Mindless Otto

Otto is a C# application which can be downloaded here:

http://elothtes.pbwiki.com/f/MindlessOtto.exe

If that doesn't work... get this file:

http://elothtes.pbwiki.com/f/MindlessOtto.zip

When you run Otto, it will parse the elemenstor wiki by default but can manipulate any wiki by specifying -w

In order to get him to contribute, add a tag like this (remove spaces between the < and the !):

< !-- Begin-Generated-Text: command --> < !-- End-Generated-Text: -->

Valid Commands:

BROKEN_LINKS
LEAST_COMPLETE
LEAST_WANTED
MOST_BROKEN
MOST_NEGLECTED
MOST_WANTED
STUBS

You can also get Otto to execute arbitrary javascript using a custom C# wiki api, which can be documented if there is interest.

Pages Generated By Otto:

Debugging

Here is the error message I received when I tried running Mindless Otto on my system (WinXP SP3):

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Paul> cd Desktop\MindlessOtto

C:\Documents and Settings\Paul\Desktop\MindlessOtto>MindlessOtto.exe

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'MindlessOtto.MindlessOttoProgram' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'MindlessOtto.WikiProcessor' threw an exception. ---> ~System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.mshtml, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Microsoft.mshtml, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'
at MindlessOtto.WikiProcessor..cctor()

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog.

--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at MindlessOtto.WikiProcessor..ctor()
at MindlessOtto.MindlessOttoProgram..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at MindlessOtto.MindlessOttoProgram.Main(String[] args)

I managed to fix the problem by downloading this:

Office 2003 Update: Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies

This contains Microsoft.mshtml.dll, after installing I was able to run the code. -bfg00