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Fair point Melinda. I've included the name of the product and fixed the link.

Hi myio,

It's difficult to say what the best approach is without understanding your data and how it would be best presented. With 7000 rows of data I'd say you're on the right track with remote paging.

The Grouping Grid looks pretty similar to the standard Grid. From looking at the example here (http://www.gwt-ext.com/demo/#gridGrouping) the only difference is that you use a GroupingStore, a GroupingView and call grid.setAutoExpandColumn() on the GridPanel.

Are you getting an error message Marco?

Hi Martin,

You don't need any external libraries, just librsync.

tbh since I wrote this article I've started using rsync for my backups. No particular reason really, I just think it's a simpler solution rather than having to mess about with building the software yourself. I use it to backup Linux and Windows (no reason it couldn't be use on Mac as well but I don't my Mac much these days).

I might try and post my new setup someday soon - still ironing out the kinks.

Adrian

Sounds good Paul. Let me know how you get on.

Adrian

Hi Ceara. Glad you like UPM. Unfortunately I've not tested it on Leopard yet but I can't see any reason why it shouldn't work.

Have you installed the Java Cryptography Extension? AFAIK Leopard ships with Java 1.5 so if you go to this page http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5... download the "Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files 5.0". Extract the ZIP file that you get and copy the two JAR files in it to the folder '.\lib\security' of your JRE (overwriting the ones that are there).

If that doesn't work let me know. The database changed structure between versions 1.0 and 1.5 so maybe there's a problem with the code that upgrades the database.

There are several options Kristine but which one you choose depends on what how technically experienced you are and what resources you have available (home network, crossover cable, external hard disk, etc). Maybe this link might help http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=....

Hi John,

Overall I really like CI. It's accessible, easy to learn, functional and doesn't get in your way. Before I started using it I looked at both symfony and CakePHP. Both looked really good but I find that unless I can start using a framwork (to do even basic stuff) within an hour or two of reading the documentation then it's too much work. Maybe that's just me being impatient but there you are. With CI I watched the webcast, had a quick read of the documentation (which is nice and short but still informative) and very soon I was up and running.

The scaffolding features in CI are pretty basic and not realy comparable with what's available elsewhere. In rails for example the scaffolding generates code for features that are repeatable given a few simple parameters. In CI, the scaffolding is there for one simple reason, to allow you to add/edit/delete data in your database during development.

I've seen comments around various sites saying that the ActiveRecord layer in CI is weak compared to that of CakePHP. That's probably true, I've not spent enough time with CakePHP to understand what it can and can't do. With CI you're given a very simple database interbase. What you do is create a Model class, for example User (which isn't mapped to any table in particular). Within this class you add functions to perform the actions you want. For example, add(), update(), delete(), findByEmailAddress(), etc. Within each method you can write your own SQL or use a helper library that can generate SQL based on your requirements. I find being able to write the SQL myself the best option. SQL isn't difficult so why abstract it away and make life difficult for yourself. If your SQL is a select statement then you're returned an object representing the result set. You can loop through each row in the object just like any other array in PHP and accessing a column is as easy as user->firstname. All in all the database access/ActiveRecord layer in CI is more than adequate.

I'll try and do a more indepth review at some stage.

hi Keith, feel free to use the notes whatever way you wish.

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your comments.

A means of exporting/importing would certainly be a useful feature so I'll look into it.

An account tree view is a little more challenging. I'll keep it in mind but it's probably not going to happen today or tomorrow. In the meantime have a look at my response to a previous request for a similar feature. It mightn't be exactly along the lines of what you're looking for but it might help, http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=d....

Cheers

Adrian

Hi Jelle,

UPM 1.5 was released yesterday with the password masking feature that you suggested.

Happy new year

Adrian

You're probably right Shaun. I did buy some extra memory bringing it up to 1Gb but as you say, apps like Eclipse could probably use at least 1.5Gb.

So you do have a dual boot with Windows on one and Mac OS X on the other? Do you need the Parallels software for that?

VMWare is a nice tool alright.

Yes I did replace the batteries. I've pretty much given up on the keyboard tbh. Instead I'm using an old black USB keyboard I had. Doesn't fit in very well with the nice shiny white Mac but it does the job :)

That's a good point. I'll try and include something in the next release.

Hi Jelle,

Glad you like UPM.

While passwords do appear in clear text they only do so if you open the account. If you want a particular username and/or password then all you have to do is select the desired account and the hit the "Copy Username" or "Copy Password" buttons on the tool bar (there are menu items and keyboard shortcuts as well). This means neither you (nor your friend sitting beside you) ever have to see the password.

Adrian