zoltanar / happy-search

VNDB API Client for filtering/organizing and finding visual novels. No longer worked on, but development continues in WPF-based successor https://github.com/Zoltanar/Happy-Reader

Happy Search By Zolty

A VNDB Client using the VNDB API to enhance the filtering, organizing and searching features of the website.
VNDB is a database that holds information on Visual Novels.
For Windows, .NET Framework 4.6 required.
Written in Visual C#.
Built in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.

Instructions For Project

Clone or Download => Download ZIP
Unpack ZIP and open solution in Visual Studio
Build/Run Solution

Instructions For Release

Download release
Run Happy Search.exe

Features

Login to the VNDB API using Username and Password or just User ID.
Show titles in your lists.
Search for titles or filter results by tags.
Save sets of tags as custom filters.
Search for titles by year.
Add producers to a 'Favorite Producers' list.
Search for titles by producer or by name.
Filter and sort results in many ways.
Change title status (userlist/wishlist/vote) in application.

Resources Used

ObjectListView by Phillip Piper (GPLv3)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/16009/A-Much-Easier-to-Use-ListView
(slightly modified) A Pretty Good Splash Screen in C# by Tom Clement (CPOL)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5454/A-Pretty-Good-Splash-Screen-in-C
(reasonably modified) VndbClient by FredTheBarber
https://github.com/FredTheBarber/VndbClient