Attachments in private messages

Last tested in 3.5.0 beta 4
Beta hack

With this hack you can send attachments inside private messages.
Sometimes you may want to send an image or file to another user, but
you just don't want to disclose your email or make the file public,
with this hack you can attach it to the private message.

Info for hackers:
You may modify, improve, upgrade, redistribute this hack, include it
in another hack or yours or translate it provided you do it free of
charge and you distribute it in www.vbulletin.org at least, there is no
need to pm me asking for permission
Some portions of the code are (c) Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

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I didn't think this could be done by plugins alone, but it was, although some sections were really tricky.

Please read the faq in the post below. Also please reply if you tested it and it worked for you much appreciated

v1.0.0
first release

v1.0.1
Fixed an elusive bug that deleted all your non-pm attachments.
Now in "valid file extensions" everything is correctly shown
Added vbulletin version check so you can't install the plugin in an unsupported version

[Kentaurus]

I uploaded a new version. For upgrading please:
In the "plugin manager" delete all plugins that have "private attachments - " as a prefix, there are 4 of them
re-upload privateattachments.xml from download/update plugins
re-upload privateattachments.php in your includes/cron folder

Thanks to .Tim for the help in debugging this, I'm terribly sorry about the bug in deleting attachments, it's finally fixed.

I am now trying to find why the attachments wouldn't be displayed, they show fine in my installation, I tried sending a pm with attachments from "user1" to "user2", mixing images and documents.... didn't have any issues, user2 can see the attachments in the pm just fine.

Does the fieldset that says "attached images" and "attached files" appears, or does nothing appears at all? Could you also try seeing the pm in the "sent items" folders and check if the attachments show there?

[theArchitect]

Originally Posted by Kentaurus

I uploaded a new version. For upgrading please:
In the "plugin manager" delete all plugins that have "private attachments - " as a prefix, there are 4 of them
re-upload privateattachments.xml from download/update plugins
re-upload privateattachments.php in your includes/cron folder

Thanks to .Tim for the help in debugging this, I'm terribly sorry about the bug in deleting attachments, it's finally fixed.

I am now trying to find why the attachments wouldn't be displayed, they show fine in my installation, I tried sending a pm with attachments from "user1" to "user2", mixing images and documents.... didn't have any issues, user2 can see the attachments in the pm just fine.

Does the fieldset that says "attached images" and "attached files" appears, or does nothing appears at all? Could you also try seeing the pm in the "sent items" folders and check if the attachments show there?

Just in case I am missing something what template displays the recieved message?

I get the little paper clip in the general inbox view, but I can't see the attachment when I open the PM. All I can think is that I have missed a template mod.

[.Tim]

Originally Posted by Kentaurus

Thanks to .Tim for the help in debugging this, I'm terribly sorry about the bug in deleting attachments, it's finally fixed.

Now if you can just help me finish building this time machine so I can go back in time and hit myself over the head with a chair before I attempt to install this without backing up my database first.

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by .Tim

Now if you can just help me finish building this time machine so I can go back in time and hit myself over the head with a chair before I attempt to install this without backing up my database first.

Can't help you with that I'm afraid....
I did add a giant "Beta Hack" legend to the first post.... before it was just the tiny little checkbox to the right. Wish I could do something to help you recover your attachments.

[Johannes de Le?n]

It still doesn't show up when one is reading a message. See attachments.

[theArchitect]

Originally Posted by Johannes de Le?n

It still doesn't show up when one is reading a message. See attachments.

Yep. That is exactly what I am getting.

[burnist]

Well, its working for me

Only thing is its templates are un cached, not saying its your fault but we really need to work out some way of adding to those arrays.

[fabrizio]

Hello here.

Do you know if this modification works well on vBulletn 3.0.7 (the latest one)?

Thank you for any information.

Fab.

[Johannes de Le?n]

Originally Posted by fabrizio

Hello here.

Do you know if this modification works well on vBulletn 3.0.7 (the latest one)?

Thank you for any information.

Fab.

No, it will not work, it is a plugin, vB 3.0.7 doesn't support plugins.

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by fabrizio

Hello here.

Do you know if this modification works well on vBulletn 3.0.7 (the latest one)?

Thank you for any information.

Fab.

Only in vbulletin 3.5 beta 4