Deskbar Replacement is finally ready

Adam

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Jun 1, 2006, 10:01:54 AM6/1/06

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Sorry to all that it took so long, but I actually spent as much time
trying to create a working installer program as I did on the
application itself. I certainly learned a lot about the WiX Toolset,
but the learning curve was so steep that I sprained my ankles a few
times.

The application is available for download at
http://adamcrossland.net/ReDBInstaller.zip

My stupid web server appears to care about case, so make sure that you
enter the URL exactly as it is listed.

The SDK is available at http://adamcrossland.net/ReDBSDK.zip

Please note that although this application contains all the required
functionality (and a good deal more than the original deskbar, in my
opinion), this is a bare-bones Beta release. The documentation is
sparse and incomplete. There are only two extensions (Google and
Dictionary) included. Still, I hope that everyone will see that this
gives deskbar search a future, and in time, with your help and
feedback, I can build it into something that brings a lot of value to
everyone's desktops.

I monitor this group all the time, so please post any questions and
feedback here.

Regards,

Adam

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Jun 1, 2006, 10:10:08 AM6/1/06

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Quick followup.

I occured to me that it has been long enough since I originally posted
my vaporware announcement of this thing that I should probably restate
that my deskbar replacement requires .NET 1.1 to beinstalled on your
system. Obvious, it is a Windows-only application. I have personally
tested it on 2000 and XP.

dorian

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Jun 2, 2006, 1:19:22 AM6/2/06

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Wow, glad to see this came to fruition! However, I couldn't get it to
work.. It installed fine (an msi - very nice!), but when I right click
on the task bar and check ReDB as a toolbar, the mouse turns to an
hourglass for a second then nothing happens. I have the .NET framework
1.1, and tried this on both my normal XP machine and a fresh one under
VMWare.

Adam

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Jun 2, 2006, 3:02:04 PM6/2/06

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dorian wrote:
> Wow, glad to see this came to fruition! However, I couldn't get it to
> work.. It installed fine (an msi - very nice!), but when I right click
> on the task bar and check ReDB as a toolbar, the mouse turns to an
> hourglass for a second then nothing happens. I have the .NET framework
> 1.1, and tried this on both my normal XP machine and a fresh one under
> VMWare.

Nuts. I'm on it. Don't give up on me just yet.

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PVR

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Jun 22, 2006, 5:30:16 PM6/22/06

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hmmm before I try it is it fixed now ?

Adam

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Jun 28, 2006, 10:41:18 AM6/28/06

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PVR wrote:
> hmmm before I try it is it fixed now ?

No, I'm still struggling to figure out exactly what is missing from the
installer. I'll let everyone know when it is ready again.