RE: [OT] Anyone using Kinect?

[Keir Nathan]

I only have the Xbox Kinect, and I haven't tried attaching it to the PC yet, 
but I found this article which appears to be describing how to set it up to use 
the same middleware (OPNI NITE) that the ASUS Xtion uses...
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/148251/How-to-Successfully-Install-Kinect-on-Windows-Open

I suspect the article was written before Kinect for Windows existed, and is 
describing how to attach the Xbox Kinect to PC, but it may still apply.

Regards,

Nathan Keir
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2012 9:53 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: [OT] Anyone using Kinect?

As I recall, my friend bought the Asus Xtion device because it had a closer 
focal point (which is what I assume is the near mode that you mentioned, 
Joseph).  For his purpose, its ability to detect motion more accurately when 
closer to the person (0.8m to 3.5m stated for the Xtion Pro Live) was an 
essential feature. From the blog post, I see that 40cm - 50cm is possible in 
'near mode' with the Kinect for Windows.
Has anyone found a comparison  between the Asus Xtion and the Kinect device for 
Windows (as opposed to the Xbox one)? And can the Kinect SDK be used for Asus 
Xtion?
(as mentioned, I don't own any of these but I would like to easily give code to 
my friend with the Xtion, if I bought the Kinect for Windows)

Ian Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Joseph Cooney
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 6:57 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: [OT] Anyone using Kinect?

The XBox one works fine with the SDK, however the XBox kinect doesn't have 
'near mode' if you're particularly interested in that
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2012/01/20/near-mode-what-it-is-and-isn-t.aspx

More info is in the FAQ 
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/news/faq.aspx

Joseph
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Peter Maddin 
mailto:petermad...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
I have a Kinect that came with my Xbox.
Can this be use used with the Kinect for Windows Commercial SDK or do you have 
a buy a "special" unit?

Regards Peter Maddin

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2012 1:13 PM

To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
Subject: [OT] Anyone using Kinect?

Is anyone using Kinect? Where is the hardware on sale in Oz?


Ian Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia



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RE: Zooming a control

[Keir Nathan]

Why not just increase the size of the font?  Only the text really needs to 
change size doesn't it?

Regards,

Nathan Keir

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Sunday, 29 July 2012 1:48 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: Zooming a control

Ooops, I was doing a RenderTransform instead of a LayoutTransform. The latter 
is of course better as it keeps the control within its bounds and the content 
zooms, unfortunately so do the scroll bars and it looks a bit weird with big 
fat bars.

What I really need is to transform the "content" of the TreeView which from a 
copy of the template seems to be "", but getting the zoom 
behaviour on this is just too hard this afternoon. If I ever figure it out I'll 
let you know.

I think that zooming parts of a WPF application is an important feature in the 
days of bigger screens, but web searches so far don't reveal any specific 
discussion of WPF techniques of doing this.

Greg

RE: VS2010 is on MSDN

[Keir Nathan]

Or this one...
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/visualstudio/products


Regards,
Nathan Keir

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-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of DotNet Dude
Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:15 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: VS2010 is on MSDN

For those interested, here is a chart explaining the difference
between the 3 versions:
http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2009/10/19/VS-TFS-2010-Beta-2-has-arrived.aspx

IMHO they should just name them Gold, Silver and Bronze and stop
confusing everyone!


On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Matt Siebert  wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just checked MSDN and VS2010 is available for download.
> Looks like the RC was replaced about 20 mins ago.
> Cheers,
> Matt.

RE: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS

[Keir Nathan]

I highly recommend the DevExpress controls.  What you are describing is 
supported by their docking controls.
http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Controls/WinForms/Bars/dock_window.xml


Regards,
Nathan Keir



-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Arjang Assadi
Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 3:10 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS

My Apologies,

What I meant to say was Slider Panel , Sildiging Tab ( like the
Solution Explorer , etc. )
in the VS.

Thank you Ian

Regards

Arjang

On 13 September 2010 15:06, Ian Thomas  wrote:
> The only thing remotely like what you mentioned is a part of is/was called
> vBulletin Project Tools, and was for the vBulletin community forum software
> / CMS.
> It's not .NET afaik since vBulletin is PHP-powered, MySQL back-end server.
> But it's a free project.
>
> 
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
> On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi
> Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 12:34 PM
> To: ozDotNet
> Subject: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS
>
> Anyone knows what are those controls called? and of there is an open
> source control library for .net that contains it?
>
> Regards
>
> Arjang
>
>

RE: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS

[Keir Nathan]

In my experience the problem with using free or open source controls is that 
you only get one or two specific things in each package.  Then you try to add 
something else later and they won't work properly together or the style doesn't 
match or something.  That's why I finally bit the bullet and bought the entire 
DevExpress WinForms package (not only convinced them to purchase it at work but 
also got my own licence for personal use).  Because they have pretty much 
everything you could ever need, all in the same structure, and an awesome 
skinning system to boot which works with everything they make.  If you just 
need the one control then by all means use an open source one, but if you want 
to keep using them over time in multiple projects I think you'll find that's a 
problematic way to go.

Regards,

Nathan Keir


-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Arjang Assadi
Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2010 9:53 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS

Thank you all,

For sure Devexpress is the would be the first choice but I found this
http://avalondock.codeplex.com/
the demo project seemed good. Will try to give it a spin.

Is anyone aware of open source control libraries for .net? If anyone
ever worked with Delphi there was the project Jedi Component Library
having few hundred controls, I have been looking for something simialr
in .net but no luck so far.

Regards

Arjang


On 14 September 2010 07:07, Gordon Jones  wrote:
> I am not sure if this helps but I seem to remember that someone has written
> a similar control at CodeProject
> http://www.codeproject.com/
> I am sorry - I cannot remember the details and I may be wrong, but from what
> you describe it sounds similar, you will however have to do a search of code
> project.
>
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:10:03 +1000
>> Subject: Re: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS
>> From: arjang.ass...@gmail.com
>> To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
>>
>> My Apologies,
>>
>> What I meant to say was Slider Panel , Sildiging Tab ( like the
>> Solution Explorer , etc. )
>> in the VS.
>>
>> Thank you Ian
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Arjang
>>
>> On 13 September 2010 15:06, Ian Thomas  wrote:
>> > The only thing remotely like what you mentioned is a part of is/was
>> > called
>> > vBulletin Project Tools, and was for the vBulletin community forum
>> > software
>> > / CMS.
>> > It's not .NET afaik since vBulletin is PHP-powered, MySQL back-end
>> > server.
>> > But it's a free project.
>> >
>> > 
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
>> > [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
>> > On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi
>> > Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 12:34 PM
>> > To: ozDotNet
>> > Subject: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS
>> >
>> > Anyone knows what are those controls called? and of there is an open
>> > source control library for .net that contains it?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Arjang
>> >
>> >
>

RE: Remote control hardware / software

[Keir Nathan]

Why stop there?
http://emotiv.com/


Regards,
Nathan Keir

-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Tiang Cheng
Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2010 12:26 PM
To: michaelsli...@gmail.com; ozDotNet
Subject: RE: Remote control hardware / software

>Wow: http://www.kpower.com.au/show-me-everything/mindball/w1/i1001435_1001304/

>Perfect for christmas.


You'ld want this then :)

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/76966  

Prod review: 
http://gadgetynews.com/jedi-force-trainer-buy-it-and-gain-mind-control/

RE: VB6 calling modal .net dialog

[Keir Nathan]

Why not just manually disable the parent form while the dialog is visible?  
That's pretty much all a modal dialog is really doing anyway.  If that's not 
enough, the SetParent win32 api function may also help.

Regards,

Nathan Keir
Systems Analyst
John Deere Financial Limited A.C.N. 078 714 646
Australian Credit Licence Number 391484
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, 14 December 2011 9:57 AM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: VB6 calling modal .net dialog

Folks, I have a working .NET Form that runs fine as a modal dialog in managed 
apps, it's used to pick an item from a list and it returns the Int32 Id of the 
selected item. Now I have to make this dialog available to VB6. I've done 
plenty of Interop before to wrap managed library methods as ComVisible, but 
this is the first time I've tried this with a Window.Forms class.

I presume the VB6 caller can only pass me a HWND, so I ran a few experiments to 
see if I could convert a HWND from an NUnit test to an Owner of my dialog, but 
I can't figure that out. I then tried HWND to NativeWindow to ShowDialog(owner) 
on the caller side, but it doesn't run modal. It's not looking good so far.

I have a feeling I'm heading into a world of pain trying make the modal 
behaviour work with a VB6 caller. I can't get any definitive advice from web 
searches so far, so I thought I'd ask first to see if anyone has been there 
before.

Greg

RE: [ot] Port Forwarding LDAP

[Keir Nathan]

TMnetSim is primarily for simulating poor networks, but it might be able to do 
the forward for you.
Near the bottom of this page... http://www.tmurgent.com/tools.aspx

Regards,
Nathan

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of noonie
Sent: Monday, 6 February 2012 3:57 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: [ot] Port Forwarding LDAP

Greetings,

We have created a web-based user management system that works with Active 
Directory however the development time has been greatly increased by not having 
a local environment to develop and test against.

I have managed to get a copy of the remote domain brought into our network with 
he following config:-

Windows XP workstation (on our domain) hosting Microsoft Virtual Server 
containing Windows Server(tm) 2003 Service Pack 2 as the guest O/S.

The guest is configured as a domain controller and contains a close copy of the 
remote AD.

The guest O/S is configured to use the host loop-back network adapter and is 
completely isolated from the host's domain.

What I want to do is be able to configure the application under development to 
use LDAP connections and point them at the "replica" domain controller. The 
fact that this is hosted on XP is giving me a headache but this configuration 
is not open for negotiation.

I assume that I need a port forwarding solution but XP doesn't appear to have 
one built in and Fpipe, which works fine for port 8080 --> 80 mapping appears 
to choke when I connect using an LDAP browser (ADAM ADSI Edit) mapping 1389 --> 
389. I can connect and display the schema root but drilling into the directory 
returns errors at the client and logs errors in the Fpipe command window. I 
suspect that I've just chosen the wrong tool to do the forwarding.

Has anyone had any success with this type of configuration and what 
recommendations do you guys have for port forwarding/mapping utilities that 
will work for me on XP?

--
Regards,
noonie

RE: ResourceDictionary gotcha

[Keir Nathan]

All this XML stuff these days has its advantages but as primarily a Windows 
Forms developer starting to work on WP7 apps and such I have to say I'm 
severely disappointed at all the design time controls we are losing.  I've 
spent many hours in the past poring over config files for remoting and similar 
things only to eventually give up on it and do it all via code because I just 
couldn't figure out why it wasn't working (and I'm already finding myself doing 
the same thing in WP7 to an extent.)  There needs to be better error handling 
on these XML files to catch this sort of stuff upfront, cause I bet if you were 
doing this in WinForms it would have fixed that for you.  Of course they tell 
us this stuff is coming, but I don't like the chances it will ever get to the 
level WinForms is now, cause there's XML config stuff that's been around in VS 
for quite some time (excluding XAML) that still doesn't have editors/validation 
to stop these sorts of silly time consuming errors.

Regards,

Nathan Keir
Systems Analyst
John Deere Financial Limited A.C.N. 078 714 646
Australian Credit Licence Number 391484
Incorporated in Queensland, Australia
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Monday, 26 March 2012 9:28 AM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: ResourceDictionary gotcha

Folks, I modified a WPF app recently to use 
ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries in most the controls so I could put 
shared resources and styles in a shared library project. So I have lines like 
this as I described last week:




...



There is something subtly and terribly wrong with the Source line above (can 
anyone see it immediately?). In VS2010 and Blend 4 you can design controls 
okay, but when they are nested the designers fail and tell you the resource is 
not found. This problem was so irritating that I knocked-up a mini solution to 
demonstrate it to ask the group if anyone could figure out what was wrong. 
Well, the mini sample worked.

So after days of puzzling over why the big app worked and the mini one didn't, 
I stumbled across the difference ... You have to put a leading / before the 
resource Uri like Source="/FooApp..." I see that online articles do the correct 
thing, but I accidentally forgot the / and dug a hole for myself. It's terrible 
that such a tiny mistake can waste so many man-hours.

Greg

RE: Win 8 Tablet

[Keir Nathan]

Does the pen on that one require batteries, and have a nib that has to press in 
to activate it, and have a right mouse button on it?  I've got the HP Slate 500 
which I find rather underpowered.

Regards,

Nathan Keir
Systems Analyst
John Deere Financial Limited A.C.N. 078 714 646
Australian Credit Licence Number 391484
Incorporated in Queensland, Australia
166-170 Magnesium Drive, Crestmead, QLD, Australia 4132
PO Box 1544, Browns Plains BC, QLD, Australia 4118
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+61 7 3802 3142 (fax)
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Peter Maddin
Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:48 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: Win 8 Tablet

Hi Stephen

Was reasonably impressed with your eee Asus EP121 64GB tablet

Have purchased one from Hardly Normal for $998 pick up which is not bad.

I thinks it's a bit entry level, but enough to get started.

I presume you installed the Win 8 Consumer Preview 
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview ?

I found that tool to create a bootable USB (or at least install from USB) at 
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

What version of VS2011 did you get, the Express Beta to build Metro apps 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/br229518 or something better?


Regards Peter Maddin
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PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Stephen Price
Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 6:58 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: RE: [OT] www.affordablelaptops.com.au


I got an asus eee slate which isn't bad. Come along to XDDN tomorrow evening at 
43 Below @ 6pm. I'll be showing off win8 on it.

Google XDDN Perth and you can find more details on meetup.com
Cheers,
Stephen
On Mar 27, 2012 6:47 PM, "Peter Maddin" 
mailto:petermad...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:

RE: Win 8 Tablet

[Keir Nathan]

OneNote is my main use too.  Syncing between tablet, desktop and WP7 phone.  
Works very nicely.  Though I would use it for more if it had more power.

Regards,

Nathan Keir
Systems Analyst
John Deere Financial Limited A.C.N. 078 714 646
Australian Credit Licence Number 391484
Incorporated in Queensland, Australia
166-170 Magnesium Drive, Crestmead, QLD, Australia 4132
PO Box 1544, Browns Plains BC, QLD, Australia 4118
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Ken Schaefer
Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 12:08 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: RE: Win 8 Tablet

I only use OneNote and Outlook on mine. That may be why I find it fine for 
day-to-day use, yet others find it underpowered (probably the same goes with 
the Dell Slate). Everything I do in OneNote is synced back to my regular PCs

I also have SharePoint Workspace running on it, to have an offline copy of 
important docs stored in SharePoint.

Cheers
Ken

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Stephen Price
Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 9:00 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Win 8 Tablet

I often wonder why more people are not raving about how the porn looks on their 
tablets. I mean it's most likely the number one use

Sent from my iPhone

On 30/03/2012, at 8:58 AM, Peter Maddin 
mailto:petermad...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
Thanks

>> hadn't noticed any annoying hand smudging.
Kleenex and Windex will solve that problem

Regards Peter Maddin
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PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Stephen Price
Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 8:17 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Win 8 Tablet

I think it was the Express build so I could build Metro apps. Don't recall 
having an option but it was the ISO version if that helps.

Oh, and we tested it the other night. The pen does turn off the touch when its 
in proximity of the screen so no risk of drawing stuff with your hand while 
using the pen. I hadn't payed much attention to it, and hadn't noticed any 
annoying hand smudging.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Peter Maddin 
mailto:petermad...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
Hi Stephen

Was reasonably impressed with your eee Asus EP121 64GB tablet

Have purchased one from Hardly Normal for $998 pick up which is not bad.

I thinks it's a bit entry level, but enough to get started.

I presume you installed the Win 8 Consumer Preview 
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview ?

I found that tool to create a bootable USB (or at least install from USB) at 
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

What version of VS2011 did you get, the Express Beta to build Metro apps 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/br229518 or something better?


Regards Peter Maddin
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PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA
Phone : +618 6396 4285 (Monday, Wednesday,Friday)
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RE: WinForms - button text from sender object

[Keir Nathan]

If you were expecting various types to hit that event then you'd just need to 
check the type before casting it...

If TypeOf sender Is Button Then
MessageBox.Show(CType(sender, Button).Text)
ElseIf TypeOf sender Is TextBox Then
MessageBox.Show(CType(sender, TextBox).Text)
End If

Regards,

Nathan Keir
Systems Analyst
John Deere Financial Limited A.C.N. 078 714 646
Australian Credit Licence Number 391484
Incorporated in Queensland, Australia
166-170 Magnesium Drive, Crestmead, QLD, Australia 4132
PO Box 1544, Browns Plains BC, QLD, Australia 4118
+61 7 3802 3274 (office)
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 4:16 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: WinForms - button text from sender object

Yes, that works -
CType(sender, Button).Text) in VB.NET - for a Button.
- but I thought there was something more general, though the .Text property 
isn't going to be uniform across controls.
I'll go for that solution. thx


Ian Thomas
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Wallace Turner
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:03 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: WinForms - button text from sender object

C#

((TextBox)sender).Text ?

On 30/03/2012 2:01 PM, Ian Thomas wrote:
Hello folks
I've forgotten how to get the text from a button click that handles multiple 
buttons -
Private Sub Buttons_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles Button1.Click, Button2.Click, Button3.Click, Button4.Click
(VB.NET above)
sender.ToString gives me the whole object description with its .Text property, 
but what's the simple expression to get just that text?

System.Windows.Forms.Button, Text: MyButtonText




Ian Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia

RE: Win 8 Tablet gestures

[Keir Nathan]

I remember reading somewhere that the swipe from top or sides of the screen 
doesn't work on PC because the swipe has to start off the screen, and that's 
impossible to do with a mouse cursor.

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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Stephen Price
Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2012 7:00 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Win 8 Tablet gestures

Makes me kind of wonder how these tablets are going to take off... I don't 
recall hearing of anyone having an issue with closing an app on an iPad.

I'm also worried that making an OS that can do both PC's and Tablets will suck 
at both rather than being great at both. Time will tell I guess. Being late to 
the party doesn't always mean a fail. Take Google for example. I guess they can 
learn from everyone's mistakes.

The close application gesture (my description of it), you touch the middle, top 
of screen and slowly drag down. You should see the whole screen turn into a 
smaller version. you can then drag and snap it (which doesn't actually work on 
the Asus eee slate - something to do with the screen resolution being slightly 
different ie a bug) and then you can also decide you dont want it and kind of 
"throw it" off the bottom of the screen with a flick.

maybe that will work for you? (described different).
I'll see if it works for me when i get home
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Peter Maddin 
mailto:petermad...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
Thanks

Can't seem to get anywhere with swiping the screen as described.

If I use a mouse, and go to the bottom left of the screen, I can get the start 
option.
If I use the mouse towards the left top of the screen I can see the 
applications.
If I right mouse click over the application thumbnail, I get a context menu 
option to close it (the one and only option).

I can swipe from the left side to move to other applications.
I can touch and hold on the right hand side to get the charms displayed.

I thought that having to use a mouse to do some things was a bit disappointing 
but then maybe it's my inexperience.
Maybe I should look at an introductory tut on win8

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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Mark Thompson
Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012 8:09 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: Win 8 Tablet (second try)

> Once you start a metro application, is there a way of shutting it down 
> outside of ctrl-F4?

Try clicking (or swiping) from the very top of the screen and dragging down to 
the bottom.