Re: gr1d.org - A persistent online multiplayer prorgamming game
At least one of the developers is Australian too, so I think that means it's definitely 'on-topic' On 21/12/2010, at 12:21 PM, Michael Minutillo wrote: > Hey all, > > Last week I started playing a game called gr1d (at http://gr1d.org/ ). It's > basically an MMO RPG RTS thing where you control software agents by writing > driver programs for them in .NET. It's still in beta so there are glitches > and bugs and the occasional downtime but it's been fun so far. Anyway, the > servers were reset on Sunday night (all accounts wiped) to kick off the > gr1d.org 0.9 competition (details: > http://gr1d.org/forum/Competition%20Lounge/a28db00e-dffd-4706-9059-07dfb510c061 > ) so now is a pretty good time to jump in if this sounds like something you > might get into. It doesn't require a great deal of time and attention > (although some nights I seem to give it both anyway) and the level of > programming skill required to play is not scary. > > Anywho, if you decide to join I am "wolfbyte" (Address: > 7eaa38eb-7a74-49a3-a7ab-ecfabed7d4f1, Level 4 Engineer based in Connaught > Place). See you in The Arena! > > P.S. Sorry if this comes across as "spammy" but I considered a game that > relies on .NET programming skill to be novel and on topic. >
RE: Book recommendations - MVC and WCF : C#
Write down the name of this title: Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed SAMS - McMurty, Mercuri, et al - 2007 Then cross it off and burn the paper. This book stinks on ice. I might use it to line the cat litter tray. The funniest thing is that the authors never use the abbreviation "WCF", so countless hundreds of times the pages and side bars are littered with the rather verbose words "Windows Communication Foundation". There are so many occurrences of these words on pages that you go sort of snow blind and can't read it properly. But seriously, the worst problem is the rambling writing style and the enormous space occupied by subjects which are of little practical importance. If you want to a better than supermarket quality C# programmer, you'd better order a copy of CLR via C# by Jeffrey Richter. Greg
gr1d.org - A persistent online multiplayer prorgamming game
Hey all, Last week I started playing a game called gr1d (at http://gr1d.org/ ). It's basically an MMO RPG RTS thing where you control software agents by writing driver programs for them in .NET. It's still in beta so there are glitches and bugs and the occasional downtime but it's been fun so far. Anyway, the servers were reset on Sunday night (all accounts wiped) to kick off the gr1d.org 0.9 competition (details: http://gr1d.org/forum/Competition%20Lounge/a28db00e-dffd-4706-9059-07dfb510c061 ) so now is a pretty good time to jump in if this sounds like something you might get into. It doesn't require a great deal of time and attention (although some nights I seem to give it both anyway) and the level of programming skill required to play is not scary. Anywho, if you decide to join I am "wolfbyte" (Address: 7eaa38eb-7a74-49a3-a7ab-ecfabed7d4f1, Level 4 Engineer based in Connaught Place). See you in The Arena! P.S. Sorry if this comes across as "spammy" but I considered a game that relies on .NET programming skill to be novel and on topic.
Re: Book recommendations - MVC and WCF : C#
I've used WCF - Step by Step bu John Sharp (the MS Press book) to learn WCF. Definitely worth a look for the learner. Lowy's "Programming WCF Services" from O'Reilly is a good reference covering the more advanced topics as well. Hope that helps! On 21 December 2010 07:51, Glen Harvy wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking to start using both MVC and WCF in C#. > > As I am a beginner in both these fields, can someone suggest a short list > of books they would recommend I purchase. > > Thanks, > >
Re: Book recommendations - MVC and WCF : C#
MVC: - Steven Sanderson's Pro ASP.NET MVC 2 Framework - ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action The above are for MVC 2. Best to check when the version 3s are due for release before buying. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Glen Harvy wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking to start using both MVC and WCF in C#. > > As I am a beginner in both these fields, can someone suggest a short list of > books they would recommend I purchase. > > Thanks, > >
Book recommendations - MVC and WCF : C#
Hi, I'm looking to start using both MVC and WCF in C#. As I am a beginner in both these fields, can someone suggest a short list of books they would recommend I purchase. Thanks,
Re: Word 2007 not rendering Content Controls in tables
Never mind, I figured it out. For anyone who's interested, the SDT elements (content controls) in the duplicated rows kept their IDs and it seems that in this scenario Word 2007 only keeps the last SDT for each ID (as it states in the documentation for the ID element now that I look at it). It seems Word 2010 is a bit more tolerant. The fix for me is to simply remove the IDs from the duplicate SDTs, although you could probably generate new IDs if you needed to reference them elsewhere. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Matt Siebert wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using the Open XML SDK to work with .docx files. I'm adding a custom > XML part and binding content controls to it. > > I have some repeating items that I'm binding to content controls that > appear in tables. My code is correctly appending table rows and binding the > content controls to the relevant elements in my custom XML part. > > The problem is that Word 2007 only renders the last row correctly. That > is, for the content controls in the other rows, only the placeholder text is > rendered and it's rendered as plain text (i.e. the content control border > doesn't show when you attempt to edit it). > > I've inspected the main document part's XML and confirmed that the only > difference between the last row and the others is the index in the XPath > queries which selects the relevant element for the binding. Also, if I open > the document in Word 2010 everything works as expected. > > This seems like a bug in Word 2007, but I can't find anything helpful on > the net. I've opened the document on several different machines with the > same result, and I've installed all the Office 2007 updates and still no > luck. > > This seems like a common scenario for content controls and custom XML > parts. Has anyone here seen this issue before, or know how to fix it? > > Cheers, > Matt. >
Word 2007 not rendering Content Controls in tables
Hi all, I'm using the Open XML SDK to work with .docx files. I'm adding a custom XML part and binding content controls to it. I have some repeating items that I'm binding to content controls that appear in tables. My code is correctly appending table rows and binding the content controls to the relevant elements in my custom XML part. The problem is that Word 2007 only renders the last row correctly. That is, for the content controls in the other rows, only the placeholder text is rendered and it's rendered as plain text (i.e. the content control border doesn't show when you attempt to edit it). I've inspected the main document part's XML and confirmed that the only difference between the last row and the others is the index in the XPath queries which selects the relevant element for the binding. Also, if I open the document in Word 2010 everything works as expected. This seems like a bug in Word 2007, but I can't find anything helpful on the net. I've opened the document on several different machines with the same result, and I've installed all the Office 2007 updates and still no luck. This seems like a common scenario for content controls and custom XML parts. Has anyone here seen this issue before, or know how to fix it? Cheers, Matt.
