Article Writing

4-Jul-12 7:37

I have an idea to write a short 'thing' about my experience (as a beginner in most things - if not all!) of choosing a VCS. Only I can't work out what type of 'thing' it is, is it a tip or an article - it felt like a short blog item but I see that's for linking to external blogs rather than a CP hosted blog item.

Thanks,
Mike

Sean Ewington4-Jul-12 11:16

4-Jul-12 11:16

If you send it to me once you've finished, I'd be happy to find a home for it, or help you touch it up.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

M-Badger30-Jul-12 5:07

30-Jul-12 5:07

I've created this article via the Wizard and added the tags but am struggling to find the right section, any chance you could have a quick look at it for me? I wanted to choose Application Lifecyle but can't, or at least there's no section of that category that fits...

It probably falls into the same class as my previous article, i.e. being more like a blog, but I don't have a blog...
Finally, wouldn't mind a mentor having a quick look over it if that's ok?

Thanks,
Mike

Sean Ewington30-Jul-12 5:59

30-Jul-12 5:59

Absolutely! Please let me know the link and I will submit it to the Mentor forum

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

M-Badger30-Jul-12 7:31

30-Jul-12 7:31

The Article

Sean Ewington30-Jul-12 11:17

30-Jul-12 11:17

Thank you kindly. I have submitted it to the forum.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Luc Pattyn4-Jul-12 11:39

Luc Pattyn

4-Jul-12 11:39

IMO if it is going to exceed two screenfulls, it is an article; if it fits on a single screen, it is a tip; and between 1 and 2, either add some or delete some content!

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

M-Badger4-Jul-12 12:21

4-Jul-12 12:21

tx to you both

kid sister5-Jul-12 21:58

kid sister

5-Jul-12 21:58

Luc Pattyn wrote:
IMO if it is going to exceed two screenfulls, it is an article; if it fits on a single screen, it is a tip; and between 1 and 2, either add some or delete some content!

Thanks for this suggestion. I'll post 2 Tips soon.

xoxo

Kid sister Rose | [Rose]

There's no place like Lounge - Me

Autoupdated Links ruining the article

Luc Pattyn5-Jul-12 22:17

Luc Pattyn

5-Jul-12 22:17

And I'll be reading them when they appear.

Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

perilbrain27-Jun-12 0:00

27-Jun-12 0:00

I posted this [[article]] a day back, after submission I can see all links for download being updated ie. "/Working" removed from the URL.
But as soon as link is updated, files are not available for download. I even lost the image uploaded.
Can somebody please suggest what to be done?

Elina Blank27-Jun-12 2:42

Elina Blank

27-Jun-12 2:42

Hi perilbrain,

Your article should be good now.

Sincerely,
Elina Blank

Life is great!!! Enjoy every moment of it! Blush | :O

perilbrain27-Jun-12 4:41

27-Jun-12 4:41

Thankyou Elina,
Could you suggest a way to reformat the XML file, I am afraid it will again strike off the download files.If you can help ... I am pasting the XML here.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<ProjectSchemaDefinitions xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/build/2009/properties" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">

<Rule Name="NASM" PageTemplate="tool" DisplayName="Netwide Assembler" Order="200">

<Rule.DataSource>

<DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" ItemType="NASM" />

</Rule.DataSource>

<Rule.Categories>

<Category Name="General">

<Category.DisplayName>

<sys:String>General</sys:String>

</Category.DisplayName>

</Category>

</Rule.Categories>

<StringProperty Name="ExecutionDescription" DisplayName="Execution Description" IncludeInCommandLine="False" Visible="False" />

<EnumProperty

Name="Outputswitch" Category="Assembler Options" HelpUrl="http://www.nasm.us/doc/" DisplayName="Output Switch" Description="Select the type of output format required. Linking Should be disabled for ELF and Binary ,else error will popup">

<EnumValue Name="0" DisplayName="Object File" Switch="-fwin" />

<EnumValue Name="1" DisplayName="LINUX ELF FORMAT" Switch="-f elf" />

</EnumProperty>

<StringListProperty Name="AssembledCodeListingFile" Category="Assembler Options" DisplayName="Assembled Code Listing File" Description="Generates an assembled code listing file. (-l [file])" HelpUrl="http://www.nasm.us/doc/" Switch="-l "[value]"" />

<BoolProperty Name="GenerateDebugInformation" Category="Assembler Options" DisplayName="Generate Debug Information" Description="Generates Debug Information. (-g)" HelpUrl="http://www.nasm.us/doc/" Switch="-g" />

<! -- Optionally shown for illustration>

<IntProperty Name="SectionAlignment" DisplayName="SectionAlignment" Description="The /ALIGN option specifies the alignment of each section within the linear address space of the program. The number argument is in bytes and must be a power of two." Category="Advanced" Switch="ALIGN" Separator=":" F1Keyword="VC.Project.VCLinkerTool.Alignment"> </IntProperty>

<DynamicEnumProperty Name="NASMBeforeTargets" Category="General" EnumProvider="Targets" IncludeInCommandLine="False">

<DynamicEnumProperty.ProviderSettings>

<NameValuePair Name="Exclude" Value="^NASMBeforeTargets|^Compute" />

</DynamicEnumProperty.ProviderSettings>

<DynamicEnumProperty.DataSource>

<DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" ItemType="" HasConfigurationCondition="true" />

</DynamicEnumProperty.DataSource>

</DynamicEnumProperty>

</Rule>

<ItemType

Name="NASM" DisplayName="Netwide Assembler" />

<FileExtension

Name="*.asm" ContentType="NASM" />

<ContentType

Name="NASM" DisplayName="Netwide Assembler" ItemType="NASM" />

</ProjectSchemaDefinitions>

Sean Ewington27-Jun-12 4:49

27-Jun-12 4:49

Hi perilbrain,

I touched it up. How does that look?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

perilbrain27-Jun-12 7:25

27-Jun-12 7:25

ow,

pardon me, but you have touched the wrong place. Wink | ;)

basically the previous XML was for nasm.xml and you have replaced the code for nasm.targets which contained all the explanation. Its good no body yet shouted on me.
But could you please update that?
please replace this one

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><br />
<ProjectSchemaDefinitions xmlns="<a href="http://schemas.microsoft.com/build/2009/properties">http://schemas.microsoft.com/build/2009/properties</a />" >

with the previous XML I had messaged [its just above the TABLE] and please recover the old replaced XML for the nasm.targets as it has got the articles heart.

Is this some sort of bug?? if you format the XML, the code after a bad tag/attribute(not blaming MS Wink | ;)

) automatically gets stripped out of article !!!!!!!

modified 27-Jun-12 13:38pm.

Sean Ewington27-Jun-12 7:40

27-Jun-12 7:40

Whoospie daisies. Apologies. I've made the changes correctly now, please take a peek and let me know.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

perilbrain27-Jun-12 7:49

Alternative not listed as alternative...

27-Jun-12 7:49

very very thanks for your hard work, It really looks beautiful now. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Andreas Gieriet22-Jun-12 14:50

Andreas Gieriet

22-Jun-12 14:50

I've posted an alternative to a tip, but can't find that alternative in the respective tab. Even it says that there are five alternatives, only four are listed...
The links:

Original Tip[^]
The four of the five alternatives[^]
My alternative tip[^]

I'm pretty sure that I clicked on the "Add your alternative tip" button on the original tip to write mine. Maybe I did something wrong...

Can anyone please have a look at this?

Thanks
Andi

Re: Alternative not listed as alternative...

Chris Maunder25-Jun-12 1:49

Chris Maunder

25-Jun-12 1:49

Thanks for pointing this out. Should be good now.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: Alternative not listed as alternative...

Andreas Gieriet25-Jun-12 9:01

Andreas Gieriet

25-Jun-12 9:01

It works now! Thanks for fixing it!
Cheers
Andi

Source file won't download

Thomas Wells19-Jun-12 6:08

Thomas Wells

19-Jun-12 6:08

I just updated my article and after submission the source code download would not work. Clicking the link would display a blank page. I opened the submission wizard again and there were two copies of my zip file. I deleted them both and hand deleted the HTML relating to the link. I added the file back, uploaded the file, and added the file to my article. Now in preview mode clicking the link displays a page that says No download file was specified. Will it be there after submission?

A Complete Read Only ComboBox[^]

Re: Source file won't download

Sean Ewington19-Jun-12 7:18