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#28099 - 2002-09-03 05:43 PM Re: Software inventory
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Holy crap ... I just "viewed source" and went to your site directly ... that "TASK THIS!" main form looks amazing ... you going to publish this stuff ?
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#28100 - 2002-09-03 05:55 PM Re: Software inventory
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Yeah I will eventually. I got side tracked a week or two ago and haven't touched it since (burnt out mostly). A few problems left to work out and I still want to add more features. Maybe another week or two.

Thanks for taking interest, needed a little boot to finish that monster.

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#28101 - 2002-09-03 06:05 PM Re: Software inventory
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Well, not just that, the Software Inventory as well ... is that done ? Can you make the sources available ? Is it "Generic" enough to run under any environment ?
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#28102 - 2002-09-03 06:53 PM Re: Software inventory
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For those wondering what shawn is talking about:

Vig's picture files
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#28103 - 2002-09-03 07:10 PM Re: Software inventory
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The software inventory is fairly complete. The main thing I need to do is rework the menu form as suggested here Kixforms: Close a child form? . Right now when you exit one of the sub forms it exits out completely instead of going back to the menu.

It is fairly generic except for a pointer here and there to my data base or logging directory. Also, the script that writes to the DB won't work with 4.10+. It's also a fairly lengthy process since theres three scripts to it. First the data collection script, second the parsing script that transfers everything to a DB, and lastly the form script. I'll attempt to finish it up tomorrow if I don't have any sudden emergencies at work (which seem to happen often).

[ 03. September 2002, 19:13: Message edited by: Vig ]

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#28104 - 2002-09-03 07:17 PM Re: Software inventory
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The one thing I did notice Vig, is that you have to be careful about managing the "lifetimes" of forms created within a UDF ... if you create (CreateObject) a form inside a UDF, the assumption is that the life-time of the Form will jive with the lifetime of the function (that is to say: very short) ...

If that's the case, then you "should" DIM all FORMS AND CONTROLS used in the UDF ... the objects get created, used, then destroyed automatically when you exit the function (no need for $form=0 type thingy) ...

If the form is meant to be re-used many times - maybe it should be declared (and built-up) as GLOBAL in the mainline ... then selectively made VISIBLE (SHOW) and HIDDEN as required.

The way it is right now (I think) is that becuase your not dimming .. the first time you enter the UDF - a form is created ... then it persists after the UDF finishes ... the next (second) time through, the CreateObject then globbers the previous one ... kinda thingy

[ 03. September 2002, 19:20: Message edited by: Shawn ]

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#28105 - 2002-09-05 11:18 PM Re: Software inventory
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Thanks for the tip Shawn.

Posted the software script in the Scripts forum.

http://www.kixtart.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=003761

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#28106 - 2003-01-08 01:58 PM Re: Software inventory
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Vig, I will contribute a kilo of coffee beans if it helps complete that ...

Do you run with the Hashers in SA??
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