ICQ/IP
VERSION 1.1 !!!

About ICQ/IP
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Application Notes
Version History
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About ICQ/IP

ICQ/IP has been tested & works with ICQ2000 v4.31 Build 3143 & should work with all other versions!

Why I wrote ICQ/IP (A more detailed explanation about what ICQ/IP does)
I have a friend with a lotus notes server on a ppp dynamic ip account. We both have ICQ. Whenever I needed to connect to his notes server I needed a name to get to it (notes only uses names, not ip #). I would look in ICQ, get his ip, update my host table & go from there. ICQ/IP was written to do this lookup & editing for me. Also, this allowed me to ping, ftp, telnet, etc. to his host name instead of ip address if needed. Any game that asks for a host name or IP address I now use the host name instead of looking in icq user properties to get the ip address.

Download

icqip11.zip from tripod.com or from icqip11.zip on simtel.net

7/30/2000 39,554 bytes

Zip File Contents:
     Readme.txt - This file
     ICQIP.EXE - The ICQ/IP Application Executable
     ICQMAPI.DLL - The ICQ API DLL, ICQ/IP needs this file to communicate with ICQ

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Setup

Create a subdirectory for ICQ/IP to reside & unzip the file into it. Make sure to keep the DLL file in the same subdirectory as the executable. Once you run the application it will ask you for the location of your host table. For Windows 9x it is c:\windows\hosts (no extension). For Windows NT it is c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

Application Notes

ICQ/IP uses the nickname displayed within ICQ as the host name.
SPECIAL FEATURE : If you double-click on the ICQ/IP icon, the sound is instantly muted/unmuted.
You can set ICQ to automatically launch ICQ/IP when ICQ loads if you are not on a permanent connection.
To do this:
ICQ MUST be running for ICQ/IP to function.
If ICQ/IP seems to not be working, look to the About Box for more information.
I have received notes that ICQ/IP is given internal network IP addresses from the ICQ API instead of the internet IP Addresses. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do to fix this until an updated API is released from ICQ. It seems as if results vary with ver of ICQ.
If a contact has a 2 or more word ICQ nickname (ie "Big Boss Man") any and only one of the words can work at a time. So, "ping Big" or "Ping Boss" will both ping the same IP address.
If you have an application that locks the host table, such as WinRoute (when acting as DNS) ICQ/IP cannot update the host table & not work properly.

Version History

1.0

Initial Release

1.1

Added some features requested from users:

Added an "Update Now" entry to the control menu.
Use this if you would like ICQ/IP to update the host table independent of the contact list changing.
Added a "Disable ICQ/IP"/"Enable ICQ/IP" entry to the control menu.
Use this if you would like ICQ/IP to stop updating the host table for a bit, so you do not have to exit ICQ/IP.
Added an "Edit Host Table" entry to the control menu.
Use this to launch Notepad and view/edit the host table.
Changed the whitespace in the host table between the IP addresses and the aliases from spaces to a tab.