RE: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)
Hey Scott - I have to admit I'm not particularly imaginative - if you were building the internet from scratch, what do you think would be better than JavaScript? Does this product exist? Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 11:42 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere) David: I think the words your seeking are JavaScript Stockholm Syndrome .. I object strongly to a language who's surrounded by frameworks that are hell bent on abstracting developers from the said language as much as possible because the said language is so far behind the evolution curve. Had JS moved to ECMA4 - ECMA6 ..sure.. i'll play along but this JS ciricle jerk that's going on because everyone's given the defeatist attitude... bleh... And yes, I will concede I see my future with me standing on the roadside way WILL CODE JS FOR CRACK... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:23 AM, David Connors da...@connors.commailto:da...@connors.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.commailto:scott.bar...@gmail.com wrote: better, faster? O.o... did you just say JavaScript is better than WPF? . I said 'someone's 10kb of JS is better. JavaScript is just Internet assembly language. It's the frameworks that matter. I used to hate JS with a passion, but the momentum around it is undeniable and the things people accomplish with frameworks on top of it are staggering. David Connors da...@connors.commailto:da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363tel:%2B61%20417%20189%20363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: Windows forgetting app passwords
Does your work have a web proxy? Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Monday, 6 May 2013 7:08 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Windows forgetting app passwords Howdy, Nothing to do with .NET but I thought I would throw this out there and see if anyone has any ideas. I have a number of apps that have their own password stored in them (Lync, GTalk, etc) that I set to auto-sign-on when I log into my work PC. Whenever my domain password expires, all of these apps forget their credentials on the next logon and I have to set them all again and tick 'sign in automatically'. Does anyone else see this behaviour or know what causes it? The search terms are obviously pretty spammy in Google. David Connors da...@connors.commailto:da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors
RE: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?
Wow Tony - great quote! Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Tuesday, 2 April 2013 12:04 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro? actually that said, you pay for what you get. The WinRT device is quite limiting, and its only when you hit those limitations that you will feel the regret. If you want full flexibility, then you would be better off with the Pro device. Reminds me of a quote: It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better. On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:38 AM, James Chapman-Smith ja...@chapman-smith.commailto:ja...@chapman-smith.com wrote: I want a fairly portable device that is easier to lug around than my current laptop. I expect to get a light-weight device that I can remote into my workstations. I anticipate replacing my single laptop with two desktop machines - one for work and one for home - and the Surface then becomes my traveling device and something that I can place beside the bed to watch TV at night or use on the couch to check emails, update facebook, etc. I'll also use the Surface as a note taking device at seminars/conferences. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, 2 April 2013 10:26 To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro? Do you have any requirements or wants from the device that you're buying? Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of James Chapman-Smith Sent: Tuesday, 2 April 2013 10:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro? Hi Folks, I'm thinking about getting myself either a Surface RT or a Surface Pro (or maybe some other alternative). Every time I think about it I convince myself that one is better than the other but then the next time I flip. What are everyone's thoughts? Should I get a Surface RT or a Surface Pro? Should I get a surface at all? How much memory should I get? I thank you for your well thought out ideas in advance. Cheers. James. Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: Encryption
An oldy but a goody - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10154/NET-Encryption-Simplified Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013 1:06 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Encryption Hey all, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229741.aspx ...which allows you to encrypt data using information from the current user account or computer. I'm using ProtectedData to encrypt and decrypt passwords so they can be stored in database encrypted, but they want to be able to see what the password is for administrators. It all works great except when a user logs in (using a custom principal, not the user who did the encryption.. ie the Admin) and it doesn't work as the user is different, or the machine is different. I'm looking for a way to encrypt and decrypt at an app level rather than user/machine level. Don't mind if keys are involved. Anyone done this and is there a framework class somewhere for that? cheers, Stephen Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: [OT] sql convert datetime problem; forcing order of AND statements
As an alternative to CTE/subselect, you could do something like below. Not sure of the implications on indexing: --temp table DECLARE @temp TABLE ( [Value] VARCHAR(15) ) --populate INSERT INTO @temp SELECT '28-Nov-2012' UNION ALL SELECT '28-Nov-2012' UNION ALL SELECT 'blah' SELECT [Value] FROM@temp WHERE --only convert if date - comparisons to NULL return NULL CONVERT(DATE, CASE WHEN ISDATE([Value]) = 1 THEN [Value] ELSE NULL END) GETDATE() Thomas -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Davy Jones Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012 11:47 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] sql convert datetime problem; forcing order of AND statements As far as I am aware, and coming from a time when we didn't have optimisers. All parts are evaluated A part, in the case of a case else is is the statement as a whole. Select * from t where Id = 3 and date 1997 Without the optimiser, It does Date 1997 Id = 3 Select * With the optimiser it does Id =3 Date 1997 Select * The example provided I have no idea which the optimiser thinks is more performant, the point being you can't write standard logic in SQL, all parts are executed. A select case is a special construct to get around the problems. I would not like to do the convert date on a string of characters over and over any way. Are all these dates stored in the same way? Davy Sent via telegraph. On 29 Oct 2012, at 10:25, Les Hughes l...@datarev.com.au wrote: Davy Jones wrote: Hi SQL always executes right to left Are you talking about boolean evauluation? If so... False. (At least for 2008 R2 which I have in front of me) -- Les Hughes l...@datarev.com.au Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: Anyone using structs in C# Business Applications?
Hi Arjang, my experience sounds close to yours: DB to WinForms/ASP.NET business apps, and no need for structs. Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi Sent: Friday, 17 August 2012 10:53 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Anyone using structs in C# Business Applications? Hello I have found myself not needing to use structs for any reason in the vanilla business apps ( DB to front end WindosForms,WPF,ASP.net etc) for past 7 years or so. All BO's are classes, and I can't think of anything more fine grind than that. Unless I have been missing something, my question is to Business App writers, do you use structs any where for any reasons? In all the usuall VS demos I have not seen structs being used ( graphics demos do not count!) Regards Arjang Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect
Hi Greg - I'd say it would be worth the overhead to include jQuery and a pop-up/modal like http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html Can pop-up using an IFRAME to contain another page, or a DIV on the current page, or via AJAX. However it's a client solution, nothing to do with ASP.NET server-side code. Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 9:55 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: ASP.NET modal dialog effect Folks, we have a traditional ASP.NET page with a need for a popup product picker. We need that mock modal dialog effect you get (for example) in Gmail where you do things like Export Contacts, create New Group, etc. Gmail even has a nice effect where the background disables and the popup has a drop shadow and a close X button to simulate a real model window in a web page. What is the quickest and least painful way of getting this modal dialog effect in an ASP.NET page? My previous experience with Javascript and ASP.NET combined has been a nightmare of quirks and failure trying to manage the lifetime and interaction of the two. So I'm hoping there are some kits or tools to help me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated so I can knock-up a demo asap. Thanks Greg Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: Mornington Peninsula Developers
Hi Mitch - that's where I live. Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Mitch Denny Sent: Thursday, 3 May 2012 1:28 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Mornington Peninsula Developers Hi there, I'm wondering if there are any folks here on the list that live on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. I'm just curious if there is any viable way to create a regional developer community in that part of Victoria in addition to the active community that is in the city. Mitch Denny Readify | Chief Technology Officer | MVP (ALM) | vTSP (ALM) | ASPInsider Head Office: Suite 408 Life.Lab Building | 198 Harbour Esplanade | Docklands | VIC 3008 | Australia M: +61 414 610 141 | E: mitch.de...@readify.netmailto:mitch.de...@readify.net | W: www.readify.nethttp://www.readify.net/ | Twitter: @MitchDennyhttp://twitter.com/MitchDenny Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: Vmware
Hi Tom - I'd take a look at the power plans that the host and guest are running. Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Gao Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 6:57 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: Vmware Hi All, My home machine is a 4 core 8 thread i7-960. I have allowed Vmware to take all 4 cores. However even when all CPU cores for the VM are loaded at 93% on all cores the host machine's CPU is only loaded at 60%. Does anyone know of any ways to make the Host PC take on more load ? Thanks, Tom Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: Window Management software
I was using ZBar http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/zbar/ (free) to extend the task bar across two monitors - recently switched to Dual Monitor Taskbar http://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortb/ (also free) as it has better Windows 7 theme support. Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2011 11:36 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Window Management software I use displayfusion, and used to use ultramon. Prefer displayfusion, it has a few features that ultramon does but not quite as well. (widescreen wallpapers for example). both are pretty good On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Raghu Rana raghur...@gmail.commailto:raghur...@gmail.com wrote: You could also look at http://www.displayfusion.com/ On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Joseph Clark jcl...@atlassian.commailto:jcl...@atlassian.com wrote: I've been using Ultramon for years for just one single feature - it extends the Windows taskbar onto secondary monitors. Can't live without it, now. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Wallace Turner wallacetur...@gmail.commailto:wallacetur...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone use any window management software, free or otherwise, that they swear by ? I'm looking at Divvy right now... -- Raghu Rana Mobile: +61 432 139 301tel:%2B61%20432%20139%20301 Email: raghur...@gmail.commailto:raghur...@gmail.com Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
RE: Dynamic buttons on WinForms
Hi Anthony - I have used a library called Transitions for WinForms animations: https://code.google.com/p/dot-net-transitions/ Thomas From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Mayan Sent: Monday, 1 August 2011 12:43 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Dynamic buttons on WinForms Is it possible to create a winform so that buttons slide into the current available position similar to divs in HTML. Basically, i have some buttons that will remove under certain conditions, but want the remaining buttons to take up the space left by the remove ones. Almost like tetris...hope i have ade this clear? Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 2009
