March 1, 2008

Facebook Status application 0.3 released

Version 0.3.0.0 is now released.

New features
  • Exclude program titles from status updating using Regular Expressions
  • User customizable status polling interval
  • User customizable setting whether status is cleared when WMC is closed
  • Status may be logged to a XML file
  • Debug option for only showing the status changing messages in WMC and not updating them to other destinations
All of the values are configured in registry in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Hamar Data\FBMCE (settings common for all users) and HKCU\SOFTWARE\Hamar Data\FBMCE (user specific settings, marked with * on the following list).

Registry keys:
  • ClearStatusOnExit - 1 to clear status when exiting WMC. Default is 0.
  • Debug - 1 to enable debug mode when status changes are only shown in WMC. Default is 0.
  • EventsEnabled_Service_Facebook - 1 to enable status updating to Facebook. Default is 1.
  • EventsEnabled_Service_Xml - 1 to enable status updating to an XML file. Default is 0.
  • EventsEnabled_[MEDIA_TYPE] - 1 to enable status updating for the given media. Default is 1.
  • Exclusion_[MEDIA_TYPE]_RegExp - Regular Expression defining what media titles to exclude from status updating. Default for TV is No data available, for others default is empty.
  • PollingInterval - Polling interval in milliseconds of how often media status is queried. Default is 10000.
  • Service_Xml_File - XML file where status is stored if EventsEnabled_Service_Xml is set to 1. Default is status.xml. This must contain also a path.
  • Secret* - Facebook related information for infinite sessions. If you wish to clear the infinite session selection you made, clear this value and restart WMC.
  • SessionKey*- Facebook related information for infinite sessions. If you wish to clear the infinite session selection you made, clear this value and restart WMC.
  • UserId* - Facebook related information for infinite sessions. If you wish to clear the infinite session selection you made, clear this value and restart WMC.
Facebook application page is here. Direct link to new version is here.