Office Component Suite?

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May 122004
 

Please have a look at these components. When I look at the sample Delphi code found in the FAQ, I can’t help but thinking: why is this company selling something that’s already present in Delphi? Why do we need a Word or an Excel component? It’s already there in the “Servers” tab. Geez…

What I was looking for was something in the line of RichView (that I have licensed). RichView doesn’t handle headers and footers in RTF/Word documents very well, so I was looking for something else. WPTools seems to do the trick very well, but being a small company, €225 is a lot of money if you don’t know if it will pay for itself. Especially since I already bought TRichView.

Any comments?

 Posted by at 16:42

InterBase vs MySQL

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May 122004
 

Nick blogs about InterBase. He’s fond of it. And so should you be, according to Nick. He points to an article by Bill Todd that compares InterBase 7.1 to MySQL. Of course InterBase is the winner in the article, but in the comparison of features the PRICE of Borland’s InterBase is left out of the equation. MySQL costs next to nothing: a pro-license is US$440. Interbase has more features (the comparison was done right) but it is licensed on a per-user basis. Unlimited users will cost you about US$4000. If you want to start small, say 20 users, it will still cost you about US$2000. MySQL + online backup option (price taken from the article) ~= 440 + 1150 = 1590.

How about putting that into the equation guys??? Lot’s of people choosing MySQL do that because they don’t need a hot-backup and they want to use a fast RDBMS for free. Since you don’t HAVE to buy a pro license. With InterBase you MUST buy a license.

 Posted by at 11:14

Of course…

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May 102004
 

Please turn off register_globals in your php.ini or make sure your webserver is setup to obey .htaccess files.

This is what I get, when I try to run Issue Tracker. *sigh* I wish I could make IIS obey .htaccess files.

 Posted by at 20:46

Issue Tracker

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May 102004
 

I was looking for a decent Issue Tracker to support my clients. It would serve the purpose of having them know what the status of their issues (problems, questions, rfc’s) is on a I-need-to-know-now basis, whithout bothering me, or without me bothering them everytime something has changed.

A couple of weeks ago, in my .NET rulez period, I tried the IssueTracker Start Kit. Although it works, it was not really what I was looking for. Basically, it has the work-in-progress feel to it, and that’s what it is.

Today I came accross Tuxmonkey’s Issue Tracker, a piece of platform-independent software that uses PHP and Postgres/MySQL. The demo on their website gives you the opportunity to test it without having to install anything.

This is my IssueTracker of choice. When I get home I will install it, and take it into production. The client needs to know what’s up. The client is king.

 Posted by at 13:10

Blogger reloaded

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May 102004
 

Google has modified the look and feel of Blogger. The functionality had not change since Google acquired Blogger back in 2003. Changes include more functionality (comments, pictures) and more standard templates. Still, the service remains free.

If they would only change their engine to include (multiple) categories per post, then I think Blogger will be one of the best pieces of blog-software out there.

 Posted by at 11:03

Delphi 7 to Delphi 8 for .NET

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May 092004
 

If you’re planning in migrating your Delphi 7 project to Delphi 8 for .NET, you should consider reading this page, as it lists all Delphi 7 components and what .NET-assembly you could/should use. The comparison is completed by Visual Studio .NET components and how they relate to Delphi.

 Posted by at 22:05
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