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Another major release for Compatibility Sword.

Changes from 2.1 to 2.2:

• Initial directory for application selected defaults to current application's directory. If no app has been specified it remains at system directory
• Leading space is automatically removed now in application arguments when filling it with directory/application paths
• You can select multiple files at the same time when filling application arguments
• Use the more option to d...

Just to let everyone know TRT development is not dead, not by any means. I've been so busy with CSword and life in general which is probably one reason why its taking as long as it has to even post an update yet have a release for 3.0.

I have some good news and some bad news. I guess I'll start with the bad news...

The bad news is I started over :p Why? Well, things were starting to get into unorganized matter again and a build was already greater in size...

Have you ever needed to do remote support for someone? A friend? Maybe your grandparents that live 3,000 miles away? Well... I think I've found the best tool for the job so here's my review of it.

Recently for this purpose I had used a tool known as CrossLoop. This tool's very useful indeed, so much so that its even been included in ubcd4win as a plugin. However, TeamViewer has some extra perks that I was delighted to find out about. They are:

• Completely portable...

Major release today... Compatibility Sword 2.1 is ready

Changes from 2.0.0.2 to 2.1:

• Minor UI modifications and some extra tweaking to use fewer resources
• Fixed a bug where working directory was ignored for applications
• Added make system command in the UI
• Inital directory for application selection starts in system directory
• CSword now checks system directory for applications if you omit the path to them (before it just chec...

2.0.0.2 corrects an issue with applications automatically assumed to be console applications when elevated that appeared in CSword after drag and drop functionality for console applications was added in 2.0.0.1. Some additonal fixes/enhancements:

• Relative path "\" is correctly recognized now. Before it would just open the current directory instead
• Title on the GUI indicates when CSword is in an administrative session

Enjoy!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I've updated all the tutorials relating to Compatibility Sword and FileDir2Prompt. You can rest assured that the examples given are now accurate to CSword 2.x usage. I well probably be posting yet again another build. I've noticed that because of the changes made to enable drag drop console application usability like was present in FileDir2Prompt that when you use the GUI CSword automatically assumes you want to run a console application when you choose t...

Probably not the most useful thing but I'd thought I'd point it out. You can use relative paths in command prompt like ., .., or \ as a directory with Compatibility Sword. Watch the directory open up for you in a new command window. You might even be able to use variables which is great, say in batch programs. Pretty useful when you need to do tasks that require mutliple windows. I was going to add this functionality through some additional switches  but apparently Windows does it for us...

News for XP users - 2.0.0.1 released. Compatibility Sword 2.0.0.1 corrects an inability to use the GUI to select a custom date when used in XP. This was not an error in the software itself as custom dates from the command line were tested and worked. This was due to XP not handling some condition checking that disables some admininistrative actions in the GUI correctly that's in place so CSword runs smoothly.

Some additonal changes have been made as well, tha...

I've been working mad over the last 3 days and for success it has been. I'm very pleased to introduce to everyone Compatibility Sword 2.0. Though such a short-time to its existence it has been carefully re-designed and tested to not only past functionality, but additional new features as well as features that have been ported from former project FileDir2Prompt. You can expect m...

At this point I'm considering the merge offical. FileDir2Prompt is in the proccess of being integrated with the full re-write of Compatibility Sword. At this time 1.3 of FileDir2Prompt well remain available for download. Other than some confirmed bugs it should still work correctly for the time being until Compatibility Sword 2.0 can be completed and uploaded. Thanks to all who gave feedback and contributed to this decision. If you would like to see some screenshots of the completed GUI ...

Ok, if you read my last software development post you might have noticed some of the problems I've been having, paticulary with C# string formatting syntax causing a majority of the bugs I'm finding.

That said, I was working on the next release of FileDir2Prompt but I have been debating whether or not I should merge FileDir2Prompt with the re-write of CSword with no profiles. Since I don't use C# for CSword this would eliminate the workarounds ...

Some of you might have noticed it before - the "Briefcase" option in the New menu you get right-clicking in a folder or on the desktop. In this tutorial I'll explain what Briefcase is briefly and describe how to use it so you can always be sure to have your files when you need them.

Windows Briefcase goes as far back as Windows 95 and the days of floppies. Before all your polished sync toys of today came about Briefcase was the tool of choice for syncing files between ...

I've been working hard on the next versions of TRT, FileDir2Prompt (yes already... what can I say?), and most likely CSword when I get the time. This post is more or less just the typical update but I do have some ideas I wanted to run by everyone to get their say. I'll start off with the updates and than go into some of the ideas I've got lined up.

Test Readiness Tool:

TRT development is very slow but I am starting to make some lead...

FileDir2Prompt bug free (hopefully)

Changes from 1.2 to 1.3:

• Fixed relative path . to open with the correct directory when elevated (under certain circumstances the system32 directory was used instead). So now as illustrated in the relative paths tutorial on FielDir2Prompt "filedir2prompt . /adminapp" should work correctly.
• GUI now correctly handles elevation of root directories.
• Added "/dir" command line switch - opens a new explorer wind...

Ok, so you've setup your print server on your own (or you cheated using my tutorial) after some fun hours downloading this and installing that. You've got everything working on the computers on your network but you notice that you have company sometimes that may want to have access to your printer. Do you go through the boatload of trouble y...

FileDir2Prompt no longer exists as its own project and so this tutorial is outdated and applies to FileDir2Prompt 1.0-1.3 (last release). For compatibility and simplicity reasons it has been merged as one utility with the release of Compatibility Sword 2.0 or later, which you can obtain here. A similar tutorial that shows how to do the same thing with Compatibility Sword can be found

Personally I like McAfee SiteAdvisor when it comes to monitoring my searches so I don't find myself on a bad site, but it turns out you can actually use Google to check a site. This is probably a better solution since you can't be sure you have site checking software installed on every computer you use (unless you use a portable browser), though installed safe browsing software has its perks because I don't believe you can combine the following with a search for any site.

H...

A new feature is planned for 3.0. Being a student and frequent TRT user myself I discovered it was a pain to type in responses on tests over and over when the material applied to multiple questions or I needed to fill in incorrect answers. So this post is good news if you feel the same cause I'm implementing a simple "Answer Bank". This well be an easy way to key in common reponses only once. The new response fields will then offer to auto complete for responses you've added as you begin to t...

Want to learn about how not to spend a whole day setting up a LInksys wireless print server on your network with something say an HP printer? Do read...

So recently I had this most horrible time battling a new Linksys wireless print server (WPSM54G I think it is) with a HP printer (Photosmart C4100 series) I was trying to setup for the family.

Problem? Well I had lots of them along the way...

• Setup of the print server to work with wirless ...

FileDir2Prompt 1.2 is ready for use

Changes from 1.1 to 1.2:

• FileDir2Prompt now supports elevating an application without need for CSword as the "starter" as was the case with previous versions. As with CSword the ntfs workaround has been implemented so your apps should work regardless of where they or FileDir2Prompt are located. In addition its XP friendly and won't run apps elevated if you're a limited user on a non UAC or UAC disabled Windows system.