mcxNOW Windows transaction log app (Beta version) - UPDATE V1.5

[MarpleTrading]

V1.5
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Added status bar with alive tick to indicate program is running
Minor bug fixes

V1.4
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Fixed an issue that not all transaction were logged

V1.3
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Database lock issue solved

V1.2
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Firefox bug solved
Minor changes

V1.1
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MySql no longer needed.




Hi Traders,

Although many of us like mcxNOW very much and some even say it is the best exchange around one feature is really missing. There is no way to export the transaction log.
Because of this I programmed one myself and the last couple of days I have worked on it to create a version that is more or less stable enough to share with the public, although I still call it an alpha version.

The version runs stable at my place, but since I have only limited possibility to test in many different environments it might not run in your environment, please let me know when you encounter problems and I will see if  I can solve them.

Source files:
https://github.com/CoenKuij/mcxTransactionLog

Excecutable (x86):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mcxtransactionlog/files/mcxTransactionLog_1.5.zip/download

mcxNOW Transaction Log
======================
This Windows program enables you to read the transaction log page from the mcxNOW crypto exchange and store it in a MySQL or SQLite database.
It also provides you with a feature to export the contents of the transaction database to a CSV file for use with e.g. Microsoft Excel.

Donations
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Donations are kindly excepted as a token of gratitude and necessary if you would like to see work on this project continue.

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Prerequisites
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The use of MySQL is no longer necessary and has become an option. Check the "Use MySQL" checkbox if you want to use MySQL. Leave it unchecked if not.

Manual
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On start-up of the program, a window will open which gives you the following options:

• Login Method
• Database
• Browser selection / Username and password fields

Login method
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Here you can select whether you want to log in on mcxNOW using the browser stored cookies, or by using your username and password.
Using the cookies is only possible when you have used the selected browser to successfully log in on mcxNOW before.

When you select "Username + password" the radio buttons for browser selection are changed for input field for the username and password you use to login in mcxNOW.

Remark: Make sure to change the settings on mcxNOW to never log out, otherwise the program will stop working when you are logged out by mcxNOW!!!!

Database
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In this section you can enter the data for the MySQL database, if the "Use MySQL checkbox has been checked". You will then get the possibility to enter the MySQL data,
The host field expects the IP address for the MySQL database. If you run MySQL locally the default localhost can be used.
Username and password should be set to the appropriate values.

When MySQL is not used, entry of this data is disabled.

Browser selection
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Select the browser you have used to successfully used to login in mcxNOW.

OR depending on login method choses

Username and password
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select the username and password you use for mcxNOW.

Export CSV
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Clicking this button will pop up a file dialog where you can enter a filename for the export. The contents of the database wil then be
written to this file in CSV format.If the database is empty the file will abviously be empty as well.

If the file exists the content will be overwritten.

Start Bot
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Clicking this button will start retrieving the transaction information from mcxNOW and store it in MySQL. It will keep logging as long as
the program runs and cannot be stopped otherwise than closing the program.
It is possible to use the export functionality while the bot is retrieving transaction data.

Questions and requests
----------------------
If you have a question, feature request or bug report, please send me a PM.


Acknowledgements
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mcxTransactionLog uses an adapted and extended version of the mcxNOW API SDK written by Michal Gebauer.
Thanks to KaTXi who reported and solved the FireFox bug
Thanks to RealSolid for letting me use the mcxNOW logo

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[MarpleTrading]

Known bugs:
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WebCookies.dll not in executable on sourceforge -> solved
V1.1 doesn't work with all installations of FireFox. -> Solved in version 1.2.

Program crash due to database lock -> Solved in version 1.3

[KaTXi]

Any chance for you to change the project to VS2010 / .NET 4.0? Are you using classes or XAML stuff from .NET 4.5?

[gorgorom]

reserved

[MarpleTrading]

Any chance for you to change the project to VS2010 / .NET 4.0? Are you using classes or XAML stuff from .NET 4.5?

It should not be too hard to get it work with .net 4.0 I guess. I am not aware that I have used new features from 4.5 (although I might have )
It is WPF with XAML, but when you look at the code you see all you answers.

[KaTXi]

It should not be too hard to get it work with .net 4.0 I guess. I am not aware that I have used new features from 4.5 (although I might have )
It is WPF with XAML, but when you look at the code you see all you answers.

Ok, starting (now I just have to install MySQL locally or get rid of it completelly and store on local files  ). I had to change all project definitions in a text editor from Visual Studio 12 to Visual Studio 11 and NET 4.5 to 4.0.
I also had to set all projects manually to X86 as target platform, but it works without code changes. As soon as I'm able to test the connection and retrieve data I'll let you know if I had to change anything to make it work.

[MarpleTrading]

V1.1
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An update has become available that makes the use of MySQL optional.

[Duetschpire]

nice work mate, as always!

[KaTXi]

I've pushed a change so it works getting cookies from Firefox in a Windows 7, I haven't tried with Windows 8, XP or any Server variant.
Feel free to discard it if this breaks compativility with any other Windows version, just keep in mind that on Windows 7 default Firefox directory scheme it doesn't work.

[MarpleTrading]

I've pushed a change so it works getting cookies from Firefox in a Windows 7, I haven't tried with Windows 8, XP or any Server variant.
Feel free to discard it if this breaks compativility with any other Windows version, just keep in mind that on Windows 7 default Firefox directory scheme it doesn't work.

It already works with cookies from FireFox

[KaTXi]

It already works with cookies from FireFox

Yep, and it's a brilliant solution, but it wasn't working on my computer because of a "hardcoded" directory that's different and a filename for the *.default file that included a " User" in it's name (my file was called "xyzabc.default" and yours seems to be something like "xyzabc.default User")

[MarpleTrading]

I see
Just checked another FF installation and there it is as you describe. But this means we need a more sophisticated solution that can tackle both.

But let's continue talk implementation in git, where it belongs, instead of cluttering the thread here

[MarpleTrading]

A new executable is available on sourceforge as it seems that WebCookies.dll has been missing. (No update)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcxtransactionlog/files/mcxTransactionLog_1.1.zip/download

[MarpleTrading]

Work around added for crash because of database lock.

Delete file %appdata%\CryptoDB\mcxTransactionDB

[MarpleTrading]

Released version 1.2

Now it should be possible for everyone to login using the FireFox cookies.

[MarpleTrading]

It seems that I found the cause of the database lock crash and it will be fixed in the next update tonight.

BTW: Is anyone using or interested that I continue this project? It costs a lot of time and I don't get much feedback, so I might as well stop updating. Let me know what you guys think.

[KaTXi]

It seems that I found the cause of the database lock crash and it will be fixed in the next update tonight.

BTW: Is anyone using or interested that I continue this project? It costs a lot of time and I don't get much feedback, so I might as well stop updating. Let me know what you guys think.

It's really useful, for me at least...

[Mitchell]

I think its useful and it's awesome that you made it. Please continue working on it.
The problem here is that most people don't know/use mcxNOW or they don't trade enough to find this useful. Don't let that bring you down my friend.

[MarpleTrading]

I just released version 1.3 which solves the issue with the database lock.

[Mitchell]

Prerequisites

This program will only run if you have MySQL running on your machine, or have access to a remote instance of MySQL. To install MySQL locally you can download it from here

Remember the user and password you chose during intstallation, as you will need them when accessing MySQL from the program.

Is this still necessary? If not, you should remove/edit it in your readme.md