changing your away message (a "simple" solution)

[alexlehm]

Hi,

there is a tracker item requesting the possibility to change your away message or have it translated in the language file. I think this is a good idea, however as long as this is not implemented, here is my solution.

The DC++ binary contains the C string for away message, so you are able to change it with any Hex editor like this:

- first of all make sure that the program is not running, since you are not able to open the file if it is
- open DCPlusPlus.exe with your favorite hex editor (e.g. UltraEdit) (in the directory C:\Program Files\DC++ or whatever your program directory is)
- search for the string "I'm away.", you should find this only once consisting of the away message.
- choose your away message consisting of not more than 47 chars (which is the current length of the message)
- put your editor in overwrite mode and type your message starting with I'm away...
- if you are using less than 47 characters, put a binary zero at the end of your message (in Ultraedit this means that you have to click onto the hex number representing the character after your last character and type 00, in other editors this should be similar).
- save the file and verify that the size of the file has not changed (if it has, you were probably not in overwrite mode)
- start the program, it should display your message now.

[GargoyleMT]

there is a tracker item requesting the possibility to change your away message or have it translated in the language file. I think this is a good idea, however as long as this is not implemented, here is my solution.

Did you miss the item in 0.23:

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* Added ability to set default away message (hm...perhaps this should use the last message set?)

Or does this somehow not what you're asking for?

I believe it's even in the StringDefs file, so it should be able to be properly internationalized. Correct me if I somehow misunderstand you.

[alexlehm]

sorry, I missed that. I checked the trackers and the forum, but I didn't look in the changelog.