Help me work with the Macros via XML

By Adam Cogan in Access 0 Comment

I wish could copy the text via a button “Edit Macro XML”… And the XML was formatted nicely :-)

Figure: Add a menu item "View XML"

Figure: Add a menu item “View XML”

    < ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" standalone="no"?>
    < DataMacros xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/accessservices/2009/11/application">< DataMacro Event="AfterUpdate">
    < Statements>< ConditionalBlock>< If>< Condition>[Table1].[Salary]>50000< /Condition>< Statements>< EditRecord>< Data/>
    < Statements>< Action Name="SetField">< Argument Name="Field">Table1.Notes< /Argument>< Argument Name="Value">
    "he is paid too much"
    < /Argument>< /Action>< /Statements>< /EditRecord>< /Statements>< /If>
    < Else>< Statements>< EditRecord>< Data/>< Statements>< Action Name="SetField">< Argument Name="Field">Table1.Notes
    < /Argument>< Argument Name="Value">"too little"< /Argument>< /Action>< /Statements>< /EditRecord>< /Statements>< /Else><
     /ConditionalBlock>< /Statements>
    < /DataMacro>< /DataMacros>

Figure: This ugly URL should be changed to nicely formatted XML

Help me update IE without updating Windows [Fixed by Microsoft in IE7]

By Adam Cogan in Internet Explorer 0 Comment

Why havent Microsoft released IE 7? Because it is part of the OS. The only way they can do it would be via new versions of Windows or Service Packs. I dont agree with that. I think it should be separated from the OS for 2 reasons:

  • We need updates at least once a year
  • There could be a great reduction in security issues by separating this further from the OS and stopping buffer overruns. Firefox has 0 Critical Security Alerts since it came out mostly because it runs on the XUL framework with abstracts from the OS.

Firefox http://secunia.com/product/4227/

Figure: Firefox errors

Figure: Firefox errors

Figure: Firefox 3.x errors

Figure: Firefox 3.x errors

http://secunia.com/product/11/ *NOT GOOD*

Figure: IE errors

Figure: IE errors

Figure: IE7 errors

Figure: IE7 errors

Improved Download Management

By Adam Cogan in Internet Explorer 0 Comment

It would be good if there were better download features similar to those found in other programs (eg. Firefox, Getright Lite etc). Getright Lite allows the user to have more options of views to see a transfer queue, download later, throttle the download.

I should not need 3rd party software to be able to resume a download! The download manager in IE should be able to handle the situations like connection drop.

Figure: Bad Example - IE's download window is too simply, there is no way to resume an interrupted download session

Figure: Bad Example – IE’s download window is too simply, there is no way to resume an interrupted download session

We have also tested this on Vista/IE7+, however it’s kind of sad, there is no improvement. Also, when I disconnect the Internet connection, the download window is just staying there, no indication of the status at all.

Figure: Bad Example - Vista/IE7's download window is simply hanging there when the connection drops

Figure: Bad Example – Vista/IE7’s download window is simply hanging there when the connection drops

Figure: Good Example - GetRight can help you to resume download and manage your sessions

Figure: Good Example – GetRight can help you to resume download and manage your sessions

Figure: Good Example - FireFox has a download manager that allows you to restart an interrupted download session

Figure: Good Example – FireFox has a download manager that allows you to restart an interrupted download session

Note: Better download managers than the one that comes built into IE7

Help me manage RSS feeds in IE like it’s done in Firefox

By Adam Cogan in Internet Explorer 0 Comment

There is no need for a full RSS reader in IE. However the Live Bookmarks feature in Mozilla Firefox is simple and effective. It creates a special folder in your bookmarks list and adds a separate link inside that folder for each post in the RSS feed.

If there is an .rss file then this icon shows the .rss reference is pulled from the META tag
Eg.

<link id=”RSSLink” title=”RSS” type=”application/rss+xml” rel=”alternate” href=”http://blogs.ssw.com.au/andrewweaver/rss.aspx”></link>

Figure: Live Bookmarks in Firefox

Figure: Live Bookmarks in Firefox

Help me see the full URL of a locally saved web pages

By Adam Cogan in Internet Explorer 0 Comment

When you save a document from IE using the browser’s ‘Save As…’ feature, when you look at the HTML, you will see a comment showing the URL address it was when you saved it. This way you can always know where that particular document came from without having to keep the URLs somewhere else or manually editing the document. I want it to go a step further by adding an info bar.

Eg. When you open up a page from “C:\dataAdam\Test.htm”, then there should be an info bar like this that says “This is a Saved Copy of the web page www.ssw.com.au… Click here to load the page”.

Figure: An info bar indicating the live source would be good

Figure: An info bar indicating the live source would be good