.plan Archive 2002

Current Project: Mighty's SETI@Home Sig/HTML

Previous projects:
Ripmax RC Simulator
Fighter Squadron: Screamin' Demons Over Europe

Fri Dec 27 11:30

• Adding Do It button. Finishing hooking up enable checkboxes
• Dozing a lot
• Got FTP dialog and main page FTP enable buttons to synch up. Going through m_FTPSettings struct held in main window. Is that the best way?
• Prolly 1.0 hrs, discounting sleeping
• v3.0=Dec 29 - v4.0=Dec 31 - v5.0=Jan 2

Wed Dec 19 19:15

• Where am I?
• Let's get those enable flags out of the way
• Some distractions. Might go to Levelord's party
• Do I want to allow the user to edit the output and rewrite? I don't think so.
• Make them put that in the template
• No really obvious place to put the enable checkboxes. Hmm. To the right of the browse buttons? This is one area where Fox' auto-layout doesn't work very well. It just plain looks ugly without a lot of tweaking
• Gonna add a display of the FTP server, non-editable, to the main display
• Need some sort of FTP progress indicator. Maybe later
• Need a rewrite or update button. I don't like this rewriting every time I change anything
• 21:45 Some distractions, but basically taking longer than anticipated
• Adding enable checkboxes 2.0 hrs
• v3.0=Dec 21 - v4.0=Dec 23 - v5.0=Dec 25

Sat Nov 23 09:00

• Swapped v3 and v4 tasks. Gonna do template system first
• Spent the last 90 mins looking for SETI@Home source code, again. KSETIWatch is still the best. Downloaded a .bz2 file, but don't know how to open it. I know I'm going to need different routines to read the files at some point, but gonna blow it off for right now
• 10:30 It looks like I can just look at the size of state.sah to decide which
• work unit is currently in process. NOTE: This doesn't handle multiple CPUs
• Tidied a little
• 1.5 hrs

Fri Nov 22

• 07:45Calling onCmdAccept and onCmdCancel directly. Don't like that. I'll change it someday
• A little tidying. Remove dirty flag. Set firewall fields to disabled if no firewall
• 08:15 Let's try to pack this up again
• 09:15 Up
• 2.5 Hrs

Thu Nov 21 05:45

• 09:30 Took a lot longer than I expected. Some distractions making copies of a game tape. That prolly wasted nearly an hour altogether
• Still need to write new values to ini
• Still need to pretty up layout, but may leave that for a later version
• Can't figure out how to run FTP dialog modal and then get out. Dunno how to send ID_ACCEPT and ID_CANCEL
• 10:30 4.0 Hrs

Wed Nov 20 05:00

• Started building pure virtual wrapper for FTP calls
• Ack! Bad password somehow. I finally turned on verbose mode to see the responses from the server
• It was using the remote* settings. Need to rename those fields to something that makes more sense to me
• 06:30 Turns out I have firewall type 0 = None
• Finish FTP wrapper class
• Need to look into making the transfer asynch, so UI doesn't freeze up
• 08:20 Finished with wrapper class
• Putting another chore in there to fire off FTP, so UI has time to update
• 8:44 FTP chore finished
• Make a call to instantiate FTP object, to keep OS-specific .h out of main .cpp
• 10:00 Pausing to listen to NPR show on Moon Hoax
• 12:00 I really ought to implement an FTP configuration dialog before release.
• Shouldn't take too long
• Phone call. Only got 15 mins done before too tired to continue
• 5 hrs

Thu Nov 14 04:15

• Got it linking and running
• Right now, have to manually copy dll from lib directory to app directory
• Login call reports success
• Login takes a few secs. Need to tell user what I'm doing
• Added support for RemoteServer, User, Password
• Semi-documented Firewall type. I really don't understand what it's doing, so hopefully anyone who needs it can figure it out based on their situation just from the names
• Need to split out ftp4w stuff. It's kinda woven in right now
• 07:15 Can't set the data connection. Passive mode is set true
• 3.0 hrs

Wed Nov 13 03:39

• Gawd, another three weeks blown. Where to start?
• Farted with email
• 04:25 Added ftp4w project to this one
• 05:40 Some tidying up. Wrote a generic WriteFile to dump the two text streams to a file
• Got the first bits in. Compiles but doesn't link. Too tired. Going to bed
• 07:30 4.0 hrs
• Gawd, another three weeks blown. Where to start?
• Farted with email
• 04:25 Added ftp4w project to this one
• 05:40 Some tidying up. Wrote a generic WriteFile to dump the two text streams to a file
• Got the first bits in. Compiles but doesn't link. Too tired. Going to bed
• 07:30 4.0 hrs

Wed Oct 23 18:30

• Spent another hour on it before noticing that "Ignore default include directories" was checked
• Also had to move files around to link to the latest lib+dll
• Actually debugging something. Getting an unknown response code when trying to list files, dunno why
• 20:03 Sheesh, finally having success with cumbersome cw example program. I'll be able to actually do something tomorrow
• 2.0 hrs

Tue Oct 22 15:00

• Let's see if I can get anything done today
• Damn, got sucked off just as I was getting into it
• Was making progress, then hit a fucking compiler error. It refuses to find windows.h. I can't figure out why. I have the directory in the Options|Directories tab. I certainly didn't change that. I've been banging my head against this wall for at least two hours. It does work if I fully qualify the file, but of course it in turn includes stuff that can't be found
• 18:00 Arrrrgh! 3.0 hrs

Mon Oct 21 16:30

• While looking for info on PASV mode I found http://www.jgaa.com which led me to dftp
• Okay, this is the same as the previous. ftp_mh just wraps this into a C++ class.
• Let's try http://membres.lycos.fr/phjounin/P_ftp4w.htm
• Oh, this is funny. The source is in French
• 17:00 :30 hrs

Sun Oct 20 17:30

• Doh! How about I try to teach ftp_mh how to do passive mode?
• Making a teeny bit of progress
• Watching football and on phone
• 18:15 :45 hrs

Wed Oct 16 16:30

• Weird Al Running With Scissors
• I don't want to, but I'm going to start with ftp_mh
• Grr, this won't do passive mode. Gotta learn one of the others
• Steve Miller Wide River
• Can't get the W3 stuff to compile. The FileZilla FTP lib did on the first try, though
• Looks like the FileZilla lib is implemented as a standalone exe that one calls through DDE or something similar
• Wings Wings over America
  Journey Departure
  Boston Third Stage
• I could prolly get FileZilla to work, but it's got a lot of MFC in it
• 3:00 hrs

Tue Oct 15 13:30

• Billy Joel The Stranger
  Boston Don't Look Back
  Dazed and Confused
• I don't think ftp_mh is going to be robust enough. And I don't think it provides the callbacks I would want. Gonna look harder at FileZilla's ftp module.
• Nope, too Windows-specific. Time to start looking for more
• ELO Out of the Blue
• Grabbed the w3.org stuff, but it's too woven into that system
• Kansas Leftoverture
• Too damn many hits
• Metallica Metallica
  The Who Who's Next
  Van Halen Van Halen II
• Only 90 mins

Mon Oct 14 16:30

• Looking at ftp libs downloaded
• yaftp is Java. Oops
• FileZilla is an app. I could prolly use its ftp lib
• I think I'm going to go with ftp_mh
• Ack, only got about :30 mins in
• 0:30

Thu Oct 3 11:30

• Still looking to hide password
• 12:15 Okay, forget that. If I'm asked to store the password I do it in the open. If there's no password in the file then they have to type it in at program start
• Much distraction. Prolly two hours work, total
• Writing HTML
• More distractions. Prolly 1:00 hr of searching for ftp lib
• 3:45

Wed Oct 2 18:00

• Spent :45 looking for ftp and encryption code

30/SEP/02

Sheesh, I've been lazy.

I had an interview at Electronic Arts in LA to work on Medal of Honor, but blew the interview.  I choked on a simple programming problem simply because I let myself get out of practice.  So that won't happen again, I've started a little project to brush up on my skills.  A little program to read SETI@Home files and spit out an email sig file and an HTML file to post on a web site.

For now, the work log is stored in the .txt file inside the .zip.  I may move start posting that log over here.

In a coupla weeks, after I'm back in the habit of programming, I might go back to SDOE, or I might find another toy project to play with.

In other news, my car is totalled.  An 18-yr-old UTD student turned in front of me.  By the time I realized what she was doing it was too late.

Since I'm out of money I had to buy a piece of junk (hi Rosy :-) to drive around for a coupla years, until I can get something I like again.

Mon Sep 30 02:45

• I should never have released it with this UI. Let's clean it up and do a v1.1
• 04:00 Done
• Create release checklist
• 04:45 v1.1 Published
• 05:00 Messed with website a bit
• 05:45 Implemented both AddS and Pluralize
• It just occurred to me, that I don't need to use the chore to produce the sig.
• I think I can use Fox' update mechanism. Hmm. Maybe later. I'll do the debug dialog, first
• 07:00 Debug dialog done
• Fed mom's dogs 1 hr
• Farted around 45 mins
• 30 mins of looking at SetiHide files
• 4:45 hrs

13:30

• More distractions looking up .sah info. Found good stuff
• 15:00 Dozing

Sun Sep 29 05:15

• unparseFile is only writing one of the two sections
• 06:00 Turns out, it only writes "marked" entries. parseFile has a Mark field that can mark everything when read. Dunno why it's written like that Let's go ahead and pack this up
• 06:45 Guess not just yet
• Implemented once-then-out. That could cause some confusion. We default to that, and as soon as you get the input pointed to the correct place the program disappears. Need to set a timer, methinks. I should also set a way to interrupt the timer. (07:30 did that with modal dialog)
• Updating docs to reflect new Tools menu
• Added WriteDefaultINI if I don't find the INI
• Automagically pop up the input selection dialog if I don't see user_info.sah
• Split work log into this file
• 08:00 Gotta go take care of the dogs. I think I'm ready to pack it up when I get back
• 2:45 hrs

10:00

• Wrote compile.txt
• 10:30 Zip ready
• 11:30 Lotsa distractions. Web page ready. Basically just copied readme
• 13:00 Finally posted. Probs with FrontPage
• 1:00 hrs

13:45

• None of the samples are really what I want. Gonna try to start with dirlist.cpp and see how easy it is to change to an editbox
• Ack, I forgot that they don't have an "editbox." Can't remember what it's called, but I'm tired now. I'll find it in RC Sim later
• 14:45 1:00 hrs

16:30

• FXText, duh!
• Got raw contents of file to display
• More brainstorming in this file, INI entries, recalced release dates
• Out 18:45 for Hockey. 1 hour wasted = 2:00 hrs

Car wrecked. Crap.

Sat Sep 28 00:30

Gawd, how embarrassing. Keep blowing self-imposed schedules. Excuses include dealing with my car and doing Art Institute work

• 01:30 Read files after window finished setting up, so can display error boxes
• 02:15 Code cleanup. Setting up to read pieces. Gotta go
• 1:45 hrs

05:00

• 05:45 A bit of a struggle, but found FXVerticalFrame to layout three boxes
• 06:30 Derived SETIText from FXText for common helper stuff
• Now to pick a coupla things to write to sig window
• 07:45 Wasted an hour on cosmetics (group boxes,) but got a sig written to the window
• 08:00 Yikes! Forgot about hockey practice and the dogs
• 2:15 hrs

12:15

• 1:05 Wrote documentation
• 1:30 Starting to doze
• 1:15 hrs

20:30

• Writing sig. 10 mins. That didn't take long :-)
• I think I'll go ahead and add buttons for a File Open and Save As to help with configuration
• v1.0=Sep 30 - 2.0=Oct 3 - 3.0=Oct 5 - 4.0=Oct 7 - 5.0=Oct 9
• Trying to get user info configuration to work. Including FXFileDialog in the program causes a link error:
  foxd.lib(FXURL.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__gethostname@8
• Nothing in the web docs. Spent 45 mins trying to get at the mailing list archive, but it's not on SourceForge. (Should I put this project on sf.net?)
• 01:00 Looked at adie and added wsock32.lib to link deck
• Phone call
• 01:30 Off phone
• Button presses weren't being detected, because the buttons weren't on the main window, but rather in a container frame. Decided to move those functions to a Tools menu
• Hmm, still not working
• 01:40 Another phone call, half looking at this
• 02:45 Doh! Had the target of the menu items pointed at the app and not the window
• 3:30 hrs

Wed Sep 18 00:30

• Okay, this is stupid. I'm giving up on the fancy prefs system. Gonna just use FXSettings as-is. I'll play with that other stuff some other time
• First, updated estimates vs actuals, and release dates
• v1.0=Sep 18 - 2.0=Sep 21 - 3.0=Sep 22 - 4.0=Sep 24 - 5.0=Sep 26
• Have to design screen
• Actually, not much design. Just what info to display. Editboxes for everything
• 1:00 0:30 hrs

03:00

• New project name MightySETIInfo
• 03:45 Got project up and running
• 04:15 Starting to read things from INI file
• Need better error recovery/reporting (missing INI)
• Move file reading out of constructor
• Still need to give thought to architecture. All in one function, so far 1:30 hrs

Mon Sep 16 17:30

• Seems to be falling into place. CPrefs now have a pointer to an actual settings instance
• Also, implementing on example derived class to help gel how to actually use it
• 18:30 Distracted
• 21:30 Trying to get back into it
• But didn't 1:00 hrs

Sat Sep 14 00:15

• Realized I need a CPrefKey to guarantee unique keys.
• Hmm, they can't all be defined at load time. It's quite possible to build a key on-the-fly during a session. Also, it's conceivable that different portions of the program would want to do that. I'll just plow along with this for an hour and see how it falls out
• Am I making this too complicated?
• 01:30 let myself get distracted a lot 1:15 hrs

Fri Sep 13 03:30

• 04:00 Got most of CPrefs base class finished. Still need to implement standardized collection of keys. I think I can set up a struct to hold section, key, was referenced, description(?). Does it need to be a class? Gonna work hard for release today after sleeping. Should be able to do it
• 0:30 hrs

Thu Sep 12 17:00

• Spelled out prefs classes
• 20:00 Some distractions, but lotsa progress defining it. Now, to dig into implemention. Can prolly do it in 45 mins if I just get to it
• Hockey 3:00 hrs

Wed Sep 11 19:52

• Ack, prolly only 15 mins of actual work

Tue Sep 10 17:45

• Updated release dates
• v1.0=Sep 13 - 2.0=Sep 16 - 3.0=Sep 17 - 4.0=Sep 19 - 5.0=Sep 21
• Copying FXSettings to SETISettings and customizing for SETI@Home files
• 18:03 Wow, amazing how fast it goes when you just do it
• Skipped wrapping file funcs. No real need for this program
• Started looking at FXRegistry. Fooled with Trillian on other system
• 18:30 Phone 0:45 hrs

Tue Sep 3 02:30

• Updated release dates, again
• v1.0=Sep 6 - 2.0=Sep 9 - 3.0=Sep 10 - 4.0=Sep 12 - 5.0=Sep 14
• Do I want to parse this by hand?
• 3:40 Tried to use FXSettings, but it won't read files without [] sections
• 4:40 Sorta faked it. Still can't get values that have spaces in them ex. "user info" comes through as "user"
• Out 2:00 hrs Already one hour behind on parsing file

Wed Aug 28 21:15

• Decided to change to Fox instead of MFC
• 22:30 There were some distractions. Got Fox samples going
• Let myself get distracted grabbing JPEG lib, which I don't need for this app
• 23:30 Out 2:15 hrs

Mon Aug 12 16:30

• Organization
• INI entries
• Preferences class
• 18:45 distracted
• 04:00 Back on it
• Trying to decide whether to fill out prefs class and cross-platform defs
• Yup on cross-platform. No on full prefs class. Just Windows wrappers right now
• 06:00 out. 4:15 hrs total Haven't even started on reading, yet

12/AUG/02

Started working on MightySetiInfo

Current .plan
.plan Archive 2004 - Start of JCI
.plan Archive 2003 - MightySETIInfo
.plan Archive 2002 - MightySETIInfo
.plan Archive 2001 - Inertia/RC Sim, MightySETIInfo
.plan Archive 2000 - Inertia/RC Sim
.plan Archive 1998-1999 - Digital Chicken, Parsoft/SDOE, beginning of Inertia/RC Sim

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