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MM-lxxv     Wednesday

2000-03-15

While it wasn't freezing (1°C) I did have some ice on the windscreen. The result of a clear night and that type of weather lasted till about midday. Real spring sunshine. The afternoon was gray but still dry.

The day started proficient with two crashes. These were caused by a new screen saver I had installed. Scratch that off my disk and revert back to a standard Flying objects (with a bitmap of my Owl as object :-).

I did search trough OLI for occurrences of the classification codes that must be handled by the HCC system. So now OLI is covered. I also do a quick check for the other modules. That I don't find an occurrence doesn't mean there isn't one of course but I leave finding that up to the testers. If they don't find anything wrong then it is OK by me.

As if it is the most natural thing in the world the "specification" for two new files is changed after I made them. So I have to check them in and change them. These are files to store HTTP info to allow TeleSales to work with non-OLI warehouses using XML. The problem is that there are no formal specifications for the whole action, just a few scraps of paper and a few 'try if this works' programs.
So I start to write specifications now, after the programming and testing is done. With documentation following later still. Not an unusual situation when you are working with computers. Theo tries to prevent this but he cannot do all the preliminary steps on his own. The 24h per day rule cuts into his schedule.

I have been struggling to make some graphics. The problem where I get stuck is that the background must be transparent. Well the real problem is that I don't know how to do that with the tools I have (Micrographics PicturePublisher V6 and Correl V4). I can paint transparent but the original background remains. I know it is possible, it's just a question of time before I find out.

Adios