Meteor texting program II

So I was curious the other day and googled for 'meteor texting program' and was startingly amused to find my blog entry on the meteor texting program that I wrote to be the first hit! Olé!

It also just so happens that I've completed version 1.0 of the program (it had previously been on version 0.X), see end of post for details on how to download it (for free!). It's still released as a .0.X version as I want to provoke a number of possible bugs in the program out before releasing a proper version of the program. Anyway, here's a full list of its features:

• sending text messages to individuals [can type continuously over as long a message as you want to send and the program will parse the messages into as many text messages as are required to send. Can select any number of individual recipients]
  
• sending text messages to groups [same features as with sending messages to individuals]
  
• text-merge functionality [If you wish to send a message to a number of people but with to use the recipients' name in the message you can type '<NAME>' into the text message and that part of text will be replaced with the name of everyone attached to the outgoing message. Don't use with groups or the name of the group will appear. i.e. sending 'Hi <NAME>' to Jack and Jill sends 'Hi Jack', 'Hi Jill']
  
• text-message numbering system [The program automatically parses texts which go over the 160 character limit to as many sub-message as are required. However, the sending service sometimes sends the messages in the wrong order. To overcome complications on the recipient's side the sender can choose whether or not to number the outgoing text messages so the receiver will not have to jig-saw around the meaning. Some people don't like this so it can be turned off if desired from the options button from main menu.]
  
• high-level message logging [This feature was added for me. If a bug occurred it was useful to know how to replicate it, but was difficult to get an accurate measure of how it was created. When functions are called they save details in a file called 'logger.dat', with which I can trace the events which lead to the crash. It's like a stack-trace]
  
• individual phonebook management [You can completely manage your individual address book, can add, remove and modify contacts]
  
• group phone book management [You can completely manage your group address book, can add, remove and modify contacts]
• remembering the last user [The program uses a file called 'rememberme.txt' which contains the details of the user's number, pin and a number of other options which can be specified. This file can be used to 'load up' your own profile when opening the program.]
  
• auto login options [If you would prefer to not be automatically logged into the program, and hence mymeteor.ie, you can specify an option in the options menu which will put your phone number in the number input box, and your *'d pin in the pin box. You can then either log into that profile or change the details. If you don't want anything to be remembered untick the 'remember me' checkbox on the login screen.]
  
• AES file encryption [The 'rememberme.txt' file is encrypted with a 128 bit AES key which is recursively revised with each new data segment...]
  
• task bar minimisation [By pressing the minimise button from the main menu one can minimise the program to the task bar. From here you can either double click to restore the program to its fullness or you can right click on it which'll provide a number of options, like restore, send message, exit etc.]
  
• update management [To save the user of the program checking online for updates of the program a button was created which, when clicked, will inform the user if an update for the program is available. It can be found on the login screen and the options dialog from the main menu.]
• Perpetual login [When starting the program, and indeed until the program is closed, the cookies that the program stores are maintained and revised over time so the session doesn't terminate. It even maintains the cookies over Windows sessions, so that if you hibernate your computer and then open it again it'll log into the same session for your convenience.]
  

Now, this program can be downloaded for free from here. To use it you need to first download some DLLs, then the latest version of the program from the first link. Put them both in the same directory and run the meteor.X.Y.exe program. It'll create the necessary files. If you're loading from a pre-.0.9 version you'll need to first delete the 'rememberme.txt' file to work the program, I changed the encryption standard from then. If you use an RSS feed reader you can subscribe to my meteor program here.

Enjoy, and please let me know if you like the program, find bugs with it, think it's pants, have recommendations for it etc.