Month: July 2006

I just got some more work back from my programmer working on my WebService stuff, and it looks fantastic. I am really really impressed with the programmer, and I think that results will be fantastic when it gets done. The …

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A few moments back I was looking at the software I was writing as it was being tested. I only have data from one vehicle going into the server that it is using so testing can be ‘interesting’… I just …

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Back from Lunch – I ended up grabbing some hot Thai, and my mouth is still telling me about it, although that is disappearing as I drink more water. Foods with lots of chillie are really good for ensuring that …

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I have solved the icon problem – I have found a series of free icons and PNG files with solid borders. They look professional, and allow me to provide a similar but different icon for each application in the suite …

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I mentioned yesterday how I was trying to work on icons for my TeamTrack application – well, this morning I got the new registration code for the IconEdit2 application that I use for converting graphics to icons for the applications. …

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First thing this morning (well, after writing here and grabbing some breakfast) I have a SKYPE teleconference for about an hour followed by tons of programming. Today I hope to get more work done on my TeamTrack client software – …

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I spent some more time reading ‘The Daily WTF’… And I found what everyone describes as probably the worlds worst Hotel Booking System written in Microsoft Access… The user interface just looks completely horrid… The site is just so funny… …

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Some links… Woman was sacked whilst on maternity leave, and has decided not to do anything about it because her employer has under 100 employees and she would need to go to the federal court to do anything. Also, Archiologists …

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I stumbled onto a free VB.NET project called .NET Fireball which has written some user interface elements for VB.NET. The results look great – and I have decided to use one in my new version of TeamTrack. The control I …

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I have been looking for icons for my application, and found a great graphics site. This one contains some images of the Linux mascot, TUX. They have him in the Uniforms of all the world cup teams, and another with …

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The programming going well, with many many features being added. One of the things I have been adding is a toolbar – but I want the toolbar to be on the same line as the Menu Bar. This is rather …

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It would appear, according to Tech Republic that Microsoft used pirated software to produce some of the audio files in Windows. If you look in c:WindowsHelpToursWindowsMediaPlayerAudioWav there are a number of WAV files. Each of these is tagged with the …

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I definitely should be in bed – I got to bed about 12:30AM this morning, and for some reason I woke up just after 6AM. So right now I am feeling a tiny bit tired and in need of some …

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I have been having an issue with Crystal Reports for VisualStudio 2005 (VS.2005), where I was getting an error message saying ‘ABSOLUTE PATH INFORMATION IS REQUIRED’. Some of this problem I solved by using System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath in front of the filename …

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Home again after a day over at Pymble… It was a fun day – with lots of in deapth discussions as to the direction of the product… and it was good to use the WebServices from a distance for once …

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