A new desktop utility leveraging the Weewar API. Feedback encouraged!

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Post some docs and screenshots. 

It's on the TODO list. Hopefully over the long weekend...

Updated screenshots are now available on the website!

nice job! I am on java1.5 (mac) so could not try it just yet. But from the screenshots it looks great! We'll add it to the tools page asap.

(may i request you up the minimum check time a bit? 10 seconds might hammer our system a lot if you app becomes popular - and i think it will)

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.  That's pretty frequent for checks. 

Hopefully Apple will release Java 6.0 sometime soon. Unfortunately it looks like it might only be available with 10.5 due out in October. If there's enough interest I'd consider making it work on Java 5.0. There are a few key features I'm using that are only available in 6.0, but I can probably work around them.

The default interval is 1 minute. I had it go down to 10 seconds for testing the alerts. I'll be sure to remove that in the next version...

Thanks! I installed it 5 Minutes ago and I already like the green Trooper guarding my taskbar. A feature request: If the Trooper is  Doubleclicked the headquarter opens. Furthermore I second the opinion about the 10 seconds.

I tried doing this a few days back and it didn't work, so i guess it does now then by the look of bert's post...?

I will download it again tomorrow when i'm next one =D

AWESOME App, this IronDuck guy seems to know what he's doing!

WeeHQ 1.0 (beta 2) is now released! The updated website <http://homepage.mac.com/ironduck/weehq/index.html> has all the details including new screenshots and better instructions. Feedback is appreciated!

wow.. now that is an impressive site. well done! I have not been able to try WeeHQ myself as I can not upgrade my mac to java 1.6 (need to stay current for testing purposes). I hope you're getting loads of request to make iut work with 1.5

Thanks for the feedback! So far I have one request for a port to 1.5

I was looking into it to satisfy my own curiosity and I can probably make a Mac version that will work with 1.5, but I'll have to bundle some 3rd party libraries that will bloat the app a little. In any case, I'm probably going to get it running, but it's not real high on my priority list right now.

Just for you, Alex

here's a really dirty version that should work on Mac OS X with Java 1.5

This version has been tested for about 10 minutes, and probably has a few memory leaks. It also relies on a handful of 3rd party libraries whose quality i can't vouch for. It does seem to work, though...

Cool. Works great! I really like it. There is something odd with the background color of the menu going on but otherwise it seems to ork just fine (after 5 minutes of testing )

IronDuck - any chance of releasing the code under some sort of OSS license? I have an army of Java developers here (at Atlassian) addicted to WeeWar who would most certainly contribute (and they're on all manner of platforms too)

Right now the code is nothing special (and somewhat embarassing in places ). I'll most likely release the source when I'm happier with the quality. My initial design goal was to use no 3rd party APIs, so I'm just using APIs included with Java SE 6.0: basic java.net for HTTP, SAX for parsing the response, a combination of Swing and AWT for the UI, etc. If you have any specific questions about how I did anything, I'm happy to answer those. I've also been toying with the idea of refactoring out the Weewar API code and releasing that (with source) as a standalone library.

Suggestions? Sure - just get it up and let the community hack on it. I'd be more than happy to do some cleanups, but if I don't - you can still do 'em. Get it in an SVN repo somewhere that we can all look at / share / tweak. Right now the default notification shits me, so I'd change that to an option (notify every minute / once only) etc... 

i want the code for 1.5 java also

Is this still working for others?  WeeHQ "forgot" my information late last week, and now when I type it in, it won't accept it.  It doesn't give an error, it just goes back to the config screen with empty account box.  I'm running Ubuntu 7.04.  It seems to remember my icon colour choice, but nothing else.  Double clicking my icon does open my headquarters.  I'm going to try reseting my API token, and give it another try.

Nope, resetting the token had no effect.

No one else has asked this so I'm probably overlooking something obvious, but when I try to configure this for my account it asks for an API token. I've checked on the WeeWar site and the WeeHQ site and I can't tell what the system tray API is, whether I already have it, or where I get it if I don't. Help?

Ok, I finally figured out how to get my API token from my account screen, but when I try to configure it with my account name and API token nothing at all happens. Does anyone know if this works in Vista? I already tried running it in admin mode and then adding my API token and account name, still nothing.

i think nothing works in vista, but i'm not an expert.

I can assure you that most PC apps work in Vista. I usually only have problems with independent devs since they don't necessarily have the resources to develop for Vista right off the bat. Hopefully someone who actually knows something will respond in here.

When I post, do I also sound so condescending?

Easy there buddy, you acknowledged that you're not an expert and you didn't really state anything useful. I was merely stating I was hoping someone who knows something would respond, the implication being that I was talking about someone who knows something about this issue. You're reading far too much into my comment.

Sorry, folks, there's a bug in the API-handling code in WeeHQ that was exposed with the recent updates on Weewar, so rest assured, it's probably not your fault if you're having trouble with it lately. I have a fix ready to go and will post it as soon as possible. Thanks for the interest in WeeHQ!

Thanks for the update!

jsuggs@jsuggs-desktop:~$ java -jar WeeHQ.jar
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at net.erikmattheis.weewar.TrayIconImage.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at net.erikmattheis.weewar.TrayIconImage.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
        at net.erikmattheis.weewar.WeeHQ.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at net.erikmattheis.weewar.WeeHQ$4.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:597)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:168)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: The system tray is not supported on the current platform.
        at java.awt.SystemTray.getSystemTray(SystemTray.java:148)
        ... 12 more

sorry, the above is the error when running on Ubuntu 7.10  any ideas?

I gave up on WeeHQ and went with WeeWar Dashboard since it actually works for me.

Sorry guys, I haven't had a chance to get the latest fixes rolled out, but they're on the way.

jsuggs - I'll check it out on Ubuntu 7.10 when I have a chance. The error is indicating that the system tray functionality is not available on your configuration. Are you using the 'stock' Ubuntu configuration, or are you running something more customized, such as an unusual window manager?
 

I am getting the same error on Ubuntu 7.10, mine is an upgrade but otherwise fairly standard.  Is there something to check for?  I verified that the default java binary is the 6.0 sun jdk, is there a particular jar file or extension we need also need to have installed?  You application looks great, I'd be willing to test it on linux if it will help.

I am interested in a Java 5 version of this.  Apple has apparently recanted their dev preview of Java 6.

The problem in Ubuntu seems to be when you have Compiz (advanced desktop effects) switched on. Must be related to the window manager.

I can't get this to work on Windows XP - it seems to run just fine, but when you click on "save" when you are adding account name and API key, the dialog closes as if it is saving, but it takes you back to the configuration dialog and no accounts show up in the list. I have tried restarting the app but it did not help. No errors are being reported to me via the app or the system's event logs.

Maybe try one of the other choices out there.  http://wwdb.sourceforge.net <-- that one works well in XP, Vista, etc.

I like the idea of a class-platform app, so bump on the request to fix the fact it does not create accounts.

Well there is Weewarify, that's a cross platform app.  So you like installing frameworks to make applications work?

I get the same problem as Jason...

So I'm gonna use dashboard until HQ is fixed.

Same problem here: "adding account name and API key, the dialog closes as if it is saving, but it takes you back to the configuration dialog and no accounts show up"