matthewking/skypequotecreator

Allow users to create quotes in the Skype clipboard format.

Skype Quote Creator

A simple WinForms app that allows the user to create a new quote in Skype's clipboard format.

Deprecation notice

Please note that this app is no longer actively maintained, and won't work with newer versions of Skype. Skype changed their quote system years ago, and this app does not support their new quote system. I'm no longer an active Skype user so I don't know the details of how the new quote system works. I'd be happy to accept a pull request from any community members who managed to work it out, though.

Get the application

You can download the application from the following sources:

Application	Description
Recommended	ClickOnce installer with automatic updates
Stand-alone	Stand-alone executable

Skype clipboard format

When a Skype quote is copied to the clipboard, the data object looks something like this:

Format	Description
System.String	Plain-text message
Text	Plain-text message
UnicodeText	Plain-text message
OEMText	Plain-text message
SkypeMessageFragment	MemoryStream containing UTF8 Skype message fragment (see below)
Locale	MemoryStream containing Cultural identifier (LCID)

SkypeMessageFragment

A simple XML string in the following format: <quote author="AuthorName" timestamp="Timestamp">MessageText</quote>, where AuthorName is the Skype user name of the message author, MessageText is the message text itself, and Timestamp is the number of seconds since the Unix epoch. The actual fragment from Skype contains a few more attributes, but they can be ignored for the purposes of this simple app!

Copyright

Copyright 2013-2016 Matthew King.

License

Skype Quote Creator is licensed under the MIT License. Refer to license.txt for more information.

skypequotecreator's Issues

This doesn't work anymore, right?

Using Skype Versión 8.37.0.98

Not work in windows 10

I have errors when implement this app in windows 10. This is the error.
`See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException (0x800401D0): Requested Clipboard operation did not succeed.
at System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.ThrowIfFailed(Int32 hr)
at System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.SetDataObject(Object data, Boolean copy, Int32 retryTimes, Int32 retryDelay)
at System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.SetText(String text, TextDataFormat format)
at SkypeQuoteCreator.MainForm.SaveToClipboard()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1073.0 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll

System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1038.0 built by: NETFXREL2

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

SkypeQuoteCreator
Assembly Version: 1.0.6.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.6.0

CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/datnn/AppData/Local/Apps/2.0/DLY6955H.O7C/5VT4R5QD.HH7/skyp..tion_0000000000000000_0001.0000_8a1e9c816c114e84/SkypeQuoteCreator.exe

System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1038.0 built by: NETFXREL2

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1068.2 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1038.0 built by: NETFXREL2

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll

System.Core
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1038.0 built by: NETFXREL2

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll

System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1064.2 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

Microsoft.GeneratedCode
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1064.2 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

System.Deployment
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.6.1038.0 built by: NETFXREL2

CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Deployment/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Deployment.dll

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.`

Program is not portable

This program needs to be installed to run. For such a small program, filling a rather niche purpose, perhaps it is better to have it as a single launchable executable.