PCG Tools for web

[kingtj]

Why are you trying to turn this into another PC vs. Mac flame-fest?

I'm a system administrator too (been doing it now for 20 years), and I still take care of primarily Windows PCs all day at the job. Guess what I use at home? All Macs! Why? Because for starters, I really don't want to look at the exact same OS and apps at home that I just got back from work using. I'd get burnt out on computers completely.

But additionally, when you're in OS X on a Mac, it's a band-aid fix, not a solution, to say, "Just run a Windows program from inside Parallels or VMWare Fusion, or ??" You can do that, obviously, but then you're stuck waiting for the virtual machine to start up first - just to use the program. And you're stuck maintaining the Windows image too -- complete with anti-virus software updates, Windows patches, etc. etc.

Mac users usually spent a premium price to purposely use that platform INSTEAD of Windows, so yes - they WANT native OS X applications whenever possible. You can call that arrogance if you like, but I'd call it common sense.

Why Mac Users don´t want to use Windows ? - That´s an easy one: Because they don´t want to see, that Windows OS is much more flexible than their Mac OS, and that there´s a lot more apps for Windows than it is for anything else... My personal experience from being a system administrator for more than 10 years now: Mac Users are too proud to work on Windows in general.

[Lou]

+1 and Thank you! Couldn't have said it better.

[MRedZac]

Why are you trying to turn this into another PC vs. Mac flame-fest?

I'm a system administrator too (been doing it now for 20 years), and I still take care of primarily Windows PCs all day at the job. Guess what I use at home? All Macs! Why? Because for starters, I really don't want to look at the exact same OS and apps at home that I just got back from work using. I'd get burnt out on computers completely.

But additionally, when you're in OS X on a Mac, it's a band-aid fix, not a solution, to say, "Just run a Windows program from inside Parallels or VMWare Fusion, or ??" You can do that, obviously, but then you're stuck waiting for the virtual machine to start up first - just to use the program. And you're stuck maintaining the Windows image too -- complete with anti-virus software updates, Windows patches, etc. etc.

Mac users usually spent a premium price to purposely use that platform INSTEAD of Windows, so yes - they WANT native OS X applications whenever possible. You can call that arrogance if you like, but I'd call it common sense.

Why Mac Users don´t want to use Windows ? - That´s an easy one: Because they don´t want to see, that Windows OS is much more flexible than their Mac OS, and that there´s a lot more apps for Windows than it is for anything else... My personal experience from being a system administrator for more than 10 years now: Mac Users are too proud to work on Windows in general.

I think, it´s just a matter of believing....

[michelkeijzers]

Why are you trying to turn this into another PC vs. Mac flame-fest?

I'm a system administrator too (been doing it now for 20 years), and I still take care of primarily Windows PCs all day at the job. Guess what I use at home? All Macs! Why? Because for starters, I really don't want to look at the exact same OS and apps at home that I just got back from work using. I'd get burnt out on computers completely.

But additionally, when you're in OS X on a Mac, it's a band-aid fix, not a solution, to say, "Just run a Windows program from inside Parallels or VMWare Fusion, or ??" You can do that, obviously, but then you're stuck waiting for the virtual machine to start up first - just to use the program. And you're stuck maintaining the Windows image too -- complete with anti-virus software updates, Windows patches, etc. etc.

Mac users usually spent a premium price to purposely use that platform INSTEAD of Windows, so yes - they WANT native OS X applications whenever possible. You can call that arrogance if you like, but I'd call it common sense.

Why Mac Users don´t want to use Windows ? - That´s an easy one: Because they don´t want to see, that Windows OS is much more flexible than their Mac OS, and that there´s a lot more apps for Windows than it is for anything else... My personal experience from being a system administrator for more than 10 years now: Mac Users are too proud to work on Windows in general.

I think, it´s just a matter of believing....

Believing and what someone is used to use.

However, I think lots of people are (or should be) thankful that Mathieu makes a platform independent version so everybody is happy.

[mathieumaes]

If I were an OS X user, I personally wouldn't want to use an emulator to run Windows applications. It's a matter of principles.

My remark towards OS X users was meant as a small joke. The neverending flamewar between Apple/Microsoft users is always a hot topic, not just on forums.

I found it to be ironic that making the current version of my web application was ridiculously easy thanks to the way the Microsoft .NET framework works. I still have a lot of work to fully port all functionalities to the web version, but the work is mainly HTML, CSS and Javascript code. I only had to write about 20 lines of meaningful C# code in the backend.

[michelkeijzers]

If I were an OS X user, I personally wouldn't want to use an emulator to run Windows applications. It's a matter of principles.

My remark towards OS X users was meant as a small joke. The neverending flamewar between Apple/Microsoft users is always a hot topic, not just on forums.

I found it to be ironic that making the current version of my web application was ridiculously easy thanks to the way the Microsoft .NET framework works. I still have a lot of work to fully port all functionalities to the web version, but the work is mainly HTML, CSS and Javascript code. I only had to write about 20 lines of meaningful C# code in the backend.

I will try to keep the backend separately, however, I did not use a complete VMC design pattern, so some functionality might be a bit difficult to extract.

[mathieumaes]

I made some changes to the configuration of my server. Apparently, the server didn't like files larger then 30 Mb...

Thx Lou for reporting this!

[michelkeijzers]

I made some changes to the configuration of my server. Apparently, the server didn't like files larger then 30 Mb...

Thx Lou for reporting this!

The biggest file I encountered so far is a Kronos 1.5 complete PCG file which is about 42 MB. The previous (OS1.0.x) was 33 or 34 if I remember right.

[mathieumaes]

Thx for the info, Michel!

Next version of the web based tool will have a slightly different UI. I need to prepare it for more functionalities (ie. editing descriptions and names).

I should have this ready by the end of the week!

[michelkeijzers]

Thx for the info, Michel!

Next version of the web based tool will have a slightly different UI. I need to prepare it for more functionalities (ie. editing descriptions and names).

I should have this ready by the end of the week!

Great to hear ... you found the Name field for changing set list names?

Also in my code, you can find which characters are legal. Also you can use newlines in descriptions which is not possible on the Kronos itself but can be very handy. Also take a look at ONKSOR, whose developer you can give more info about fonts used and WYSIWIG output (I have not implemented that by the way).

[mathieumaes]

I have published a small update with some UI improvements:
- Upload progress bar, less clicks required for the upload to take place
- Added setlist names to the list (Michel, I found it! )
- Added "panes" for easier navigation. The "download" button has moved to the bottom left

Next update will be about changing names and descriptions! Stay tuned! And ofcourse, don't hesitate to contact me if you run into trouble...

[michelkeijzers]

I have published a small update with some UI improvements:
- Upload progress bar, less clicks required for the upload to take place
- Added setlist names to the list (Michel, I found it! )
- Added "panes" for easier navigation. The "download" button has moved to the bottom left

Next update will be about changing names and descriptions! Stay tuned! And ofcourse, don't hesitate to contact me if you run into trouble...

Great to hear about the new functionality.

Inside note: Probably I'm going to rearrange my code a little to support SNG files but I will give later a description what is changed (probably not that much for you).

If you need additional parameters to be changed, please contact me so I can add them (if it's not that much work) so we can both benefit from it.

[mathieumaes]

Hey all!

I released a new version of my web tools at http://pcg.webberig.be

New features:
- Click on a setlist name to change it
- Added a demo file, so you can try the application without having to wait for the upload

Next changes in the pipeline (deadline = end of next week):
- Change names and descriptions of setlist items
- Allow .ZIP file uploads (faster uploads)!

[polop]

thanks, thanks michelkeijzers

[michelkeijzers]

Hey all!

I released a new version of my web tools at http://pcg.webberig.be

New features:
- Click on a setlist name to change it
- Added a demo file, so you can try the application without having to wait for the upload

Next changes in the pipeline (deadline = end of next week):
- Change names and descriptions of setlist items
- Allow .ZIP file uploads (faster uploads)!

Great to see you are also making fast progress!