- a/plugins/Variables/src/contact.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Variables/src/contact.cpp
@@ -153,15 +153,6 @@ wchar_t* getContactInfoT(uint8_t type, MCONTACT hContact)
 		if ((res = Clist_GetGroup(hContact)) != nullptr)

 			return res;

 		break;

-

-	case CNF_UNIQUEID:

-		// UID for ChatRoom

-		if (Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, szProto))

-			if ((res = db_get_wsa(hContact, szProto, "ChatRoomID")) != nullptr)

-				return res;

-

-		// UID for other contact

-		break;

 	}

 

 	return Contact::GetInfo(type, hContact);

diff --git a/protocols/CloudFile/src/utils.cpp b/protocols/CloudFile/src/utils.cpp
index 5de7ebdee9..69a5c74a60 100644
--- a/protocols/CloudFile/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/protocols/CloudFile/src/utils.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void SendToContact(MCONTACT hContact, const wchar_t *data)
 {
 	const char *szProto = Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact);
 	if (Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, szProto)) {
-		ptrW tszChatRoom(db_get_wsa(hContact, szProto, "ChatRoomID"));
+		ptrW tszChatRoom(Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact, szProto));
 		Chat_SendUserMessage(szProto, tszChatRoom, data);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/protocols/Facebook/src/server.cpp b/protocols/Facebook/src/server.cpp
index 39ba67f83d..e3d1f31736 100644
--- a/protocols/Facebook/src/server.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Facebook/src/server.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ FacebookUser* FacebookProto::RefreshThread(JSONNode &n)
 	if (si == nullptr)

 		return nullptr;

 

-	setWString(si->hContact, DBKEY_ID, chatId);

 	Chat_AddGroup(si, TranslateT("Participant"));

 

 	for (auto &u : n["all_participants"]["nodes"]) {

diff --git a/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/core.cpp b/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/core.cpp
index f1daddfbd4..6a0698e1cf 100644
--- a/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/core.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/core.cpp
@@ -1210,14 +1210,14 @@ void GaduProto::broadcastnewstatus(int newStatus)
 

 void GaduProto::OnContactDeleted(MCONTACT hContact)

 {

-	uin_t uin = (uin_t)getDword(hContact, GG_KEY_UIN, 0);

+	uin_t uin = (uin_t)getDword(hContact, GG_KEY_UIN);

 

 	// Terminate conference if contact is deleted

-	ptrW wszRoomId(getWStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

-	if (isChatRoom(hContact) && wszRoomId != NULL && gc_enabled)

+	if (isChatRoom(hContact) && uin && gc_enabled)

 	{

+		CMStringW wszRoomId(FORMAT, L"%d", uin);

 		GGGC *chat = gc_lookup(wszRoomId);

-		debugLogA("contactdeleted(): Terminating chat %x, id %s from contact list...", chat, wszRoomId.get());

+		debugLogA("contactdeleted(): Terminating chat %x, id %s from contact list...", chat, wszRoomId.c_str());

 		if (chat)

 		{

 			// Destroy chat entry

@@ -1279,20 +1279,20 @@ int GaduProto::dbsettingchanged(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM lParam)
 			return 0;

 

 		// Groupchat window contact is being renamed

-		DBVARIANT dbv;

-		if (isChatRoom(hContact) && !getWString(hContact, "ChatRoomID", &dbv))

+		if (isChatRoom(hContact))

 		{

+			CMStringW wszId(FORMAT, L"%d", getDword(hContact, GG_KEY_UIN));

+

 			// Most important... check redundancy (fucking cascading)

 			static int cascade = 0;

-			if (!cascade && dbv.pwszVal)

+			if (!cascade)

 			{

-				debugLogA("dbsettingchanged(): Conference %s was renamed.", dbv.pszVal);

+				debugLogA("dbsettingchanged(): Conference %s was renamed.", wszId.c_str());

 				// Mark cascading

 				/* FIXME */ cascade = 1;

-				Chat_ChangeSessionName(m_szModuleName, dbv.pwszVal, ptszVal);

+				Chat_ChangeSessionName(m_szModuleName, wszId, ptszVal);

 				/* FIXME */ cascade = 0;

 			}

-			db_free(&dbv);

 		}

 		else {

 			// Change contact name on all chats

diff --git a/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/gg.cpp b/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/gg.cpp
index 34b7e1b8fa..fd0aea0f03 100644
--- a/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/gg.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/gg.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ CMPlugin::CMPlugin() :
 	ACCPROTOPLUGIN<GaduProto>(GGDEF_PROTO, pluginInfoEx)

 {

 	crc_gentable();

-	SetUniqueId(GG_KEY_UIN);

+	SetUniqueId(GG_KEY_UIN, DBVT_DWORD);

 }

 

 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

diff --git a/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/groupchat.cpp b/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/groupchat.cpp
index 6eac366e71..81deec7393 100644
--- a/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/groupchat.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Gadu-Gadu/src/groupchat.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int GaduProto::gc_event(WPARAM, LPARAM lParam)
 	// Check if we got our protocol, and fields are set

 	if (!gch || !gch->si->ptszID || !gch->si->pszModule

 		|| mir_strcmpi(gch->si->pszModule, m_szModuleName)

-		|| !(uin = getDword(GG_KEY_UIN, 0))

+		|| !(uin = getDword(gch->si->hContact, GG_KEY_UIN))

 		|| !(chat = gc_lookup(gch->si->ptszID)))

 		return 0;

 

@@ -126,16 +126,7 @@ int GaduProto::gc_event(WPARAM, LPARAM lParam)
 		list_remove(&chats, chat, 1);

 

 		// Remove contact from contact list (duh!) should be done by chat.dll !!

-		for (MCONTACT hContact = db_find_first(); hContact; ) {

-			MCONTACT hNext = db_find_next(hContact);

-			DBVARIANT dbv;

-			if (!getWString(hContact, "ChatRoomID", &dbv)) {

-				if (dbv.pwszVal && !mir_wstrcmp(gch->si->ptszID, dbv.pwszVal))

-					db_delete_contact(hContact);

-				db_free(&dbv);

-			}

-			hContact = hNext;

-		}

+		db_delete_contact(gch->si->hContact);

 		return 1;

 	}

 

diff --git a/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/server.cpp b/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/server.cpp
index ce3dad53bb..e7468d952a 100644
--- a/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/server.cpp
+++ b/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/server.cpp
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ void CIcqProto::ParseMessage(MCONTACT hContact, __int64 &lastMsgId, const JSONNo
 		CheckOwnMessage(reqId, szMsgId, true);

 

 		CMStringW wszSender(it["chat"]["sender"].as_mstring());

-		CMStringW wszChatId(getMStringW(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+		CMStringW wszChatId(GetUserId(hContact));

 

 		if (bIsFileTransfer) {

 			wszText = pFileInfo->szUrl;

diff --git a/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/utils.cpp b/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/utils.cpp
index 9a2e0b35ef..6bfc868e96 100644
--- a/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/protocols/ICQ-WIM/src/utils.cpp
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CIcqProto::SetAvatar(WPARAM, LPARAM lParam)
 

 CMStringW CIcqProto::GetUserId(MCONTACT hContact)

 {

-	if (isChatRoom(hContact))

-		return getMStringW(hContact, "ChatRoomID");

-

 	return getMStringW(hContact, DB_KEY_ID);

 }

 

diff --git a/protocols/IRCG/src/ircproto.cpp b/protocols/IRCG/src/ircproto.cpp
index e64a3b420e..95b233d8dc 100644
--- a/protocols/IRCG/src/ircproto.cpp
+++ b/protocols/IRCG/src/ircproto.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void CIrcProto::OnModulesLoaded()
 

 	ptrA szNetwork(getStringA("Network"));

 	if (szNetwork) {

-		CMStringA szSetting(FORMAT, "PERFORM:%s", szNetwork);

+		CMStringA szSetting(FORMAT, "PERFORM:%s", szNetwork.get());

 		szSetting.MakeUpper();

 

 		CMStringW wszValue(getMStringW(szSetting));

@@ -206,18 +206,6 @@ void CIrcProto::OnModulesLoaded()
 		delSetting("Network");

 	}

 

-	if (getByte("CompatibilityLevel") < 1) {

-		for (auto &cc : AccContacts()) {

-			CMStringW chatId(getMStringW(cc, "ChatRoomID"));

-			int idx = chatId.Find(L" - ");

-			if (idx != -1) {

-				chatId.Truncate(idx);

-				setWString(cc, "ChatRoomID", chatId);

-			}

-		}

-		setByte("CompatibilityLevel", 1);

-	}

-

 	InitIgnore();

 

 	HookProtoEvent(ME_USERINFO_INITIALISE, &CIrcProto::OnInitUserInfo);

diff --git a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_api.cpp b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_api.cpp
index 738e1bb439..775102599e 100644
--- a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_api.cpp
+++ b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_api.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ MCONTACT CJabberProto::ContactFromJID(const char *jid)
 

 char* CJabberProto::ContactToJID(MCONTACT hContact)

 {

-	return getUStringA(hContact, isChatRoom(hContact) ? "ChatRoomID" : "jid");

+	return getUStringA(hContact, "jid");

 }

 

 char* CJabberProto::GetBestResourceName(const char *jid)

diff --git a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_groupchat.cpp b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_groupchat.cpp
index f4f3e6c008..719144a127 100644
--- a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_groupchat.cpp
+++ b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_groupchat.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CJabberProto::OnMenuHandleJoinGroupchat(WPARAM, LPARAM)
 

 INT_PTR __cdecl CJabberProto::OnJoinChat(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)

 {

-	ptrA jid(getUStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+	ptrA jid(ContactToJID(hContact));

 	if (jid == nullptr)

 		return 0;

 

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CJabberProto::OnJoinChat(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 

 INT_PTR __cdecl CJabberProto::OnLeaveChat(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)

 {

-	ptrA jid(getUStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+	ptrA jid(ContactToJID(hContact));

 	if (jid != nullptr) {

 		if (getWord(hContact, "Status", 0) != ID_STATUS_OFFLINE) {

 			JABBER_LIST_ITEM *item = ListGetItemPtr(LIST_CHATROOM, jid);

diff --git a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_iqid.cpp b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_iqid.cpp
index 041a2052bf..85e2397829 100644
--- a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_iqid.cpp
+++ b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_iqid.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ void CJabberProto::OnIqResultSession(const TiXmlElement*, CJabberIqInfo *pInfo)
 

 void CJabberProto::GroupchatJoinByHContact(MCONTACT hContact, bool autojoin)

 {

-	ptrA roomjid(getUStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+	ptrA roomjid(ContactToJID(hContact));

 	if (roomjid == nullptr)

 		return;

 

diff --git a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_list.cpp b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_list.cpp
index 73abe09e2b..da6cfb955d 100644
--- a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_list.cpp
+++ b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_list.cpp
@@ -89,16 +89,9 @@ void JABBER_RESOURCE_STATUS::Release()
 void CJabberProto::ListInit(void)

 {

 	for (auto &hContact : AccContacts()) {

-		if (isChatRoom(hContact)) {

-			ptrA jid(getUStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

-			if (jid != nullptr)

-				ListAdd(LIST_CHATROOM, jid, hContact);

-		}

-		else {

-			ptrA jid(getUStringA(hContact, "jid"));

-			if (jid != nullptr)

-				ListAdd(LIST_ROSTER, jid, hContact);

-		}

+		ptrA jid(ContactToJID(hContact));

+		if (jid != nullptr)

+			ListAdd(isChatRoom(hContact) ? LIST_CHATROOM : LIST_ROSTER, jid, hContact);

 	}

 }

 

diff --git a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_menu.cpp b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_menu.cpp
index 0d510f6859..715909e915 100644
--- a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_menu.cpp
+++ b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_menu.cpp
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int CJabberProto::OnPrebuildContactMenu(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 		Menu_ShowItem(GetMenuItem(PROTO_MENU_LOAD_HISTORY), true);

 

 	if (bIsChatRoom) {

-		ptrA roomid(getUStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+		ptrA roomid(ContactToJID(hContact));

 		if (ListGetItemPtr(LIST_BOOKMARK, roomid) == nullptr)

 			if (m_ThreadInfo && m_ThreadInfo->jabberServerCaps & JABBER_CAPS_PRIVATE_STORAGE)

 				Menu_ShowItem(g_hMenuAddBookmark, true);

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CJabberProto::OnMenuBookmarkAdd(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 	if (!hContact)

 		return 0; // we do not add ourself to the roster. (buggy situation - should not happen)

 

-	ptrA roomID(getUStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+	ptrA roomID(ContactToJID(hContact));

 	if (roomID == nullptr)

 		return 0;

 

@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CJabberProto::OnMenuHandleDirectPresence(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM
 	CMStringA jid;

 	ptrA szJid(getUStringA(hContact, "jid"));

 	if (szJid == nullptr) {

-		ptrA roomid(getUStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+		ptrA roomid(ContactToJID(hContact));

 		if (roomid == nullptr)

 			return 0;

 

diff --git a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_util.cpp b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_util.cpp
index a3e1c856f6..2782aef450 100644
--- a/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_util.cpp
+++ b/protocols/JabberG/src/jabber_util.cpp
@@ -570,8 +570,7 @@ char* CJabberProto::GetClientJID(MCONTACT hContact, char *dest, size_t destLen)
 	if (hContact == 0)

 		return nullptr;

 

-	ptrA jid(getUStringA(hContact, isChatRoom(hContact) ? "ChatRoomID" : "jid"));

-	return GetClientJID(jid, dest, destLen);

+	return GetClientJID(ptrA(ContactToJID(hContact)), dest, destLen);

 }

 

 char* CJabberProto::GetClientJID(const char *jid, char *dest, size_t destLen)

diff --git a/protocols/MinecraftDynmap/src/chat.cpp b/protocols/MinecraftDynmap/src/chat.cpp
index c0c1f80542..b5bd327d24 100644
--- a/protocols/MinecraftDynmap/src/chat.cpp
+++ b/protocols/MinecraftDynmap/src/chat.cpp
@@ -162,19 +162,6 @@ void MinecraftDynmapProto::ClearChat()
 // TODO: Could this be done better?

 MCONTACT MinecraftDynmapProto::GetChatHandle()

 {

-	/*if (chatHandle_ != NULL)

-		return chatHandle_;

-

-	for (auto &hContact : AccContacts()) {

-		if (db_get_b(hContact, m_szModuleName, "ChatRoom", 0) > 0) {

-			ptrA id = db_get_sa(hContact, m_szModuleName, "ChatRoomId");

-			if (id != NULL && !strcmp(id, m_szModuleName))

-				return hContact;

-		}

-	}

-

-	return NULL;*/

-

 	GC_INFO gci = {0};

 	gci.Flags = GCF_HCONTACT;

 	gci.pszModule = m_szModuleName;

diff --git a/protocols/Sametime/sametime.vcxproj.filters b/protocols/Sametime/sametime.vcxproj.filters
index 4d89fb680e..96d0377694 100644
--- a/protocols/Sametime/sametime.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/protocols/Sametime/sametime.vcxproj.filters
@@ -8,92 +8,92 @@
     <ClCompile Include="src\files.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\channel.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\messaging.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\cipher.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\options.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\common.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\places.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\error.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\sametime.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\message.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\sametime_proto.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\mpi\mpi.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\sametime_session.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\mw_debug.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\session_announce_win.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\mw_util.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\stdafx.cxx">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\service.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\userlist.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\session.c">
+    <ClCompile Include="src\utils.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_aware.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\channel.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_conf.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\cipher.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_dir.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\common.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_ft.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\error.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_im.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\message.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_place.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\mpi\mpi.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_resolve.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\mw_debug.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_store.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\mw_util.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\st_list.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\service.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\messaging.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\session.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\options.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_aware.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\places.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_conf.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\sametime.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_dir.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\sametime_proto.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_ft.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\sametime_session.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_im.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\session_announce_win.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_resolve.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\stdafx.cxx">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_place.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\userlist.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\srvc_store.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="src\utils.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\meanwhile\src\st_list.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files\meanwhile</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -121,4 +121,9 @@
       <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
     </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Filter Include="Source Files\meanwhile">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{425f78cf-1344-45bb-89f5-cfe3510ea8ac}</UniqueIdentifier>
+    </Filter>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/protocols/Sametime/src/conference.cpp b/protocols/Sametime/src/conference.cpp
index 27c490c388..6d1783958d 100644
--- a/protocols/Sametime/src/conference.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Sametime/src/conference.cpp
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ int CSametimeProto::ChatDeleted(MCONTACT hContact) {
 

 	debugLogW(L"CSametimeProto::ChatDeleted() hContact=[%x]", hContact);

 	DBVARIANT dbv;

-	if (!db_get_s(hContact, m_szModuleName, "ChatRoomID", &dbv)) {

+	if (!getUString(hContact, "stid", &dbv)) {

 		TerminateConference(dbv.pszVal);

 		db_free(&dbv);

 	}

@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ int CSametimeProto::PrebuildContactMenu(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM)
 	// if user is already in our meeting, 

 	bool not_present = true;

 	DBVARIANT dbv;

-	if (my_conference && !db_get_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+	if (my_conference && !getUString(hContact, "stid", &dbv)) {

 		char* user_id = dbv.pszVal;

 

 		GList *members, *mem;

diff --git a/protocols/Sametime/src/options.cpp b/protocols/Sametime/src/options.cpp
index e96404360a..d34b6b5505 100644
--- a/protocols/Sametime/src/options.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Sametime/src/options.cpp
@@ -350,15 +350,15 @@ void CSametimeProto::LoadOptions()
 {

 	DBVARIANT dbv;

 

-	if (!db_get_utf(0, m_szModuleName, "ServerName", &dbv)) {

+	if (!getUString(0, "ServerName", &dbv)) {

 		strncpy(options.server_name, dbv.pszVal, LSTRINGLEN);

 		db_free(&dbv);

 	}

-	if (!db_get_utf(0, m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+	if (!getUString(0, "stid", &dbv)) {

 		strncpy(options.id, dbv.pszVal, LSTRINGLEN);

 		db_free(&dbv);

 	}

-	if (!db_get_utf(0, m_szModuleName, "Password", &dbv)) {

+	if (!getUString(0, "Password", &dbv)) {

 		strncpy(options.pword, dbv.pszVal, LSTRINGLEN);

 		db_free(&dbv);

 	}

@@ -398,20 +398,19 @@ void CSametimeProto::LoadOptions()
 

 void CSametimeProto::SaveOptions()

 {

-	db_set_utf(0, m_szModuleName, "ServerName", options.server_name);

-

-	db_set_utf(0, m_szModuleName, "stid", options.id);

-	//db_set_s(0, m_szModuleName, "Nick", options.id);

-	db_set_utf(0, m_szModuleName, "Password", options.pword);

-

-	db_set_dw(0, m_szModuleName, "ServerPort", options.port);

-	db_set_b(0, m_szModuleName, "GetServerContacts", options.get_server_contacts ? 1 : 0);

-	db_set_dw(0, m_szModuleName, "ClientID", options.client_id);

-	db_set_dw(0, m_szModuleName, "ClientVersionMajor", options.client_versionMajor);

-	db_set_dw(0, m_szModuleName, "ClientVersionMinor", options.client_versionMinor);

-	db_set_b(0, m_szModuleName, "ErrorDisplay", options.err_method);

-

-	db_set_b(0, m_szModuleName, "AutoAddContacts", options.add_contacts ? 1 : 0);

-	db_set_b(0, m_szModuleName, "EncryptSession", options.encrypt_session ? 1 : 0);

-	db_set_b(0, m_szModuleName, "IdleAsAway", options.idle_as_away ? 1 : 0);

+	setUString("ServerName", options.server_name);

+

+	setUString("stid", options.id);

+	setUString("Password", options.pword);

+

+	setDword("ServerPort", options.port);

+	setByte("GetServerContacts", options.get_server_contacts ? 1 : 0);

+	setDword("ClientID", options.client_id);

+	setDword("ClientVersionMajor", options.client_versionMajor);

+	setDword("ClientVersionMinor", options.client_versionMinor);

+	

+	setByte("ErrorDisplay", options.err_method);

+	setByte("AutoAddContacts", options.add_contacts ? 1 : 0);

+	setByte("EncryptSession", options.encrypt_session ? 1 : 0);

+	setByte("IdleAsAway", options.idle_as_away ? 1 : 0);

 }

diff --git a/protocols/Sametime/src/session_announce_win.cpp b/protocols/Sametime/src/session_announce_win.cpp
index 11ff040c7f..ab4d7bb495 100644
--- a/protocols/Sametime/src/session_announce_win.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Sametime/src/session_announce_win.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ INT_PTR CALLBACK SessionAnnounceDialogProc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wPara
 							lvI.mask = LVIF_PARAM;

 							ListView_GetItem(GetDlgItem(hwndDlg, IDC_LST_ANTO), &lvI);

 

-							if (!db_get_utf((MCONTACT)lvI.lParam, proto->m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+							if (!proto->getUString((MCONTACT)lvI.lParam, "stid", &dbv)) {

 								safArg->recipients = g_list_prepend(safArg->recipients, _strdup(dbv.pszVal));

 								mir_strcpy(p, dbv.pszVal);

 								safArg->recipients = g_list_prepend(safArg->recipients, _strdup(id));

diff --git a/protocols/Sametime/src/userlist.cpp b/protocols/Sametime/src/userlist.cpp
index 1bc5102fff..cc64094d40 100644
--- a/protocols/Sametime/src/userlist.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Sametime/src/userlist.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MCONTACT CSametimeProto::FindContactByUserId(const char* id)
 {

 	DBVARIANT dbv;

 	for (auto &hContact : AccContacts()) {

-		if (!db_get_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+		if (!getUString(hContact, "stid", &dbv)) {

 			if (dbv.pszVal && mir_strcmp(id, dbv.pszVal) == 0) {

 				db_free(&dbv);

 				return hContact;

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bool CSametimeProto::GetAwareIdFromContact(MCONTACT hContact, mwAwareIdBlock* id
 	char *proto = Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact);

 	DBVARIANT dbv;

 	if (proto && !mir_strcmp(m_szModuleName, proto)) {

-		if (!db_get_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+		if (!getUString(hContact, "stid", &dbv)) {

 			if (dbv.pszVal) {

 				id_block->type = mwAware_USER;

 				id_block->user = _strdup(dbv.pszVal);

@@ -73,21 +73,21 @@ MCONTACT CSametimeProto::AddContact(mwSametimeUser* user, bool temporary)
 		Contact::Hide(hContact, false);

 	}

 

-

 	// add to miranda

-	if (new_contact) db_set_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "stid", id);

+	if (new_contact)

+		setUString(hContact, "stid", id);

 

 	if (name && mir_strlen(name))

-		db_set_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "Name", name);

+		setUString(hContact, "Name", name);

 

-	if (nick && mir_strlen(nick)) {

-		db_set_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "Nick", nick);

+	if (mir_strlen(nick)) {

+		setUString(hContact, "Nick", nick);

 	}

-	else if (name && mir_strlen(name)) {

-		db_set_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "Nick", name);

+	else if (mir_strlen(name)) {

+		setUString(hContact, "Nick", name);

 	}

 	else {

-		db_set_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "Nick", id);

+		setUString(hContact, "Nick", id);

 	}

 

 	db_set_b(hContact, m_szModuleName, "type", (uint8_t)type);

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void CSametimeProto::ExportContactsToList(mwSametimeList* user_list)
 	mwIdBlock uid;

 

 	for (auto &hContact : AccContacts()) {

-		if (!db_get_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+		if (!getUString(hContact, "stid", &dbv)) {

 			if (dbv.pszVal) {

 				if (GetAwareIdFromContact(hContact, &id_block)) {

 					if (!db_get_utf(hContact, "CList", "Group", &dbv2)) {

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void CSametimeProto::ExportContactsToList(mwSametimeList* user_list)
 						free(group_name);

 						free(group_alias);

 

-						if (!db_get_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "Name", &dbv2)) {

+						if (!getUString(hContact, "Name", &dbv2)) {

 							user_shortName = _strdup(dbv2.pszVal);

 							db_free(&dbv2);

 						}

@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ void mwAwareList_on_aware(mwAwareList* list, mwAwareSnapshot* aware)
 	DBVARIANT dbv;

 

 	// update self - necessary for some servers

-	if (aware->online && !db_get_utf(0, proto->m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv) && mir_strcmp(aware->id.user, dbv.pszVal) == 0) {

+	if (aware->online && !proto->getUString("stid", &dbv) && mir_strcmp(aware->id.user, dbv.pszVal) == 0) {

 		int new_status = ID_STATUS_OFFLINE;

 

 		switch (aware->status.status) {

@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ void CSametimeProto::UserListCreate()
 

 	for (auto &hContact : AccContacts()) {

 		if (!Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, m_szModuleName) /*&&  proto && !mir_strcmp( PROTO, proto)*/) {

-			if (!db_get_utf(hContact, m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+			if (!getUString(hContact, "stid", &dbv)) {

 				if (dbv.pszVal) {

 					if (GetAwareIdFromContact(hContact, &id_block)) {

 						// add user to aware list

@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ void CSametimeProto::UserListCreate()
 	}

 

 	// add self - might be necessary for some servers

-	if (!db_get_utf(0, m_szModuleName, "stid", &dbv)) {

+	if (!getUString("stid", &dbv)) {

 		id_block.type = mwAware_USER;

 		id_block.user = dbv.pszVal;

 		id_block.community = nullptr;

@@ -710,8 +710,8 @@ void mwResolve_handler_details_callback(mwServiceResolve* srvc, guint32, guint32
 				if (hContact) {

 					char* name = ((mwResolveMatch*)mri->data)->name;

 					if (name && mir_strlen(name)) {

-						db_set_utf(hContact, proto->m_szModuleName, "Name", name);

-						db_set_utf(hContact, proto->m_szModuleName, "Nick", name);

+						proto->setUString(hContact, "Name", name);

+						proto->setUString(hContact, "Nick", name);

 						db_set_utf(hContact, "CList", "MyHandle", name);

 					}

 				}

diff --git a/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_chatrooms.cpp b/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_chatrooms.cpp
index 4f27b13c5c..8fcaa6fc31 100644
--- a/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_chatrooms.cpp
+++ b/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_chatrooms.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int CSkypeProto::OnGroupChatEventHook(WPARAM, LPARAM lParam)
 INT_PTR CSkypeProto::OnJoinChatRoom(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)

 {

 	if (hContact) {

-		ptrW idT(getWStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+		ptrW idT(getWStringA(hContact, SKYPE_SETTINGS_ID));

 		ptrW nameT(getWStringA(hContact, "Nick"));

 		StartChatRoom(idT, nameT != NULL ? nameT : idT);

 	}

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ INT_PTR CSkypeProto::OnLeaveChatRoom(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 		return 1;

 

 	if (hContact && IDYES == MessageBox(nullptr, TranslateT("This chat is going to be destroyed forever with all its contents. This action cannot be undone. Are you sure?"), TranslateT("Warning"), MB_YESNO | MB_ICONQUESTION)) {

-		ptrW idT(getWStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+		ptrW idT(getWStringA(hContact, SKYPE_SETTINGS_ID));

 		Chat_Control(m_szModuleName, idT, SESSION_OFFLINE);

 		Chat_Terminate(m_szModuleName, idT);

 

diff --git a/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_contacts.cpp b/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_contacts.cpp
index 75827daaf6..4de99c709b 100644
--- a/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_contacts.cpp
+++ b/protocols/SkypeWeb/src/skype_contacts.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void CSkypeProto::SetContactStatus(MCONTACT hContact, uint16_t status)
 

 void CSkypeProto::SetChatStatus(MCONTACT hContact, int iStatus)

 {

-	ptrW tszChatID(getWStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+	ptrW tszChatID(getWStringA(hContact, SKYPE_SETTINGS_ID));

 	if (tszChatID != NULL)

 		Chat_Control(m_szModuleName, tszChatID, (iStatus == ID_STATUS_OFFLINE) ? SESSION_OFFLINE : SESSION_ONLINE);

 }

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void CSkypeProto::OnContactDeleted(MCONTACT hContact)
 {

 	if (IsOnline() && hContact) {

 		if (isChatRoom(hContact))

-			PushRequest(new DestroyChatroomRequest(getMStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID")));

+			PushRequest(new DestroyChatroomRequest(getMStringA(hContact, SKYPE_SETTINGS_ID)));

 		else

 			PushRequest(new DeleteContactRequest(getId(hContact)));

 	}

diff --git a/protocols/Telegram/src/proto.cpp b/protocols/Telegram/src/proto.cpp
index ba9565f09f..fa9313c0be 100644
--- a/protocols/Telegram/src/proto.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Telegram/src/proto.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void CTelegramProto::OnModulesLoaded()
 		}
 
 		bool isGroupChat = isChatRoom(cc);
-		szId = getMStringA(cc, isGroupChat ? "ChatRoomID" : DBKEY_ID);
+		szId = getMStringA(cc, DBKEY_ID);
 		if (!szId.IsEmpty()) {
 			auto *pUser = new TG_USER(_atoi64(szId.c_str()), cc, isGroupChat);
 			pUser->szAvatarHash = getMStringA(cc, DBKEY_AVATAR_HASH);
diff --git a/protocols/Telegram/src/utils.cpp b/protocols/Telegram/src/utils.cpp
index 4a122f70c1..bcf222ecab 100644
--- a/protocols/Telegram/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/protocols/Telegram/src/utils.cpp
@@ -47,17 +47,14 @@ TG_USER* CTelegramProto::AddUser(uint64_t id, bool bIsChat)
 

 	char szId[100];

 	_i64toa(id, szId, 10);

+	setString(hContact, DBKEY_ID, szId);

 

 	if (bIsChat) {

 		Clist_SetGroup(hContact, TranslateT("Chat rooms"));

 		setByte(hContact, "ChatRoom", 1);

-		setString(hContact, "ChatRoomID", szId);

-	}

-	else {

-		setString(hContact, DBKEY_ID, szId);

-		if (mir_wstrlen(m_wszDefaultGroup))

-			Clist_SetGroup(hContact, m_wszDefaultGroup);

 	}

+	else if (mir_wstrlen(m_wszDefaultGroup))

+		Clist_SetGroup(hContact, m_wszDefaultGroup);

 

 	pUser = new TG_USER(id, hContact, bIsChat);

 	m_arUsers.insert(pUser);

diff --git a/protocols/VKontakte/src/main.cpp b/protocols/VKontakte/src/main.cpp
index ee2ccc09c2..6241d8763f 100644
--- a/protocols/VKontakte/src/main.cpp
+++ b/protocols/VKontakte/src/main.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PLUGININFOEX pluginInfoEx =
 CMPlugin::CMPlugin() :

 	ACCPROTOPLUGIN<CVkProto>("VKontakte", pluginInfoEx)

 {

-	SetUniqueId("ID");

+	SetUniqueId("ID", DBVT_DWORD);

 }

 

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

diff --git a/protocols/VKontakte/src/misc.cpp b/protocols/VKontakte/src/misc.cpp
index c60dbb36ad..18c4b0e5be 100644
--- a/protocols/VKontakte/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/protocols/VKontakte/src/misc.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,20 @@ char* ExpUrlEncode(const char *szUrl, bool strict)
 

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

+void CVkProto::CheckUpdate()

+{

+	if (getByte("Compatibility") < 1) {

+		for (auto &cc : AccContacts()) {

+			LONG userId = getDword(cc, "vk_chat_id", VK_INVALID_USER);

+			if (userId != VK_INVALID_USER) {

+				setDword(cc, "ID", userId);

+				delSetting(cc, "vk_chat_id");

+			}

+		}

+		setByte("Compatibility", 1);

+	}

+}

+

 void CVkProto::ClearAccessToken()

 {

 	debugLogA("CVkProto::ClearAccessToken");

@@ -183,7 +197,7 @@ MCONTACT CVkProto::FindChat(LONG dwUserid)
 		return 0;

 

 	for (auto &hContact : AccContacts()) {

-		LONG dbUserid = getDword(hContact, "vk_chat_id", VK_INVALID_USER);

+		LONG dbUserid = getDword(hContact, "ID", VK_INVALID_USER);

 		if (dbUserid == VK_INVALID_USER)

 			continue;

 

diff --git a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_chats.cpp b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_chats.cpp
index 1771b5d474..3a7e2cdfe6 100644
--- a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_chats.cpp
+++ b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_chats.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ CVkChatInfo* CVkProto::AppendConversationChat(int iChatId, const JSONNode& jnIte
 	for (int i = _countof(sttStatuses) - 1; i >= 0; i--)

 		Chat_AddGroup(si, TranslateW(sttStatuses[i]));

 

-	setDword(si->hContact, "vk_chat_id", iChatId);

+	setDword(si->hContact, "ID", iChatId);

 

 	CMStringW wszHomepage(FORMAT, L"https://vk.com/im?sel=c%d", iChatId);

 	setWString(si->hContact, "Homepage", wszHomepage);

@@ -445,6 +445,17 @@ void CVkProto::AppendChatMessage(CVkChatInfo *cc, LONG uid, int msgTime, LPCWSTR
 

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

+CVkChatInfo* CVkProto::GetChatByContact(MCONTACT hContact)

+{

+	LONG dbUserid = getDword(hContact, "ID", VK_INVALID_USER);

+	if (dbUserid == VK_INVALID_USER)

+		return nullptr;

+

+	wchar_t wszChatID[40];

+	_itow(dbUserid, wszChatID, 10);

+	return GetChatById(wszChatID);

+}

+

 CVkChatInfo* CVkProto::GetChatById(LPCWSTR pwszId)

 {

 	for (auto &it : m_chats)

@@ -458,13 +469,9 @@ CVkChatInfo* CVkProto::GetChatById(LPCWSTR pwszId)
 

 void CVkProto::SetChatStatus(MCONTACT hContact, int iStatus)

 {

-	ptrW wszChatID(getWStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

-	if (wszChatID == nullptr)

-		return;

-

-	CVkChatInfo *cc = GetChatById(wszChatID);

+	CVkChatInfo *cc = GetChatByContact(hContact);

 	if (cc != nullptr)

-		Chat_Control(m_szModuleName, wszChatID, (iStatus == ID_STATUS_OFFLINE) ? SESSION_OFFLINE : SESSION_ONLINE);

+		Chat_Control(m_szModuleName, cc->m_wszId, (iStatus == ID_STATUS_OFFLINE) ? SESSION_OFFLINE : SESSION_ONLINE);

 }

 

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@@ -601,7 +608,7 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CVkProto::OnJoinChat(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 	if (!IsOnline() || getBool(hContact, "kicked") || !getBool(hContact, "off"))

 		return 1;

 

-	int chat_id = getDword(hContact, "vk_chat_id", VK_INVALID_USER);

+	int chat_id = getDword(hContact, "ID", VK_INVALID_USER);

 	if (chat_id == VK_INVALID_USER)

 		return 1;

 

@@ -619,11 +626,7 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CVkProto::OnLeaveChat(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 	if (!IsOnline())

 		return 1;

 

-	ptrW wszChatID(getWStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

-	if (wszChatID == nullptr)

-		return 1;

-

-	CVkChatInfo *cc = GetChatById(wszChatID);

+	CVkChatInfo *cc = GetChatByContact(hContact);

 	if (cc == nullptr)

 		return 1;

 

@@ -705,7 +708,7 @@ INT_PTR __cdecl CVkProto::SvcDestroyKickChat(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 	if (!getBool(hContact, "off"))

 		return 1;

 

-	int chat_id = getDword(hContact, "vk_chat_id", VK_INVALID_USER);

+	int chat_id = getDword(hContact, "ID", VK_INVALID_USER);

 	if (chat_id == VK_INVALID_USER)

 		return 1;

 

diff --git a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_files.cpp b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_files.cpp
index a7306c1568..7ac1b9657e 100644
--- a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_files.cpp
+++ b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_files.cpp
@@ -363,14 +363,7 @@ void CVkProto::OnReciveUploadFile(NETLIBHTTPREQUEST *reply, AsyncHttpRequest *pR
 	AsyncHttpRequest *pMsgReq;

 

 	if (isChatRoom(fup->hContact)) {

-

-		ptrW wszChatID(getWStringA(fup->hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

-		if (!wszChatID) {

-			SendFileFiled(fup, VKERR_INVALID_USER);

-			return;

-		}

-

-		CVkChatInfo *cc = GetChatById(wszChatID);

+		CVkChatInfo *cc = GetChatByContact(fup->hContact);

 		if (cc == nullptr) {

 			SendFileFiled(fup, VKERR_INVALID_USER);

 			return;

diff --git a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_messages.cpp b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_messages.cpp
index e6f31c2256..7bec7a13fd 100644
--- a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_messages.cpp
+++ b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_messages.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ int CVkProto::SendMsg(MCONTACT hContact, int, const char *szMsg)
 		return 0;

 

 	bool bIsChat = isChatRoom(hContact);

-	LONG iUserID = getDword(hContact, bIsChat ? "vk_chat_id" : "ID", VK_INVALID_USER);

 

+	LONG iUserID = getDword(hContact, "ID", VK_INVALID_USER);

 	if (iUserID == VK_INVALID_USER || iUserID == VK_FEED_USER) {

 		ProtoBroadcastAsync(hContact, ACKTYPE_MESSAGE, ACKRESULT_SUCCESS, 0);

 		return 0;

diff --git a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.cpp b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.cpp
index f16be722f7..b712b83eb2 100644
--- a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.cpp
+++ b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ CVkProto::CVkProto(const char *szModuleName, const wchar_t *pwszUserName) :
 	m_tWorkThreadTimer = m_tPoolThreadTimer = time(0);

 

 	InitQueue();

+	CheckUpdate();

 

 	CreateProtoService(PS_CREATEACCMGRUI, &CVkProto::SvcCreateAccMgrUI);

 	CreateProtoService(PS_GETAVATARINFO, &CVkProto::SvcGetAvatarInfo);

diff --git a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.h b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.h
index fd680580a6..43936e8c5b 100644
--- a/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.h
+++ b/protocols/VKontakte/src/vk_proto.h
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ private:
 	int IsHystoryMessageExist(MCONTACT hContact);

 	void SetSrmmReadStatus(MCONTACT hContact);

 	void MarkDialogAsRead(MCONTACT hContact);

+	void CheckUpdate();

 	char* GetStickerId(const char *Msg, int& stickerid);

 	CMStringA GetAttachmentsFromMessage(const char * Msg);

 	CMStringW SpanVKNotificationType(CMStringW& wszType, VKObjType& vkFeedback, VKObjType& vkParent);

@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ private:
 	LPTSTR ChangeChatTopic(CVkChatInfo*);

 	void SetChatStatus(MCONTACT hContact, int iStatus);

 	CVkChatInfo* GetChatById(LPCWSTR pwszId);

+	CVkChatInfo* GetChatByContact(MCONTACT hContact);

 	INT_PTR __cdecl SvcCreateChat(WPARAM, LPARAM);

 	void __cdecl GetAwayMsgThread(void* p);

 };

diff --git a/protocols/WhatsApp/src/avatars.cpp b/protocols/WhatsApp/src/avatars.cpp
index fd4bbfde1f..7be5b1d412 100644
--- a/protocols/WhatsApp/src/avatars.cpp
+++ b/protocols/WhatsApp/src/avatars.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ INT_PTR WhatsAppProto::GetAvatarInfo(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {

 	PROTO_AVATAR_INFORMATION *pai = (PROTO_AVATAR_INFORMATION*)lParam;

 

-	ptrA jid(getStringA(pai->hContact, isChatRoom(pai->hContact) ? "ChatRoomID" : DBKEY_ID));

+	ptrA jid(getStringA(pai->hContact, DBKEY_ID));

 	if (jid == NULL)

 		return GAIR_NOAVATAR;

 

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ CMStringW WhatsAppProto::GetAvatarFileName(MCONTACT hContact)
 

 	CMStringA jid;

 	if (hContact != NULL) {

-		ptrA szId(getStringA(hContact, isChatRoom(hContact) ? "ChatRoomID" : DBKEY_ID));

+		ptrA szId(getStringA(hContact, DBKEY_ID));

 		if (szId == NULL)

 			return L"";

 

diff --git a/protocols/WhatsApp/src/proto.cpp b/protocols/WhatsApp/src/proto.cpp
index 40ab1336b8..1c2e0a7142 100644
--- a/protocols/WhatsApp/src/proto.cpp
+++ b/protocols/WhatsApp/src/proto.cpp
@@ -153,10 +153,9 @@ void WhatsAppProto::OnModulesLoaded()
 		m_arUsers.insert(new WAUser(0, m_szJid, false));

 

 	for (auto &cc : AccContacts()) {

-		bool bIsChat = isChatRoom(cc);

-		CMStringA szId(getMStringA(cc, bIsChat ? "ChatRoomID" : DBKEY_ID));

+		CMStringA szId(getMStringA(cc, DBKEY_ID));

 		if (!szId.IsEmpty())

-			m_arUsers.insert(new WAUser(cc, szId, bIsChat));

+			m_arUsers.insert(new WAUser(cc, szId, isChatRoom(cc)));

 	}

 }

 

diff --git a/protocols/WhatsApp/src/utils.cpp b/protocols/WhatsApp/src/utils.cpp
index 1e2d39f553..a1d234e405 100644
--- a/protocols/WhatsApp/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/protocols/WhatsApp/src/utils.cpp
@@ -113,19 +113,16 @@ WAUser* WhatsAppProto::AddUser(const char *szId, bool bTemporary)
 

 	MCONTACT hContact = db_add_contact();

 	Proto_AddToContact(hContact, m_szModuleName);

+	setString(hContact, DBKEY_ID, szId);

 

 	pUser = new WAUser(hContact, mir_strdup(szId));

 	pUser->bIsGroupChat = WAJid(szId).isGroup();

 

 	if (pUser->bIsGroupChat) {

 		setByte(hContact, "ChatRoom", 1);

-		setString(hContact, "ChatRoomID", szId);

-	}

-	else {

-		setString(hContact, DBKEY_ID, szId);

-		if (m_wszDefaultGroup)

-			Clist_SetGroup(hContact, m_wszDefaultGroup);

 	}

+	else if (m_wszDefaultGroup)

+		Clist_SetGroup(hContact, m_wszDefaultGroup);

 

 	if (bTemporary)

 		Contact::RemoveFromList(hContact);

diff --git a/src/core/stdfile/src/file.cpp b/src/core/stdfile/src/file.cpp
index 234f84404f..254cbbebd7 100644
--- a/src/core/stdfile/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/core/stdfile/src/file.cpp
@@ -32,16 +32,6 @@ int PFTS_CompareWithTchar(PROTOFILETRANSFERSTATUS* ft, const wchar_t* s, wchar_t
 

 static HGENMENU hSRFileMenuItem;

 

-wchar_t* GetContactID(MCONTACT hContact)

-{

-	char *szProto = Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact);

-	if (Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, szProto))

-		if (wchar_t *theValue = db_get_wsa(hContact, szProto, "ChatRoomID"))

-			return theValue;

-

-	return Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact, szProto);

-}

-

 static INT_PTR SendFileCommand(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)

 {

 	FileSendData fsd;

diff --git a/src/core/stdfile/src/file.h b/src/core/stdfile/src/file.h
index 2bdddb04e5..60e38c907f 100644
--- a/src/core/stdfile/src/file.h
+++ b/src/core/stdfile/src/file.h
@@ -120,6 +120,4 @@ HWND FtMgr_Show(bool bForceActivate, bool bFromMenu);
 void FtMgr_Destroy();

 void FtMgr_AddTransfer(FileDlgData *dat);

 

-wchar_t *GetContactID(MCONTACT hContact);

-

 extern HANDLE hDlgSucceeded, hDlgCanceled;

diff --git a/src/core/stdfile/src/filerecvdlg.cpp b/src/core/stdfile/src/filerecvdlg.cpp
index 7a364e210e..b784e09c24 100644
--- a/src/core/stdfile/src/filerecvdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/core/stdfile/src/filerecvdlg.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void GetContactReceivedFilesDir(MCONTACT hContact, wchar_t *szDir, int cchDir, B
 		rvaVarsToReplace[0].key.w = L"nick";

 		rvaVarsToReplace[0].value.w = mir_wstrdup(Clist_GetContactDisplayName(hContact));

 		rvaVarsToReplace[1].key.w = L"userid";

-		rvaVarsToReplace[1].value.w = GetContactID(hContact);

+		rvaVarsToReplace[1].value.w = Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact);

 		rvaVarsToReplace[2].key.w = L"proto";

 		rvaVarsToReplace[2].value.w = mir_a2u(Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact));

 		rvaVarsToReplace[3].key.w = nullptr;

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/CMPluginBase.cpp b/src/mir_app/src/CMPluginBase.cpp
index 92c444e46c..910b1bbd44 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/CMPluginBase.cpp
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/CMPluginBase.cpp
@@ -332,12 +332,14 @@ void CMPluginBase::RegisterProtocol(int type, pfnInitProto fnInit, pfnUninitProt
 	}

 }

 

-void CMPluginBase::SetUniqueId(const char *pszUniqueId)

+void CMPluginBase::SetUniqueId(const char *pszUniqueId, int type)

 {

 	if (pszUniqueId == nullptr)

 		return;

 

 	MBaseProto *pd = g_arProtos.find((MBaseProto*)&m_szModuleName);

-	if (pd != nullptr)

+	if (pd != nullptr) {

 		pd->szUniqueId = mir_strdup(pszUniqueId);

+		pd->iUniqueIdType = (type == 0) ? DBVT_WCHAR : type;

+	}

 }

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/chat.h b/src/mir_app/src/chat.h
index cab71e9849..00d2f183fe 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/chat.h
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/chat.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ void          UM_SortUser(SESSION_INFO *si);
 

 // clist.c

 MCONTACT      AddRoom(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom, const wchar_t *pszDisplayName, int iType);

-MCONTACT      FindRoom(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom);

 BOOL          SetAllOffline(BOOL bHide, const char *pszModule);

 BOOL          SetOffline(MCONTACT hContact, BOOL bHide);

 		        

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/chat_clist.cpp b/src/mir_app/src/chat_clist.cpp
index 7358635617..85b56632c7 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/chat_clist.cpp
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/chat_clist.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 

 #include "chat.h"

 

+static MCONTACT FindRoom(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom)

+{

+	for (auto &hContact : Contacts(pszModule)) {

+		if (!Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, pszModule))

+			continue;

+

+		ptrW roomid(Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact, pszModule));

+		if (roomid != nullptr && !mir_wstrcmpi(roomid, pszRoom))

+			return hContact;

+	}

+

+	return 0;

+}

+

 MCONTACT AddRoom(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom, const wchar_t *pszDisplayName, int iType)

 {

 	ptrW pwszGroup(Chat_GetGroup());

@@ -34,7 +48,7 @@ MCONTACT AddRoom(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom, const wchar_t *p
 		}

 	}

 

-	MCONTACT hContact = g_chatApi.FindRoom(pszModule, pszRoom);

+	MCONTACT hContact = FindRoom(pszModule, pszRoom);

 	if (hContact) {

 		// contact exists, let's assign the standard group name if it's missing

 		if (mir_wstrlen(pwszGroup)) {

@@ -55,8 +69,16 @@ MCONTACT AddRoom(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom, const wchar_t *p
 	Proto_AddToContact(hContact, pszModule);

 	Clist_SetGroup(hContact, pwszGroup);

 

+	if (auto *pa = Proto_GetAccount(pszModule)) {

+		if (MBaseProto *pd = g_arProtos.find((MBaseProto *)&pa->szProtoName)) {

+			if (pd->iUniqueIdType == DBVT_DWORD)

+				db_set_w(hContact, pszModule, pd->szUniqueId, _wtoi(pszRoom));

+			else

+				db_set_ws(hContact, pszModule, pd->szUniqueId, pszRoom);

+		}

+	}

+

 	db_set_ws(hContact, pszModule, "Nick", pszDisplayName);

-	db_set_ws(hContact, pszModule, "ChatRoomID", pszRoom);

 	db_set_b(hContact, pszModule, "ChatRoom", (uint8_t)iType);

 	db_set_w(hContact, pszModule, "Status", ID_STATUS_OFFLINE);

 	return hContact;

@@ -101,7 +123,7 @@ int RoomDoubleclicked(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 	if (!Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, szProto))

 		return 0;

 

-	ptrW roomid(db_get_wsa(hContact, szProto, "ChatRoomID"));

+	ptrW roomid(Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact, szProto));

 	if (roomid == nullptr)

 		return 0;

 

@@ -115,17 +137,3 @@ int RoomDoubleclicked(WPARAM hContact, LPARAM)
 	}

 	return 1;

 }

-

-MCONTACT FindRoom(const char *pszModule, const wchar_t *pszRoom)

-{

-	for (auto &hContact : Contacts(pszModule)) {

-		if (!Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, pszModule))

-			continue;

-

-		ptrW roomid(db_get_wsa(hContact, pszModule, "ChatRoomID"));

-		if (roomid != nullptr && !mir_wstrcmpi(roomid, pszRoom))

-			return hContact;

-	}

-

-	return 0;

-}

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/chat_manager.cpp b/src/mir_app/src/chat_manager.cpp
index 7019e3a2a7..9818d1da9b 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/chat_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/chat_manager.cpp
@@ -935,7 +935,6 @@ static void ResetApi()
 

 	g_chatApi.SetOffline = ::SetOffline;

 	g_chatApi.SetAllOffline = ::SetAllOffline;

-	g_chatApi.FindRoom = ::FindRoom;

 	g_chatApi.DoRtfToTags = ::DoRtfToTags;

 

 	g_chatApi.Log_CreateRTF = ::Log_CreateRTF;

@@ -958,6 +957,32 @@ static void ResetApi()
 

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

+static void CheckUpdate()

+{

+	if (db_get_b(0, "Compatibility", "GroupChats") < 1) {

+		for (auto &cc : Contacts()) {

+			if (auto *pa = Proto_GetContactAccount(cc)) {

+				if (!db_get_b(cc, pa->szModuleName, "ChatRoom"))

+					continue;

+

+				ptrW wszId(db_get_wsa(cc, pa->szModuleName, "ChatRoomID"));

+				if (wszId == nullptr)

+					continue;

+

+				if (MBaseProto *pd = g_arProtos.find((MBaseProto *)&pa->szProtoName)) {

+					if (pd->iUniqueIdType == DBVT_DWORD)

+						db_set_dw(cc, pa->szModuleName, pd->szUniqueId, _wtoi(wszId));

+					else

+						db_set_ws(cc, pa->szModuleName, pd->szUniqueId, wszId);

+

+					db_unset(cc, pa->szModuleName, "ChatRoomID");

+				}

+			}

+		}

+		db_set_b(0, "Compatibility", "GroupChats", 1);

+	}

+}

+

 MIR_APP_DLL(CHAT_MANAGER*) Chat_CustomizeApi(const CHAT_MANAGER_INITDATA *pInit)

 {

 	if (pInit == nullptr)

@@ -1011,6 +1036,7 @@ MIR_APP_DLL(CHAT_MANAGER*) Chat_CustomizeApi(const CHAT_MANAGER_INITDATA *pInit)
 	LoadChatIcons();

 	RegisterFonts();

 	OptionsInit();

+	CheckUpdate();

 	return &g_chatApi;

 }

 

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/contacts.cpp b/src/mir_app/src/contacts.cpp
index 8cec2a273a..376735f87e 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/contacts.cpp
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/contacts.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ MIR_APP_DLL(wchar_t*) Contact::GetInfo(int type, MCONTACT hContact, const char *
 	if (szProto == nullptr)

 		return nullptr;

 

-	const char *uid;

 	wchar_t *res;

 	DBVARIANT dbv;

 	switch (type) {

@@ -164,8 +163,7 @@ MIR_APP_DLL(wchar_t*) Contact::GetInfo(int type, MCONTACT hContact, const char *
 			return mir_wstrdup(buf);

 		}

 	

-		uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(szProto);

-		if (uid)

+		if (auto *uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(szProto))

 			return ProcessDatabaseValueDefault(hContact, szProto, uid);

 		break;

 

@@ -173,8 +171,7 @@ MIR_APP_DLL(wchar_t*) Contact::GetInfo(int type, MCONTACT hContact, const char *
 		if (res = ProcessDatabaseValueDefault(hContact, szProto, "display_uid"))

 			return res;

 			

-		uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(szProto);

-		if (uid)

+		if (auto *uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(szProto))

 			return ProcessDatabaseValueDefault(hContact, szProto, uid);

 		break;

 

@@ -209,8 +206,7 @@ MIR_APP_DLL(wchar_t*) Contact::GetInfo(int type, MCONTACT hContact, const char *
 

 			case 5: // Unique id

 				// protocol must define a PFLAG_UNIQUEIDSETTING

-				uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(szProto);

-				if ((INT_PTR)uid != CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND && uid) {

+				if (auto *uid = Proto_GetUniqueId(szProto)) {

 					if (!db_get_ws(hContact, szProto, uid, &dbv)) {

 						if (dbv.type == DBVT_BYTE || dbv.type == DBVT_WORD || dbv.type == DBVT_DWORD) {

 							long value = (dbv.type == DBVT_BYTE) ? dbv.bVal : (dbv.type == DBVT_WORD ? dbv.wVal : dbv.dVal);

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/mir_app.def b/src/mir_app/src/mir_app.def
index 694de1eb1f..cc94a44a7c 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/mir_app.def
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/mir_app.def
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Proto_SetUniqueId @549
 ?IsEnabled@PROTOACCOUNT@@QBE_NXZ @552 NONAME

 ?IsLocked@PROTOACCOUNT@@QBE_NXZ @553 NONAME

 ?IsVisible@PROTOACCOUNT@@QBE_NXZ @554 NONAME

-?SetUniqueId@CMPluginBase@@IAEXPBD@Z @555 NONAME

+?SetUniqueId@CMPluginBase@@IAEXPBDH@Z @555 NONAME

 Clist_GetProtocolVisibility @556

 ?Accounts@@YGAAU?$LIST@UPROTOACCOUNT@@@@XZ @557 NONAME

 Clist_InitAutoRebuild @558

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/mir_app64.def b/src/mir_app/src/mir_app64.def
index e8bfae2ac4..23413c088a 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/mir_app64.def
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/mir_app64.def
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Proto_SetUniqueId @549
 ?IsEnabled@PROTOACCOUNT@@QEBA_NXZ @552 NONAME

 ?IsLocked@PROTOACCOUNT@@QEBA_NXZ @553 NONAME

 ?IsVisible@PROTOACCOUNT@@QEBA_NXZ @554 NONAME

-?SetUniqueId@CMPluginBase@@IEAAXPEBD@Z @555 NONAME

+?SetUniqueId@CMPluginBase@@IEAAXPEBDH@Z @555 NONAME

 Clist_GetProtocolVisibility @556

 ?Accounts@@YAAEAU?$LIST@UPROTOACCOUNT@@@@XZ @557 NONAME

 Clist_InitAutoRebuild @558

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/miranda.h b/src/mir_app/src/miranda.h
index b0508c18f3..b2f0605959 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/miranda.h
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/miranda.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ struct MBaseProto : public PROTOCOLDESCRIPTOR, public MZeroedObject
 

 	HINSTANCE hInst;

 	char *szUniqueId;  // name of the unique setting that identifies a contact

+	int iUniqueIdType; // DBVT_* 

 };

 

 extern OBJLIST<MBaseProto> g_arProtos;

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/path.cpp b/src/mir_app/src/path.cpp
index 49e5cd7487..9f66a2991d 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/path.cpp
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/path.cpp
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ extern wchar_t g_profileDir[MAX_PATH], g_shortProfileName[MAX_PATH];
 static HANDLE hAvatarFolder;

 static wchar_t tszAvatarRoot[MAX_PATH];

 

-wchar_t* GetContactID(MCONTACT hContact)

-{

-	char *szProto = Proto_GetBaseAccountName(hContact);

-	if (Contact::IsGroupChat(hContact, szProto))

-		return db_get_wsa(hContact, szProto, "ChatRoomID");

-

-	return Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact, szProto);

-}

-

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 // Variables parser

 

@@ -63,7 +54,7 @@ static __forceinline char *GetContactNickX(const char*, MCONTACT hContact)
 

 static __forceinline char* GetContactIDX(const char*, MCONTACT hContact)

 {

-	wchar_t *id = GetContactID(hContact);

+	wchar_t *id = Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact);

 	char* res = mir_u2a(id);

 	mir_free(id);

 	return res;

@@ -151,7 +142,7 @@ static __forceinline wchar_t* GetContactNickX(const wchar_t*, MCONTACT hContact)
 

 static __forceinline wchar_t* GetContactIDX(const wchar_t*, MCONTACT hContact)

 {

-	return GetContactID(hContact);

+	return Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact);

 }

 

 static __forceinline wchar_t* GetEnvironmentVariableX(const wchar_t *variable)

diff --git a/src/mir_app/src/proto_utils.cpp b/src/mir_app/src/proto_utils.cpp
index 281d76719e..85ef574e3c 100644
--- a/src/mir_app/src/proto_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/mir_app/src/proto_utils.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void PROTO_INTERFACE::setAllContactStatuses(int iStatus, bool bSkipChats)
 	for (auto &hContact : AccContacts()) {

 		if (isChatRoom(hContact)) {

 			if (!bSkipChats && iStatus == ID_STATUS_OFFLINE) {

-				ptrW wszRoom(getWStringA(hContact, "ChatRoomID"));

+				ptrW wszRoom(Contact::GetInfo(CNF_UNIQUEID, hContact));

 				if (wszRoom != nullptr)

 					Chat_Control(m_szModuleName, wszRoom, SESSION_OFFLINE);

 			}