WLW and Box.net update

Well it's been a little while since my last post about my plug-in to Windows Live Writer (WLW), but rest assured, development is still continuing. What I have been focusing on of late is trying to separate out all the common functions so they will work independent of WLW.

So far things are going pretty well. I have a new version now that includes a common library of controls, a plug-in for WLW and a stand-alone application for Windows, both with the same functions.

I will be making a new release soon on CodePlex for download, but need to do a bit more testing first.

I have also been working on a user guide for the plug-in that can be viewed from the CodePlex project site. I will look to add a PDF version soon to for download.

Continuing with the Box.net theme, I came across a blog post today that gives instructions on how to "Mount box.net account in Windows Explorer". The article gives step-by-step instructions on how to add a Box.net account as a "My Network Place", using the Box.net webdav interface (I think).

Latest "Box.net to Live Writer" release

Well I have just released an update to my plug-in called Box.net to Live Writer. This update includes a number of new features of which the biggest are the ability to upload and download files.

This was quite a challenge as I wanted to do the upload and download asynchronously so it could update a status bar while the file transfer was happening, also so I could cancel the file transfer easily and not freeze the plug-in.

I know it probably still has a few bugs as this change was quite major. But please download the latest version, have a play and log an issues in the CodePlex forums, and I'll get right onto them.