New program to keep track of tarantulas.

[Dr Pies]

Hi,

I wrote a program today that keeps track of tarantula stock, and also various details about your T's.
It's in the very early stages yet, and I would definitely appreciate some feedback on what I've done right/wrong. Also some comments on how the program could be expanded too would be great also. Be as brutal as you like, I can take it ;) The list is saved on an XML file in the program directory BTW, just in case you want to back it up.

Here is the link: The new version (2.0) can now be found here: http://www.savefile.com/files/9322028
and here also: http://multiterra.mooload.com/file.p...1/Setup_t1.msi
Any probs let me know.

Cheers,

John.

[cacoseraph]

Hi,

I wrote a program today that keeps track of tarantula stock, and also various details about your T's.
It's in the very early stages yet, and I would definitely appreciate some feedback on what I've done right/wrong. Also some comments on how the program could be expanded too would be great also. Be as brutal as you like, I can take it ;) The list is saved on an XML file in the program directory BTW, just in case you want to back it up.

Here is the link: http://www.atkm23.dsl.pipex.com/test/Setup.msi

The program may not work on winME and older Win versions, but to make it work you just need a bootstrapper. Any probs let me know.

Cheers,

John.

cool man, always nice to meet another double bug hunter :)

can't wait to get home from work and check your prog out :)

[Fini]

I like it. It's simple and to the point, but there are a few features I can think of right away that might be useful to breeders or peeps with larger collections.


Serial Numbers
Source (Dealers, Trades, Bred In-House, etc)
Chronology of molts
Ability to upload an image
Growth Charts (nifty)
Feeding Dates


I am not sure how many of these features would benefit others, but they seem logical enough.

Thanks for providing some software for this purpose. I know it probably takes a lot of time to put something like this together. So thanks up front for all the work you've put in so far!
Chris

[becca81]

It looks nice - thank you for sharing. :)

Some feedback:

- There isn't a place that I see to keep a record of molts, just the last molt

- Breeding data would be helpful / other than the notes

It resembles the current excel spreadsheet that I use to keep track of mine.

[Dr Pies]

Thanks for the replies and feedback and i'm very grateful that you tried it out. :)

I definitely agree with all of the suggestions, and I dont know why I never put in past molt dates.. brain lapse!

The growth rate chart is a good idea, never thought of that. And also uploading an image of the tarantula..

@becca, could you give me a bit of detail on what kind of breeding data you think should be in there? Again, it was something that never crossed my mind!

Also, do you think that incorporating care sheets would be useful? And having the ability to set a reminder for feeding times?

Cheers again,
John.

[Fini]

Also, do you think that incorporating care sheets would be useful? And having the ability to set a reminder for feeding times?

Cheers again,
John.
It would be interesting if the software printed out a worksheet that you could keep outside the software that offered a listing of the T's in your collection along a vertical column and then have a horizontal column with a place for a fill-in type date. This way you could keep a clean physical record of feedings with your collection that could be entered into the software at a later date (I wish I had a spot for my laptop next to the T's that was convenient).

Another feature may be the ability to print labels for enclosures that included a combination of the following: Sci. name, Common Name, Pet Name, Last Molt, Last Feeding, Age, or warning labels for the nastier ones in collections. The idea is then could select the ones you wanted to print for a given T profile and it would then barf up a label with that information ready to print. Something like that anyway.

I have no idea how hard it is to accomplish this. So forgive me if I'm asking the world. I wouldn't even know it. I'm a lowly network engineer.

Good luck on the changes. Can't wait to check out the next version.

[Dr Pies]

Thanks for the suggestions Fini, you got some good ideas there. ;)
All of those shouldn't be a problem to code out, although it will take a fair bit of time for me, as I have to work all day and night programming for other people :)
Keep the ideas coming though, the next version should be a lot better.

[MrDeranged]

haven't looked at it yet, but I will definitely check it out. Feel free to rape whatever ideas you like from this:

http://www.arachnopets.com/files/Arachnopets.mdb

you need access 2000 or higher to run it, it's pretty primitive, but I've been using it for a few years now.....

Scott

[MizM]

Where is the Macintosh version? :razz:

[Dr Pies]

Where is the Macintosh version? :razz:
What's a Macintosh ? :wicked:

[MizM]

It is a very complicated computer, superior to PC, that no one writes programs for! ;P ;) Did I mention virus resistant?

[becca81]

Did I mention virus resistant?

*Supposedly* virus resistant, as my iBook can prove quite well... :)

[Gesticulator]

Dr Pies, thanks for sharing your program. It's easy to navigate and well thought out. I am sure many of us have developed our own system, but the one you have created is concise and straight forward. I use a plain old composition notebook bec for me its just easier than going to the computer and listing the info. Of course if my computer and spiders were in the same room....The option to print out the sheets would be good, as well as a place for molt records, and where the spider was purchased. I don't think that care sheets are necessary, and if a field is filled in about feeding, then a reminder shouldn't be necessary either.

[Dr Pies]

I agree that Macs are pretty much virus free, but that is only down to the fact that more people use PC's, thus are targetted by the virus writers.. If they ever got more popular than the PC, then the virus floodgates will open. Nothing wrong with Macs though. :)

Thanks for the feedback Gesticulator, the program as it stands is pretty barren when it comes to options and information, but I'm currently working on a new version, that will allow moult records, feeding reports, charts, and where the spider was bought. Plus price etc... I'll expand it to all animals eventually. ;)

[Mlotec]

Thanks for sharing that program. :) I agree images for each tarantula would be nice, maybe even a pic for each new molt to visually see your T's progress. I'm a stat nut so the more the better to me.

[Beth-Tex]

One can tell that you have put some thought into this program & it is pretty good. I like to keep stats on my Ts & the only thing (for me that is) is to also add from whom the T was bought & to be able to list all the molts. Since I don't know how to upload pics & don't have a digital camera anyway, a picture function would not be of interest to me......but.....as I said.....that is just my own selfish opinion. :razz: :D

[Dr Pies]

Hi,

Finally got the time to update the program. http://www.atkm23.dsl.pipex.com/test/Setup.msi

The only drawback is that you cannot access your previous tarantula list.. :8o
Best thing to do is to uninstall the program, and then go to your Program Files folder and look for a directory called JCS, just delete that and install the new version.
Then everything should be fine ;)

New things added include:
Can now add a current tarantula image to your edit window( which you can double click for a larger picture ).
Lots more information regarding the setup, supplier, food, and moult history.
Generally looks better too.

Suggestions would be great for the next version.
Cheers,
John.

[bagheera]

Dear Doctor

I downloaded setup.msi--but um, my system does not know what to do with it. I am running XP pro.

MizM I bought a Mac, last month, I am still sure what to do with it ;P

[Katronmaster]

This is so amazingly nifty! Hehe, I love it! And it'll help me keep track of my ever-changing batch of foster Ts.

[Dr Pies]

Hi bagheera,

What happens when you try to install it? Any error messages? Any reference to the net framework? I hate computers.. ;)

Glad you like it Katronmaster :)

[YouLosePayUp]

First off wonderful job. The only thing I can see that could use a change is maybe make each section 2 space high so that some of the smaller sections don't get cut off.

Thanks again for the program :D

[Beth-Tex]

:clap: :D :clap:

[cytrox]

Nice job!

I'm currently developing an invertebrate database too, but as a client/server application based on RubyOnRails, so no competition, different target audience :)

Some suggestions:

- Possibility to sort the colums.

- A "last fed" column in the overview table. (nice to see which T's were fed last by sorting by that column.)

- It's quite cumbersome to add feeding data for each T individually when feeding a larger number,
so I would suggest a "Add feedings" dialog box with a "fed" checkbox for each T in the collection.

(Personally, I like to record what and how much I feed, so I'm using a table with T's as rows and input boxes for the different feeder animals as columns in my app.)

- Possibility to add a number of T's at once, with most of the data identical. (Say you buy 10 T's of the same species from the same dealer, or you have to add 150 slings from an eggsac..)

- you could make a number of text inputs ("substrate used", "enclosure type", "stage", supplier info) select fields (with the possibility to add custom values), as the chances are high the user will type in the same data over and over again.

- If captive bred, when?

- breeding data (matings, eggsacs, resulting spiderlings, T's on breeding loan etc.)

[Dr Pies]

Hi cytrox,

Thanks for the suggestions ;)
Sorting the columns is something I'll get around to, but sorting them means I mess up my indexes within the code, and it's a small pain to work out.. Eventually I'll do it!

Adding a certain number of T's at the same time is a good idea, that'll be in the next version definitely.

The job never ends! :D

[NoS]

I wish I could use this.... Stupid net frame. :mad:

[Dr Pies]

Hi NoS,

Sorry your having problems. You can download the framework from Microsft, but it's a beefy download.. 108mb I think.. Not sure if there is a lite version though. I'll check it out.

[NoS]

It would also be nice if there was another place to download it from besides MS, because now a days you have to have a ligit copy of Windows to get anything from them.

[Dr Pies]

Hi NoS,

You can get it from here: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/msnet.html
Non M$ of course!

[Fini]

Great update! I like the new features a lot. I can't wait for the future version :razz:

There were a few items I noticed, but they have already been mentioned by other users. One item that didn't was the desire to have the "create" button available on all of the different panels. That would be nice.

I second some of the thoughts by cytrox as well. Those would be welcome additions.

Thanks for all the hard work!

[BGBYTOY]

Dr Pies,


Thanks so much for sharing your program, I just completed downloading it and putting all 12 new "Ts" on it. It is very helpful for me being a newbie and wanting to keep fairly accurate records of my "TS" .. I was doing this in a word program, Now it's in a simple to use quick to add program..

The only thing I found I'd like to see different, Is, An "Unknown" for the Molt. Only one person that I bought my "Ts" from gave me their molt records..

Now my wife wants to find one for our Horses.. (All 8 of them)

Ron

[Dr Pies]

Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad that your finding it useful.
I am currently fixing the problems that have been brought up, ie adding the option of copying multiple tarantula records, sorting the records, and sprucing up the user interface. I'll fix the unknown molt record date too. It should be ready within the next few days. Eventually, I'll expand the program to accomodate more species of animals, maybe even horses ;)
Anyone think the splash screen is annoying yet? :)

Cheers,
John.

[BGBYTOY]

Eventually, I'll expand the program to accomodate more species of animals, maybe even horses ;)
Anyone think the splash screen is annoying yet? :)

Cheers,
John.


You'd make a Wife a happy woman!! I like my wife to be a happy woman, Then I can be a happy man>>>>> {D

Thank you again!!

Ron

[Wolfy72]

:clap: :clap: Awesome program Pinklady and I love it, Although the initial set-up is a bit lengthy if ya got alot of sp's. lol,, But overall it rocks , i've been lookin for somethin to help with records and such,, I love it,, Thanks Alot !!! :worship:

[Fini]

The splash screen lasted less than 1/10th of a second when I loaded it. :razz:

One more feature that might be handy too, is to be able to export to a comma or tab separated file.

Thanks!!!

[Jaygnar]

Great program. Damn fine job! :clap:

[arachnofreaks]

:clap: Great software! Thanks for sharing.
The only two things i would want in addition have already been mentioned, the sort option
and a print option
Add those it will will be SUPER.

[Dr Pies]

No probs on the sorting and printing, already got that planned.
Not worked on the program for a few days, work is a nightmare, had my brakes on my car disintegrate.. Been an eventful week ;) I usually just have a Saturday to work on the application. :( I did get the time though to add a multiple record function, add create and close buttons to all tab pages, and also added combo boxes to the preferred food, and substrate type.

Been pondering on adding some growth charts to the program, like a line chart to assess how much the tarantula has grown since ownership, not sure how that would turn out though, could be very tacky knowing my GDI programming skills :)
I was thinking too about adding a tarantula sexing guide to the help files too, but that is probably a bad idea..
Breeding data is also on the cards to be done soon, but a bit of help in what information you would like to inputted would be helpful.

If anyone would like to donate a picture of their tarantula, I could use it in the splash screen, the existing one is kinda rubbish. First one to post a pic gets the job ;)

Thanks for your comments, and also for trying the program out!
John.

[BGBYTOY]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/BGBYTOY/TARANTULA/MaleA.jpg

[Dr Pies]

Thanks BGBYTOY, nice pic. ;)
Your tarantula shall be adorned on the next versions splash screen.

[BGBYTOY]

Thanks BGBYTOY, nice pic. ;)
Your tarantula shall be adorned on the next versions splash screen.

Very cool!! Thanks. :clap:

Ron

[Dr Pies]

Hi
New version is ready @ http://www.atkm23.dsl.pipex.com/test/Setup.msi

Not got around to the print function yet, or the breeding data, but lots of problems have been fixed. The last record file can be used so no need to delete it this time. You can copy multiple records and also the records will be sorted by scientific name order on program start up. Any problems let me know.
Cheers,
John

[Pathogenic]

I'm using this program, and I love it. You should market it. Call it "T-Stats"

[BGBYTOY]

It's not allowing me to install over the other version. The second one not the first?? Says must remove it first.

[arachnofreaks]

I got that message too, just copy the old database file ( tarantulalist.xml ) to another spot on your drive, then remove older version and install new one. Then you can copy your database file back in.

[Dr Pies]

I'm using this program, and I love it. You should market it. Call it "T-Stats"
Thanks Pathogenic, may consider a name change in the future ;)
The program will always be freeware, doubt It'd make money anyway :)

As doitdownhill posted, the program wont install over the old one, you have to uninstall the old one first then setup the new one. I think the xml file should still be in the JCS directory after the uninstall, but it's wise to copy it to another location first.

Thanks,
John.

[BGBYTOY]

I have two computers, A desktop and a Laptop. I have the newer version on my laptop now.. I'll dump the first version on my desktop and install the newest.. I know it will be worth it..

Again Dr.pies.. Thanks for all of your work on this, it is really nice to keep track of the Ts on.. Maybe some day when I get some slings, if my hopeful breeding works, I'll ship a couple your way as a way to say thanks...

[Dr Pies]

Thanks bgbytoy,
If one person likes it and finds it useful then its worth the effort. ;)
Let me know on any improvements you would like, and i'll see what I can do.
Next up is breeding data and printing:)

[Fini]

Perhaps we should begin to keep a list of features that members would like to see implemented. That way Dr Pies can make notes to inform users which features are forthcoming and which are not. It will also help users from asking for the same features over and over again.

Sound like a plan?

[Dr Pies]

Sounds good to me Fini ;)

[Beth-Tex]

This is a wonderful program. Many thanks for all your hard work. :clap: :worship:

Beth :)

[Fini]

Here is a crude list I tossed together. Feel free to add items I might have missed (I know I did).

Implemented:
Serial Numbers
Source (Dealers, Trades, Bred In-House, etc)
Molt history
Ability to upload an image
Food
Enclosure Type
Last fed
Growth Stage
Substrate
“Create” and “Close” buttons available on all tabs
Pet Name
Common Name

In Development:
Growth Rate Charting
Breeding data would be helpful
Column sorting

Wishlist:
Print out various reports
Label printing with ability to select various field information to be include on label
Global Feeding – one button click updates all T records to current date
Bulk Entry
Export/Import to and from tabbed or comma-separated file
Death Record with date and cause

[syndicate]

this program sounds helpful..let us know when u have the finished vers up

[Dr Pies]

Hi syndicate,
The new version will be ready soon, not had the chance to work on it lately, been very busy with work. :(

The latest version though does include sorting, and bulk entry, although they could be better implemented. The next version will include printing reports and breeding data, and also a feature to update all feeding records to current date.

Cheers,
John.

[becca81]

It's looking very nice!

I do think, however, that the "last fed" should be changed to "last molt."

It's fine for someone who only keeps a few Ts, but once you begin to keep a lot, it's almost impossible to keep track of when each of them eats.

[BGBYTOY]

It's looking very nice!

I do think, however, that the "last fed" should be changed to "last molt."

It's fine for someone who only keeps a few Ts, but once you begin to keep a lot, it's almost impossible to keep track of when each of them eats.

Becca,

It does have last Molt.. First page towards the bottom. You click the box to enable it. Then the forth column over is All Molts..

[Darwinsdad]

Since you have the handy drop down menu for the species/scientific name why not have the common name box auto fill with the generaly accepted name so both boxes can fill with one click?

[Dr Pies]

Hi,
A new version of the program is available here:

http://www.savefile.com/files/1516608

Its not the usual address as there is something wrong with my web space, so had to use other alternatives. The link will last for 14 days, so if there is any problem getting it, I'll sort another link out.

The latest version includes the ability to print out a report for feeding, which lists the serial#, scientific name, preferred food, and last fed date. You can also export the report to various file formats. The global feeding option has been completed - click the update fed date button, and the entire records are updated with the current date. Clicking a record will show the tarantulas preferred food in the status bar in the bottom left hand corner. The program has been re-coded for better performance too, so it should run slightly faster without consuming as much memory.
I still havn't included the breeding data, but that will be next! More reports will be added next time too.

The same applies as before with installing, you have to uninstall the old one first, and this time you have to copy the XML file across to the v1.3 directory from the older one in the JCS directory, located in program files.

I doubt I'll be adding a list to the common name text box as I did for the scientific names, there are too many permutations, and they should be avoided at all costs anyway! ;)

Cheers,
John.

[arachnofreaks]

Just installed the new version. When i click the reports button I get an unhandled exception error stateing cannot find keycodeV2.dll, or invalid keycode? Any idea what that's about? Thanks

[Dr Pies]

Thanks for letting me know. The keycode error is a licensing problem for Crystal Reports, so I will have to re-issue another program when I fix it. Best to reinstall the old one while I find a solution.. I'll post another download link soon. Sorry for the hassle :(

[Dr Pies]

Finally got the program fixed, turned about to be a bit more involved than a licensing problem, but everything should work fine now :) Hopefully....

New Link:
http://www.savefile.com/files/1752818

It weighs in at a whopping 12mb! Hope u dont mind a wait. ;)

Let me know if there are any problems,
Thanks,
John.

[Daywalker]

Dr. Pie
thanks for designing this T program for all us spider people :worship: :worship:
i just downloaded it and i only have one question. once this is installed in my computer will it have a uninstall built in it ?
thanks again
bill

[Dr Pies]

Hi Daywalker,

The program can be uninstalled from Add/Remove programs in the Control Panel.
No need to have in built uninstall feature for this program.

There is a slight bug in this program though, when you maximise the main window, the Reports button is marooned in the middle of the page! I should check these things.. It will work fine though other than that.

Hope you find it useful.
John.

[Daywalker]

thanks again :clap: :worship:

Quote ; when you maximise the main window, the Reports button is marooned in the middle of the page

I was wondering are you going to fix this bug?

thanks again
Bill

[Dr Pies]

Hi,

The fixed version can be found here: http://www.savefile.com/files/5624211

Not had the time or the inclination recently to do much else to the program, been dying from the flu for the past week :(

Thanks for trying the program out though ;)

Cheers, John.

[NoS]

Any chance we can get an update on this.
I got the first download from page #1, but I would really like to get the updated version, but the link is not valid anymore.
Thank you once again for this program.

[Dr Pies]

Hi NoS,

The program can be found here under a new link: http://www.mooload.com/file.php?file=files/1131886759/Setup.msi

Thanks for giving it a try. ;)

[TyTy]

Hello Dr Pies, congratulations for the Program, i've been using your program, it's a nice idea, but for some of us brazilian it's hard to understand the english (not to me, but some persons don't understand":mad: ), and i've had the idea to translate the program to portuguese, we can think about this idea, and I find that would interest people of others countries to translate the program, i can translate anything about the program, what do you think about this idea ????? If you want , i can translate just the shields and the words of Program , and i send to you and you change...... what you think? :D

Best Regards

TyTy

[Dr Pies]

Hi TyTy,
Thanks for trying the program out.
I should have added globalization and localization etc, but I will get around to that soon. I've only got Saturdays free at the moment, but when it's done, I'll post the link here again.

Thanks.

[TyTy]

Hey Dr Pies, i think that you don't understand my idea... My idea it's to translate your program to portuguese, the menus,labels......ok?!?

Best Regards

TyTy

[Dr Pies]

Hi TyTy,

Globalization of the program will make the program readable in any language, dependant of the language settings you have set up for your particular PC.
So that should make it possible for everyone to read it without any problem :)

I'll try and get that done over the weekend.
Cheers.

[Cpt.nemO]

Man awesome program !!! very good bro, i liked it very v ery much, now i was just wondering, is there any how i could export my content in the program to word or excel ?? Thx man ! If you would like i can translate to portuguese.

[Dr Pies]

Thanks Cpt.nemO, glad you find it useful. ;)

You can export the reports to excel,word,pdf, and rtf by clicking on the export button which is situated on top of the reports page(the button looks like an envelope with an arrow going through it). At the moment you can only export what is displayed on the report page, but I will fix it so you can export the entire record details too.

[Steve Nunn]

Nothing wrong with Macs though.

I agree :) I'm on a PC, but now i'm databasing, I'm wishing I had a mac ;) Most of the good programs are written for those :mad:

[chemosh6969]

The one thing I'd like to have changed it the ability to sort by the column of my choice.

I know that I can't sort by serial number but I always have to click it in hopes that it magically starts doing it and the numbers can be in order.

[ilovebugs]

it's very nice so far.

a few things to point out:

I was going to say you had a spelling error, but according to the
dictionary "fibre" is the brittish form of "fiber"

age counter(birthday reminders? haha)
and a general log section per spider for anything like memorable moments or whatever

it doesn't matter much, but it would be easier (on my brain at least) to be able to set the date format to mm/dd/yyyy

the option to export all data to a file that could be reloaded (in case of loss) and also to text if you wanted to use it on the boards or something, just a rundown sheet for a particular spider that you could edit for whatever use
species
age
size
sex
and so on

I think thats all I have for now.
keep up the good work

[MRL]

this is great, thank you!

[Dr Pies]

Hi there,

Sorry I havn't posted an update to the program for a while, somehow I managed to catch leukemia! :eek:
It may be a while before I manage to start work on it again, probably in summer sometime.

Glad people are finding it useful though :)

Cheers,
John.

[MRL]

I use this program and it's been very helpful to me. Thank you for it. Sorry to hear about your illness, I wish you the best.

[Mha8649]

It is a very complicated computer, superior to PC, that no one writes programs for! ;P ;) Did I mention virus resistant?

It's not that there virus resistent. The viruses just choose not to bother with inferior products... ;P j/k Nice program by the way....

[Scorpiove]

It's not that there virus resistent. The viruses just choose not to bother with inferior products... ;P j/k Nice program by the way....

I love my mac, bring me a virus that will bring it down! You can't! ;) Which this program existed for mac so I could try it.

[Mha8649]

Little off topic, if its between virus or one button mouse ... I choose virus ;P

Any news of weather or not past molts will be included in later version.?

[Scorpiove]

Little off topic, if its between virus or one button mouse ... I choose virus ;P

Any news of weather or not past molts will be included in later version.?

The mighty mouse has 4 buttons. Also you could use a standard pc mouse with any mac. ;)

It really is to bad there is no mac version of this program it would make it that much better just being on the mac;) just kidding.

[Dr Pies]

The new version (2.0) can now be found here: http://www.savefile.com/files/9322028
and here also: http://multiterra.mooload.com/file.php?file=files/070306/1141749151/Setup_t1.msi
http://www.atkm23.dsl.pipex.com/4587/index.html

The new features include: Sorting the records on the main window by clicking the list headers, changing the language to brazillian/portuguese(which isn't great!) and also new reports pages. Decided to dump crystal reports and write my own, which makes the program just 905kb in size.

Thanks for taking a look, and one day I'll write the mac version :D

[casesensative]

I would put a link to your most recent version on the very first post in this thread.

Thanks for the great program.

[xgrafcorex]

I love my mac, bring me a virus that will bring it down! You can't! ;) Which this program existed for mac so I could try it.


heh you are safe for now..but i have a feeling these days are numbered..

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114099964776283796-ZEID6okGb8UJgH41ZE6q2xSPqWs_20070227.html?mod=blog s

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=13911&Page=1&pagePos=2

http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/Apple%3A_Mac_OS_X_Doomed?_200603062213/

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060216005401.shtml

i'd say..where theres a will, theres a way :D

[Scorpiove]

heh you are safe for now..but i have a feeling these days are numbered..

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114099964776283796-ZEID6okGb8UJgH41ZE6q2xSPqWs_20070227.html?mod=blog s

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=13911&Page=1&pagePos=2

http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/Apple%3A_Mac_OS_X_Doomed?_200603062213/

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060216005401.shtml

i'd say..where theres a will, theres a way :D

There are a couple of reasons a virus hasn't made it on to the OS X platform. I'm sure a Trojan could easily. One simple anwer is that any code that wants to run needs to get permission from me. To compromise a uniix system such as OS X you would have to run as root. In which case in OS X you never are. I could try to delete and move as many files as I could and root would be safe and sound. I would only ruin my personal account.

But still a virus would need my permission to run as root and destroy my system. I don't think I will ever give it that permission. By the way OS X is a tad bit older than XP so where are the virus'? :D Just to fill you guys in I am one of those "switchers". I got so tired of windows and pc hardware always being made cheap and failing after a year. So this year I bought a Mac mini and have been super happy ever since. Although there is still a pc in the house in case I need it. :) Maybe Ill go download this app and play with it on the pc. Cheers!

[Mha8649]

I was just the opposite of scorpiove I was tired of the mac having to hold control to simulate a right click on the mouse, 90% of my programs not working because it was a mac, hardware not mac compatible.... So I switched to windows the day xp pro came out and I have never once had a virus on my computer. My anti virus has detected a few in emails and deleted them before they got to my computer. I have never had a problem with xp so for everyone saying windows xp is crap or fails ....I say show the proof.. there isnt any aslong as you take proper measures your fine.

[Scorpiove]

I was just the opposite of scorpiove I was tired of the mac having to hold control to simulate a right click on the mouse, 90% of my programs not working because it was a mac, hardware not mac compatible.... So I switched to windows the day xp pro came out and I have never once had a virus on my computer. My anti virus has detected a few in emails and deleted them before they got to my computer. I have never had a problem with xp so for everyone saying windows xp is crap or fails ....I say show the proof.. there isnt any aslong as you take proper measures your fine.

hehe you probably never owned OS X then. OS 9 was full of virus and other problems. OS X has nothing in common with OS 9. It is a completely different operating system. OS X can use a standard pc mouse and if you do you will beable to right click. I have never had to use control to right click. I have not had any problems using pc hardware with mac OS X. My new digital camera I bought I plugged it in and bam Iphoto was already trying to download the photos without me even thinking about installing drivers. I won't lie though and say a pc is complete doggy doodoo I still find it very useful...... for games and stuff..... lol ;). I have plenty of games on my mac too but there are the few that don't make it..... apps like this tarantula app I want so badly!

[Mha8649]

hehe you probably never owned OS X then. OS 9 was full of virus and other problems. OS X has nothing in common with OS 9. It is a completely different operating system. OS X can use a standard pc mouse and if you do you will beable to right click. I have never had to use control to right click. I have not had any problems using pc hardware with mac OS X. My new digital camera I bought I plugged it in and bam Iphoto was already trying to download the photos without me even thinking about installing drivers. I won't lie though and say a pc is complete doggy doodoo I still find it very useful...... for games and stuff..... lol ;). I have plenty of games on my mac too but there are the few that don't make it..... apps like this tarantula app I want so badly!
Your right it has been a while since using mac....I'm glad to hear about the mouse ....the old hold ctrl and click was a pain. But the only complaints that I hear against windows is viruses, Now I will admit back in the w.98 days I've had alot of problems with viruses and spam I dont know if mac is perviouse to spam as well but with xp pro legit copy not boot leg or hacked and all the updates I have never had a problem with viruses....now as far as xp64 goes man I dont like it because of all the incompatibility with hardware and drivers.
but like the mac hopefully in time the new xp 64 will get the improvements and support that it so badly needs....{D

[ArachnoSoldier]

Domo Arigato.... for the program. Alot better than the old fashioned pen and paper... who uses that stuff anyways.

[Mha8649]

Bump it....... ;P
Great program once again.....I only have 3 t's right now but even with only 3 t's this program is great.....

I vote for sticky.

[Becca]

I tried this program out today and thought it was fantastic, I keep track of everything on paper, but I can now keep records on my computer too.
very handy whether you have 1 tarantula or 100

[SydneySpider]

This is a wonderful program! I just love it, you're a genius what can i say? I would be lost without it. :D

[Spiderface]

This is awesome. it makes me wish i had more T's so i could play with it more. great job.:worship:

[bananaman]

great idea man! i hope you can incorporate the ideas given here... it looks like it will have a great future... good luck, cheers

[BigBryan]

i know this thread is old but i just wanted to say the program is great! i decided to search the threads for something like this after i just wrote up a sheet on word... but now i dont have to worry about that! thanks!

and here are the links that are still working for the latest version of this...i might just be really late and pretty much everyone has it but here it is anyways :D...

http://www.savefile.com/files/9322028
http://www.atkm23.dsl.pipex.com/4587/index.html

[Cyris69]

I'm a programmer, and happen to come across this thread and was thinking about making one for Scopions, I might remake this program as it no longer has a link.

It will be for bot Scorpions adn T's

[julesaussies]

I'm a programmer, and happen to come across this thread and was thinking about making one for Scopions, I might remake this program as it no longer has a link.

It will be for bot Scorpions adn T's

i'm pretty sure this is a more current thread for the same but updated program, with working links:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=94615