Script functions..

renderman · 05-10-2005

Ok, I admit, my scripting/programming skills are pretty much nil, but I'm trying to learn, so just point me in the right direction. No spoon feeding required.

Current project has me needing to write a script for NS to automatically compare the latest detected AP information (i.e. SSID) to a list and to delete the entry if it finds it.

I want to look at the SSID and throw out know pay-to-play hotspots and known industrial setups. Could do this by hand after the fact, but would be easier to do it through 'OnScanResult' in real time. Another option would be if there was a way to insert a column in the display and flag pay hotpsot SSID's

So, the question is this: Where do I find out how to delete records in the display of NS through a script?

dwakeman · 05-10-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by renderman

Ok, I admit, my scripting/programming skills are pretty much nil, but I'm trying to learn, so just point me in the right direction. No spoon feeding required.

There is no spoon.

Quote:

Current project has me needing to write a script for NS to automatically compare the latest detected AP information (i.e. SSID) to a list and to delete the entry if it finds it.

I want to look at the SSID and throw out know pay-to-play hotspots and known industrial setups. Could do this by hand after the fact, but would be easier to do it through 'OnScanResult' in real time. Another option would be if there was a way to insert a column in the display and flag pay hotpsot SSID's

So, the question is this: Where do I find out how to delete records in the display of NS through a script?

I'm pretty sure that while NetStumbler is running, it keeps all the scanned data in memory, and not in a file that could be edited. Also, I don't think you can edit/insert a column in the main display.

What you could do is have a script running that grabbed the OnScanResult data, compared it to your listing of known AP's, and if it passed your condition, writes the scan data to a NetStumbler Summary text file that could be imported later.

That sound right?

renderman · 05-10-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwakeman

There is no spoon.

I'm pretty sure that while NetStumbler is running, it keeps all the scanned data in memory, and not in a file that could be edited. Also, I don't think you can edit/insert a column in the main display.

What you could do is have a script running that grabbed the OnScanResult data, compared it to your listing of known AP's, and if it passed your condition, writes the scan data to a NetStumbler Summary text file that could be imported later.

That sound right?

I was more looking for something that would just delete entries from the display, rather than post-processing.

The project is actually the reverse of my description (minor obfuscation but now that I think about it, it's not that bad to share the idea for the project), I want to be able to make an idiot proof way to map the location of pay-hotspot SSID's so there can be 1 ubiquitous map showing all hotspots regardless of company.

I would not be the one driving, so the fewer the steps the better, hence my desire for chucking bad data on the fly and making it idiot proof.

dwakeman · 05-10-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by renderman

I was more looking for something that would just delete entries from the display, rather than post-processing.

Yup that's what I understood your question as. I'm either right in the fact that this can't be edited, or I'm unsure of how to do it from the NetStumbler display. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to edit it real-time however.

Quote:

The project is actually the reverse of my description (minor obfuscation but now that I think about it, it's not that bad to share the idea for the project), I want to be able to make an idiot proof way to map the location of pay-hotspot SSID's so there can be 1 ubiquitous map showing all hotspots regardless of company.

I would not be the one driving, so the fewer the steps the better, hence my desire for chucking bad data on the fly and making it idiot proof.

Are you looking to have this plot the points real-time to mapping software? Because you could still accomplish this in real-time through the NetStumbler scripting engine, and plot only the points you wanted to MS MapPoint. The process would be exactly the same as my previous post, except you would be writing the data to MapPoint instead of the NetStumbler Summary file.

Once you setup your script to run in NetStumbler, you would only have three steps for your driver:

1. Open Microsoft MapPoint.
2. Open NetStumbler (which loads your script automatically).
3. Drive around.

The points that passed your condition would be plotted in real-time to the MS MapPoint application.

Are we getting closer?

If you want only specific AP's to show up in NetStumbler, then I'm not sure that can be accomplished. Someone may correct me though

beakmyn · 05-10-2005

I don't see any hooks into the GUI

The only hook NS provides is in regards to the 'ScriptWindow'

AddItemContextMenu
HostCreateObject
PlaySound
PlaySoundLoop

That's all I see. Anything beyond that would have to be a hack or post process.

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renderman Drunken Stumbler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Anywhere but Utah Posts: 1,803	Script functions.. Ok, I admit, my scripting/programming skills are pretty much nil, but I'm trying to learn, so just point me in the right direction. No spoon feeding required. Current project has me needing to write a script for NS to automatically compare the latest detected AP information (i.e. SSID) to a list and to delete the entry if it finds it. I want to look at the SSID and throw out know pay-to-play hotspots and known industrial setups. Could do this by hand after the fact, but would be easier to do it through 'OnScanResult' in real time. Another option would be if there was a way to insert a column in the display and flag pay hotpsot SSID's So, the question is this: Where do I find out how to delete records in the display of NS through a script? __________________ Never drink anything larger than your head! Scaramental Wine Taster for the Church Of WiFi Buy our books! "I reject your reality, and substitute my own!" – Adam Savage CoWF WPA Hash Tables

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beakmyn root\.workspace\.garbage. Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,805	I don't see any hooks into the GUI The only hook NS provides is in regards to the 'ScriptWindow' AddItemContextMenu HostCreateObject PlaySound PlaySoundLoop That's all I see. Anything beyond that would have to be a hack or post process. __________________ Daughter with arms inside shirt: "Daddy I'm not Armish" ┌──────────────────────────────┐ ╞ NS Icons Explained\|et hoc genus omne ╡ └──────────────────────────────┘

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