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    I optimized the Scan functions abit -- I was getting about 9.2-9.6 items per second, and am now up to usually about 9.96 per second.

    I'll attach the modified sources -- is there a better way to submit changes I should use???

    -Eldarth on Scarlet Crusade

    edit: Modified v3.6.1
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 18th 2006
     
    re-uploaded attachments lost during import.
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 18th 2006
     
    Hmm - I can't seem to see the attachment. Did you forget to attach it, or did it fail to work?
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006 edited
     
    Ack... nope, it gave me an error saying I wasn\'t allowed to upload a .zip file.
    I didn\'t realize it actually saved the comment. I\'ll retry just the relevant .lua files.

    edit: Gave this error:
    The file you attempted to upload (AucUtil.lua) was of type "application/octet-stream", but the file extension "lua" did not match the accepted extensions for this type of file: rar, RAR

    I'll try attaching a single .rar file...
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    Hmm... ok, lemme check why it's not allowing zip files.
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    Hmm. It looked like it attached the .rar file okay, but I don't see it anywhere.
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006 edited
     
    Test .zip upload.
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    okay, here comes a .zip
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    Ok, i'm trying to upload a .zip file.
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    hmm - it's weird... It's like they are uploaded fine, just not appearing. :/
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    To quote Col. Klink -- "I See Nuuuuuuthink!"
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    Should I upload them into Trac area somehow??
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    nah - they uploaded fine. I just gotta get them to display. It's all on my side now. Don't worry about it :)
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    Okay... I'm off to WoW then.
    Feel free to delete/edit any of this thread to your desire. :-)
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    W00t! All fixed.... Darn that PostCommentOptionsRender delegate call, darn it to hell I say!
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006 edited
     
    Hmm. files seem to be zero length upon downloading.
    Here\'s another upload after that darn PostCommentOptionsRender fix..

    Hmm. got error again:
    Some problems were encountered
    The file you attempted to upload (OptimizedPatch.zip) was of type "application/download", but the file extension "zip" did not match the accepted extensions for this type of file: rar, RAR

    let's retry .rar...
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      CommentAuthorarmntic
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    Hmm.. attachments are showing up in post/comments, however they are zero bytes when downloaded.
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2006
     
    bugger, guess I shoulda checked.
    • CommentAuthorzmook
    • CommentTimeAug 20th 2006
     
    Sorry for following up to a not-quite-on-topic post, but I can't figure out how to start a new topic. Possibly it's because I just signed up, but I can't find anything here that actually says that.

    Anyway, the feature I really really want is for Auctioneer to be smart enough to remember the results of every search I do in the Auction House, not just full scans. (Scanning the Trade Goods category takes several minutes, minimum, and often all I care about is the current price of one or two goods. Say I've got a stack of gold bars to sell -- if I just drag it into the Auctioneer Post Auction frame, it gives me a list of auctions from its last snapshot, probably out of date. So I can either twiddle my thumbs for a few minutes while running a new scan on all of Trade Goods, 99.5% of which I couldn't care less about at the moment, or I go to the Browse tab, search Gold Bars, and work out a good current price for myself by hand. )

    So what I want is for dragging Gold Bars into the Post Auction frame to generate an immediate query on "Gold Bars", to refresh the snapshot for that item. Less important, but nice, would be for it to also just remember the results of any search done in the Browse frame, if Blizzard's API allows hooking into that.

    I've spent about an hour poking through the code and what documentation I can find, but I'm not finding the hooks I need. It looks like the "scan" function must somewhere call the scanAuction function in AHScanning.lua, but I can't find where that happens, and more seriously, I can't trace what happens when it calls Auctioneer.Event.ScanAuction.

    I'm a professional software developer, but this is the first time I've tried to wade into Warcraft add-ons. If you could point me in the right direction, I'm happy to try making the change and submit a patch. Or else I guess this is a feature request.
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      CommentAuthorMentalPower
    • CommentTimeAug 20th 2006 edited
     
    Posted By: zmookLess important, but nice, would be for it to also just remember the results of any search done in the Browse frame, if Blizzard's API allows hooking into that.

    That is already implemented for 3.8.

    Posted By: zmookSo what I want is for dragging Gold Bars into the Post Auction frame to generate an immediate query on "Gold Bars", to refresh the snapshot for that item.

    That is on the to-do list, Vindicator (the Dev responsible for the extra tabs in the AH) is tasked with it. I'll see if I can prod him for a status update next time I see him.

    PS: There's a little red "Start a new discussion" link on the top-left portion of every page.
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 20th 2006 edited
     
    Posted By: MentalPower PS: There's a little red "Start a new discussion" link on the top-left portion of every page.
    Subtle MP - I like it :P
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      CommentAuthorMentalPower
    • CommentTimeAug 20th 2006 edited
     
    Posted By: NorgannaSubtle MP - I like it :P
    I try :P
    • CommentAuthorVindicator
    • CommentTimeAug 21st 2006
     
    Posted By: zmook
    So what I want is for dragging Gold Bars into the Post Auction frame to generate an immediate query on "Gold Bars", to refresh the snapshot for that item. Less important, but nice, would be for it to also just remember the results of any search done in the Browse frame, if Blizzard's API allows hooking into that.

    I've been working on revamping the Auctioneer scanning engine so that we can add a lot of cool features like this. In fact this feature is at the very top of the list. ;-)

    Its doubtful you'll see the new scanning engine in the next version of Auctioneer (3.8), but it is in the plans and being worked on right now. :)
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      CommentAuthorNorganna
    • CommentTimeAug 21st 2006
     
    Posted By: Vindicator
    Its doubtful you'll see the new scanning engine in the next version of Auctioneer (3.8), but it is in the plans and being worked on right now. :)


    Not since 3.8 is in all likelyhood scheduled for release after the patch, and we're thinking patch may even be tomorrow.
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    /sigh I guess I should get started on the changelog.
    • CommentAuthorzmook
    • CommentTimeAug 21st 2006
     
    PS: There's a little red "Start a new discussion" link on the top-left portion of every page.


    I guess I'm blind. I swear I looked for it.

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