Eclipse plugins vs features vs dropins
What is the difference between the plugins, features and dropins folder from an eclipse installation? What is the correct use of these folders? ...
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Personal Project question MVC.NET
My site is Main Site and the demo portal is Demo Site Idea is for small restaurants can create there own website (subdomain) and they can offer their products online for people to preorder online. I've got to a point were I'm a bit stuck so I'd like to get some feedback from people and I apologise if this is not appropriate. What ar...
Is needing to refresh the Project Explorer Pane in Eclipse when the file structure changes a bug or a feature?
I'm kinda torn on this one... It could be a feature, because then if the file structure of your project changes on disk, then you'll be able to refer back to project explorer to see what you had before the change, before you refresh. On the other hand it's a little annoying, but not too bad when you get used to it... So which is it? ...
SVN Workflow - Chicken Before the Egg - Before merging V1 with V2, I need code from V1 to work on V2
Hi, Our distributed team (3 internal devs and 3+ external devs) use SVN to manage our codebase for a web site. We have a branch for each minor version (4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, etc...). We have a trunk which we merge each version into when we do a release and publish to our site. An example of the problem we are having is thus: A new fea...
How to disable magento online sales functionality?
Hi there, I am implementing Magento Community edition and want to disable the "add to cart" functionality temporarily until i am prepared to proceed with online orders. I wanted to use Magento without checkout and add to cart functionality. Please advice. SIA ...
C/C++ usage of special CPU features
Hi, I am curious, do new compilers use some extra features built into new CPUs such as MMX SSE,3DNow! and so? I mean, in original 8086 there was even no FPU, so compiler that old cannot even use it, but new compilers can, since FPU is part of every new CPU. So, does new compilers use new features of CPU? Or, it should be more right...
Drawbacks of Windows Azure Platform?
It seems that documents available now are only whitepapers from Microsoft. So I only heard about advantages of this platform. I want to know about its drawbacks. What components/features of Windows Azure/SQL Azure/AppFabric make you uncomfortable? Which ones do you want to change/improve? Thank you so much for this. ...
What is a practical usage of Code Contracts in .NET 4.0?
In order to fully understand and take advantage of the new features and enhancements provided with the coming of the new .NET Framework 4.0, I would like to get an example of real-world application of the Code Contracts. Anyone has a good example of application of this feature? I would like to get a code sample with a brief explanati...
What is a good practical application example of the Dynamic Language Runtime in .NET 4.0?
I wish to better understand the real-world application of this new feature that consists the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR). I would like: Brief explanation of how it could be used; A brief sample code that shows how to take advantage of it. Thanks! =) ...
What do you miss from classic-asp days that is not available in asp.net ?
Many of us have come from classic-asp background and eventually picked up asp.net for better. But I miss many features from classic-asp that are not available in asp.net. Like, I don't get complete control over the markup renderred to the client in asp.net wherein in classic-asp it was possible. What are those features you miss from you...
Patterns / Solutions to complicated Feature Management
Hi all, My company develops CDN / Web-Hosting solution. We have a middleware that's served as a business logic layer and exposes web service for the front-end. I would like to seek for a clean solution to feature management - there're uncertainties and ugly workarounds/solutions in the software that the dev would say "when it happens o...
Upgrading a SharePoint list instance that was deployed via feature
I'm curious how others address this issue. Using VSEWSS 1.3, I have created a site content type, a list definition (w event receivers), and a list instance. All of them are in the same WSP solution and each is activated individually via features. Now let's assume that all the features have been activated for some time, and the list in...
Help with Visual Studio 2008 annoyances
I really like VS2008 but I was wondering if someone has workarounds for these annoyances: When I open a /* ... */ comment block, VS insists on placing a '*' character on every new line. That's nice, but sometimes I don't want that at all. Is there a way to turn it off? The formatting section in the Options dialog for the C# editor does...
Need to have an aspx page with a Feature in SharePoint 2010
I have added a custom button to the server ribbon in SharePoint (I have used a feature with Farm scope, so that the button is visible throughout the various site collections). For the elements of the feature, I have added a CustomUIExtension through which I want to load an aspx page on the click of the button. <CommandUIHandler Com...
Overview of mobile browsers and their features?
I'm looking for a comparison of the features of mobile browsers. Most interesting are the default preinstalled browsers. I would love a matrix that shows what device line can do what with their preinstalled browser. There is a list with rendering engines on wikipedia but there should be differences appart from the rendering right? I a...
Drupal : Notification of modification to translator of a content
Hello, In Drupal, i want to know how to notify translator that the content they translated, was modified. What is the easiest way to do it? Is there a module for that? Maybe workflow can help but i think this needs too much adminsitration Bonus Question : Do you already work with the same language in several countries? Exemple : Eng...
How does a good "spec" differ from an unclear "pray?"
Hi, I am sure everybody knows the 5Ws, a formula for getting the "full" story on something which is used in journalism. Is there a formula like this -I mean, like that questions should be answered for example- so that a "spec" can be considered as totally complete. Because sometimes I face some features with a spec that sounds like a ...
XmlDocuments Element ignored in Content Type?
I have a content type defined in Elements.xml and I want to add an Event Receiver. My Elements.xml looks like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <!-- Parent ContentType: Announcement (0x0104) --> <ContentType ID="0x0104008a424de98660457481eb7d8ddb5161ee" ...
SharePoint 2007 deploy MasterPage as Feature delete files on deactivation
I have a MasterPage that I am deploying to a SharePoint 2007 server. I am using a feature and a wsp to do the deployment. After deployment, my new masterpage isn't available to select and use for my site. Then, if I activate my feature, I am able to select my master page. But, when I deactivate my feature (or even retract the solution an...
reduce the number of features in SPSS
Hi, I have a dataset with more than 200 features and I would like to reduce the number in order not to overestimate the prediction of the outcome. Does anyone know whether there is any option in SPSS to calculate mutual information between the target value (Y) and the independent variables (X) or any other method to check which variabl...