We just released version 1.5 of our WxRemote software. WxRemote shows you the status of your WatchDirectory and WatchFTP tasks on other computers, allowing you to start and stop tasks remotely.
This release includes a small webserver, allowing you to use your smart phone or browser to manage your tasks.
For more info and download link, see the WxRemote Webpage.
We just released a new version of WatchDirectory. New in this version:
You can download the new version from our download page.
This release is a free update for all v4.x customers. Just install it "on top" of your current version so it will keep your settings and tasks.
000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 000020 PROGRAM-ID. NEWYEAR2011. 000040 AUTHOR. GERT. 000050 000100 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. 000200 CONFIGURATION SECTION. 000210 SOURCE-COMPUTER. GERT-LAPTOP. 000230 000300 DATA DIVISION. 000310 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 000320 01 TEKST1 PIC X(80) 000330 VALUE "WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS,". 000340 01 TEKST2 PIC X(80) 000350 VALUE "AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!". 000410 01 IX PIC S9(5) COMP-3. 000420 000500 PROCEDURE DIVISION. 000710 PERFORM VARYING IX FROM 1 TO 3 000720 DISPLAY TEKST1 000730 END-PERFORM. 000740 DISPLAY TEKST2. 000760 STOP RUN.
It has been some time ago I wrote COBOL for a living, please forgive me if it doesn't compile ;-)
(thanks to Jan Frut for the inspiration for the program above).
This new year we plan to bring our program WatchDirectory to the current technology level. No, don't worry, WatchDirectory isn't written in COBOL ;-) It is written with Microsoft C++, but a rather old version of their compiler.
You can expect several new WatchDirectory releases this year where we will have spent a lot of time on improving our toolset (compiler and other tools). We will obviously also implement nice new features and plugins, but the new tools will at first be quite invisible for you.
One thing that will be possible with those new compiler/tools is to create a 64bit version of WatchDirectory. The current (32bit) version runs fine on Windows 64, but to keep up with all future Windows improvements we need a 64bit version.
The COBOL program as a batch script ;-)
SET GREET1=We wish you a merry Christmas, SET GREET2=And a Happy New Year! Call :DoGreet1 ECHO %GREET2% GOTO :EOF :DoGreet1 SET COUNT=0 :DoGreet1_Again SET /A COUNT=COUNT + 1 IF %COUNT% GTR 3 GOTO :EOF ECHO %GREET1% GOTO :DoGreet1_Again
We have a new beta for our WxRemote software. WxRemote shows you the status of your WatchDirectory and WatchFTP tasks on other computers, allowing you to start and stop tasks remotely.
This beta includes a small webserver, allowing you to use your smart phone or browser to manage your tasks.
If you are currently running the released v1.1 version, you only need to install the new WxWeb component as the other components have not changed.
For more info and download link, see this forum post.
GdP Software is a Dutch (Holland) company, but most of our customers are from the USA. At least 50% of our profits is from sales to US customers.
Earlier we supported a little kid in Serbia and a Good Cause in Australia.
We understand we are not alone in this world.
I read what Google is doing for American troops abroad, free telephone calls to their family during the Christmas season. I was touched.
America has always been on the frontier for democracy. You have saved most of Europe in the second world war. You saved us again with the Marshall plan.
As a little Thank You to America, GdP Software donated $1000 to Blue Star Families (they also appreciate $10 donations, by the way).
Gert Rijs
Owner of GdP Software
We just released a minor new version of our FTP Site Monitoring tool - WatchFTP. This is, again, a free upgrade for customers.
If you think you are the only one to make stupid mistakes in your (professional) life... We released the new WatchFTP version yesterday with a corrupt executable. Just before releasing, I thought... I should increase the version number to 2.3.5 and rebuild, such a small change - no need to test again.
If you downloaded the 2.3.5 release yesterday and got an error message like
"14001 - this application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect"
Please download/install the new, fixed and tested release again.
My apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Thank you to Jus Selan for his help to figure this out.
Download the latest version and install it "on top" of your current release - no need to uninstall.
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File Viking stores all its settings (configured baskets) in 2 files (baskets.cc and repository.cc). If you want to "copy" your File Viking settings to another computer, follow the steps in this post.
Exit File Viking
Open the directory with File Viking Settings. The exact location depends on your operating system.
Vista & Win-7 (Win2008)
Enter %LOCALAPPDATA% in the Search box of your start menu, this will open C:\Users\YourLoginName\AppData\Local and you will find a FileViking sub-directory there.
Earlier Operating Systems (Windows XP, 2000 and 2003)
Enter "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data"
in the "Run..." box of your start menu, this will open the directory which has the FileViking sub-directory.
From this File Viking directory, copy the files baskets.cc and repository.cc. You can ignore the Backup files.
Install File Viking and Run it once so the settings directory will be created. Exit File Viking.
Depending on the Operating System, see the steps above to open the proper File Viking settings directory.
Copy the 2 .cc files from the old computer here, overwriting the 2 files already there.
Move your WatchDirectory install to another Computer
Move your WatchFTP install to another Computer (soon)
When we do support for customers we often include links to relevant blogposts. Here is a list of posts we refer to most often.
We have just released a new version of our WxRemote program. WxRemote is a set of programs that shows you the status of WatchDirectory and WatchFTP tasks on other computers.
Current customers (v1.0 release) can install the current release "on top" of their current version. Your v1.0 license key will be recognized as a "Professional" license.
WxRemote is available in 4 languages:
English, German, Spanish and French
Soon work will start on WxRemote version 1.5. The Professional version will have a Web Interface - Check your tasks with your mobile phone or web browser!
Version 1.5 will be a free upgrade for all WxRemote customers.
I run a local medical transcription service company. I subcontract many medical transcriptionists throughout the United States. Doctors upload voice files to me, I distribute the voice files to my transcriptionists, and the transcriptionists upload finished, transcribed documents back to me.
We follow strict naming conventions so we know at a glance what is new, what needs QA, and what is finished. When I receive finished work, I open the folder of work, QA it for errors, then rename it appropriately and place it in a File Viking basket to be placed into the correct finished location on my system.
I process approximately 50 folders of work per day. Using File Viking keeps this entire process virtually seamless.
Maneuvering around in Explorer to get things into the right spot can make your head spin, especially if you do it as often as I do. This product has been wonderfully useful. And I keep thinking of new things I want to try with it to see if I can streamline even more of my day!
Lori Miller
USA Transcription Services Incorporated
A few days ago we released a new version of our innovative file manager File Viking. This is a free upgrade for customers, just download the current version from the File Viking website.
We implemented 2 new actions to manipulate pictures:
Both actions can be used as a parent or child of other actions so, for example, you can use the "output" of the Create Thumbnail action as the input of the Upload and/or Email action.
Future releases will add more image manipulation actions, for example to "watermark" your pictures.
Also new: the French language version of File Viking. File Viking is now available in English, German, Spanish and French!
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