I called Microsoft (Yes, I had to wait a long time on the phone, yes, the "telephone menu" was annoying, yes, the music while waiting was not my taste).įirst I got contact with, what I believe, was their first line support (the guy that asks you to try to reboot your computer to see if that helps).
Recently, one of our computers refused to install Vista Service pack 2. It has become a common issue to give "bad press" on everything Microsoft related, so I thought I should write about my recent experience. These are exciting days! Expect File Viking early 2010, we will add a lot more features for you before we release!!
But sure, full color images will be added. I wish I could link to her website, but I don't think she has one yet.Īnyway, don't you agree even the mockups look great? Do we really need 64mln "True Color" pictures? Personally, I like this charcoal style. Send me an email (support at fileviking dot c om).īelow are some mockups Nataly made for File Viking (click for a larger version). New: When a basket is processing the files you've dropped on it, it will show you a progress indicator.įixed: Crash when repeatedly closing an empty "configure basket" window (Thank you for reporting, Dees).įixed: Tooltips on Windows XP (and probably other compatibility issues on XP and Win2000). Drag & drop files on an icon floating above your desktop and they are zipped toĭ:\MyBackups\ is replaced by 2009. See vikings dancing on your screen - press the shortcut to move those baskets out of the way (quickly press again and again to have some fun!) Did you find "Settings -> Options -> Move Baskets shortcut"?įor example, use CTRL+SHIFT+/ to "move them". The first bugs were found and quickly fixed.įor those who tried beta 1. The beta for our new File Viking (Drag & Drop File Processor) started last week. For example filtering comes to mind (only do this branch of the tree of actions for *.txt files) Yes, we will make this "programming" even better in future "1.x" releases. Wow! Next Beta, Next Week! Join us! PS, more Programming for Dummies I have been testing this pre- pre- pre- beta-3 a few days now and can only say: this is a huge improvement over
It doesn't email the files you drop on the File Viking basket but the output of "Zip" instead - The zip file is emailed. You can configure the Email files action as a follow-up, The output of one Action is the input of a follow-up action.įor example, the ZIP files action has a zip file as output. We added "Pipes" to the next File Viking beta (yes, I know, that term is far to technical). No, we didn't create File Viking for Dummies, but we did do something quite interesting: Programming made easy for everyone.Īnd I feel like a dummy why I didn't think about it before. You know what? These books are not about Stupid, they are about Easy. I always thought it sounded quite stupid, but the books are a huge success. (Networks for Dummies, Windows for Dummies.)
You know the book series XXX for Dummies? Our "Contact Us" and "Buy Now" pages will be moving to this site soon.Īll our email addresses will also move to our old email addresses will redirect to the new domain so you should not have a problem with this change. We also have a new website, very much under construction at the moment. A first release will have Spanish and French helpfiles and support, a later release will also have a translated User Interface. When we release v1.0 (or really soon after)įor WatchDirectory, we will start French and Spanish "slowly". Our new File Viking program will be translated to French and Spanish as well, "really soon now". Jacob is busy with a French translation of WatchFTP, it should be ready early 2010. More important: French and Spanish Support!Ĭurrently, WatchFTP is already available in Spanish. That is why we hired Jacob (French) and Hans (Spanish) to do the French and Spanish translations of our programs. I must admit, my French and Spanish is really bad.