News
2007-12-04
I've made some smaller updates to the Smartphone/PDA project page (see Projects --> Smartphone/PDA). Unfortunately I've still a problem with the FinchSyncSWClient. The Socket connection dies very fast. I still hope to find a solution but currently my final year project keeps me busy.
2007-11-12
Added a call to participate in the constitutional complaint against storing communication data for a longer period of time (see http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/). The banner is only shown if you start on the german main page!
2007-10-03
Released second public version of the Eclipse Enabler package (see Eclipse Enabler) based on SWTSwing and Eclipse on Swing (EOS). This version is starting Eclipse much faster (needs only half of the time now) and includes several smaller fixes. It allows eComStation and OS/2 users to run the Eclipse IDE v3.2.2 without an existing SWT port using plain Java Swing!
Beside the above update I also added a first test version of the
Azureus4eCS package (see Azureus4eCS)
for eComStation and OS/2. It allows eComStation and OS/2 users to run
Azureus on their choosen platform. It is based on a normal Azureus
v2.5.0.4 version which has been patched a extended a little bit to run
with Java 1.4.x (Retroweaver did help a lot) and is also using SWTSwing
to work with plain Java Swing.
Please note that this version only received minimal testing, so there are
most likely more issues than I wrote into the bug file which is part of
the package you can download.
2007-08-27
Released first public version of the Eclipse Enabler package (see Eclipse Enabler) based on SWTSwing and Eclipse on Swing (EOS). With this package eComStation and OS/2 users can run the Eclipse IDE v3.2.2 without an existing SWT port using plain Java Swing!
2007-08-08
This evening I'll update the screenshots of the FinchSyncSW Client (see Projects --> Smartphone/PDA). The GUI is completed to 95%, so only some changes due to the synchronisation process might occur. The settings of the different FinchSync server are stored and will be read when you start the application. It's possible to edit the settings. The multi-language support currently covers english and german (changing the language requires to restart the application).
This weekend I may release a public test version. The point is to check which of the PDAs and Smartphones can connect and communicate via Bluetooth/GPRS with the FinchSync-Server. At first only the login to the server will be tested and not the synchronisation. Your data (Contacts/Appointments) won't be touched and are not in danger.
The FinchSyncSW Client has been tested or will be shortly using the following devices or emulators:
- Palm Emulator (PalmOS/Treo)
- Palm Treo650 (PalmOS Garnet v5.4.8)
- MS PocketPC Emulator (Windows Mobile 5)
- MS PocketPC Emulator (Windows Mobile 6)
- Nokia N70 (Symbian) --> Test will follow shortly!
Beside the FinchSyncSW Client the JBookmark-Sync (JBMSync) page (see Projects --> JBookmark-Sync) will be updated shortly. Downloading of the sourcecode should be possible this weekend.
2007-07-17
I've added the language switcher now to all pages. It allows you to switch between the german and the english page.
I've also added one of my latest projects the FinchSyncSW Client application (see projects page --> Smartphone/PDA). This is a synchronisation client for PDA and Smartphones (contacts and appointments). The main target platform are PalmOS powered devices, but it may later also work with Pocket PC, Windows Mobile and Symbian powered devices.
Finally I'm about to update the JBookmark-Sync (JBMSync) framework page where the latest sourcecode will also be released. The latests prototypic Bookmarks.java for Open-Xchange is also included in this package. The extended and fully documented Bookmarks class will allow you to sync your Mozilla/Netscape bookmarks with the Open-Xchange (OX) server using a batch script (a basic script for Mozilla based browsers on Windows is also included). There are several fields not covered in OX so some information will get lost. JBMSync itself supports all important information, so you have to extend Open-Xchange to cover additional Bookmark data.
2007-05-15
I've added a language switcher to some of the pages. It's using JavaScript and allows you to switch between the german and the english page. It will be added in the next couple of weeks to all pages.
I've also updated the Apache2, PHP, MySQL,.. setup guide which can be found in the project section. The update only includes the english translation which is now 80% done and some typos.
2007-05-08
I've added a port of FCrackZip for eComStation (eCS) and OS/2 to the ports section of my projects (see projects page --> Ports).
2007-04-17
In the last couple of days I implemented some general extensions (based on the Open-Xchange v0.8.2 sourcecode) that will be used in the JBMSync project. It is a new bookmarks.java replacement (./src/com/openexchange/webdav/bookmarks.java) that should also be useable with Open-Xchange v0.8.0-6 and previous versions (only OX v0.8.2 has been tested).
The extension (the sourcecode) is available under the project JBookmark-Sync (short JBMSync). The synchronization is not yet completed.
The current changes are related to the current Live Bookmark functionality made available by Open-Xchange and the documentation of the sourcecode:
- Refactoring of the bookmarks.java!
- Documentation of old and new methods in the sourcecode, as well as a complete Changelog!
- Atom v1.0 feed added (RFC4287)
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Additional attributes supplemented to the Atom v1.0 and
RSS v2.0 feeds (Date, author, generator,..)
A refactoring to move the Atom and RSS functionality into standalone classes has still to be accomplished (from an abstract base class into classes or classes with an interface)! - Live Bookmarks in RSS v2.0 and Atom v1.0 format allow from
now on different parameter
(ATTENTION the parameter (everything before the '=') is case-sensitive!) -
startFolderId=<ID of the start folder>
If the parameter is not specified (or 'startFolderId=0') nothing changes compared to the previous default behaviour!
Using the parameter not all bookmarks the user had read access to will be returned (which also returned those entries from other Open-Xchange users that you maybe didn't want to receive). Instead you will only receive those bookmarks that are stored under the specified start folder (or it's subfolders).
Reason: You can store your own (private?) bookmarks in a subfolder e.g. 'Bookmarks from XXX' you create and then you will only get those instead of all bookmarks stored in Open-Xchange.
Question: How to get the folderId of a bookmark folder?
Answer: If you move your mouse over the '+' sign of a folder you can get it's folderId (the last information on that link '...&openfolder=<folderID>#<folderID>').
You may need to copy the link into a textfile or a new browser tab/window to see it. -
ownOnly=yes
If the parameter is not specified nothing changes compared to the previous default behaviour!
If the parameter is not specified it equals the setting 'ownOnly=no' (old default behaviour).
Using the parameter 'ownOnly=yes', only those bookmarks will be returned that you are the owner of (you created them). The result may have similar effects as you could have by using the parameter 'startFolderId' (see above). -
structure=<RSS20|Atom10>
If the parameter is not specified nothing changes compared to the previous default behaviour where a RSS feed (Version 2.0) with bookmarks was returned!
If the parameter 'structure=Atom10' will be used an Atom feed in version 1.0 (RFC4287) with the bookmarks will be returned. -
type=<LiveBookmark|JBMSync>
If the parameter is not specified nothing changes compared to the previous default behaviour 'LiveBookmark' and the supported structure (RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0). - Download the bookmarks stored in Open-Xchange using the Mozilla/Netscape or OperaV2 file formats. Supported browsers are for example Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla Suite, SeaMonkey or also Opera v8.5 and v9.x (maybe even older versions).
- To download bookmarks using the browser format you have to use the parameter "type=JBMSync". The format will be specified using the parameter "structure=..." (see the following item). The other parameters "startFolderId" and "ownOnly" will be used as described before.
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structure=<Mozilla|OperaV2>
If this parameter is not specified the Mozilla/Netscape fileformat will be used by default. If you want to retrieve the bookmarks using the Opera format you have to specify the parameter "structure=OperaV2".
A more detailed description can be found at the Readme.txt file included in the download package.
2007-04-16
I've updated the JMDB_Releasedates REXX-Script (see projects page --> REXX-Scripts). There are now more HTML special characters replaced and the script will now ignore special releases such as "Festival", "Filmfest", "director's cut" and "premiere". The problem was that the movie Sunshine (2007) did show up at least seven times because some major cities in Germany did show it on their "Filmfest".
2007-04-05
There has been a small update of the used stylesheets to diplay sourcecode in a special box. This change is visable in the projects REXX-Scripts and the configuration of Apache2.
Because there isn't much time until I have my deadline (only one month to go) for the project JBookmark-Sync (JBMSync) there will be an update in the next week or so. The synchronization is not yet fully implemented but it's possible to use the JBMSync-Components to create a bookmark converter. The test class is already using it this way. It's also possible to download the bookmarks stored in the groupware in Netscape (Mozilla) and Opera bookmark formats.
2007-03-20
I've released a REXX-Script (see projects page --> REXX-Scripts) which allows you to extract movie data within a certain timeframe. The script generates a partial HTML table.
An example how it looks like is available here: Cinema program
The data will be imported one of my other projects, the Java Movie Database (JMDB). The data made available by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) will be extracted from MySQL tables by this script.
2007-02-22
There has been some progress on the project JBMSync and also the VFP Data Converter (VFPDC). I hope to be able to release some updates on the website about these programms soon.
Beside those updates there will be the finale release of the Java Movie Database (JMDB) v1.35. Several new languages have been added recently and the progress made with the last open beta version will also be included.
Finally you may have noticed that there have been added some subfolders to the Projects section. Those subfolders will be filled with information shortly. It will start with an up-to-date port of SQLite for OS/2 and eComStation (eCS). More ports will hopefully follow in not to distant future.
