StrivingLife

Promising a real comment moderation system, BE.NET 1.6 was released a few days ago.

Having just upgraded from 1.5.0.7, I wasn't without my issues, but overall the memory footprint doesn't seem too horrible (it's increased a bit again, but ...)

Actually, the memory footprint isn't a minor issue. I have 805 posts with 688 comments, and get between 9 to 10 thousand visits a month. BlogEngine.NET starts at around 150 MB of RAM and jumps up to 210 MB. It's not horrid, but I remember the days when it was nice and lean.

At one point Mads suggested he was going to switch over to IIS 7; maybe we'll see .NET 3.5 functionality first, which might tighten things up. Otherwise it may just mean I need to do a custom build ... or scrap it altogether for a lean system. I don't want to, but ...

For various reasons, I had need to install Windows XP on a new virtual machine earlier today (with Windows 7 64-bit as the host).

For whatever reason, when getting to the point of accepting the licensing terms, before installation, I was unable to use the F8 key. After searching about, I found a number of Mac and Ubuntu users with the same issue, but no Windows users. The left control, shift, alt, and even right control (which I knew wasn't going to work, but an Ubuntu user swore by it and I was out of options) buttons did nothing to help.

However, the often-used (ah, sarcasm) "F Lock" key was what finally did it.

But what the heck if the F Lock key in the first place? Turns out it's a Microsoft keyboard key, and which seems utterly useless.

Did the presence of this key cause the issue? Or is this a common issue that Windows users don't report? Or were the Mac/Linux questions so plentiful that they bumped the Windows users?

Version 1.5.3 of iTunes Playlists to Xml is now available for download.

Download iTunes Playlists to Xml 1.5.3.

Installing and more information

If you're new to iTunes Playlists to Xml, I've created a 'product page' for iTunes Playlists to Xml with all the information needed to get started.

Upgrading

To upgrade from any version of 1.4 or 1.5 you simply need to replace the iTunesPlaylistsToXml.exe file with the one in the above archive. Your configuration file should be upgraded with the new functionality automatically.

To upgrade from version 1.3 or earlier, extract the contents of the zip replacing everything but the iTunesPlaylistsToXml.exe.config file; when you start the application after upgrading the configuration file should be automatically upgraded with all new settings. If you get a configuration error, then replace this file with the new version. Remember to update your name in the Settings menu.

Changes from version 1.5.2

Version 1.5.3 of iTunes Playlists to Xml adds the ability to always save the output with a particular file name, instead of the default which uses the current date and time.

This option can be set in the settings as the "Always save as" option.

Features for future releases

A future release will allow you to change the elements that are output by default via the user interface (it's possible now via the command line).

The next version may also require .NET Framework version 3.5. If you feel strongly about this, please let me know by leaving a comment below.

Suggestions

As always, comments and suggestions are appreciated.