Blog on Charlie’s Server

I Spent some time today on one of my pet projects, FlipCount. Felt like I might reward myself since summer session 1 finals finished this afternoon, and kill an outstanding bug in the process. Mission: Accomplished.

All in all I think that the widget is doing fairly well for itself. Ratings sky-rocketed once I cleared out a major standing bug on it’s second release, 0.91b. I had almost 400 downloads just 10 hours after its announcement on DashboardWidgets.com, where it currently remains exclusively available.

After scratching my head for a bit at the following error, the cause finally hit me.

(event handler):Object (result of expression enterflip) does not allow calls.
2005-07-07 20:30:27.056 DashboardClient[22020] (com.no-ip.charlies-server.flipcount) file:///Users/gongloo/Library/Widgets/FlipCount.wdgt/FlipCount.html: Object (result of expression enterflip) does not allow calls. (line: 44)
(event handler):Object (result of expression exitflip) does not allow calls.
2005-07-07 20:30:27.774 DashboardClient[22020] (com.no-ip.charlies-server.flipcount) file:///Users/gongloo/Library/Widgets/FlipCount.wdgt/FlipCount.html: Object (result of expression exitflip) does not allow calls. (line: 44)


I had simply forgotten to copy in the necessary enterflip() and exitflip() functions from sample widgets and reference. Bug exterminated.

Code commenting is always fun as well, and I was able to go though and do a bit of that to the FlipCount source. I’m currently in the alpha-test phase for the next version, 0.93b, which will feature per-instance preferences in addition to the aforementioned code commenting, and even some aesthetic bug fixes with the ‘i’ flip button. Basically, the major change is that multiple instances of FlipCount will be able to run simultaneously without overwriting each others’ preferences.

My official alpha tester, who goes by the alias ’sprindle’, has been most helpful and kind. We both have a good number of ideas for the coming versions of FlipCount; they will be revealed here during the development process in due time.