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FrostyPelican

FrostyPelican

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Mr.Goodtimes said:
This program was working great until today. Every time I open it a screen pops up saying;

HERB.IQ has stopped working
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

I have tried upgrading the software, ran the repair feature of the install, and uninstalled then reinstalled. Nothing has worked. Any ideas?
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I will have to let the OP answer that, not sure what it is I can't replicate your system and I only browsed the code. I could suggest something that makes my life a lot easier. After looking at the code there was a lot of empty try catch blocs (this is where a programmer handles errors in the code itself) and with them being empty it just gives the end user of the software a generic message box. What I normally do is provide detail on the error so I know where in the code it happened and give the end user an idea and option to report it to me automatically or copy to clip board. There is already a lot of free code involved in the project so I can understand why the extra code is not there. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3328990/c-sharp-get-line-number-which-thrown-exception or research the StackTrace class

If something crashes that I coded the user will have something like this popup (just a quick example) but again, I get paid for it and the OP doesn't for this project. It lets me know exactly what happened and where in the code it happened plus gives the user a bit more than just the generic popup window.
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ghostdogalpha

ghostdogalpha

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420Legalizeme said:
Is there anyway this can be installed to a nas synology. I think that is based on Linux and can run MySQL, plex and other database stuff

Be great if I could install it to that as I could keep this on all the time rather than my PC and access it remotely via a browser or even better an app on a smart phone tablet.
Now I am just wishing aren't i
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SynologyOS is linux based but pretty locked down. You could install Debian on the NAS box and go from there.
 
Mr Roboto

Mr Roboto

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how do I uninstall the herbiq with windows 8? It will stop working once I open the program. I think I need to reinstall it.
 
Mr Roboto

Mr Roboto

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ghostdogalpha said:
prob had corrupted files first time round. The strain gallery is cool though.
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the problem with the strain gallery is that I dont have any of those strains because I have only ogs and none of them are in the gallery , just taking up memory space for me, but I am not messing with it this time for sure
 
Michael Huntherz

Michael Huntherz

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I'm toying with building a Web Thang (app) for grow journaling.

I'd like to gauge the interest in something like this, and what features people would really like to see along those lines.

I'm leaning toward the hobbyist grower, at first. I may move toward commercial stuff later, but I will have to iterate and pivot as needed.

At this moment I'm basically building a blog app optimized for the weed grower. Any input would be appreciated.

It will be open-source and free to use, may move to a "freemium" model if it really takes off, because support becomes a burden when that happens, but I should be able to knock the basics together in a couple weeks.

If there are any other developers who would like to collaborate on something of this nature, or if there are any good web-apps for grow record-keeping I'd love to hear about that, too.

Thanks folks, if I don't get much feedback here I'll make a new thread. Seems like a lot of the stuff here is no longer actively maintained.
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Michael Huntherz said:
I'm toying with building a Web Thang (app) for grow journaling.

I'd like to gauge the interest in something like this, and what features people would really like to see along those lines.

I'm leaning toward the hobbyist grower, at first. I may move toward commercial stuff later, but I will have to iterate and pivot as needed.

At this moment I'm basically building a blog app optimized for the weed grower. Any input would be appreciated.

It will be open-source and free to use, may move to a "freemium" model if it really takes off, because support becomes a burden when that happens, but I should be able to knock the basics together in a couple weeks.

If there are any other developers who would like to collaborate on something of this nature, or if there are any good web-apps for grow record-keeping I'd love to hear about that, too.

Thanks folks, if I don't get much feedback here I'll make a new thread. Seems like a lot of the stuff here is no longer actively maintained.
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That is good idea to produce a " GROW " log or journal , however keep in mind that if you wanted to host it the IOS Apple store it may run into issues with their terns and policies. The workaround would be to design an " open " gardener style that can be used by all growers , whether herb , vegetable , organic or MJ. If MJ specific then that would put undo attention on it unless you plan to host it on a MJ friendly source.

You could create an activity log style approach , listing specifics like entering plant type data , breeder info , medium used , PH / PPM data , and other variables. You can allow pic loading to catalog grow and problems. You can input custom fields like feeding regiments . You can streamline the data fields and add a comment input field. Nothing too fancy. Notepad style for quick input and camera access , maybe allow export features for your grow to file or ?
 
Michael Huntherz

Michael Huntherz

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Budzbuddha said:
That is good idea to produce a " GROW " log or journal , however keep in mind that if you wanted to host it the IOS Apple store it may run into issues with their terns and policies. The workaround would be to design an " open " gardener style that can be used by all growers , whether herb , vegetable , organic or MJ. If MJ specific then that would put undo attention on it unless you plan to host it on a MJ friendly source.

You could create an activity log style approach , listing specifics like entering plant type data , breeder info , medium used , PH / PPM data , and other variables. You can allow pic loading to catalog grow and problems. You can input custom fields like feeding regiments . You can streamline the data fields and add a comment input field. Nothing too fancy. Notepad style for quick input and camera access , maybe allow export features for your grow to file or ?
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I run my stuff on AWS and Digital Ocean, never had much trouble with anything. I'm also intimately familiar with app store policies as I've worked on them for more than one ginormous company (most under very strict NDA) and you're totally right about everything you said. I'm all over those sorts potential legal issues, I used to run a few porn sites back in the early 2000s.

With all that in mind I'm planning to have it be essentially a website with a responsive design so it works well on mobile devices with varying form factors (hint hint RIU) and capabilities. All the suggestions you made in the second paragraph are on my short list. Thank you so much!
 
mike4c4

mike4c4

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LuciferX said:
Wanted to let everyone know about a project I started called HERB.IQ, is open source and completely free. We currently have 2 developers and 2 bug testers working on the project including myself. We just put out our first stable release today, you can get it on our main site at sourceforge or our backup site on codeplex:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/herbiq
http://herbiq.codeplex.com/

Thanks!

Lx
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I have used herb IQ and it works great. Im getting ready to set up another computer with linux and wanted to keep using it. Do you have a linux version?
 
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