Couple of questions... greatful for any help, as much detail as you can give is good.
Thinking on scripts that store and call data.
1. What exactly is the difference between an ini file and a txt file? What are advantages and disadvantages of both? how do I go about using .ini files to save data?
2. A friend gave me a script that pulls data from an online database, then writes it to a .txt file, then writes it to the channel it was called from. When I asked him why bother writing it to the txt file he said the guy who wrote it told him it pastes faster. Does that make any sense, and if so why?
3. Say I want a script that stores and calls A LOT of info (like for an encyclopedia bot) how would it be best to store that info? Would it be easier on my client to pull that info from an online database or from a txt file? As it is im using txt files for everything, my script is a popular one, being used a lot and working hard to keep up. Im wondering if it would be better to use an online database instead.
mIRC and browsers...
4. I want a timer to open a link in the active browser window (as opposed to a new window) and keep it minimized. From what I can tell /url has a switch to open it in the active window, and /run has a switch to minimize the window that is opened, but neither has both. Is there any way I can do both? Or... can I use /run to refresh a specific browser window, and if so how?
5. Some websites track where traffic came from right? So when you follow a link from irc what can they see?
6. Is it possible to have a script somehow read the data that was loaded in a browser window (like from a cache file) and how would I do that?
Last question...
7. I have a script (running on a second client) that writes to an online database on remote command. For some reason recently it stopped responding to me, but it still responds to other people, and if I change my nick it works again. This happens sometimes, and wont work until I change my nick, but then sometimes it works fine, and sometimes it just wont respond to anyone. This only started happening recently, and I havent changed the script at all, I dont have myself on ignore, and other remote scripts work fine. I cant even begin to understand why this is happening. Whatever it is it has to do with what nick Im using. If you can think of a possible reason why this is happening people do let me know? Otherwise I'll just have to assume it doesnt like me :P
Thanks in advance for any help.
I know thats a lot but these are all questions I have thought about for a while and haven't yet come up with the answers. I know Im asking a lot but as much detail as possible will help a bunch.