import aim 4.4 logfile

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 6:07 pm

Topic pretty much says it, if it's not too difficult to impliment a way to import an old log file, (who cares if it takes 10 minutes!

), that would be nice. Also, I think you have a limit on the log file size, perhaps you can set an option to specify that..

Great program.

dangold · Post by **dangold** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 12:05 am

Where'd you see the limit for the logfile size? I know that I've had some pretty damned large ones, and haven't had any problems yet.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 13, 2001 5:46 pm

I figured it out. I think it picks up the history size from the directory you specify. I specified my old aim logging directory which has a file 99,618,086 IMLog.htm. (reads 95 megs I guess).

Guess that's just something else

, but yeah I still would like an import feature hehe.

FrostyTaco · Post by **FrostyTaco** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:51 pm

So, is this going to be added? aim4.4 puts all the conversations in one big html file, it would be difficult to separate and organize everything by hand, and it would be nice to see all the logs just through aim+ rather than half of them with aim+ and the other half with aim4.4.

Post by **Big-O Ryan** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 9:04 pm

I haven't heard about this in so long, it literally got moved way down my list.

What I could probably do without too much fuss, is release a small tool to convert your AIM 4.4 logs into AIM+ format. It probably wouldn't be built into AIM+ (per se), just a little utility you could use. I think most users who are choosing to stick with AIM 4.4 are aware enough to be able to find and use a little additional tool, if I provide one.

This doesn't sound like too much of a project, so I'll see what I can do about it soon

.

AIM+ user · Post by **AIM+ user** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 9:02 am

great idea!
I can definitely benifit from such a utility.

Another thing to possibly consider:
I use the same AIM Screen Name on a couple of different computers (work, home, etc). Would there be a way to merge the logfiles into one?
Like, being able to delete logs on my work computer after importing them onto my home computer, keeping complete logs at one location?
This wouldn't imply just copying missing date files into the same SN directory, but merging say... afternoon logs at work with evening logs at home into one file.

just a thought.

iSteve530 · Post by **iSteve530** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 6:26 pm

a tool would be nice for my old aim 4.4 logs. I was using the logging built into AIM since 4.4 to present AIM 4.8 which you can still do even in current release until AIM+ came out! AIM's logging was nice in 4.4 since it included the history viewer, but later released required viewing the EXTREMELY LARGE html file.

FrostyTaco · Post by **FrostyTaco** » Wed May 01, 2002 9:14 pm

To speed up the process, here are 2 identical conversations, one in aim+, one in aim4.4:

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<hR>** 2002/05/01 17:45:46 IM with –SCREENNAME-
<HR><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><B><FONT COLOR="#ff0000">SCREENNAME<!-- (5:45:47 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"> <A HREF="http://www.big-o-software.com">http://www.big-o-software.com</FONT></A><BR><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><B><FONT COLOR="#ff0000">SCREENNAME<!-- (5:45:55 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"> ...<BR><B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff">SCREENNAME signed off at 5:49:39 PM</B>.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></BODY></HTML>

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<!-- 17:45:46-f94 -->
<BASE TARGET="_new">
<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><B><FONT COLOR="#ff0000">SCREENNAME<FONT SIZE=1> (5:45:47 PM)</FONT></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"> <A HREF="http://www.big-o-software.com">http://www.big-o-software.com </FONT></A><BR><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><B><FONT COLOR="#ff0000">SCREENNAME<FONT SIZE=1> (5:45:55 PM)</FONT></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"> ...<BR><B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff">SCREENNAME signed off at 5:49:39 PM</B>.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></BODY></HTML><BR>

As you can see, time stamping works differently in each one.

There also has to be a fix for images...this is how it works in aim4.4

In the conversations, it adds something similar to this:

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<IMG SRC="file:///C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\blah.jpg" ID="1" WIDTH="1600" HEIGHT="1200" DATASIZE="268831">

...and at the end of the conversation, the image is written in this form:

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<BINARY><STYLE><DATA ID="1" SIZE="268831">
Lots of funky symbols for the image
</DATA></STYLE></BINARY>

Hope this helps, I’m looking forward to using this tool =)

Thanks for your time.

FrostyTaco · Post by **FrostyTaco** » Mon Jun 10, 2002 4:58 pm

any updates on the project?

Big-O Software

import aim 4.4 logfile

import aim 4.4 logfile

Big-O Ryan

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