30 September 2001 - App Init Version 2.1 Released

Version 2.1 has been placed in the download section for all registered users. This release fixes a few problems relating to Clarion version 5 and supplies some additional files that were missing in the Version 2.0 release. Version 2.1 also allows you to specify the years for the copyright date if you don't care to use the internal application dates.

30 September 2001 - Web Site Gets A Facelift

The Sylkie Enterprise is now proud to be an ETC III sponser.Links to the ETC III website can be found at the top of all site pages. Hope to see you all there New header graphics have replaced the text on the site and much of the content has been edited and updated. Please advise me of any difficulties by dropping a mail to richard@sylkie.com

20 August 2001 - App Init Version 2.0 Released

Version 2.0 of AppInit is now available for download. The setup is a single exe created with the Linder Setup Builder. It is password protected and there is a new password for version 2.0. If you have purchased version 1.0 you are entitled to an upgrade to all future versions of App Init for CW 5 and CW55 at no extra charge. Simply send me an email requesting the new password so that I may track the usage of AppInit. I will verify your registration and send you the new password. Please feel free at this time to offer any comments or suggestions you may have about the product. The AppInit Template set is now available through Clarion Shop! At $39.00. This is truly an excellent bargain. My pricing policy is pretty basic. You purchase the product at the price it is selling for, and all upgrades are free. There are many additional features already in testing on the AppInit template set, so avoid higher prices later by ordering early! The price of the product will increase with every major release. NEW IN VERSION 2.0 An extension template has been added specifically for DLLs. This Extension will only include the version stamping portion of AppInit and does not include the Splash Screen or About Screen functions. Additionally, this template allows you to disable exporting of ABC compliant libraries that you are not using in your application. The About Screen now has the ability to display a list of your applications DLLs and their stamped version information. The list also checks the DLL against a minimum version requirement and highlights older DLLs as out of date. AppInit can now be used to limit your application to a single instance. This functionality uses the CreateMutex API call approach. AppInit can now let your application obey a Windows Shutdown request by posting an event to close your application if Windows requests it. Global data has been eliminated in favor of writing the Version info directly into the code during template code generation. A new function SylkieGetVerInfo has been added that allows you to retrieve the stamped version information directly from your DLL or EXE. All Splash and About Screen strings can now be translated in the template for languages other than English. The Splash Screen can be disabled either at design time (by a template switch) or at runtime (by an ini setting). A Control template has been added that populates a checkbox that will control this setting. Generation of Code in AppInit can now be completely disabled with a single template checkbox so that you can remove the AppInit code without losing your template settings. This can be invaluable during troubleshooting potential template conflicts.

03 April 2001 - Screen Image section restructured

Additional screen images and backgrounds for the Application Initialization Template set which are available on the Init Screen Images download page were taking too long to display. I have broken this section up so that it only displays 5 sets per page. Also, I have provided a much reduced in size preview image that should load a great deal faster.

31 March 2001 - Additional Screen Images Available

Additional screen images and backgrounds for the Application Initialization Template set are now available on the Init Screen Images download page.

29 March 2001 - Open for Business at Clarion Shop!

The AppInit Template set is now available through Clarion Shop! At $19.00. This is truly an excellent bargain. My pricing policy is pretty basic. You purchase the product at the price it is selling for, and all upgrades are free. There are many additional features already in testing on the AppInit template set, so avoid higher prices later by ordering early! The price of the product will increase with every major release.

25 March 2001 - Website No Longer Under Construction!

Every Link is linked and every page is filled. Now I'll never have to touch it again. Right. This site will always be under construction. I hope you return often to find new things. The format is pretty much the way I envisioned it however, and that will probably not change much for the foreseeable future. So look around. It's a bit bare yet, the paint's still fresh. There's more on the way.

23 March 2001 - Application Initialization Template Demo Available

The Application Initialization template chain which will become available next week is in final beta testing. Demos of An SDI application and an MDI application that have been modified with the template are available in the downloads section. Some of the features of the template are: Automatic Build number generation. Automatic generation of Splash Screen and About box. Email and Homepage links on the about box are "hotfields" that are clickable links. Version Stamping of exe and dll with the generated version information. A System Wide Icon can be set A Template is provided to save and restore global values to an ini file at application start and end.