Author Topic: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck (Read 500,257 times)

skwire · « **on:** December 27, 2013, 02:24 AM »

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.

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

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

Options tab.

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 27, 2013, 02:42 AM »

Reserved.

lanux128 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2013, 03:47 AM »

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

kyrathaba · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2013, 01:27 PM »

Nice!

mouser · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2013, 08:12 PM »

Beautifully done

skwire · « **Reply #5 on:** December 31, 2013, 08:16 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, 08:49 PM »

Right after I clicked Add Series

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skwire · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2013, 08:51 PM »

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

rgdot · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2013, 08:53 PM »

Sorry should have mentioned already

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

skwire · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2013, 10:03 PM »

Hmmm...Windows Scripting Host disabled?

Josh · « **Reply #10 on:** December 31, 2013, 10:50 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, 06:14 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, 06:35 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, 07:32 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, 08:26 PM »

Quote from: rgdot on January 01, 2014, 07:32 PM

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

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

app103 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 02, 2014, 01:59 AM »

Quote from: rgdot on December 31, 2013, 08:53 PM

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

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, 06:03 AM »

This is really a cool app!

rgdot · « **Reply #17 on:** January 02, 2014, 06:24 AM »

Quote from: app103 on January 02, 2014, 01:59 AM

Quote from: rgdot on December 31, 2013, 08:53 PM
XP and yes writable folder (often use desktop without issue)

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.

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

app103 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2014, 12:49 PM »

Quote from: rgdot on January 01, 2014, 07:32 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)

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

skwire · « **Reply #19 on:** January 02, 2014, 04:50 PM »

Quote from: app103 on January 02, 2014, 12:49 PM

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

Good to know. Thanks, app.

wraith808 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 02, 2014, 06:03 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, 09:04 PM »

Quote from: wraith808 on January 02, 2014, 06:03 PM

Maybe it's not the downloading... it's the copying of the information?

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, 09:10 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 03, 2014, 01:09 AM »

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 03, 2014, 01:53 AM »

And here's the screencast hosted on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaBKKdcHOQ