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#1 poseidon88 Oct 24, 2009 2:51:51	Good news, everyone!  The new version of my Compendium search tool for Windows is complete.  It now supports fully filtered searches under every category.  There are a couple of issues I know about (listed below), but most of them aren't my fault.  The web service API has some quirks, and some flat-out bugs.  I'll be submitting these to WotC, but I'm not holing my breath that they'll fix them.  At any rate, the tool is functional, and, IMHO much easier to use than the Compendium web interface. Here's a direct link to the binary: compendiumsearch.googlecode.com/files/Co... This is the project web site: code.google.com/p/compendiumsearch/ Known Issues: Filtering monsters by level doesn't work.  At all.  I'm submitting the same query that the web site uses, but the web service returns every monster in the Compendium unless I filter on other criteria.  I assume the web site does post-query filtering.  Oh well, there's always the Monster Builder. If you try to filter traps by Type=Hazard, you'll get a http 500 error return.  The Compendium web site does the same thing, they just suppress the error. After the 500 error, it's possible to get into a weird state that causes the app to crash.  I'll try to fix this in a later release.  Or maybe I'll just take out the filter option. Feedback is appreciated.
#2 poseidon88 Oct 24, 2009 3:13:40	Heh.  After posting, I already fixed a couple of bugs, including the HTTP 500 error.  The binary has been updated to 2.0.1.
#3 Phobos Oct 28, 2009 9:00:12	I'll be brutally honest on this, this isn't a product issue as much as it is a WotC issue.  This looks nice, searched fast, but the second it wants my user/pass...it makes me cringe.  First off, I have to log into Wizard's site everytime, it never saves my user/pass, let alone for 2 weeks. I'd love to see them write an excrypted cookie, then create a web API that you (or others) can use to grab that cookie and pass it on (without having to ever ask or see the user/pass). If the cookie is not present, I'll be happy to go to Wizard's site and log in. Again, I'm not knocking your product, and I realize you have zero control over this, but I can tell you right away why I will only test it so far.
#4 poseidon88 Oct 28, 2009 10:57:22	Well, it does keep you logged in for as long as the application is open.  But I know what you mean.  I'll actually look into this and see if there's a way I can store a cookie without compromising your credentials.