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[zedd]

Hi JJ!

there are 2 serious problems:

1) Turquois background in first window

   
I'll look into this version later...

[jj2007]

Hi JJ!

there are 2 serious problems:

1) Turquois background in first window

2) Link open board, not the specific subject

Later: perfectly detect this post 

On 2) I fully agree, that's a bug that needs to be fixed

[zedd]

Error downloading msftedjj:
Archive download failed.


TOM init failed.
Invalid window handle.

[zedd]

Upon locating msftedjj that I already had...

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ps. The Shift+Close is weird. Why use shift?

[jj2007]

Hi JJ!

there are 2 serious problems:

1) Turquois background in first window
2) Link open board, not the specific subject

Solved - you can now edit CheckNewPosts.ini:

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  .if !Ini$()    ; set defaults if no ini file found
    SetIni$ "upperBgColour", Str$(LiteBlueGreen)
    SetIni$ "lowerBgColour", Str$(LiteGrey)
  .endif
  GuiControl TheDesc, "RichEdit", y=0+26, h=0+230, font -16, bcol <Val(Ini$("upperBgColour"))>, text hover$
  GuiControl TheLinks, "RichEdit", y0+228, h1000-228, font -14, bcol <Val(Ini$("lowerBgColour"))>

Error downloading msftedjj:
Archive download failed.

TOM init failed.
Invalid window handle.
...
Upon locating msftedjj that I already had...

*** 08:06:02: could not download recent posts, sorry ***

Is your msftedjj.dll in the same folder as your CheckNewPosts.exe?

ps. The Shift+Close is weird. Why use shift?

Ok, I changed that. Now Escape minimises the window, while Alt F4 closes the app.

New beta attached, grateful for feedback

[zedd]

Yes, msftedjj is in the program folder. Seems we went down this road before?
...... is this program using some of the SSE** instructions that my old box just doesn't understand?

I'll look at the newest version after I have dinner...

[jj2007]

is this program using some of the SSE** instructions that my old box just doesn't understand?

I'm afraid this is the case... try the attached special edition

[zedd]

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With the latest version. Couldnt test this yesterday, real life interferences..
msftedjj.dll is in the program folder...

[jj2007]

Seems a firewall problem

[zedd]

Seems a firewall problem

I have the firewall disabled. I never use it, nor any AV. For risky adventures, I simply reinstall the OS, afterwards. Takes only a few minutes. 
I'll take another look, after I finish walking the dogs.

[zedd]

Firewall is effectively OFF:


But for completeness, and in case it is still somehow active, I added an exception for the program:


Still with the same results:

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