MOD question if to release or not?

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Etymon
MOD question if to release or not?
09 August 2008, 03:19


I created a MOD from the code offered to work with the ASP Microsoft Analyzer we were talking about here: http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67379

One part of the MOD lists all of the files in your forum directory and adds some syntax to the output of the list to work with the Analyzer. The other part works when you save the output as a .bat file and then run the .bat file. The .bat file triggers the Analyzer to analyze each .asp file in the forum directory. It pauses between each file.
Like Rui said, it won't catch every hole, but it will catch what it can.
What I am worried about is whether I should make the MOD public or would it pose too much of a security risk to current MOD users?
Any thoughts on this?
Etymon
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HuwR
09 August 2008, 03:51


I would not release it as a 'MOD' per say, since you will almost certainly only be able to run this against a local copy of your forum files, so for some people (not everyone has a local running copy of their forum) it would be completely useless smile
I think it would be better for say SnitzBitz or here we had a list which indicated whether a particular version of a mod had been tested or not<
Etymon
09 August 2008, 04:16


I think I understand ... I think. LOL!
So, are you saying that instead of releasing the MOD I made as a MOD in and of itself, that when a MOD is released, the MOD itself should indicate whether or not it was tested using my MOD (or some form of it)? Something like that?<
HuwR
09 August 2008, 05:41


yes, something like that smile<
Etymon
09 August 2008, 05:52


wink smile To whom do I send my MOD?<
HuwR
09 August 2008, 08:23


Maybe we should ask for a volunteer to become MOD tester<
Etymon
09 August 2008, 09:08


I would like to nominate CareFree. He seems to be the leading MOD supplementer these days.<
HuwR
09 August 2008, 09:11


I was looking for volunteers not nominees smile<
Etymon
09 August 2008, 09:14


LOL! Well, then I'd like to "volunteer" CareFree. wink tongue<
HuwR
09 August 2008, 09:20


bigsmile<
Carefree
09 August 2008, 10:50


LOL - I'll be happy to do it. Since I'm retired military, I'm well used to being "volunteered".<
HuwR
09 August 2008, 11:00


excellent, I do like someone who is willing to be "volunteered" smile
I guess we should work out a strategy for doing it then.
My suggestion would be to set up a forum where MOD authors can post a request to have a mod checked, together with a link to the code, and carefree can then test them and say whethere or not they pass (obviously a pass is no guarentee and just because we test and pass them does not indicate we endorsed the code in any way)
No other posts will be allowed, and MOD authors who badger carefree for there MODS to be tested will be dealt with severely (only ONE post per MOD will be permitted).
obviously if anyone has any objections or would like to volunteer to help Carefree then please speak up.<
Etymon
09 August 2008, 18:01


Great CareFree! Thanks Huw! I'll get that packaged up and sent off to CareFree asap. smile<
Etymon
10 August 2008, 04:31


CareFree, I've been revamping the MOD. Microsoft released a new version of the tool ... been reading up on it. I'll still get it to you asap ... probably tomorrow evening or Monday sometime.<
Carefree
10 August 2008, 18:54


No hurry. Send it when you're ready.<
HuwR
11 August 2008, 06:55


Just shout when you are both ready and we will set up a forum to hold the requests and results etc<
Etymon
12 August 2008, 08:34


I'm trying to send it to you CareFree. I may have to try a different route to get it to you.<
Etymon
12 August 2008, 13:27


I sent it to both your msn and your hotmail accounts. Did you get it?<
Carefree
12 August 2008, 14:55


Got it. Have to attend my granddaughter's birthday party, will look at it when I get back.<
Carefree
12 August 2008, 22:08


Looking at the program - although it appears to be working, it does not append results to the xml file (regardless of the location, i.e. putting the xml file in the same directory as the bat file and not specifying a directory path). I made sure the read/write permissions were set (although, running from a batch file, it shouldn't matter). It will output results to the screen if I do not specify appending to the xml file.
I have all the .net versions installed (2 -> 3.5) - I wonder if one of the later packages kills some functionality....<
Carefree
12 August 2008, 22:23


Solved it. Had to modify the batch file creator to change the first output command. All good. Will review some files tonight & let you know tomorrow if we're ready.<
Etymon
12 August 2008, 23:38


The newest version (1.3) was retrofitted by Microsoft to work with .NET 2.0

In your reply via email you said that you had changed some settings that I had preset in the working demo (on my end) I sent. I had the full paths for the setup and you mentioned that you changed them to something else. Does setting them back to how I had it help?<
Carefree
13 August 2008, 01:43


No, the problem lies in the first line of output in the batch file. It MUST have the /append removed. Then it creates the file & continues to append.<
Etymon
13 August 2008, 02:09


I had the parser set the results to be appended to the one .xml file as the parser found results. I think you are saying the first record must not have /append because there is nothing to append to since the .xml file has not yet been created. The other calls after that must have the /append in order to append results.
I didn't have a problem with that on my system, but I'll take another look and see.
Good eye! wink<
Carefree
25 October 2008, 01:49


Huwr, whenever you're ready, this can get off the ground. I'm all set, not planning on going anywhere in the immediate future. I can manually modify the .bat files as necessary for now.<
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