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40,723 | 1 | 40,739 | null | 2 | 220 | For a typical business application, should the focus be on client processing via AJAX i.e. pull the data from the server and process it on the client or would you suggest a more classic ASP.Net approach with the server being responsible for handling most of the UI events? I find it hard to come up with a good 'default ... | Server centered vs. client centered architecture | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:28:22.820 | 2009-02-27T16:55:43.800 | null | null | 2,133 | [
".net",
"architecture"
] |
40,721 | 2 | null | 40,705 | 2 | null | If you are running the scripts then you can set your PATH variable to point to a private bin directory first:
```
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ ln -s `which python2.4` ~/bin/python
$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
```
Then when you execute your python script it'll use python 2.4. You'll have to change your login scripts to change your P... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:28:03.320 | 2008-09-02T21:28:03.320 | null | null | 3,978 | null |
40,705 | 1 | 40,715 | null | 13 | 4,728 | At the beginning of all my executable Python scripts I put the [shebang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)) line:
```
#!/usr/bin/env python
```
I'm running these scripts on a system where `env python` yields a Python 2.2 environment. My scripts quickly fail because I have a manual check for a compatible Py... | Python deployment and /usr/bin/env portability | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:21:14.383 | 2013-10-04T18:27:17.367 | 2008-09-25T02:19:15.280 | 410 | 3,594 | [
"python",
"executable",
"environment",
"shebang"
] |
40,726 | 2 | null | 40,692 | 1 | null | You can certainly create RESTful web services in ASP.NET 2.0, for [example](http://blogs.msdn.com/dseven/archive/2007/02/10/boise-code-camp-enabling-rest-in-asp-net.aspx), but there are no high-level APIs to do all the donkey work for you, as provided by WCF in .NET 3.5.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:28:39.247 | 2008-09-02T21:28:39.247 | null | null | 2,562 | null |
40,716 | 1 | null | null | 2 | 2,406 | Although the general case is undecidable, many people still do solve problems that are equivilent well enough for day to day use.
In cohen's phd thesis on computer viruses, he showed how virus scanning is equivilent to the halting problem, yet we have an entire industry based around this challenge.
I also have seen m... | Is solving the halting problem easier than people think? | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:25:49.753 | 2023-02-25T20:32:21.220 | 2022-07-08T21:33:31.563 | 12,923,651 | 4,319 | [
"language-agnostic",
"halting-problem"
] |
40,729 | 2 | null | 40,525 | 0 | null | I'm an idiot. I forgot the whole "a function can't own another function" thing, so I figured out another way to do it. Thanks!
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:29:33.083 | 2008-09-02T21:29:33.083 | null | null | 557 | null |
40,732 | 2 | null | 16,396 | 2 | null | We're in a very similar situation at the moment. Dozens of crystal reports in place and we're shifting to Reporting Services (mainly for its ease of deployment and more flexible UI for the end user) - our solution is to leave them be, but anything new is being created in RptgSvcs. Ideally we'd translate them, but the .... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:32:06.087 | 2008-09-02T21:32:06.087 | null | null | 2,902 | null |
40,731 | 2 | null | 40,692 | 1 | null | Well, of course you could always implement the spec yourself. It's just that there's nothing built-in to support it. If you use Nathan Lee's solution, do it as an http handler (.ashx) rather than an aspx. You can just about copy/paste his code into a new handler file.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:30:47.010 | 2008-09-02T21:30:47.010 | null | null | 3,043 | null |
40,733 | 1 | 3,211,015 | null | 64 | 30,928 | I am setting the `.Content` value of a Label to a string that contains underscores; the first underscore is being interpreted as an accelerator key.
Without changing the underlying string (by replacing all `_` with `__`), is there a way to disable the accelerator for Labels?
| Disable WPF label accelerator key (text underscore is missing) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:32:37.320 | 2018-10-09T09:52:59.180 | 2012-06-15T08:47:41.453 | 63,550 | 2,258 | [
"wpf",
"user-interface"
] |
40,725 | 2 | null | 37,048 | 2 | null | I'm taking a look at : [http://code.google.com/p/fjcore/source/checkout](http://code.google.com/p/fjcore/source/checkout)
A dependency free image processing library.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:28:32.930 | 2008-09-02T21:28:32.930 | null | null | 580 | null |
40,728 | 2 | null | 40,692 | 5 | null | I have actually created a REST web service with asp.net 2.0. Its really no different than creating a web page.
When I did it, I really didn't have much time to research how to do it with an asmx file so I did it in a standard aspx file. I know thier is extra overhead by doing it this way but as a first revision it was... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:28:51.853 | 2008-09-02T21:28:51.853 | null | null | 3,453 | null |
40,730 | 1 | 40,754 | null | 2,275 | 1,192,556 | How do you give a C# auto-property an initial value?
I either use the constructor, or revert to the old syntax.
```
class Person
{
public Person()
{
Name = "Initial Name";
}
public string Name { get; set; }
}
```
(with an initial value)
```
private string name = "Initial Name";
public... | What is the best way to give a C# auto-property an initial value? | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:29:41.227 | 2022-12-25T01:02:07.177 | 2020-03-03T11:48:09.390 | 12,780,337 | 946 | [
"c#",
"constructor",
"getter",
"setter",
"automatic-properties"
] |
40,735 | 1 | null | null | 4 | 6,756 | This is not a question with a precise answer (strictly speaking the answer would be best captured by a poll, but that functionality is not available), but I am genuinely interested in the answer, so I will ask it anyway.
Over the course of your career, how much time have you spent on [greenfield](http://en.wikipedia.o... | Brownfield vs Greenfield development? | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:33:02.280 | 2012-09-11T23:38:47.987 | 2009-07-30T14:11:27.350 | 3,260 | 3,305 | [
"projects",
"sdlc"
] |
40,737 | 1 | 43,733 | null | 11 | 14,102 | [In this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32230/tracking-down-where-disk-space-has-gone-on-linux) someone asked for ways to display disk usage in Linux. I'd like to take this one step further down the cli-path... how about a shell script that takes the output from something like a reasonable answer to the ... | Generate disk usage graphs/charts with CLI only tools in Linux | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:33:39.970 | 2018-03-21T06:06:39.657 | 2017-05-23T11:54:00.770 | -1 | 4,162 | [
"linux",
"shell",
"storage",
"diskspace",
"disk"
] |
40,739 | 2 | null | 40,723 | 1 | null | It really depends on the application and the situation, but just keep in mind that every hit to the server is costly, both in adding load (perhaps minimally), but also in terms of UI responsiveness. I am of the mind that doing things in JavaScript when possible is a good idea, if it can make your UI feel snappier.
Of... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:34:34.443 | 2008-09-02T21:34:34.443 | null | null | 122 | null |
40,738 | 2 | null | 40,723 | 1 | null | It depends greatly on the application and user. In the general case, however, you'll always scale better and the user will have a better experience if as much of the processing as possible happens on the client.
Further, with Google Gears and other such frameworks it's possible to separate the client from the network... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:34:08.703 | 2009-02-27T16:55:43.800 | 2009-02-27T16:55:43.800 | 5,640 | 2,915 | null |
40,745 | 2 | null | 39,399 | 1 | null | I would create a filter and bounce all requests to root back with forward responce. Hacks with creating home.do page looks ugly to me (One more thing to remember for you and investigate for someone who will support your code).
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:39:32.233 | 2008-09-02T21:39:32.233 | null | null | 4,052 | null |
40,743 | 2 | null | 38,647 | 2 | null | Entity-SQL (eSQL) allows you to do things such as dynamic queries more easily than LINQ to Entities. However, if you don't have a scenario that requires eSQL, I would be hesitant to rely on it over LINQ because it will be much harder to maintain (e.g. no more compile-time checking, etc).
I believe LINQ allows you to ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:38:03.530 | 2008-09-02T21:38:03.530 | null | null | 2,069 | null |
40,749 | 2 | null | 40,632 | 4 | null | Basically, a continuation is the ability for a function to stop execution and then pick back up where it left off at a later point in time. In C#, you can do this using the yield keyword. I can go into more detail if you wish, but you wanted a concise explanation. ;-)
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:41:53.130 | 2008-09-02T21:41:53.130 | null | null | 2,147 | null |
40,748 | 2 | null | 40,692 | 1 | null | You can do RESTful web services easily by implementing the spec using IHTTPHandlers.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:41:15.443 | 2008-09-02T21:41:15.443 | null | null | 1,965 | null |
40,747 | 2 | null | 40,602 | 16 | null | The easiest answer is probably that they are suited for practically any problem. Don't forget that a computer itself is also a state machine.
Regardless of that, state machines are typically used for problems where there is some stream of input and the activity that needs to be done at a given moment depends the last ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:40:38.627 | 2008-09-02T21:40:38.627 | null | null | 4,285 | null |
40,750 | 2 | null | 40,735 | 3 | null | I think it's typical for professionals who deal with customers to spend more time in brownfield development. The reason is that customers typically aren't willing to throw out their existing software to adopt the "latest and greatest" (green) software.
Developers in research or academics, however, may be more likely ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:42:09.997 | 2008-09-02T21:42:09.997 | null | null | 2,069 | null |
40,708 | 2 | null | 40,703 | 4 | null | From the [Google Site](http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95760&query=bug&topic=&type=)
1. Click the Page menu page menu.
2. Select Report a bug or broken website.
3. Choose an issue type from the drop-down menu. The web address of the webpage you're on is recorded automatically.
4. If possible... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:22:17.470 | 2008-09-02T21:22:17.470 | null | null | 1,153 | null |
40,752 | 2 | null | 39,454 | 2 | null | The feeling I get from Matthew MacDonald's is that it's not possible:
> There's one exception to WPF's software support. Due to poor driver support, WPF only performs antialiasing for 3-D drawings if you're running your application on Windows Vista (and you have a native Windows Vista driver for your video card).
I... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:43:52.223 | 2008-09-02T21:43:52.223 | null | null | 2,547 | null |
40,751 | 2 | null | 40,651 | 22 | null | @Mark Biek Your keyExists closely matches my standard Exists() function. To make the class more useful for COM-exposed collections and checking for numeric indexes, I'd recommend changing sKey and myCollection to not be typed. If the function is going to be used with a collection of objects, 'set' is required (on the ... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T21:42:50.493 | 2014-06-09T18:23:18.353 | 2014-06-09T18:23:18.353 | 2,314 | 2,314 | null |
40,753 | 2 | null | 40,335 | 3 | null | That depends on your definition of which disk drive Windows used to boot. I can think of 3 different answers on a standard BIOS system (who knows what an EFI system does):
1. The drive that contains the active MBR
2. The active partition, with NTLDR (the system partition)
3. The partition with Windows on it (the boot... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:45:04.933 | 2008-09-02T21:45:04.933 | null | null | 2,199 | null |
40,736 | 2 | null | 40,632 | 9 | null | A heads up, this example is not concise nor exceptionally clear. This is a demonstration of a powerful application of continuations. As a VB/ASP/C# programmer, you may not be familiar with the concept of a system stack or saving state, so the goal of this answer is a demonstration and not an explanation.
Continuations... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:33:21.560 | 2008-09-02T21:38:56.977 | 2008-09-02T21:38:56.977 | 658 | 658 | null |
40,742 | 2 | null | 40,452 | 0 | null | I tested your scenario using 2 sample pages using XmlHttpRequest option.
Custom headers are available in the aspx page posted to, using XmlHttpRequest.
Create the following 2 pages. Make sure the aspx page is in a solution , so that you can run the in the debugger, set break point and inspect the Request.Header collec... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:37:46.510 | 2008-09-02T21:37:46.510 | null | null | 1,647 | null |
40,734 | 2 | null | 40,730 | 5 | null | Have you tried using the [DefaultValueAttribute](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.defaultvalueattribute.aspx) or [ShouldSerialize and Reset methods](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/53b8022e%28VS.71%29.aspx) in conjunction with the constructor? I feel like one of these two methods i... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:32:41.657 | 2008-09-02T21:38:10.677 | 2008-09-02T21:38:10.677 | 2,547 | 2,547 | null |
40,762 | 2 | null | 40,242 | 4 | null | First pick up a copy of Michael Feather's Working [Effectively with Legacy Code](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0131177052). Then identify how best to test the existing code. The worst case is that you are stuck with just some high level regression tests (or nothing at all) and If you are lucky there ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:48:52.897 | 2008-09-02T21:48:52.897 | null | null | 3,305 | null |
40,760 | 2 | null | 38,239 | 6 | null | I'd highly recommend reading ["What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic"](http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html). A lot of problems I encounter on a regular basis come from issues with floating point programming.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:48:23.333 | 2008-09-02T21:48:23.333 | null | null | 3,514 | null |
40,768 | 2 | null | 26,450 | 1 | null | How about:
```
session.replicate(entity, ReplicationMode.OVERWRITE);
```
?
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:51:01.970 | 2008-09-02T21:51:01.970 | null | null | 4,052 | null |
40,763 | 2 | null | 28,197 | 2 | null | I try to follow the PSP 2.1 process when possible. It really helps me keep a focus on not skipping important, but less exciting, portions of a project. Usually this is design and design review for small projects.
To keep track of time you can use the PSP Dashboard, which has a bunch of built in features and scripts ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:49:02.227 | 2008-09-02T21:49:02.227 | null | null | 4,316 | null |
40,765 | 2 | null | 40,716 | 0 | null | The Halting Problem is really only interesting if you look at it in the general case, since if the Halting problem were decidable, all other undecidable problems would also be decidable via reduction.
So, my opinion on this question is, no, it is not easy in the cases that matter. That said, in the real world, it may... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:49:50.570 | 2008-09-02T21:49:50.570 | null | null | 4,257 | null |
40,754 | 2 | null | 40,730 | 2,895 | null | In C# 5 and earlier, to give auto implemented properties an initial value, you have to do it in a constructor.
Since [C# 6.0](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-version-history#c-version-60), you can specify initial value in-line. The syntax is:
```
public int X { get; set; } = x; // C# 6 ... | null | CC BY-SA 4.0 | null | 2008-09-02T21:46:23.683 | 2022-10-05T12:17:27.463 | 2022-10-05T12:17:27.463 | 1,366,033 | 77 | null |
40,769 | 1 | 40,871 | null | 1 | 594 | How do I determine the (local-) path for the "Program Files" directory on a remote computer? There does not appear to any version of SHGetFolderPath (or related function) that takes the name of a remote computer as a parameter.
I guess I could try to query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir... | Path to Program-Files on remote computer | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:53:21.700 | 2015-01-03T15:30:15.477 | 2015-01-03T15:30:15.477 | 2,171,120 | 3,923 | [
"winapi"
] |
40,764 | 1 | 40,782 | null | 160 | 182,599 | Are all of these equal? Under what circumstances should I choose each over the others?
- var.ToString()- CStr(var)- CType(var, String)- DirectCast(var, String)
---
[NotMyself](https://stackoverflow.com/users/303/notmyself)
-
| How should I cast in VB.NET? | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T21:49:32.910 | 2023-01-06T23:09:34.360 | 2017-05-23T11:54:36.703 | -1 | 83 | [
".net",
"vb.net",
"casting"
] |
40,771 | 2 | null | 40,764 | 8 | null | I prefer the following syntax:
```
Dim number As Integer = 1
Dim str As String = String.TryCast(number)
If str IsNot Nothing Then
```
Hah you can tell I typically write code in C#. 8)
The reason I prefer TryCast is you do not have to mess with the overhead of casting exceptions. Your cast either succeeds or your ... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T21:54:36.597 | 2012-03-27T03:42:20.433 | 2012-03-27T03:42:20.433 | 707,111 | 303 | null |
40,772 | 2 | null | 40,716 | 2 | null | As a day-to-day programmer, I'd say it's worthwhile to continue as far down the to solving halting-style problems, even if you only approach that limit and never reach it. As you pointed out, virus scanning proves valuable. Google search doesn't pretend to be the absolute answer to "find me the best X for Y," but it's... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:55:01.167 | 2008-09-02T21:55:01.167 | null | null | null | null |
40,757 | 2 | null | 40,511 | 19 | null | Steve, you have a completely wrong mental model of what is a C function.
```
someType resultFunc = calloc( 1024, 1 );
memcpy( resultFunc, &isNot, 1024 );
```
From your code fragment, I can surmise that you think that you can copy function's compiled code into a block of memory, and then reuse it. This kind of thing... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:47:07.957 | 2008-10-10T07:21:33.643 | 2008-10-10T07:21:33.643 | 3,560 | null | null |
40,773 | 1 | null | null | 3 | 10,342 | I am looking for a simple system to manage inbound emails from a support mailbox for a group with about 3 support people. I've looked at [OTRS](http://otrs.org/) which seems to have the features that we need. Unfortunately, so far the UI still looks like a confusing mess.
Are there any good FOSS tools that would mee... | Ticket Tracking Software w/ Good Email Integration and Decent Navigation? | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:56:17.433 | 2014-12-08T23:20:23.463 | null | null | 1,432 | [
"bug-tracking",
"email",
"ticket-system"
] |
40,779 | 1 | 40,793 | null | 7 | 1,379 | I've inherited a .NET application that automatically updates it's version number with each release. The problem, as I see it, is the length and number of digits in the version number.
An example of the current version number format is `3.5.3167.26981` which is a mouthful for the users to say when they are reporting bu... | How to change Build Numbering format in Visual Studio | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:02:14.393 | 2017-05-22T04:14:08.880 | 2017-05-22T04:14:08.880 | 1,466,970 | 3,799 | [
"visual-studio"
] |
40,782 | 2 | null | 40,764 | 172 | null | Those are all slightly different, and generally have an acceptable usage.
- `var.`[ToString](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.object.tostring.aspx)`()``var`- [CStr](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0zk841e9.aspx)`(var)``CType`- [CType](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4x2877xb.aspx)`(var, S... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:03:59.413 | 2008-09-19T16:48:39.920 | 2017-05-23T11:54:36.703 | -1 | 2,688 | null |
40,777 | 2 | null | 40,716 | 16 | null | > Is solving the halting problem easier than people think?
I think it is exactly as difficult as people think.
> Will types become turing complete over time?
[My dear, they already are!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B#Templates)
> dependant types do seem like a good development?
Very much so.
I think there ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:59:05.603 | 2008-09-02T21:59:05.603 | null | null | 2,131 | null |
40,788 | 2 | null | 40,779 | 0 | null | At a previous company we did something like this by writing an Ant task to get the current Subversion changeset string, which we used as the build number, appended after the major, minor, and tertiary numbers. You could do something like this with Visual Studio as well.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:06:38.877 | 2008-09-02T22:06:38.877 | null | null | 3,114 | null |
40,791 | 2 | null | 40,779 | 0 | null | Use a '*' wildcard in the AssemblyVersion attribute. Documentation is [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.assemblyversionattribute.aspx). Note that if the application is built from multiple assemblies, the version you care most about is the one for the .exe.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:07:56.080 | 2008-09-02T22:07:56.080 | null | null | 3,776 | null |
40,784 | 2 | null | 40,733 | 35 | null | You could override the RecognizesAccessKey property of the ContentPresenter that is in the default template for the label. For example:
```
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<Style x:Key="{... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:06:09.767 | 2011-11-17T09:18:54.153 | 2011-11-17T09:18:54.153 | 111,734 | 748 | null |
40,795 | 2 | null | 40,716 | 0 | null | Incidentally, I think that the Turing completeness of templates shows that halting is overrated. Most languages guarantee that their compilers will halt; not so C++. Does this diminish C++ as a language? I don't think so; it has many flaws, but compiles that don't always halt aren't one of them.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:10:39.537 | 2008-09-02T22:10:39.537 | null | null | 2,131 | null |
40,785 | 2 | null | 40,637 | 4 | null | You could use the worksheet function =TODAY(), but obviously this would be updated to the current date whenever the workbook is recalculated.
The only other method I can think of is, as 1729 said, to code the Workbook_Open event:
```
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:06:16.660 | 2008-09-02T22:06:16.660 | null | null | 1,826 | null |
40,800 | 2 | null | 40,590 | 2 | null | It looks like I just needed to be more specific in my element selector although it is weird that a hard coded number would work.
```
jQuery('#pagination-digg li').eq(currentPage).addClass("active");
```
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:13:31.013 | 2008-09-02T22:13:31.013 | null | null | 2,601 | null |
40,783 | 2 | null | 13,279 | 2 | null | The directionality question is easy to answer for East Asian languages: websites are left-to-right, top-to-bottom as per usual.
In fact, the general web design layout principles much the same. Have a look at the websites of a [newspaper](http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/) (name top left, navigation bar under with "Home" on th... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:05:22.513 | 2008-09-02T22:05:22.513 | null | null | 3,665 | null |
40,808 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 4 | null | My company recently started using Mojo Helpdesk: [www.mojohelpdesk.com](http://www.mojohelpdesk.com). It's a hosted service, not FOSS, but it's pretty cheap and the interface is slick.
| null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:16:42.300 | 2013-03-05T21:53:55.357 | 2013-03-05T21:53:55.357 | 300,041 | 2,527 | null |
40,801 | 2 | null | 38,949 | 1 | null | How are you doing the cross-platform calls? Is it all called from Java?
[http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/text/string.html](http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/text/string.html) might be useful.
I'm a bit confused about exactly what you are trying to do. Is the database essentially interface bet... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:14:00.480 | 2008-09-02T22:14:00.480 | null | null | 4,332 | null |
40,810 | 2 | null | 4,689 | 2 | null | Neep Alt 13/17 is very good.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:17:31.797 | 2008-09-02T22:17:31.797 | null | null | 4,118 | null |
40,787 | 1 | 40,869 | null | 6 | 5,293 | I'd like to keep a "compile-counter" for one of my projects. I figured a quick and dirty way to do this would be to keep a text file with a plain number in it, and then simply call upon a small script to increment this each time I compile.
How would I go about doing this using the regular Windows command line?
I don'... | How do I increment a value in a textfile using the regular Windows command-line? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:06:36.613 | 2016-12-19T19:11:44.613 | 2016-12-19T19:11:44.613 | 6,392,939 | 914 | [
"windows",
"command-line",
"text-files"
] |
40,812 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 2 | null | [RT - Request Tracker](http://bestpractical.com/rt/) handles inbound mail. I'm working to add inbound mail support to [TicketDesk](http://codeplex.com/ticketdesk), but that might be a little while before that makes it into a release.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:19:17.677 | 2008-09-02T22:19:17.677 | null | null | 1,233 | null |
40,818 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 0 | null | We use FogBugz...er, "fooogzeeebugzo"...and while it may be a bit expensive for your needs, it works very well.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:22:08.060 | 2008-09-02T22:22:08.060 | null | null | 3,880 | null |
40,814 | 1 | 40,830 | null | 103 | 127,296 | I need to execute a large set of SQL statements (creating a bunch of tables, views and stored procedures) from within a C# program.
These statements need to be separated by `GO` statements, but `SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()` does not like `GO` statements. My solution, which I suppose I'll post for reference, was to sp... | Execute a large SQL script (with GO commands) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:20:02.353 | 2022-06-02T17:20:33.780 | 2015-08-20T13:53:43.417 | 505,893 | 369 | [
"c#",
"sql-server"
] |
40,813 | 2 | null | 40,716 | 0 | null | I don't know how hard people think it is, so I can't say if it is easier. However, you are right in your observation that undecidability of a problem (in general) does not mean that all instances of that problem are undecidable. For instance, I can easily tell you that a program like `while false do something` terminat... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:19:42.883 | 2008-09-02T22:19:42.883 | null | null | 4,285 | null |
40,797 | 2 | null | 40,764 | 8 | null | [MSDN](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/language-reference/functions/type-conversion-functions) seems to indicate that the Cxxx casts for specific types can improve performance in VB .NET because they are converted to inline code. For some reason, it also suggests [DirectCast](http://msdn.microsof... | null | CC BY-SA 4.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:12:07.600 | 2023-01-06T23:09:34.360 | 2023-01-06T23:09:34.360 | 234,954 | 2,547 | null |
40,816 | 1 | 40,846 | null | 24 | 59,796 | If I have an HTML helper like so:
```
Name:<br />
<%=Html.TextBox("txtName",20) %><br />
```
How do I apply a CSS class to it? Do I have to wrap it in a span? Or do I need to somehow utilize the HtmlAttributes property of the helper?
| Styling HTML helpers ASP.NET MVC | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:21:17.827 | 2018-10-18T20:03:20.900 | 2011-04-09T10:20:41.337 | 63,550 | 230 | [
"css",
"asp.net-mvc",
"html-helper"
] |
40,825 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 0 | null | bugzilla is more of an issue tracker than a request tracker, but it can be configured to handle email-based status tracking. That said, I think Steven has it- RT is the standard recommendation for this that I've seen.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:26:48.623 | 2008-09-02T22:26:48.623 | null | null | 4,276 | null |
40,824 | 2 | null | 40,814 | 2 | null | I also faced the same problem, and I could not find any other way but splitting the single SQL operation in separate files, then executing all of them in sequence.
Obviously the problem is not with lists of DML commands, they can be executed without GO in between; different story with DDL (create, alter, drop...)
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:26:14.227 | 2008-09-02T22:26:14.227 | null | null | 1,178 | null |
40,826 | 2 | null | 40,787 | 2 | null | It would be an new shell (but I think it is worth it), but from PowerShell it would be
```
[int](get-content counter.txt) + 1 | out-file counter.txt
```
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:26:54.740 | 2008-09-02T22:26:54.740 | null | null | 1,233 | null |
40,774 | 2 | null | 36,748 | 0 | null | Use or extend System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker:
[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.backgroundworker.aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.backgroundworker.aspx)
Personally, I find this to be the easiest way to perform asynchronous operations in client app... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T21:57:32.050 | 2008-09-02T21:57:32.050 | null | null | 946 | null |
40,827 | 2 | null | 40,814 | 39 | null | This is what I knocked together to solve my immediate problem.
```
private void ExecuteBatchNonQuery(string sql, SqlConnection conn) {
string sqlBatch = string.Empty;
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(string.Empty, conn);
conn.Open();
sql += "\nGO"; // make sure last batch is executed.
try {
... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:27:47.873 | 2008-09-02T22:35:08.730 | 2008-09-02T22:35:08.730 | 369 | 369 | null |
40,831 | 2 | null | 40,651 | 5 | null | As pointed out by Thomas, you need to Set an object instead of Let. Here's a general function from my library that works for value and object types:
```
Public Function Exists(ByVal key As Variant, ByRef col As Collection) As Boolean
'Returns True if item with key exists in collection
On Error Resume Next
Const ERR... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:29:36.370 | 2008-09-02T22:29:36.370 | null | null | 4,333 | null |
40,822 | 2 | null | 40,577 | 2 | null | I hacked this together with the ActiveSupport gem:
```
require 'active_support'
def string_to_date(date_string)
parts = date_string.split
return parts[0].to_i.send(parts[1])
end
sinces = ['1 hour', '1 day', '3 days']
sinces.each do |since|
puts "#{since} ago: #{string_to_date(since).ago(Time.now)}"
end
```
[... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:25:03.653 | 2008-09-02T23:02:05.030 | 2008-09-02T23:02:05.030 | 4,195 | 4,195 | null |
40,832 | 2 | null | 40,723 | 0 | null | Do you need to trust the data? If so, be aware that it's trivial to tamper with client-processed data in nasty and malicious ways. If that's the case, you'll want to process info on the server.
Also, be aware that it can be a lot harder to code javascript apps so they are stable, reliable, and bug free. Can you lock d... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:29:53.733 | 2008-09-02T22:29:53.733 | null | null | 4,276 | null |
40,839 | 2 | null | 40,814 | 11 | null | You can use [SQL Management Objects](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162557.aspx) to perform this. These are the same objects that Management Studio uses to execute queries. I believe `Server.ConnectionContext.ExecuteNonQuery()` will perform what you need.
| null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:33:23.930 | 2015-08-20T13:58:00.513 | 2015-08-20T13:58:00.513 | 505,893 | 637 | null |
40,828 | 2 | null | 36,014 | 2 | null | I downloaded the sample VS2008 project, and am a bit stumped here too. I was able to get past the exceptions however, although probably not in a way that will work will great for you. But here's what I found:
This [mailing list post](http://www.antlr.org:8080/pipermail/antlr-interest/2008-February/026657.html) had a... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:27:54.363 | 2008-09-02T22:27:54.363 | null | null | 4,299 | null |
40,840 | 1 | 40,866 | null | 0 | 1,116 | I have a custom installer action that updates the PATH environment, and creates an additional environment variable. Appending a directory to the existing path variable is working fine, but for some reason my attempts to create a new environment variable have been unsuccessful. The code I am using is:
```
using (Regist... | Cannot create an environment variable in the registry | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:34:03.630 | 2008-11-19T19:15:36.743 | 2008-09-02T22:59:05.363 | 3,114 | 3,114 | [
"c#",
"registry",
"environment"
] |
40,793 | 2 | null | 40,779 | 3 | null | In one of the project files, probably AssemblyInfo.cs, the assembly version attribute is set to `[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.5.*")]` or something similar. The * basically means it lets Visual Studio automatically set the build and revision number.
You can change this to a hard coded value in the format `<major vers... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:09:40.350 | 2008-09-02T22:09:40.350 | null | null | 507 | null |
40,848 | 2 | null | 40,471 | 21 | null | For threaded apps, you can often get away with ConcurrentHashMap- depends on your performance requirements.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:38:59.843 | 2008-09-02T22:38:59.843 | null | null | 4,276 | null |
40,845 | 1 | 40,891 | null | 17 | 5,030 | Has anyone had a chance to dig into how [F# Units of Measure](http://blogs.msdn.com/andrewkennedy/archive/2008/08/20/units-of-measure-in-f-part-one-introducing-units.aspx) work? Is it just type-based chicanery, or are there CLR types hiding underneath that could (potentially) be used from other .net languages? Will it... | How do F# units of measure work? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:37:37.163 | 2020-11-30T07:27:57.617 | 2011-09-20T10:14:17.327 | 133 | 2,495 | [
".net",
"f#",
"functional-programming",
"units-of-measurement"
] |
40,830 | 2 | null | 40,814 | 121 | null | Use SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) which understands GO separators. See my blog post here: [http://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/Handling-_2200_GO_2200_-Separators-in-SQL-Scripts-2D00-the-easy-way](http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2006/11/07/Handling-_2200_GO_2200_-Separators-in-SQL-Scripts-_2D00_-the-easy-w... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:29:04.110 | 2016-07-12T09:32:26.730 | 2016-07-12T09:32:26.730 | 159,270 | 5 | null |
40,847 | 2 | null | 40,816 | 2 | null | Use the `htmlAttributes` parameter with an anonymous type, like tihs:
```
<%=Html.TextBox("txtName","20", new { @class = "test"}) %>
```
| null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:38:10.673 | 2011-04-09T10:21:38.653 | 2011-04-09T10:21:38.653 | 63,550 | 2,676 | null |
40,850 | 2 | null | 40,814 | 6 | null | The "GO" batch separator keyword is actually used by SQL Management Studio itself, so that it knows where to terminate the batches it is sending to the server, and it is not passed to SQL server. You can even change the keyword in Management Studio, should you so desire.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:40:12.897 | 2008-09-02T22:40:12.897 | null | null | 4,286 | null |
40,846 | 2 | null | 40,816 | 38 | null | You can pass it into the TextBox call as a parameter.
```
Name:<br/>
<%= Html.TextBox("txtName", "20", new { @class = "hello" }) %>
```
This line will create a text box with the value 20 and assign the class attribute with the value hello. I put the @ character in front of the class, because class is a reserved... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:37:58.427 | 2008-09-02T22:37:58.427 | null | null | 1,117 | null |
40,851 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 0 | null | The on-demand version of Fogbugz is a pretty cheap option for just a few people, and works really well. We did that for a while before moving it inhouse.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:42:08.633 | 2008-09-02T22:42:08.633 | null | null | 2,102 | null |
40,855 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 0 | null | I've used fogbugz for over 12 months now and more and more I'm finding one of the most valuable features is the in built email support. I've got an on demand account and I'm finding more and more that I don't even check my email in the morning as all my business correspondence is put straight into fogbugz.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:45:50.607 | 2008-09-02T22:45:50.607 | null | null | 493 | null |
40,859 | 1 | null | null | 1 | 813 | Is there an IDE that I can load on a Blackberry, E71, or an iPhone?
| IDE for use on a Java-enabled smart phone? | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:49:26.340 | 2008-10-13T17:16:04.083 | null | null | 4,263 | [
"ide"
] |
40,819 | 2 | null | 39,357 | 3 | null | You can try and cut stuff out with vLite, but unless you cut out a real lot it's not going to save a ton of drive space. Here's your best bets:
- - - - -
Once you have the base machine configured, I would suggest using VMware workstation and the awesome Linked Clones feature, which will let you create a completely n... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:22:19.167 | 2008-09-02T22:22:19.167 | null | null | 291 | null |
40,856 | 2 | null | 40,787 | 1 | null | If you don't mind running a Microscoft Windows Based Script then this jscript will work OK. just save it as a .js file and run it from dos with "wscript c:/script.js".
```
var fso, f, fileCount;
var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
var filename = "c:\\testfile.txt";
fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObjec... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:45:50.623 | 2008-09-02T22:51:03.107 | 2008-09-02T22:51:03.107 | 2,098 | 2,098 | null |
40,849 | 2 | null | 38,409 | 11 | null | You'll get what you want with YAML.
But there is a little problem with your string. YAML expects that there's a space behind the comma. So we need this
```
str = "[[this, is], [a, nested], [array]]"
```
Code:
```
require 'yaml'
str = "[[this, is],[a, nested],[array]]"
### transform your string in a valid YAML-Stri... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:39:27.503 | 2008-09-02T22:39:27.503 | null | null | 4,195 | null |
40,861 | 2 | null | 40,814 | 2 | null | If you don't want to go the SMO route you can search and replace "GO" for ";" and the query as you would. Note that soly the the last result set will be returned.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:53:51.790 | 2008-09-02T22:53:51.790 | null | null | 1,293 | null |
40,844 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 1 | null | Scope out [SmarterTrack](http://www.smartertools.com/SmarterTrack/Features/Customer-Service-Software-Web-Interface.aspx), [Help Desk Software](http://www.smartertools.com/smartertrack/help-desk-software.aspx) from SmarterTools:
| null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:36:42.593 | 2011-07-19T17:48:33.020 | 2011-07-19T17:48:33.020 | 180,239 | null | null |
40,853 | 1 | 40,867 | null | 32 | 17,985 | I have some code like this in a winforms app I was writing to query a user's mail box Storage Quota.
```
DirectoryEntry mbstore = new DirectoryEntry(
@"LDAP://" + strhome,
m_serviceaccount,
[m_pwd],
AuthenticationTypes.Secure);
```
No matter what approach I tried (like `SecureString`), I a... | How to store passwords in Winforms application? | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:43:39.520 | 2014-08-17T20:41:51.383 | 2014-08-17T20:41:51.383 | 2,246,344 | 4,337 | [
"winforms",
"security",
"passwords"
] |
40,864 | 2 | null | 40,840 | 1 | null | What OS is this? Is it on a 64-bit system? What is the nature of the failure: silent or is an exception thrown?
You could try running [ProcessMonitor](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx) and seeing if it sees the attempt to set the value.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:57:09.253 | 2008-09-02T22:57:09.253 | null | null | 3,631 | null |
40,866 | 2 | null | 40,840 | 1 | null | Is there any reason that you have to do it through the registry?
If not, you can use Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable() since .NET 2.0. It allows you to set on a machine, process or user basis.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:58:11.437 | 2008-09-02T22:58:11.437 | null | null | 441 | null |
40,860 | 2 | null | 40,773 | 2 | null | [FogBugz](http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/) is great as others have mentioned. I use it for my bug/feature tracking system, but I like to separate out my support ticketing system for my support staff to use. Another tool that has great email integration also is called [HelpSpot](http://www.userscape.com/products/help... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-09-02T22:52:43.163 | 2013-03-05T21:58:14.800 | 2013-03-05T21:58:14.800 | 300,041 | 1,117 | null |
40,862 | 2 | null | 40,737 | 1 | null | I guess there are a couple of options:
1. For a pure CLI solution, use something like gnuplot. See here for example usage. I haven't used gnuplot since my student days :-)
2. Not really a pure CLI solution, but download something like JFreeChart and write a simple Java app that reads stdin and creates your chart.
... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:55:05.077 | 2008-09-02T22:55:05.077 | null | null | 3,295 | null |
40,871 | 2 | null | 40,769 | 1 | null | Many of the standard paths require a user to be logged in, especially the SH* functions as those are provided by the "shell", that is, Explorer. I suspect the only way you're going to get the right path is through the registry like you already mentioned.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T23:00:49.120 | 2008-09-02T23:00:49.120 | null | null | 645 | null |
40,869 | 2 | null | 40,787 | 12 | null | You can try a plain old batchfile.
```
@echo off
for /f " delims==" %%i in (counter.txt) do set /A temp_counter= %%i+1
echo %temp_counter% > counter.txt
```
assuming the count.bat and counter.txt are located in the same directory.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:59:38.920 | 2008-09-02T22:59:38.920 | null | null | 1,462 | null |
40,872 | 2 | null | 40,859 | 0 | null | Not that I know of, typically you'll develop apps on a desktop machine (PC/MAC whatever) and download/control the application on the phone. Also I don't think Java is available on a standard (non-cracked) iPhone.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T23:01:14.750 | 2008-09-02T23:01:14.750 | null | null | 4,071 | null |
40,865 | 2 | null | 40,853 | 2 | null | If you store it as a secure string and save the secure string to a file (possibly using [Isolated Storage](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.isolatedstorage.aspx), the only time you will have a plain text password is when you decrypt it to create your mbstore. Unfortunately, the constructor does not ta... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:57:09.783 | 2008-09-02T22:57:09.783 | null | null | 1,233 | null |
40,867 | 2 | null | 40,853 | 26 | null | The sanctified method is to use CryptoAPI and the Data Protection APIs.
To encrypt, use something like this (C++):
```
DATA_BLOB blobIn, blobOut;
blobIn.pbData=(BYTE*)data;
blobIn.cbData=wcslen(data)*sizeof(WCHAR);
CryptProtectData(&blobIn, description, NULL, NULL, NULL, CRYPTPROTECT_LOCAL_MACHINE | CRYPTPROTECT_UI_... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:58:13.183 | 2008-09-02T22:58:13.183 | null | null | 3,146 | null |
40,868 | 2 | null | 39,843 | 29 | null | Here's how I've done this in my current project.
First I've defined a class (as @Daren Thomas said - just a plain old C# class, no associated XAML file), like this (and yes, this is a real class - best not to ask):
```
public class PigFinderPage : Page
{
/* add custom events and properties here */
}
```
Then I ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T22:58:19.127 | 2008-09-02T22:58:19.127 | null | null | 615 | null |
40,863 | 1 | 41,206 | null | 20 | 7,307 | Basically I'm going to go a bit broad here and ask a few questions to get a bit of a picture of how people are handling UI these days.
Lately I've found it pretty easy to do some fancy things with UI design and with WPF specifically we're finding new ways to do layouts that are better looking and more functional for t... | Business Application UI Design | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-09-02T22:56:14.217 | 2012-02-04T18:30:53.303 | null | null | 3,717 | [
"wpf",
"user-interface"
] |
40,880 | 2 | null | 40,873 | 2 | null | An out-of-the-box idea, but could you use a "replace" function to strip out any instances of "(", "-" and " ", and then use an "isnumeric" function to test whether the resulting string is a number?
Then you could do the same to the phone number string you're searching for and compare them as integers.
Of course, this... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-09-02T23:03:52.497 | 2008-09-02T23:03:52.497 | null | null | 615 | null |