[VB3 RC3] Attachments in private messages

Unsupported. VB3.5 version is here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91220

Tested on 3.0.3

This hack enables you to send attachments in a private message. This feature was really useful to me in vb2 and I kind of missed it on vb3 so I rehacked it myself.

When a user writes a private message they will be given the option to add an attachment, the same as when writing a post. It uses the same rules you have defined for a convencional attachment including file types, quotas, etc. It is only an extension for attachments to be used in private messages.

As always it is advised to backup your files before hacking in case you want to go back, this is some big hack including modification of multiple files, some templates and adding two extra columns in the database tables.

Instructions are provided in the txt, and some screenshots on where the attachment option appears.

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.

Edit by MarcoH64:
Because of multiple requests to make this hack work on vB3.0.7 i created upgrade instructions. These upgrade instructions can be followed after the original instructions (the 3.0.3 version). The original coder can not be held responsible for my modification.

[thuffner]

Just installed again and it didn't work.

It attaches to a PM fine. I send it to myself, open the PM, and no attachment is in the PM...

[Boofo]

kentaurus, are you still supporting this hack?

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by Boofo

kentaurus, are you still supporting this hack?

not at the same pace, but yes, I am If a really big bad bug appears I would of course give priority to it, for small modifications I usually delay a little more. I even tested this with RC3 yesterday and checked if the instructions were still ok.

About that double attachment in the attachment screen I am still thinking if I should fix that. The attachments in private message are somehow more controversial than the common attachments...

Right now I can duplicate the attachment for the attachment owner and all the members for which the attachment is sent.. that takes a lot of space in little time because a single attachment can be stored twice, or three times, or more. If I don't do that ownership of the attachment is difficult to determine.

If the owner of the attachment is the one that sent the attachment then I can go to attachments -> delete this attachment and the person that received it keeps nothing. I don't think this is natural, right now if someone sends me something by mail there is no way they can delete it after being sent.

If the owner of the attachment is the recipient then I have to do that store-attachments-more-than-once, and that's not nice for the db or the filesystem. I can't store it only once because a pm can be sent to multiple recipients, and then any recipient would be able to delete it leaving the rest with no attachment. This is even worse than the owner deleting it.

And now, why does the attachment appears twice in the attachment screen? That is because it appears once for each of your pm with that attachments, and if you send the pm to yourself and also you keep a copy then you have 2 pm's. Then that screen will link once to the pm you recieved from yourself and once to the pm that is in the sent folder.. even if it's the same attachment. That is why I haven't fixed it yet.. I am still debating if I should. Sending a pm to yourself is not that natural anyway, unless I were using the pm as a personal notepad or something.

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by thuffner

Just installed again and it didn't work.

It attaches to a PM fine. I send it to myself, open the PM, and no attachment is in the PM...

There was also someone having that problem before. Do you have any other hack installed that deals with functions_posting.php or private.php?

Also, did you made all the code modifications in private.php? That's usually the problem.

[sonic3d]

nice job

[thuffner]

Originally Posted by kentaurus

There was also someone having that problem before. Do you have any other hack installed that deals with functions_posting.php or private.php?

Also, did you made all the code modifications in private.php? That's usually the problem.

Nope no other hacks installed. And did the private.php mods. I switched over to thumbnail attached images in my ACP and it works fine now. A workaround, but I'll take it.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by kentaurus

not at the same pace, but yes, I am If a really big bad bug appears I would of course give priority to it, for small modifications I usually delay a little more. I even tested this with RC3 yesterday and checked if the instructions were still ok.

About that double attachment in the attachment screen I am still thinking if I should fix that. The attachments in private message are somehow more controversial than the common attachments...

Right now I can duplicate the attachment for the attachment owner and all the members for which the attachment is sent.. that takes a lot of space in little time because a single attachment can be stored twice, or three times, or more. If I don't do that ownership of the attachment is difficult to determine.

If the owner of the attachment is the one that sent the attachment then I can go to attachments -> delete this attachment and the person that received it keeps nothing. I don't think this is natural, right now if someone sends me something by mail there is no way they can delete it after being sent.

If the owner of the attachment is the recipient then I have to do that store-attachments-more-than-once, and that's not nice for the db or the filesystem. I can't store it only once because a pm can be sent to multiple recipients, and then any recipient would be able to delete it leaving the rest with no attachment. This is even worse than the owner deleting it.

And now, why does the attachment appears twice in the attachment screen? That is because it appears once for each of your pm with that attachments, and if you send the pm to yourself and also you keep a copy then you have 2 pm's. Then that screen will link once to the pm you recieved from yourself and once to the pm that is in the sent folder.. even if it's the same attachment. That is why I haven't fixed it yet.. I am still debating if I should. Sending a pm to yourself is not that natural anyway, unless I were using the pm as a personal notepad or something.

That makes more sense now. I usually don't send pms with attachmnets to myself, so that is not any problem having it show up twice. It was just a test message that I have already erased anyway.

What about the Show Thumbnails not working with pm attachments? Can that be fixed?

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by Boofo

What about the Show Thumbnails not working with pm attachments? Can that be fixed?

Of course, of course :nervous:

In profile.php search for this:

$show['thumbnail'] = iif($post['hasthumbnail'] == 1 AND $vboptions['attachthumbs'] AND $showthumbs AND $post['postid'], 1, 0);

replace it with:

$show['thumbnail'] = iif($post['hasthumbnail'] == 1 AND $vboptions['attachthumbs'] AND $showthumbs AND ($post['postid'] OR $post['private']), 1, 0);

[Boofo]

Thank you, sir. Will you be updating the file in the first post with this?

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Thank you, sir. Will you be updating the file in the first post with this?

Already updated.