Author Archives: spgennard

Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1 or higher

Posted on August 13, 2010 by spgennard

Just a quick blog to document a bit of pain I hit with CAPICOM and SIGNTOOL.. I got the following error: EXEC : SignTool error : Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1 or higher. Please The solution is to download and … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch

Posted on August 4, 2010 by spgennard

When I first started working on COBOL I was told that COBOL was a business oriented language that even managers could use 😉 It looks like Microsoft are wanting to do something similar in a modern manor using Visual Studio … Continue reading →

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Extending Visual COBOL 2010

Posted on July 1, 2010 by spgennard

One of the many great reasons for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 as our development platform for Visual COBOL 2010 is it ability to be extended… which we have done but you equally use third party extensions too. One of … Continue reading →

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Method Chaining

Posted on May 28, 2010 by spgennard

Creating objects with a complex constructor can be a bit of a pain in any language. One technique I have used is method chaining. It is not applicable to every type of class but it can be useful. Method chain … Continue reading →

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Life under the dust cloud

Posted on April 18, 2010 by spgennard

The week before last I attended Microsoft TechEd here in India, which was a great success. I especially liked my boss “The COBOLATOR“, who did a great talk about his experiences with Microsoft and his views on using COBOL. This … Continue reading →

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iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update

Posted on April 3, 2010 by spgennard

Note: Updated since original post – see updates at the end of blog post I noticed yesterday that “Doren Katz” over @ http://doronkatz.com/iriver-story-firmware-171-update has found a firmware upgrade for the iRiver story. However, I failed to find the original download … Continue reading →

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Visual COBOL @ Microsoft Teched

Posted on March 29, 2010 by spgennard

The last couple of weeks have been very busy and it has unfortunately affected the amount of blog entries I have done but the good news I have plenty of new material.. So, what’s my excuse.. Well we have been … Continue reading →

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Building rsync for the pogoplug

Posted on March 7, 2010 by spgennard

I finally managed to get a cross compiler that works with the pogoplug, I first tried various custom build of the GNU C++ cross compiler on the Mac but none of them succeeded in creating binaries that were compatible with … Continue reading →

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Aperture 3 has been updated for Olympus E-P1/Olympus E-P2

Posted on March 4, 2010 by spgennard

I am now officially tickle pink with excitement… Here is what my Apple Software update said: Digital Raw Compatibility Update: This update extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’09 for the following cameras: Hasselblad H3DII-50 Leica M9 … Continue reading →

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passwd: cannot update password file /etc/shadow

Posted on February 27, 2010 by spgennard

Okay.. I got my pogoplug last week and I have been playing around with it and it is now time to change the root password… so guess what happened…

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