January 22, 2002

Done! The updated Blog distros are all uploaded and I have actually heard from somebody who tried it and found that it worked without a hitch … So go on, try it and do let me know how it works out for you 🙂

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Posted by Fahim at 5:40 pm  |  2 Comments

I screwed up 🙁 The new built-in data conversion code had a bug in it that it would try to convert Cee data files without checking to see if the user had Cee installed or not. Because of that, Blog 5.0 upgrades would have crashed on the machines of those who didn’t have Cee installed 🙁 I’ve already fixed the problem, updated the documentation too while I’m at it and am getting ready to upload it all to the servers. But since I’m on a dial-up connection and all the files come in at about 5MB, you may have a bit of a wait on your hands. I’m sorry about this … I’ll post another entry when the uploads are done …

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Posted by Fahim at 4:22 pm  |  No Comments

I’ve just uploaded the installer version of Blog 5.0 🙂 Now, don’t go rushing along without reading the documentation if you are an existing Blog user even though there is an Upgrade option on the installer :p I forgot to do a few things and since I’m on a dial-up connection and the installer is a hefty 2.5MB (blame the ZIP compression used by the NullSoft Installer <g> I use RAR myself and it manages to squeeze in just a bit more …) I will not be uploading it again – especially since I have to upload to 3 different sites 🙁 What did I forget? I forgot to change the instructions on how to upgrade on the Blog.txt file! Although from Blog 5.0 onwards all database upgrades are supposed to happen transparent to the user, I had to use the Database Conversion Utility one final time since there is a little problem there that cannot be fixed any other way. Both the Blog 5.0 installer (if you use the Upgrade option) and the separate Upgrade package (not yet uploaded by me …) will have the Database Conversion Utility (DCU) included with them. Simply run the DCU first and select the “4.0+ -> New Format” option from the Convert menu (after backing up your Blog data first, of course <g>) and then run Blog 5.0 and you should be set … Just don’t forget, OK? Have fun with the latest Blog and let me know what you think … (and yes, I’ll upload the Upgrade package as soon as I can but even that’s around 1.4MB …)

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Posted by Fahim at 10:46 am  |  6 Comments

Some of you might have noticed that I released BOB 1.2 yesterday (it’s linked to from the sidebar and is also listed on the Download page). I didn’t however release Blog 5.0 🙁 There were two main reasons for not doing so: a) I remembered a few features I hadn’t added and came up with a new feature that would be useful b) I got side-tracked by some C code out of a sense of nostalgia :p Yeah, I don’t know why but C code always entices me and I am drawn to it but I then discover that I have to work hard to code in C (or even C++) and then I come back to Delphi <vbg> The features I missed? Some of the Blog users wanted more options in the Hyperlink entry dialog such as the ability to specify whether to add http:// to the entry or not and whether to open the link in a new page or not … The new feature? I had already added full-text searching for Blog but I realized that text searching by itself does nothing much. Why would you normally search for something in Blog? Probably because you want to link to that entry. As things stand currently, you’ll have to search, memorize the date and then invoke the Entry Linking dialog. Instead, what if I provided a button which said “Link” on the dialog which lists the search results? That seems much more user-friendly to me. So I’m gonna get cracking on all that and hopefully, I’ll keep away from “Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance” on the PS2 to complete the code and get a release out today :p

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Posted by Fahim at 7:55 am  |  1 Comment