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Yeah :slight_smile:

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He must be sad,he looks a little blue. :wink: :stuck_out_tongue:

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Thanks a lot Sasha my friend !! I love this avatar :-*

It will be my shadow on this forum ;D

I canā€™t say much now but iā€™m preparing something nice and useful for all avast users.

Take care my friend.

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I can't say much now but i'm preparing something nice and useful for all avast users.
Well what can you say?
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Yeah, tell us please !!! Please, please, please, pleeeeease !!!

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Iā€™m curious tooā€¦ :smiley:

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Well anyway i need your help soā€¦

I am coding a graphical interface for the avast4.ini file. So users could more easilly tweak their avast settings (without using Notepad for example). I know that Technical did a lot of work on this ini file and he will be a great help for me.

These are the program main features :

  • display settings in a user friendly fashion : key description, value range or list, colorā€¦
  • modify settings with familiar controls : TextBox, DropDownList, ColorChooserā€¦
  • show specific keys for avast home, pro, windows NT, windows 9X (and maybe Linux)
  • revert to default out of the box settings
  • settings backup for fast swapping between configurations (sort of profiles)

I am in very early stage design so let me know if you wish a special feature.

Thank you for your help and your interest. ::slight_smile:

And please be patient because i have a lot of work beside this project. :stuck_out_tongue:

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New users will be so grateful to you my friendā€¦ Keep up good working !

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Thank you Sasha !!

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I always dream with thisā€¦
Of course, the GUI will drop down my thread in forums but, like Sasha said, newbies (and not only them) will love it.

I canā€™t think in more 8)

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At least 3 reasons to keep and maintain your thread :

  1. depending on my spare time, i donā€™t think it will be finished before a month or two.
  2. your thread will always be a valuable reference.
  3. if avast4.ini get changed, your thread will be updated faster than the program.
I can't think in more 8)

So maybe i donā€™t have too bad ideas ;D

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Le Doc what programming language is this program coded in?

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I have not started coding yet. Iā€™m in early stage design :

  • gathering information on avast4.ini (structure, keys, valuesā€¦)
  • features needed (as discussed in a previous post)
  • GUI prototyping
  • class diagram

I think the coding will be done in Java for these main reasons :

  • can be used on windows and linux (and even Mac)
  • rich API (GUI, XML parsing, INI files)
  • code easy to maintain and debug
  • OOP
  • choice of native look & feel or Java look & feel
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- can be used on windows and linux (and even Mac)
Good. The Java Runtime Enviroment is an integrated part of Mac OS. Too bad avast is not in java
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Le Doc
Thanks from a novice. That sure would be a nice addition. :slight_smile:

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Very nice idea, Le Doc ! :smiley:

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Thank you all !!

I will release a beta as soon as possible so you can evaluate the GUI and give me feedback.

I will post news on the off-topic forum. Is there someone who accepts to host the software on his web site ?

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Hehe, I would be glad to do that for you my friendā€¦ butā€¦ but, the problem is, my free web space Iā€™ve got from my ex.internet provider in Croatia is 5 Mb onlyā€¦ Iā€™m already almost out of space (I have few previews of my web sites Iā€™m designing for some clients, plus lot of my graphic files), so no matter how much I want to do that, I am unable to help you my friendā€¦ :cry:

I believe youā€™ll find somebody very soonā€¦ :slight_smile: Piece of software like that must have itā€™s ā€œhomeā€.

Btw, did you see this thread I started some time ago ?
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=9;action=display;threadid=3368;start=msg24263#msg24263

Give me your opinionā€¦ is it possible to make something like that ? It should behave like ObjectDock - see link:
http://windows.fileoftheday.com/archives/user_interface_objectdock_v102.html

Thanks in advance !

Sasha

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Ok, thank you my friend. Anyway iā€™m sure we can find a host until thenā€¦

For your launch bar, promise i will give a close look as soon as possible. But i only manage a project at a time so i will ask you some more patienceā€¦ ::slight_smile:

To answer your question, yes everything is possible, it is just a matter of time and work !! ;D

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OK, thanks for respondā€¦ I posted that question many months ago, no one was interested, so I almost gave up on that ideaā€¦

Anyway, if there is not enough time, itā€™s OKā€¦ world will spin anyway, hehe ;D