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iPad and iPhone resources - creating resources specific to each that have the same name

Background: I have an image intensive app that was originally made for iPhone and upgraded to iPad using "two device-specific applications." So now, all of my resources are common to both, except the interfaces which are unique to each iPad and iPhone. Problem: My problem is now I have a set of images that I want to display at the full...

WPF UserControl cannot find XAML resource in referencing project

Hi In my WPF project i keep a user control in a separate library project. The user control accesses resources in a separate XAML file, like this: <UserControl.Resources> <ResourceDictionary> <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <ResourceDictionary Source="/Resources/ViewResources.xaml" /> </ResourceDi...

Where is the drawable for the handle of a SlidingDrawer defined?

I want to use a SlidingDrawer in an activity, and I would love to just use the built-in tray handle, rather than try to find or create my own. I found it online thanks to CommonsWare but I assume that they got it from the Android platform itself, so I figure it will benefit me in the long run to know where to find it, rather than just us...

Asp.net resources - prevent error on page when resource reference is invalid

Hi, I'm using resources like this; " runat="server" /> Resources are maintained in a database and resourcefiles are generated when new translations are added. Sometimes bad references to keys happens. This results in error on the whole page. How can I prevent the whole page from crashing when a resource does not exist? I just want a ...

How to dispose of resources in iTextSharp append method on exception

I have the following method using the iTextSharp library which should process and move the source document to a target document (which may or may not already exist). There is an append flag which will append the contents if the document already exists. I'm throwing an exception if append isn't set, but I'm having some problems working o...

Delete resources that are not there iphone

Hi all, I'm trying to import a Default.png in my application but it's not getting imported and showing me a message that it's already there whereas there's no Default.png already present in my resources. This might be because I by mistake had assigned my current working app Id and provisioning profile to an another application too sinc...

Make highlight brush the same as control brush without specifying colour

I want to ensure that a selected ListViewItem's non-focused background is the same as the focused background. I know that the common way of doing this is as follows: <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Color="Blue"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}" Color="Blue"/> However...

C Programming Exercises

Possible Duplicate: Where can I find C coding exercises to practice? I am learning c programming language and i need some exercises resources to practice from. ...

Learning about usability: resources for the programmer

Although I enjoy programing a lot, I am also very interested in user interface design and improving the user's experience. Therefore, I am thinking of moving my career in the direction of usability. I would like to try to teach myself as much as I can about usability. I've already read the classic "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug, and...

can I override the version block in a dll?

Suppose I have built a lot of dlls from a certain revision of the svn repository. (It might by any revisioning system) I am able to create a resource file containing an entry that denotes the revision number. Can I link that resource file into the dll's I have already built? Some sort of editbin or the like? ...

Find out if resource is used

I am looking for an efficient way to find out if a resource (mostly a drawable) is used in java or in an XML file. The problem is, that on my current project the drawables are changed often and now I have some drawables, which might never be used. Is there a tool/way to find those unused drawables without search each filename in the wh...

How can you reference a fully defined control as a resource within WPF?

I am aware I can reference styles & templates from a resource dictionary and I make significant use of them. But what about complete controls? I can declare a fully defined WPF control, like a button, within the app.xaml as a resource. For example, the app.xaml file defining a button would contain this: <Button x:Key="HelpButton" Cont...

C++ resource syntax error

I have a resource: IDC_MYMENU MENU BEGIN POPUP "&File" BEGIN MENUITEM "E&xit" END POPUP "&Stuff" BEGIN MENUITEM "&Go" END END On the first END it says there is a syntax error, I don't understand why. Anyone know? :( ...

ASP.NET default resource provider

I have for my ASP.NET 3.5 web application project a common library that contains a resource file with string values. This library is shared with the business side (WCF hosted). I created a custom ResourceProviderFactory and ResourceProvider to load resources from the common library. So far so good, but I have other resource files which ...

Changing resources without recompiling project - ASP.NET MVC

I am looking for solution to a problem that I am having with resource files within ASP.NET MVC, I have tried a few different options in attempts to get this working but have so far been unsuccessful. The desired configuration would be one where I can make resource files available for editing after a deployment. The solution we are putti...

Android picks wrong resource folder

I seem to have some problems with my resource folder - Android chooses the wrong resource folder. When in design mode, in the layout editor, I have the option to choose between different devices, to look at my design in different screen resolutions. I have specified three different devices, one for each resolution. The mdpi and hdpi sho...

Does this function release resources properly?

I'm trying to make sure that I don't leave any loose ends open in my application and am concerned about a few but might get my answer from this one. I've "overriden" some functions so that way I can try and keep all the resources as clean and free as possible. So in this instance, I have a function called ExecuteReader which returns a ...

How to prevent duplicated resource ID in different plugins?

In MFC C++, When we add a new resourcein a EXE, says string, it will generate an ID automatically: #define ID_SHOW_OUTPUT 10313 When it has a plugin(DLL) which has the similar ID, it will cause undefined behavior after trigerred. To play safe, I tried to define the my own private ID: #define ID_SHOW_OUTPUT (...

How to get a resource from a merged ResourceDictionary in a code-behind file?

I have a custom look-less control derived from Control class. It's template is defined in Generic.xaml file. Now I want to add some UI stuff to it (mostly brushes) and want to do that in separate resource dictionary, and then access those stuff from the code-behind feil (*.xaml.cs). See bellow: Generic.xaml (fragment): <ResourceDiction...

Embedded Binary Resources - how can I enumerate the image files embedded?

Hello, I was following the instructions in this book, chapter on Resources etc. and what I can't quite figure out is, how do I replace this: images.Add(new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"/Images/Deer.jpg", UriKind.Relative))); images.Add(new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"/Images/Dogs.jpg", UriKind.Relative))); images.Add(new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"/Image...