Have to say I never thought a delay could cost so much. I cancelled my room reservation and flight tickets at weekends, which totally costs more than 200 USD. Yes, luckily my manager said the compa...
InstallAware Update for .NET 3.5 RTM
I have just installed Visual Studio 2008 Express at home last Wednesday, and this morning I received a notification from InstallAware that its update for .NET 3.5 is ready. It is so fast that I sud...
GrapeVine Voice: Vista Dialogs on Windows XP
At this moment, I know that it is possible to emulate those Vista only dialogs on Windows XP. JSDialog is perfect for Delphi but for .NET, there is no such a thing. I have been using Vista_API lib...
Product Review: jZip, A 7-Zip Striker
I have been using 7-Zip for years. In this way I can save a little money. But after saying goodbye to WinZip or WinRAR, I miss the beautiful manager GUI of archives. The 7-Zip default manager looks...
GrapeVine Voice: Miles Further?
I am not yet sure whether GrapeVine M10 is stable enough but it is the last Milestone build for 6.0. I am expecting to release a stable release of 6.0 sooner or later. I am now targeting some day i...
GrapeVine Voice: Now 10, Just 1 Mile Further
Sorry that M9 installer has a bug (refer to this report). Although there is an easy workaround, I am now releasing a new milestone. And the changes are, Issue 6 is fixed. Install for all users fea...
Google's Attack on Eclipse and Java
I believe Eclipse is a great IDE and platform. And Java is a nice programming language. But IBM and SUN seem to be dominant, which may badly impact on innovations in certain aspects. Now comes Goo...
ECO Goes 2 Visual Studio
Finally we see ECO moves to Visual Studio. This is a nice shift. Although it will continue support to Delphi, it lands on a new planet. If you migrate from C#Builder to Visual C# lately and miss ...