version

How to check if a visitor is using the latest version of his/her browser?

Is there a simple and automatic way of checking if a visitor to my website (written in asp.net) is using the latest version of his browser? This would allow me to display a message to inform them that they're running an old version and that they might want to upgrade. My website is tested on most broswers but I don't test old versions (s...

Should I use MySQL 6.0 for my large project?

MySQL 6.0 is for production. Can I use it for database storage of a large project? ...

How does Maven know where to find Java 1.5

In pom.xml you can: <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <source>1.5</source> <target>1.5</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> How does Maven know where I have 1.5 version?...

Exploring new version control systems. My biggest need: Reliable merging

I am a release engineer for a team of 35 programmers. We are working on PHP, Java, C# and SQL. We currently use Subversion, which has worked okay for about a year. We are going through a phase where conflicts are becoming more and more common. Our application footprints are growing, so performance is becoming an issue for checkouts and c...

Using Delphi to modify the version information of another delphi program

I was wanting to create a small tool in Delphi which can update the Delphi version information in another exe file. I know several existing utilities are out there for this but I need full programmatic control and would prefer no shelling out to the command line, etc. After a web search I couldn't find any Delphi source code examples o...

Which version control system best suits me?

I mostly develop on windows. I'm the only developer, the only thing I'm confused about is how can I carry them with me where ever I go. I don't want them on some server on the internet. Because I sometimes have to work offline for days (or sometimes painfully slow connection). Mostly I carry the project on a portable device. So when I...

How do I connect to a remote svn server?

Heres the current setup. Home PC ---/ Internet /---> Work Proxy Server --/ LAN /--> SVN server Home PC running Windows XP. Work Proxy server running fedora-core (to which I can connect through ssh). SVN server is inside the Office LAN running Windows XP. I want to connect to the work svn server commit changes, update and checkout fr...

What is a good way to handle a version number in a Java application?

I am developing a desktop app using Java and Swing Application Framework. I have an application about box and I'd like to have that box contain some indication of what version is being tested. My preference is for that value to be changed in an automated fashion. I'm using CruiseControl to build the application triggered off the commi...

Get Published XBAP version in C#

I have an XBAP currently published on my local machine, which has an 'About' canvas build into the XMAL, of which I want to show the published version number, but I can only seem to get the assembly version number. Any suggestions? ...

single user easiest version control on vista home for small home projects

I am very comfortable with VSS and I would like to use a free version control at home for my small projects. I just downloaded TortoiseSVN and to me it is not very intuitive. I dont have to read long manuals. I just would like to download and be up and running. What do you recommend? I tried to download SourceGear Vault but it will not ...

Getting File Version Information fails -- But not for me

Hello all :) I am trying to get version information from a file. My code works perfectly for me, but fails on several others' machines. Because I can't reproduce the bug, I'm having quite a time finding the issue. Does anyone see anything majorly wrong with this? LPBYTE versionInformationBlock; struct LANGANDCODEPAGE { WORD wLanguage...

Where to find .NET version usage statistics?

There are some technologies like LINQ and WPF which are nice, but installation of .NET 3.5 is still slow procedure. It's important to understand - among Windows users how many of them have .NET 3.5 installed? Is there any good up to date stats gathered about .NET Version availability/usage? I've searched a lot, but can't find. Update: ...

Is there a way to display less than 4 numbers in the assembly version?

I need to display only 3 numbers for my assembly versions, to comply with our internal guidelines I tried removing the last digit from the AssemblyInfo file to look like this [assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.5.0")] [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.5.0")] And I display it like this Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToSt...

Retrieving version of an MSI file (built with WiX)

I've created an MSI file with WiX. The source WiX file contains the version information like this: <Product Id="..." Name="..." Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.1" Manufacturer="..." UpgradeCode="..."> The MSI file seem to work OK: it installs, it uninstalls, it upgrades when I increase the version number, etc. How...

How can I obtain the version number of a custom Eclipse feature at runtime?

I would like to display the version number of a custom Eclipse feature I am developing in the title bar of its perspective. Is there a way to obtain the version number from the runtime plugin and/or workbench? ...

How to have an auto incrementing version number (Visual Studio)?

I want to store a set of integers that get auto incremented at build time: int MajorVersion = 0; int MinorVersion = 1; int Revision = 92; When I compile, it would auto-increment Revision. When I build the setup project, it would increment MinorVersion (I'm OK with doing this manually). MajorVersion would only be incremented manually. ...

When were extended records introduced?

In Delphi 7, you a record was nothing more than a collection of data grouped into one location. In the last few versions, you've been able to add public and private members, methods, properties and constructors to them, treating them a lot more like objects. What version was this extended syntax introduced in? EDIT: In case anyone won...

SVN Error: Expected fs format between '1' and '3'; found format '4'

Here's what I did, I have installed svnserve as a service and I started it with the net start svn service command. I typed svn ls svn://localhost to test the service but it returned the error as stated in the title of this post. I entered svn --version and svnserve --version on my computer to find out the version numbers and the client...

.Net Framework version issue

Hello everyone, I am using IIS 7.0 + Windows Server 2008 x64. I have installed .Net Framework 3.5 on my machine, but from IIS 7.0 application pool .Net framework settings, I could only set version to v1.0 or v2.0, why I cannot set to version v3.5 -- which is the latest version of .Net framework I installed on my machine? thanks in adva...

Install older versions of Python for testing on Mac OS X

I have Mac OS X 10.5.7 with Python 2.5. I need to test a package I am working on with Python 2.3 for compatibility. I don't want to downgrade my whole system so is there a way to do an install of Python 2.3 that does not change the system python? ...