WinPopup Protocol plugin for Miranda IM Copyright (C) 2004-2011 Nikolay Raspopov mailto: ryo-oh-ki[at]narod[dot]ru http://www.cherubicsoft.com/miranda/ Communicate with users over LAN, compatible with "net send", WinPopup, VikPoup, RealPopup, Netter and Miranda`s net_send_protocol, mNetSend plugins. Uses Mailslot, NetBIOS and Messenger service for sending and receiving messages. System requirements: Network with NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled for 0.0.0.17 Miranda IM 0.5.2.x Windows 95,98,ME,NT. for 0.0.0.18 Miranda IM 0.7.x.x Windows 2000,XP,2003,Vista,7. Notes: Search supports wildcards (case insensitive): ? - any single symbol, * - any number of symbols including zero, # - any digital symbol, [abcd] - symbol set, [a-z] - sumbol range, [!...] - NOT in symbol set or range. How to send group messages: 1) Open plugin options page; 2) Check "Use Mailslot when sending" option; 3) Press "Add Contact..." button; 4) Type domain/workgroup name or * for everybody and check "Group contact" option; 5) Send messge using newly created contact. You got "Access Denied" error when switching to online: Try to check "Use Messenger service when sending and receiving" option in plugin options. "Legacy online status detection" option: Detection online status by <00> NetBIOS-name also, normally status detected by <03> NetBIOS-name (aka Messenger). Installation: 1) Close similar applications - WinPopup, VikPopup, RealPopup, HiBuddy, NetHail, NetSend, Netter, OfficePopup, LanTalk XP etc. 2) Disable similar Miranda IM plugins - net_send_protocol, mNetSend. 3) Unzip winpopup_proto.dll to ..Miranda IM\Plugin\ folder. 4) Restart Miranda IM. Files: winpopup_proto.dll - WinPopup Protocol Plugin winpopup_proto_readme.txt - This file winpopup_proto_translation.txt - Translation template for language pack authors only History: Old versions available at: http://www.cherubicsoft.com/miranda/ 0.0.0.19 - Tweaked NetBIOS time-outs - More NetBIOS debug messages - Fixed <CR><LF> sending over NetBIOS 0.0.0.18 - Headers updated up to Miranda IM 0.9 - Added Unicode support - Added 64-bit support - Added avatar support - Added group contact support - Performance optimizations - Added support for NetLib log - Fixed crash at miranda exit when contact still scanning - Fixed resource leaks (icons) - Fixed small memory leaks by replacing internal ForkThread() with Miranda mir_forkthread() - Fixed contact status detection when "Always Online" option set - Fixed extra requests of contact status retrieving - Fixed contact away message requesting - Fixed potential security problems - Reduced miranda exit time - Changed system requirements (removed Win9x/NT support, added Vista/7 support) - Project upgraded up to VS 2008 0.0.0.17 - Headers updated up to Miranda IM 0.8 - Added main menu - Added "Legacy online status detection" option (by Anatoliy Samara) 0.0.0.16 - Headers updated up to Miranda IM 0.6 and plugin's sources were commented - Added support for non-latin (OEM) user/computer names - Added "Always Online" checkbox to contact's options - Added mNetSend contact's status support - Added "Free for chat" and "Invisible" statuses - Now Messenger service can be started even from disabled state (Administrators only) - Contact status check delay reduced from 60 to 30 seconds - Fixed plugin hangup is some cases during Miranda shutdown on Win9x - Updated translation file 0.0.0.15 - Fixed duplicated NetBIOS-names of options page - Fixed non-Messenger dialogs stealing - Fixed false NetBIOS error 13 when computer and user names are equal - Fixed false Access Denied error when unprivileged user starts Miranda IM and Messenger service already stopped or started - Fixed incompatibility with WinNT 4.0 (since 0.0.0.14) - Fixed empty NetBIOS names registration (some rare plugins combinations) - Changed infinite message popups timeout to 10 second timeout - Added message boxes with timeouts (used when Popup plugin is absent) - Added item "Explore" of contacts menu - Added NetBIOS names registration separate selection - Added automatic applying (switching to offline/online) of changed options - Added remote computer comment field to user info - Updated translation file 0.0.0.14 - Added full implementation of "Messenger sevice" mode - Added enhanced network error messages - Added support for Popup plugin - Fixed unexpected long timeout of contact online status scanning - Fixed missed Translate() calls - Fixed worker threads handling (more robust way, like Miranda IM itself) - Updated translation file - Some minor fixes 0.0.0.13 - System requirements lowered to Win95 - ICMP CODS (contact online detection system :) replaced by NetBIOS CODS - Fixed empty message appearance when unsupported type of SMB-packet recieved (by Andrew O. Shadoura) - Fixed "missed names" in NetBIOS reciever - Fixed "connecting 2" plugin status (now "offline") - Added NetBIOS method of sending - Added NetMessageBufferSend method of sending (WinNT + started Messenger service) - Added "patient" NetBIOS-names deregistration routines - Added search cancellation capabilities - Added page with NetBIOS information to User Info dialog - Added "NetBIOS names registration status" to Options dialog - Added support for Updater plugin (http://addons.miranda-im.org/details.php?action=viewfile&id=2254) - Updated translation file - Some minor fixes 0.0.0.12 - Version fix 0.0.0.11 - Fixed crash after Miranda exit (DestroyServiceFunction bug) - Persistent protocol status icons changed to customized 0.0.0.10 - Fixed crash if invalid computer name consists of upper ASCII table symbols (russian symbols, germany umlauts etc.) in CharUpper WinAPI32 function - Fixed incorrect IP resolving if invalid computer name begins with digital - Fixed forgotten "unpingable" contacts (by Andrey anl_public3[at]mail.ru) - Fixed 100% CPU usage if network connection was lost (now switching to offline) - Added simple NetBIOS-names lookup - Allowed contacts with unknown IP (user responsibility) - Updated translation file 0.0.0.9 - Now searching for computer names, comments or workgroups (using wildcards) - Added protection vs mailslot BO-attack - Added duplicate message filtering - Some small NetBIOS fixes - Removed 256 chars message limitation (doh!) - Fixed big message (> 424 bytes) handling error 0.0.0.8 - Fixed unexpected locking inside Win32 API function ReadFile when reading from mailslot created with MAILSLOT_WAIT_FOREVER flag under Win98 (MAILSLOT_WAIT_FOREVER replaced with 2000 ms timeout) - Added big message splitting (424 bytes parts) - Added send message throttle (1000 ms) to preventing receivers mailslot overloading - Added direct contact addition (inside Options page) by name or IP - Added "RealIP" (equal "IP") and "About" (computer comment) settings to contact - Changed translation file 0.0.0.7 - Added options page - Added "Connecting" status (more smoother startup and shutdown) - Added translation template file - Added self message recognition - Added message CR-LF-B6 normalization - Added uninstaller support (PluginUninstaller 1.1.2.1) - Some titles renamed from "WinPopup Protocol" to "WinPopup" - Extended error messages - Project updated up to Visual Studio .NET 2003 - Project refactored (STL to ATL -> file size changed from 112Kb to 72Kb) 0.0.0.6 - Fixed "Unknown Contact" in some poor interface plugins - Added persistent protocol status icons 0.0.0.5 - Added "IP" setting to contacts (good for some plugins) - Optimized ping detection routine - Optimized LAN names search routine (now multithreaded, NetBIOS search not yet implemented) - Optimized message sender (now multithreaded) - Added NetBIOS message receiver - Fixed Stop/Restart Windows Messenger Service routine 0.0.0.4 - Added experimental support for NetBIOS name registration (computer, current user, nick) - Added restoring Microsoft Network Messenger after closing Miranda IM - Fixed false contact status detection (was bug in ping functions) 0.0.0.3 - Plugin file renamed to winpopup_proto.dll - Fixed tiny memory leak in ReceiveMessage function - Added online/offline status checker - Added auto-answer - Added support for extended statuses (away, na, dnd, etc.) - Added Miranda-aware safe threads handling - Fixed hidden contact of first message 0.0.0.2 - Fixed tiny memory leak in SendMsg function - Mailslot-receiver thread code refactored 0.0.0.1 - Released first version License: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.