Re: CiderPress Not Working In Windows 7

[nyder <nyder.23@gmail.com>]

On Jan 19, 2:20 am, Bill Buckels <bbuck...@escape.ca> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 1:02 pm, drkenb <kbuchholz1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I posted in SourceForge, but that seems to be one big black hole, so I
> > am hoping someone here has a solution... or can work one up!  Surely
> > I'm not the only one trying to use Win7 and CiderPress!
>
> Having a "Bad Hair Day" I see!
>
> "Ciderpress Not Working In Windows 7" is almost FAR TOO MELODRAMATIC a
> title for me!
>
> The ciderpress source is readily available and also several of us have
> the development environment installed on our home machines. I for one
> can build a new version anytime I want.
>
> David Schmidt made the last changes with Andy McFadden.
>
> But there is no reason why you can't just fix the problem yourself
> then submit the fix if you are impatient and calling things a "black
> hole".
>
> And as far as using Ciderpress... there is a relatively small number
> of people using the Apple II on this planet so don't be surprised when
> you get some oddball problem. Surely you are among the few!
>
> One thing for sure... I haven't the time to look at this especially
> since a Windows 7 bug has a pretty low priority to me but David
> Schmidt has a kinder heart than me and also he's probably a more
> efficient programmer so I suggest you ask him (or Andy or Nick
> Westgate) but I also suggest you try being a little nicer with this
> whole business of your "enititlement" to a fix for your problem.
> Please consider what have you done for the Apple II online community
> to make it a better place lately and go from there.
>
> Also remember that Ciderpress is compiled under Visual Studio 6 which
> uses older libraries.
>
> Bye.
>
> Bill Buckels

wow, talk about "bad hair day" though it's yours.

Dude wasn't wigging out, he was stating that he was having a problem
with it not working under windows 7.

Seem like you are taking it personally, which you shouldn't.

relax, smoke a bowl dude.