CHT Support Forum Improvements

Internet Cable Repairs

On the weekend we had the cable company come in and make some cable repairs and that made a huge difference in our upload speed which should normally be in the range of 1-1.5 megabits per second. Due to cable failure problems that had deteriorated to .2 to .3 megabits per second. Now, with those repairs completed, we're back to normal speeds and the support forum is as snappy as it ever was.

CHT Support Forum Work Flow Changes

We've also made a helpful work flow change to the message submission steps. In the past you entered a message in the message editor and on saving, you were taken directly back to the browse with your just-posted message at the top. As of yesterday, on clicking "Save" to post your message, you're taken to a preview screen which lets you see your message the way others see it, rather than in text edit mode. This lets you see any images you may have embedded, as well as any special characters, exactly the way others will see your message.

From this message preview screen you can then return to the browse using the new "Browse" menu item near the top of the window, where your menu has always been. By clicking this you're taken back to the messages browse with your message on top.

If what you see in the preview isn't quite what you intended, just click the "Open" button beside your message as you've always done. That drops you back into the editor. Our forum lets you edit your message as many times as you like, or post addendums. Message threads and all the rest work exactly as before.

CHT Forum Is A Source APP In Subscriber Tool Kits

In case you're not aware, the CHT support forum server app is actually provided to subscribers in source application format along with approximately 130 other applications, described here. You can compile it, and modify it to suit your your purposes.

Cheers...

Gus Creces
The Clarion Handy Tools Page
www.cwhandy.com
support@cwhandy.com
June 4, 2009

Four CHT Example Applications For You To Try

If you're a CHT subscriber, the four applications discussed here are demos provided for you in source application format as part of approximately 130 different example applications included with our tool kit.

One and all, CHT subscribers or not, you're invited to download these fully functional applications built with C7.0.0.5646. I personally use these applications on a daily basis in my day to day business affairs. You're welcome to download them and use them too, no strings attached.

The installer is packaged in a .ZIP file built with our toolkit's zip functionality. Once you have the zip, please extract the-web installer executable before attempting to run it. Since these demos use web installers - built by another CHT application also included in source with our toolkit - the actual installed application is downloaded from our website in the form of an .HZO file, a topspeed file containing a compressed and encrypted application and any related DLLs. Windows VISTA will pop up an approval dialog when the application first contacts our website. You'll need to approve that before the installer is allowed to proceed and complete the installation.

All applications are placed in an All Programs folder called "CHT" from which you can start them. An uninstall link is also provided for each application, for those of you just kicking tires.

Everything provided here, the demos, the installers, even the zips are built with Clarion 7 and The Clarion Handy Tools only. Nothing else. Remember as you read this what one of your happy users says about CHT:

Handy Zip'N FTP

HNDZIPNFTP.APP combines CHT's zip file creation capabilities with CHT's wide-ranging FTP powers to provide a "Handy" utility that assists with backups to a virtual web space. The application can be pre-configured to back up a particular directory using a file mask and/or a CHT Query that describes the files to be backed up, resulting in a standard zip file that can include source subdirectories right inside the zip. An FTP configuration dialog lets you preconfigure one or more target FTP servers and web directories to accept your zip file. Once configured, your application can build a backup with one button click and send it to an FTP server with a second click.

Download it here: Handy Zip'N FTP

Handy Zip'N Email

HNDZIPNEMAIL.APP combines CHT's zip file creation capabilities with CHT's wide-ranging EMAIL powers to provide a "Handy" utility that assists with sending zips via SMTP email. The application can be pre-configured to back up a particular directory using a file mask and/or a CHT Query that describes the files to be backed up, resulting in a standard zip file that can include source subdirectories right inside the zip. An SMTP configuration dialog lets you preconfigure one or more target SMTP servers to accept your zip file. Once configured, your application can build a backup with one button click and send it to one or more recipients with a second click.

Download it here: Handy Zip'N Email

Handy HTTP Zip'N Post

HNDHTTPZIPNPOST.APP combines CHT's zip file creation capabilities with CHT's wide-ranging HTTP powers to provide a "Handy" utility that assists with backups to a virtual web space. The application can be pre-configured to back up a particular
directory using a file mask that describes the files to be backed up, resulting in a standard zip file that can include source subdirectories right inside the zip. An HTTP configuration dialog lets you preconfigure a target web server (IIS-type or CHT-type) and a web subdirectory to accept your zip file. Once configured, your application can build a backup with one button click and POST it to a web server with a second click.

Download it here: Handy HTTP Zip'N POST

CHT Video Education Player

While this media player is set up to stream .WMV versions of CHT educational videos from our website, it also serves as a model for developers wishing to build their own streaming video players. The player is built on CHT Template HandyComMediaControl which uses the Windows Media Player COM object based in WMP.DLL. The player is capable of playing off-line any videos which have been previously viewed to completion. On-line viewing of uncached videos begins quickly, once approximately 5 percent of the video has downloaded, and already-cached videos begin immediately since they are not downloaded again. If you plan to adapt this application to act as a video player for your own videos, a useful, accompanying application called HNDBUILDVIDEOLIST.APP can build video index files on your CHT-based video server, of the type utilized by this application and by the HNDWindowsMediaPlayer class (HNDWMP.INC, HNDWMP,CLW, HNDWMP.TLB).

Download it here: CHT Video Education Player

A summary of all currently shipping CHT Demonstration applications is available here:
CHT Applications Summary (HTML), or here CHT Applications Summary (PDF)

Cheers...
Gus Creces
The Clarion Handy Tools Page
www.cwhandy.com
support@cwhandy.com
June 1, 2009