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1. ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner So how do we enter these rules Rules The Rules dialog looks like this Modify Rule Rules Rule Name tkolannyi heyberi Play sound on search hit Sound file to play on search hit CAWINDOWS Media ding wav Leave the field blank to play the default Asters Display an alert balloon on search hit Text to display in the balloon blank to display the search hit n or more times ied at least n times but not more than m times Figure 3 Rules Dialog Here s our clan cyber rule entered into Cronalyser We ve also specified that we want to hear a ding whenever it happens and we d like to see the incriminating evidence pop up in a system tray alert balloon Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner There are four main components to the Rule dialog 1 Rule name this is the name of the rule as you want it to appear in the rules list on the main dialog You cannot have two rules with the same name nor can the name be blank 2 Rule text this is the regular expression that makes up your rule Reference your groups by wrapping them in percent symbols E g sMyRule Note that group names are case sensitive Rules themselves however are cas2. Neocron Utilities Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner Use with Neocron 2 and any other application that outputs a text output file Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner Contents Fregucnty Asked QUESOS spect cae eee cee ese eran huiecne R EE 3 What ie CroOnalys ei rerepen oninia n Ee E E O TE 3 How much does Cronalyser COSU sossseeseeesssreresrrrserrrresrrrsssrrressrerssrrressreessrereserersseeresererssreresereesseeee 3 What are the systemi requireMent cccccsssssssscccccccseeessseecccccsseessseeececeessueaeseeeseeeessuaasseseseceesaaeasesss 4 It just says Application cannot be initialised Or SOME such NONSENSE ccceeeccceeeceeeeeceeeneeeeeeeees 4 WAIL NSO CO eeren E A ness tencectnenos bacon eexsstaieremoceasenss ancestor taneas 4 What search modes are provided a caciadsieevicccncavinncesavncdescivendovanesedeestroeesreawsivdsnaveeisiaesbadeseviensmeareecteens 4 What does arulelook Tike 2 vsssasicaiecanvnanniessanccravh arn oradiaseesaunnaevanardtenva EEA 4 People often call the same thing by different names Is there any way I can simplify my rules and SCO EWN A e A E A A E EE 4 I m monitoring a mIRC log but nothing seems to be happening eesssssssssssseresrreserreresrrrresreresrrrssseeee 4 can t find any way of saving my stuff sessesseseesesrereserrrssreresrrrrssrrresrr
3. arch string to the end of line 2 this allows us match any number of characters The dot means a character and the asterisk means zero or more occurrences of the thing before it We re not interested in what those characters are In this case we re skipping over the timestamp and the channel because they don t interest us anything here will be ok for a search hit Incidentally means one or more characters 3 Sclanny this is a group containing the names of our clan mates The system will detect if it has found one of our clan mates and will effectively end the reign of the from component 2 4 space colon space this always denotes that whatever follows is something that has been said by someone 5 this is another component to skip over unwanted characters in whatever was said until we get to something more interesting 6 ScyberS this is a group containing cyber lingo All 6 components of the rule need to be satisfied for the rule to generate a hit Our clannies talking about the price of fish won t trigger a hit nor will some random Joe cybering with his or her friend lf we d wanted to restrict this to people spamming TRADE chat then we could modify it slightly as follows TRADE NCS eClanny gt 3 sCybers Regular expressions take some getting used to and there are far more ins and outs than I ve mentioned here but they are extremely powerful Neocron Utilities
4. cated things This time we re going to write a rule to look for any of our clan mates cybering so that we may take suitable measures against them AN gCla annys 2 eCybers Obviously this rule pre supposes that you ve set up two groups clanny containing the names and nick names of our clan mates and cyber containing any incriminating cyber related language This is a slightly more complicated rule and in order to understand it we must know and understand exactly what it is that we are searching Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner Here s an example from Neocron s console log file Q 1 19 2006 213703712 gt TRADE NC gt KE Nidhogg You re Danned There are four main components to this line The timestamp 07 19 2006 21 03 12 followed by a gt 2 The channel TRADE NC followed by a gt If this is missing then the line was said locally 3 The person speaking KK Nidhogg followed by a That s me doncha know The thing being spoken You re banned Actually I m unable to impose in game bans contrary to popular belief but it s the kind of thing have the reputation of saying Let s review our rule part by part 1 this is a special character called an anchor It means our pattern must start at the beginning of the line You can also use a to anchor the se
5. e insensitive Rules are only applied to new text in the monitored files so it doesn t slow down over time as the files get bigger and bigger 3 Sound file if you would like a sound to play whenever the rule gets a hit then tick this box and browse to a valid WAV sound file If you leave the field blank then the Asterisk sound from the current theme will be used instead In order for any sounds to be heard you must also check the Play Sounds option on the Rule menu 4 Alert balloon if you would like an alert balloon to appear from the Cronalyser icon in your system tray whenever this rule gets a hit just tick this box If you leave the display text field blank then the line that matched the rule will be displayed in the balloon otherwise the specified text will be used In order for any alert balloons to appear you must also check the Show Balloon Tips option on the Rule menu 11 ey Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual 12 ey Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner Configuration Files Cronalyser uses a number of XML configuration files All of these files are located in the folder lt system disk gt documents and settings lt user gt application data Neocron Utilities Cronalyser lt Cronalyser Version gt If the folder does not exist and let s face it what are the chances then Cronalyser will automatically create it as well as two confi
6. erssrereserensseeresererssreresereeseeeee 5 I ve upgraded from an earlier version Where is all My stuff eusesseuseseenssrrnssrreresrresrreresrrrsssree 5 sade here 9 6101 UDOT a career eee enn nee eer ene Or este eer ee eon ene re ere ee certo ener ena teen etary eee 5 Hey SIS Cy SO arctica scree ca vce dese E bate isd ace cert dra sab sot occ eis das sae ewe eeihcloe saa scene rand dan ex eeeseeee 5 Froni Vo recat ciety E E E E EA 5 Proces FION a aar E E E O 6 Cene RO E E E E O S 7 Locating simple text SINE S seritsin E 7 GROWS eer E T E E E E S 7 Looking for more complicated things ccccccsssccccssseccceeseccccensecceeusececeeeceeeegsceeseuecesseeceeseneeeeeas 8 RUO S o E E E E E E E 9 COME UIE ONF ES e see usncesenttessans oacseaeacues nan cseusmecodeunniessainnesostanerasntnatecnsisorscatoatasuseoerntaraecceon 11 imp rting Groups 2NG RUNES vsicessitsccsiedecedesatecnssaaweteasndt dsaetindeeadasadoassananeadexdiasaeiaegeaadenespannecauatedesdiqeesiseies 12 ey Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner Frequently Asked Questions Let s just cut to the chase here with the Frequently Asked Questions More detailed information can be found in subsequent chapters What is Cronalyser Cronalyser is a tool that notifies you whenever key events happen It does this by monitoring any number of simultaneous data streams e
7. es sneocron logs z if E Callstack 1 Jog 2 E Callstack log a 0 E Callstack3 log a GE Callstack4 log fee 4 console Jog 2 e D3DSDrv log ae OS D3DDrv Log ae a E Eror Log p 03 Eror3log D E Erordlog oe SE E Init Log ae o a test log E clientliblog bt a 7 patchlog tot 1 Simply browse to the folder containing your log files and select the files you re interested in Selecting the folder itself will select all the log files below it The following file extensions are recognised log out err txt 2 Select the rules you wish to use during the search Use lt CTRL gt to select multiple rules individually or use lt SHIFT gt to select a range of rules You can right click and Select All or use the menu option on the Rule menu to select all the rules in one go Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner 3 Choose the mode One Shot searches the files presents the results and stops Free Running will constantly monitor the selected files for search hits until told to stop 4 Hit the Go button on the tool bar or start it from the Rule menu or the system tray icon 5 Go do something more interesting than watching chat files Process Flow eResults added eClick to select to output and SSIS Browse to Select one rule log folder e Use lt CTRL gt or eOpt
8. ething you re interested in you want to know about it immediately You d like to search one or more log files that you ve collected for something You can t remember exactly what it was and a simple text search just isn t working for you On a completely different note you might want to monitor your system s output and error files for critical errors and be notified immediately How much does Cronalyser cost Nothing it s freeware All we ask is that you keep this document together with the executable if you distribute it onwards We d also appreciate it if you checked out our game over at http www neocron com You ll be glad you did Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner What are the system requirements Cronalyser needs the NET Framework 2 0 to be installed for it to work This can be downloaded for free from Microsoft s website http www microsoft com downloads details aspx familyid 0856eacb 4362 4b0d 8edd aab15c5e04f5 amp displaylang en It just says Application cannot be initialised or some such nonsense See the entry above regarding the NET Framework What is Neocron Neocron is a sci fi MMORPG that plays like an FPS Come check us out at http www neocron com What search modes are provided Cronalyser provides two search modes One Shot simply applies your search rules to one or more
9. existing files Any lines that match are displayed in the output window Simple but not really what Cronalyser is about Free Running this mode monitors the selected files in real time and is the real power of Cronalyser This mode allows you to watch any number of files for any number of things you may be interested in through the use of rules Each rule looks for a specific thing in the input stream and once matched causes that line to be displayed in the output file and optionally a custom sound to be played and a message to appear in a system tray alert balloon What does a rule look like Rules are specified as regular expressions A regular expression is a powerful mechanism for describing search criteria There are many web sites where you can learn about regular expressions but one would recommend is http www regular expressions info We take a look at some examples later on in this document People often call the same thing by different names Is there any way I can simplify my rules and still cope with this Absolutely Cronalyser provides the concept of Groups which allows you to create a list of members themselves regular expressions if necessary that can be referenced simply by using the group name E g you could create a group called clanny that contains the names of all your clan members You can then refer to any member of your clan in your rules simply as clanny I m monitoring a mIRC log but
10. g Neocron log mIRC log etc Here are some examples of what Cronalyser can do for you With some imagination you could apply them to other games or general chat applications but why you would want to play anyone else s game is beyond us so we ll restrict the examples to Neocron You are a constructor of sublime weaponry but you don t have the time or patience to watch all the chat channels for people asking for construction services You may even be running another character in a different client window Cronalyser can play a custom sound and pop up a system tray alert balloon whenever anyone asks for a constructor even if they use any one of many slang names for either the act of construction or the item they would like constructed You already have a chat log stored in your logs folder but that file contains anything that anyone has ever said and searching it is a pain You d like to generate another chat log that only contains topics you re interested in or anything spoken by your clannies You d like a loud claxon to sound and a message to pop up from your system tray saying OMGWTFPWN OP H4x00red 110neone when someone hacks a layer of one of your captured outposts well you might be annoying like that You hate it when you miss that little text warning that disappears off the top of your chat window so quickly goddammit You d like to keep an eye on your mIRC or other messenger system while you re playing If someone mentions som
11. guration files CronalyserConfig xml stores all application settings between runs If you selected Free Running last time you used Cronalyser then you ll get Free Running by default next time CatSpyRules xml this file contains all the rules you ve configured When you create a group Cronalyser will create a new XML file to represent it Group files all start with the prefix CronalyserGroup_ If you rename or delete a group the associated file will be affected accordingly Finally a history of everything that appears in the Cronalyser output window is written to a log file called CronalyserLog Log Think of this as a distillation of all your monitored streams containing only data that matches your rules Importing Groups and Rules Cronalyser provides two mechanisms to allow people to share useful configuration Simply dropping a new group XML file into the configuration folder will cause that group to be made available the next time you start Cronalyser Files starting with the prefix CronalyserRule_ are deemed to contain new rules Cronalyser will import these rules into the main body of rules and then delete the import file afterwards Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual
12. ional Files to eSelect files or Rules lt SHIFT gt to sound plays Search folders to Use select multiple Optional rules balloon appears Figure 1 Cronalyser process flow Creating Rules Cronalyser rules possess the full power of regular expressions f you re familiar with regular expressions then you re already hot to trot otherwise here are some hints For a full explanation of regular expressions l d recommend the site http www regular expressions info Locating simple text strings If you want to find out if someone is talking to you simply create a rule with your name in it like so Nidhogg Case is not significant If people call you by different names e g nick names then you can specify E g them all separated by the a ternation symbol Nidhogg Nid Niddy iIdiot While it s possible to specify alternates like this it can become a little unwieldy especially if you want to use this in more than one rule To make things easier Cronalyser provides the concept of Groups Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner Groups The Group dialog looks like this Groups id CR a X Figure 2 Groups Dialog Now if you want to refer to yourself in a rule you can use the short form of the group name surrounded by symbols like so oO o0 me Looking for more compli
13. nothing seems to be happening mIRC has an option to lock its log files Make sure that option is not selected Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner I can t find any way of saving my stuff There s no need Cronalyser will persist all your configuration data to disk whenever necessary I ve upgraded from an earlier version Where is all my stuff Don t worry The new version will be below a new version folder see later on for details of where this is All you have to do is to copy the files from the old folder to the new one Cronalyser will automatically upgrade them to the latest version the first time it runs What about support Cronalyser was developed entirely by myself primarily as a means of test driving Visual Studio 2005 Visual Basic 2005 and Word 2007 will provide support where I can but it should be noted that this is entirely independent of Reakktor Media GmbH and neither they nor myself may be held liable for any damage that may be caused by the use of Cronalyser Neocron Utilities ChatSpy User Manual Cronalyser User Manual Monitor all your chat feeds in real time Nick Nidhogg Milner Using Cronalyser Front End Cronalyser s front end looks a bit like this ti Cronalyser Neocron Chat Log Search Utility File Rule Help E x lt Z J Free Running Oe D Program Fil
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