News
june 2008 - It has been a more than a year since the last update of this website. In the mean time I have put a lot of effort into a new version of Copying Machine. As I mentioned before, Copying Machine needed a rewrite and this took a lot of effort. The reason for the rewrite is that the base of Copying Machine was more than 10 years old, and the framework it was build on was no longer supported and simply getting out of date.
The work on the rewrite is in the final stage. There are still a lot of minor issues to be resolved and I still have some new ideas I want to put in there. You can imagine its is difficult to finish a project like that! But I believe the development is now at a stage that it is ready to show to you all. It is a first beta version so be ready for some bumbs in the road :-). But please try it out and let me know what you think about it...
I am planning to publish the source code, so all you enthousiast (like me) can see how I got things done. For me examples are the best way to learn and improve my skills. I think there are some useful examples in Copying Machine for you to see and learn from. And of course if have have any tips, improvements or additions for Copying Machine, then please contact me.
april 2007 - Quick fix Copying Machine (2.26) after WindowsXP update.
Last night there was an update of WindowsXP. This update causes an incompatibility
with Copying Machine. This incompatibility is so severe that Copying Machine will
not be able to launch. I have made a quick 'fix' which you can download from the
Copying Machine section. Actually it is not a real fix, it just disables all the
Help inside the Copying Machine application. For now this will make Copying Machine
launch normally again.
UPDATE: Microsoft made a hotfix for this problem too. It seems
that more application had the same problem. You can find this hotfix at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448.
march 2007 - Small update Copying Machine (2.26). After a long
long time I uploaded a small update of Copying Machine. The changes are small; two
new commandline opties are added (/copies:n and /exit) and some very minor bug fixes.
You can find the latest version in the Copying Machine section. New updates are
on the way but they can take a while.
Copying Machine is almost 10 years old and the framework it is build upon is outdated.
This is the main reason that the user interface needs an almost complete rewrite.
It is also a good moment to see what kind of features Windows Vista has to offer.
I will keep you all up to date of the progress!
