2012-04-22: IMPORTANT - UPDATED TO 1.0.3.0 (See bottom)
Hi!
There is so much frustration here now that I decided to write an application after the last delay this thursday, so I don't have to come here every day and check if there is a beta available
It's probably the silliest app I have ever written
So - this small C# application (that requires .NET Framework 4.0) will poll the site
http://www.1cfiles.com/IL2_CliffsofDover/ where all the beta torrent files have been posted so far (so I assume that the next one will be published there too - m'kay Blacksix?)... It will poll every ten minutes in the default setting and if it finds a new torrent file it will send an email to you and if desired it will automatically start your torrent application of choice and start the download... So when you get back from work you are all set to fly!
There are a bunch of options that are pretty self explaining, there is a log file created in the app folder and yes, the email password is stored in encrypted format and I don't snoop it... I posted the source on the same site if you want to check or use it for some other stuff
An image of the application running (I have it on a server that always runs):
Download at my Google Site here:
https://sites.google.com/site/mazexx/files
The binary app that most want is called "ClodWatcher_v1.0.3.0.zip" and the source code if anyone want it is called "ClodWatcher_v1.0.3.0_src.zip".
I have only tested the SMTP mail part with gmail where it works fine, and I have only tried the "auto start" torrent part with Vuze(Azureus)... No guarantees... I recommend to try the "Test run" button before leaving it on to see that all works (it will "fake" that the last file on the current site is "new" and act from that - downloading, mailing and starting the torrent app etc).
It uses very little CPU naturally and the load of it polling the 1cfiles site for this simple list once every 10 minutes or so will sure be no problem for them...
So - let's all fire this up and continue doing something useful in our lives, I'm going out in my garden now
UPDATE 2012-04-21 - Made a new version 1.0.1 after I got a http timeout that made the loop stop... Now it will try 100 times and sleep 10 seconds between the tries if it gets some network error. You can change the number of retries in the config file with the parameter: httpGetRetryCount. It will now also send an email if the poll loop should stop so you know it
UPDATE 2012-04-22 Updated to version 1.0.3.0: Most importantly fixed an embarrasing bug that in the real scenario that is yet to happen would make it download the same file over and over again every 10 minutes (a late bug after adding the test run feature where the part in the loop that sets the current list as the old list was passed
As the torrent app would reject duplicates it would not do that much but an email every 10 minutes would be annoying! Sorry for that). Fixed some logging, anchored the GUI elements, added "select folder" for the download folder and made the poll a mandatory dropdown (so users can't set below 10 minutes to avoid anger from server ops, default at 30 minutes).
/Mazex