Koozie Notes

Send To --> Mail Recipient on WinXP and Thunderbird Stopped Working

I really don't remember when it happened, but for the last week I have not been able to right click on a file and select "Send To" --> "Mail Recipient." My work computer runs Windows XP SP3 and I use Mozilla's Thunderbird as my email client.

I did find a good thread describing this problem, but none of the workaround seem to work for me.

Mozilla team has this issue as a known bug.  It seems to be related to running the Thunderbird update as opposed to reinstalling a new version.  Another link can be found here describing this problem.

- Chris

Update:

To fix this problem on my machine, I had to change a registry setting.  In one of the links above, they state: "to make a registry setting a path to:"

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozMapi32_InUse.dll

which did not work for me because I did not have a file labeled mozMapi32_InUse.dll on my computer, but I did have one labled "mozMapi32.dll".  So I modified this registry setting use the DLL installed on my computer.  Send To now works for me.

Windows Registry Workaround

This is a better workaround, it will work if you installed Thunderbird with
default settings and you use a English Windows version. Just save the file to
disk and then execute it. If you prefer to apply the workaround manually, you
have to set in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla
Thunderbird the DLLPath key to "C:\Program Files\Mozilla
Thunderbird\mozMapi32_InUse.dll" (without the quotes).
Another workaround is to set another mail client as default mail client (for
example Outlook Express) and then Thunderbird as default mail client again. But
I would not recommend this as this might cause the same problems as in Bug 452162 again.

--Chris

iPhone App: Deposit Checks with Camera

USAA is planning on updating their iPhone application, which will allow users to make a check deposit using only their iPhone.  I even saw a video demonstration of their new app.

Sweet.

--Chris

Partial File Attachment Issue: IMAP on Thunderbird

After working my email hosting provider, they found a solution to a recurring problem I have with getting full email attachments.  In my setup, I use an IMAP connection on Thunderbird (version 2.0.0.22 (20090605) ) with my email hosting provider.  And sometimes, I cannot pull down full attachments, especially when the attachments are standard ASCII text files.

After working with tech support, they requested that I make two (2) configuration changes, which after restarting Thunderbird, cleared up the problem.

In Thunderbird, navigate to Tools > Options > Advanced >
Config Editor.  Look for the "mail.imap.fetch_by_chunks" and "
mail.server.default.fetch_by_chunks" values and set them to "False".  
Restart Thunderbird.

--Chris

Issues Converting from SQL 7 to SQL 2005: 6.5 Compatibility

Yesterday evening, I was working on moving an old database from MS SQL Server 7.0 to a new server running MS SQL Server 2005.  Using SQL 2005 Management Studio, the moved database just stated "Database Name" (6.5 Compatibility).

After a few google searches, I found this site describing the same problem.  To correct the problem and convert the old database to SQL Server 2005 format, you would issue the following SQL command:

EXEC sp_dbcmptlevel 'MyDBName', '90';

I learned another fact last night about SQL 2005. SQL Enterprise manager, which was in SQL 2000 and SQL 7.0, is now called Management Studio. And the query analyzer, which used to be a separate application, is now incorporated inside SQL 2005 Management Studio.

--Chris

Old School Programing: Basic-256

While listening the Leo and Steve on the "Security Now!" podcast, they mentioned BASIC-256, a version of BASIC used to teach computer programming.  This evening, I downloaded and ran it.  Pretty cool. 

It reminds me of childhood programming on my Sinclair 1000, typing out programs, and saving them to cassette tape.

BASIC-256 web site.

You might also want to take a look at a Salon article title, "Why Johny Can't Code."

--Chris

Funky Error Code Using Perl and Win32::ODBC

While working on a perl script today, I came accross a strange error message from Win32::ODBC.

[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Too few parameters. Expected 1.

Now in the SQL statement, I was passing in the following VBA function:
    DateDiff( interval, date1, date2, [firstdayofweek], [firstweekofyear] )

When I passed in  DateDiff( "d", date1, date2), I received an error.  So I left off the double quotes and passed in DateDiff( d, date1, date2), which still failed.

Solution:  Pass it in with single quotes.

DateDiff( 'd', date1, date2)

--Chris

Making Audio CD Copies on Mac OS

On Windows, I'm a big fan of Nero burning software for duplicating audio CDs.  Tonight I tried using the Mac Disk Utility that comes with OSX to make a copy of an audio CD, but failed.  After googling for answers, I found some comments praising a free application called Simply Burns.

http://simplyburns.berlios.de

This application worked as advertised.

--Chris

Online Picture Editor: Pixlr

  Via the Windows Weekly podcast with Leo and Paul, they mentioned a new online web service, pixlr, that allows you to edit digital photos, similar to programs such as Photoshop Elements.

-Chris

They also mentioned Quake Live.

Boxee for the Mac

Take a look at some free software called Boxee, which provides an easy interface, to stream free video content from the Internet to your computer.

They have versions for Apple Macs and Linux.

--Chris

Lone Star Ruby Conference

I'm currently hanging out at the 2nd Annual Lone Star Ruby Conference held in Austin, Texas.  The creator of Ruby, Yukihiro Matsumoto "Matz", will be giving the conference keynote at 8:00 pm local time.

The guys from RailsEnvy are at it again this year showing off some funny videos.

--Chris