Re: Access Database Replication

2010-09-06 Thread mike smith
On 7 September 2010 15:15, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:09 PM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Probably why some people have stopped asking me questions :-P And the downside is? That looks suspiciously like a question, meski. ¿sorry

Re: verdict on kindle/ebook reader?

2010-09-03 Thread mike smith
, which requires the backlight to all be on. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:12 PM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 September 2010 15:05, Simon Reed simon.spectre.l...@gmail.comwrote: +1 agree with Ken Also compared to a backlit device such as an iPad or tablet I find the eye strain

Re: [OT] SQL injection attack vectors

2010-09-01 Thread mike smith
On 1 September 2010 15:06, Craig van Nieuwkerk crai...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see how any legitimate programmer could claim to be unaware of such an issue; it's a core concept about how programming works. They may as well be confused that comments don't compile. Of the hundred plus

Re: Win Phone 7 RTM

2010-09-01 Thread mike smith
On 2 September 2010 11:53, Nick Randolph n...@builttoroam.com wrote: Lol – but RTM != In-Stores-Soon…. You’ve got to allow a couple of months for the rtm build to be round tripped through OEMs, Telcos and back to MS J That's what I like about Android. Gets updated to your existing phone.

Re: Win Phone 7 RTM

2010-09-01 Thread mike smith
On 2 September 2010 13:47, Sam Lai samuel@gmail.com wrote: On 2 September 2010 13:27, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 September 2010 11:53, Nick Randolph n...@builttoroam.com wrote: Lol – but RTM != In-Stores-Soon…. You’ve got to allow a couple of months for the rtm build

Re: Properties

2010-08-24 Thread mike smith
About the only time fields might be preferable is where you want to read a file (a bitmap, say) and then cast it to a class. A lot of the lower-level classes in MFC did that. CRect, CPoint, etc. On 25 August 2010 12:07, Mark Ryall mark.ry...@gmail.com wrote: If you create some library that

Re: [OT] Does anyone know a good Access list?

2010-08-17 Thread mike smith
On 17 August 2010 11:28, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.com wrote: S Again, this would be useful for importing the raw data from Access. What the client needs is to be able to import the generated reports, including calculated fields, totals, formatting, etc. *exactly as they see it on

Re: [OT] Does anyone know a good Access list?

2010-08-16 Thread mike smith
I thought when I saw this that it shouldn't matter. My bad there, the options are different. I was doing it from a table. Would exporting it as xml work then? On 16 August 2010 16:11, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:47 PM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] Does anyone know a good Access list?

2010-08-15 Thread mike smith
export to excel workbook seems to export to a xlsx (2007) format ok. On 16 August 2010 15:29, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.com wrote: Or have an answer to this: I'm helping a client with some problems they are having with an Access 2007 application. They have reports based on queries

Re: Remote debugging outside of domain

2010-08-08 Thread mike smith
as it doesn’t recognise the PDB’s. - Michael Lyons *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith *Sent:* Monday, 9 August 2010 1:26 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: Remote debugging outside of domain It's

Re: OT - Mathematical computing

2010-07-31 Thread mike smith
You could always use Fortran :^) On 31 July 2010 11:29, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone do anything of this type? I'm currently playing with MATLAB, and it's pretty fun. There are some things that require a bit of getting used to, but it seems like it's the most used and

Re: An actual subject

2010-07-22 Thread mike smith
Close enough On 22 July 2010 11:41, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: I guess they never thought of that. Either that or they decided not to support the scenario where the subject line is blank. A

Re: An actual subject

2010-07-22 Thread mike smith
If they don't respond the source is available, if you want it do insert then feel free. Oh, and you can merge the change back, and we might accept it :^) On 23 July 2010 06:21, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 22 July 2010 11:41, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 22,

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2010-07-21 Thread mike smith
Snicker On 22 July 2010 11:13, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.comwrote: Good point On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:31 AM, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: -- silky Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature. -- Michael

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

2010-07-12 Thread mike smith
On 12 July 2010 21:41, .net noobie dotnetnoo...@gmail.com wrote: Or building an NBN I was under the impression that we were building the 40+ billion NBN to have TWO networks to increase/create competition Er, since when would that increase competition? Do we have two sets of roads, two sets

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

2010-07-09 Thread mike smith
On 9 July 2010 20:27, noonie neale.n...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, I remember a recent election with 20+ candidates on the ballot paper. The way one is supposed to vote, as shown on the how-to-vote cards, is to select your most favoured candidate and place a 1 against his/her name, then a 2

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

2010-07-09 Thread mike smith
On 9 July 2010 20:43, .net noobie dotnetnoo...@gmail.com wrote: Gillard. more Spin than Rudd I just hope the Australian public realise it before the election, this labour party has done alot of damage in 2.5 years, we don't need 3 more years of it Not trying to be too political, but

Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?

2010-07-01 Thread mike smith
On 2 July 2010 08:33, Alastair Waddell alastair.wadd...@dsc.wa.gov.au wrote: After watching these videos, who wants to collaborate on a project… Collaborate, like the French did? On Behalf Of Dylan Tusler   And my favourite: Queen - We Will Rock You (salsa style) 

Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?

2010-07-01 Thread mike smith
On 2 July 2010 09:12, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 2 July 2010 08:33, Alastair Waddell alastair.wadd...@dsc.wa.gov.au wrote: After watching these videos, who wants to collaborate on a project… Think Been Folds Five.. Give me my bandwidth back Not really wanting to collaborate,

Re: KPI's for software developers

2010-06-25 Thread mike smith
On 25 June 2010 12:43, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: I am never going to a hospital again Having been in one last week, I can only agree. Sleep deprivation as a means of torture has *nothing* on what a hospital will do to you. -- Meski Going to Starbucks for coffee is

Re: [OT] Laptop - Dell vs Toshiba

2010-06-15 Thread mike smith
On 15 June 2010 14:20, Corneliu I. Tusnea corne...@acorns.com.au wrote: I had a Dell XPS 16 Core i7 + 8Gb Ram + SSD (aftermarket) and returned it back to Dell after 4 months of use due to incredible heating and constant crashing. The laptop has a design flaw that the vents get covered by the

Re: regarding db sync

2010-06-09 Thread mike smith
On 10 June 2010 12:00, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: I know there was a thread on this recently. The versioning inside the DB is obviously one component of this, but scripting the changes is the other part. Does anyone automate the scripting? It seems to me that it would be cool if

Re: regarding db sync

2010-06-09 Thread mike smith
On 10 June 2010 15:11, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Mark Ryall mark.ry...@gmail.com wrote: I meant to say this in one of the previous threads on this topic. The conventional approach seems to be to manage a set of sql files per database (one file per

Re: .NET Obfuscator Software..free!

2010-06-03 Thread mike smith
On 4 June 2010 11:19, Jason Finch jason.fi...@gmail.com wrote: Different approach, Don't obfuscate your code, give them the entire source code. Then attach a restrictive usage license. Then hope that they ignore the license and intergrate your code into their critical systems. Then audit

Re: .NET Obfuscator Software..free!

2010-06-03 Thread mike smith
On 4 June 2010 13:47, Iain Carlin cut...@gmail.com wrote: Which is where escrow agreements come in in the software world. In my previous job as a contractor, we had an escrow agreement with our customers. Source code was held in escrow by a third party. If we went out of business they handed

Re: Visual Studio output window

2010-06-03 Thread mike smith
On 4 June 2010 14:37, Dylan Tusler dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au wrote: Dylan, I look at the Error Window to navigate to compile errors (hitherto I didn’t realise you could click on warnings/errors in the output window) Naturally, I don't get any warnings or errors in my output window,

Re: Ignoring excpetions in catch

2010-06-02 Thread mike smith
-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2010 1:14 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ignoring excpetions in catch On 1 June 2010 18:37, James Chapman-Smith ja...@enigmativity.com wrote: Handling exceptions requires exceptional

Re: Ignoring excpetions in catch

2010-06-01 Thread mike smith
On 1 June 2010 18:37, James Chapman-Smith ja...@enigmativity.com wrote: Handling exceptions requires exceptional programming - literally figuratively. I find that there are very few times that you actually need to handle exceptions. Very few. Rampant exceptional handling creates more

Re: ASP.NET Control databinding, member properties, dynamically fetch property name?

2010-05-25 Thread mike smith
On 26 May 2010 08:35, Winston Pang winstonp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, This is more of a question of whether or not this sounds feasible and has anyone seen anyone do this: Typically with most ASP.NET controls, lets take the ComboBox for an example, it'll be like

Re: How To do something every so often

2010-05-20 Thread mike smith
On 20 May 2010 15:54, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:54 PM, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote: But would one of them be easier to implement with the .Net 4.0 parallel extensions? I see what's happened here. I've somehow subscribed to the ironic humour

Re: How To do something every so often

2010-05-18 Thread mike smith
On 18 May 2010 14:19, Dylan Tusler dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au wrote: Is = slower than by itself? Not at all. if (foo == 1) 00053EEC cmp dword ptr [ebp-54h],2710h 00053EF3 jne CTrimAutoDeployModule::main+8Ch (53EFCh) { foo=0;

Re: [OT] Sky spraying again in the northen suburbs of vic

2010-05-18 Thread mike smith
On 19 May 2010 13:09, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 19 May 2010 12:28, Anthony asale...@tpg.com.au wrote: Anyone see the chemtrail in the sky? Are they spraying for mind control or weather control today? CO2. Oh, you said that. :) David. -- David Connors (da...@codify.com)

Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation

2010-05-13 Thread mike smith
On 12 May 2010 17:21, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: I'm fine with all of that except the bit where you're awake watching them do it. I don't care how much Valium or how many anesthetic eye drops I'm given I'm not doing that. DO you *have* to be awake? -- Meski Going

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread mike smith
On 14 May 2010 11:03, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 14 May 2010 11:01, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.com wrote: I hated this ridiculous situation too, until I realized that there are benefits. I get to try out a printer for 6 months to see if I am happy with it, and the ability

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread mike smith
On 14 May 2010 13:08, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 May 2010 11:03, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 14 May 2010 11:01, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.com wrote: I hated this ridiculous situation too, until I realized that there are benefits. I get to try out a printer

Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation

2010-05-13 Thread mike smith
On 14 May 2010 11:57, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. Otherwise your eyes roll up and they can't lase you bro. GROAN On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:10 AM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 May 2010 17:21, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation

2010-05-12 Thread mike smith
On 12 May 2010 15:04, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.com wrote: Got eye exam, got reading gleasses, But when there is zoom do we need gleasses? If we can change the size of what we read do we really need to use reading glasses (and keep the font the same size)? It just doesn't make sense

Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation

2010-05-12 Thread mike smith
On 12 May 2010 16:09, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: You fix that by having two tvs each showing a different channel Can you get optically corrected 3d lcd shutter glasses? I'm thinking it could be just software. -- Meski Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to

Re: Cheapest way to get VS2010 Professional?

2010-05-05 Thread mike smith
On 5 May 2010 10:10, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.com wrote: BizSpark, DreamSpark, what about Tony Stark?  :) No seriously what is the cheapest way to get it, client won't be paying for it so it will be coming out of me own pocket. I just can't do without at least VS2010 Professional.

Re: Environment.GetCommandLineArgs at runtime

2010-04-27 Thread mike smith
Pass a pipe as a parameter? On 28 April 2010 12:13, Anthony asale...@tpg.com.au wrote: Am i able to pass parameters to an application when it is already open.  I know i can use Environment.GetCommandLineArgs at execution startup but what about when its already open Is your website being 

Re: VS2010 Professional Pricing

2010-04-16 Thread mike smith
software from overseas. Why would there be markup on a RRP? David Loo. *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith *Sent:* Friday, 16 April 2010 8:38 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: VS2010 Professional Pricing On 16 April

Re: [OT] MSAccess developer wanted

2010-04-13 Thread mike smith
[mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:20 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] MSAccess developer wanted On 13 April 2010 10:02, Greg Shaw g...@decisionware.com.au wrote: A friend asked me if I knew any MSAccess developers and I

Re: Code Camp Oz - question to those who would like to attend.

2010-03-30 Thread mike smith
On 31 March 2010 10:56, Mitch Denny mitch.de...@readify.net wrote: Hi folks, I’m looking at dates for Code Camp Oz 2010, and it’s looking like it is going to be at the tail end of the year based on the availability of the CSU campus. Given that what if it was in late November to early

Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-21 Thread mike smith
On 19 March 2010 16:53, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.com wrote: I've come across something that perplexes me today... Just curious if others have hit it. I asked about the office when we'd be starting to use Visual Studio 2010, and if anyone was excited about it and all I got back was

Re: [OT] Free Forum Software and Mailing list software.

2010-03-03 Thread mike smith
On 4 March 2010 14:00, Adrian Halid adrian.ha...@itvision.com.au wrote: Hi All, I am looking for some free forum software. I have used PHPBB before and found it easy to setup and great for plugins or modifications. But I need to find some software to host on Windows IIS with a MS

Re: [OT] External hard drives

2010-03-03 Thread mike smith
On 4 March 2010 12:49, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: My wife needs an external hard drive for backing-up and carrying around her couple of hundred MB of work files. I’ve never owned an ext HDD or looked at them, so before I drive down to the local MSY (parts

Re: [OT] External hard drives

2010-03-03 Thread mike smith
. Just *try* doing this with USB. :) Cheers Ken *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith *Sent:* Thursday, 4 March 2010 11:57 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] External hard drives On 4 March 2010 12:49, Greg Keogh g

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