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From: "David Kelvin" <>
Subject: Re: SV: [CFTW] Re: Bugs/Changes in Ver 3
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:42:55 -0000


After sending this, I realised that addZip is at http://welcome.to/addZIP
and also at http://www.littleBIGware.co.uk/ .

There is also Info-Zip at http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip. This product is
available on many platforms and is FREE and source is supplied (also free).

Regards,

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kelvin" <>
To: <>
Cc: "Ira J Lund" <>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: SV: [CFTW] Re: Bugs/Changes in Ver 3


> Ira,
>
> I must admit that I like the use of a 'zip' function in the
backup/restore.
>
> I use a program call 'addZip' which comes as an OCX (I don't like and
don't
> use) and a DLL which I do. I call it from VB but it can obviously be
called
> from most other language environments.
>
> The advantage of a DLL is that it does not have to be 'registered' but can
> just reside in the installation directory.
>
> It can be found at : http://welcome.to/addZIP and also at
> http://www.littleBIGware.com/ . (I have no vested interest in this s/w).
>
> Can I also make a request - I do not know in what language CFT is written,
> but, assuming C or C++, I would appreciate a resource file added to it
that
> contains in particular the version information accessible using
'properties'
> from Windows Explorer. It would also have copyright and contact
> information. I know that this is present in the 'Help-> About' menu but
> certainly during beta testing, it makes sense to know the versions before
> copying on version over another.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
> PS. I also think a spell checker of some kind is a requirement!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ira J Lund" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: SV: [CFTW] Re: Bugs/Changes in Ver 3
>
>
> > >I am still on ver 2.51 but have installed the ver 3 betas twice. The
last
> > >time I did my normal work with 2.51 and tested a copy of the database
in
> > >3.x. However both programs pointed at the same directory for photos.
The
> > >2.51 worked fine until I uninstalled the ver 3. The problem was that
the
> > >backup didn't work afterwards. A re-registering of the backup ocx
helped
> and
> > >everything works fine again.
> >
> > I can believe this well enough. Each program wants the xceedzip.ocx to
> work
> > in it's own directory. All this will go away next beta of 3 - since I am
> > getting rid of all OCXs.
> >
> > Ira
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > ------------------------------------
> > Mr. Ira J. Lund
> > E-mail: Web: http://www.cf-software.com
> >
> > Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043
> >
>
>

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