Pro tip: Use what Karen already wrote, FTW. The new Karen’s Directory Printer 26 reading the configuration file created by its predecessor. Of course, right?
Reading old school configuration in Karen’s Directory Printer 26. Read More »
It’s better to populate the user interface using a coded definition of the available columns rather than putting them directly into the designer for the form. I’ve been wiring up the user interface of Karen’s Directory Printer 26. This morning I created enums and classes to support the programmatic population of those CheckedListBox controls under
I decided to copy Karen’s design exactly in order to avoid decision making.
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The first version of Directory Printer Lite was written in c++ and linked to the Microsoft Foundation Classes library. That was nicely old school. This next version does the same thing, but it’s written in c# for .NET 4.8 WinForm which is already installed on almost every Windows machine. Better. .NET 4.8 was suggested by
Rewriting Directory Printer Lite in C# for .NET 4.8 WinForm Read More »
Directory Printer Lite is a very simple utility used to create a list of files. The list is stored in a text file. Here is the page about it: https://www.karenware.com/powertools/karens-directory-printer-lite
Karen’s Directory Printer Lite v1 Released Read More »
Rather than embed evil Meta corporate cookie jazz, here’s a link to the post pictures above about a new power tool I should be releasing before the 1st, Karen’s Directory Printer Lite. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fn2LhzEWG/
Facebook Page (grrr) is back! Read More »
A donor is having problems running Directory Printer on Windows 11. He says it starts up and then just stops. I was hoping I would experience the same failure today on a new installation of Windows 11 Home into a Hyper-V virtual machine on my Dell PC that Microsoft refuses to upgrade to Windows 11
Installing Directory Printer on Windows 11 Home Read More »
The UI synchronization for Replicator 3 works. The command line module collects a list of directories to be replicated using the Win32 API, but seems like something from the std:: library would be better, so I looked into that and Visual Studio 2022 is having an issue about the version of the C++ language? What
Contents of <format> are only available with C++20 or later? | Stand Up Apr 10 Read More »
I recorded the material for this video yesterday. As I was getting ready to put my voice over it, I noticed that not all of the information returning from the processes is displayed in the user interface as the results come in. Some seem to happen in secret. Some processes seem to just report “Done
Need to Fix Sync Between Process Events and User Interface | Morning Stand Up Apr 7 Read More »
I investigated .NET MAUI long enough yesterday to verify that it’s too much hassle at this time. The project framework — keeping all the code in one base in one IDE on Windows — is handy, but a lot more hassle up front which would slow down an actual release of a Windows Desktop version
.NET Multi-platform Investigation Ends Without Prejudice | Morning Stand Up Apr 5 Read More »
Since I’m charging up my MacBook anyway this morning, why not take what I’ve learned through c++ and c# and check out Microsoft’s .NET MAUI again to see how it looks? Breaking Replicator into several modules will make multi-platform easier. I like accessing the Windows API via c++. I like programming for Windows Desktop using
C++ C# leads to renewed .NET Multi-platform investigation | Morning Stand Up Apr 4 Read More »
Reverted back to Replicator 3++ of this past Saturday because it was working, just needed to set this one option, NavigationCacheMode=”Enabled” in the XAML file. Links:
NavigationCacheMode=”Enabled” | Morning Stand Up Mar 25 Read More »
Using a View Model didn’t fix the multi-threaded UI problem I’m having, of course, so another try. Links:
HString from Another Thread, c++/Winrt Concurrency | Morning Stand Up Mar 24 Read More »
Should use data to represent the state of the system, then let the view part of the program display that data. Joe’s March 21 stand up regarding Karen’s Replicator 3++ To be done:
Avoid updating WinUI3 elements directly from worker thread. Read More »
Microsoft came out with WinUI 3 since I started working on a new Replicator, so of course I decided to use it. Since I made that decision, I upgraded the version number to 3 instead of 2. I decided to use C++ instead of C# for my own pleasure. It’s more of hassle, it’s less
Some Links visited today while working on Karen’s Replicator 3 in C++ Read More »
Just a personal choice. I don’t need my operating system tied into the mother ship.
No, I won’t log into Windows. Read More »
This post does not directly relate to Karen’s software, but I wanted to publicly post that I love ISPConfig. I’ve been economizing our server setup by downsizing to a limited memory plan at Linode.com. One of the big consumers of memory on the server was Spam checking. Frankly, it was too sensitive anyway, plus it
I accidentally made an update about Replicator 2 because I wanted to take a picture of Jade, programmer support dog.
Replicator 2 accidental update Read More »
Yet another video. Important tip: Can’t depend on DispatcherTimer to happen on time.
DispatcherTimer isn’t Timely: Karen’s Network Tray Episode 2 Read More »
I’ve been working on a system tray app that will display a live indication of bandwidth being used. Like a little running, bar chart.
Calculating Bits per Second for Karen’s Network Tray (Episode 1) Read More »
QR Code Talker will be available for download soon.
Karen’s QR Code Talker Progress: Added Generation Options to UI Read More »
I added a timer! Karen’s QR Code Talker isn’t available for download, yet.
C# Programming Livestream re: Karen’s QR Code Talker Update Timer Read More »
Today has been pretty exciting. I asked too much of a 2 GB instance during this transition as emails need to be imported and spam checked. The magic of a cloud instance is I can bump it up to 4 GB for a little while. Performance is nice now. I’m not liking it so much
Site moved to Debian 12 Bookworm and Upgraded Read More »
I used to send the newsletter through Simple Email Service (SES) on Amazon’s cloud thing, AWS. I found SES when I looked for alternatives to services like Constant Contact and MailChimp. We have thousands of subscribers, so whether a service charges by subscriber or per message, I found the costs like 10x more than we
Bounce! Return-Path! Complaints! Read More »
A removal of some stuff this morning prompted me to reset all the WordPress crazy going on. The forums have been removed for the time being.
Rejecting WordPress (again) Read More »