majorsilence

My-FyiReporting 4.5.0 has been released.

Main new features:
* Gtk Viewer based on cairo
* Barcodes QR Codes, Code39, EAN8
* Menu Insert* Upgraded to visual studio 2010
* Helper to select SQLite database
* Helper to select SQL Server 2005/2008 server and database
* Enable drag and drop of reports into designer when designer had no other reports open
* Wpf report viewer control

BUG fixes:
Issue 12 - Aggregate Function First() returns data from wrong dataset
Issue 8 - Field place holders in Expression builder
Issue 7 - Setting Paper Size

To create a Code39 barcode using C# or any .net language first go to http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ and download the C# library and build it. Direct link for version 2 source (http://code.google.com/p/zxing/downloads/detail?name=ZXing-2.0.zip&can=2&q=)

Add the zxing.dll file as a reference to your project.

        using System.Drawing;
        Bitmap bmp = BarCode39("Message");

        public Bitmap BarCode39(string codeMessage)
        {
            com.google.zxing.oned.Code39Writer writer = new com.google.zxing.oned.Code39Writer();

To create a QR code using C# or any .net language first go to http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ and download the C# library and build it. Direct link for version 2 source (http://code.google.com/p/zxing/downloads/detail?name=ZXing-2.0.zip&can=2&q=)

Add the zxing.dll file as a reference to your project.

        using System.Drawing;
        Bitmap bmp = QRCode("The Message To Encode");

        public Bitmap QRCode(string codeMessage)
        {
            com.google.zxing.qrcode.QRCodeWriter writer = new com.google.zxing.qrcode.QRCodeWriter();

Attempting to explain to users that software and data are different. Failed again. No one reads, no one listens. Talking to people is an exercise in futility. The average persons English comprehension skills are subpar.

I recently spent some time optimizing some 8 year old .NET code. The program would convert files, do some cleanup of data, and insert the data into a sql 2005 database. The problem was that it could take anywhere from 10 to 20 hours. It also would randomly crash and someone would need to babysit the process.

A lot of people would probably jump in at this point and start coding. I first decided to take a look at how the process was running. The program would load the data from a shared network drive as needed and then insert into a database that was also on another networked computer.

Nearly two years after starting I have finally succeeded at painting the basement. Next time I will use a darker color as the yellow I used needed way to many layers of paint.

A small list of companies/groups that need to go bankrupt or close or just go away to make society a better place.

MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony)
Paramount Pictures (Viacom)
20th Century Fox (News Corporation)
Universal Studios (NBCUniversal)

I have been playing around some with xwt (https://github.com/mono/xwt). I am looking forward to it reaching a relase status.

Xwt is a cross platform (Window, Linux, Mac) toolkit for c#. Write your application once and it is native on all platforms. Nice.

On windows it uses wpf, linux gtk, and mac cocoa.

I am sick. That is all.

I am so very sick of not being able to buy media online. The latest example was trying to buy mp3 from the amazon mp3 store.

"We could not process your order. The sale of MP3 Downloads is currently available only to US customers located in the United States.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you."

This is bullshit. Media companies complain that people are not buying their products and are downloading from sites such as btjunkie.org. I am trying to buy their products and they will not let me. They can go to hell.