Hi guys,
Well, I am back. One of the projects that has been haunting me for a while as to whether to release is Treeroots. The project that had no name, but now has quite a nice one.
I have been interested in searching my ancestry. Therefore, since the joys and glory of a hectic 2008, I started work on it.
This year, I’ve taken it to its full potential and developed Treeroots. It’s got a whole website of its own, and although it is currently very bare in content, I hope to expand on it in the coming months.
As for actual coding, well. I’ve been digging out code left right and centre, doing whole rewrites, and searching within myself to see why most of my attempts at coding ain’t working.
After searching for some time, I decided that it wasn’t me, most of the code I was writing looked pretty valid, especially code relating to Windows API calls. For example, the Check Local IP address code was exactly the same in the TopSpeed2 pack as it is in Acefire - not a line’s difference, yet the pack generates a runtime error.
I therefore decided to take a different root. I am slowly phasing out VB6 and switching to C++. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I don’t think I could spare my whole life long rewriting VB apps into C++, so the programs I am currently writing or have previously written will still be available, until the day I decide to release it in C++.
I have also got a new laptop, since my other one successfully died, and although semi repaired, I have installed Linux on there now.
As for tonight’s work? Bomb Blaster! Wow, I haven’t looked in that code for ages! I decided to take a good look at it, after writing a very nice audio menu class that I can use. I must’ve spent about 3 hours fixing errors, but now I’ve finally got a nicely functioning menu class, even with submenu capabilities, which I didn’t have before.
I have also decided to take on my music as part of X-Sight. I will write custom music for people. The details aren’t finalised yet, I’ve still got to consider charges, but the service is on its way to availability.