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I wouldn't use Word as a starting point. If I did, I'd copy the text out into Notepad and paste it into a web editor (into the article template) and then go back through adding the formatting that I needed. Alternatively, as I write in a web editor anyway, I'd use the built in spell checker in Chrome or Firefox to help me.
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I posted a comment to the author of this article[^], asking for a bit more detail; today he responded asking for some guidance. However, when I looked at the article it has been closed following votes by (list of CP members) but no comments were left as to why. It seems a bit harsh to vote for an article to be deleted without leaving a comment for a) the author, and b) others in the CP fold, so we all understand their reasoning.
The best things in life are not things.
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This looks like an error and we're looking into it. The author should be able to reopen their article.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Now that's weird, because I was sure I left a note. Anyway, I'll repost my comment. Strange.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Hi,
I was wondering if there's any real need for an article, or series of articles, on WinForms C# programming. Recently, I've read some answers here on 'Q&A' that have kind of 'shocked' me ... given the high-CP-rep of their posters ... by their incorrectness, and also recently, in researching a WinForms issue on StackOverFlow, I was surprised to see some highly voted-up answers that were clearly wrong.
But, the doubter says, 'perhaps WinForms is yesterday's lunch ?'
Appreciate your thoughtful response.
thanks, Bill
"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of
meaning." C.S. Lewis
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There are a ton of devs working on WinForms. Bucket loads.
If you're seeing misinformation then it would be a dis-service not to write up a piece to help put to rest the misconceptions.
So: yes please!
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for your input ! Recently, here on CP, in cases where I felt an incorrect statement was made, I have left respectful feedback. On StackOverFlow, by contrast, I see no point in correcting a two-to-three year old answer that's been 'accepted' by an OP and has many up-votes.
Still not sure in my head if there's cause, at this time, with Win8 and a future of HTML5, JavaScript+jQuery+jWhatever, and CSS, looming, and the future of SilverLight, WPF, and WinForms, unclear (pre BUILD), if there's a good reason to have a systematic series of WinForms' tutorials: perhaps just a series of "tips" would do.
best, Bill
"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of
meaning." C.S. Lewis
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Bill - regardless of what's coming next year, XP is still the dominant OS in the corporate desktop environment and will remain so for a long time to come yet. Despite my love for WPF, I have to admit that WinForms is still a strong candidate for developing desktop applications, so I say go for it - WinForms will be around for a long time to come yet.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: XP is still the dominant OS in the corporate desktop environment and will remain so for a long time to come yet.
I agree. Until now, many companies here still use Windows XP. Even I am still using XP and I'm still loving it. 
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Barry LePatner
...it's our division that makes us sane(r), and their unity that makes them crazy. Ian Shlasko
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You made a good start with your suggestions, and I have added a few more.
The best things in life are not things.
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Hey All,
I just logged on for the first time in quite a while and man ... I haven't seen such a dodgy collection of articles awaiting approval ...
I reported a couple of horrific plagerisations and there are a few 'articles' that really aren't worth the bytes to store them.
I mean "New Features of C#3.0" posted today ... ! WTF?
Hmm ...
Cheers,
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What's happened is we changed the approval process so that it takes 5, not 1 vote to approve an article. This means the dodgy articles are more likely to be trapped in the moderation queue so that suggestions to the author can be made without risking the article going public prematurely.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Gotcha. That makes a lot of sense! Thanks Chris.
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That's good and appreciate the improvement. Developer community round the globe search CP for guidance and such a process will strengthen the faith in CP's quality.
Thanks....
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Sir;
I have written two articles; Confirm Message Box[^] and Message Box Control[^]. They have been saved under the section 'Uncategorised Tips and Tricks'. I want to move them to 'Web Development>Custom Controls' section as they are talking about costom controls.
Regards;
Help people,so poeple can help you.
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I recently wrote an article, Managing Your JavaScript Library in ASP.NET. It's written in C#. However, all of my coworkers are more familiar with VB.NET, so I'm thinking I should provide them (and others) the VB.NET version of the code snippets. I want your help to decide how to do this.
What I am thinking is that I'll post individual code snippets in the forum at the bottom of my article. That way, I can just link to them from just above each C# snippet in the article. I can probably also toss in some anchor tags and link back to the C# snippets from the VB.NET snippets. I can also provide a different download for VB.NET, so that part shouldn't be too difficult.
What do you think? What approach do you multi-programming-langauge-authors usually take? I'd rather not put both the C# and VB.NET inline, as I feel that bulks up the article and makes it look more intimidating than it actually is.
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A while ago when contemplating different paths to take in which articles could be presented I stumbled across this thought:
How would one go about giving authors the opportunity to create differenct views of their articles? One such option would be to enable the reader to have more than one set of code sammple if he/she so chooses (and if the author cares to provide them of course;)).
I'm pretty sure that this would most probably require a wholly different approach from the current one in how articles are entered and maintained, but I just thought that I share this idea with you.
Cheers!
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Manfred R. Bihy wrote: How would one go about giving authors the opportunity to create differenct views of their articles? One such option would be to enable the reader to have more than one set of code sammple if he/she so chooses
You mean like this? 
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I remember 5'ing that post...lol 
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Now we just need Chris & Co to implement it. Until then, I'll find some hacky way to get the VB.NET in the article.
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Why programmers are so poorly valued in their work, do a lot of code but the end result the client does not care only see the mistakes and has no idea of all that is behind it
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Are you planning to write an article on it? If not, then this topic would probably be better suited to the Lounge.
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As Pete says, there are more appropriate forums for this, since it appears you want to have a philosophical discussion.
OTOH, if you're warming up to do an article, then it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on how the reputation of the construction industry (for example) compares to that of the software industry, or what a house would be like if built by software engineers.
But please don't respond here; put it into an article.
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