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In 1988, I discovered a program called "Tornado" which was subsequently renamed "Info Select".
Thanks to some PC games in circulation at that time which also contained the word "Tornado" in their title, Google doesn't really understand what I'm trying to find, and Bing seems to be downright hostile to the term, "Abandonware".
(Can't imagine why  )
In 1992, I discovered a program called "Memory Mate" by Broderbund.
As best I can tell, they do not acknowledge its existence today.
Similar circumstances surround Memory Mate with respect to Google and Bing; i.e., no can find.
Complicating their defacto absence is the fact that, if I ever could find them in the first place, they are 16-Bit MS-DOS programs, to which, current day windows seems to be even more hostile.
If anyone reading this remembers either of these two programs, and can suggest a workable alternative, I'll be reading your post with interest and gratitude.
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Not sure what those apps did, but I regularly use something I wrote called Intertexti[^]
The CP article is old, if you're interested, I'll create a repo on GitHub for the latest code. Should really do that anyways.
Marc
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I'm interested!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: I'm interested!
 I noticed you had made a couple posts on the article!
I'll post the code and let you know when it's on GitHub.
Marc
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Never really got to working on that. I have an idea for one using DevExpress controls, but VS doesn't want to cooperate with me on loading them.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Interesting, I've never had problems with DevExpress and VS.
Personally, I'd love to make Intertexti a web app for the public to use.
Marc
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And right after I posted that, VS started working.  Still no control icons, though.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Marc Clifton wrote: I'll post the code and let you know when it's on GitHub.
Please count me in, Marc
Just found your article by the link from your previous message and it's very interesting to me. Will take a closer look at the article shortly and leave a feedback!
cheers, Sascha
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Sascha Lefèvre wrote: Please count me in, Marc
OK, here's the GitHub repo:
https://github.com/cliftonm/intertexti[^]
If you have problems, add an issue. If you want to contribute, let me know and I'll add you as a contributor (I don't want to deal with the whole fork/pull request stuff.)
Marc
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Thank you, Marc!
/Sascha
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Hi Marc,
I just tried to compile Intertexti (the one from Github) and I get "Invalid Resx file. Could not find file '..\bin\x86\Debug\about.xml'. Line 123, position 5.". I looked for it and tried to make sure I'm not making a fool of myself here but it seems it's actually missing. Possible or PEBCAK?
/Sascha
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Marc? Can you confirm or is it me?.. (see previous message)
/Sascha
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Sascha Lefèvre wrote: Marc? Can you confirm or is it me?.. (see previous message)
Oh crap! I got really distracted with work issues and totally forgot about this. No, it's me. Thanks for the reminder, I'll fix it soon! (And flag your email again as "very important!")
Marc
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It's alright Marc, take your time - just wanted to know if I can stop sweating 
Looks like you're doing some pretty interesting stuff there with the form construction; I'm looking forward to dissect it with the debugger 
cheers, Sascha
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: I'm interested!
OK, here's the GitHub repo:
https://github.com/cliftonm/intertexti[^]
If you have problems, add an issue. If you want to contribute, let me know and I'll add you as a contributor (I don't want to deal with the whole fork/pull request stuff.)
Marc
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Any relation ?
Yes, I need to move that over to my own website one day.
Marc
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C-P-User-3 wrote: they are 16-Bit MS-DOS programs, to which, current day windows seems to be even more hostile
Either a small VM or DOSBox[^] would solve that problem.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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No real experience here, just spent 3 or 4 minutes with the website, including a minute or so on the wiki.
From that little bit of observation, I say: Nice !
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Sepp Blatter resigns[^]
No, honest! Strange but true...
Mind you, he remains in place for best part of a year, so his skeletons should get well and truely buried by then.
[edit] Autocorrect... [/edit]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
modified 2-Jun-15 13:31pm.
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Shows what a cynical world we live in when a man who has done so much good, including the fantastic working conditions for migrant workers in Qatar he insisted on, as well as being so generous with money is forced to resign because the rest of the world fails to recognise him for the saint he is.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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And you typed that with a straight face!
I'm impressed! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You know they call sarcasm the lowest for of wit!
But it is so much fun!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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