extensions

Lesser known VS 2010 extensions that provide great all purpose functionality?

What VS 2010 extensions do you recommend for improving all purpose development? I've been having a look through the ones on MSDN, started to wonder if there were any that provide some great/unique features but haven't really got popular for some reason? :) Also wondering if there are any other repositories for VS extensions? ...

chrome.extensions.onRequest.addListener won't debug?

I've searched everywhere for a solution to this...even Google's own code example doesn't work. Someone please explain to me how to debug into event listeners or at least how to make Console.Log() work! Looking at Google's example : http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/messaging.html Here is what I'm testing...on my background.js (r...

Extension/plugin development tools - integrated into the IDE or separate?

Part of our application is a fairly extensive plugin development kit allowing third parties to write extensions and add-ons that can be added to the product. In addition to the standard libraries, project templates etc, there are a number of tools that are shipped that speed up development. For instance a custom resource editor that al...

automatic installation of common magento extensions at project kickoff

There are some Magento Connect extensions that I find myself installing every time I create a new project, such as Fontis_Recaptcha, Mass_Product_Relater, HM_DeveloperToolbar, ModuleCreator, Alanstormdotcom_Layoutviewer, etc. What's on your list? Does anyone know of a capability to automate the installation of a base set of modules? I...

Invoke a java method from a Thunderbird Extension

I want to make a thunderbird extension. So the first question is where to get started. Can you point me to some sample extensions in which I can plug in my code? This will significantly reduce the effort. I presume what we would write some javascript files along with some configuration files for writing an extension. Is that write? That...

How can i set the name of IE Extension (BHO In IE)

How Can i Set the Name of the BHO appear in IE Extension (e.g Manage Addons).. The Name that Appear in the Internet Explorer Addons list is the Namespace of my program when i attach it with regasm.exe. how can i set the name of that.?... Thanks. ...

how can I do something similar to IE8 'Favorites' toolbar button extension ?

I managed to add a tool bar IE using the BandObjectLib which is written in C# and uses DESKBANDINFO struct and others the thing is I want to attach a window when a button is clicked that has some input like button and lists etc..The window is not part of the toolbar, but rather it is The project I am using is the following http://cgeers...

Is there any other way besides browser extensions that one could have a GUI bar hover over any website a user visits?

Goal I want to create a web app with a horizontal GUI bar that floats with the user as they move from site to site. e.g. A user will sign into the web at the home page and then proceed to say Google to start searching for their topic. Once they are signed in and leave the web app homepage a horizontal GUI bar will appear on each page th...

PHP GTK module in php.ini

I installed PHP GTK in C:\php-gtk but when I go to run it like from the command line like this cd C:\php-gtk2 php demos\phpgtk2-demo.php It gives this error Please load the php-gtk2 module in your php.ini My ini file has this content (it is called php-cli.ini) [PHP] ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; About the php.ini in PHP-GTK ...

PHP on Mac OS X - Loading Non-Existent Extensions by Default - Erroneous phpinfo() Results?

I have enabled PHP 5.3.2 and Apache 2.2.14 on my install of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and have confirmed that I am connecting to it with a call to phpinfo(); On inital startup, it appears that ALL possible extensions are being loaded, as the call to print_r(get_loaded_extensions()) implies: Array ( [0] => Core [1] => date [2] =...

Extension "WhenNull" to check for null and init the underlying object via lambda

Hi, I was asked whats wrong/how can the following scenario can be fixed Customer customer = null; customer.WhenNull(c => new Customer()) .Foo(); // instead of Customer customer = null; if (customer == null) { customer = new Customer(); } customer.Foo(); One developer sends me his Version of the WhenNull extension public ...

Shortcut for "null if object is null, or object.member if object is not null"

I'm trying to write a generic extension method that let's me do this: this.startDate = startDateXAttribute.NullOrPropertyOf<DateTime>(() => { return DateTime.Parse(startDateXAttribute.Value); }); NullOrPropertyOf() would return null if it's used on a null object (e.g. if startDateXAttribute was null), or return the result of a Fun...

Python and C interaction - callback function

I'm trying to make a key logger for Mac OS for one of my research projects. I have a C code which will grab keystroke and write them to a text file. (The following code I have taken out some not important stuff) What I need to do now is just like PyHook, instead of write the data to a text file, to pass a Python callback function to th...

Can I use Python to develop extensions for all major browsers?

Can I use Python to develop extensions for all major browsers? If not then what languages will I need to know to develop extensions for: Chrome Firefox Safari IE Opera ...

Help me with my first Mozilla Extension.

I am new to Mozilla extensions and i have been trying to build the "hello world" following this tutorial https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Building_an_Extension but unfortunately its not showing anything on the right of my status bar when i start Firefox with my development profile. I have checked everything many times and not found any m...

How to wire up to events associated with VS2010's Outlining model

Hiya, I'm writing an extension for VS2010 that reorders a page of code by rearranging code sections and inserting #regions. I want to be able to code in a call to the "Edit.CollapseToDefinitions" command after I've completed my text manipulations. I can invoke this command in the Visual Studio model by calling ExecuteCommand on my DT...

Load php extensions dynamically

I have a live server which I want to occasionally use for testing purposes. I only have access to FTP and some basic administration tools there. Reading the documentation for dl() gives me hope I can load xDebug dynamically even though I can't add it to the loaded extension list. I have little idea how though. Question: How to obtain ...

MediaWiki Extension question / suggestion

Complete beginner here. I want to create a new tab on each page that has a custom action. When clicked, it takes you to a new page which has custom HTML on it along with the text or the original article. So far I could create a new Tab and could give a custom action mycustomaction to it. I am pasting what I did so far here. Please let m...

How to use markup extensions from C# code?

Assume I have SomeExtension markup extension. Does anyone know how to assign it to a property from C# code? That is for example in xaml I have <TextBlock Text="{l:Translate LocalizedByMarkupExtension}" /> I want to do the same using C# code. ...

Free/Inexpensive Visual Studio 2010 Intellisense Extensions That Search Namespaces for Methods?

Is anyone aware of a free or < $25 VS2010 extension that suggests namespaces based on partial information? E.g., you can type "bar()" without knowing where it is and intellisense will prompt you with "Foo.bar()". IIRC, ReSharper does something like this, but it exceeds my preferred expenditure. ...