Banjo

I have to say I'm surprised that the .Net framework does not already provide this sort of functionality. On a usage note I for one would not want to have to distribute MerrionComputing.info to my customers. And why do you need Toolbox.bmp? Can it not be compiled into the assembly?

Its probably better for sites aimed at novice users who may find themselves getting lost. However, for programmers, who by definition should be relatively advanced, it is just annoying to have the choice taken away.

Ask and you shall receive. I've done both methods: [msdn]System.IO[/msdn] = [msdn]System.IO[/msdn] [msdn=System.IO]Find info on System.IO here[/msdn] = [msdn=System.IO]Find info on System.IO here[/msdn]

I believe that the reason for being able to do that is to able to specify special values that you want to pass but do not want to be shown in the interface. I'm saying whether that's good or bad, but that is why its there.

It will be sent to your new address.

Quite? That's a spelling mistake! :p

LOL

I was not saying that Windows does not need administration. I was saying that it is much much easier for a novice user (which most computer user are, lets face it) to configure than Linux is.

mutant: Large servers are the only area where Linux is more cost effective. The reason is simple. Linux is cheaper to run because many of the programs including the OS are free. However, you need a knowledgable and skilled person to administer them. This works fine in a server room environment where one engineer can maintain many machines. However, in the desktop (and small business server) environment this becomes a serious problem because the user does not have the expertise the configure the system themselves and often there will not be a specialist engineer, just the boss or a technically minded employee doing it as a bolton responsibility to their normal job.

That monopoly will be there until someone can offer a product that that is good enough to make switching from MS software worth the hassle. OpenOffice is close. It is just struggling because businesses are not yet having to replace their office suites. Linux is in an even worse position. It is a major change is operating procedure and would require every employee to be re-trained, not just in using the OS but most of the applications will change too since few developers write for Windows and Linux. Plus the fact that no matter how stable Linux is, it is not as easy to use and configure as Windows. I know from experience that most non-techie people are only vaguely comfortable with Windows. Dump them with Linux and you'll double the number of requests for technical support.

This is something that is already being considered. Thanks for the input though and keep them coming ;)

Better? And I assume that you meant lighten the link colour since the text colour is black and darkening it would make the links harder still to differeniate! ;) Test Link

Either way would be effective in protecting your product. Whether or not to go for second one depends on whether you think that you will need an incentive to get people to try it. It would certainly be a nice gesture.

Heh. Those mass download links are proving handy. Figured I'd get them all before someone saw sense and started charging for them ;)

Spell it out: B....E.....T....A :p

Nereus, are you upgrading your wife while you're at it? ;) Divil: I just set myself up with a wireless ADSL router so I can browse the web on my laptop from anywhere in the house. Heh, if I build a little craddle I could even go online while having a bath ;)

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My experience is that you will need a qualification of some kind to even get looked at for a large company. If you can find a small company that don't have enough applicants to throw you away without an interview then you might be able to get by without. However, once you have your first job and you can start building experience the significance of the qualification wanes very quickly.

The code is mainly VB because most of the users here have come across from Extreme-VB. Technically you can use any language you like in the non-language specific boards.

Yeah but that generally requires either an expensive installer program or detailed knowledge of MSI databases (not nice ;)).

That depends on how savvy your users are. If you're aiming for the techy types like us then that's not a problem, but say you were writing an IM system (a common affliction amoungst novice programmers) you will often find that your users are too dumb to work out whether they need the framework or not.

If this is to be done in your spare time them choose the subjects that interest you the most. If its in order to put stuff on your CV then pick the one that will help you get the most money. Probably the databasing stuff.

Actually, the 3 letter prefix is a modern isation of Hungarian notation, which originally defined single character prefixes. The change came about as the range of object and control types grew. There are only 26 letters in the Alphabet after all. I use the original single character notation for variables but the modern 3 character one for controls. I personally hate using underscores in code. I just find them really awkward to type quickly. For member variables I just prefix "m". So a private string variable becomes: msVariableName

Yeah, I did too. I only recently noticed the envelopes. You may remember me complaining about this when we originally switched to vBulletin. I completely missed the envelopes was just looking at the big blue arrow as an indicator of read status.

But it does in fact mark them as read when you've read them. The envelope icon changes from open to closed.