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timurilenk wrote:At many tournaments, we are lucky to get lists in on time in any formatmikekh wrote:... also I'd like to extend it to be 'web enabled' where users can post their lists directly to a server - this could be a means of organising a tournament and allowing entrants to submit their lists for validation etc.
Mike
kevinj wrote:Hi Mike, thank you for the latest version.
Printing works fine but seems slow, I guess that's due to the nature of the app. A few minor points:
1) There is a spelling error for Fortifications (as Fortifciations).
2) Would it be possible to incorporate a small gap between the details and the list? Just an aesthetic request!
3) Is it possible to not pring the Row Numbers from the sheet? Again mostly aesthetic but the numbers and the extra (blank) row that prints could be confusing along with the March Order.
A couple of other things I've found, possibly they just need to be made known to users:
1) Saving lists works fine but I can't associate the .fog files with the app to open by double clicking.
2) If I copy an individual Cell (such as a name), Paste does not appear in the Right Click menu (but Ctrl-V works).
In an earlier post you requested suggestions for the "User Details" needed, here is a starter:
Competition
Period
Player Name(s)
Club
Thanks again,
Kevin
Which translates to: The application opens a port and listens on it, i.e. in my book it becomes a potential security hazard and something never to be installed on my systems (or any machine I might be responsible for). No application should ever open ports unnecessarily for some gimmick feature (even M$ is slowly learning this, although they still can't resist the tempatation of violating such simple security precautions).mikekh wrote: I could make the app so that it can send/receive a 'broadcast' message. Bottom line is that if a player has this app you can send a polite 'get your list in...' message.
Depends how it's written - if you know what you are doing then it's not an issue.Ghaznavid wrote:Which translates to: The application opens a port and listens on it, i.e. in my book it becomes a potential security hazard and something never to be installed on my systems (or any machine I might be responsible for). No application should ever open ports unnecessarily for some gimmick feature (even M$ is slowly learning this, although they still can't resist the tempatation of violating such simple security precautions).mikekh wrote: I could make the app so that it can send/receive a 'broadcast' message. Bottom line is that if a player has this app you can send a polite 'get your list in...' message.
I don't think it would be a useful feature at all anyway. Unless the program stays resident (which I certainly hope it does not) chances are the intended recipients won't get the message, while numerous others, not interested in that particular tournament, might.
Hmm, so you are saying that the people that put together Windows, Adobe Reader, Flash and so on, either don't know what they are doing or included the exploits found in their applications fully intentional?mikekh wrote:Depends how it's written - if you know what you are doing then it's not an issue.Ghaznavid wrote: Which translates to: The application opens a port and listens on it, i.e. in my book it becomes a potential security hazard and something never to be installed on my systems (or any machine I might be responsible for). No application should ever open ports unnecessarily for some gimmick feature (even M$ is slowly learning this, although they still can't resist the tempatation of violating such simple security precautions).
Karsten,Ghaznavid wrote:Hmm, so you are saying that the people that put together Windows, Adobe Reader, Flash and so on, either don't know what they are doing or included the exploits found in their applications fully intentional?mikekh wrote:Depends how it's written - if you know what you are doing then it's not an issue.Ghaznavid wrote: Which translates to: The application opens a port and listens on it, i.e. in my book it becomes a potential security hazard and something never to be installed on my systems (or any machine I might be responsible for). No application should ever open ports unnecessarily for some gimmick feature (even M$ is slowly learning this, although they still can't resist the tempatation of violating such simple security precautions).
Frankly once you get over a certain amount of complexity there is no such thing as a flawless program. Not to mention that I understood you are using external libraries in your code. So even if the stuff you write is flawless, can you guarantee the same for those external parts in your code?
Hi Kevin,mikekh wrote:Thanks Kevin, I'll look at that.kevinj wrote:Mike,
Here's a problem I've found. If you create a combined unit and then split it, the calculation functions all stop working. This affects both changes to any BGs that have already been created and any new ones that are added.
Kevin
Mike
Seems you get me wrong. I've nothing against your program and I certainly appreciate the time and effort you put in it. I just dislike the idea to include a feature that's rather unlikely to be useful while at the same time including a completely unnecessary security risk.mikekh wrote:Karsten,
The software is there - if you want to use it cool, if you don't - still cool. It's your choice.
Thanks
Mike
Quite a few things really. Essentially this is an application written specifically for FoG lists whereas the spreadsheet is an application of Excel to FoG list.Blathergut wrote:What does this one do that Olivier's doesn't? Just curious.
If you make changes to the list or create a new list and then click the X to close.. the app shuts down without asking if you want to save your changes.celticht32 wrote:Found a few things with the latest drop that don't work or are bugs..
If you make changes to the list or create a new list and then click the X to close.. the app shuts down without asking if you want to save your changes.
If you want to do a cut and paste and right click on the first column nothing happens you have to select edit and cut.. not the same if you are in the middle of the columns...
Cut and paste is not consistent.. so if I want to cut and paste a name to a new line with something in it .. it wont let you... you have to delete the cell and then insert..
Coloring of the BG's are a bit kludgy.. and doesnt seem to make sense or work the way you think..
Might want to think of selecting a range and then assigning a general with a specific color or something...
chris
Hi Kevin,kevinj wrote:Mike,
I've noticed a problem with Print/Print Preview. They only seems to recognise 1 page and ignore anything that doesn't fit onto that. I've tried reducing font size but that doesn't seem to help. This wasn't a problem until I started trying lists from Empires of the Dragon which has a lot of mixed BGs that occupy significantly more space. Maybe you could remove the "Combined Unit" text?
Kevin
