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Nagelfar, or: Code'n my way to PDC05 (not)

A bit of fun in CLI/C++

This entry was first published on August 13, 2005, 07:40 AM, CET and categorized as .NET, Code, Projects.

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August 12, 2005…

12:00

Decided to not to implement the initial idea (would need more time than 20 hours, even this project will most likely not be really finished then&hellip ;) to add one more entry to the contestants list (it looks rather sad right now with 6 entries only, of which one is a sample). Anyway, the project will be a simple FTP client for users that need more than the browsers give and less of the feature "overload" of the available clients.

13:00

After some prototypes, the basic UI is done.

14:00

Implemented the Quick Connect dialog. Now to find out why a) the debugger does not break in the dialogs buttonConnect_Click and b) why the connect button does not do anything…

14:15

Not sure if this->DialogResult = Windows::Forms::DialogResult::OK; this->Close(); should be used in a accept button click handler, but it works…

15:55

First experiments with the FtpWebRequest class succeeded. Now to write a response parser&hellip

18:58

Some more UI stuff is done and the WebRequestMethods::Ftp::ListDirectoryDetails response parser is done (thanks to Sample code for parsing FtpwebRequest response for ListDirectoryDetails). Anyway, the FtpWebRequest class seems to have a few problems: FtpWebRequest::Method does not support FEAT, STAT or other interesting commands, so sooner than later I'll need to write my own&hellip

21:45

Sooner is now: my own FtpConnection class is done. Needs some testing like I need some coffee now.

0:00

Time to get the FTP responses into the UI.

2:08

Hmmm, to get some coffee or to sleep, that is the question&hellip

2:10

Coffee won.

2:33

Build errors while adding some native shell stuff to get the local folders and files onboard.

3:10

The debugger refuses to accept me breakpoints in a Panel derived class…

5:04

Starting to hate the references to System::Web::UI::WebControls in the help.

5:29

Faint memories of sleep… The IDE acts as if it is the only application running and takes all the memory.

7:04

Failed to get the Shareware Starter Kit working properly so it's time to stop and let the contest be. Been a fun time, nonetheless :)

Even if these notes might suggest otherwise: Nagelfar ain't dead yet!

Update

Hui, the contest ends August 15 rather than August 12. That means a bit more time in the bitchy IDE…