The Naked PC - http://www.TheNakedPC.com
What You Need to Know about All Things PC
Publisher:           Lee Hudspeth and T.J. Lee
Editor in Chief:     Dan Butler
Contributing Editor: Al Gordon
This issue is for Thursday, September 28, 2000 - Vol. 3 No. 20
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Table of Contents


** 01. Letter from the Publisher
** 02. eBay Turns Five (by T.J. Lee)
** 03. Corporate Corner - Customizing Word 2000 Using the Windows
       API and a COM Add-in (by Lee Hudspeth)
** 04. Quicken vs. Money (by Al Gordon)
** 05. Featured Product - UCmore (by Dan Butler)
** 06. Featured Web Site - Live Jail Cam
** 07. Featured Book - "Mac OS in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick
       Reference" (by Rita Lewis)
** 08. For Recent Subscribers
** 09. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and
       interesting stuff
** 10. We Get Mail




** 01. Letter from the Publisher


All of us at TNPC would like to thank those of you who wrote in
about your RSI experiences. Our colleague Todd Haefer received
far more responses than he could reasonably hope to contact given
his deadline but he wanted us to let our readership know he was
very appreciative.


Likewise, Jim received far too many responses to his article on
Napster last issue to respond individually to everyone who wrote
in. Overall, the majority of you supported Napster and TNPCer N.
Carlos pointed Jim to the Fairtunes.com site where you can
(supposedly) send money to any music artist that you feel you owe
something to. We've not verified that any monies sent to
Fairtunes.com actually get into the proper pocket but it is an
interesting Web site concept.


Jim had to change his article on auction fraud on eBay because he
just couldn't find any so instead he wishes eBay a happy 5-year
birthday in this issue. Lee has some development tips for all you
corporate types trying to get your software projects done on time
and under budget. Dan takes a look at UCmore, this issue's
Featured Product. Al examines the game of feature leapfrog that
Microsoft Money and Quicken play with each other every year.


After being accused of ignoring our Mac contingent of readers,
you Apple aficionados will be pleased to see we've a Featured
Book this issue on the Mac OS. Could be just the thing to help
out a new user who's learning the ropes.


As always, reader support is what keeps TNPC free, so PLEASE help
us and pass a copy of TNPC on to co-workers and friends (no spam
please!) and remember to always say "I saw it in TNPC!"




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** 02. eBay Turns Five (by T.J. Lee)


That's right, the eBay online auction powerhouse has been around
for five years as of this month. What started out as a
collector's site for Pez candy dispensers has grown into the
major online auction site on the Internet.


Lee Hudspeth and I are columnists for eBay Magazine, the print
publication of the online auction company put out by Krause
Publications. Lee and I have been writing for eBay Magazine on
technical and computer related topics since the first issue. When
the eBay folks mentioned that their five-year anniversary was
this September I planned an article on the event and asked
TNPCers to let me know about their online auction problems (TNPC
#3.18). I thought that a report on auction fraud would make
interesting reading.


I got plenty of response but to my surprise they were all about
the positive experiences people have had as both buyers and
sellers on eBay. The very few "problem" stories I did receive
were about issues on Ubid where you place bids on products
offered by businesses who are closing out inventory or selling
refurbished items and the like.


Not a single complaint about eBay.


That's not to say that there have not been problems with eBay or
any other online auction site. Bogus articles offered for sale,
usually falling into the hoax category (lost art treasures and
human body parts), have been in the news since online auctions
started. But it appears that fraud is at a minimum, at least on
eBay. The eBay folks say their fraud rate is only 1 in 40,000
transactions. This seems to be too good to be true but in light
of the positive comments I've received from TNPCers it looks
like eBay is doing a fair job of policing its auctions. Shills
(those who bid on auctions solely to drive up the price) are
suspended and eBay generally tries to settle any disputes
between buyers and sellers.


Keep in mind that auction fraud is different than having an
auction snipped out from under you by a last-second bid. While
that's annoying it's fair practice under eBay's current rules.


If you've never spent any time on the eBay site it's worth a
look. The depth and breath of items available is tremendous.
Where else could you go to find items like... fake million dollar
bills, genuine reproduction Spud guns made from the finest
plastic, a rattlesnake ashtray (made from a real rattlesnake;
although that may be just the thing to help you stop smoking).
High ticket items like houses, tracts of land, or an articulated
25 ton dump truck can be found at electronic auction as well as
everything in between.


The ins and outs of eBay are fairly simple. To buy or sell on
eBay you have to first register on the eBay site. To register you
have to be at least 18 years old. You tell eBay the country you
live in as different countries have differing requirements. For
the United States, eBay asks for your valid email address, full
name, address, and phone number. There are some optional
questions about your age, interests, and such but they're
entirely optional. Lastly, you have to acknowledge that you've
read the eBay User Agreement and agree that you'll not do bad and

fraudulent things when using the eBay service.


The hardest thing about registering with eBay is finding the link
on their main page that takes you to the register page. When you
get to the main page scroll all the way down to the bottom and
click the small text link that says "Register" to start the
process. Here's a direct link to eBay's register page.


http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?ebay


Once registered you can post items for sale or make bids on items
offered for auction. The eBay help offers a number of FAQs that
answer questions about how auctions work, how to place bids, what
to do if you win an auction, everything you could want to know.
What's more, since we're affiliated with eBay, for every TNPCer
who registers as a potential bidder or seller (remember, there
is *no* obligation to be either), eBay will slip a few extra
samolians into our pay envelope. You can enjoy eBay and help out
TNPC at the same time.


Happy Birthday eBay! Here's to another five years!


You can reach T.J. Lee at:
mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com




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** 03. Corporate Corner - Customizing Word 2000 Using the Windows
       API and a COM Add-in (by Lee Hudspeth)


(Corporate Corner is a new feature in TNPC. It addresses
development issues that come up in the course of our various
computer consulting projects. -- Ed.)


A corporate client recently approached our firm (PRIME Consulting
Group, Inc., publishers of TNPC) with the challenge of putting
custom text and graphics on a built-in Word 2000 dialog box. We
accomplished this feat by using the Windows API (Application
Programming Interface) to draw text and graphics very precisely
right on the dialog. One of the client's primary concerns was the
cost to recompile the dynamic link library (DLL) we developed
should they decide to change the text or graphics in the future.
Whether you are concerned with dollar costs when working with
"for hire" consultants, or with the hourly cost of your on-staff
programmers, you should address ongoing maintenance issues early
in a project's development cycle.


Our solution's architecture allows the client to change the
dialog's size, caption bar control icon, caption bar text, and
the client's special text and graphics (that appears on the body
of the dialog) based on custom Registry entries that we created
and documented. Using the Registry allows the client to avoid
recompiling the DLL to change these properties. Instead they
simply update their installer to include the new information,
write it to the customer's Registry, our code automatically
tracks those instructions from the Registry and dynamically uses
the very latest text or graphics. While it would have been
simpler to hard-code the values into the DLL, storing the
settings in the Registry vastly reduces ongoing maintenance
costs.


Once we delivered the solution for Word 2000, the client had an
opportunity to see how this new feature benefited their
customers, and asked if we could port the feature "down" to Word
97. Whenever you develop for differing versions of a product you
have to minimize the issues involved with maintaining two
different source code bases. We always strive to use a single
source code base. (Interestingly, the client initially opted not
to follow our suggestion to develop a single-code-base Word-97-
and-2000 solution from the outset. The moral here for the
consultant is: give your professional opinion and then respect
the client's prerogative to do something else. I can't offer a
"moral" here from the client's perspective, because I don't
presume to know all the factors that affected the client's
initial decision. In the end they got the very best: support for
both versions of Word via a single code base.)


The challenge was that Office 97 doesn't support COM add-ins.
(See the end of this article for an explanation of what a COM
add-in is.) But since a COM add-in is a DLL (technically, an
ActiveX DLL) we were able to modify it to export its
functionality just like a standard DLL that Word 97 *can* call.
So we did. This solution uses the same source code base for the
DLL, supports both Word 97 and 2000, reduces the client's
development cost, and reduces downstream maintenance and
enhancement costs.


If you develop Office add-ins, or are responsible for the hiring
of consultants to do the same, bear this in mind: a COM add-in is
almost always a better solution than a traditional add-in, say, a
Word template (.dot), an Excel add-in (.xla), a PowerPoint add-in
(.ppa), and so on. Here's why.


A COM add-in works within a documented, pre-defined
infrastructure that allows you to quickly extend your utility's
features to any or all Office applications from a single location
(the DLL itself). With a COM add-in you don't have to rely on
multiple add-in files, there's just one file (the DLL itself). A
COM add-in's source code is locked away in binary form in the DLL
whereas a traditional Office add-in's VBA project, even if
locked, can be quickly broken into using a variety of readily
available password crackers. (We're not letting any cats out of
the bag here; the existence of these tools has been public
knowledge for years.) COM add-ins can be faster than their
traditional add-in counterparts, and are much easier to install
properly from an installation script (we use Wise Solutions
InstallMaster and Wise for Windows Installer).


Earlier we said a COM add-in is *almost* always a better
solution. There are cases where a traditional add-in has value,
for example, you wouldn't need COM add-ins to handle a set of
corporate communication Word templates as long as the templates--
and the code behind them--don't leave the organization. However,
in most cases we advocate the use of a "driver" COM add-in along
with a traditional add-in as its companion.


For supplemental information regarding Office, VB, and VBA
programming resources see:
http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?corp


Sidebar: What is a COM Add-in?


A Component Object Model (COM) add-in is a dynamic-link library
(DLL) or an ActiveX executable file that is specially registered
and can be loaded by any Office 2000 applications. You can create
a COM add-in with Visual Basic 5.0, Visual Basic 6.0, or the
Developer Edition of Office 2000. For more information on COM
add-ins see:


"What Is a COM Add-in?"
http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?corp1


"Developing COM Add-Ins for Microsoft Office 2000"
http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?corp2


Lee Hudspeth is Director of Development at PRIME Consulting
Group, Inc., and can be reached at:
mailto:code@PRIMEConsulting.com




** 04. Quicken vs. Money (by Al Gordon)


Well, it's that time of year kids -- the annual Quicken vs. Money
playoff. The "2001" editions are out.


It comes annually since the two rivals share nothing with each
other and try to protect their competitive position by changing
their file formats every year. If you had Money 2000, it would
convert Quicken 1999 files, but not Quicken 2000's. So as a
practical matter one does not switch programs until the new
versions and converters arrive.


I have never warmed to Money, but it was widely agreed that Money
2000 finally closed the gap, and possibly surpassed, Quicken
thanks to Money's more integrated construction -- a far cry from
past versions -- and Internet capabilities. Quicken 2000 seemed
very much thrown together randomly, with pieces that didn't seem
to fit. Moreover, Intuit's customer service was going downhill.


This time, Quicken has gotten its act together. 2001 not only has
a tidier interface, but runs faster and downloads information
more efficiently. A big plus, and given the aggravation
associated with moving from one finance software format to
another, there is little to motivate a Quicken user to switch.


Money, however, continues to have an edge as a personal finance
solution -- one that not only keeps your records but also keeps
you on top of business and financial news.


Of course, some people don't want to have their personal finances
Internet-enabled and the features added to both programs in the
last three years are a total waste. But we are moving to a new

economy and the harsh reality is that financial institutions are
not keeping up with the technology.


The truth is that both Quicken and Money are perfectly capable of
serving as your "My Financial Services, Co., Inc." But the
financial services companies tie the program's hands. Either one
can download your investment positions from most major brokerage
firms, but the firms insist that you use their own Web sites to
trade. Similarly, banks actually have retreated from support for
Quicken and Money in favor of proprietary Web sites.


I find it especially aggravating to know that both my bank and
Quicken do electronic bill payment through CheckFree, but I can't
execute my instructions from Quicken directly to my bank. How
dumb is it that you have to enter the payment to the electric
company on the Web site, then do so again in Quicken?


This is one thing you definitely can't blame on the tech
industry.


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You can reach Al Gordon at:
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** 05. Featured Product - UCmore (by Dan Butler)


Many products are introduced that claim to help you in your Web
surfing. Accelerators like TurboSurfer and NetSonic, bookmark
managers, and the like. Some help a little, some a lot, but
nothing as awesomely unique as a tool we've found with the
unlikely name of UCmore. It's not a screen enhancement utility as
you might guess from the name. It's a super-slick search utility.
Unlike other search add-on utilities (Copernic) you don't have to
actually perform any searches! UCmore gives you instant access to
sites that relate in some useful way to the site you are
currently viewing. It does this unobtrusively, automatically, and
nearly instantly.


Consider the following examples:


Example #1 - I downloaded and installed UCmore on my wife's
computer. Both the download and the install were very quick.
She's a quilter and when she went to one of her bookmarked
quilting sites the UCmore toolbar quickly populated itself with
the following categories: Quilting, Supplies, Clubs and Guilds,
Applique, Crazy Quilts, Paper Piecing, and Publications. Each
category had as many as ten Web sites listed on the pull-down
menus. Without having to switch to Google or AltaVista and run
any searches, use any keywords, or know anything about Boolean
logic she instantly had nearly 80 relates sites all sorted into
useful categories. She told me this would save her a lot of time
tracking down sites of interest in the future.


Example #2 - I showed UCmore to Jim here at TNPC. He was
researching facts for an article he was working on. He was using
the CyberAtlas site and wanted to find other sites that
offered similar information to CyberAtlas. Once he installed
UCmore it put up a number of related sites on the UCmore toolbar.
Without having to go through the search engines, file not founds,
irrelevant links, etc., he was able to find a number of relevant
sites automatically.


Describing what this product does is difficult so I took some
screen shots of the two examples we used. You can find them at:


http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?fprod1


Others have tried to come up with this type of utility before.
Most notably was the original Alexa. Netscape's "What's Related"
button also comes to mind but they both miss the mark when
compared to the speed, usefulness, or interface of UCmore.


The only real downside is that UCmore only installs on Internet
Explorer. There is no Navigator version at this time. Here at
TNPC we've started using UCmore as part of our daily routine and
have found it genuinely useful.


You can download UCmore here (remember it's for Internet Explorer
users only!):
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You can reach Dan Butler at:
mailto:danbutler@TheNakedPC.com




** 06. Featured Web Site - Live Jail Cam


Book 'em Dano! Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a Web
site where he has hooked up live Web cams in the Madison Street
Jail. Four cams show you live feeds, two in the pre-intake area,
one shows you the search cell, and the last shows you the holding
cell area. The Live Jail Cam should, according to Sheriff Arpaio,
help deter crime. He also wants everyone to know that he's got
nothing to hide in his jail, by golly. There's a ton of crime
related information the site including crime stats, a prison
locator, most wanted lists, Megan's Law information, etc. but
it's the Jail Cam that catches your attention. The Crime.com pops
up a registration window but registration is not necessary to
view the Jail Cam.
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** 07. Featured Book - "Mac OS in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick
       Reference" (by Rita Lewis)


(Since none of the TNPC staff has spent any length of time on a
Macintosh computer we're grateful to TNPCer Fred Craven who
graciously agreed to read and review this book for our Mac-based
TNPC subscribers. -- Ed.)


Once upon a time I took trigonometry. But over time I forgot what
I had once learned. Then later in life when I really need to
perform a trig calculation what do I do? Well, I go back to my
old textbook and find the page that shows me how to do it, and it
all comes back.


As a lifelong Apple computer user (that is, the life of Apple as
I predate the company's origin by, er, a few years) I've never
had an Apple computer textbook, I've just used Apple's computers.
But occasionally I have wanted to understand exactly how
something works in the system: why it does what it does. "Mac OS
in a Nutshell" fills that missing textbook niche. Browsing
through it, I found many assorted facts and bits of information,
some of which I had learned but forgotten, and a lot that I

should have learned but never did. I found it to be very
comfortable reading, and often said out loud, "Oh, so that's what
that's all about!"


Despite the subtitle of the book, "A Power User's Quick
Reference," I think advanced Mac users don't need this book, and
probably won't want it because they "know that already." New Mac
users, who have no computer experience, might find it to be just
a little too much, without a corresponding instructor. But for
the average Mac user (where I classify myself) it's a good
resource to have hanging around, and for a PC user who is
compelled to use a Mac it should help in the understanding of the
logic and background of the Mac OS.
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** 08. For Recent TNPC Subscribers


TNPC has been adding nearly 1,000 new subscribers to our
readership list every issue, so a lot of our current readers may
not be aware of some of the articles that have appeared in past
issues of our newsletter. Here is a quick recap of some past
articles that you may find interesting if you missed them the
first time around.


*-* Before You Shop Til You Drop (TNPC 2.25.03)
Is shopping on the Internet safe? Find out what you can do before
you start this season's shopping spree to keep yourself out of
trouble online.
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*-* Change your Printer Settings Faster than a Quick Change
Artist (TNPC 3.01.04)
How to deal with the dizzying array of options to choose from
when you print: paper types, print quality, duplex, and booklet
printing, et cetera with just a few clicks of the mouse.
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** 09. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and
       interesting stuff


*-* Paul Thurrott (http://www.wininformant.com) points out that
Microsoft has finally updated the incredibly useful Tweak UI
utility for Windows. Version 1.33 works with Windows 2000,
Windows NT, Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95.
http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?news1


*-* ZDNet News reporter David Coursey has one word of advice for
users thinking of upgrading to Windows Me... "Don't."
http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?news2


*-* Beware if you subscribe to MSN. Seems that a "computer fluke"
has caused thousands of subscribers to the MSN service to be
overcharged far beyond the expected $21 per month.
http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?news3


*-* Nothing to do with computer news but interesting nonetheless,
this Web page put up by the Department of Electrical Engineering
at Osaka University shows a 747 being hit not once but twice by
lightning on takeoff. The real-time, slow motion graphics show a
strike from a thundercloud passing through the plane and hitting
the ground.
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*-* The Akoo site is featuring a Vintage Cartoon Festival in
their Animated Shorts section. See Betty Boop, Superman, Popeye,
and Felix the Cat in all their old time glory.
http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/320/tr.cgi?news5


Check out the new Newsworthy page on the TNPC Web site where
we post newsworthy bits as we find them:
http://www.thenakedpc.com/newsworthy/


Have you come across something newsworthy? Drop us a line:
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** 10. We Get Mail


*-* TNPCer Robert E. had this to say about the Annoyance Board,
the place where TNPCers turn to get help from their fellow
computer users, "I do not say this enough but I would like to
thank those responsible for [the Annoyance Board] Web site. I
have posted many questions over a long period of time and every
question but one has come back and got me straight and kept my
computer running. Thank You." If you need help, remember that the
Annoyance Board is a great resource.
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