Cumulus development

[Synewave]

As I'm running two instances of Cumulus (one in development), I thought it was about time I donated for the second one which I have just done. Can't wait to get it 'live' when I visit France at the end of the month.

As others have said, YOUR hobby Steve has given ME a new hobby, not just the weather but HTML etc. It has taken something like a weather station to really get me interested in playing with HTML for a useful purpose and not just for a static info website.

Paul

[steve]

An interesting side effect of the way I am doing this is that it might run on Linux. And it might run on Mac OS X. It won't look like a Linux or a Mac OS X application, it will look like a Windows application. But using something called 'mono', the Windows executable should be able to run on those operating systems.

This bit is already looking highly unlikely due to the third-party components. Forget I mentioned it

[gwheelo]

Bravo - 1.9 is the new Cumulus 2 - and I am looking forward to it!

GW

[RayProudfoot]

Hi Steve,

I've just come across this thread. It's good to hear of your enthusiasm for a revamped C1. There's nothing worse than writing code you don't enjoy. Look forward to seeing the results!

[steve]

Thanks, Ray. I am severely pissed off with work at the moment, so I really need Cumulus to be a relief from that.

[RayProudfoot]

Thanks, Ray. I am severely pissed off with work at the moment, so I really need Cumulus to be a relief from that.

Sorry to hear that Steve. At least it's Friday so hopefully things will pick up on Monday. You'll have Cum v1.9 finished by then!

[steve]

Please ignore this thread. The idea I had for a 'facelift' 1.9 instead of Cumulus 2 is turning into a complete rewrite. I hadn't realised that the only thing that "Delphi Prism" has in common with Delphi, is that for some reason they put "Delphi" into the name. None of the advantages I saw (building on the stability etc) actually exist as most of the code would be new anyway.

So, I have to apologise again, and announce that I am going to continue with the version of Cumulus 2 which is comprsised of 3 parts: A Windows service, which does most of the work, a control application for configuring the service and a 'viewer' for displaying the data. The viewer will look pretty much like the existing Cumulus 2 alpha.

[RayProudfoot]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for keeping us informed of your decisions. Take your time and work at a comfortable pace. I'm sure C2 will be great but in the meantime C1 is working just fine.

[steve]

Thanks for keeping us informed of your decisions.

I think it's only fair, rather than say nothing, even if it does make me look somewhat capricious.

In the meantime I'll try to fit in a few Cumulus 1 enhancements.

[RayProudfoot]

I had to look capricious up! Not people born under Capricorn then?

v1 enhancements will be good.