start-up

Running BlackBerry application automatically directly after installation.

Hi, I have written an application that injects some menu items in other BlackBerry applications (for example a "bookmark this page" menu item in the BlackBerry browser). I have configured the application to be run automatically at startup (of the device) so when the device starts, the menu items are installed in the other applications. ...

Starting a process with Windows start-up (can not find supporing files)

I programmed (C# .Net 3.5) a process to start when windows (XP) starts. This process uses other files in the same folder as itself. Moreover, it starts another process, again located in the same folder. However, it seems like the process cannot find the files in the same folder (they are there). Instead, it looks in "C:\Documents a...

How to create program startup parameters in python

I'm just beginning to learn python and the program I'm writing requires parameters for it to run with a specific task. For example (programs name is Samtho) samtho -i Mozilla_Firefox How can I do that? ...

Separating rapid development from refactoring/optimization

I'm working in a team of 2 front-end developers on a web-based late-stage startup project. The site works quite well, but there's a lot of room for improvement code-wise, as the code is quite messy and disorganized. I would like to clean things up gradually by writing tests and carefully refactoring to avoid breaking anything. (Using p...

ASP.Net ScriptManager and UpdatePanel ignoring javascript once posted back.

Hi, I am having major issues using UpdatePanels on a website. The problem is that when i use a ScriptManager, all client side JavaScript that was active when the page was originally loaded is lost once an update panel posts back. Here's what i'm trying to do... I have a number of .net calender controls on the same page each within i...

Resources specific to web startups

I know there's a lot out there on startups. I listen to a few startup podcasts, and have been reading some books on startups (I just finished Founders at Work), but I'm looking for some more information specifically on web startups, and even more specifically, on web startups that provide a services or transactions, such as Mint, PayPal ...

mysql error: could not start the service mysql on local computer error 193: oxc1

I was going thru the charset change to utf8 on my local MySQL(5.1) databases, had done some changes only via phpmyadmin to the dbs and straight to my.ini - file. When I booted my pc (win xp pro sp 3), MySQL server is not starting up at all and I can't figure out why. I changed the ini-file back as it was, but no. If I'd re-install the wh...