Re: Persils of overusing a class?

2010-04-20 Thread Preet Sangha
Depends. Is it doing the same job, or many jobs? On 21 April 2010 13:27, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Are there any problems/points that should be considered when a class is being used from too many places in project? Is there any complexity measure associated with

Re: Namespace question

2010-04-20 Thread Preet Sangha
You can alias types like this: using Foobar = XXX.YYY.XXX.Foobar This should fix up conflicts If they still exist you can create virtual names: using XFoobar = XXX.YYY.XXX.Foobar private CFoobar ... On 21 April 2010 17:29, Simon Haigh simon_ha...@pillar.com.au wrote: Quick question about

Re: How to declare a class refrence as an argument type?

2010-04-29 Thread Preet Sangha
Do you mean Type? On 30 April 2010 11:45, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.com wrote: I need to have method with a a signature looking like this RegisterForm( typeof(Form) formType) where the forn type is actually a class refrence ( Delphi parlance, what are class refrences are called in

Re: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website

2010-05-30 Thread Preet Sangha
As a play site you can also look at suteki shop from mike hadlowhttp://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2010/03/upgrading-suteki-shop-to-aspnet-mvc-2.html. He tends to keep this up to date with the latest technologies from MS. On 31 May 2010 11:23, Matt Siebert mlsieb...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the

Re: [OT] Friday - Conway (or.. Labor govt) once again delays Internet Filter

2010-07-09 Thread Preet Sangha
Try dropping the AppDomain and trying again.

Re: VBScript Unable to find assembly

2010-11-29 Thread Preet Sangha
Since the code is running under the vb script executable (cscript.exe??) then I would suggest trying to create a cscript.exe.config with an appropriate probePath configuration runtime assemblyBinding xmlns=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1 probing

Re: [OT] Getting rid of old computer books

2010-12-18 Thread Preet Sangha
A few years ago I gave all my older that one year books to the local technical college. I doubled the size of their computer section (ahem). Just because they aren't relevant to us others just learning may find something useful in them. Why not ask a local college and see what they say? On 19

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Preet Sangha
Can I point out the obvious cultural bias the coffee question. On 20 January 2011 13:56, djones...@gmail.com wrote: I've interviewed hundreds of candidates over the years. I start with. There is no pass or fail here, I'm going to start simple and if you know the answers then I'll ask more

Re: [OT] Perth geek dinner

2011-02-01 Thread Preet Sangha
Time for an upgrade? On 2 February 2011 12:42, Peter Maddin petermad...@aapt.net.au wrote: Want to, but my diet and wife say NO!. I do love Indian food. Sadly Peter On 2/02/2011 12:24 AM, Stephen Price wrote: For anyone in Perth up for a Geek dinner on Thursday, please RSVP up on

Re: Placeholders in large text file

2011-02-06 Thread Preet Sangha
Sorry for hijacking the thread - but can i recommend the use of Memory Mapped Files for reading and writing large files? This will make it far far quicker as changes pages in memory won't need to be stored in the system page file. On 7 February 2011 16:23, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: WCF TraceListeners

2011-03-07 Thread Preet Sangha
Why not create a diagnostic app.config file too at deployment and the user can swap at diagnostic time? On 8 March 2011 17:25, Peter Maddin petermad...@iinet.net.au wrote: For tracing using WCF services one adds a system.diagnostics section usually by using the WCF configuration editor during

Re: [OT] Chrome command line to open multiple tabs

2011-03-17 Thread Preet Sangha
This powershell command dumps the Pid and the Command Line *Get-WmiObject Win32_Process -Filter Name like '%chrome%' | Format-List ProcessId, CommandLine* On 18 March 2011 14:00, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Hoss Ravanparsa hitman.h...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-10 Thread Preet Sangha
is it a Windows 64 or 32 issue? On 11 April 2011 16:08, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Folks, I’ve been helping a friend migrate from a 4 year old box to a snazzy new one we built last week. He has an EPSON Stylus 700 printer which plugs into the 25-pin male printer port on the old box,

Re: Common GotCha's for Installing a ASP.NET application on Windows 2008+/Windows 7

2011-04-11 Thread Preet Sangha
Windows Auth off by default On 12 April 2011 17:27, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All I'm putting together a article with some common Got Cha's I see people run into when deploying a application on a Windows Server. Hopefully to save some people pain. So far I have

Free delivery to Oz and Nz from Amazon UK for the next month.

2011-04-15 Thread Preet Sangha
Super Saver Delivery to Other International destinations Amazon.co.uk offers FREE Super Saver Delivery to the following countries (offer ends May 15, 2011): Australia, India, New Zealand and South Africa. http://j.mp/hzMn7w Have to spend 25 UKP though. -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the

Re: install .net 4.0 on different drive

2011-05-21 Thread Preet Sangha
My usual option in a time like this is the following: Take the heaviest directories and or files I can find and symlink/juncton them to copies on another drive. You may be able to clear up enough space this way. I find TreeSize Free - http://j.mp/mx0sTH from Jam Software finds the usual suspects.

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

2011-05-31 Thread Preet Sangha
how much time do spend on average evaluating software? I know in general it's usually cheaper to buy than build but sometimes the time taken to evaluate X variations is usually daunting... On 1 June 2011 13:33, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.com wrote: For you, its the space. I guess for

Re: Folder to share and update configuration data and sub folders

2011-06-22 Thread Preet Sangha
why not create a symbolic link under the users' documents folder? Then it can point to a defined location such as c:\MyAppSuite\Shared On 22 June 2011 20:26, Peter Maddin petermad...@iinet.net.au wrote: I need to share configuration data via configuration file, folders containing such things

Re: Folder to share and update configuration data and sub folders

2011-06-23 Thread Preet Sangha
do that in Windows and can you do that programmatically? ** ** Regards Peter ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 June 2011 4:50 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: Folder to share

Re: Keyboard Mouse Ergonomics + Qwerty/Dvorak/Colemak

2011-07-06 Thread Preet Sangha
I second this. I learned to use the mouse with my other hand in about week too. I know swap the hand from time to time. I've also used an MS Natural type keyboard for about 10 years (give or take - though I've just switched off it for a couple of months rest to get used to a normal one for a

Re: [ot] Junior dotnet/web programmer required to start yesterday!

2011-07-17 Thread Preet Sangha
Despite my feelings being similar to yours, someone has to hire juniors in order to make them into non junior developers. On 18 July 2011 10:59, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com wrote: urgent Jnr Developer wanted = Can't afford Snr Developer Pay. Spidey senses tell me this is a classic

Re: [OT] Toshiba Satellite Notebook BIOS password

2011-07-18 Thread Preet Sangha
What is the aim? To access the data or to recover access to the laptop as is? Obviously I'd suggest ripping the disk out and copying the data off in the first case. For the the second I have heard about tools that crack these but I've never used them and wouldn't know how to get them from. There

Re: [OT] Toshiba Satellite Notebook BIOS password

2011-07-18 Thread Preet Sangha
LOL I just read that Toshiba is a back door password - worth a try I suppose. On 18 July 2011 18:57, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: What is the aim? To access the data or to recover access to the laptop as is? Obviously I'd suggest ripping the disk out and copying the data off

Re: Application crash

2011-08-03 Thread Preet Sangha
Assuming that you have Intermec CN50s in the office, can you swap one of the customers ones for yours for testing? also I've not done it on mobile devices, but you might want to consider OutputDebugString (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee488209.aspx) as your logger. Preet On 4

Re: Does .net 4.0 cover .net 3.5

2011-09-06 Thread Preet Sangha
My gut feeling is that they are separate due to the new CLR in 4.0 On 7 September 2011 15:15, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote: Hey All Just a quick question. If I have .net 2.0 and 4.0 installed on my workstation, do I also need to install 3.5 SP1 or is it covered in 4.0? I thought

Getting Microsoft hotfix - MS links don't appear to work.

2011-09-07 Thread Preet Sangha
Guys I wonder if I'm doing this right. I found a KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2277657 And I then went : http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2277657 and filled out the form, on submission it told me that I'd get an email with relevant links. However the links

Re: Getting Microsoft hotfix - MS links don't appear to work.

2011-09-07 Thread Preet Sangha
...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha *Sent:* Thursday, 8 September 2011 6:18 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Getting Microsoft hotfix - MS links don't appear to work. ** ** Guys I wonder if I'm doing this right. ** ** I found a KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2277657

Latest MS Sync Framework?

2011-09-11 Thread Preet Sangha
Looking at the sync framework home page ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sync/bb736753) I see that CTP 4.0 (from October 2010) is listed. Is this really the last update - that seems pretty ancient? Or is there codeplex type releases that I should be looking at instead. It look like an interesting

Re: Embed file name into compiled source

2011-09-12 Thread Preet Sangha
in the constructor: class x { static string currentFile = new System.Diagnostics.StackTrace(true ).GetFrame(0).GetFileName(); } On 12 September 2011 21:34, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.comwrote: Hey all, Hopefully a simple one (or impossible). Is there a way to embed the

Re: Embed file name into compiled source

2011-09-12 Thread Preet Sangha
Doh!!! I mean in the class :-) On 12 September 2011 21:37, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: in the constructor: class x { static string currentFile = new System.Diagnostics.StackTrace(true ).GetFrame(0).GetFileName(); } On 12 September 2011 21:34, Michael Minutillo

Re: Embed file name into compiled source

2011-09-12 Thread Preet Sangha
http://codermike.com On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.comwrote: Doh!!! I mean in the class :-) On 12 September 2011 21:37, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: in the constructor: class x { static string currentFile = new

Re: Assembly binding woes

2011-09-19 Thread Preet Sangha
Matt, can you try and use a probe path using a symbolic linked subdirectory to the real directory? On 19 September 2011 18:27, Matt Siebert mlsieb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have some assembly binding weirdness happening that I don't fully understand. I have some theories but I'd like to

Re: [OT] Security clearance for work in Canberra

2011-09-26 Thread Preet Sangha
I hope it's easier than getting uk security clearance. You're not considered for contracts until you have it and you can't get it until you have a job or some company to sponsor you. Meh On 26 September 2011 13:32, Tom Rutter therut...@gmail.com wrote: Gday, Moving to Canberra in a few

Re: ozdotnet vs ozwinrt etc

2011-09-26 Thread Preet Sangha
ozwindows? On 27 September 2011 11:41, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: Howdy, Given the architectural changes in Windows, I am canvasing what we should be doing with a number of these lists. WinRT is the new replacement for Win32 moving forward. WPF an SL become marginalised/legacy

Re: WinRT vs World+Dog

2011-09-27 Thread Preet Sangha
On 28 September 2011 14:24, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, David Kean david.k...@microsoft.comwrote: If you think that WinRT got rid of UI threads and message pumps, you’d be wrong. :) ** That is really disappointing. Why? The technologies

Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2011-10-02 Thread Preet Sangha
Sorry guys that was a silly slip of the mouse On 2 October 2011 19:53, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: [image: LinkedIn] *From Preet Sangha* Principal Developer/Consultant at Iridium Technology New Zealand I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn

Re: In praise of DirectoryInfo Framework 4

2011-10-02 Thread Preet Sangha
Doesn't reflector have an addin to dump out source code to file or project? I suspect large portions of the files will be the same (class names etc). A diff tool (like beyond compare) could highlight differences. On 3 October 2011 14:01, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Many years ago someone in

Re: using win32 C++ Dynamic Dll in .NET

2011-10-07 Thread Preet Sangha
my suggestion is one of these 1. if you need a small subset of the functions write a P/Invoke or MC++ wrapper for the functions you need. 2. If you need to use a large subset of it, recompile it using MC++ with appropriate exposure to functions you need using MC++ On 8 October 2011 16:28, Tom

Re: using win32 C++ Dynamic Dll in .NET

2011-10-07 Thread Preet Sangha
Just had a thought. You could use SWIG to generate a python wrapper that could possibly be used from IronPython 1.1 (CLR 2+) or the 2.7 (CLR4+) On 8 October 2011 17:44, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: my suggestion is one of these 1. if you need a small subset of the functions write

Re: using win32 C++ Dynamic Dll in .NET

2011-10-07 Thread Preet Sangha
painful to have to go to python. ** ** I was hoping there were an easier way. P/Invoke isn’t exactly the easiest thing to use. ** ** Also what’s the IDE for MC++? ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha

Re: using win32 C++ Dynamic Dll in .NET

2011-10-07 Thread Preet Sangha
...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha *Sent:* Saturday, 8 October 2011 4:32 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: using win32 C++ Dynamic Dll in .NET ** ** Python painful? Hahahahah I found it one of the best .net languages for it's clean syntax and interoperability. But that aside. MC

Re: New laptop

2011-10-09 Thread Preet Sangha
...@thinksmartdigital.com.au W. www.thinksmartdigital.com.au T. www.twitter.com/rid00z L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland http://au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.comwrote: I'm thinking of getting a gaming laptop for development

Re: New laptop

2011-10-10 Thread Preet Sangha
Director P. 0404 865 350 E. mich...@thinksmartdigital.com.au W. www.thinksmartdigital.com.au T. www.twitter.com/rid00z L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking of getting a gaming laptop

Re: New laptop

2011-10-11 Thread Preet Sangha
| ThinkSmart Digital Managing Director P. 0404 865 350 E. mich...@thinksmartdigital.com.au W. www.thinksmartdigital.com.au T. www.twitter.com/rid00z L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: I'm

Re: XMLSerializer error

2011-10-11 Thread Preet Sangha
I wonder if that's for the serialiser assembly. I'm trying to recall but doesn't the serialisation/deserialisation take advantage of custom code if you have it. On 12 October 2011 17:17, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have a class called root, which describes an XML data structure

Re: Generics/Type question

2011-10-11 Thread Preet Sangha
So you want to create the list generically? This SO question should help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1371745/build-c-generic-type-defintion-at-runtime so my suggestion is to create a ListX instance for each type (Activator.CreateInstance) in your types array and store the lists in an

Re: monitor stand

2011-10-12 Thread Preet Sangha
Thank you for this info for me it's just up the road :-) On 13 October 2011 01:55, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: This is $75 from local suppliers, I’m told – 3-monitor arm, for up to 24” screens - http://www.laserco.net/products/pc-accessories/pc-accessories/AO-ARM3B - and

Re: Name of process

2011-10-14 Thread Preet Sangha
hahahahahaha snap! On 14 October 2011 19:43, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.com wrote: Ask the experts : http://math.stackexchange.com/ On 14 October 2011 17:29, David Boccabella davidboccabe...@anubis-systems.com wrote: Hi there I am trying to find the name of a process so I can

Re: Hosted Source Control/Issue Tracking recommendations

2011-10-17 Thread Preet Sangha
/2011, at 1:09 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, I've been asked to evaluate cloud hosted source control and issue tracking and was wondering if you guys have any recommendations. We're currently looking at: - Hosted TFS - Fogbuz/Kiln I personally prefer a DVCS

Re: Hosted Source Control/Issue Tracking recommendations

2011-10-17 Thread Preet Sangha
than github and bitbucket? On 17/10/2011, at 1:09 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, I've been asked to evaluate cloud hosted source control and issue tracking and was wondering if you guys have any recommendations. We're currently looking at: - Hosted TFS - Fogbuz

Re: [OT] 10-11 inch notebook

2012-01-10 Thread Preet Sangha
Though I've not owned one. I've used one on occasion and find the following issues: - Screen size. I tend to scroll down not across - the net book experience is not good. So it's hard to read the odd doc them. - low power - boot up and apps like word take for ever to start - of course

Re: The way NuGet works

2012-01-25 Thread Preet Sangha
It is possible to create a nuget 'master libs' type arrangement. I recall doing it in my last role. You create a nuget.config file in the same directory as the solution file containing the shared location. It worked great repositories repository path=..\MyProject\packages.config /

Re: C# training in Brisbane

2012-02-01 Thread Preet Sangha
I cannot recomend any training houses as I'm in NZ, but I can recommend the paid for Pluralsight Training. As experienced as I am, I still get lots of value from their courses. http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/ On 2 February 2012 14:35, Richard Moore

Re: Anyone doing XBAP?

2012-02-07 Thread Preet Sangha
We did. We built the xbap to load the local directories and then run the app form there. On 7 February 2012 19:50, ifum...@gmail.com wrote: XBAP looking pretty cool, but wouldn’t it be better to have a app that works on more platforms? I assume this will not work on an ipad considering it

Re: Distributed Logging Experiences

2012-04-06 Thread Preet Sangha
I wonder if this could be easily extended to a cloud solution. MSMQ locally and then HTTP offsite to an EC2 type beast to aggregate and correlate On 7 April 2012 10:35, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen people use msmq to write a log entry locally and have it read from

Re: unsubscribe

2012-05-04 Thread Preet Sangha
LOL don't mean to be rude but talk to the bot, the list ain't listening On 4 May 2012 19:21, David Loo david@itvision.com.au wrote: ** ** ** ** *David Loo *** MCPD,MCP,MCTS *Analyst/Programmer** * [image: Description: Description: email_signature_logo] *IT

Re: [OT] PC Anniversary

2012-05-24 Thread Preet Sangha
I was in the UK . Got my first PC from Amstrad 640k 20Mb hard drive (and was an 8086). I had to choose between a hard drive and colour - parents could only afford one. Man booting DOS off of a hard drive as opposed to floppy - magic!!! Used it for my final year project programming in Modula 2.

Re: ASP.Net 1.0 in 3.5 container

2012-06-13 Thread Preet Sangha
I've not done this, but I'm wondering if you can just use two virtual directories each with a different WebApplication framework/type? And Hyperlink between them? You can upgrade the old pages as time allows, and as time allows add new functionality the 3.5 application? On 13 June 2012 17:04,

Re: ASP.Net 1.0 in 3.5 container

2012-06-13 Thread Preet Sangha
Sorry Michael I don't know - I've not touched ASP.NET (except for WCF) for years. On 13 June 2012 18:58, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote: With that you can also use a distributed session state. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.comwrote: I've not done

Windows Phone 8 developer story - is it better that 7.x?

2012-06-21 Thread Preet Sangha
I've been reading the other thread about the cost of upgrading phones ornot for windows 8. But I've a deeper concern. Is there any info on the data for developing on window 8 phones? As a windows dev through and through for 20+ years I find that the Windows Phone 7.x is incredibly difficult to

Re: no more Macros for VS2012!

2012-06-29 Thread Preet Sangha
Just discovered this: http://stackoverflow.com/q/11270794/30225 Now I want use macros where ever I need Alas they're going On 30 June 2012 08:48, Jano Petras jano.pet...@gmail.com wrote: Cheers guys, all valued advices. Will try to play with those. Thanks. On 29 June 2012 16:58,

Ok I have a tablet (nexus 7) - now what? (friday off topic)

2012-08-24 Thread Preet Sangha
I've resisted buying an ipad or a tablet for years but I've just decided to on a whim to purchase a nexus 7 and a nice little bit of kit it is too. However as a died in the wool keyboardy person this touchy feely world is a bit alien to me. I bought it primarily to read the web and technical

Re: Ok I have a tablet (nexus 7) - now what? (friday off topic)

2012-08-24 Thread Preet Sangha
Bugger - I should have bought it from OZ! I had my brother send me one over from the UK 199 UKP... On 24 August 2012 21:17, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.comwrote: I've resisted buying an ipad or a tablet for years

Re: Ok I have a tablet (nexus 7) - now what? (friday off topic)

2012-08-24 Thread Preet Sangha
/store/devices Just checked my work visa statement and it was $268.99 delivered. The price was $249 aussie pesos + shipping, not usd as I said below. On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.comwrote: Bugger - I should have bought it from OZ! I had my brother send me one

Re: [OT] Nexus 7

2012-09-21 Thread Preet Sangha
I bought one. I use the kobo app and it's fine. Yes the brother's kindle is a million times better but I wanted to read tech books and colour magazines. It's ok but I've not used it in real anger yet. So in summary? TBD. On 21 September 2012 17:41, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote:

Re: [OT] Nexus 7

2012-09-21 Thread Preet Sangha
** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha *Sent:* Friday, September 21, 2012 2:10 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Nexus 7 ** ** I bought one. I use the kobo app and it's fine. Yes the brother's kindle

Re: [OT] Nexus 7

2012-09-21 Thread Preet Sangha
WOW - that looks fantastic - thank you! On 21 September 2012 20:28, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.comwrote: Well if they are not DRM'd then I highly recommend grabbing a copy of http://calibre-ebook.com/ It'll even run a web server that serves up your ebooks in your house (or out

Re: [OT] Nexus 7

2012-09-21 Thread Preet Sangha
multiple computers too. On 21 September 2012 20:51, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: WOW - that looks fantastic - thank you! On 21 September 2012 20:28, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: Well if they are not DRM'd then I highly recommend grabbing a copy of http

Re: VS2012 and Metro Apps on Windows 8

2012-09-28 Thread Preet Sangha
We were having a discussion at lunch time about tablets and tablet like interfaces. And though we weren't talking about win8 per se there was two schools of thought. One camp thought that keyboards will always provide a high bandwidth to computer interaction for us (devs) content creators. And

Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-09-28 Thread Preet Sangha
Stardock has (in beta) an application that lets you put a windows 7 type start button back into Windows 8. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ The best thing I think is the ability to start in desktop mode. -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-01 Thread Preet Sangha
:-) On 2 October 2012 15:56, Corneliu I. Tusnea corne...@acorns.com.au wrote: That is quite hilarious. Buy a plugin so you can make Windows work like Windows :) On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.comwrote: Stardock has (in beta) an application that lets you

Re: [OT] Almost Friday: New Programming Language, Objective CorporateSpeak++

2012-10-04 Thread Preet Sangha
[?] 2012/10/5 Les Hughes l...@datarev.com.au http://www.floopsy.com/post/**32660494624/programming-** language-objective-**corporatespeakhttp://www.floopsy.com/post/32660494624/programming-language-objective-corporatespeak :) -- Les Hughes l...@datarev.com.au -- regards, Preet,

Windows Server 2012 on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Preet Sangha
In the old days you could put a server OS on you devstation to sun server software for development, and configure the UI to look like a desktop. Does windows server 2012 still have this facility or is it not worth the bother any more. Most of dev is done on 16Bg + i7 + 2 x Raid 0 SSDs so it's got

Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-16 Thread Preet Sangha
Looks like I wont' be splashing out for a while http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/Content/pbpage.Surface?ESICaching=offWT.mc_id=FY13WinHH Don't know how competitive these prices are but they seem a little high but then maybe they are fighting Apple and not Android. US 500

Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-16 Thread Preet Sangha
the new stuff is all part of the Surface brand I suppose. 599 for a coffee table that would get kids dropping plates on is not going to happen in this house :-) 18 K for magic coffee table NOPE can't justify it ever I suspect. On 17 October 2012 18:37, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: Using async/await without .NET Framework 4.5

2012-10-24 Thread Preet Sangha
David, This is good news. The idea that good ideas can/have to be implemented in the BCL and not just the language is great for those of us who are abstraction wonks. Thanks. On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:25 PM, David Kean david.k...@microsoft.comwrote: We just released an updated async

USD $8 App dev accounts

2012-10-30 Thread Preet Sangha
According to http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/10/30/announcing-the-new-windows-phone-8-developer-platform.aspx You can get appdev accounts for on USD $8 for the next week. They say that they'll charge 99 in local currency but refund the difference in the next month. My

Windows 8 - Windows Defender API to scan files

2012-11-17 Thread Preet Sangha
Let's assume I wanted to write a program that would scan files using Windows Defender. I know I can use System.Process to the command line, but I was wondering if there is an API that I could connect to and issue commands. It's just a pet project to and nothing too serious, but my google fu is

Re: [OT] God Mode for Windows 8

2012-11-23 Thread Preet Sangha
very cute! On 23 November 2012 21:08, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: Friday nonsense: I didn’t know about this until recently – apparently it works in Vista+ (certainly OK in Win7) http://www.windows8update.com/2012/11/22/tip-access-the-hidden-godmode-in-windows-8/ **

Re: Managing databases

2012-12-17 Thread Preet Sangha
Thanks Brendan. I used to use IronPython big time as a customisation hook. The ability to load some code from the DB as an upgrade channel was great. I really hope that it's Visual Studio experience is a lot better. In my currently role do less straight code and more functional declarative code

Re: VS2012 - Colours

2012-12-18 Thread Preet Sangha
I love the owner name/description of the project - the guy sounds like he has a good sense of humour. On 19 December 2012 16:26, ste...@malikoff.com wrote: Looks like you've already found something, but I used 'SExColor' (yes I know, stupid name) in VS2010 as I wanted to see the current file

Re: [OT] Live Mesh Replacement

2013-01-01 Thread Preet Sangha
Sorry james I don't know. But can you tell me how live mesh is different to the other cloud technologies like skydrive/drop box etc? On 2 January 2013 16:09, James Chapman-Smith ja...@enigmativity.com wrote: Hi Folks, ** ** You have probably heard that Live Mesh is being retired on Feb

Re: VS2012 unit testing

2013-01-11 Thread Preet Sangha
I think I've lost more sleep on MS Test than any other technology from MS including COM! I believe it's a tool from the pre MS accepting the open source ecosystem and it did show it's 'me too' I've not used it since vs2010 and wouldn't wish that tool on my enemies. Well maybe some all of them. I

Re: vs 2010 and 2012

2013-01-15 Thread Preet Sangha
It's annoying how the BI team isn't keeping up with the SQL team. We have the BI stuff stuff at VS2010, SQL Server at VS2012 (and VS2010), and to top it all to support existing software the BI stuff VS2008. I'd love to upgrade the Bi stuff to a better (slightly less opaque DTS/SSRS and more

Re: [OT] Office 2010 and windows 8 possible or what will work?

2013-01-17 Thread Preet Sangha
Yes. Have been using it for ages. On 18 January 2013 13:41, ifum...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know if office 2010 works on windows 8 or is there a compatible version for it? ** ** ** ** Anthony ** ** ** ** -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland

Re: IPrinciple question

2013-02-21 Thread Preet Sangha
Does this help http://the-tread-way.blogspot.co.nz/2010/05/supporting-multiple-logins-in-windows.html On 22 February 2013 16:40, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Hey all, I'm trying to get AppDomain's SetThreadPrinciple to work in a WPF app. Any new threads created have a

Re: Super Sync Sports

2013-02-27 Thread Preet Sangha
Bloody interesting look at the future of immersive computing. On 28 February 2013 11:33, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: All HTML5. This is amazing. http://www.chrome.com/supersyncsports/ -- David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card:

Re: (sorry slightly off topic) Laptop Backpack

2013-03-06 Thread Preet Sangha
. The thing with Kriega is they are designed to sit on your back without you knowing it, they extremely well made and comfortable. ** ** Good luck Dave ** ** ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha

Re: Cloud TFS

2013-04-05 Thread Preet Sangha
We use TFS in the cloud. Have been since it was called TFSPreview (about 1.5 years) . We are only a half dozen people and we use this as out primary source control repository. It's a very full version of TFS. What do we use? - source control - tasks - shelvesets - I've dabbled a bit with the

(OT) The linq induced facepalm moment

2013-04-09 Thread Preet Sangha
Was racking my mind this morning trying to work out how to build up some cross joins using linq (2 objects) and then did a wee google search and lo there was the answer on stack overflow - from me. My excuse is that I can't possible remember everything :-) -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the

Re: Office365 ?

2013-04-11 Thread Preet Sangha
Use it for our company. Excellent. Onenote (sharepoint) , and Exchange are the biz! Lync never offered much to us. We skype between offices (US, NZ and UK), lync offered nothing much over this. Sorry don't know about AU offerings. On 12 April 2013 12:18, Corneliu I. Tusnea

Re: Failed to find or load the registered .Net Framework Data Provider

2013-05-19 Thread Preet Sangha
Did check the fusion log to see what was being probed for? On 20 May 2013 11:09, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: I copied EVERY dll referenced by the project over to the test machine and it still fails. I was suspicious that the test machine it did work on had Visual Studio 2012 installed on

Re: Failed to find or load the registered .Net Framework Data Provider

2013-05-19 Thread Preet Sangha
Hope it helps. My standard debugging technique is to now always check any and all logs I know about just in case something somewhere has recorded a little titbit of info that could be relevant. You'd be surprised what windows logs On 20 May 2013 13:14, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Did

Re: Missing provider cause found

2013-05-20 Thread Preet Sangha
What's the APPBASE for the AppDomain? On 20 May 2013 19:56, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: I have found the cause, but not the reason for the behaviour. All data access code in my solution has been isolated to run an AppDomain and is only seen through an interface and some shared classes. I

Re: Missing provider cause found

2013-05-20 Thread Preet Sangha
Yeah that's the one. I know you've spent too long on this already but I think a look through the source of the SQL lite provider will reveal this. I hate silly issues like this. On 20 May 2013 21:49, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: What's the APPBASE for the AppDomain? I'm setting the

Re: [OT] Great SSMS add in

2013-06-03 Thread Preet Sangha
Thanks. Normally I just use the Info schema but this is way better :) On 4 June 2013 13:55, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, A friend of mine wrote this *free *add-in for SSMS. It's a great search tool for finding and manipulating tables, stored procs, functions and

Re: Lightweight database

2013-06-03 Thread Preet Sangha
Not done this myself recently but what about an MDB file? Should '.net'/Ado/OLEDB/ODBC out of the box and I think the licensing is that if you have developer edition of office then you can distribute the runtime for free (but I could be wrong). Preet On 4 June 2013 14:24, Greg Keogh

(friday off topic) Fast hardware

2013-07-11 Thread Preet Sangha
About 2 years ago I opted to purchase a laptop that was the fastest I could afford but not paying stupid money. My work these days is mostly heavy database work so every gram of performance helps. It has a Sandybridge I7 and 16G of Ram. The key thing that sold me this laptop was that it supports

Re: (friday off topic) Fast hardware

2013-07-11 Thread Preet Sangha
It is an MSI GT680 The laptop was about 2000 and the two SSDs were about 800 so say about 2400$ AUD On 12 July 2013 14:50, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: How much did it cost 2 years ago?

Re: [OT] My computer history page

2013-07-14 Thread Preet Sangha
Nice! Very good read. I too was doing MVS and OS 370 Assembler and JCL in 1987 but at IBM. PL/AS anyone? On 14 July 2013 20:08, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Hi Folks, some of you in here who can remember further back than the 1990s might be interested in my hobby page here:

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