and hey I knew I recognized your face - it's on the best pilots listing here: http://www.decloaked.com/

It's known as a DropDown List in Microsoft lingo. Here's the info on it:

DropDown List

Yeah, I've been getting that one a few times.
I am slowly starting work on something like that, but I doubt I'll ever even come close to Evemon or Eveboard.

Screenshot of current skill listing
Personally I was thinking of leaving it at that and tying it into Evemon somehow for better comparison, but I'm having some trouble getting the source from their SVN. ;(

Right now I'm mostly working on optimizing the current features though - Social Life for one loads incredibly slow. Even with precaching. :P

I have a question that I couldn't quite answer with google, and since you are a developer for a tool about this topic... Can you tell me how far back the API can look through someone's wallet journal? Obviously player donations are the really interesting part here.

I read all sorts of different things like 1000 entries, 1 week and 1 month is the furthest you can pull from the API. So given someone tries to join your corporation as a 2 month old character who ran quite a lot of level 2 missions, would I be able to see if he was sent money on his first day?

I wanted to try your tool, but apparently I was missing some version of .net framework. :/

I wanted to try your tool, but apparently I was missing some version of .net framework. :/

What Pyro said above. :P
Quick answer: Yes, it's 3 months for the wallet API.
Every API has its own timeframe though, so be careful. You'll find everything you could ever want to know about that stuff on eve-id. (yay for those guys)
...

But from the way I read it, you can only walk the journal back at MOST one month....

New version uploaded. Download here.

Quick check with all ye faithful followers...

I'm currently working on implementing the skill checking logic for fits and skillplans.
As for those skillplans, how would one go about selecting those?
I looked at exporting EVEMon skill plans, but that is so neatly tailored to training, that it does not really fit this type of thing.
Would you guys like to export plans from another tool, or should I only implement my own selection?

Quick teaser for fits: Screenshot

It's nowhere near ready yet.
I'll probably put up a beta version in the next couple of days though, once I fix the current slow parts.

Good suggestion indeed, I'll start adding it today. :3
As for the crashes, could you be more specific? (when does it crash, what does it do, etc. etc.)

Another pre-pre-pre-release version available for download!
Download here.

Please report all opinions/suggestions/bugs here with as much information as possible.

will check and let you know

I've kinda ran out of ideas regarding new features... Anyone?

One thing I'm wondering about though is the kill reporting. When it checks Eve-Kill, how far back does it check? The one character I tried it on doesn't have a constant kill history so it's hard to tell but it seemed to go back at least a month. For Awoxer detection going further back in time would be nice, if possible.

When I was playing with the standings tab in the project overview window, I found myself wishing for a way to import corp/alliance contacts from a corp API rather than set them manually. So that'd be a good future feature..

\o/


Eve-Kill allows you to check back to the last 500 mails. (in one go anyway, you could crawl back all the way to the beginning of their database if you want to)
Haven't really thought about making it crawl further, though I suppose it could be quite handy, especially for awoxing. I'll look into it.

ItsmeHcK1 is AWESOME

I gave the new version a quick try but the program crashes after I start trying to run an API check, even when setting the crawl back feature to 1 month.

When I try the standings import feature with either a corp or character API, I get an unhandled exception error and nothing gets imported.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at System.Int32.Parse(String s, IFormatProvider provider)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams)
at EVE.Net.APIReader.ParsePrimitive(Object parent, PropertyInfo property, XPathNodeIterator xml)
at EVE.Net.APIReader.ParseRowset(Object parent, PropertyInfo property, XPathNodeIterator xml)
at EVE.Net.APIReader.ParseXml(Object parent, PropertyInfo property, XPathNodeIterator xml)
at EVE.Net.APIReader.ParseObject(Object api_obj, XPathNodeIterator xml)
at EVE.Net.APIReader.Query(String uri, Object api_obj, String fmt, Object[] args)
at EVE.Net.Character.ContactList.Query()
at APIchecker.ProjectOverview.importStanding_OnAccept(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at APIchecker.StandingImport.PopUpBox_OnAccept(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at APIchecker.PopUpBox.pictureAccept_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Event ID: 1026
Application: API checker v2.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
Stack:
at EVE.Net.APIReader.Query(System.String, System.Object, System.String, System.Object[])
at EVE.Net.Character.ContactList.Query()
at APIchecker.CharacterInformation.Fetch(System.Object)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(System.Object)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart(System.Object)

Event ID: 1000
Faulting application name: API checker v2.exe, version: 2.2.0.1, time stamp: 0x510445cd
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7601.18015, time stamp: 0x50b83c8a
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x0000c41f
Faulting process id: 0x13f8
Faulting application start time: 0x01cdfd92c06396ce
Faulting application path: F:\Games\EVE\Apps\APIcheckerv220\API checker v2.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 0c6fbbd2-6986-11e2-99f1-001b2135eeb0

Event ID: 1001
Fault bucket 3458737304, type 5
Event Name: CLR20r3
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: api checker v2.exe
P2: 2.2.4774.39854
P3: 510445cd
P4: mscorlib
P5: 4.0.0.0
P6: 50484bd7
P7: e4c
P8: 5a
P9: System.FormatException
P10:

Attached files:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\WER6442.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml

These files may be available here:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_api checker v2.e_707cc50313db9432371ce3f6b98b277dc54ebf3_05208baf

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 0c6fbbd2-6986-11e2-99f1-001b2135eeb0
Report Status: 0

Sadly, I can't reproduce it. :(
The access mask doesn't really matter programmatically, it just shows you less information if it doesn't have access.

Does it fail every time, or was it a one time thing? Are you working from an existing project, creating a new one or using quickstart?

Also, fixed some more bugs. Update here.

However I'm finding it quite difficult to test with the current caching mechanics, can you add a temp option to disable cache so I can force it to pull API data.

1) While in the project dialog box, if I re-size the dialog box the content container (tabular portion) doesn't re-size with the window.

PS. Should I release my plugin I created from Pheal's real nice API code? I created the plugin for Wordpress, cause it's a nice CMS to start expanding on. Maybe some other corps would find use for simple drag&drop Eve API class inside wordpress...

The reason I mention this is because I entered an API and it didn't return data, so I added a new api but I couldn't 'Run API Check' again until the cache timer expired. I realize it wouldn't pull new data but a way to clear the cache would make bug hunting against changing API's to verify data faster.

I did notice according to your tool I have 2 suspect awox km's but I assure you I would never do that intentionally. So ... oh just thought of one that probably would return that result, it was a training excersize of some new pilots on how to get away after loosing a ship and what to expect, knowledge is power, impressive if it is that one because that would of been in maybe 2010 ... anyways, I have no idea what the 2nd one would be, adding a link to the suspected km's in the 'danger assessment' pane would be really nice. So if I was looking at someones info I could question them about the circumstances of the km.

It flags any blue-on-blue action as a possible awox. (Excluding mails with 0 damage and a webifier as aggressive module - webbing freighters or whatever.)
They will be highlighted in the kill list with a color of your choice. (Standard is orange.)
Finding it should be pretty easy - scroll down the list, it'll stand out.
I agree a direct link would be nice though, I'll see about adding that in the next release.

API checker v2.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

1. On the character that's being API checked, have a corp history tab that shows their corp history. There is one on the social life parser for the people the social life parser digs up, having one for the person being checked would be useful. If it could highlight red/blue corps and alliances like the parser does for contacts on the left side of the window, that would be even better.

2. On the standings import for importing corp/alliance standings, if I don't check the box for removing already existing standings, I get a lot of double entries. If the entries are identical it'd be great if they didn't double up. :)

That is a very good point...
It has always been in there, guess I must've forgotten to add it again while changing everything to v2...

A bit of an unintended feature...
While I was writing the standings import, I did actually add a check for duplicates, but that turned out to prolong the process by such an insane amount that I disabled it. Haven't really looked for a solution since then, and kinda just let it go.

Edit/Forgot to add: it's the area of computer science called "Data Structures" and they can get quite complicated and I don't remember much from when I studied that stuff in college.

Oh, I know. C# just sucks.

That you can look up the content of market transactions (bought/sold).

To enable your tool to look up the content of trades/contracts between players.

The ability to sort the social life within a given time frame not only by corporation or alliance.

- Added transactions. (as in market transactions)
- Added transaction filtering:
+ Search for anything in the station-, type or username. (buyer and seller)
+ Search for dates. (numerical representation only, or parts thereof)
+ Search for personal or corporation orders. ("personal" or "corporation" respectively)
+ Search for buy or sell orders. ("buy" or "sell" respectively)
- Changed the ListView control to make it more useful and consistent.
- Some minor textual changes.
- Fixed a pretty major bug where a contact with only one transaction wouldn't display, or transactions would go missing. They'll now stay nicely.

- Added assets. The new treeview will list any and all assets available through the API.
For solarsystems and stations it will try to calculate the total of all assets in that location.
- Added prices to the database. They will now update from Eve-Central at the interval specified in the settings window. (default 7 days)
- Changed the killmail provider from Eve-Kill to zKillboard. API is a little bit better, but responsetime is a lot worse, so expect to wait a little bit longer.
- Killboard crawling has been re-enabled. It was previously disabled because the Eve-Kill API couldn't do it, but zKillboard can.

2) Allow the program to log you in with your own API that can see your inbox and identify an API in your mailbox so you can then click it and check it.

3, but part of 2) as part of the log in thing, to help defend you from getting hacked by a major alliance, the log can have passworded API logins that encrypt your API cashe, so, when you run the proggy it asks for your ID, Code and user set password... this would also be good for when more than one eve user uses the same PC as you can separate API cashe's to different user accounts

- Updated the database to match the current Eve release.
- Tweaked the awox scan; you can now choose to ignore pods.
- Modified the log window a little bit.
- Added API key mass import. You can import from text files or simply a big list of stuffs.
+ Every key/vCode pair needs to be on a new line.
+ Possible splitters are:
> Any form of non-newline whitespace.
> A comma. (,)
> A colon (:) or semicolon. (;)
> A forward (/) or backward (\) slash.

Late recompile is late.
Figured I might as well do it right and release some new features:

(Snip)

@Lisara: Please let me know if the 32-bit version works.

Used both the 64-bit compile and the 32-bit compile on the WinXP installation, neither worked.

Again, it runs just fine on my 32-BIT INSTALLATION of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, but not on a fresh, fully-updated copy of Windows XP.

yeah, current version crashes when clicking on "run api check".
the window opens but no images are loaded (the image not found "image" is displayed).

when moving the images folder out of the way it even crashes before opening the api check window for a char (which is probably expected, but im not sure if these two are related)

For future reference, maybe include the requirements for new downloaders? Or maybe create an installer?

Fixed some bugs.
New version available here. (x86 here)

@Lisara: Did the last version give any change? (Well, I kind of assume you were talking about the last version, but here's hoping you weren't. Makes it a lot easier. )

First, thanks for a great tool - It has saved me a ton of time since a couple months ago when I discovered it. +1 from this guy.

I am still getting a couple errors though, even with the latest version - one is the crash during actually checking the API that has been mentioned above in the thread. It seems to die when looking at killmails; I wonder if you didn't update it for the possible presence of new scanning modules or some other new thing? I guess the API might have changed a bit in the latest expansion, and I'm just brainstorming what might have changed.

Another error, though it doesn't seem to affect operation, is upon initial load: I get a popup box (application modal information window) that says "Error loading data. The application will now close" or something very similar. My only option is an OK button, but when I press it - the app does not close. It still lets me open a project and do stuff, though I then get the error above when I check the APIs.

I'm happy to help troubleshoot, so if there is something you want me to try, let me know.

I am still getting a couple errors though, even with the latest version - one is the crash during actually checking the API that has been mentioned above in the thread. It seems to die when looking at killmails; I wonder if you didn't update it for the possible presence of new scanning modules or some other new thing? I guess the API might have changed a bit in the latest expansion, and I'm just brainstorming what might have changed.

Another error, though it doesn't seem to affect operation, is upon initial load: I get a popup box (application modal information window) that says "Error loading data. The application will now close" or something very similar. My only option is an OK button, but when I press it - the app does not close. It still lets me open a project and do stuff, though I then get the error above when I check the APIs.

Yes and no. The API from CCP will now just return combat scanner probes instead of deep space ones, but the zKillboard API returns a non-existing item. (Because it was removed.)
This shouldn't crash anything though, it just says 'Unknown item' in the logs.
I debated making a specific exception for those two items, but figured it wasn't worth it in the long run, as they're not coming back.


That should certainly not happen... Especially the application not closing after that message.
If the data isn't loaded, the whole thing would never work, hence the closing part.

After some testing I've been able to replicate the fault causing it not to quit, will fix it asap. (Shouldn't be too hard.)
As for why it shows in the first place is another issue...
Do you have the data folder in the same place as the exe?


-edit-
Fixes here and here (x86).

That error message, after I click OK there is a slight pause before the program closes.

Well, that shouldn't be happening.
Did you replace the data folder with the one in the current archive?

If you did, then I'll need some more info:
1) What version of Windows are you using?
2) Is your current date/time setting correct?
3) Which country/language variation of Windows are you using?


On the bright side, that's exactly how it's supposed to happen. The main window should be the last to go.

Parse corp information how?

Learn Java!

When I click to expand a desired solar system in the assets tab, it continually pop-ups a dialog reading, "Image already added?" and continues to do so until I've clicked 'Ok' twenty or more times and then everything within the program becomes unclickable.

Any chances of seeing the source code? Because this is essentially a data miner and something that I am not too happy about ever phoning home.

I'm still not entirely sure on that one, but I'm leaning towards no most of the time.
However, due to it being C#, you could easily run it through a decompiler if you're just looking for peace of mind. (The test guy a few posts above you seems to have done just that.)

Damnit.
Basically, the newest version of Visual Studio, which I use, wasn't made to work on x86 systems.
They said to have patched that later on, but I guess it didn't work.
I'll have to look into it some more and get back to you.

[edit]
Can you give this version a try?
Also, please check which version of .Net you have installed. (Configuration panel > Software > Look for Microsoft .Net Framework [numbers])

Also, I may have missed it but, where do I put the pictures file?

Have you thought any about DUST514 and when CCP releases the DUST514 API's? Just basically asking if you have thought of that for future stuff.

Error: Error fetching RefTypes.

...snip...

EDIT: Apparently the API server was down

There is not.
I hadn't really realized the changes, so I didn't redo the database.
Will upload a new version somewhere this weekend.

Sorry, real life has been tearing me a new one lately.
I have tomorrow off, will upload a new version then. Promise.

string awoxprobability = "Unlikely";
if (personalawox > 8)
{
awoxprobability = "Highly likely";
}
else if (personalawox > 2)
{
awoxprobability = "Likely";
}
else if (personalawox > 0)
{
awoxprobability = "Possible";
}

I get an error in the logs, An error occured while trying to poke zKillboard. Error: The remote server turned an error: (429) Unknown Error.

First, any friendly kills are counted, excluding those with 0 damage done. (Which we expect to be webbing freighters etc.)

if (c.weaponTypeID != 0 && Kill.WebModules.Contains(c.weaponTypeID.ToString()))
{
// web and 0 damage, someone trying to web a freighter
continue;
}

Also might not be a bad idea to restrict it further to webbing module on freighter/orca otherwise might also pass up some awox where the offender also webbed the target and for whatever reason that is the module that registered on the km...

Image already added? This is a bug, please send me this:
System.IO.FileNotFondException: Images/25810_32.png at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement) at APIchecker.ParsingResultOverviewWindow.<.ctor>b__2(Object o)

As requested by the error:



Running Windows 8 x64.

Firstly great tool. Really useful. However the new deployables seem to break the tool as well if a character has been on a killmail for one or has one in their assets.

Now with more Rubicon!

Downloads here and here for x64- and x86-systems respectively.

You will need a new set of images. (available here)

is there any chance of the tool showing the trading of characters between accounts?

It would of course be much more useful if number columns were able to be sorted numerically.

It would be great if you could get a report of toons that could fly a fitting without having to check them one at time :) When you have a few hundred that is.

Error: Could not connect to the API server.

i think that is the root of your issues

403 generally means the API key either expired or didn't have the correct privileges in the first place. You can check that by clicking on the access mask or the icon next to it when adding/editing a key.

Is anyone else not seeing market transactions show up for those that have market escrows? Or possibly it is that buy orders are not showing up at all. Haven't been able to figure out which exactly.

In practice on my own toons this program is very nice. But when I (or my minions) try to use it for my corpGÇÖs applications it crashes. These applications do not have full access, might that be why?

Second is there a way to set it to flag a specific set of kills? Such as my home systems or hi-sec kills of freighters, orcas, miners and haulers, etc