The reason I haven't been posting, is because I've been hard at work with PainlessSVN 1.2.0. I've been fixing the install script, so that I can add some new stuff. The only thing that I can say, is that this next version will come with Subversion server. You can choose not to install Subversion. If you do install it, the install script will configure it for you. The script will also do the following:

• Create the repository root directory
• Set svnserve.exe to run as a service
• Configure the PainlessSVN console to pick up the svnserve settings automatically

There's actually quite a bit more, but this all that I'm going to say for now.

I had the http://painlesssvn.com domain pointed to a page to this site. I'm in the process of moving it off this website, and onto its own webiste. The new site is now up. I'm slowing moving PainlessSVN and Subversion content over there.

http://painlesssvn.com

I released Text File Splitter 2 about a week ago. Had to fix a couple things right away, so the version number is 2.0.2 at the moment.

I was finally able to add the autoupdate feature. This feature can be used in two ways:

1) Through the menu

You will see some action on the right hand side of the form like this:

2) Running the wyUpdate.exe program manually

You will see this dialog right after you run wyUpdate.exe:

The best thing about the auto update is that you have the ability to update the program even if it is not working.

I'm in the process of fleshing out the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Text File Splitter.

I just wanted to show everybody what I was working on tonight. I got the console program working with all the splitting strategies. That was a lot of fun. Since I was in a roll, I went ahead and implemented the feature where the GUI will give you the commandline for the current settings.

Here is the GUI all setup:

Now click on the "Get CommandLine" button and you get this:

I also started filling out the SDK. All in all, I had a very fun night coding this. It really helped me forget (at least for a few hours) the blown engine in our Dodge Durango.

Cheers!

The GUI is now done. I'm working on the command line console. I'm working really hard in keeping the same command-line swtiches that were used in version 1.5.1. Since there is no GUI in the console, I'm including the finished GUI screenshot:

After I get this released, I will add functionality to have the GUI to create a command-line for the user.

I stumbled onto WANdisco's new Subversion community site:

It has some features similar to Facebook. I already signed up and lurk there regularly.

The UI design has been frozen. I need a couple more tweaks and it will be completely designed and coded. Here's a screenie of the UI having a directory as the source, and the split by line splitting strategy selected:

I created a new forum group just for Text File Splitter. I already posted a Visual Studio template to create new file pattern tokens on the File Patten Tokens forum. This will install a generic template in Visual Studio 2008, for people who want to create custom tokens. It will look like this once it is installed, from the Add New Item menu:

I will be doing the same for File Splitting Strategies very soon.

I now have the basic infrastructure to load file splitting strategies using MEF. Here's a screenshot of the split by line strategy selected in the UI:

So, with a bit of C# programming, you should be able to create your own file splitting strategies.

I got the basic functionality of the file pattern tokens dialog done. I added one more feature that I still need to implement. I wanted to give users the ability to type in their own file names, so that they can see how the file pattern will affect the file name. Here's a screenshot of what I have so far:

I'm hoping to have most of the file splitting stragegies on version 1.5.1 implemented before Christmas.

I finally nailed a good UI for the File Pattern configuration. On top of that, I made these tokens to be plugins using MEF. This means that others will be able to create File Pattern tokens to handle naming file chunks. Here's the latest screenshot of the main window, and the File Pattern Token drop down dialog:

I'm testing a drop-down dialog for the File Pattern functionality:

I'm also experimenting with a new icon. This is pretty close to what I want, but it still needs work.