RE: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-13 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Same here..thinking of getting a surface pro..but considering mac ultra From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter Sent: Monday, 13 October 2014 8:19 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Windows on Macbook Hey all Anybody here have a

RE: [OT] Surface

2014-09-17 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
So Surface 3 can handle VS with no issues..what are the specs? Anthony Salerno | Founder | SmallBiz Australia Innovation | Web | Software | M2M | Developers | Support Suite 13, 2 Enterprise Drive Bundoora 3083 +613 8400 4191 | 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au | Po Box 135, Lower Plenty 3093

[OT] Micro Framework team

2014-09-14 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone at Microsoft know a person, phone no I can contact regarding Micro Framework. Anthony Salerno | Founder | SmallBiz Australia Innovation | Web | Software | M2M | Developers | Support Suite 13, 2 Enterprise Drive Bundoora 3083 +613 8400 4191 | 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au | Po Box

RE: azure in Australia

2014-08-11 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I have decided to use amazon services they do have a presence in Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Harris Sent: Monday, 11 August 2014 2:42 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: azure in Australia The rumour mill has been saying

RE: Position Available

2014-07-31 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Thanks, we will see if we have anyone available? Anthony Salerno | Founder | SmallBiz Australia Innovation | Web | Software | M2M | Developers | Support +613 8400 4191 | 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au | Po Box 135, Lower Plenty 3093 ABN : 16 079 706 737 www.smallbiz.com.au

RE: [ot] intranet

2014-07-30 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Going to try sharepoint..ill see what all the fuss is about From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Rinaldo De Paolis Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2014 1:11 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [ot] intranet SharePoint anyone? SharePoint Foundation is a

RE: [ot] intranet

2014-07-28 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Interesting…can one note be published to the internet? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Preet Sangha Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014 5:50 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [ot] intranet One note. All the richness of office with all the

RE: [ot] intranet

2014-07-28 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Now that's techie! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Les Hughes Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014 9:37 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: [ot] intranet MediaWiki on a LAMP stack powered by a Raspberry Pi. Works great! :) -- Les

[ot] intranet

2014-07-27 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone have or use an internet system to record their procedures, manuals etc. I have all sorts of docs for installing dotnet, cerating a orchard cms site etc but need a central location to records these.maybe something like a wiki or intranet system? Any suggestion would be appreciated?

[OT] Dot Net ROles

2014-07-19 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
We have some great dotnet roles in the government if anyone is interested. Please send your resume to anthonyatsmall...@mail.comMust have at least 3years experience with dotnet. Anthony Salerno | Founder | SmallBiz Australia Innovation | Web | Software | M2M | Developers | Support +613

ORCHARD CMS

2014-07-02 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone using Orchard CMS? Anthony Salerno | Founder | SmallBiz Australia Innovation | Web | Software | M2M | Developers | Support +613 8400 4191 | 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au | Po Box 135, Lower Plenty 3093 ABN : 16 079 706 737 http://www.smallbiz.com.au/ www.smallbiz.com.au |

[OT] CRM

2014-06-07 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone recommend a CRM system that can scale and on the cloud if possible. Something that can be extended easily ,low start up etc Anthony

RE: [OT] Browser use

2014-05-21 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I use Firefox, Chrome is great but I do not want to support a company that is so powerful and use your data what ever way they want. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2014 12:06 PM To:

RE: [OT] Browser use

2014-05-21 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Just want to spread my use of technology amongst many companies instead of a few…it also inspires competition and innovation. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2014 1:18 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re:

linq question

2014-05-20 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Starting to enjoy linq but have dilemma.. I have 3 tables tasks, tasktags, and tags How can i create a linq query that returns all the tasks that have tag o f tagid=9 Some tasks may have many tags, so only want to return unique tasks. What methodology should i use to

debugging object

2014-05-20 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone aware or use any tools to debug code at object level. Want to be able to out an object and its property values so i can get more info when an exception occurs in my winforms app? Maybe a nugget package? Anthony Salerno | Founder | SmallBiz Australia Innovation | Web | Software |

RE: [OT] Copy Paste from protected Web page

2014-05-19 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I would assume word is using the IE to grad the urls, hence if you have logged into the website using IE, then word may be aware of this? Just my suggestion…not sure how true it is! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of noonie Sent:

FW: linq and timezone conversion

2014-05-19 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
var issues = from n in db.vwIssues where n.IsDeleted == false n.Archived == false orderby n.ETADate descending,n.PriorityOrder ascending, n.DateModified descending select new IssueViewModel

RE: FW: linq and timezone conversion

2014-05-19 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
mm..i never used a Parallel.ForEach..can you explain this function? Parallel.ForEach( issues, x = x.EtaDate = NodaTimeUtil.ConvertToMelbourneTimeZoneFromUtc(x.ETADate.Value)); The timezone will change depending on parameters so want to do this in code. From:

RE: FW: linq and timezone conversion

2014-05-19 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Question..how do I handle a null value Parallel.ForEach( issues, x =if(x.EtaDate.HasValue) x.EtaDate = NodaTimeUtil.ConvertToMelbourneTimeZoneFromUtc(x.ETADate.Value)); ...should this work? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

MVC Model populating from EF5

2014-05-07 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Trying to populate a viewmodel from ef ..i can populate the model from ef with no issue but how do I populate the related objects? I'm sure it easy solution! IssueTracker_Issues is the database table from EF IssueTracker_IssuesTypes is the database table related to field IssueTypeId

GUIDs

2014-05-02 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone doing database replications, are you using guids? Have any recommendations or experiences? I don't usually use guids but working on systems that may need to scale, so thinking of switching to guids to avoid any future scalability issues Thanks in advance J Anthony

Debugging Function parameters

2014-04-08 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I have a function with about 10 arguments, one of the variables is failing, ie Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Is it possible to determine which variable is causing the issue? Public Function AddCustomer(ByVal CustomerId As Nullable(Of Integer), ByVal Company

RE: Debugging Function parameters

2014-04-08 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Exception occurs at the function call, don't get a chance to step through -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Sam Lai Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2014 8:25 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Debugging Function parameters I

RE: Debugging Function parameters

2014-04-08 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Is this option available in vs2012 From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Rhys Jones Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2014 6:49 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Debugging Function parameters Hi, Best guess it's Customer Id. - Turn on the

RE: Security scaremongering

2014-02-16 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I have noticed firefox complaining about Silverlight recently, saying security vulnerability..anyone else seen this? Anthony Salerno | Consultant | SmallBiz Australia Software Developers | Mobile | Tablet | Software | Web | eCommerce | IT Support Phone : +613 8400 4191 Email : 2Anthony

kooboo anyone?

2014-02-13 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone using kooboo CMS? I love how initiative it is? What do other people use as a CMS, I have tried orchard but I find the learning curve is steep. Anthony Salerno | Consultant | SmallBiz Australia Software Developers | Mobile | Tablet | Software | Web | eCommerce | IT Support Phone

RE: Video bumpers

2014-02-11 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Excuse my ignorance but what is a video bumper? Anthony Salerno | Consultant | SmallBiz Australia Software Developers | Mobile | Tablet | Software | Web | eCommerce | IT Support Phone : +613 8400 4191 Email : 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au Postal : Po Box 135, Lower Plenty 3093 ABN : 16

RE: Migrating TFS

2014-02-10 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
What sort of costing is involved? Anthony Salerno | Consultant | SmallBiz Australia Software Developers | Mobile | Tablet | Software | Web | eCommerce | IT Support Phone : +613 8400 4191 Email : 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au Postal : Po Box 135, Lower Plenty 3093 ABN : 16 079 706 737

RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ...

2014-02-06 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Agreed..i did find Windows Mobile a lot more flexible and fun to program. Anthony Salerno | Consultant | SmallBiz Australia Software Developers | Mobile | Tablet | Software | Web | eCommerce | IT Support Phone : +613 8400 4191 Email : 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au Postal : Po Box 135,

RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ...

2014-02-05 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Maybe everyone is selling their stocks! Anthony From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 5 February 2014 10:09 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ... ... considering Microsoft finally

RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ...

2014-02-05 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Just making some noise, never heard of him before..good luck to him. I’m interested to know how Microsoft can stay so big with the cloud being so dominant and the desktop for consumers being less important. Having installed software is becoming less important...I have been a Microsoft person

RE: [OT] Raid 0

2014-01-28 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Cool figures From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Chere Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2014 2:40 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Raid 0 For a dev machine I think it's overkill. Using one of our main applications at work as the test

RE: [OT] Raid 0

2014-01-28 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Thanks Guys..raid SSD seems to be the way From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2014 3:26 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] Raid 0 Cool figures From:

Custom Fields

2013-12-22 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Any recommend a method to create custom fields in sql server for a dotnet app. I have web app that allows users to create their own custom fieldsi was think of creating a separate table to define these fields and another table with the data but i can see this being a night mare to maintain

RE: [OT] Taking iiNet to TIO

2013-12-17 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
As previously mentioned..opticomm have the worst support I have ever experienced. Where's the competition for these people? Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-16 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Just a word of advice….I have been dealing with Opticomm for the last few weeks and wonder if they have any customer service at all? Its like a black hole of requests..ask them a question and you will never get an answer….a nightmare of support? This is what happens when a company becomes too

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-15 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Thanks Scott for that feedback, hopefully I do not go through these issues! What suburb are you in? Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-10 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Not sure if anyone is aware or already using it..but i do not have NBN but found that a company called opticomm can install fibre and an ISP like internode can give you speeds of 40MBS/20MBS connection... i'm disconnecting my Telstra low performance line for the same cost but fibre speeds.

Configuration Tool

2013-11-28 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
No sure, if it a common task but is there any open source code or tools to be able to create a configuration file. I have my own library to read/write a applicayion configuration file but would love to have an interface where I could change its settings. I know MS Enterprise Library has a

SCreen Recorder

2013-11-27 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone suggest a third party control or code to record screen video within an application? Anthony Salerno Melbourne StuffUps --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

RE: SCreen Recorder

2013-11-27 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Want something that is dotnet code..don't want to rely on windows 7 From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Preet Sangha Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2013 11:03 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: SCreen Recorder Can you use the built into windows

RE: Priority Application Pool in IIS

2013-11-15 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Want a website to have priority over other websites ie website A should be given priority over website B when they are both busy with requests and/or resources Hope this helps Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others!

Priority Application Pool in IIS

2013-11-14 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Is it possible to make a application pool in IIS a priority? Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ -- NOTICE

RE: Priority Application Pool in IIS

2013-11-14 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I have a website and I want to give priority from other websites in regard to performance/resources Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

compression library

2013-10-03 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyoe suggest a library to compress/decompress byte data? Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ -- NOTICE :

RE: compression library

2013-10-03 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Thanks people J Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ -- NOTICE : The information contained in this

webservices

2013-10-03 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I have been using llblgen for years for web services(using the built in soap in asp.net).. Basically.. I retrieve data as xml, compress then send to client Client decompresses to xml then I deserialise to xml What is the current best practice for web services for smart client

RE: webservices

2013-10-03 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Seems too heavy.what type of object are you passing through the service? Serialized xml, bytes? Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

RE: [OT] Your hero - Steve Jobs or Dennis Ritchie?

2013-09-25 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Everyone's life has many stories..his story isn't any better\worse than yours J Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

RE: Mark II

2013-09-24 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Interesting discussion...its going to be an interesting future for these giants...i have always used MS developer tools and software but my experience with windows phone 7,8 has lead me to look at other platforms... From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On

RE: Restricting Data Chnages

2013-09-24 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Is it possible to restrict the number of records that can be modified in one query? We had a database that had all its records updated by accident ie 30,000 rows..how can we avoid this in the future? What techniques are suggested? How can we see who\what changed the records? Anthony

RE: Restricting Data Chnages

2013-09-24 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
It's a db I inherited so there are many sp that may be doing 'naughty' things Anthony Melbourne StuffUps:learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

RE: Mark II

2013-09-23 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I wonder who is doing all the research for the Surface Pro Marketing… a giant that can’t find its home any more! I believe Microsoft needs to something quickly if it wants to stay a giant player ..except for business, devs etc no needs to buy MS software anymore..everything is going web and

[OT]Virtual File

2013-09-22 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Is it possible to redirect a webservice.asmx file to another location I have a iphone app that point to http://www.hello.com/webservice.asmx but it should be pointing to http://ws.hello.com/webservice.asmx is this possible without need to update the iphone application? Anthony

RE: [OT]Virtual File

2013-09-22 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
This appears to be only a directory redirect not a file redirect Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ --

RE: out of memory..urgent...Solution

2013-09-13 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
What do you mean? Anthony Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ -- NOTICE : The information contained in this

RE: out of memory..urgent...Solution

2013-09-13 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I agree with what your saying but other people have had this issue...it worked for me and haven't worried about it. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Mark Hurd Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013 6:20 PM To: ozDotNet

RE: out of memory..urgent...Solution

2013-09-13 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Thanks Mike..will implement your advice..just being lazy From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013 5:13 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: out of memory..urgent...Solution Like this.

Code commenting

2013-09-12 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone suggest a method to autmaticlly comment code when lines have changed? Would be great to be able to see who changed what when viewing the code. At the moment,, we write comments like //xxMOD 12AUG13 XX=PROGRAMMER INITIALS WE use TFS but we like to write comments in code sometimes.

RE: out of memory..urgent...Solution

2013-09-12 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
If you are interested..memeory issue was resolved by doing the following. Public Shared Function byteArrayToString(ByVal b() As Byte) As String Dim ss As New System.Text.UTF8Encoding Dim sString As String Dim sb As New StringBuilder Dim cursor As

RE: Code commenting

2013-09-12 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
I like to comment code and remove some of them after a while. Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ --

RE: out of memory..urgent

2013-09-10 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Thanks people..going through all these options...let hope it fixes it...i'll keep you informed.. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 2:48 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: out of memory..urgent This

RE: TCP Messages to Server

2013-09-10 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
You probably could if you use assumed port 80and got your modem to send a simulated page get with the headers From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 6:31 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: TCP Messages

RE: TCP Messages to Server

2013-09-10 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Yes it is..use firebug or jsfiddler to get a standard template(with headers) you could use. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 7:29 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: TCP Messages to Server

out of memory..urgent

2013-09-09 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Getting out of memory exception when I try to Dim s as string Dim b() as Byte s=System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(utf-8).GetString(b) Definitely something about the length of b..works fine most of the time except if b length is very large Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
This guy..all I rememeber..’if you do know here..blah blah..if you door knock here..blah….’ Anthony Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU this is pretty funny and disturbing video! This guy is pretty useless..this politick has no idea about anything…its just a job he is going for…how do these people get into such roles… Anthony

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Well said…I believe Julian Assange would get my vote..i see honesty in him…mmm..that could bring a change! Anthony Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/

Hidden/Missing button

2013-09-03 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
Anyone suggest a easy way to find a control on my winform and move it. I have button that has gone missing...ie has location -9000,-7000 I have many controls on the form and was hoping there was a easy way to find it/highlight, maybe a extension? Anthony Salerno Melbourne StuffUps

[OT] Melbourne Stuffups

2013-07-22 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ Anthony