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David Brewster - 20 Oct 2003 18:00 GMT

For those following the development of the software for scuba
instructors(See the thread started a few days ago), an update has been made
available.

http://members.rogers.com/punksoft

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rnf2 - 20 Oct 2003 20:33 GMT

Could you post what it fixes?
I can't get items added in the course screen to delete, eg. add an extra
Airfill and it won't come off again on the first posted app.
Seems good otherwise

rhys

> For those following the development of the software for scuba
> instructors(See the thread started a few days ago), an update has been made
> available.
>
> http://members.rogers.com/punksoft

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David Brewster - 20 Oct 2003 21:09 GMT

It's posted on the website acutally. The website is quite detailed with
regards to the issues and resolutions so it should be good for you.

I tried to duplicate what you've written below...
You're right there was no facility to delete courses or components.
That will be fixed and posted early this evening on the website (just gatta
get home to do it).

> Could you post what it fixes?
> I can't get items added in the course screen to delete, eg. add an extra
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> >
> > http://members.rogers.com/punksoft

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rnf2 - 21 Oct 2003 00:46 GMT

Just been to the site, changes look good there, I'll wait until a few more
people weigh in with new comments/fixes first tho, I'm on a very slow, low
bandwidth connection here and it takes time to download. even with
netvampire.
Could you add, Country, as an optional field where it asks for addresses,
and Not in Canada/USA in the states dropdown menu, maybe when this is chosen
a greyed out box besides it activates for you to write your own country.
Even if a mainly USA or Canada based instructor uses this, they may still
train some students while overseas, maybe on dive trips. And there are those
like me in New Zealand.

Oh, and it's R N F 2, not M F 2, lol

rhys

> It's posted on the website acutally. The website is quite detailed with
> regards to the issues and resolutions so it should be good for you.
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> > >
> > > http://members.rogers.com/punksoft

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Dan Bracuk - 21 Oct 2003 03:28 GMT

"rnf2" <rnf2@waikato.ac.nz> entertained us with:

:Just been to the site, changes look good there,

I was stopped dead when I tried to run the installer file.

Dan Bracuk
As Big Ben said to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I've got the time if you've got the inclination.
The Best of Rec.Scuba
http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

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David Brewster - 21 Oct 2003 07:22 GMT

I checked it out...
Seems like I had run out of space on the server (quota space) and the MSI
wasn't fully uploaded (it was missing a few hundred K, can you believe it?).
Anyhow - I trimed some fat and it's now there in whole.

> "rnf2" <rnf2@waikato.ac.nz> entertained us with:
> :Just been to the site, changes look good there,
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David Brewster - 21 Oct 2003 07:27 GMT

Good point about adding the country download.
I'm going to hold off a little bit on that one, only because it requires a
database structure change, and I want to wait until there is something more
critical before such a drastic change.
I only wish I had thought about it in the multi-national context before.
Where the hell were ya 7 days ago? haha

> Just been to the site, changes look good there, I'll wait until a few more
> people weigh in with new comments/fixes first tho, I'm on a very slow, low
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> > > >
> > > > http://members.rogers.com/punksoft

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Dan Bracuk - 22 Oct 2003 01:02 GMT

"David Brewster" <punky@interlog.com> entertained us with:

:Good point about adding the country download.
:I'm going to hold off a little bit on that one, only because it requires a
:database structure change, and I want to wait until there is something more
:critical before such a drastic change.

How about course codes. Expecting your users to generate their own primary keys
is a very bad idea. How do you justify it.

The "What's This" on your student code makes it sound like a nickname. Try
entering some duplicate entries and watch what happens to your student list.

Even with a maximized window 1024 by 768 screen resolution, I have to scroll
horizontally to read a report. That stinks.

That's enough for now.

Dan Bracuk
As Big Ben said to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I've got the time if you've got the inclination.
The Best of Rec.Scuba
http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

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rnf2 - 21 Oct 2003 00:47 GMT

P.S.

It's "His"

rhys

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David Brewster - 22 Oct 2003 15:09 GMT

Yikes.
Well - seems a lot of people downloaded the software - enough in fact that
it maxed out my allowable bandwith (admittingly it wasn't all that much but
hey).
So, I decided to just purchase a domain name and formal hosting... why? Why
not - call it a hobby.
It's not up rightr now (takes 24-48 hours for the name to kick in), but when
it's up - www.punksoft.com will be the website. You'll be able to download
the instructor software and updates and so forth there.

Dave

> For those following the development of the software for scuba
> instructors(See the thread started a few days ago), an update has been made
> available.
>
> http://members.rogers.com/punksoft

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