Half a days work today has been translating 996 lines of user interface code to the following line :-
outlook = New Outlook(fGridOutlook, fGridOptions)
Sounds simple doesn’t it? Well, it took many many hours. For an hour there I think I had something like 2-300 error messages up as I was modifying code. I have no idea of the exact number since Microsoft Visual Studio stops counting once you get to 102 errors [Yeah, and that is the other thing… Why 102 errors? Wht not 100 error messages?] I now need to add some more code, such as the code to select which columns to show on righ-click, but it should not take too long. The code was there but it was bloated so it got removed. Actually, there was a heap of code like that in the program.

I want to get that added this evening before bed, as well as a function to add messages based on the webservice rather than random numbers. Neither of these functions should take too long – just depending on how long I last until I fall into bed. I am already starting to crash, and it is only 5:30. The quality of the Coke at lunch did not help either – the syrup was running out so the coke tasted watered down. I my brother is coming soon to help move some furniture so there is potentially less programming time…