Loading ...It is possible to have many events in TestTrack which result in a new assignment. Assign is just one example but it is possible your Estimate or Fix or other custom event actions also result in new assignments. When you look at the Assign To event field you are looking at the most recent assignment [...]
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TestTrack Assign To vs Currently Assign To
Posted by pat on February 28th, 2008Pat’s Favorite PC MP3 Player
Posted by pat on November 4th, 2007I usually blog about more technical things so I decided it was time for a less stuffy topic.
In my years on this earth I have used many, many MP3 players on my desktop, both Windows, Mac and Linux. My current favorite is Foobar which at first glance seems like the weakest of all the MP3 [...]
SFX Self-Extracting WinRAR Files
Posted by pat on November 4th, 2007I recently developed a new appreciation for the RARLab tool WinRAR. RARLab has the ability to create self-extracting executables using a wizard that provides a lot of different options. Its also possible to use the WinRAR SFX settings to customize the resulting .exe file.
I first noticed this when working with some images from Microsoft. A [...]
Making it Happen with Virtual PC and Linux
Posted by pat on November 4th, 2007Recently I’ve been working on a project for Seapine that involves creating some Virtual PC images. The images will run both Linux and Windows and hopefully will turn into something like a pre-built demo that we can redistribute. For the sake of consistency it was decided to build the Linux images on Virtual PC since [...]
10 Things to Do When you Lose your Laptop
Posted by pat on November 4th, 2007I recently went through an unhappy experience of losing a laptop. There is a lot of personal and company data on the laptop and and going through the exercise of trying to determine all the information risk comes the realization of how lax I’ve been in mixing personal and professional information on my different desktops [...]
About Surround Branches and Rollbacks
Posted by pat on July 18th, 2007This is a pretty common question I hear from Surround SCM users, it goes something like this:
“I recently promoted a change from my Workspace branch to our Mainline branch. I did a rollback to an earlier version in my Workspace branch but when I try to do a rebase it tells me there is nothing [...]
Rockin the MacBook Pro
Posted by pat on July 15th, 2007I’ve been using Windows, or some Microsoft OS, for about as long as I can remember. Back in the day I was using Dos, I even ran something called Dr. Dos which no one has ever heard of, and been with Windows through the 3.1 and beyond phases.
Recently, the captain of this ship called Seapine, [...]
Welcome To Denver Seapine Software
Posted by pat on June 6th, 2007Recently I relocated from Cincinnati to Denver. I am currently working remotely for Seapine Software telecommuting into the office every day.This is a very exciting relocation and we hope this will open up some additional opportunities as it will be easier to travel to businesses in the area looking to improve their ALM processes.
I’ve been [...]
C# Parsing HTML
Posted by pat on April 25th, 2007I recently wrote a script to use with TestTrack. The program uses C# WebRequest method to post commands to the TestTrack CGI. The purpose is be able to setup a way to automatically publish certain TestTrack reports to a directory or web site.
An interesting thing I discovered when writing this program is there does not [...]
SD West 2007 and the Jolt Awards
Posted by pat on March 26th, 2007Seapine featured a booth at SD West 2007 in San Jose this weekend and I was on hand working the booth. This year we focused on the new QA Wizard Pro 2007 product. There are a lot of companies who are interested in looking into Automated testing for their organization. There is always a lot [...]