Dave's Quick Search Deskbar (iptools)

I just discovered Dave's Quick Search Deskbar and man, this thing is cool! It gives you easy access to a ton of different functions like calculator, calendar, clock, currency converter, and stock quotes. Not only that, but any kind of internet search you can dream up like acronym finder, dictionary, translations - anything!

Not only is it so versatile right out of the box, but it's so easy to modify! The one thing I could find though was renewing my IP address though the tool. So I wrote it :)

Check out my "iptools" attachment. Just unzip it into your addons folder and refresh the Deskbar. Then you will have a couple commands at your disposal:

• "renewip": Renews your IP address.
• "showip": Shows your local IP addresses
• "showip /ext": Shows your external IP address

This is relatively untested but it works for me. So far, this is taking the place of my Desktop Calendar and DesktopIP tools.

To install this, simply extract the iptools.zip archive to the addons folder inside your Quick Search Deskbar folder (create the addons folder if it doesn't exist). In the end you should end up with something like: C:\Program Files\Quick Search Deskbar\addons\iptools . Then reload the deskbar (type ! in the deskbar textbox).

Updates:

*edit* Updated to allow setting the colors of the popup independant of the default Deskbar popup colors. To do this, add this to you localsearch.css file:

.iptools_message
{
color: black;
}
.iptools_descr
{
}
.iptools_val
{
font-weight: bold;
}
.iptools_error
{
color: red;
}
.iptools_disabled
{
color: #888888;
}

Also added is a Waiting indicator for functions that might take a couple seconds like getting your external IP and renewing your local IP address.

Lastly, I tried to make it a little smarter when parsing your IP addresses to give you some indication of which interfaces are disabled, DHCP enabled, and/or DHCP gave an error.

Check it out and comment if you find any problems, have suggestions, or just general praise ;)

*edit again* Added the feature to show the network interface name, similar to what shows up in the Network Connections window on Windows XP. Also, added a little error checking. I could extend this feature more if there's a need for it.

To use the new version, simply overwrite the "C:\Program Files\Quick Search Deskbar\addons\iptools" folder with thecontents of the updated archive.