http://ubernifty.com/un/ 2010-10-24T03:47:53-05:00 http://ubernifty.com/un/ http://ubernifty.com/un/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-10-13T16:28:18-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:autoscaling_chart_y-axis&rev=1287005298&do=diff If you ever have to code your own charts you may come across the problem of having the y-axis display a sensible range. This code snippet will auto-scale the chart between zero and the nearest decimal multiple of 1, 2 or 5 above the maximum y-value. text/html 2010-10-13T13:54:36-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:start&rev=1286996076&do=diff Linux. Operating system and applications. Windows. Notes on the operating system and applications. Programming languages for industrial web. Open Flash Chart charts and graphs for your web server. Autoscaling chart Y-axis (VBScript example). PuTTY. text/html 2010-02-28T15:09:02-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:languages:basic-256&rev=1267391342&do=diff BASIC-256 From <http://kidbasic.sourceforge.net>: BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming. It uses traditional control structures like gosub, for/next, and goto, which helps kids easily see how program flow-control works. It has a built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes, and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming concepts through fun exercises. BASIC-256 i… text/html 2010-02-28T15:00:52-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:languages:start&rev=1267390852&do=diff ASP, Microsoft's Active Server Pages. BASIC-256 runs on Window and Linux. It's designed to be used by children as well as adults. The program includes an editor, text output and graphics output windows. PHP, PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (widely used on the web). text/html 2009-07-26T16:56:06-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:windows:sqlexpress&rev=1248645366&do=diff This is a cut-down version of Microsoft's SQL Server software. SQL Server Express 2005 version download. There are a few limitations to this software. In particular, there is a limit of about 2G of data and some quirks making backups a little more difficult. text/html 2009-07-26T16:54:31-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:windows:sql_backup_and_ftp&rev=1248645271&do=diff SqlBackupAndFtp is what the name suggests. SQLBackupAndFTP is MS SQL Server backup software that runs scheduled backups of SQL Server or SQL Server Express databases, zips the backups, stores them on a network or on a FTP server, removes old backups, and sends an e-mail confirmation on job's success or failure. It has to be installed on the server. SQLBackupAndFTP Free is a Freeware, SQLBackupAndFTP Premium is not. text/html 2009-07-26T16:51:51-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:windows:start&rev=1248645111&do=diff Dell wireless and ethernet. Fixing wireless disconnection when ethernet cable is plugged in. SQL Server Express. Free SQL database management system from Microsoft. SQL Backup and FTP tool for automated MS-SQL backup to FTP site. XP keyboardless login for kiosk or HMI applications. text/html 2009-07-07T03:21:27-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=networks:netgear_fvs338_router&rev=1246954887&do=diff The Netgear FVS338 router features multi-NAT (network address translation). This facilitates mapping of the WAN ip addresses to LAN ip addresses, segregating machine traffic from the WAN and avoiding reprogramming multiple IP addresses within a machine. This can be useful where a manufacturer supplies a series of identical machines with identical IP addresses internally while we need to connect the machines to the LAN. The router has eight LAN ports, an internet port and a serial port for connec… text/html 2009-05-25T16:14:57-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:windows:windows_web_server&rev=1243286097&do=diff Windows XP has a built in web server suitable for small in-house websites. This article has some notes on how to use it. Isn't Linux better for web servers? Generally, yes. However not many businesses are using Linux and for ease of integration and support Windows has its advantages. ASP (Active Server Pages) will parse and serve both VBScript (similar to Visual Basic for Applications and good, old fashioned, BASIC) and JavaScript scripting languages. While not as powerful as, for example, PHP… text/html 2009-05-05T15:31:11-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:openflashchart:start&rev=1241555471&do=diff Open Flash Chart is an open source Flash charting application under active development. It is easy to create smart charts with “tips” on each point - hover over the points on the chart below. These are great for industrial performance reports, etc., on your intranet or for regular charting on the web. text/html 2009-04-22T16:48:36-05:00 Donncha Butler http://ubernifty.com/un/doku.php?id=software:windows:dell_wireless_and_ethernet&rev=1240436916&do=diff By default the Dell laptops (e.g. Latitude series) disconnect the WiFi connection if a cable is plugged in. To fix, double-click the Dell Quickset icon in the system tray. Enable or disable as shown below.