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Now we are starting to get someplace!  I've really been enjoying the opportunity to learn WPF by re-writing the application.  Plus it's given me some renewed interest in it's development, which is good for everyone.

The open source WPF version is coming along nicely.

I may start working on a new, open source, WPF based version of Raw Explorer.  I want to make sure that the work can continue if I can't keep working on it for whatever reason.  The current UI library I'm using doesn't really mesh well with open source (it costs about $1000 a year).    From what I'm seeing WPF is the only thing that can fairly easily give the kind of flexibility I need for the editors.  I'll still be able to use a lot of the existing code and the community supplied definition will easily be used, which will save a lot of work and time, but I can't give any kind of estimate as to when it will see the light.  WPF is still fairly new to me, so I will be learning a lot of it as I go.

It's not quite dead, but my actual job is leaving me feeling a little burned out from the whole programming thing.  I haven't been able to work on it nearly as much as I would like.  I think I have a version I could push out now that fixes several bugs, but doesn't really add anything new.  I DO want to get it updated to support things in the new version, but I don't know how long that will take.

I tried to edit one of the tokens and got this error:
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I tried to edit the BUILD_LABOR token: http://dftokens.gumpstudio.com:8080/ViewToken.aspx?Token=BUILD_LABOR

Were you trying to edit it via the web interface, or through Raw Explorer?  If you were using the web interface can you post the xml you were trying to save?

http://dftokens.gumpstudio.com:8080 is now back up and running from the last backup!  I was able to fully restore the database and website, so no token data should be lost.  This means that RawExplorer can now correctly update it's definitions from the server!

I'm going to spend a few hours now fixing some of the bugs that have been reported.  I'm hoping to upload a new version later tonight.

I can't even get it to work. Finally read far enough along through the thread to see that I need to download the token definitions, but the website doesn't appear to be online.

I also saw some stuff in the thread about locating DF.exe.  Where do we configure that? Shouldn't we just select the root DF folder and let the program automatically located the Dwarf Fortress.exe and the raw folder within it.

a simple getting started readme would be great to include.

I'd really like to get this working, as I'm sure its a great tool as others in this thread have mentioned.

My SQL server crashed a few days ago and took the token website with it. I'm trying to get it restored from backup as quickly as I can.  Including a "read me" file is a great idea, I'll make one for the next version.

I'm not sure if you are still working on this wonderful tool, but if you are I have a request. The ability to check what reactions are tied to what building (e.g. right click on the building and select show reactions, then it shows all reactions with that building token).

I am indeed still working on it!  I'm currently trying to figure out how to handle some of the enhancements that Toady is making to some of the tokens for the next version.  I'll add your feature as soon as I get a chance.