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WoWInterface UI Manager - Windows Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: 0.2.10

by: Shirik [More]

Please Note: This updater is being discontinued. We're allowing you to continue downloading this current version until the new one is ready, but please be aware that it may not work as well as could be hoped for.

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The WoWInterface UI Manager is a project that has been going on for nearly a year. With all the recent security problems at various addon sites, as well as the explicit targetting of executable updaters, as well as a few other issues we have delayed the production of this utility... until now.

After nearly six months of rigorous testing and in-house use, we are finally convinced of the security of the tool to present it to the public.

The WoWInterface UI Manager is a tool designed to help you keep track of installed addons, and assist in updating them quickly and easily. The UI Manager uses an internal API of WoWInterface so you can be sure it will continue to work even when site layout changes or if you choose a new skin.

Major Features

One-click Check allows the UI Manager to run through all of your addons quickly without any intervention. Any addons that do need to be updated will wait for your approval before continuing.
Multithreaded design allows for maximum use of your internet connection, processing complex compression for backup files while downloading other files at the same time.
Connection to the WoWInterface user database to retrieve your favorites list. This allows:
- Quicker matching of already-installed addons to file IDs
- Automatic install of missing favorites (after confirmation)
Automatic backups before every install
- Before each install, the manager will create a restoration point which can later be used to revert to. It will include all configuration and saved information for the addon, as well as the Lua and XML scripts that ran it, so you can be sure you'll return to where you were.
- Manual backups can be made (with or without Saved Variable data) of your entire Interface folder for easy restoration to a known-safe point.
- Backups are compressed to help minimize space taken on the hard drive
- An easy-to-use restoration manager can help you restore a backup, or restoration can be done easily without the manager by simply using the ZIP file found in the newly created "backups" folder.
All updates are compared against MD5 hashes before being installed to ensure security.

Download Choices
This is a portable program. This version is for Windows and includes only a Windows MSI Setup program. For a generic version (for Linux/Macintosh users), see this page.

Requirements (for all versions)

Microsoft Windows 2000 or later, Macintosh OS X, or Linux Kernel 2.4 or later
Java version 1.5 or later
64KB of RAM
5MB Hard Drive Space

Command line options:
The JAR (Java Executable Archive) file accepts command line arguments to assist with problem cases. If you are having trouble with the program, try running the following line at a command prompt before submitting any kind of bug information:

Code:

java -jar wowiupdater.jar --verbose

This will produce a file "verbose.log" instead of the default "error.log" in the program's directory to assist with debugging.

Other Important Stuff
Please keep in mind the following:

This program is released under the GNU General Public License v2. Your redistribution, modification, etc., is subject to these terms. For details, please see the file "COPYING" located inside the (a) ZIP file for the ZIP package, or (b) Installation directory for the Windows setup package.
This program is the work of one author, and is not small by any means. I'm sure there are bugs, and unfortunately I cannot catch them all. This is a BETA RELEASE of the application and you should be aware that things may go wrong (though I have taken every precaution I can that if something DOES go wrong, you can hopefully recover from it -- but I cannot guarantee that). See the following point:

As required by the GPL, it is important that I point out the following:

Code:

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Please feel free to list any problems here. I will do my best to update frequently and respond accordingly.

Regards,
-- Shirik

Version 0: Public BETA

0.2.6 (r1) - Initial Public Release

0.2.7 (not tagged) - Maintenance Release
- Fixed "Internal Error" occurring when a character that has never logged in has a SavedVariables folder on the computer
- Fixed "Internal Error" occurring when an addon has files placed at the root folder (due to the updater attempting to traverse backwards past root)
- Fixed "Unspecified I/O Error" occurring when explicit files are found outside of a folder (due to the updater attempting to place a dependency identifier in the file as if it were a folder)
- Fixed UTF-8 characters in addon metadata corrupting the XML data (server-side change only)
- Fixed non-alphanumeric characters in addon metadata corrupting the XML data (server-side change only)
- Resolved bug ID 4250
- Special thanks to:
+ Tem for countless hours being a guinea pig
+ ScythXIII, Seerah, Portalius, and mrruben5 for bug reports resulting in the above fixes

0.2.8 (not tagged) - Maintenance Release
- Fixed an issue where attempting to install a new addon to a corrupt, unexpected, or already-installed folder may result in an "Unspecified I/O error"
- Special thanks to Portalius for the bug report

0.2.9 (r8) - Correction Release (Windows only)
- Updated the Swing library to 1.0.3
- Fixed the setup package so that it references the correct library
- Special thanks to Dolby for pointing out the problem in the setup package

0.2.10 (r15) - Maintenance Release
- Fixed the setup package so that the shortcut placed on the desktop now has the correct icon (Windows only)
- Fixed an issue where users with more accounts than servers played would not be able to update any addons, receiving the error "Internal Error." (Resolves bug report #4259)
- Fixed an issue where not all accounts' SavedVariables files were being backed up in cases where the user had more servers than accounts played.
- Fixed an issue where files resident in the SavedVariables folder would be incorrectly detected as an account name, resulting in an "Internal Error" while backing up prior to updating an addon.
- Adjusted the AddOns folder constant to use correct capitalization for UNIX-based systems
- Special thanks to:
+ ScythXIII for the bug report, log files, and extreme patience while the bug was resolved
+ Thunder_Child for the bug report and log files and WTF data which lead to the isolation of the issue
+ Dolby for reporting the desktop icon issue

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03-20-08, 04:11 PM
Shirik Blasphemer! Forum posts: 829 File comments: 41 Uploads: 21	Hi, Sorry for the late response. I don't watch the comments too closely. In the future, posting to the bug reports area on my portal will catch my attention immediately For some reason it's having trouble finding your interface folder, which it should have asked for. Do me a favor and open up a bug report for this problem so I can keep an eye on it Also in the bug report, can you please let me know where your World of Warcraft folder is located? Thanks, -- Shirik P.S. I use Vista too so that's not the issue (or at least not all of it) __________________ たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのおぼくはこのめでみたよだけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわしりたくなかったんだ It's my turn next. Shakespeare liked regexes too! /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

03-15-08, 12:56 AM
gothicknight A Flamescale Wyrmkin Forum posts: 139 File comments: 95 Uploads: 1	Internal Error Hey i have just installed the latest version of the UI Manager Windows and i keep getting an Internal Error and non of my addons appear in the app. Below is a copy of my Error Log generated by the App: P.S I Use windows Vista if that helps ******************************************** * 2008-02-13_17-56-54-757 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_17-56-54-758] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-13_17-57-16-964 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_17-57-16-970] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-13_18-05-11-988 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_18-05-11-995] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-13_18-06-26-243 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_18-06-26-250] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-13_18-07-37-019 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_18-07-37-020] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-13_18-21-06-846 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_18-21-06-851] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-13_18-21-29-190 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_18-21-29-191] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-13_18-21-36-673 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-13_18-21-36-678] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-14_08-51-23-865 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-14_08-51-23-871] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-14_08-51-28-667 TRAP > 17 Exception [2008-02-14_08-51-28-673] in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0": java.lang.NullPointerException ==> null at wowiupdater.MainFrame.fileInstallActionPerformed(MainFrame.java:432) at wowiupdater.MainFrame.btnInstallActionPerformed(MainFrame.java:385) at wowiupdater.MainFrame.access$400(MainFrame.java:64) at wowiupdater.MainFrame$5.actionPerformed(MainFrame.java:236) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(null:-1) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(null:-1) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(null:-1) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(null:-1) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(null:-1) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(null:-1) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-14_08-51-29-525 TRAP > 20 Exception [2008-02-14_08-51-29-530] in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0": java.lang.NullPointerException ==> null at wowiupdater.MainFrame.fileInstallActionPerformed(MainFrame.java:432) at wowiupdater.MainFrame.btnInstallActionPerformed(MainFrame.java:385) at wowiupdater.MainFrame.access$400(MainFrame.java:64) at wowiupdater.MainFrame$5.actionPerformed(MainFrame.java:236) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(null:-1) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(null:-1) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(null:-1) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(null:-1) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(null:-1) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(null:-1) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(null:-1) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(null:-1) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-14_08-51-33-894 TRAP > 22 Exception [2008-02-14_08-51-33-896] in thread "MBD-1205445093892": java.lang.NullPointerException ==> null at wowiupdater.ManualBackupDialog.processList(ManualBackupDialog.java:486) at wowiupdater.ManualBackupDialog.run(ManualBackupDialog.java:433) at java.lang.Thread.run(null:-1) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-15_17-48-19-522 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-15_17-48-19-527] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ******************************************** ****************************************** * 2008-02-15_17-52-09-317 TRAP > 1 Exception [2008-02-15_17-52-09-318] in thread "main": java.io.FileNotFoundException ==> Cannot isolate Interface directory. at wowiupdater.Main.buildMainFrame(Main.java:382) at wowiupdater.Main.main(Main.java:315) ********************************************** Last edited by gothicknight : 03-15-08 at 01:00 AM.

02-28-08, 01:42 AM
Shirik Blasphemer! Forum posts: 829 File comments: 41 Uploads: 21	Version 0.2.10 r15 is posted. Please update when able. This is a critical update correcting several bugs including an issue where backups generated by the updater may be incomplete. Those backups can still be restored if desired, however they may be missing some characters' SavedVariables files. Please post any issues in the bug reports section. Thanks, -- Shirik __________________ たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのおぼくはこのめでみたよだけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわしりたくなかったんだ It's my turn next. Shakespeare liked regexes too! /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

02-28-08, 12:45 AM

THUNDER_CHILD

Dork

Forum posts: 52

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Originally posted by Shirik
As detailed in the bug report at my portal, this appears to be an issue for users with more accounts than servers played on. An improperly used variable resulted in the improper detection of the array length.

Fix is in testing now.

Shirik is full of win.

Edit: did i just say that? I'm not feeling to well methinks, i need to go lie down......

Last edited by THUNDER_CHILD : 02-28-08 at 12:46 AM.

02-28-08, 12:12 AM
Shirik Blasphemer! Forum posts: 829 File comments: 41 Uploads: 21	As detailed in the bug report at my portal, this appears to be an issue for users with more accounts than servers played on. An improperly used variable resulted in the improper detection of the array length. Fix is in testing now. __________________ たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのおぼくはこのめでみたよだけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわしりたくなかったんだ It's my turn next. Shakespeare liked regexes too! /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

02-27-08, 09:57 PM

THUNDER_CHILD

Dork

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Sent.

Originally posted by Shirik
Hi TC,

If you don't mind, would you also be able to send your WTF folder to me? If you're worried about any kind of security, etc., I understand, but it could be helpful. You're not the only one reporting this, but I still haven't been able to reproduce this problem despite the reports I've been getting.

Also, why haven't you been on IRC

Thanks,
-- Shirik

02-27-08, 09:41 PM
Shirik Blasphemer! Forum posts: 829 File comments: 41 Uploads: 21	Hi TC, If you don't mind, would you also be able to send your WTF folder to me? If you're worried about any kind of security, etc., I understand, but it could be helpful. You're not the only one reporting this, but I still haven't been able to reproduce this problem despite the reports I've been getting. Also, why haven't you been on IRC Thanks, -- Shirik __________________ たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのおぼくはこのめでみたよだけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわしりたくなかったんだ It's my turn next. Shakespeare liked regexes too! /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

02-27-08, 11:45 AM
THUNDER_CHILD Dork Forum posts: 52 File comments: 12 Uploads: 1	Your 0.2.9 version still calls itself 2.8 And i cant update a single addon without an Internal Error. Edit: PM'ing you the verbose log. Last edited by THUNDER_CHILD : 02-27-08 at 11:52 AM.

02-19-08, 02:15 PM
Shirik Blasphemer! Forum posts: 829 File comments: 41 Uploads: 21	Release 0.2.9 is posted. This is a non-critical maintenance release resolving a minor issue regarding attempts to install to a directory that the updater has already visited but did not place a WID file in (due to corruption or other problems). Update is only required if "Unspecified I/O error" has been occurring on one or more addons. Thanks to Portalius for the report. The Swing library has also been upgraded to version 1.0.3 to improve performance and stability. Please visit the front page for the download. This release is posted for Windows only -- other operating systems should be unaffected. Regards, -- Shirik __________________ たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのおぼくはこのめでみたよだけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわしりたくなかったんだ It's my turn next. Shakespeare liked regexes too! /(bb\|[^b]{2})/ Last edited by Shirik : 02-19-08 at 03:09 PM.

02-19-08, 01:52 PM
Shirik Blasphemer! Forum posts: 829 File comments: 41 Uploads: 21	This bug appears to be fixed. The addon was actually being installed correctly, just two finalization steps could not complete. I've corrected that to account for both corruption and unexpected files. Thanks for the report; 0.2.8 should be released shortly. Regards, -- Shirik __________________ たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのおぼくはこのめでみたよだけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわしりたくなかったんだ It's my turn next. Shakespeare liked regexes too! /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

02-19-08, 01:24 PM
Shirik Blasphemer! Forum posts: 829 File comments: 41 Uploads: 21	Ah, I think I know what's going on now. "Install addons" was made for addons which are not currently installed on the computer at all. I'm going to assume that it's having trouble when it finds that it wants to write something to a location that already exists. Let me take a look at it and get back to you. The "correct" way to have done it would have been to choose "register" for the addon, but I think I can make it work with install, too. Thanks, -- Shirik EDIT: Just tested; I was able to reproduce the problem and my understanding of it is correct. I hope to have this adjusted by tonight. __________________ たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのおぼくはこのめでみたよだけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわしりたくなかったんだ It's my turn next. Shakespeare liked regexes too! /(bb\|[^b]{2})/ Last edited by Shirik : 02-19-08 at 01:28 PM.

02-19-08, 01:08 PM
Portalius A Cyclonian Forum posts: 41 File comments: 15 Uploads: 0	To better discribe the problem for you Shirik, I went in to my addons folder, and deleted every file named "update.wid" to have a clean programstart. I then choose "Install New" and selected all the addons I wanted to update through your program. After this it wanted me to confirm all of them one by one. After all this, the program looks like this: If I instead spent ALONG time going through the "File -> Register Addons" and then press "Resolve" and sometimes enter the ID manualy, and sometimes are able to just choose Installe, and then go over all the addons once more to "Confirm" that you trule ment what you just spent "hours" doing ;P In this process I was able to get most of the addons to say "Update compleate...". But If I missed "Confirming" one addon, It seams to be missed forever, unless I restart the hole process by once again deleting all "update.wid" in the addon folder. I hope that this can give you some tips on whats wrong in this program, so you will be able to make a stable version that actually works. I might be up for one more test run on this, but my patience in starting to run low. Plz let me know if this was of any help __________________ If only one was IMBA

02-19-08, 12:34 PM
Kardinalsin A Fallenroot Satyr Forum posts: 23 File comments: 43 Uploads: 0	id love to run this but im really Leary about a program like this i mean someone would put some VERy bad code in to it and BOOM account gone loks good thou Last edited by Kardinalsin : 02-19-08 at 02:18 PM.

02-19-08, 11:02 AM

Shirik

Blasphemer!

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Originally posted by fred
There were 2 mods that showed they needed to be updated, when I updated them I go in game and it tells me they are incompatible .The utility loaded in VERY old mods.

There is no way it could have done this on its own. It only pulls the most recent version from the server and installs them. The only way this would have happened is if you gave it an outdated ID. Delete the addon folder and then double-check the ID you are giving it. If you still have trouble, give me the ID and I'll look at it myself.

Also, double-check your favorites do not include outdated mods. It uses this to assist in detecting addons you want installed.

EDIT: I just checked your favorites list. You have several addons in there that have not been updated since 2006. If a second version exists on WoWInterface, you'll want to remove the old one from your favorites. If a new version does not exist on WoWInterface, but exists elsewhere, you will want to ensure you do not register that addon with the updater. I will be making a FAQ for this when I get time.

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たしかにひとつのじだいがおわるのお
ぼくはこのめでみたよ
だけどつぎがじぶんおばんだってことわ
しりたくなかったんだ
It's my turn next.

Shakespeare liked regexes too!
/(bb|[^b]{2})/

Last edited by Shirik : 02-19-08 at 11:12 AM.

02-19-08, 10:14 AM
fred A Cobalt Mageweaver Forum posts: 208 File comments: 363 Uploads: 0	There were 2 mods that showed they needed to be updated, when I updated them I go in game and it tells me they are incompatible .The utility loaded in VERY old mods.

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