tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12993959487767495962012-05-26T09:06:46.269-07:00<a href="http://fuery.com">Fuery Solutions</a> is a software solutions company that provides technology support, custom software development, and product management for emerging and small businesses. Our premiere product, <a href="https://meruscase.com">MerusCase</a>, is a complete Practice Management solution for California attorneys.MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-34218569336668221162010-12-27T14:02:00.000-08:002010-12-27T14:34:43.562-08:002010-12-27T14:34:43.562-08:00We run redmine internally here at Fuery Solutions. Redmine is a fantastic tool for managing software development projects. One of the unfortunate "features" redmine has is the habit of storing uploaded files without any security, regardless of whether the system itself is password protected or not. The redmine s3 plugin echoes this habit, setting all uploaded documents to readable by the entire internet. Obviously, the URLs are somewhat obscure, but as the cliche goes, obscurity is not...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-62044309800390186452010-11-02T01:41:00.000-07:002010-11-02T01:43:03.387-07:002010-11-02T01:43:03.387-07:00This is geeky. You've been warned. Environment: Rails 2.3.5 app - redmine,our internal project management tool, in our case - running on Ubuntu 10.04.Requirement: Install a Rails 3 app - our new corp web site in this case. Goodbye, Wordpress, hello home-grown RoR happiness. Note: this will down your rails 2.3.5 app briefly. Make sure your core libs are up to date: &nbsp;apt-get install libyaml-ruby &nbsp;apt-get install libzlib-ruby Update rubygems. Ubuntu won't let you using "gem install...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-79260453616251341772010-05-24T16:34:00.000-07:002010-05-24T16:38:39.510-07:002010-05-24T16:38:39.510-07:00In my development of the MerusCase module that does a data migration from Tritek to MerusCase, I have thoroughly decoded their database schema.&nbsp; What a mess!&nbsp; I had to develop contact 'de-duping' software using what we call 'fuzzy matching' via a Levenshtein metric.&nbsp; That was really intriguing to develop. However, in order to properly map data from their system to ours, I needed a working copy of the software to reference from and see how that data was being stored in their...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-71782351796597463062010-04-07T23:35:00.000-07:002010-04-07T23:35:19.275-07:002010-04-07T23:35:19.275-07:00We've just begin using this method for recording How-To videos for the MerusCase Knowledge Base. It's a little involved, but sometimes nothing works better than "show me how". Download and install CamStudio, open source Screen Recording software.&nbsp; Most of us here use a dual-monitor setup. This is an ideal situation because you can record one entire screen. Set your screen resolution to a video-friendlier size, like 800x600. You'll also need to set your primary monitor to the screen that...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-23568638035367333772010-04-02T03:16:00.000-07:002010-04-02T03:18:14.031-07:002010-04-02T03:18:14.031-07:00Sometime in late 2008, the team here at Fuery Solutions made the decision to base the future of our business on software-as-a-service products targeted at legal professionals. MerusCase, the first of what may become a suite of products, is focused on Workers Compensation attorenys in California. For a variety of reasons, MerusCase is a web-based, "software as a service" (SaaS) application running entirely on the infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services. Our salespeople and partners...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-42267906166896737072010-02-04T18:24:00.000-08:002010-02-04T18:29:28.356-08:002010-02-04T18:29:28.356-08:00I notice that Firefox seems to maintain the order of key:value pairs in objects when iterating over them, while Safari and Chrome seem to sort the object internally (within their respective JS engines). &nbsp;I&nbsp; noticed this especially when making select elements. &nbsp;I store the options as an object, then when drawing the page, I iterate over that&nbsp; object making option elements.&nbsp; For example, I am making a select box that lists users&nbsp; alphabetically. &nbsp;Users are...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-83439816962019698022010-01-18T16:12:00.000-08:002010-01-18T16:12:11.559-08:002010-01-18T16:12:11.559-08:00We had some weird problems in testing one of our applications today. It turned out to be a newline after a ?&gt; tag in a core config php file, so anything being outputted was preceded by a newline. Normally this isn't much of a problem--web browsers don't care that much about whitespace. Pickier clients, however, got thrown off and would complain about data being corrupt.MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-71862782159688815092010-01-08T16:48:00.000-08:002010-01-08T16:50:28.211-08:002010-01-08T16:50:28.211-08:00In order to move Tritek users over to MerusCase, the superior case management system, one of my projects has been to reverse engineer and write a migration system for Tritek. If you have lost your password or simply would like to hack into Tritek or impersonate someone else, it is easy to find the passwords and logins in plain text in the DATA/ folder that Tritek uses. First, if you don't know where to find where Tritek is storing its data tables, open up the executable SETUP1.exe in the...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-52964724449608321492010-01-08T16:42:00.000-08:002010-01-08T16:43:25.116-08:002010-01-08T16:43:25.116-08:001. Rename word .docx file to .zip. &nbsp;Unzip with your favorite zip program. 2. Open file (archive)/word/settings.xml in text editor. 3. Change property w:enforcement from "1" to "0" within node that reads something like this: &lt;w:documentProtection w:edit="forms" w:enforcement="0" w:cryptProviderType="rsaFull" w:cryptAlgorithmClass="hash" w:cryptAlgorithmType="typeAny" w:cryptAlgorithmSid="4" w:cryptSpinCount="100000" w:hash="KyPJG/+vxA4Let1njKgfCpSvJNc="...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-70372664776414022042009-12-30T13:24:00.000-08:002009-12-30T13:28:03.038-08:002009-12-30T13:28:03.038-08:00I've recently investigated Microsoft's Office Live service for Small Business as a possible resource for some of our lower-end customers. Office Live is more or less Microsoft's answer to Google Apps, providing a basic web site (a la Google Sites), online document sharing and collaboration (a la Google Docs), and email (using Hotmail instead of Gmail). Here's a site I setup in about 20 minutes (it's a template, no design work): http://meruscasesupport.web.officelive.com Pros The tools...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-58659952969346382472009-12-27T17:38:00.000-08:002009-12-29T17:42:36.474-08:002009-12-29T17:42:36.474-08:00This post is an extension of internal Fuery Solutions dialog. It’s designed to be an exercise in “Thinking out loud”, here for enrichment, a bit of transparency, and, if nothing else, food for thought. I recognize that some of the content that follows represents a change in tone of this blog. That’s ok; I think that the benefits of being more open and transparent are worth the possibility of some competitive disadvantage. We fashion ourselves to be a Generation-Y company, and our online...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-54395148559997353172009-12-16T17:43:00.000-08:002009-12-29T17:46:13.102-08:002009-12-29T17:46:13.102-08:00The default font and color schemes for Komodo Edit were disgusting in my opinion. &nbsp;So I made a scheme that looks like Zend/Eclipse or Mac Textmate. &nbsp;I am using Windows 7 and this .ksf file goes into C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\ActiveState\KomodoEdit\5.2\schemes but for XP it’d probably be like C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Application&nbsp;Data\ActiveState\KomodoEdit\5.2\schemes I installed these extensions and now it is my favorite code editor:&nbsp;ColorTab,...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-37849432788435699622009-10-08T17:44:00.000-07:002009-12-29T17:44:47.706-08:002009-12-29T17:44:47.706-08:00It’s hiring time here at Fuery Solutions, and with the help of Craigslist, 10%+ unemployment, and a chipper ad, we have far too many applicants. As such, we’re asking all of you job hunters to take a quick test. 1. Nuts and Bolts. See&nbsp;http://crm.documents.s3.amazonaws.com/crm_comment/15/2009-09-25_1342.png Build any single major UI piece in this screen shot wholly from JavaScript. You can use any framework you wish, but bonus points if you use either only core JS (impressive) or...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-5804892095790155042009-10-05T17:40:00.000-07:002009-12-29T17:45:49.953-08:002009-12-29T17:45:49.953-08:00This particular issue had been plaguing me for a few days, forcing me to go around it to OWA (the Outlook web interface). The solution, found over at ElectroGeek, is to start outlook from the command line with the flag “/resetnavpane”. Thanks, ElectroGeek. MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-57779903541010764412009-05-14T17:02:00.000-07:002009-12-29T17:42:09.618-08:002009-12-29T17:42:09.618-08:00I need a quick way to truncate strings! I’m surprised that neither MooTools’ String.js or String.Extras.js has such a method.&nbsp; They have so many super-awesome functions, methods and extensions (I especially love the Date.js extensions!!).&nbsp; Yeah, I really love mootools, and I feel compelled to share with the community.&nbsp; So anyway, I wrote out a simple, straightforward String.truncate() function: String.implement({ /** * String.truncate(max, atChar, trail) * *...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-69114747138411731292009-05-05T13:30:00.000-07:002009-12-30T13:36:22.959-08:002009-12-30T13:36:22.959-08:00MerusCase disposes of A1Law and Tritek using Mootools. While I was at it, I created a one line algorthm to solve world peace using our JS framework of choice, Mootools. &nbsp;Yes, we love the moo over here at Fuery Solutions! If you can't quite make out what that says, here's a recap: MerusInit = function(){ &nbsp;&nbsp;$$('A1Law','Tritek').each(function(e){ &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; e.dispose(); &nbsp;&nbsp;} } World.Peace =...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-82836138578526795352009-04-05T13:36:00.000-07:002009-12-30T13:43:02.591-08:002009-12-30T13:43:02.591-08:00I had a piece of adware installed that seemed to randomly redirect me to various sites I didn’t ask for… sometimes reputable, sometimes offshore viagra. Turns out it also consistently redirected any link to a microsoft update or download site to Google’s English language home page. I think the cluprit was Vundo.JC.dll — found this little tidbit of love after running Defender in safe mode. However, even after removal, the redirection continued. The clue was that this redirection was...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-42216541338120265942009-01-19T14:26:00.000-08:002009-12-30T14:27:03.562-08:002009-12-30T14:27:03.562-08:00We have a need to build a "Save to (your custom web application)" Add-In for Microsoft Word. This book should help: Mastering VBA in Microsoft Office 2007MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-51685048431554491472009-01-13T15:51:00.000-08:002009-12-30T14:30:22.747-08:002009-12-30T14:30:22.747-08:00On Friday the Thirteenth, February 13, 2009 at 15:31:30 (or 3:31:30 pm) PST, the Unix Epoch count reached 1234567890 seconds! My good friend and coworker Derek found this website that Michael was able to get a screenshot of:&nbsp;http://coolepochcountdown.com/MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-31992781220720197002008-11-25T13:52:00.000-08:002009-12-30T13:53:27.432-08:002009-12-30T13:53:27.432-08:00This month we added these additional resources to the bookshelf in our office: The Business Side of Creativity. I read the first edition of this years ago, back when the internet was synonymous with "Netscape". While we're not a design firm, we do, on occasion have to address client "look and feel" desires on occasion -- especially the message on unified branding, measuring effectiveness of a marketing effort, and other such "business sense" type issues. High Performance Web Sites...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299395948776749596.post-33712311994620413072008-11-13T13:51:00.000-08:002009-12-30T13:52:18.433-08:002009-12-30T13:52:18.433-08:00Welcome! I'm Johnny Fuery, Principal Engineer here at Fuery Solutions. We've been working on our core message for quite some time -- despite doing web applications for a living, it seems like our own site is never complete. The old cliche about how "a contractor's house is never painted" comes to mind. :-) With the birth of this new blog, I, along with the rest of the team here at Fuery Solutions, will be publishing ongoing updates. We hope to go beyond the standard "pseudo press...MerusCase Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401188654725995noreply@blogger.com0