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Re: Cross-platform software dev --and SunGraph.
From: Tony Wright
Date: 2005 Feb 13, 11:55 +0200
From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Frank Reed
Sent: 13 February 2005 06:32
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: Cross-platform software dev --and SunGraph.
From: Tony Wright
Date: 2005 Feb 13, 11:55 +0200
Dear All,
Firstly, apologies for my butting in on this mail thread. However, I wish to relate a friend’s recent experience with a Trojan virus he discovered only after changing his well known anti-virus software to another brand.
He downloaded the SunGraph application well over a year ago, form the web. He cannot remember from which site etc. Anyway, the short version of the tale is after installing his new anti-virus s/w a Trojan called Backdoor Punctes.A was uncovered in the original download and in the set-up files of SunGraph.
So tread carefully.
Cheers
Tony
From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Frank Reed
Sent: 13 February 2005 06:32
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: Cross-platform software dev --and SunGraph.
Courtney, you wrote:
"I neglected to mention I too have a couple of Macs, including
a
portable, if that affects any of your recommendations."
portable, if that affects any of your recommendations."
In that case, I would repeat my recommendation of "Realbasic". The web
site for this company is www.realsoftware.com . It's a very nice
software development environment. If you've never coded an object-oriented,
windowed environment before, there is a learning curve with a few bumps in it
but they provide extensive tutorial projects which seem pretty decent to me (I
say that as someone who *has* been programming for a long time, but I'm no
coding guru).
Realbasic produces genuine cross-platform code. To see an example of a
cross-platform project that some on this list will enjoy on its own merits,
visit www.analemma.com and download a copy
of SunGraph. This is a simple Realbasic app with versions available for either
MacOS9.x, MacOSX, and also Windows98/XP/etc. Works nice, and it's
relevant to navigational matters, too. I learned something new by looking at the
sunrise/sunset curves for Iceland using this product.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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