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hiiyah777 · 06-13-08

Hey Cattle, if i had a complaint, it would be this:

I was a little turned off, initially, by the program in that I could not just start typing my thread. I was half-expecting it to kind of be like on here, where I could put my text, format, then insert images. Instead, it feels a little backwards to me. I insert images, then text, and format.

Perhaps that's what you had in mind initially. I kind of wish there had been a Help Tutorial of some sort within the .zip file to kind of guide me through and tell me how to unlock what full power lies in the program.

I did like how it went once I had the pictures inserted, the way it let me put things in like comments, then generated the log. That was a pretty neat way of doing it.

I was also confused by the login and password. I felt that that first block needed a lot more explanation than I was given. I found myself entering random URL's just to satisfy the box so I could move on.

It's a great start on a program with critical use, IMO. I look forward to any patches/updates that come available!

CattleRustler · 06-13-08

yep, I understand. It originally started out as an app for just me so it wasnt designed too friendly for someone not knowing what to expect. I will tweak it and include some readme or something to explain what certain things mean/do. If you skim thru this thread you can kinda see what is planned to improve the app aside from what you mentioned. I have some time away from my workshop this weekend, so I will work on trying to make some improvements. Thanks for the feedback

hiiyah777 · 06-13-08

Cool man, nice to see you not get defensive of someone criticizing your work, because I know I sure couldn't design anything near that. I'm terrible at programming. I think I'll use this thing more and more as I get used to it and as more updates roll out. I'll even put it in my sig just like you and be one of your fan boys if it gets a few more updates!!

lol

CattleRustler · 06-13-08

thanks.
criticism is always welcome as it only sets the bar higher for next time. Not to mention, in my business we are used to it, wheter it is valid and makes sense, or not. Yours is valid and makes sense.

CattleRustler · 06-13-08

I am doing some updates this evening and am at the file renaming part, any suggestions on default behavior? I am thinking renaming files in order with a simple sequential naming like if you have files

a.jpg
b.jpg
c.jpg

they would become

001.jpg
002.jpg
003.jpg

with a max of 999.jpg

any thoughts on this?

**repo_man** · 06-14-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by CattleRustler

I am doing some updates this evening and am at the file renaming part, any suggestions on default behavior? I am thinking renaming files in order with a simple sequential naming like if you have files

a.jpg
b.jpg
c.jpg

they would become

001.jpg
002.jpg
003.jpg

with a max of 999.jpg

any thoughts on this?

Maybe an option so input text and the number them sequential?

Like if I take pictures off my cam and they are

00_998
00_877
00_765
etc

After I select those pictures it asks me what I want to name them, per say
"Sanguineus" Then the program would take those selected images and name them
Sanguineus_001
Sanguineus_002
Sanguineus_003

?? I don't know how hard it would be to program like that, but it would help alot if you have multiple worklogs you are working on.

My .02

CattleRustler · 06-14-08

I can easily provide a prefix that the user can set, or leave blank, and concatenate the sequential numbers, the problem comes in when allowing multiple selections, since the api windows/.net uses to return the list of names is not guaranteed to be in any order. Based on that, the renaming wont necessarily name the files in the intended order, defeating the point of sequential numbering altogether. If I do it where the user simply points at a directory, and the app just processes the whole directory, then the ordering isnt an issue. I guess its up to the user to put the files they want to use in a directory, in the right order first, then click a button for my app to rename them in that order.

Same will go for image resizing, it will process the entire directory, not a selection set.

Also these tools are not associated with any worklog per se, the will be available from the menu whether or not you have a worklog open. I see the flow this way...

-do work, snap pics
-take pics off cam onto pc
-make a folder where you put only the pics you want in the worklog, in the right order
-use tool to resize (if desired)
-use tool to rename (if desired) (will allow a prefix string + _, then will add numeric seq)
-create New worklog
-set the settings
-add the images
-add your comments
-save
-post output

something along those lines. thats already how I do it but have been manually renaming final pics files.

all input welcome. I wont code the renaming until later on or tomr

onlycodered · 06-14-08

I'm having a lot of trouble with the FTP part of this program. I don't even really understand how it'd be able to upload with the current available settings. Other than that, it's awesome!

CattleRustler · 06-14-08

the FTP is if you have your own web space somewhere. create a folder there then put that full path into the ftp url setting, like...

http://www.MyCoolSite.com/myWorklogs/thislog

if that path, the username, and password are valid, the app will ftp the worklog images up to that location, and will use those paths and filenames when building the postable worlog output. then you can paste the output into your web post and preview it to make sure all of the pics are hooked up correctly. I havent had any issue with it for the gumdrop logs, just as long as you remember to create the directory on the server first

I may ba able to add something for people using hosted pic sites but we'll have to discuss that later

onlycodered · 06-14-08

Ahhh. Duh. Don't know why I didn't think of that. I'll create the folder on my server and try again. Haha.

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