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How, in general, does one determine if a PC supports hardware virtualization? I use VirtualPC to set up parallel test environments and I'd enjoy a bit of a speed boost.
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AOP is an interesting programming paradigm in my opinion. However, there haven't been discussions about it yet here on stackoverflow (at least I couldn't find them). What do you think about it in general? Do you use AOP in your projects? Or do you think it's rather a niche technology that won't be around for a long tim...
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In the past we declared properties like this: public class MyClass { private int _age; public int Age { get{ return _age; } set{ _age = value; } } } Now we can do: public class MyClass { public int Age {get; set;} } My question is, how can I access the private variable that ...
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I need to figure out what div is visible out of four possible divs using jQuery. Only one of those div's will be visible at any given time. This is what I have that works so far: $("#FeatureImage1:visible, #FeatureImage2:visible, #FeatureImage3:visible, #FeatureImage4:visible").attr("id"); Is there a way to refactor ...
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With all the fuss about opensource projects, how come there is still not a strong standard that enables you to make portable code (I mean in C/C++ not Java or C#) Everyone is kind of making it's own soup. There are even some third party libs like Apache Portable Runtime.
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Do you know if there is a built-in function to build a dictionary from an arbitrary object? I'd like to do something like this: >>> class Foo: ... bar = 'hello' ... baz = 'world' ... >>> f = Foo() >>> props(f) { 'bar' : 'hello', 'baz' : 'world' } NOTE: It should not include methods. Only fields.
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Is it possible in c# to initialize an array in, for example, subindex 1? I'm working with Office interop, and every property is an object array that starts in 1 (I assume it was originally programed in VB.NET), and you cannot modify it, you have to set the entire array for it to accept the changes. As a workaround I am...
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In my MFC application, when I call CComboBox::ShowDropDown(), the mouse cursor is hidden until interaction with the combo box completes (when the combo box loses focus.) It doesn't reappear when the mouse is moved, like it does with edit boxes. How can I keep the mouse cursor from being hidden?
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What would be the best version control system to learn as a beginner to source control?
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There is a lot of information out there on object-relational mappers and how to best avoid impedance mismatch, all of which seem to be moot points if one were to use an object database. My question is why isn't this used more frequently? Is it because of performance reasons or because object databases cause your data...
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I have a network C++ program in Windows that I'd like to test for network disconnects at various times. What are my options? Currently I am: Actually disconnecting the network wire from the back of my computer using ipconfig /release Using the cports program to close out the socket completely None of these methods t...
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I'm trying to preform setup and teardown for a set of integration tests, using jUnit 4.4 to execute the tests. The teardown needs to be run reliably. I'm having other problems with TestNG, so I'm looking to port back to jUnit. What hooks are available for execution before any tests are run and after all tests have comp...
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Have you used pipes.yahoo.com to quickly and easily do... anything? I've recently created a quick mashup of StackOverflow tags (via rss) so that I can browse through new questions in fields I like to follow. This has been around for some time, but I've just recently revisited it and I'm completely impressed with it's e...
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When I subscribe for a report, I may chose to have a subject like: @ReportName was executed at: @ExecutionTime I would like a name like this: Your "@ReportName" report covering Sep 10 2008 - Sep 16 2008 Sep 10 2008 - Sep 16 2008 are values of the two report parameters: @DateFrom and @DateTo, respectively. Can I specify...
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Can anyone point me to a good resource (or throw me a clue) to show me how to do DataBinding to controls (ComboBox, ListBox, etc.) in WPF? I'm at a bit of a loss when all my WinForms niceities are taken away from me, and I'm not all that bright to start with...
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I'm currently working on an internal sales application for the company I work for, and I've got a form that allows the user to change the delivery address. Now I think it would look much nicer, if the textarea I'm using for the main address details would just take up the area of the text in it, and automatically resize...
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Resharper certainly thinks so, and out of the box it will nag you to convert Dooberry dooberry = new Dooberry(); to var dooberry = new Dooberry(); Is that really considered the best style?
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I have defined a Java function: static <T> List<T> createEmptyList() { return new ArrayList<T>(); } One way to call it is like so: List<Integer> myList = createEmptyList(); // Compiles Why can't I call it by explicitly passing the generic type argument? : Object myObject = createEmtpyList<Integer>(); // Doesn't c...
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We're experimenting with various ways to throttle user actions in a given time period: Limit question/answer posts Limit edits Limit feed retrievals For the time being, we're using the Cache to simply insert a record of user activity - if that record exists if/when the user does the same activity, we throttle. Using ...
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I've been working on a project that accesses the WMI to get information about the software installed on a user's machine. We've been querying Win32_Product only to find that it doesn't exist in 64-bit versions of Windows because it's an "optional component". I know there are a lot of really good alternatives to queryin...
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What's the best way to get the contents of the mixed body element in the code below? The element might contain either XHTML or text, but I just want its contents in string form. The XmlElement type has the InnerXml property which is exactly what I'm after. The code as written almost does what I want, but includes the...
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How have you implemented Internationalization (i18n) in actual projects you've worked on? I took an interest in making software cross-cultural after I read the famous post by Joel, The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!). However, I h...
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I get a URL from a user. I need to know: a) is the URL a valid RSS feed? b) if not is there a valid feed associated with that URL using PHP/Javascript or something similar (Ex. http://techcrunch.com fails a), but b) would return their RSS feed)
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Is it possible to configure Visual Studio 2008 to automatically remove whitespace characters at the end of each line when saving a file? There doesn't seem to be a built-in option, so are there any extensions available to do this?
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Alan Storm's comments in response to my answer regarding the with statement got me thinking. I've seldom found a reason to use this particular language feature, and had never given much thought to how it might cause trouble. Now, I'm curious as to how I might make effective use of with, while avoiding its pitfalls. Whe...
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What is the best available method for developing a spell check engine (for example, with aspell_python), that works with apache mod_python? apache 2.0.59+RHEL4+mod_python+aspell_python seems to crash. Is there any alternative to using aspell_python?
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How much less libraries are there for Mono than for Java? I lack the overview over both alternatives but I have pretty much freedom of choice for my next project. I'm looking for hard technical facts in the areas of performance (for example, I'm told Java is good for threading, and I hear the runtime code optimization...
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I've switched over to a Mac recently and, although things have been going quite well, the very different text-editing behaviours across applications is driving me insane. Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, Apple-arrow, Ctrl-arrow, alt-arrow etc. quite often do different things depending on the application. Is there a way t...
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In the vein of programming questions: suppose there's a collection of objects that can be compared to each other and sorted. What's the most efficient way to keep track of the smallest element in the collection as objects are added and the current smallest occasionally removed?
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I'm creating an automated installation of Office 2007. To customise your Office 2007 installation the Office Customization Tool (OCT) does most of the work for you. One the OCT's features is the ability to run additional programs during the Office installation. However it is pretty poor at it. Fortunately by editi...
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The problem is that I have several "h2" tags that have a display:inline attribute, and on Microsoft's wonderful browsers the space between them doesn't appear. Is there a workaround? I know there is a "non-breaking space" &nbsp; in HTML but I was wondering if one can make a space that may be a "breaking space". --- edi...
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How can I check the existence of an element in jQuery? The current code that I have is this: if ($(selector).length > 0) { // Do something } Is there a more elegant way to approach this? Perhaps a plugin or a function?
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So we're trying to set up replicated repositories using PlasticSCM, one in the US, and one in Australia and running into a bit of a snag. The US configuration is Active Directory, the AU configuration is User/Password. This in itself is not a big deal, I've already set up the SID translation table. The problem is wi...
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We need to programatically burn files to CD in a C\C++ Windows XP/Vista application we are developing using Borlands Turbo C++. What is the simplest and best way to do this? We would prefer a native windows API (that doesnt rely on MFC) so as not to rely on any third party software/drivers if one is available.
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Many times I have seen Visual Studio solutions which have multiple projects that share source files. These common source files are usually out in a common directory and in the solution explorer their icon shows up with a link arrow in the bottom left. However, any time I try to add a source file to the project that is...
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I inserted some values into a table. There is a column whose value is auto-generated. In the next statement of my code, I want to retrieve this value. Can you tell me how to do it the right way?
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We use QuickBooks for financial management, and feed it from a variety of sources. I now need to hook it up to BizTalk, and I'd hate to reinvent the wheel. I've done searches, and as far as I can tell there's no QuickBooks adapter for BizTalk. Does anyone know of anything that'll do the job, preferably something that d...
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I'm currently using DPack as this adds a "Collapse All Projects" option to the Solution node in Solution Explorer. It works pretty well but can take a while to execute and doesn't always collapse everything fully. Are there any better alternatives? Preferably free and easy to install/setup. There are lots out there but...
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Have you guys had any experiences (positive or negative) by placing your source code/solution on a network drive for Visual Studio 2005 or 2008? Please note I am not referring to placing your actual source control system on that drive, but rather your working folder. Thanks
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My C# program has a list of files that can be dragged from it and dropped into another program. My requirements are that the file be copied to a different directory first. So, can I be notified of the drop operation so that I can only copy the file if operation succeeds? I'd rather wait till I know it needs to be copie...
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What would be the best method for getting a custom element (that is using J2ME native Graphics) painted on LWUIT elements? The custom element is an implementation from mapping library, that paints it's content (for example Google map) to Graphics object. How would it be possible to paint the result directly on LWUIT el...
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I have a simple little test app written in Flex 3 (MXML and some AS3). I can compile it to a SWF just fine, but I'd like to make it into an EXE so I can give it to a couple of my coworkers who might find it useful. With Flash 8, I could just target an EXE instead of a SWF and it would wrap the SWF in a projector, and ...
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Has anyone found a good compression format for MS Sqlserver databases? If so, what do you use and are you pleased with how it performs? My company frequently will compress a database snapshot from one of our clients and download it so we have a local copy for testing and dev purposes. We tried zip in the past, but onc...
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What are the different approaches for creating scheduled tasks for web applications, with or without a separate web/desktop application?
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My path to a 'fulltime'- developer stated as a analyst using VBA with Excel, Access, and then onto C#. I went to college part time once I discovered I had a passion for coding not business. I do about most of my coding in C#, but being an ASP.NET developer I also write in HTML, JavaScript, SQL etc. . . the usual susp...
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Given a relatively simple CSS: div { width: 150px; } <div> 12333-2333-233-23339392-332332323 </div> How do I make it so that the string stays constrained to the width of 150, and wraps to a new line on the hyphen?
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We're upgrading an existing program from Win2k/SQL Server 2k to Windows 2003 and SQL Server 2005 as well as purchasing a new program that also uses 2k3/2k5. The vendor says that for us to host both databases we need to get the Enterprise version because the softwares clients use different collation for the connections ...
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This is how I wanted to do it which would work in PHP 5.3.0+ <?php class MyClass { const CONSTANT = 'Const var'; } $classname = 'MyClass'; echo $classname::CONSTANT; // As of PHP 5.3.0 ?> But I'm restricted to using PHP 5.2.6. Can anyone think of a simple way to simulate this behav...
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The company I work for is wanting to add blog functionality to our website and they were looking to spend an awful amount of money to have some crap being built on top of a CMS they purchased (sitecore). I pointed them to Telligent's Community Server and we had a sales like meeting today to get the Marketing folks on...
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I've got an old, legacy VB6 application that uses the DHTML editing control as an HTML editor. The Microsoft DHTML editing control, a.k.a. DHTMLEd, is probably nothing more than an IE control using IE's own native editing capability internally. I'd like to modify the app to implement smart quotes like Word. Specificall...
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Do you often see in API documentation (as in 'javadoc of public functions' for example) the description of "value limits" as well as the classic documentation ? Note: I am not talking about comments within the code By "value limits", I mean: does a parameter can support a null value (or an empty String, or...) ? does ...
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Is it possible to undo the changes caused by the following command? If so, how? git reset --hard HEAD~1
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When supplying dates to a stored procedure via a parameter I'm a little confused over which format to use for the dates. My original VBA syntax used the ADO Connection object to execute the stored procedure: Set SentDetailRS = Me.ADOConnectionToIntegrity.Execute("dbo.s_SelectAggregatedSentDetailList '" & fCSQLDate(Effe...
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In python, you can have a function return multiple values. Here's a contrived example: def divide(x, y): quotient = x/y remainder = x % y return quotient, remainder (q, r) = divide(22, 7) This seems very useful, but it looks like it can also be abused ("Well..function X already computes what we need as...
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How can I replace lone instances of \n with \r\n (LF alone with CRLF) using a regular expression in C#? I know to do it using plan String.Replace, like: myStr.Replace("\n", "\r\n"); myStr.Replace("\r\r\n", "\r\n"); However, this is inelegant, and would destroy any "\r+\r\n" already in the text (although they are not l...
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I didn't see any similar questions asked on this topic, and I had to research this for something I'm working on right now. Thought I would post the answer for it in case anyone else had the same question.
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In VS .NET, when you are selecting a folder for a project, a dialog that looks like an OpenFileDialog or SaveFileDialog is displayed, but is set up to accept only folders. Ever since I've seen this I've wanted to know how it's done. I am aware of the FolderBrowserDialog, but I've never really liked that dialog. It s...
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C# and Java allow almost any character in class names, method names, local variables, etc.. Is it bad practice to use non-ASCII characters, testing the boundaries of poor editors and analysis tools and making it difficult for some people to read, or is American arrogance the only argument against?
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Has anyone been able to get an NHibernate-based project up and running on a shared web host? NHibernate does a whole lot of fancy stuff with reflection behind the scenes but the host that I'm using at the moment only allows applications to run in medium trust, which limits what you can do with reflection, and it's thro...
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How do I connect to a remote Oracle database instance from PHP? I need to query (read only) the remote Oracle database for some information; do I need to have an Oracle Instant Client installed? Is the OCI extension for PHP enough?
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I have a costumer showing Notepad with a large set of data that looks totally misaligned if word wrap is on and I want to force it off. Is there a command switch to do this?
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I had this question in mind and since I just discovered this site I decided to post it here. Let's say I have a table with a timestamp and a state for a given "object" (generic meaning, not OOP object); is there an optimal way to calculate the time between a state and the next occurrence of another (or same) state (wha...
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I wrote an Active X plugin for IE7 which implements IObjectWithSite besides some other necessary interfaces (note no IOleClient). This interface is queried and called by IE7. During the SetSite() call I retrieve a pointer to IE7's site interface which I can use to retrieve the IHTMLDocument2 interface using the followi...
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I have a WCF Web Service which is referenced from a class library. After the project is run, when creating the service client object from inside a class library, I receive an InvalidOperationException with message: Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'MyServiceReference.IMyService' in th...
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Java has Scala and .NET has F#. Both of these languages are very highly integrated into the respective Java and .NET platforms. Classes can be written in Scala then extended in Java for example. Does there exist an equivalent functional language that interoperates highly with C++?
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What's the simplest way to connect and query a database for a set of records in C#?
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Attempting to insert an escape character into a table results in a warning. For example: create table EscapeTest (text varchar(50)); insert into EscapeTest (text) values ('This is the first part \n And this is the second'); Produces the warning: WARNING: nonstandard use of escape in a string literal (Using PSQL 8....
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How do I find the 'temp' directory in Linux? I am writing a platform neutral C++ function that returns the temp directory. In Mac and Windows, there is an API that returns these results. In Linux, I'm stumped. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
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I have an executable (compiled by someone else) that is hitting an assertion near my code. I work on the code in Visual C++ 2003, but I don't have a project file for this particular executable (the code is used to build many different tools). Is it possible to launch the binary in Visual C++'s debugger and just tell it...
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Looking for a way to display a PDF in Flex. I'm sure there are several ways. Looking for the easiest to maintain / integrate / most user friendly. I'm guessing it's possible to display a browser window in the app and render it, but if it goes off of IE / FireFox it's not acceptable for this project. Thanks...
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I'm trying to create a dialog box using C++ and the windows API, but I don't want the dialog defined in a resource file. I can't find anything good on this on the web, and none of the examples I've read seem to define the dialog programmatically. How can I do this? A simple example is fine. I'm not doing anything compl...
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When I downloaded Skype, I noticed that, in place of a normal "disk image" icon, there was a custom icon, and when I double clicked on the icon, the window used a colorful image as the background, prompting me to drag the skype icon into the applications folder. How can I do that with my applications? Thanks, Jason
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I was wondering if anyone could suggest a utility library that has useful functions for handling dates in ASP.NET easily taking away some of the leg work you normally have to do when handling dates? Subsonic Sugar has some really nice functions: http://subsonichelp.com/html/1413bafa-b5aa-99aa-0478-10875abe82ec.htm http...
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Basically, something better than this: <input type="file" name="myfile" size="50"> First of all, the browse button looks different on every browser. Unlike the submit button on a form, you have to come up with some hack-y way to style it. Secondly, there's no progress indicator showing you how much of the file has up...
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Store everything in GMT? Store everything the way it was entered with an embedded offset? Do the math everytime you render? Display relative Times "1 minutes ago"?
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The ASP.NET AJAX ModalPopupExtender has OnCancelScript and OnOkScript properties, but it doesn't seem to have an OnShowScript property. I'd like to specify a javascript function to run each time the popup is shown. In past situations, I set the TargetControlID to a dummy control and provide my own control that first d...
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I'm using IIS in Windows 2003 Server for a SharePoint intranet. External incoming requests will be using the host header portal.mycompany.com and be forced to use SSL. I was wondering if there's a way to set up an alternate host header such as http://internalportal/ which only accepts requests from the internal network...
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Does it make sense, having all of the C#-managed-bliss, to go back to Petzold's Programming Windows and try to produce code w/ pure WinAPI? What can be learn from it? Isn't it just too outdated to be useful?
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So my company uses a delightfully buggy program called Rational Purify (as a plugin to Microsoft Visual Developer Studio) to manage memory leaks. The program is deigned to let you click on a memory leak after you have encountered it, and then jump to the line that the leak occurs on. Unfortunately Purify is malfunctio...
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I've found syntax highlighters that highlight pre-existing code, but I'd like to do it as you type with a WYSIWYG-style editor. I don't need auto-completed functions, just the highlighting. As a follow-up question, what is the WYSIWYG editor that stackoverflow uses? Edit: Thanks to the answer below, I found two that lo...
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I have a rails application which is still showing the cachebusting numeric string at the end of the URL for static mode, even though I have put it into the production environment. Can someone tell me what config option I need to set to prevent this behaviour...
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Does anyone know where to find good online resources with examples of how to make grammars and parse trees? Preferably introductory materials. Info that is n00b friendly, haven't found anything good with Google myself. Edit: I'm thinking about theory, not a specific parser software.
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I've got a load-balanced (not using Session state) ASP.Net 2.0 app on IIS5 running back to a single Oracle 10g server, using version 10.1.0.301 of the ODAC/ODP.Net drivers. After a long period of inactivity (a few hours), the application, seemingly randomly, will throw an Oracle exception: Exception: ORA-03113: end-o...
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How do I use the profiler in Visual Studio 2008? I know theres a build option in Config Properties -> Linker -> Advanced -> Profile (/PROFILE), however I can't find anything about actauly using it, only articles I was able to find appear to only apply to older versions of Visual Studio (eg most say to goto Build->Profi...
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I'm reading lines of input on a TCP socket, similar to this: class Bla def getcmd @sock.gets unless @sock.closed? end def start srv = TCPServer.new(5000) @sock = srv.accept while ! @sock.closed? ans = getcmd end end end If the endpoint terminates the connection while getline()...
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Suppose I have a COM object which users can access via a call such as: Set s = CreateObject("Server") What I'd like to be able to do is allow the user to specify an event handler for the object, like so: Function ServerEvent MsgBox "Event handled" End Function s.OnDoSomething = ServerEvent Is this possible and,...
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It seems to be the general opinion that tables should not be used for layout in HTML. Why? I have never (or rarely to be honest) seen good arguments for this. The usual answers are: It's good to separate content from layoutBut this is a fallacious argument; Cliche Thinking. I guess it's true that using the table elem...
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How are you handling the entry of numeric values in WPF applications? Without a NumericUpDown control, I've been using a TextBox and handling its PreviewKeyDown event with the code below, but it's pretty ugly. Has anyone found a more graceful way to get numeric data from the user without relying on a third-party contro...
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I need to create a 2D int array of size 800x800. But doing so creates a stack overflow (ha ha). I'm new to C++, so should I do something like a vector of vectors? And just encapsulate the 2d array into a class? Specifically, this array is my zbuffer in a graphics program. I need to store a z value for every pixel on...
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My current project is to write a web application that is an equivalent of an existing desktop application. In the desktop app at certain points in the workflow the user might click on a button and then be shown a form to fill in. Even if it takes a little time for the app to display the form, expert users know what ...
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I just saw a comment of suggesting J#, and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that management has decreed that the company should jump on the Java bandwagon... and the .NET bandwagon. If you use J#, you are e...
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I'm using Visual Studio Team System 2008 at work to do web development. I've gotten quite used to it but can't really afford to purchase even VS 2008 Standard at this time. I have never used any of the Express editions before but I was thinking about downloading VS C# Express and VS Web Developer Express. Am I wasting...
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I'm looking at ways to embed PDF viewing in a Flex application. Currently the only option I've seen is by using the flash.html.HTMLLoader class, which only works if you're using AIR. This isn't a big deal -- I'm willing to use AIR if I have to -- but based on my experimentation with viewing a PDF this way it appears th...
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I am confronted with a new kind of problem which I haven't encountered yet in my very young programming "career" and would like to know your opinion about how to tackle it best. The situation A research application (php/mysql) gathers stress related health data from users. User gets a an analyses after filling in the q...
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How do I validate a UK phone number in C# using a regex?
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I am sketching the architecture for a set of programs that share various interrelated objects stored in a database. I want one of the programs to act as a service which provides a higher level interface for operations on these objects, and the other programs to access the objects through that service. I am currently ai...
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The .NET Setup project seems to have a lot of options, but I don't see an "Uninstall" option. I'd prefer if people could "uninstall" from the standard "start menu" folder rather than send them to the control panel to uninstall my app, so can someone please tell me how to do this? Also, I am aware of non Microsoft ins...
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I have a Java application which I want to shutdown 'nicely' when the user selects Start->Shutdown. I've tried using JVM shutdown listeners via Runtime.addShutdownHook(...) but this doesn't work as I can't use any UI elements from it. I've also tried using the exit handler on my main application UI window but it has no ...
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What's the easiest way to convert a percentage to a color ranging from Green (100%) to Red (0%), with Yellow for 50%? I'm using plain 32bit RGB - so each component is an integer between 0 and 255. I'm doing this in C#, but I guess for a problem like this the language doesn't really matter that much. Based on Marius and...
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I'm trying to set up an inheritance hierarchy similar to the following: abstract class Vehicle { public string Name; public List<Axle> Axles; } class Motorcycle : Vehicle { } class Car : Vehicle { } abstract class Axle { public int Length; public void Turn(int numTurns) { ... } } class MotorcycleAxle : Axle...
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