News Archives 2020 Q1
2020-03-24
2020-03-20
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Barcode.exe had a minor update: I removed some duplicate code and improved error handling.
2020-03-13
2020-02-15
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AirReg.hta had another update: you can now add a local FAA database search feature by downloading the FAA's
Releasable Aircraft Registry Database and placing the files in the HTA's parent folder.
Since these local searches are extremely slow, the HTA will only use them if no results were found on
Airport-Data.com.
2020-02-13
• Though
Airport-Data.com, the data source for
AirReg.hta, has an extensive database of aircrafts, I sometimes encounter registation numbers that it cannot find.
Most of these are rare vintage aircrafts with N-numbers, that can be found in the
FAA's Releasable Aircraft Database.
This database can be
downloaded for free.
I am writing a C# program to search these database files, but it still is
slow, whereas a quickly composed batch file
AirRegNCmd.cmd works about 20 times faster.
The batch file will prompt you to open the database download page if it cannot find the database files.
2020-02-10
• Adam Yaakov Cohen reported that
DropDownBox didn't work in XP virtual machines.
The problem was caused by DropDownBox's use of .NET Framework 4.5 (
Console.IsRedirected function), whereas XP virtual machines end at 4.0.
Though I had switched to 4.5 to decrease dependency on unmanaged code, DropDownBox still
does use some unmanaged code (to extract an icon from System32.dll), so reverting to .NET Framework 4.0 required only a minor change.
The resulting C# source code and compiled executable are available in
dialogboxes.zip as DropDownBox
XP.cs and DropDownBox
XP.exe.
I did not change the version number, because the change is already reflected in the file name.
If
DropDownBox works for you, just forget about DropDownBox
XP.
2020-02-05
• And another update of
AirReg.hta: it now allows airplane registration "numbers" of up to 8 characters, and input filtering is improved.
2020-02-03
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AirReg.hta has been updated: it will now open external URLs in the default browser when links are clicked.
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