# Add final lines for XML
Add-Content $File3 “`n`n”

# Set the file names for the downloaded and converted files. I have used HHmm in file name as I tested a lot, but can remove if doing once daily.
$File1 = “fanboy-adblock_{0:dd.MM.yyyy-HHmm}.txt” -f (Get-Date)
$File2 = “fanboy-tracking_{0:dd.MM.yyyy-HHmm}.txt” -f (Get-Date)
$File3 = “ie8-fanboy-adblock-{0:dd.MM.yyyy-HHmm}.xml” -f (Get-Date)
# Download adblock and tracking files
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
# If auth required for network uncomment below line
#$WebClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.Networkcredential(“Username”, “Password”)
$WebClient.DownloadFile( “http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/ie/fanboy-noele.tpl”, “C:\Utils\Adblock\$File1″ )
$WebClient.DownloadFile( “http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/ie/fanboy-tracking.tpl”, “C:\Utils\Adblock\$File2″ )
# Filter text file cleanup – remove first lines not relating to filters
(gc $File1) | ? {(1..12) -notcontains $_.ReadCount} | sc $File1
(gc $File2) | ? {(1..8) -notcontains $_.ReadCount} | sc $File2
# Filter text file cleanup – remove hash lines (non-filters)
(Get-Content $File1) -notmatch “#” | Out-File $File1
(Get-Content $File2) -notmatch “#” | Out-File $File2
# Create XML file and add initial lines to XML
New-Item $File3 -type file
Add-Content $File3 “`n`n`nFanboy AdBlock IE8 XML`nhttp://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/ie/fanboy-noele.tpl`nConverted to IE8 filters by REKRAPG”
# Convert filters from TPL to XML add to XML file
Get-Content $File1 | foreach { $_ = $_.trim(); $_ } | foreach {
$_ = @”

“@; $_ } | foreach { Add-Content $File3 $_ }
Get-Content $File2 | foreach { $_ = $_.trim(); $_ } | foreach {
$_ = @”

“@; $_ } | foreach { Add-Content $File3 $_ }
# Add final lines for XML
Add-Content $File3 “`n`n”

This is the shit you have to put up with from IE… lol… again…

It’s the present, it’s the future, and I would personally much rather have a small program that can do the job rather than a 2 MB download and a 200 MB .Net Framework install.

Good luck with that one.

My brother’s a programmer and he tells me .Net ain’t going anywhere. So the choice is simple. (Tho’ I do agree that nothing should be installed on a computer without the owner’s consent. And if you don’t understand then LEARN.)

If you hate MSFT products THAT much, then build a better mousetrap. Eventually somebody will. It always happens. Two hundred years ago nobody could imagine anything other than the steam engine. Then a German guy invented the internal combustion engine.

Mah was a little more brusque than was necessary but I understand the frustration. It’s akin to when your car breaks down on the side of the road and you jump out and start screaming at it.

But a Mac, go Linux or Solaris or write your own OS. Otherwise, to reiterate, quit p***** and moaning.

It’s the future of windows programming. Actually, it’s the present as well.

After a few years of using C# with .NET… I vomit at the thought of doing any C++ coding for windows apps now. Coding for .NET is that much more productive.

Just download .NET and be done with it. 90% of you most likely already have it installed and dont even know it.