Author Topic: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck (Read 354281 times)

skwire · « **on:** December 26, 2013, 08:24 PM »

NANY 2014 Entry Information

Application Name	epCheck
Supported OSes	Windows 7 (Probably works, but not tested on, Windows XP/Vista/8/10)
Web Page	Website
Download Link	Download
Screencast	Screencast
Author	Jody Holmes (Skwire Empire)

Description
epCheck is a simple tool designed to let you easily track and view TV series data. Data provided by TheTVDB.com.

Screenshots

Series view showing episode data grouped by season.

NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

Series view showing episode data in the default listview details mode.

NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

Weekly view showing yesterday’s, today’s, and upcoming broadcasts.

NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

Options tab.

NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

Usage
Installation
Download the zip file and extract its contents into a new folder. Run epCheck.exe to start the application.

Uninstallation
Delete the folder you unzipped it to. The application doesn't write any of its settings to the registry.

skwire · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2013, 08:42 PM »

Reserved.

lanux128 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:47 PM »

cool app! i can see how this can be handy..

kyrathaba · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2013, 07:27 AM »

Nice!

mouser · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:12 PM »

Beautifully done

skwire · « **Reply #5 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:16 PM »

Thanks, folks. I wrote this for my own use (as opposed to a request) and I like the way it turned out.

rgdot · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:49 PM »

Right after I clicked Add Series

Screenshot - 31_12_2013 , 3_46_45 PM.png

skwire · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:51 PM »

Which OS? Also, are you running this in folder the app can write to?

rgdot · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:53 PM »

Sorry should have mentioned already

XP and yes writable folder (often use desktop without issue)

skwire · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2013, 04:03 PM »

Hmmm...Windows Scripting Host disabled?

Josh · « **Reply #10 on:** December 31, 2013, 04:50 PM »

I absolutely love this tool!!! As a television show enthusiast, this will come in very handy!

The only thing I could see this needing is a "minimize to tray" or "startup in tray" option with bubble notifications, along with a way to view "recent" episodes as well as scroll ahead in upcoming episodes.

rgdot · « **Reply #11 on:** January 01, 2014, 12:14 AM »

If I am correct that it is

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings

then it is enabled.

Doubtful but not sure if there is something wrong with my XP, one way or another I can try epCheck on Windows 7.

skwire · « **Reply #12 on:** January 01, 2014, 12:35 AM »

It could be that the scripting host isn't registered on your XP machine. According to this post on the AHK forums, you can try this from a command prompt:

regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\msscript.ocx

If that doesn't work, there are a few other files in that post you can try registering.

rgdot · « **Reply #13 on:** January 01, 2014, 01:32 PM »

Strangely none of those listed in the linked thread made a difference. Same error.

However it works fine on 7, if you want to pursue the XP issue further, I will try other things. However, if there are no other similar reports then it's no problem, who knows what's up with my XP (if all goes as planned I will say goodbye to it in April anyway)

skwire · « **Reply #14 on:** January 01, 2014, 02:26 PM »

Strangely none of those listed in the linked thread made a difference. Same error.
-rgdot (January 01, 2014, 01:32 PM)

Yeah, strange, but thanks for trying. For the record, I have tested epCheck successfully in an XP/32 VM.

app103 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 01, 2014, 07:59 PM »

XP and yes writable folder (often use desktop without issue)
-rgdot (December 31, 2013, 02:53 PM)

Not all apps run well from the desktop. Try moving it to somewhere else. I have learned from experience that the desktop is best for storing shortcuts to apps and not the apps themselves.

wraith808 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 02, 2014, 12:03 AM »

This is really a cool app!

rgdot · « **Reply #17 on:** January 02, 2014, 12:24 AM »

XP and yes writable folder (often use desktop without issue)
-rgdot (December 31, 2013, 02:53 PM)

Not all apps run well from the desktop. Try moving it to somewhere else. I have learned from experience that the desktop is best for storing shortcuts to apps and not the apps themselves.
-app103 (January 01, 2014, 07:59 PM)

Tried elsewhere, same thing. XP is slowly giving up just in time for April

app103 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2014, 06:49 AM »

Strangely none of those listed in the linked thread made a difference. Same error.

However it works fine on 7, if you want to pursue the XP issue further, I will try other things. However, if there are no other similar reports then it's no problem, who knows what's up with my XP (if all goes as planned I will say goodbye to it in April anyway)
-rgdot (January 01, 2014, 01:32 PM)

Working well on my XP machines...both of them.

skwire · « **Reply #19 on:** January 02, 2014, 10:50 AM »

Working well on my XP machines...both of them.
-app103 (January 02, 2014, 06:49 AM)

Good to know. Thanks, app.

wraith808 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 02, 2014, 12:03 PM »

Works fine on my XP machine also. One thing that I noticed- it brings up a copy dialog when downloading the information, which it doesn't do on my windows 7 machines. Not sure if that's related, but figured I'd bring it up. Maybe it's not the downloading... it's the copying of the information?

skwire · « **Reply #21 on:** January 02, 2014, 03:04 PM »

Maybe it's not the downloading... it's the copying of the information?
-wraith808 (January 02, 2014, 12:03 PM)

Right...the FileSystemObject stuff is used to extract the zip contents and copy it to epCheck's data directory. The downloading of the zip file is handled in a separate function. With all this trouble using the Windows native stuff, I wonder if I ought to use, say, 7-Zip's commandline executable to handle the unpacking of the zip files?

wraith808 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 02, 2014, 03:10 PM »

Personally, I would see if its an issue. With only one reported incidence of the problem, changing your approach based on that would seem premature.

skwire · « **Reply #23 on:** January 02, 2014, 07:09 PM »

Screencast link added to the table in the first post. Here's the direct link:

http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/epcheck/sc/epCheck.mp4

Website | Download v1.0.4 - 2014-01-02 + Added more search options to the context menu. (Thanks, mouser) v1.0.3 - 2013-12-31 ! Fixed a bug where the series ID wasn't retrieved properly. v1.0.2 - 2013-12-31 + Added clickable statusbar section to the episode's webpage at TheTVDB.com. (Thanks, mouser) + Added right-click menu to the weekly view list.

mouser · « **Reply #24 on:** January 02, 2014, 07:53 PM »

And here's the screencast hosted on youtube: