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Originally Posted by oldtimer
Awesome! I'm bewildered! But one element remains askew: The style choice. It seems to have adopted the TFP v4.0 styleset instead of Dark Cloud or Hardwired as originally requested or was it made that way on purpose? Maybe you didn't see that part.  Sorry to complicate things. |
I must've missed that part. The v4.0 theme is the only one I've ever seen on TFP. I didn't realize there were others.
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Also I was wondering whether you knew if the PM XML file saved by TFP also records the folder structure for the sake of organization. I believe it does not but I could be wrong. But if indeed the folder structure is not saved: Inbox, Sent Items & all Custom folders following are not going to be available when reviewing the PMs. If like I suspect, this is TFP's doing, could you write an routine to help TFP's PM archiving system save folder structures into an XML [assuming you know PHP and other associated code and submit that to Hal for implementation] and honor them when viewed by your application? For what I have right now is complete chaos amongst my PMs. On TFP, I had them branched off into folders and that seemed to help tons: Both in location time and next-to-none frustration isolating them for a one-by-one view. I'm sure this would be a worthwhile addition to your application and users archiving PMs on TFP.
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I really haven't played with the vBulletin archiving system, so I'm not sure what you mean. Do your custom folders not show up in the XML dump when you load it into the viewer?
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Moreso, the URL BBCode doesn't seem to parse and remains plain-text leaving all links unlinkified and untitled, if titled.
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I didn't attempt to parse the full bbCode markup language, although I do have code for that as well. I'll post a revised HTA file here sometime.
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And in addition to the proposed improvements above, I was going off of the literal meaning of copying the PM area in the User CP, not just the style scheme. To elaborate, not the left column as it is unnecessary but the Folder Controls section shown in the User CP > Private Messages area. That way a automatic dropdown field will be available for all users using your application and load their corresponding folders into that list for quick jump. Then the way the PMs are shown could also be copied: Linkified Title that leads to individual read. I understand though that this could be by design. In that TFP structures the XML so that the PMs and their corresponding titles are shown at the same time. If that is the case, could your application manipulate the XML using some kind of rules to get the kind of view I'm talking about or must the PM archiving utility of TFP's be changed in the way it saves the XML? 
That way I'll have a true replica offline environment - organized and easy to read.
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I really don't want to get into hacking vBulletin (or anyone else's code, for that matter), even if I could spare the $168 to obtain a copy. I fooled around with phpBB awhile back, and just looking at their shitty code gave me a headache. I found it much easier to write a full message board program from scratch than to install all the mods necessary to make phpBB useful. I am a good PHP programmer, but I'm pretty sure Halx knows way more about vBulletin than I'll ever care to learn.
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Thanks for all your hard work!!!! 
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No problem!
