compatibility

Are memcached entries saved by the Danga client compatible with the Spy client?

After saving a String value into memcached using the Danga client, I attempted to get the entry using the Spy client. The two String values are not the same. The Danga client retrieves a string with an additional empty char prepended to the string, therefore violating the equality condition. Danga t,e,s,t,s,t,r,i,n,g Sp...

Which Browsers don't support ids for in page navigation (fragid)?

In HTML5, name is no longer a valid attribute of the anchor tag (<a name="yadayada">). It has been mentioned that older browsers do not recognize the the new recommended approach (<a id="yadaya"> or any id for that matter). What are the browsers which don't recognize ids for in page navigation (fragids)? Are we talking about Netscape-era...

unable to use turboc through xp. why? solution?

Hi, I'm having problems opening directly TurboC++ compiler(dos version) on Windows X. if I click on the TurboC++ icon through windows GUI it opens for a sec(a blank dos screen) and shuts down. so i have to access it through the command line i.e., cmd (enter) c:\tc\bin (enter) tc.exe This way TurboC++ opens and I'm able to program and...

is jQuery 1.4.2 compatible with Closure Compiler?

According to the official release statement version 1.4 has been re-written to be compressed with Closure Compiler yet when I use the online version of closure compiler I get 130 warnings. This is the code I use. // ==ClosureCompiler== // @compilation_level ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS // @output_file_name default.js // @code_url http://ajax...

Mac OS X 10.5 App "not supported on this architecture" cured by copying?

I have an app that updates itself over the internet, and the updated copy won't run on PowerPC machines (G5) running Leopard (10.5.8). Double-clicking the app produces a message saying "You can't open the application "appname" because it is not supported on this architecture." But here's the weird part: if I duplicate the app using th...

The move from IE6/XP to IE8/Win7 and its effect on ASP.NET applications

Hello, The company I work for is preparing for application testing in IE8. Previously we have been using IE6. Many of our web applications are written in .NET 1.0 and 1.1 with more recent apps written in 2.x and 3.x. I know IE8 has an IE7 compatibility mode and it says it has a quirks mode, but most of our apps were written for 6, whic...

Visual Studio - Static Library Compatibility (2008, 2010)

I have a product that I ship with static libraries for use by third party integrators. I have seen compatibility problems with other versions of VS so I was wondering if there is any info about library compatibility from 08 to 10 and vice versa? This is with Standard Windows Libraries (no mfc) and not ATL. ...

What happens when .NET 4.0 references a .NET 2.0 assembly?

What exactly does the .NET 4.0 runtime do if a .NET 4.0 executable contains a reference to a .NET 2.0 assembly? Is the .NET 2.0 assembly run with the .NET 4.0 runtime (in other words, .NET 4.0 must be 100% API-compatible to .NET 2.0) or does the process somehow host the .NET 2.0 runtime and some magic happens to make the .NET 2.0 types ...

Should we give overflow:hidden to those div for which we are not giving height?

Should we give overflow:hidden to those div for which we are not giving height? #Container {width:900px;margin:0 auto} for #header which has other elements inside then should i give overflow:hidden to #header or i should give fixed height to #header. What is the difference between both? #header {} #footer {} ...

Most cost effective way to target multiple mobile platforms

Hi I have been given the tasks of speccing a mobile application, which will need to run on approx. 1000 devices. These devices already exist, and consist of iPhones, BlackBerrys, Androids, Windows Mobile and Netbooks. The application will have simple reporting capability, and a collection of forms. Anyway, the obvious solution would be...

Android forwards compatibility

Hi all, I just published my first application to the market, but i just found out that android.telephony.gsm.smsmanager was depreciated as of Android 1.6. My application depends on sending SMS messages, so it cannot not work in 1.6 or newer. I built the project against 1.5, but I only have a device with 1.5 to test on. Since I built o...

socket.error: [Errno 10013] An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions

Hello all. I'm trying to create a custom TCP stack using Python 2.6.5 on Windows 7 to serve valid http page requests on port 80 locally. But, I've run into a snag with what seems like Windows 7 tightened up security. This code worked on Vista. Here's my sample code: import SocketServer import struct class MyTCPHandler(SocketServer....

Zlib compression in boost::iostreams not compatible with zlib.NET

Hello, I want to send compressed data between my C# to a C++ application in ZLIB format. In C++, I use the zlib_compressor/zlib_decompressor available in boost::iostreams. In C#, I am currently using the ZOutputStream available in the zlib.NET library. First of all, when I compress the same data using both libraries, the results look di...

windows 7 compatibility windows registry windows xp issue

Hi, I have an application developed in VC++ 2010 , it runs in xp , it also runs in Windows 7 when i check the run in XP mode. When i check the run in xp mode , it sets a string value in HK_LOCAL_USER \Software\microsoft\windowsNT\currentversion\appcompatflags\layers folder , and runs well. When i set the same value in the folder throug...

How do I get jquery & mootools to play nice?

I've been using Mootools 1.2.4 as my JS framework of choice. I've added Checkout by Amazon to one of my pages, and they inject jQuery 1.2.6 into the page and messes up my dollar function (among other things). I have control over Mootools, but not jQuery. I would rather not rewrite my existing code to accomodate jQuery since Checkout by ...

New Rails project -- Rails2 or Rails3?

I have this new project I need to build. I want to have at least started on it by the end of this month. So which version should I use though? Should I just stick with the stable Rails2 or try to use Rails3 so I won't have to migrate later? Which one would you suggest for someone that is still learning Rails? ...

Weird compatibility problem with .Net 3.5 and 4.0 assemblies (NATUPnPLib)

I'm having trouble getting NATUPnP 1.0 Type Library to work with Framework 3.5 in Visual Studio 2010. If I use .Net 4.0, it works just fine, but with .Net 3.5, NATUPNPLib's namespace looks excactly like NETCONLib's. For example this Port Forwarding Management Application sample from this site: http://pietschsoft.com/post/2009/02/05/NET-...

adding virtual function to the end of the class declaration avoids binary incompatibility?

Could someone explain to me why adding a virtual function to the end of a class declaration avoids binary incompatibility? If I have: class A { public: virtual ~A(); virtual void someFuncA() = 0; virtual void someFuncB() = 0; virtual void other1() = 0; private: int someVal; }; And later modify this class decl...

Trouble setting IE8 browser mode to IE7

Inspite of putting the following meta tag I am not getting the expected result: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" > I open the developer tool window. In the same bar where the menu appears there is an item called Browser Mode: it still shows IE 8 by default. Even doing document.documentMode in the console wind...

.Net 3.5 - SQL : Compatibility issues. Changing attributes automatic

I would like to make notice of some wierd thing. I designed an entire package application using VB.Net in Visual Studio 2008. I changed the normal backgrounds to Black, to make a diffrerence. but the problem is i1mm getting changing back ground colors when i install it on other systems.which does have all supports required. What should ...