FormsAssistant 2: Form libraries modes of access

Posted by Manuel on June 3, 2009 in forms

The preliminary specification for forms libraries is beginning to take shape. On this post I will present some ideas that .
1. The three different modes of access
FormsAssistant will handle three types of libraries:

Personal libraries are stored on a user’s computer and are not meant to be shared.
Shared libraries are stored on a network drive [...]

FormsAssistant v1.7.6 available

Posted by Manuel on June 3, 2009 in forms, news

I have just uploaded a new version of FormsAssistant that solves a problem reported by one user. Apparently, on 1.7.5 the multiline editor of the Main window was causing an error.
Please download the new version and install it over your current version of FormsAssistant. It is not necessary to uninstall it previously.

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Interview at Shareware Radio

Posted by Manuel on June 3, 2009 in general

I was interviewed last year at the ESWC Conference held in Berlin in November 2008. You can hear the whole interview at Shareware Radio.

My English accent is horrible, but I believe it can be understood. Enjoy the interview!

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Brand new web site

Posted by Manuel on May 27, 2009 in general, news

Last week, I finally set my new web site live. I have been busy fine tuning it, fixing everything that was broken, but finally it seems to be working alright.
This is how the new site looks:

And this is how it was before:

What do you think? Do you like it better the new one?

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A new business venture

Posted by Manuel on May 12, 2009 in general, news

The complete revamp of the web site is almost finished. The new site looks really professional and I am sure it will help with sales. I will show the first draft of the homepage next week.
Anyway, I thought I needed to take advantage of the new copy of the web site to create some flyers [...]

New minor releases of FormsAssistant and PowerTOC

Posted by Manuel on April 20, 2009 in forms, news, tocs

PowerTOC 2.2.4 and FormsAssistant 1.7.5 have been released today. These minor upgrades just solve a minor issue with the Check Install utility that was reporting a security error on Microsoft Office 2007 systems.

(The setup check utility showing a security error)
The security problem was reported on all systems where the default security settings had not being [...]

FormsAssistant 2.0 white paper

Posted by Manuel on February 15, 2009 in forms

I have been busy this past week preparing a series of posts regarding our ideas with respect to the next generation of FormsAssistant.
One thing has lead to another, and, at the end the quick and dirty PowerPoint presentation that I used, in an effort to organize logically my ideas, has grown into a complete [...]

FormsAssistant 2: A preliminary specification

Posted by Manuel on February 8, 2009 in forms

My previous experience with Control Runner of publishing on the blog the plans for the future release of an application has been very satisfactory. For that reason, I plan to do the same with FormsAssistant on a series of posts, starting with this one.
As an aside note: Control Runner 4 is going well and the [...]

Control Runner 4 Beta 2 has been released

Posted by Manuel on November 24, 2008 in launch, news

The second build of Control Runner v4 Beta has just been released!
Registered beta testers should have received a notification email with the download link. If you have not yet registered as a beta tester, you can use our Contact form to notify us your interest in becoming a tester.
What’s new on this Build
This build does [...]

Control Runner 4 Beta 1 has been released

Posted by Manuel on October 26, 2008 in launch, news

This should be the first time in my life that I have completed a programming tasks in less time than what I had originally anticipated!
For that reason, I have just released the first beta version of Control Runner 4 a week before expected.
What’s new on Control Runner 4
I have been posting the most important new [...]