Sometimes when you see a solution you have this “duh” moment.
In my case, somehow I broke my Powerpoint template and got autofit disabled: “autofit body text to placeholder” not working in PPT 2007.
–jeroen
Archive for September, 2011
Duh: I broke my template: “autofit body text to placeholder” not working in PPT 2007
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/19
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UPC Speedtest – direct link
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/19
The direct UPC Speedtest link does not load all the fuzz the normal UCP speedtest page has.
Some tests I ran
At a client.
My Cable connection.
My ADSL connection.
Note the Cable connection is early in the morning. In the afternoon/evening it is much slower.
The ADSL connection is slower, but more reliable, has IPv6, and XS4ALL is way better at security and privacy than UPC.
–jeroen
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Download VMware Fusion 4
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/16
Right after finding out VMware Fusion 4 got released, I downloaded and installed it.
Basically, there are two VMware Fusion 4.0.1 downloads:
- The 180 megabyte VMware Fusion (for Intel-based Macs).
It is called “light” and only includes the VMware Fusion software in the software and has a URL starting with https://download2.vmware.com/software/fusion/VMware-Fusion-4.0.1-474597-light.dmg - The 381 megabyte “Recommended” (not!) VMware Fusion (for Intel-based Macs)
It includes both VMware Fusion and a 12 month complimentary subscription to McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 (Recommended) and has a URL starting with https://download2.vmware.com/software/fusion/VMware-Fusion-4.0.1-474597.dmg
I can’t imagine McAfee being larger than the size of VMware, and if it has the same speed impact on a Mac as it has on PCs, then don’t get it: get the light version.
–jeroen
Via: Download VMware Fusion 4.
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Comparison of PDF printer drivers
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/16
A long time ago I showed a list of PDF printer drivers.
In the mean time, FreewareGenius did a comparison of free PDF printer drivers in june 2011.
Time to go to the BullZip site and try the download of their Free PDF Printer :)
–jeroen
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Hex/Ascii and Hex/EBCDIC Converter
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/16
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Coincidence? MacBook Air arrived, Windows 8 preview and VMware Fusion 4 got released
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/15
My MacBook Air has arrived, a few days before VMware Fusion 4 got out and a very early preview of Windows 8 got released.
Time to move my iOS dev env from my Mac Mini Server dev env over to this fully loaded 13.3 inch MacBook Air model (A1369 with 1.8GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7 / 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM / 256GB Flash Storage).
A few initial observations on the MacBook Air:
- I’m the kind of guy that has a plan B in case of disaster recovery. Like many PCs, this MacBook Air does not include any recovery media. Recovering OS X Lion is done through a recovery partition (costing precious SSD space), or if that fails: over the internet.
Of course you can create your own recovery media using the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, which is a 1 megabyte dmg download. - Another funny thing is that the WiFi antenna of the MacBook Air is far less strong than my ThinkPad W701: while both can connect to the FreeDowntownWifi network, the MacBook Air has trouble transferring data. Apparantly the aluminum unibody design has some drawbacks on antenna performance.
Not having a physical Ethernet connection on the MacBook Air doesn’t help either :)
Oh well, will install it at the Embarcadero office later this week.
A few things on VMware Fusion 4:
- It runs the Windows 8 preview
- It runs the FireMonkey OS X apps (a VM hackingtosh on a PC won’t do as the virtualized VMware video adapter is not up to par for FireMonkey OpenGL support)
Time to have a lot of fun :)
–jeroen
Via: VMware: VMware Support Insider: Fusion 4 is here!.
http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=A1369
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aacPlusCLI – encoding AAC+ from the commandline using Coding Technologies aacPlus encoder enc_aacPlus.dll from WinAmp
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/15
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Windows Metro Style Apps Developer Downloads: very early version of Windows 8
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/14
The download page states
The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers.
But of course this is also interesting to designers and regular users: getting a hands-on impression of what Metro will bring to Windows 8.
–jeroen
via: Windows Metro Style Apps Developer Downloads.
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Delphi XE2 x64 Extended floating point support: CodeCentral 28488 TExtendedX87: FPU-backed 80-bit Extended type for Win64
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/14
in the Delphi 64 world, there is no official support for the Extended data type for various reasons.
If you really need it, then you can use the TExtendedX87 unit by Philipp M. Schlüter as mentioned in this Embarcadero forum thread.
–jeroen
Via: 28488 TExtendedX87: FPU-backed 80-bit Extended type for Win64.
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Windows WebSphere MQ client DLLs
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/14
There are multiple DLLs you can use as MQ Client.
Most interfaces directly or indirectly use MQM.DLL, which is the interface to the local running WebSphere MQ Manager.
But sometimes your installation doesn’t contain a local WebSphere MQ Manager, and you need to connect remotely as a client.
You need one of these client DLLs, depending if you are using extended architecgture (XA) or not:
- mqic.dll: Connect as a non-XA client
- mqicxa.dll: Connect as a XA client
Note that depending on x86 machines, the DLLs can be called mqic32.dll and mqicxa32.dll as well.
–jeroen
via: WebSphere MQ – Defining which connection type to use.
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