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Export a simple Excel table with PHP (with formatting!)

I was looking for a way to export a table of data with some formatting (different font weights, different borders, some combined cells) from a PHP server back-end. There are some solutions which are either commercial or require some more package installed in your PHP environment which I didn’t want to do for just one […]

Juni 6, 2020 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein

Another helpful Windows utility

Running low on disk space on your Windows system partition? Ever asked you if all the big files in C:\Windows\Installer are still used and referenced? It seems someone wrote a little utility to help you: PatchCleaner

September 3, 2015 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein

Online Trello tool

Some months ago I was forced to use Trello.com Well, I’m not that big fan of it, but for the easy of using I wrote a little tool to make working with it more convenient: Trollo Just allow access and you will see every activity on your boards sorted by date and time. It even […]

September 2, 2015 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Allgemein

No more blurred fonts in Windows 10

Do you use 125% DPI settings in Windows 10? Do you encounter blurred fonts in some programs (mmc.exe for instance)? Read here about it: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/174172-font-rendering-is-a-mess-in-windows-10/ or here: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/62528-SOLVED-Windows-10-higher-DPI-Win8DpiScaling-problem From the last thread this little tool comes to rescue: http://windows10_dpi_blurry_fix.xpexplorer.com/ Thumbs up for this little helper and thanks a lot to its creator!

September 2, 2015 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein

Download certificate files

Please see here how to download certificate files from servers for manual install.

April 27, 2015 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein

Windows 8.1 network problems

http://www.nerd-supreme.de/2013/12/21/blackberry-nach-link-installation-gibt-es-probleme-mit-dem-netzwerk/ Since some days I had really strange network problems: My computer got a wifi connection but couldn’t open any website. I tried to ping www.google.com but without success. I tried to connect to my router without success. Very mysterious, my Smartphone had no problems to access the Internet or the router using the same […]

Juni 4, 2014 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein

USBtiny and Windows 8

To use the USBtiny AVR programming adapter under windows 8 you need to do the following steps: 1st get the driver from here: http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=17112#p87192 2nd switch on installing unsigned drivers as explained here: http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-install-an-un-signed-3rd-party-driver-in-windows-8/

Mai 9, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein

Some little notes about BlackBerry debug token and stuff

Just stumbled upon: The debug token of my Playbook was invalid and I had to renew it. Of course I have stored my BlackBerry keys (author.p12, barsigner.csk, barsigner.db) on a save place and I already wrote a handy little batch file to create and install the debug token: REM Playbook set OLDDIR=%CD% cd C:\Program Files\Research […]

Februar 28, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein, Developing

Google and Nokia Maps in MapTool for webOS

Did you know that with the last update of MapTool and MapTool Pro you can use many new map providers like Nokia (Here) Maps and Google Maps on your webOS device? Let me tell you how: First you need either the free MapTool app or even better you’ve purchased MapTool Pro. Launch it and tap […]

Januar 16, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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wxWidgets 2.8.12 and Visual Studio 2010 Express

Today I’ve tried to compile the latest stable wxWidgets (2.8.12) with the oldest Visual Studio Express edition one could download from Microsoft on my Windows 7 64 bit system. Using the wx.dsw (workspace) file I got an error about VS 2010 being unable to convert the dsp (project) files. I found a solution on this […]

September 26, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Allgemein, Developing