Authors CurseForge

@OrionShock: Yes I know curse uses a WebService. I sniffed it and it would be possible to emulate the curse-updater by reverse engineering it (in fact, someone already did it in Python and it could be easily ported to C# with some adjustment). But I don't feel confortable to do this (maybe illegal?) and "crawling" and parsing Websites is totally legal. So unless curse opens their interface, i'll stick with parsing.

@funkydude: I already implemented some kind of "priority" queue in my dev-version. The problem is, that I only have mappings for wowace for most addons, not yet for curse. I'm still thinking about allowing everyone to add their mappings to the global mappings file.

Well in fact, the curse "Tag" should be the same than the WoWAce / CurseForge Tag. So I could do a quick Copy/Past/Replace. Will to that for the next release I.

Speaking of the next Release, I'm very close to the next Alpha which has the following Features:
- NoLib Support
- Site Priority (Settings, Drag n Drop)
- Mark Addons which have multiple Mappings
- Use 7Zip for Extracting and check for wrong Packages (like xchar)

The last point is the most interresting (in my opinion). There are many Addons which are packed the wrong way. (like xchar, it has no folder "xchar" in the archive, so if you unpack it, you'll end up having 20 Files in your Addons Folder..., or Necrosis lately, which had a Folder too much). So I added a simple check if the archive has a Folder with the AddonName in it's Root Structure and if not, it displays a Window with the content of the archive and a button, to open the Archive with the 7z File Manager so you can extract it yourself.

I now need to do some error checking and hope to have the next version ready tomorrow.

After this Release, I think I have all core Features implemented and I can focus on Version Checking and Detecting which Addons needs updating and only update those. After I implemented that, the first Beta will be released.

Or does anyone of you think I am missing a core Feature?

Quote from Roemer

and a button, to open the Archive with the 7z File Manager so you can extract it yourself.

Wouldn't it be better to open it with the program which is registered for that filetype (which can be easyly done in .net)?

Quote from Marsti

Wouldn't it be better to open it with the program which is registered for that filetype (which can be easyly done in .net)?

Also possible, but 7zip needs to be installed anyway (at least if you want the "integrity Check" and rar extracting).

Quote from Roemer

Also possible, but 7zip needs to be installed anyway (at least if you want the "integrity Check" and rar extracting).

Do you know CAKE3 which is a wrapper for different archive formats/libraries?

Quote from Marsti

Do you know CAKE3 which is a wrapper for different archive formats/libraries?

Nope, first time I hear it, but it looks interesting. I will definitely have a look at it but not for the next release later today.

I´ve downloaded your mapping.xml and added my addons which aren´t found to it. If you want you can add them too:

    <Addon Name="Engravings">
     <Mappings>
      <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="4858"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="ActionBarSaver">
     <Mappings>
      <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="8075"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="Attrition">
     <Mappings>
      <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="10598"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="AuldLangSyne">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowace" Tag="auld-lang-syne"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="Bagsy">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="10599"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="Broker_ItemRack">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="10610"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="Broker_Recount">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowace" Tag="broker_recount"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="ButtonBin">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="10474"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="CreatureComforts">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="9635"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="DagAssist">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="11358"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="Dominos">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="9085"/>
     </Mappings>
     <SubAddons>
       <SubAddon Name="Dominos_Buff"/>
       <SubAddon Name="Dominos_Cast"/>
       <SubAddon Name="Dominos_Config"/>
       <SubAddon Name="Dominos_Roll"/>
       <SubAddon Name="Dominos_XP"/>
     </SubAddons>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="EasyMother">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="curse" Tag="easy-mother"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="OneClickBuyOut">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="curse" Tag="ocbo"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="PoliteWhisper">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="curse" Tag="politewhisperfan"/>
       <Mapping Site="curse" Tag="powr2"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="PreformAVEnabler">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="curse" Tag="preform-av-enabler"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="RedRange">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="4166"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>
    <Addon Name="StatBlock_Ammo">
     <Mappings>
       <Mapping Site="wowinterface" Tag="9222"/>
     </Mappings>
    </Addon>

-edit-
And please add AtlasLootFu to the Subaddons of AtlasLoot. It´s integrated.
Also ItemRack has a new "Thread" on wowinterface: ID 4148

Ready to Release Alpha 4!

Here are the Download Links:

Updater:
Mirror1 Mirror2

Mappings File:
Mirror1 Mirror2

New Features:
- NoLib Support
- Site Priority (Settings, Drag n Drop)
- Mark Addons which have multiple Mappings
- Use 7Zip for Extracting and check for wrong Packages (like xchar)
- Added over 100 Mappings

Hope to hear some Feedback!

Looks like a fantastic updater. The only thing I miss so far is the option to ignore some addons from the update process.

Quote from Roemer

Ready to Release Alpha 4!

Here are the Download Links:

Updater:
http://www.flauschig.ch/transfer/Waddu_Alpha_4.zip
or
http://www.red-demon.com/waddu/Waddu_Alpha_4.zip

Mappings File:
http://www.flauschig.ch/transfer/waddu_mappings.xml
or
http://www.red-demon.com/waddu/waddu_mappings.xml

New Features:
- NoLib Support
- Site Priority (Settings, Drag n Drop)
- Mark Addons which have multiple Mappings
- Use 7Zip for Extracting and check for wrong Packages (like xchar)
- Added over 100 Mappings

Hope to hear some Feedback!

it's fantastic!! pls do not stop development! :D

What is the purpose of the ArchiveContentForm window that opens after updating an addon?

I have a feature request: Changelogs

Can you display the changelog for an addon before updating it? It's annoying when I see an update, check the changelog for the goodies and it's just a localization update. There's really no need to update the addon in that circumstance.

Changelog summary at the end. After addons are updated, give a summary window with the addons' changelogs. This was a much appreciated feature in JWU.

@Eggi: The possibility to ignore addons will be implemented in the next release

@SpUpUz: Thanks :)

@shank: That is if an Archive looks like it's wrongly packed. Like, it has two folders before the addon folder or no addon folder at all. Can you tell me which addon it is? (xchar is one, it is missing the "xchar" folder inside the archive so the ArchiveContentForm appears so you can check it and manually unpack it if you want. As for the Changelog, I'll have a look at it and put it into my task list.

@Torhal: By default Waddu now prefers updating from curse instead from curseforge/wowace (can be changed in the Settings).

Hm, I updated about 10 addons this morning and it happened so many times that I'm pretty sure it happened with every update. Some were wowace updates, some were Curse. The ArchiveContentForm window doesn't look like it's displaying anything important. In the main area on the left, there is nothing under "---Archive" and there is nothing in the grey area on the right. If I hit the "Open with 7zip" button at the bottom, it looks like it opens 7zip with no parameters, because it just displays the contents of the c: drive. This may be relevant: 7zip is not installed in the default c:/program files..." directory, but I did update that setting in the options.

Hmm strange. But did it update those Addons? What does the Log say?

Yes, the addon gets updated. After the version checks all that's in the log is:

11/1/2008 9:46:03 PM: Information - Thread #3: Updating Omen from wowace
11/1/2008 9:46:04 PM: Information - Thread #3: Downloaded to C:\Documents and Settings\Shank\Local Settings\Temp\tmp2BE.tmp

Quote from shank

What is the purpose of the ArchiveContentForm window that opens after updating an addon?

I have a feature request: Changelogs

Can you display the changelog for an addon before updating it? It's annoying when I see an update, check the changelog for the goodies and it's just a localization update. There's really no need to update the addon in that circumstance.

Changelog summary at the end. After addons are updated, give a summary window with the addons' changelogs. This was a much appreciated feature in JWU.

same problem here.

@SpUpUz and shank: I think I know what the problem is. I use 7z to get a list of the content of the archive and maybe the output looks different.

Can anyone of you run this command line command:

<Your Path to 7z>\7z.exe l <Path to some Archive>

And post me the result? Thanks

Stupid me.

@SpUpUz and shank:
The problem is that the Path to your Temp-Folder has spaces in it and I forgot to quote the Path when checking the content. So it can't find the archive and so Waddu suspects that the archive is wrong.

Fixed it right now and should be good in the next release.
Sorry for the annoying Window for every update.