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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / InfoQube (IQ) Information Management System Q & A

« on: April 06, 2011, 12:46 PM »

Hi,

InfoQube licenses (qty=5) were offered as part of the 2011 Fundraiser Giveaway Extravaganza. Special thanks to the DonationCoder Team for including IQ in their Extravaganza !

While in beta, InfoQube is free to download an use. Initial release is planned for Q4 2011.

It comes in 2 flavors: Installable and Portable. Both have identical feature sets, so users are encouraged to use the Portable one, as it is standalone and requires no admin right whatsoever.

An IQCommunity has been setup to allow users share tips, solutions, and yes, at times, bugs  
Community-based documentation is available both online and as an offline CHM Help.

The latest version (v0.9.25P) is very stable. Work has begun on v0.9.26 which will include a revamped Calendar with (yes!) Google Calendar Sync. Stay tuned !

Should DonationCoders have any IQ related questions, feel free to post to this thread.  


Pierre, IQ Designer  

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General Software Discussion / Google announces Google Wave

« on: May 29, 2009, 02:47 PM »

I'm surprised that this hasn't been discussed here yet. Google Wave plans to revolutionize communications:

It's a 80 min. video, but filled with amazing stuff:
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ

http://wave.google.com

Ideas, comments?

[edit]Oups, just found this thread:Google demonstrates new communication platform "WAVE": mail, chat , wiki, .. [/edit]

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Living Room / Form z-order when showing modeless form

« on: December 03, 2008, 09:33 AM »

I couldn't find a forum specifically devoted to coding, so I'm posting here...

I've got a VB app (main form) and want to show a modeless form. No problem. I used .Show vbmodeless,MainForm

Now, when my app does not have the focus, and the code is run to open the form, the form opens correctly, but also brings up the main form. I want the main form to stay in its current z-order, and only show the modeless one.

I can trick it with making the main form invisible, but it isn't quite what I want, as it still messes up the Windows zorder of its windows.

Any ideas?

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General Software Discussion / Anybody using eXontrol ActiveX controls for developments?

« on: November 21, 2008, 09:15 AM »

I've been using eXontrol controls for InfoQube, specifically the exG2antt (Grid-Gantt) for many years. It is full featured and affordable.

http://www.exontrol.com
http://www.exontrol.com/exg2antt.jsp

Are you satisfied of:
- the products
- the service

In the past, I would get first class service, and bugs were quickly fixed. The last 2 years have unfortunately been a totally different experience. Bugs are not fixed, the developer, Mihai, is implementing lots of stuff like transparencies, skins and other "visuals", but neglecting more basic stuff.

My biggest grief, is that many features advertised on their web site are simply not implemented. Worst, some are implemented in the demo but not in the released products. 

Email exchange with him indicates that it will be 6-12 months before the features advertised on the web site are implemented. In my 20+ years of consulting / software designer, I've never seen such an "interesting" way of doing business.

Needless to say, the relationship has turned a bit sour lately... I'm a very patient and perseverant person, but there are limits. Some features were advertised 12 months ago... and still not implemented (histogram is one example, but there are many more)

Comments anyone?

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General Software Discussion / Kinook pulls the plug on Ultra Recall

« on: October 30, 2008, 08:50 PM »

This came as a big surprise...

http://www.kinook.co...s=&threadid=3204
http://www.outliners...ultra-recall-is-dead

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General Software Discussion / Reading Administrator account files from USB

« on: September 22, 2008, 08:44 PM »

My notebook HD started to freak out 2 months ago and decided to change it before it was too late. I backup up stuff from my usual Windows account (not the Administrator account) to an external drive, swapped the old drive for a new one and reinstalled everything. It is working just fine now.

I also put the old HD into an enclosure as it is still functional. My question is:

- I had some file in the Administrator account. When I connect the USB drive, those file are not visible. In fact, the whole Documents and Settings\Administrator folder structure is read protected (Access is denied). How can I access those files, other than putting that HD back into the notebook? Can I be prompted to enter an account/password to access the files? Can I take ownership of those files?

Nothing that critical there, just some old files I had before creating my usual Windows account, mostly in very old backups I could dig up, but just to be sure that I have all backups, I'd like to actually see what was there...


Thanks

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Living Room / Armando in Cuba with Fay

« on: August 18, 2008, 09:39 AM »

Our friend Armando is in Cuba currently for well-deserved holidays...

As hurricane Fay is crossing Cuba right now,  I hope that he is safe and in a secure place.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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Living Room / AptEdit Pro free today at GAOTD

« on: April 22, 2008, 02:35 PM »

I don't know much about this software, but it is free today. Its feature set is quite interesting.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

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Developer's Corner / Does anyone have VB3 installed

« on: March 17, 2008, 09:21 AM »

I've got some code written years and years ago in VB3 and saved it in binary mode . I can't seem to find the diskettes for VB3 anywhere 

Does anyone have VB3 installed and could convert the source code from binary to text, so I can read it in VB6?
(Simply open the project and select "save as text".

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Developer's Corner / Microsoft Sync Framework

« on: January 29, 2008, 12:43 AM »

Hello everyone,

I'm the developper of SQLNotes (www.sqlnotes.net), an Ecco-like, URp-like information organizer. Part of modern applications is syncing with:
1- other apps (Outlook, Google, etc)
2- replicas from co-workers
3- off-line replicas with on-line master

Microsoft recently released the Microsoft Sync Framework: http://msdn2.microso...us/sync/default.aspx

This seems quite powerful. Any of you have experience using it, or have read positive/negative reviews?

Thanks