Re:

[Eddie de Bear]

Hi Preet,

I always check when somebody mentions credit card processing..

Anyways, off the top of my head I don't know of any component that can
easily identify credit card info. I suspect your in for a world of pain
using Regex to identify potential card numbers and then a Luhn check to see
if it is actually a valid card number.

>From my bookmarks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21249670/implementing-luhn-algorithm-using-c-sharp

Might be helpful..

Ed.

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 4:33 PM Preet Sangha  wrote:

> Hi Ed,
>
> Thanks for that. We are an large enterprise platform doing thousands of
> transactions via gateways - CC info is normally flowing through our code
> except in the most secure of ways - we are PCI compliant. However to be
> extra careful I'm trying to remove anything that looks like a known CC
> shape from logging. It's to prevent issues in case someone inadvertently
> stores CC in fields that they shouldn't. Yes there education but sometimes
> mistakes happen.
>
> regards,
> Preet, in Auckland NZ
>
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 at 16:57,  wrote:
>
>> Hi Preet,
>>
>>
>>
>> I don’t know of any libraries that handle this, but I do have a question
>> for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why are you validating credit card info?
>>
>>
>>
>> I ask this because if you are validating card info then you are
>> handling/processing card info. Any business handling credit card
>> information should have PCI-DSS compliance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Personally, I find it is much easier to use external providers (eway,
>> paypal et al) to handle the whole payment process, meaning your code never
>> needs to touch a credit card number and you never have to worry about
>> compliance, *security etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just a another random thought, YMMV.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Security of the card information
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  *On
>> Behalf Of *Preet Sangha
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 December 2019 2:41 PM
>> *To:* ozDotNet 
>> *Subject:*
>>
>>
>>
>> Would anyone know of any credit card validation/detection or similar
>> libraries that we may be able incorporate into our .net framework code
>> (preferably in nuget form) in order to eliminate our own hand coded regexs
>>  please?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards Preet
>>
>>
>>
>

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RE: Visual Studio breaking everywhere

[Eddie de Bear]

Hi Greg,

First thing I’d be checking the following:
Debugging -> Options -> Enable Just My Code. Make sure that is checked.

Ed.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: Greg Keogh
Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2018 8:57 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Visual Studio breaking everywhere

I ran fresh searches this morning and went (again) through all the VS 2017 
Options related to debugging but I just can't figure out how to turn off breaks 
in Exceptions inside the .NET class libraries.

I just got another one... a NullReferenceException inside System.Web.dll and 
I'm prompted to load System.Web.pdb from somewhere. I tried loading the symbols 
for the hell of it, but it changed nothing. I really want to stop these sorts 
of breaks completely.

There must be an option somewhere, but I can't find it.

This isn't the only thing that changed on Monday morning when I sat down. 
Hitting F5 to run web apps now opens the app in a new tab in an existing Edge 
browser, and when I close the tab the debugger keeps running. Last week it used 
to open a new browser instance and debugging stopped when I closed the browser.

I understand in the mobile world that I don't own anything and I can pick up 
the phone one morning and it will have completely changed colours, gestures, 
textures, icons and behaviour, but I don't expect this sort of thing creeping 
into the desktop world. It's so bad in recent years that every morning I hit 
the power on button on my work PC I say a mental prayer that it will boot 
normally and nothing will be expectedly broken. I call this new syndrome 
"Mondayitis", where some suddenly breaks on Monday morning.

The worst case I'm still suffering from is when I found that all sound 
recording stopped on Monday morning back in May. I have devoted 20+ man-hours 
to the problem since then and asked friends and searched until my fingers 
bleed, but my Windows 10 work PC simply stopped recording audio.

At any given time in the home/office there are multiple things wrong with 
multiple computers that are completely mysterious and intractable. All the care 
and cleanliness in the world seems to make to difference, it's like all 
computer hardware and software in the modern world is teetering on the edge of 
chaotic collapse.

Greg K (end of morning sermon)

RE: Web Assembly and CSHTML

[Eddie de Bear]

Hi Grant,

A slightly different approach, but if your looking for C#/WebAssembly with no 
javascript, there is this project on github https://github.com/aspnet/Blazor. 
This is an experimental UI Framework using C# and WebAssembly.. It looks fairly 
promising, but it’s still a long way off yet.

Ed.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: Grant Maw
Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2018 12:10 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Web Assembly and CSHTML

Folks
I remember seeing a post on here some time back about tech choices for creating 
a browser based product.I am one of those still lamenting the tragic demise of 
Silverlight and who looks upon the stinking morass that is the Javascript 
"eco-system" with inconsolable horror, so I was pleased to see this earlier 
today :

http://cshtml5.com 
... and more in particular, this forum thread, where they talk about how they 
are dealing with the emerging Web Assembly technology :
http://forums.cshtml5.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8185
The basic version is free, so I'm thinking about giving this a look but before 
I dive in, has anyone had any experience using this?

Cheers
Grant

RE: [OT] Small pc

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Depends on which apple tv you get.. Also, I didn’t pay for my compute stick 
which also included a wireless keyboard and mouse... So I’m not complaining..

 

Anyways, all I was trying to point out is that the computer stick isn’t quite 
useless.. But I wouldn’t recommend it for anything more than basic video 
streaming and maybe light web browsing.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Tom Rutter
Sent: Thursday, 2 June 2016 11:40 AM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: [OT] Small pc

 

Apple tv can do netflix and that's even cheaper

On Thursday, 2 June 2016, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I have a compute stick (running Windows 10) which I use for Netflix.. Seems to 
handle that alright, but they are very under powered and I wouldn’t recommend 
them for much more than this.

 

Ed.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
 ] On Behalf Of 
David Connors
Sent: Thursday, 2 June 2016 11:03 AM
To: ozDotNet  >
Subject: Re: [OT] Small pc

 

On Tue, 31 May 2016 at 14:47 Preet Sangha  > wrote:

Intel compute stick?

I bought one of these. They are worse than useless.

 

It took about 10 hours to upgrade from WIndows 8.1 to 10. 

 

David.

 

-- 

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da...@connors.com   | 
@davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363

RE: [OT] Small pc

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

I have a compute stick (running Windows 10) which I use for Netflix.. Seems to 
handle that alright, but they are very under powered and I wouldn’t recommend 
them for much more than this.

 

Ed.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of David Connors
Sent: Thursday, 2 June 2016 11:03 AM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: [OT] Small pc

 

On Tue, 31 May 2016 at 14:47 Preet Sangha mailto:preetsan...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Intel compute stick?

I bought one of these. They are worse than useless.

 

It took about 10 hours to upgrade from WIndows 8.1 to 10. 

 

David.

 

-- 

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da...@connors.com   | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 
417 189 363

RE: [OT] Small pc

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Do a google search for Intel NUC.. They come in all sorts of configurations 
(Celerons through to i7) at all sorts of prices. These tend to be small and 
quiet.

 

Or, take a look at shuttles.. Also pretty decent machines.

 

Ed.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Tom Rutter
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2016 2:59 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: [OT] Small pc

 

Sorry also needs to have an ethernet port and ability to connect a wireless 
mouse.

 

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Tom Rutter mailto:therut...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Folks, I am after a very small and cheap pc that can run Win 7+ and IE8+. Any 
ideas?

 

Cheers

 

RE: Coffee snobs

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Yes, that’s how I do it, metal jug and my hands (I owned a café and have made 
more coffee than I care to recount).. But my experience with staff is that it 
was easier to just stick a thermometer in each jug to make sure customers got 
coffees where the milk wasn’t burnt.. (Don’t start me on customers asking for 
the coffee extra hot)

 

For interest, one of the many things you can (and should do) is make sure you 
have a good water filter.. If you get a breville (or something similar with a 
build in filter), make sure you replace the filter regularly, if you get 
something more expensive and have it plumbed in, get an inline filter.. 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of mike smith
Sent: Friday, 8 April 2016 4:09 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: Coffee snobs

 

 

 

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Hi Greg,

 

I’m a bit of a coffee snob (ok, a huge snob).

 

I use a dual setup like the BES920 (Just a little older) and have done for 
years. What you get depends on how you plan to use it. The Breville machines 
work fine, but won’t keep a consistent temperature if you are doing a lot of 
coffees, but this is probably the least important thing. Getting the grind 
right, using a good blend of beans, and getting the milk right are all way more 
important. If you are new to doing coffee manually, get yourself a thermometer 
for the milk (they are cheap) to make sure you don’t burn it..

 

 

Bah.  Put your hand under the jug whilst frothing it - I guarantee you won't 
burn the milk.  :)

 

 

Ed.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Friday, 8 April 2016 10:19 AM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Coffee snobs

 

Hi Folks,

 

Given the importance of caffeine for code generation, I’m guessing there will 
be a few other coffee snobs on the list.

 

Anyone got a recommendation for a serious (possibly manual) coffee machine? 

 

I’ve been using a DeLonghi automatic one but now feeling that I’d prefer 
something like this:

 

BES890 or BES920: http://www.breville.com.au/beverages/coffee-machines.html

 

The main thing that puts me off is the Breville brand.

 

Regards,

 

Greg

 

Dr Greg Low

 

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775  ) office | +61 419201410 
  mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913   
fax 

SQL Down Under | Web:  <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com

 





 

-- 

Meski


  <http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv


"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll 
get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills

RE: Coffee snobs

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Hi Greg,

 

I'm a bit of a coffee snob (ok, a huge snob).

 

I use a dual setup like the BES920 (Just a little older) and have done for
years. What you get depends on how you plan to use it. The Breville machines
work fine, but won't keep a consistent temperature if you are doing a lot of
coffees, but this is probably the least important thing. Getting the grind
right, using a good blend of beans, and getting the milk right are all way
more important. If you are new to doing coffee manually, get yourself a
thermometer for the milk (they are cheap) to make sure you don't burn it..

 

Ed.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Friday, 8 April 2016 10:19 AM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Coffee snobs

 

Hi Folks,

 

Given the importance of caffeine for code generation, I'm guessing there
will be a few other coffee snobs on the list.

 

Anyone got a recommendation for a serious (possibly manual) coffee machine? 

 

I've been using a DeLonghi automatic one but now feeling that I'd prefer
something like this:

 

BES890 or BES920: http://www.breville.com.au/beverages/coffee-machines.html

 

The main thing that puts me off is the Breville brand.

 

Regards,

 

Greg

 

Dr Greg Low

 

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax


SQL Down Under | Web:   www.sqldownunder.com

 

RE: [OT] Windows 10 calculator

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

But the current calculator works, and I don’t have to be connected to the 
internet, or let google know what I’m calculating.. (I’d hate for them to know 
that I want to add two numbers together..)

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of mike smith
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 2:14 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: [OT] Windows 10 calculator

 

Uh, i don't mean search for a calculator, I mean using the engine itself to 
calculate

 

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:13 PM, mike smith mailto:meski...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Google search for a calculator...  

 

 

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Ok, so besides the look and feel, am I the only person here that finds all the 
features in the new calculator useful? I mean, it’s a calculator, and I 
normally just use the number pad for entry (where possible).. It’s light 
weight, and has is easy to use. 

 

Take a look at the “Programmer mode”, and click on the binary mode (second 
button in the middle).. Then you can just click bits on and off.. 

 

Or conversions the conversion it supports.. 

 

I guess all I’m saying is that it works, and has some handy features for a free 
calculator that’s included out of the box.

 

Ed.

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 1:22 PM
To: 'ozDotNet' mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: RE: [OT] Windows 10 calculator

 

GK, not everyone has Mathematica (I used it years ago, different life) but the 
old Windows 7 calculator has some good features (apart from its familiarity) 
and someone has “ported” it to Windows 10 (here 
<http://winaero.com/download.php?view.1795>  – download; referenced here 
<http://www.intowindows.com/calculator-windows-10/>  in discussion / 
alternatives to the windows 10 calculator) – I haven’t tried that though.  

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 12:56 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Re: [OT] Windows 10 calculator

 

Ah yes, a quick search shows a lot of angry discussion about Win10 calc. I just 
stumbled upon this new look by pure accident when I put the net use HRESULT 
code into it half an hour ago. I suppose the new calc feels nice on a tablet, 
but I wouldn't know as my screen just gets grease stains when I touch it. I'd 
never heard of Microsoft Mathematics before and I see there's an "old calc" for 
download, but I actually have Mathematica installed, so if I want to calculate 
a definite integral or get the square root of 2 to a million decimal places 
it's a better choice! -- GK

 

On 29 February 2016 at 12:36, Ian Thomas mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com> > wrote:

Greg, you’re not the first by a long shot to hate the Windows 10 calculator. 

Though it has right-click to copy or paste, it’s annoyed me for 6 months so 
like others I have replaced it for my use.  

One suggestion (here) 
<http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_apps-insider_other/windows-10-calculator-app-replace-by-microsoft/025783b7-8236-4963-86a7-692ab60a1115?auth=1>
  is a request for Microsoft to replace it with Microsoft Mathematics – there 
are nice images at that “Microsoft social” discussion page (also hate these 
acknowledgements to social media – “like”, “trending”, “social” - ugh. )

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

 





 

-- 

Meski


  <http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv


"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll 
get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills





 

-- 

Meski


  <http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv


"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll 
get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills

RE: [OT] Windows 10 calculator

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Ok, so besides the look and feel, am I the only person here that finds all the 
features in the new calculator useful? I mean, it’s a calculator, and I 
normally just use the number pad for entry (where possible).. It’s light 
weight, and has is easy to use. 

 

Take a look at the “Programmer mode”, and click on the binary mode (second 
button in the middle).. Then you can just click bits on and off.. 

 

Or conversions the conversion it supports.. 

 

I guess all I’m saying is that it works, and has some handy features for a free 
calculator that’s included out of the box.

 

Ed.

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 1:22 PM
To: 'ozDotNet' 
Subject: RE: [OT] Windows 10 calculator

 

GK, not everyone has Mathematica (I used it years ago, different life) but the 
old Windows 7 calculator has some good features (apart from its familiarity) 
and someone has “ported” it to Windows 10 (here 
  – download; referenced here 
  in discussion / 
alternatives to the windows 10 calculator) – I haven’t tried that though.  

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com   
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 12:56 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Re: [OT] Windows 10 calculator

 

Ah yes, a quick search shows a lot of angry discussion about Win10 calc. I just 
stumbled upon this new look by pure accident when I put the net use HRESULT 
code into it half an hour ago. I suppose the new calc feels nice on a tablet, 
but I wouldn't know as my screen just gets grease stains when I touch it. I'd 
never heard of Microsoft Mathematics before and I see there's an "old calc" for 
download, but I actually have Mathematica installed, so if I want to calculate 
a definite integral or get the square root of 2 to a million decimal places 
it's a better choice! -- GK

 

On 29 February 2016 at 12:36, Ian Thomas mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com> > wrote:

Greg, you’re not the first by a long shot to hate the Windows 10 calculator. 

Though it has right-click to copy or paste, it’s annoyed me for 6 months so 
like others I have replaced it for my use.  

One suggestion (here) 

  is a request for Microsoft to replace it with Microsoft Mathematics – there 
are nice images at that “Microsoft social” discussion page (also hate these 
acknowledgements to social media – “like”, “trending”, “social” - ugh. )

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

 

RE: Sharing a database file

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Option 2:

A windows service (as far as .Net is concerned) is any executable assembly that 
exposes a class derived from ServiceBase.

 

I normally have my services written as a Console Application. Then, when the 
console app is run, if it’s an interactive session then I manually start the 
service (serviceinstance.start();) otherwise it’s running as a windows service 
and call (ServiceBase.Run(serivceInstance);)

 

With the above, it’s easy to have your cake and eat it at the same time. Run it 
from startup, a desktop shortcut, any other way you can imagine (using win32 
p/invoke to hide if you really like) or have windows host it..

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2015 3:17 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Sharing a database file

 

Howdy again, I'm thinking aloud about a problem here in case there is lateral 
thinking available.

 

We have a mature app that uses a single-file database that is locked. Now new 
apps want to use this file as well, but how can they share it? The usual fix 
would be to (1) Migrate it into something like SQL Server (2) Wrap the file in 
code in a different process and expose it as a service.

 

Option 1 has too many dependencies that aren't available. Option 2 is easy to 
code, but you have to manage the lifetime of the process and perhaps make it a 
Windows Service, which makes a bigger install and runtime footprint.

 

At the moment I'm wondering if the "service" could be a hidden console or 
WinForms app that is registered in HKLM Run, or similar. That way it's a "fake 
lightweight service".

 

Greg K

RE: Mobile device photos

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Works on my Win 10 Mobile with Edge. Clicking the button gives me the option
to choose an app (Recent, This Device, Photos, Camera, OneDrive). 

 

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of ILT
Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2015 2:20 PM
To: 'ozDotNet' 
Subject: RE: Mobile device photos

 

Windows Phone 8.1 - anyone tried it (Chrome is n/a on these devices) 

 

  _  

Ian Thomas
Albert Park, Victoria

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Kirsten Greed
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:02 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: Mobile device photos

 

The built in browser (Android Browser 4 on mine ) does bring up the camera

 

 

 

  _  

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney
Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2015 1:42 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Mobile device photos

Chrome is great. My brother works on the chrome team. Are you saying I can't
trust my own family?

 

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:39 PM, DotNet Dude mailto:adotnetd...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Don't let Greg hear you mention Chrome :p 



On Thursday, 22 October 2015, Kirsten Greed mailto:kirst...@jobtalk.com.au> > wrote:

I think Mercury came with my phone.

Will try installing Chrome

 

 

 

 

  _  

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney
Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2015 1:32 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Mobile device photos

I was unfamiliar with the Mercury browser too. Not sure what tech it is
based on, but by the Play store's metrics it has been downloaded between
500,000 and 1,000,000 times. This sounds like a lot, but then you look at
the numbers and see that Firefox has been downloaded between 100,000,000 and
500,000,000 times. Unless your metric show a compelling reason to do
otherwise I wouldn't support boutique 3rd party browsers.  

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilegendsoft.mercury
 &hl=en

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox

&hl=en 

 

It would be worth checking to see if the android 'built-in' browser (which
is not Chrome) supports this, as it is likely much more widely used.

 

Joseph

 

 

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, David Burstin mailto:david.burs...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Mine worked on my HTC m8 using Chrome. 

 

What and why Mercury browser?

 

On 22 October 2015 at 12:37, Kirsten Greed mailto:kirst...@jobtalk.com.au> > wrote:

I went to the url on my android phone with it's Mercury browser but nothing
happens when I touch Choose File

 

 

  _  

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk
Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2015 10:24 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Mobile device photos

Basically all it does it bring up the camera where you can take a photo.
Then when you do a form POST it will be submitted like a normal
input[type=file]. It even displays a little preview of the photo next to the
input. 

 

Open this on your phone https://jsfiddle.net/wkwq6kLz/

 

Craig

 

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Greg Keogh mailto:gfke...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I have done this before. 

 



 

This will basically work like a standard file upload input but will use the
camera to select the file.

 

Goog grief! That's like black magic. So you click the button rendered next
to the  control and what happens?

 

In my case it looks like the initial devices in the field will be iPads.
I'll read up on the expanded  element and make a test page and try it
on the weekend.

 

Greg

 

 





 

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RE: Office 365 platforms

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Hi Greg,

 

There are a few similar articles floating around the web similar to this:

 

http://www.itwriting.com/blog/8859-coding-microsoft-office-cross-platform.html

 

That’s how they do it.. C/C++, and an architecture that’s developed 
specifically for this. 

 

Ed.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2015 10:23 AM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Office 365 platforms

 

Hi Folks, a Friday topic, but, I've just installed Office 365 and in the 
Account page it says you can install it on up to 5 machines running PC, Mac, 
iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet, Windows Phone and Windows Tablet. 
How on earth did the Microsoft developers get the apps to run on all those 
platforms?! It's inconceivable that there could be much of a common code base, 
so it must be a mind-boggling technical and logistical challenge to support all 
those platforms. Anyone have inside info on this?

 

Note that the Office 365 installer doesn't let you chose components, so I have 
Outlook, OneNote and Publisher despite that fact that I will never ever open 
them.

 

Also note that Visio is not included. I was forced to uninstall my Visio 2013 
32-bit version before installing Office 365, and now I would be forced to pay 
$21/month to add it to the suite (which is twice the cost of the suite). I'll 
have to install Visio 2013 in a VM.

 

Greg

RE: [OT] New laptop

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Off the top of my head, there are two issues. One is the power supply, the 
other is warranty.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Tom Rutter
Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2015 3:57 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop

 

Any things to look out for if I buy direct from US? I've always purchased 
locally

 

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

The Signature Editions are the exact same machines (HP, Lenovo, etc) BUT 
stripped bare of all the crapware.. From what I remember reading when Microsoft 
first started with them, it’s a clean windows install, with all the correct 
tweeks, drivers etc to get the most out of the hardware..

 

Here is a link to their US store: 
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/categoryID.69916600

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of mike smith
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2015 2:11 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop

 

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

This is where Microsoft could really make a difference, if they would stop 
thinking about just the US and make the Signature Edition laptops/PCs available 
in Australia…

 

Do they make them (or rebadge) ?  If the former, whose their manufacturer?

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of Thomas Koster
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2015 10:09 AM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop

 

On 27 August 2015 at 19:28, mailto:osjasonrobe...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What’s peoples views on Lenovo ATM given there have been a few PR things happen 
in the last 12 months…? price v performance v reliability?

 

Are you talking about Superfish?

 

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/

 

Consider how this could have happened and all the people who would have had to 
sign off on this. I'll let people make up their own minds about the competence 
and trustworthiness of Lenovo...

 

--

Thomas Koster

 





 

-- 

Meski


  <http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv


"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll 
get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills

 

RE: [OT] New laptop

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

The Signature Editions are the exact same machines (HP, Lenovo, etc) BUT 
stripped bare of all the crapware.. From what I remember reading when Microsoft 
first started with them, it’s a clean windows install, with all the correct 
tweeks, drivers etc to get the most out of the hardware..

 

Here is a link to their US store: 
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/categoryID.69916600

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of mike smith
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2015 2:11 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop

 

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

This is where Microsoft could really make a difference, if they would stop 
thinking about just the US and make the Signature Edition laptops/PCs available 
in Australia…

 

Do they make them (or rebadge) ?  If the former, whose their manufacturer?

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of Thomas Koster
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2015 10:09 AM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop

 

On 27 August 2015 at 19:28, mailto:osjasonrobe...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What’s peoples views on Lenovo ATM given there have been a few PR things happen 
in the last 12 months…? price v performance v reliability?

 

Are you talking about Superfish?

 

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/

 

Consider how this could have happened and all the people who would have had to 
sign off on this. I'll let people make up their own minds about the competence 
and trustworthiness of Lenovo...

 

--

Thomas Koster

 





 

-- 

Meski


  <http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv


"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll 
get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills

RE: [OT] New laptop

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

This is where Microsoft could really make a difference, if they would stop 
thinking about just the US and make the Signature Edition laptops/PCs available 
in Australia…

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Thomas Koster
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2015 10:09 AM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop

 

On 27 August 2015 at 19:28, mailto:osjasonrobe...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What’s peoples views on Lenovo ATM given there have been a few PR things happen 
in the last 12 months…? price v performance v reliability?

 

Are you talking about Superfish?

 

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/

 

Consider how this could have happened and all the people who would have had to 
sign off on this. I'll let people make up their own minds about the competence 
and trustworthiness of Lenovo...

 

--

Thomas Koster

 

RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

I have several other solutions, similar size that don’t have the same issues. 
The only things that stand out with this solution are:

* Targeting .Net 4.0 instead of 4.5 or later

* Reports

As for stripping out the reports, or reproducing this issue, it’s not something 
I have a great deal of time to do at the moment :(. When I need to work on that 
solution, I just keep an eye on the memory situation and restart VS as 
required.. It’s the low tech solution :)

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of DotNet Dude
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 3:19 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

I'd remove anything you think may be the cause like the reports (or most of 
them at least) and see how that goes. Probably not it but waiting around for a 
fix may take a while.

Also do you have issues with any other solutions? How about a default template 
with almost nothing in it?

 

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

That was my first thought, so I stripped out all VS extensions etc. Besides 
that, the solutions is what I’d call plain, no third party anything (I was 
using stylecop as a compilation target, but removed that as well). 

 

Probably the only not so standard thing left in the solution is a bucket load 
of reports (local reports *.rdlc), but besides that, it’s C#, Xaml and Sql 
Client.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of DotNet Dude
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 2:54 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Re: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

Any 3rd party components in the solution? I had similar issues with VS 2010 and 
it was something in a 3rd party control suite if I recall correctly. Seemed 
random at first but wasn't

 

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I’ve lodged a bug through connect about VS2015..  Basically, VS is crashing 
when it runs out of memory (it’s a 32 bit app, and its crashing when it hits a 
little over 2.3gb of RAM).. Yep, that’s right, a single instance of VS 2015 
using 2.3gb or RAM. The particular solution I’m having issues with is a WPF app 
with a bit over 250k lines of code. 

 

** Just as a side note, VS 2013 used around 500MB for this same solution

 

*** I’m not having any other issues with other solutions

 

 The 2.3GB is used within about an hour of serious work. That’s a lot of 
crashes each day..

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 2:41 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

Thanks Greg. First is known and something we’re aware of, it will be fixed in 
the next VS Update. 

 

Second I’ve not heard, can you use the Send-A-Frown, we’re looking at these 
daily and this will get routed to the right team.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:33 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

• It seems to be well known around the web that if you have the VS2015 options 
so C# Text Editor has "Keep Tabs" then F12 (go to definition) and Alt+F12 (peek 
definition) don't work. This may sound utterly absurd but it's true (it's like 
a link between slamming my car door causing it to rain). Unfortunately for me, 
I've had "Keep Tabs" on since it was invented.

 

 

• In VS2013 I could Ctlr+Wheel to change the font size of individual windows. 
In VS2015 the font size of all open windows seems to be ganged together. This 
is also crippling me due to having two monitors of different resolutions.

 

These two seemingly small issues about F12 and font sizing are driving me 
barking mad during the whole of my working day. If anyone has any insights or 
tricks about these issues I'd really like to hear from you. In the meantime 
I'll keep searching, but nothing useful so far.

 

Greg K

 

 

RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

David, 

 

Here’s the link to the bug report.

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/1598784/excessive-memory-usage

 

I received a reply from the VS team (pretty quickly) with a request for the 
mini dump. I’ve attached a dump (before and after the crash) to the bug report 
already, but that was about 2 weeks ago. I’m assuming (since it’s still marked 
as active) that they just haven’t managed to get back around to this yet. :)

 

Ed.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 3:12 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

Eddie, can you point me to the connect bug?

 

If you haven’t already, can you create a dump of the process when memory usage 
is high (Attach to the process from another instance of Visual Studio, break 
into the debugger and then choose Save Dump As… -> Minidump with Heap) and then 
share that somewhere on the bug (OneDrive?) I’ll make sure the right team gets 
it. 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Eddie de Bear (Gmail)
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:50 PM
To: 'ozDotNet' mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

I’ve lodged a bug through connect about VS2015..  Basically, VS is crashing 
when it runs out of memory (it’s a 32 bit app, and its crashing when it hits a 
little over 2.3gb of RAM).. Yep, that’s right, a single instance of VS 2015 
using 2.3gb or RAM. The particular solution I’m having issues with is a WPF app 
with a bit over 250k lines of code. 

 

** Just as a side note, VS 2013 used around 500MB for this same solution

 

*** I’m not having any other issues with other solutions

 

 The 2.3GB is used within about an hour of serious work. That’s a lot of 
crashes each day..

 

 

From:  <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ 
<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 2:41 PM
To: ozDotNet < <mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>
Subject: RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

Thanks Greg. First is known and something we’re aware of, it will be fixed in 
the next VS Update. 

 

Second I’ve not heard, can you use the Send-A-Frown, we’re looking at these 
daily and this will get routed to the right team.

 

From:  <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ 
<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:33 PM
To: ozDotNet < <mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>
Subject: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

• It seems to be well known around the web that if you have the VS2015 options 
so C# Text Editor has "Keep Tabs" then F12 (go to definition) and Alt+F12 (peek 
definition) don't work. This may sound utterly absurd but it's true (it's like 
a link between slamming my car door causing it to rain). Unfortunately for me, 
I've had "Keep Tabs" on since it was invented.

 

 

• In VS2013 I could Ctlr+Wheel to change the font size of individual windows. 
In VS2015 the font size of all open windows seems to be ganged together. This 
is also crippling me due to having two monitors of different resolutions.

 

These two seemingly small issues about F12 and font sizing are driving me 
barking mad during the whole of my working day. If anyone has any insights or 
tricks about these issues I'd really like to hear from you. In the meantime 
I'll keep searching, but nothing useful so far.

 

Greg K

RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

That was my first thought, so I stripped out all VS extensions etc. Besides 
that, the solutions is what I’d call plain, no third party anything (I was 
using stylecop as a compilation target, but removed that as well). 

 

Probably the only not so standard thing left in the solution is a bucket load 
of reports (local reports *.rdlc), but besides that, it’s C#, Xaml and Sql 
Client.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of DotNet Dude
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 2:54 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

Any 3rd party components in the solution? I had similar issues with VS 2010 and 
it was something in a 3rd party control suite if I recall correctly. Seemed 
random at first but wasn't

 

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I’ve lodged a bug through connect about VS2015..  Basically, VS is crashing 
when it runs out of memory (it’s a 32 bit app, and its crashing when it hits a 
little over 2.3gb of RAM).. Yep, that’s right, a single instance of VS 2015 
using 2.3gb or RAM. The particular solution I’m having issues with is a WPF app 
with a bit over 250k lines of code. 

 

** Just as a side note, VS 2013 used around 500MB for this same solution

 

*** I’m not having any other issues with other solutions

 

 The 2.3GB is used within about an hour of serious work. That’s a lot of 
crashes each day..

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 
On Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 2:41 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

Thanks Greg. First is known and something we’re aware of, it will be fixed in 
the next VS Update. 

 

Second I’ve not heard, can you use the Send-A-Frown, we’re looking at these 
daily and this will get routed to the right team.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>  
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:33 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

• It seems to be well known around the web that if you have the VS2015 options 
so C# Text Editor has "Keep Tabs" then F12 (go to definition) and Alt+F12 (peek 
definition) don't work. This may sound utterly absurd but it's true (it's like 
a link between slamming my car door causing it to rain). Unfortunately for me, 
I've had "Keep Tabs" on since it was invented.

 

 

• In VS2013 I could Ctlr+Wheel to change the font size of individual windows. 
In VS2015 the font size of all open windows seems to be ganged together. This 
is also crippling me due to having two monitors of different resolutions.

 

These two seemingly small issues about F12 and font sizing are driving me 
barking mad during the whole of my working day. If anyone has any insights or 
tricks about these issues I'd really like to hear from you. In the meantime 
I'll keep searching, but nothing useful so far.

 

Greg K

 

RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

I’ve lodged a bug through connect about VS2015..  Basically, VS is crashing 
when it runs out of memory (it’s a 32 bit app, and its crashing when it hits a 
little over 2.3gb of RAM).. Yep, that’s right, a single instance of VS 2015 
using 2.3gb or RAM. The particular solution I’m having issues with is a WPF app 
with a bit over 250k lines of code. 

 

** Just as a side note, VS 2013 used around 500MB for this same solution

 

*** I’m not having any other issues with other solutions

 

 The 2.3GB is used within about an hour of serious work. That’s a lot of 
crashes each day..

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 2:41 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: RE: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

Thanks Greg. First is known and something we’re aware of, it will be fixed in 
the next VS Update. 

 

Second I’ve not heard, can you use the Send-A-Frown, we’re looking at these 
daily and this will get routed to the right team.

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com   
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:33 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Visual Studio 2015 complaints

 

• It seems to be well known around the web that if you have the VS2015 options 
so C# Text Editor has "Keep Tabs" then F12 (go to definition) and Alt+F12 (peek 
definition) don't work. This may sound utterly absurd but it's true (it's like 
a link between slamming my car door causing it to rain). Unfortunately for me, 
I've had "Keep Tabs" on since it was invented.

 

 

• In VS2013 I could Ctlr+Wheel to change the font size of individual windows. 
In VS2015 the font size of all open windows seems to be ganged together. This 
is also crippling me due to having two monitors of different resolutions.

 

These two seemingly small issues about F12 and font sizing are driving me 
barking mad during the whole of my working day. If anyone has any insights or 
tricks about these issues I'd really like to hear from you. In the meantime 
I'll keep searching, but nothing useful so far.

 

Greg K

RE: Anyone using VS 2015, thoughts?

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Yes, sure have.

 

So far it's been fairly painless, except for a few small issues with
extensions (VS Colour Output when in dark theme which is an annoyance, but
something I can live with), and still using the old StyleCop build task
because the new style cop analysers are not finished. 

It's also taken me a bit to find some of the new options so I could turn
them off (such as suggestions to remove the 'this' prefix from object
reference)

 

I'm loving the earlier feedback from Roslyn about issues, saving me from
having to compile before finding errors :)

 

Unfortunately however, it still doesn't write code for me. 

 

Ed.

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Friday, 24 July 2015 2:53 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Anyone using VS 2015, thoughts?

 

We released VS 2015 earlier this week:

https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.

 

Anyone downloaded it and played around with it?

RE: Anyone using VS 2015, thoughts?

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Yes, sure have.

 

So far it's been fairly painless, except for a few small issues with
extensions (VS Colour Output when in dark theme which is an annoyance, but
something I can live with), and still using the old StyleCop build task
because the new style cop analysers are not finished. 

It's also taken me a bit to find some of the new options so I could turn
them off (such as suggestions to remove the 'this' prefix from object
reference)

 

I'm loving the earlier feedback from Roslyn about issues, saving me from
having to compile before finding errors :)

 

Unfortunately however, it still doesn't write code for me. 

 

Ed.

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Friday, 24 July 2015 2:53 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Anyone using VS 2015, thoughts?

 

We released VS 2015 earlier this week:

https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.

 

Anyone downloaded it and played around with it?

RE: Anyone using VS 2015, thoughts?

[Eddie de Bear (Gmail)]

Yes, sure have.

 

So far it's been fairly painless, except for a few small issues with
extensions (VS Colour Output when in dark theme which is an annoyance, but
something I can live with), and still using the old StyleCop build task
because the new style cop analysers are not finished. 

It's also taken me a bit to find some of the new options so I could turn
them off (such as suggestions to remove the 'this' prefix from object
reference)

 

I'm loving the earlier feedback from Roslyn about issues, saving me from
having to compile before finding errors :)

 

Unfortunately however, it still doesn't write code for me. 

 

Ed.

 

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of David Kean
Sent: Friday, 24 July 2015 2:53 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Anyone using VS 2015, thoughts?

 

We released VS 2015 earlier this week:
https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.

 

Anyone downloaded it and played around with it?

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

[Eddie de Bear]

Oh, and from the Silverlight blog..

http://team.silverlight.net/announcement/the-future-of-silverlight/

It just covers the innovate/standardize cycle..
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Eddie de Bear wrote:

> I think a lot of this has come about from a blog post by Scott 
> Barnes<http://www.riagenic.com/archives/363?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MsMossyblog+%28MS+MossyBlog%29&utm_content=FeedBurner>..
> It pretty much sums up what he has heard.
>
> The summary is:
> Windows Team are "dominant" inside Microsoft
> Windows Team prefer unmanaged code, so anything .Net really isn't viewed in
> a good light
> The Dev Team (Scott Guthrie) are pushing WPF/Silverlight
> HTML5 + CSS3 + JavaScript can do pretty cool things and are cross platform,
> tech independent.
>
> Does this mean Silverlight is dead? Nope.. I don't think so. I suspect that
> Silverlight will continue to exist as it will be able to evolve faster than
> future versions of standards (HTML5 has been in the works for how long?).
>
> This also applies to flash.. Flash and Silverlight will continue to be the
> forefront of new things on the web, but new features will be taken from both
> and get added to future versions of HTML.
>
> Well, that's how I see the world :)
>
>  On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Richard Jones wrote:
>
>> I don't want to start a flame war however I have been talking to some
>> fellow developers and they mentioned that Microsoft is preferring to support
>> HTML5 over silverlight. I think this is speculation to say the least.
>> Anyway, I don't get it, when Microsoft are about to release Windows phone7
>> which uses Silverlight.
>>
>> Can anyone anyone confirm this is the case?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Richard
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *EDDIE DE BEAR*
> Mob: 0417066315
> Messenger: eddie_deb...@hotmail.com
> Skype: eddiedebear
>
>


-- 
*EDDIE DE BEAR*
Mob: 0417066315
Messenger: eddie_deb...@hotmail.com
Skype: eddiedebear

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

[Eddie de Bear]

I think a lot of this has come about from a blog post by Scott
Barnes<http://www.riagenic.com/archives/363?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MsMossyblog+%28MS+MossyBlog%29&utm_content=FeedBurner>..
It pretty much sums up what he has heard.

The summary is:
Windows Team are "dominant" inside Microsoft
Windows Team prefer unmanaged code, so anything .Net really isn't viewed in
a good light
The Dev Team (Scott Guthrie) are pushing WPF/Silverlight
HTML5 + CSS3 + JavaScript can do pretty cool things and are cross platform,
tech independent.

Does this mean Silverlight is dead? Nope.. I don't think so. I suspect that
Silverlight will continue to exist as it will be able to evolve faster than
future versions of standards (HTML5 has been in the works for how long?).

This also applies to flash.. Flash and Silverlight will continue to be the
forefront of new things on the web, but new features will be taken from both
and get added to future versions of HTML.

Well, that's how I see the world :)

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Richard Jones  wrote:

> I don't want to start a flame war however I have been talking to some
> fellow developers and they mentioned that Microsoft is preferring to support
> HTML5 over silverlight. I think this is speculation to say the least.
> Anyway, I don't get it, when Microsoft are about to release Windows phone7
> which uses Silverlight.
>
> Can anyone anyone confirm this is the case?
>
> Regards,
> Richard
>



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Re: [OT] Decent workplaces for a dev in Canberra

[Eddie de Bear]

Hey Paul,

You are correct that there is a very large amount of work down here (or up,
depends on where you are) with Government Departments. Unfortunately due to
the panel arrangements that most of them have, you need to run through a
recruitment company if you plan to pick up anything with them.

If that's what you are after, then don't be afraid to look at a few
different companies as non of them sit on all the panels.
If your after work in the private sector, then I'm a little out of touch
with who is around town. Comes with doing government contracts for the last
10 years..
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Paul Jones wrote:

> G'day people!
>
> Which organisations do the Canberrans on this list recommend for a .NET dev
> to approach? AFAIK most are government based down there and I haven't dealt
> with any myself. Happy to get any feedback, negative or positive, on-list or
> off-list.
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>



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Re: MDI Form

[Eddie de Bear]

Hi, it's been a while since I've played with MDI forms, but from my
experience the concept of focus is a little strange with MDI parent/child.

The GotFocus even on an MDI parent fires when the child window gets focus.
Despite this, the MDI parent itself never actually has focus, it's the child
windows that have focus..

You can see this behavior really easily by adding 2 child forms to an MDI
container with different debug messages in each of the GotFocus events. The
child forms will never fire the GotFocus event but the parent form will fire
the GotFocus event every time the active child form changes..

Hope this helps a little..

Ed.


On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Arjang Assadi wrote:

> Here is an ugly hack:
> In the Activated event of the child mdi form , set the focus back to
> the mdi parent.
>
> On 7 July 2010 13:27, Anthony  wrote:
> > Doesn’t work..no matter what i do..the mdi child form gets the
> focus..really
> > weird.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
> > On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
> > Sent: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 11:03 AM
> > To: 'ozDotNet'
> > Subject: RE: MDI Form
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Anthony, I find that setting the Focus() in Load doesn’t work because
> > it’s too early, so I usually do it in the first Activate event. I often
> have
> > code like this:
> >
> >
> >
> > If (++activateCount == 1)
> >
> > {
> >
> > Thing.Focus();
> >
> > // Other stuff for the first time everything is visible
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > You may have to set the focus to a specific control, not the whole form.
> I
> > haven’t tried any of this with MDI though.
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg
>



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Re: KPI's for software developers

[Eddie de Bear]

lol, one of the places I worked (years ago) that happened. I didn't write
the code, but I was told to run it through an obfuscator before the code was
handed over. The main reason was to strip out all the comments AND nasty
variable names..

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:18 AM, David Richards <
ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> wrote:

> Until you later find out the client also bought the source code and you
> have to give it to them.  I've had this happen with a couple of projects.
> Fortunately, I'm a polite commentor.  :)
>
> David
>
> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes
> will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!"
> -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama
>
>
>   On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:11, Eddie de Bear wrote:
>
>> Ratio of Code to Coments complaining about the client.. That's always a
>> good way to go ;)
>>
>>
>


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Re: KPI's for software developers

[Eddie de Bear]

Ratio of Code to Coments complaining about the client.. That's always a good
way to go ;)



On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Richard Moore <
richard.mo...@worldsmartretail.com.au> wrote:

>  I assume that was a bit tongue in cheek, and I prefer coffee to soda!!
>
>
>
> They are all good points that have been raised but we don’t work in a
> closed system where those numbers across developers are equal.
>
>
>
> IMHO development is as just as much “art” as it is science so how do you
> objectively measure art?
>
>
>
> There are plenty of subjective measures but what about objective ones?
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Stephen Price [mailto:step...@littlevoices.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, 25 June 2010 10:51 AM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Re: KPI's for software developers
>
>
>
> So what about the people who delete code? I know someone who measures
> himself on lines deleted. :)
>
> No name, but I think its a great idea!
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:44 AM, David Kean 
> wrote:
>
> Definitely track it by the amount of code that write, the bugs they fix and
> soda they drink. ;)
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Richard Moore
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:40 PM
> *To:* ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
> *Subject:* KPI's for software developers
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> Does anyone have any good useful key performance indicators (KPI) that
> measure a software developers performance?
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
>
>
> *Richard Moore
> Analyst Programmer*
>
> [image: WSR-Signature.png]
>
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> Fx: +61 7 3340 2550
>
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> Locked Bag 38, Acacia Ridge, Qld 4110
>
>
>
>
>



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Re: Ignoring excpetions in catch

[Eddie de Bear]

Yep, just change the cast from:

ctlMDI = (MdiClient) ctl;
to
ctlMDI = ctl as MdiClient;

then check for null.

But having said that, I'm sure all of the code on MSDN/Microsoft web sites
are "not production ready".. The code is only to communicate ideas..

Just my 2c...

Ed.
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Arjang Assadi wrote:

> I thought only the beginner programmers or programmers without any
> pride in their work or self discipline would write code like this:
>
> try
> {
>  //some code goes here
> }
> catch
> {
>  //No code here just business as usual, do nothing about the exceptions!
> }
>
> but maybe I am wrong, this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319465 was
> unexpected!
> in the code in the above link are there any reasons for
> 1)Checking the type, or more generally first checking that at least
> the minimum requirements of an operations will be satisfied before
> using a sledge hammer?
>
> 2)Using some other (better) code e.g. reflection etc. would be
> definitely more preferable to ignoring excpetion?
>
> 3)Any other suggestions?
>
> Regards
>
> Arjang
>



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Re: benefits of using vs 2010

[Eddie de Bear]

I agree with Greg on this one. I've submitted bugs and enhancements which
received positive responses (from Microsoft) only to be closed "Won't Fix"
at the last minute. Even if they were migrated to VS-Next would have been a
better option, but to have them closed with no explanation just discourages
people from submitting anything.

Ed.

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Greg Low (greglow.com) wrote:

>  Too true Mitch.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, most of the folk I know that used to submit a lot of bugs
> and suggestions have stopped doing so. There are way too many “by design”
> responses. And most suggestions (rather than bugs) have no response until
> the product is about to ship, then they come back with “closed won’t fix”,
> without comment or even a name of who to talk to.
>
>
>
> It just isn’t a good feedback mechanism at present.
>
>
>
> I’ve even had entries submitted in detail, that a bunch of people have
> voted for, many have commented that it’s important, and it’s been closed as
> “closed not reproducible”. Again, with the decision attributed to
> “Microsoft” and no other name present. You’d think if a number of people
> think it’s important and you can’t reproduce it, you’d reach out to the
> person posting it at the very least.
>
>
>
> I can’t make sense of many of the statuses either. I’ve had another one
> that said “can’t reproduce” but also then said “fixed in SP1”.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Mitch Wheat
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 May 2010 10:22 AM
>
> *To:* 'ozDotNet'
> *Subject:* RE: benefits of using vs 2010
>
>
>
> While I'm sure the folks at Microsoft do their utmost to fix bugs, it
> doesn't take long to 'burn' bug submitters with "This is by design"
> responses
>
>
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
>
>
> Mitch Wheat
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Kean
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 May 2010 8:19 AM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* RE: benefits of using vs 2010
>
>
>
> > Sadly most of the worst bugs from VS 2008 are still there.
>
>
>
> Can you tell the ones that you keep running into? Or can you head over to
> Microsoft Connect and file these? Customer feedback is a *huge* factor in
> what bugs in fix – if we find the bugs internally but no customer has
> reported them, these fall in priority against other bugs that customers have
> filed.
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Mark Jarzebowski
> *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 5:09 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Re: benefits of using vs 2010
>
>
>
> I've switched most of my current apps to VS2010.
>
>
>
> It's looks nicer and is more pleasant to work with.
>
>
>
> Sadly most of the worst bugs from VS 2008 are still there.
>
>
>
> Also not much there to improve productivity for coal face developers.
>
>
> Regards . Mark Jarzebowski
> Director Software Engineering
> Business Model Systems
> Kew Victoria
> www.bms.com.au
>
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>
>
>
> Anyone using vs2010?  Is it worth upgrading some projects?
>
>
>
>
>
> regards
>
> Anthony (*12QWERNB*)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



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