http://software.sirkevi.com/index.htmlHot News!enshawngiese@bluemail.chCopyright 2008 Shawn2008-10-07T13:35:53+02:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:40:09 +0200shawngiese@bluemail.chwebsite2008-10-07T13:35:53+02:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Website_overhaul.php#unique-entry-id-8http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Website_overhaul.php#unique-entry-id-8The website has finally received an overhaul, hopefully making things easier to find. For any questions or comments, please use the contact form to get in touch with me. ]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chpalmos2006-07-08T08:45:51+02:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Beta_Version_Gifts.php#unique-entry-id-7http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Beta_Version_Gifts.php#unique-entry-id-7At long last a beta version of Gifts + Cards for the PalmOS is available for testing. The biggest update has been the user interface, which has been simplified.

Contact me for a beta version if you want to test it out.
]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chwindows2006-08-08T08:45:25+02:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/New_Aplimon_software.php#unique-entry-id-6http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/New_Aplimon_software.php#unique-entry-id-6I am currently building a new network firewall monitor for Windows called the Aplimon. It is based on the older javascript widget version but has many new features, including HTTPS access for using it on remote devices, built-in whois and country lookup to see who is trying to get access to your network, useful Windows shell scripts, code signing for authenticity and more.

The latest version is available in the Downloads section of this web site under the title Aplimon.]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chpalmos2006-07-26T08:44:55+02:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/WiFi_Calculator_0.92#unique-entry-id-5http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/WiFi_Calculator_0.92#unique-entry-id-5WiFi Calculator has been updated to 0.92. This freeware PalmOS calculator combines many useful formulas to help plan a wireless network. This update only includes bug fixes.

The latest version is available in the downloads section.]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chpdat2006-08-08T08:44:29+02:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Programming_Helper_2.1#unique-entry-id-4http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Programming_Helper_2.1#unique-entry-id-4A free tool to aid you when programming with the PDA Toolbox development software for the PalmOS (http://www.pdatoolbox.com) and add-ons.

Version 2.1 updates all of the libraries to their most current version as well as the weblinks. Additionally there is now the Conduit kit by Rick Sands and the palmReg software by Edward Hoad. Don't forget to check the updated list of Palm devices under the Short and Completely Unofficial FAQ.

It is available in the Download section under the name PDAT PH.]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chxml2007-01-01T08:43:13+01:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/xml2html_project.php#unique-entry-id-3http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/xml2html_project.php#unique-entry-id-3Realbasic, while having great database and interface graphic design does not offer a lot of tools with the title "Report printer". However it does supply some useful tools to output your report data (listboxes, database queries, arrays and dictionaries for example) to xml.

Then what do you do? Well, by building an xsl text file to transform it to HTML you can then use the built-in html viewer to preview the report and save it as an html file for printing or export to PDF. With a little bit of CSS styling this can actually look pretty good. I made a sample project to show how this can work. It is available in the Download section of the website and is titled xml2html example.  Precompiled binaries for Windows and MacOSX are included.]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chxml2007-01-27T08:42:49+01:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/XML_example_software.php#unique-entry-id-2http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/XML_example_software.php#unique-entry-id-2This FREE example of converting information formatted as XML into HTML by using an XSL template has now been renamed. This example allows you to use a default XML/ XSL files, load them from an external file or directly download them from the Internet. A print preview is available in the built-in htmlviewer as well as some XPATH examples.

Binaries for Windows, MacOSX and source code for Realbasic are included. This project can be downloaded here.]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chsqlite2007-01-25T08:42:22+01:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/IP2Country_v1.3_released#unique-entry-id-1http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/IP2Country_v1.3_released#unique-entry-id-1Using Maxmind.com's free GeoLite Country database, you can enter in a single IP address or a range of IP addresses and see what country is registered to use those IP addresses. Binaries are included for both Windows and MacOSX as well as the Realbasic source code. It is also possible to easily update the software with the latest GeoLite Country database (released each month). The download is available here.]]>shawngiese@bluemail.chdocbook2007-09-16T08:42:08+02:00http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Docbook_NJIN_released.php#unique-entry-id-0http://software.sirkevi.com/pages/news_files/Docbook_NJIN_released.php#unique-entry-id-0This free software allows windows users to simply drag and drop a docbook XML file onto it to create a PDF output. Example files are included to see how easy it can be.  There is no XML validation so invalid files will give you an error.

It includes a java runtime (jre1.4.2) to run the apache FOP (0.94) software and the docbook xsl stylesheets (1.72.0).  This software is still under active development and can be downloaded HERE.

Here are some limitations to keep in mind (aside from it being a work in progress
* modular documents are supported when listed as entities
* relative file references must use "file://"
* a root book element must have an id if the page links are going to work.
* currently XML files should be put in their own directory in the Njin folder
* docbook 5 is currently not supported]]>