• 3.04 Build 275, released on 2006/01/27
  • Smart command parser for /xhop and /xhopcnt
    • /xhop and /xhopcnt now takes as arguments the number of toasts, status after hop, delay duration and custom message.
    • The new parser is called "smart" because all the arguments are optional, and the order of them are arbitrary except that the custom message must be placed as the last argument.
    • For example, if you want to Hop 5 times with custom message "Blah", and then change status to the 3rd predefined personalised status, you can run /xhop 5 persostat 3 Blah. Running /xhop persostat 3 5 Blah gets the same results too.
    • To specify the duration of delay (so as to have the effects of /xhopdelay) you should prefix the value of duration of delay with letter d. For example, if you want to hop with custom message "BlahBlah" after delay 3 seconds you should run /xhop d3 BlahBlah. And if you want to change your status to away you can run either /xhop away d3 BlahBlah or /xhop d3 away BlahBlah.
    • As a result, /xhoptext, /xhopdelay, /xhopcnttext, /xhopcntdelay are now depreciated and removed from the command list in Plus! plug-in menu. They are still internally supported for people not yet familiar with the new integrated commands.
  • Split-Message function
    • The long-awaited Split-Message function is something quite interesting: You can break your custom toast message into several parts, each of which fits in one toast separately.
    • The delimiter used to separate the message is \d.
    • For example, if you specify "Messenger Plus!\dis the most popular\dadd-on in the world!" as custom message, your contact will see three toasts, "Messenger Plus!", "is the most popular", "add-on in the world" showing up.
    • When Split-Message is used, "Number of Hops" is ignored. For example, if you set a HopKey's "Num of Hops" to 4 and set its toast message to "Blah\dBlah2", only 2 toasts will show, one containing "Blah" and the other "Blah2".
    • Split-Message can be used everywhere in Hopper, whether in HCC, HopKey, Conversation-window command...etc.
    • The order of the toasts can be reversed by adding a DWORD registry "ReverseSplitMessage" as 1 to HKLM\ SOFTWARE\ # Middle Sea\ MPPlugin.HopperHopper.
  • \n, \t can now be used to specify a new line or a tab, respectively, in custom message (wherever it is). To show the symbol \ in custom toast message, you have to type \\.
  • In-program Help has been re-organized.
  • Some other small improvements.
• 3.03 Build 272, released on 2005/08/14
  • The 2005/09/20 refresh release includes a glitch fix for up-coming Messenger Plus! 3.60 along with some update to compatibility with "Chat-only name" feature of Stuff-Plug. It's suggested that you try out the new build.
  • Bug/glitch fixes:
    • Contact Selector does not store contacts properly.
    • /xhoptext and /xhopcnttext do not function properly when no message is provided.
    • Hopper Control Center triggers wrong predefined Personalised Status.
    • In-program Help may not show under systems with certain versions of Internet Explorer installed.
    • Hop-on the local account sets Universal Hop's Anti-Flood Protection in effect.
    • Hopper's icon is misplaced in Plus! plug-in menu when it's not the first item.
  • HopKey functionality:
    • A HopKey for launching Hopper Control Center has been added!
    • Hop-scope is available for use with HopKey.
    • Personalised Status is available for use with HopKey.
    • Hopper can be set not to change your status after Hop in HopKey. Personalised Status is not supported, though.
    • You can assign Hop Message when HopKey is pressed, instead of pre-setting it in Configuration.
    • The number of HopKey has been changed to 5.
    • HopKey is now per-user setting. If you have multiple .net messenger service accounts, your current HopKey settings will be saved under the account described in Messenger Plus!'s "DefaultConfiguration" registry ( HKCU\ Software\ Patchou\ MsgPlus2 ). Sorry for any inconvenience :)
  • The 4 default Personalised Statuses of Messenger Plus! are now available in Hopper Control Center and HopKey.
  • Personalised Status can now be used in combination with delayed Hop, in Hopper Control Center.
  • Hopper Control Center uses your current status as default status.
  • Smart in-program gdiplus.dll detection. If gdiplus.dll (a requirement for Hopper) is not found, Installer / Hopper will now launch a webpage containing detailed instructions on how to get gdiplus.dll and get Hopper working.
  • Some icons have been added to Configuration window.
  • The Close button of Hopper windows have been made more realstic, reacting to mouse move and click events.
  • The "Last Check" label in Update panel now uses ISO 8601 standard: YYYY-MM-DD.
  • Uninstaller adds "DeleteMe" to its file name after uninstallation procedures are over. Hmm, why would you want to uninstall Hopper?
• 3.00 Build 240, released on 2005/03/17
  • Hopper³: The totally-redesigned new version, with less than 10% source codes of 2.4x used.
  • This is the initial release of Hopper³ and is used for my project inclusion in university application papers. More functionality may be added later :).
  • New! Completely new user interface based on blue Messenger sign-in toasts.
  • New! HopKey function lets you operate Hopper without even opening a conversation window!.
  • New! /xhopnick2 function removes some text from your nickname and hop. For exmaple, if your nickname is [o]-[Sleping]-[Blah], and you run /xhopnick2 -[Sleeping], Hopper changes your nickname to [o]-[Blah] and then hops.
  • New! Want to know if your contact has Hopper or want to block their PH-Toasts? Contact Information tells you all about it!
  • New! The option to Block only online contacts when you run Contact-Specific Hop (such as /xhopcnt) is added! It will speed up Contact-Specific Hop operations.
  • Enhanced! Help window now has built-in search for command function.
  • Enhanced! Compatibility with user accounts with no Administrator permission added!
  • Redesigned! Hopper Control Center has been completely redesigned: boasting of easy WYSIWYG use and the new Contact Selector which you use to choose who to see your toasts!
  • Redesigned! Hopper Configuration is now eaiser to use.
  • Redesigned! Hopper's Plus! Plug-in Menu entry has been re-organized, with commands categorized and Hopper Control Center bolded: the commands are simply more easy to navigate.
  • Redesigned! Installer has been built up for one-click use, and is with automatic GDI+ library detection. Hopper³ can be now uninstalled through Add/Remove Programs.
  • Redesigned! The internal HopperCore functionality has been recoded and numermous improvements have been applied
  • Renamed To avoid confusion between native Messenger toasts and /xhopsend toasts, the latter is now called PH-Toasts.
  • Renamed /xhopto, /xhopdl, /xhopon, /xhoponto, /xhopondl commands have been renamed to /xhoptext, /xhopdelay, /xhopcnt, /xhopcnttext, /xhopcntdelay respectively. For now, if you run the old commands, Hopper still recognizes it and do the conversion for you.
  • Changed /xhopsend command switches have been removed; directly change your options at Hopper Configuration..
  • Renamed Consequentially, /xhopsend hpr_verreq, the Hopper Version Request command, has been renamed to /xhopping.
  • Full compatibility with MSN Messenger 7 (officially up to BETA .0425). However the support for Windows Messenger 5 has been removed.
  • Minimal Plus! requirement changed to Plus! 3.50.

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