Update: All is working now. Get the latest jar file here. And the sources here. Well that wasn’t that hard. After looking at this page on Java layout managers [TLDR], and then this page on Group Layout again [TLDR]. I just jumped in and tried it out. And whadda you know. It’s not that bad. … Continue reading “ImpressShowRunner Resizable”
ImpressShowRunner is running well on both Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19. Go here to get the Jar file. Here is a complete description of the program and how to use it. The program is distributed as a JAR file and requires Java SE 11 or later to run. OpenJDK 11 is built in to … Continue reading “ImpressShowRunner Released”
Update 11 April 2020: Using the xdotool method, the QtShowRunner works well on Linux, so there is a portable version for Windows and Linux. Get the latest at the github repo. I’m still investigating “Deployment” for Windows and Linux. Now, previously… I have beat my head against the wall trying to fix the QtShowRunner program … Continue reading “Impress Show Runner Trivial on Linux”
You recall my previous post about using LibreOffice Impress to show artwork? Well that’s a problem if you have lots of artwork you want to show. The slide shows get very large and so you have a few shows, and then you want to loop them all, right? Impress does not support that. So I … Continue reading “QtShowRunner Runs Shows in Impress”
Update See below for the solution. Spoiler – It’s a typo. Back in April 2020, I wrote a little program to run a sequence of LibreOffice Impress Slide shows. For ease of deployment on Windows and Linux, I built the program in Java. And it worked just fine. Here’s what the program looks like: You … Continue reading “Strange Java Issue”
We recently proved that Java desktop programs can be easily deployed to Windows and Linux. Now we have proved that other complex parts of the program to run a series of Impress Shows in a loop. Running the command line to launch the Impress program to show the slide show. Finding out when the show … Continue reading “Java – We have the Technology”
I’ve been using QtCreator and the QtFramework for many years to build apps for Windows / Linux. Deployment is always a struggle with the Qt Framework. Deployment is hard work. Lots of hand work and testing to make sure the installers are correct. I’m now forever done with Qt for that. Java is sooooooo much … Continue reading “Java Deployment Is Easy”
Backdated by one year to get it off the front page. Don’t know another way. Sorry. I’m not a noob. Retired Software Engineer. Been programming since about 1968 and first used SCCS for source control. Used too many source control systems over the years to count. But I’m new to git. Only used it once … Continue reading “Git Confusion After a Pull”
Rant – It’s still all about some hack or other I played GW1 for 2 years. All my 9 toons [of all classes] have done Ring of Fire. So I’m not saying that I’m the coolest player, but I have some chops. So here’s my Rant. With Arenanet, it’s not about careful design, it’s all … Continue reading “Guild Wars 2 – It’s all about the hacks”
Over the past 15 years or so we have seen several levels of abstraction develop in the evolution of tools for the web. At this point, there are WYSIWYG website builders that model the page and it’s high level elements and allow building of entire websites. Among these site builders are SquareSpace, Weebly, and several … Continue reading “CMS – The Agency Model”
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