Toodledo DF - Update

Information can be found on: http://blog.sytone.com/toodledo-distraction-free/

ToodleDo DF Update

Made a few fixes, I am also working on a simple API after dusting off some old work I had. This will allow interaction from the desktop and eventually a cached mode. V 0.20.1005.2301 - Created link in options to edit css styles. - Fixed issue where focus mode would not take window out of topmost mode.

Updated Toodledo Distration Free

You can get the update here: http://blog.sytone.com/toodledo-distraction-free/ Changes: Added Focus mode which will grey out the background so you just have your toodledo list. Updated the hover icons.

Enabling the query builder for outlook views

You can use an undocumented Registry key to display a Query Builder tab on the Filter dialog box associated with the View Summary dialog box. After you use the Query Builder to construct your query, you can then copy the Filter syntax displayed on the SQL page and paste it into your code. Do not attempt to add the Query Builder page Registry setting unless you are familiar with the Windows Registry Editor. Continue reading

Why Procmon is a great tool!

Procmon is created by sysinternals and should be deployed to any server in your enterprise (and desktop) it allows you to see what file, registry, network and processed & thread activity is happening on your system. I just used to to work out why VS 2010 was not installing, it turns out it iterates through all the drives on your system including your mapped drives. As I had just been playing with WebDav I had a mapped WebDav drive which was very slow to access. Continue reading

A hunting we will go!

Had a great day today, went for a walk up the mountain with the family and gave geocaching a spin. The kids enjoyed it. We did GC14179 and then tried to find GC18JGE but were not able to. Anja was not amused… On the way back down the mountain we found GC2498 and a great view. The kids bugged me to find another one so we did GC13C0A. This was better as I got the geocache app for my HD2 up and working this time. Continue reading

Getting a Outlook MailItem from a Ribbon Event

You may find this code block handy: [csharp] /// /// Gets the mail item selected in the explorer view if one is selected or instance if that is the view active. /// /// The instance containing the event data. /// A Outlook.MailItem for the mail being viewed. private Outlook.MailItem GetMailItem(RibbonControlEventArgs e) { // Check to see if a item is select in explorer or we are in inspector. if (e.Control.Context is Outlook. Continue reading