As a programmer of any level, I have found that at times our programming knowledge comes to a halt. Some tend to dismiss this halt and that we are in it. We say things such as: "Well I know this, therefore I must know that." We use the words like: easy and simple; Without really looking at the problem in a greater detail. So my question...
I'm more or less aiming for the below, using the tutorial at http://roshanbh.com.np/2008/07/top-floating-message-box-using-jquery.html, however, I'd like to take it one step further. My bar will more or less work like SO's does when you have responses to a question. The idea is that mine will display something along the lines of "The ...
I'm currently writing an installation for our in-house development SDK. Part of this SDK is a guidance package for Visual Studio 2008 (Guidance Framework Version: February 2008). Unfortunately I have no idea how to write a WiX-installation for the guidance package created. How to do that? By default the guidance-package-wizard in Visu...
Hi A project that I maintain and develop in asp.net so far has over 500 c# files (including code behind), 150 aspx, dozens of web controls, masterpages, split over various projects; web, business, cms. There are other projects that are accessed as web services (FYI developed mostly in Java by other teams). This current project is hoste...
I am learning Rails & Ruby right now with the ultimate goal of using these technologies full time. However, my current job is at a windows shop & I am not in a position to influence any decisions on what technologies to use. I have a limited understanding of web development. However, my database skills have improved significantly thanks ...
I'm about to show my inexperience here, but hey - like any developer I want to learn. Given the following interface: public interface IRepository { entityDB Database { get; set; } IQueryable<T> All<T>() where T:class, new(); T Single<T>(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression) where T : class, new(); IList<T> Find<T>(Expr...
At my company we are undertaking a large task of creating a new software architecture for our products. Our current architecture has been in use for many product iterations and lasted a long life and it is time for it to retire. The UI architecture is currently implemented in WTL/ATL 3.0 and COM. We have just completed the design of t...
I have a Silverlight application with several modules, which each resides in its own project. Unfortunately, all the paths used in images aren't resolved anymore (no pictures are shown in my Silverlight application). Anyone a clue how to set image paths using the Composite Application Guidance in Silverlight for views residing in module...
We were building out the next version of an in-house thick-client application using WPF/Prism (Composite Application Library). As we were nearly done with the client our team was put under new management and shortly thereafter: We were then directed to drop the Prism framework to keep things simple. This includes not using any type o...
I am customizing a Process Template for TFS2008. I am using the "MSF for Agile... v4.2" template as the base template and would like to set the version control settings of the "Project Management" document library todo the following: Major Versions : Enabled Documents must be checked our before they can be edited I'm using the edit...
Hi, I'm starting Android doing an application for searching restaurants, and some guidance would be welcome! On the first screen I'd like to have a search field with a submit button (I get the data from a web service), and below a list with the results of the search. When clicking on one of the items of the list it will show a screen wi...
Hi, I am currently pursuing my MS in Software Engineering. I am considering the option of doing a part time programme in Industrial Engineering as most of the courses (Operations Research, Accountancy, Business Process etc) are those that I do not have any knowledge in. Is there a requirement in the industry for people with such qualifi...
According to the guidance published in New Recommendations for Using Strings in Microsoft .NET 2.0, the data in a string may exhibit one of the following types of behavior: A non-linguistic identifier, where bytes match exactly. A non-linguistic identifier, where case is irrelevant, especially a piece of data stored in most Microsoft W...
I know there is a minute possibility of a clash but if I generated a batch of 1000 GUIDs (for example), would it be safe to assume they're all unique to save testing each one? Bonus question An optimal way to test a GUID for uniqueness? Bloom filter maybe? ...
Hi, I'm looking for a good example of WPF Prism (or Composite Application Guidance) sample code that would not be as complicated as the StockTraderRI or as simple as HelloWorld but could explain all the important aspect of writing an application with Prism, preferably with database connection. Tutorials are also appreciated. I have googl...
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Dear All, I want to make a Student Management Software using WCF (Visual Studio 2010). I have not made any projects in .NET. I need a lot of Master Screens, Transaction Screens, Reports and so on. How do i go on with this. Is it possible to create menus in WPF and i can create all my options [Student Master, Course Master etc.] in Menus...
beloved s.o. (lowercase intended; indented, and, subsequently dedented), I have a long-term project in mind, and when it's done I will definitely show it to you. In the mean-time, as the title suggests, I will be attempting (nay, succeeding! think positively, right?!) at creating an internet-based company. Essentially, I hope to utili...
Hello everyone, I briefly checked for dupes of this question, since I was certain they would exist, but I couldn't find any! So, I am going from Java to JavaScript; what can I read that will make sense? (and if I just have to forget everything about Java and start over, that's fine too.) ...