NEW Alice Chat 2.0

[zonedabone]

Right now, my FREE HOST is having problems. It will be down for a bit.

[DensetsuNoKaboom]

Do you think you can make it so that when you type in your password, it shows up as asterisks, like they do with real passwords?

[Dameria]

Originally Posted by DensetsuNoKaboom

Do you think you can make it so that when you type in your password, it shows up as asterisks, like they do with real passwords?

He can't do it using Alice's coding, but maybe it is possible with python.

[arty-fishL]

here, a jython password input for you zone:

import threading, string

def passwordDialog():
    class MyThread(threading.Thread):
        def run(self):
            world.speedMultiplier = 0.0
            jpf = javax.swing.JPasswordField()
            jop = javax.swing.JOptionPane(jpf, javax.swing.JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, javax.swing.JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION)
            dialog = jop.createDialog("Password:")
            dialog.setVisible(true)
            result = jop.getValue()
            dialog.dispose()
            password = None
            if(result == javax.swing.JOptionPane.OK_OPTION):
                 password = jpf.getPassword()
                world.password = ''.join(password)
            world.speedMultiplier = 1.0
    MyThread().start()

It puts bullet points (or circles?) in instead of letters.
2 slght issues are - the input box is not automatically focused (not that much of a problem, just click on it) and you cant have a message saying "enter your password" as using a list just results in letters instead of form items, but its in the title and its quite obvious.

[room14]

I just wanted to know, how does this thing work?

[zonedabone]

Originally Posted by room14

I just wanted to know, how does this thing work?

No idea which thing you're talking about, so I'll cover both:

The program:
It is pretty much entirely python. once the user credentials are entered, python spawns a thread that immediately hides the password and tries to connect to the host. The host returns a series of codes that can be interpreted by the program. When a login succeeds, the program gets a session token, that is used to connect for the remainder of the session. When the program requests posts, the server-side script returns a pickles object containing all posts for the user since it last queried the server. This allows the server to give the program multiple messages at once in case it missed one.

The server:
TO keep the program secure, I'm not going to reveal how it functions. Arty is the only one that knows because he knows a bunch about AJYTHON. (Alice Java Python)

The dialog script:
This script uses a standard dialog convention that Arty and I built a few months back. It spawns a thread to run, stops the world, waits for input, and then sets a world variable. I forgot about this for a bit and will probably implement it in the next version of chat. (Considering it could easily be put at the beginning of the check-thread. In fact, the new version will probably be built from scratch to take advantage of all the server updates I'm making.

P.S. My FREE HOST is back up, so post away!

[zonedabone]

Also, I'm planning on making a new website called aliceonline. The hope is that by making an account there, you will be able to access all of my future networked things.

[zonedabone]

Originally Posted by arty-fishL

here, a jython password input for you zone:

import threading, string

def passwordDialog():
    class MyThread(threading.Thread):
        def run(self):
            world.speedMultiplier = 0.0
            jpf = javax.swing.JPasswordField()
            jop = javax.swing.JOptionPane(jpf, javax.swing.JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, javax.swing.JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION)
            dialog = jop.createDialog("Password:")
            dialog.setVisible(true)
            result = jop.getValue()
            dialog.dispose()
            password = None
            if(result == javax.swing.JOptionPane.OK_OPTION):
                 password = jpf.getPassword()
                world.password = ''.join(password)
            world.speedMultiplier = 1.0
    MyThread().start()

It puts bullet points (or circles?) in instead of letters.
2 slght issues are - the input box is not automatically focused (not that much of a problem, just click on it) and you cant have a message saying "enter your password" as using a list just results in letters instead of form items, but its in the title and its quite obvious.

Woah, man! I didn't take time to look at the code, but this uses javax! Does the javax module work on Alice? I had too many problems to count when I used it, but that's probably because I spawned the thread before the world started.

[dubastot]

I have plenty of space to store your coding as well as plenty of space for data transfer on my site. If you wanted, I am sure I could give you access to the site and you could post your files there.

I could even create a sub domain: aliceonline.uperduper.com

[arty-fishL]

uper duper is a neat website.

and yes that uses javax, javax works fine, also no need for import. When run properly the password dialogue should run correctly.

here's a new mini version:

import threading, string

def password():
    class MyThread ( threading.Thread ):
        def run ( self ):
            world.speedMultiplier = 0.0
            jpf = javax.swing.JPasswordField()
            javax.swing.JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(None, jpf, "Password:", javax.swing.JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION)
            world.password = ''.join(jpf.getPassword())
            world.speedMultiplier = 1.0
    MyThread().start()

this version works the same except its smaller code and it uses a dialog box instead of a java frame and therefore does not spawn a new window (so "Password:" is no longer visible on the task bar and under applications in task manager)

hey, look, ive learnt to thread!!! (from that website you suggested a while back)