After releasing skype4cocoa upon the world, I started thinking… It would be handy to have the same application for Windows users. After all, windows users do make up almost 90% of users.
Today I am proud to release of skype4cmd. This application interfaces with Skype using the same input/output commands. The only major difference between this version and the Mac version is the fact that the mac version is a ‘magical’ single binary file and the windows version must be deployed with the Interop.SKYPE4COMLib.dll file that Skype provides. If anyone knows how I can suck this library into the binary, I would appreciate it if you could get in touch with me. Here is how you can get your fingers on the Visual Studio source and binary:
Source: http://svn.trynull.com/skype4cmd/trunk/
Binary: Download
Running the application is just as easy!
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C:\...\folder>dir Volume in drive C is BOOTCAMP Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX Directory of C:\...\folder 15/02/2011 11:28 PM . 15/02/2011 11:28 PM .. 15/02/2011 10:38 PM 169,472 Interop.SKYPE4COMLib.dll 15/02/2011 10:38 PM 5,632 SkypeForCMD.exe 2 File(s) 175,104 bytes 2 Dir(s) 38,314,287,104 bytes free C:\...\folder>SkypeForCMD.exe Ready when you are! call echo123 CALL 161421 STATUS ROUTING CALL 161421 STATUS RINGING CALL 161421 STATUS INPROGRESS CALL 161421 DURATION 1 CALL 161421 DURATION 2 CALL 161421 DURATION 3 CALL 161421 DURATION 4 CALL 161421 DURATION 5 CALL 161421 DURATION 6 CALL 161421 DURATION 7 CALL 161421 DURATION 8 CALL 161421 DURATION 9 CALL 161421 DURATION 10 CALL 161421 DURATION 11 CALL 161421 DURATION 12 CALL 161421 DURATION 13 CALL 161421 DURATION 14 CALL 161421 DURATION 15 CALL 161421 DURATION 16 CALL 161421 STATUS FINISHED USER randomUsername ONLINESTATUS AWAY message echo123 hi buddy CHATMESSAGE 161545 STATUS SENDING CHAT #sushzilla/$echo123;5de7dd5f17b348a6 ACTIVITY_TIMESTAMP 1297773142 |
To cover myself.. I should say that this is NOT a official release from the makers of Skype. I don’t guarantee that a week after publishing this application, Skype will not change how it works. All I have tested is the ability to send messages, make phone calls and send SMS. To help you out if your wondering why stuff isn’t working, here is a list of known ‘bugs’ with skype4cmd:
- Skype doesn’t seem to return errors.
- If Skype isn’t running, it will NOT be launched. A Future release of this application might tell you if Skype isnt connected when the application is launched.
- Skype tends to block you (temporarily as far as i can tell) if you make too many requests.
- Unlike skype4cocoa, the ping command does not return anything… I have no idea why this happens.
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