Some Quick Notes....

Are you already getting bored by messages from software-vendors telling you their programs are "7" compatible? I won't bore you with the details, but rest assured, our programs are compatible with all current Windows Operating Systems.

In other news...

We now also have a German Language Blog.

Progress on our new File Viking program is great. We hope to have the first beta ready next week. On the website are a few (clumsy) demo video's and helpfiles available for you to look at.

New WatchDirectory Beta

We just uploaded a new beta for WatchDirectory with the following new features and fixes:

• Fixed: The Auto FTP plugin would try to "CWD" to the file on the FTP server. This was harmless on most FTP servers, but some servers would abort the upload.
• New: All plugins that support Dynamic Naming have a new variable for milliseconds: {msec}.
• New: The Run Any Program plugin can now be used as a SubTask in the SubTask plugin.
• New: Various plugins that support the File Security settings now also allow you to select "do not change file permissions".

You can find the download on our beta forum.

WatchFTP 2.2 beta 3

Hi,

We have a new WatchFTP beta on available on our support forum. This new beta supports 4 new Proxy methods and has the ability to rename files it has downloaded.

We expect to release this new version relatively soon, maybe 1 or 2 weeks from now.

Gert

Why I Love Microsoft

It has become a common issue to give "bad press" on everything Microsoft related, so I thought I should write about my recent experience.

Recently, one of our computers refused to install Vista Service pack 2. I called Microsoft (Yes, I had to wait a long time on the phone, yes, the "telephone menu" was annoying, yes, the music while waiting was not my taste).

First I got contact with, what I believe, was their first line support (the guy that asks you to try to reboot your computer to see if that helps). WOW! This was a good experience: I spoke to a Dutch guy (my own language), he immediately understood this issue was not "reboot-to-see-if-it-helps".

He connected me to their 2nd line support and I talked with Roy for about an hour. He was polite, very patient, and extremely helpful. The funny thing is: the issue with this computer is not resolved yet (I probably need to reinstall), but I still feel Roy helped me a lot!

Oh, I am totally off-topic on this post already, so... If you are a Developer, check out these links, The History of Visual Studio:
part 1
part 2

A really interesting story about VS, how it all started (yes, Visual Basic 1.0).