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Reminds me of when I
had a conversation with my boss about my career. I told him I wasn't worried about any promotions because the company discriminated based on color. He asked Why I thought that and I told him, my nose is the wrong color.
I was right, I never got another promotion, but I got a year's severance pay at lay off, so it worked out just fine!
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote: a year's severance pay at lay off,
Nice! I'd take that.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I took it and never looked back.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Just... wow...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So you have an issue with my consultancy?
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I do too.
I have my issues with VS and Microsoft in general, but I must be using it way differently then most of the MS haters in this forum, as I really enjoy VS and it helps make a good living for myself, so that I am not like, homeless and crap.
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Slacker007 wrote: I must be using it way differently then most of the MS haters in this forum,
That gives me an idea. I'm going to offer Microsoft training to anyone who wants it. You don't have to suffer. 
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Hopefully Microsoft will take you up on your offer since they definitely need a lot of training. I find a new bug just about every week and this week was no exception.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: I find a new bug just about every week and this week was no exception.
Seriously?  What are you guys doing? Other than a random glitch I can't remember the last time I saw a bug in any Microsoft product.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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These are bugs with VS2017. Apparently I am very good at finding edge cases. Yesterday's bug was it fails to find a certain function in ComCtrl32.dll. This was annoying because I had written my own function for that functionality and they added one with the same name that did the same thing. My answer was to dig out my old function and adjust its name. Prior to that it wouldn't load resources from compiler DLLs in a static build so that means I have to use dynamic builds and install the compiler's redistributable package. I was not going to require that but since these are captive systems and apps that's not too big a deal. Prior to that, linking with the GetFileVersionInfo API has become completely hosed. This required some real hacks to work around but I had to do something to handle updating the app. I could go on but I will stop there.
I was reporting them but they have ignored the ones I did report except for one they replied to tell me it wasn't a bug. With that one, the behavior in question is by design but happens to be different than in other, related controls. Since then I have stopped wasting my time reporting them.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Yeah, you dont have to edit binary data, clearly!
Look, they only just added the ability to build drivers in VS, so I finally gave up my much used VS 2005 as an editor, though the build was always through a WDK command interface.
And I am damned annoyed that VS doesnt automatically open an unknown format of file in binary. Like it always did!
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Slacker007 wrote: so that I am not like, homeless and crap.
Well, there's always Eclipse. For the homeless.
Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I want to open a binary file, so I do a file open, and it brings up the 'which application do you want to open it with', as if I opened it though explorer!!!!
For F&&&S SAKE MICROSOFT, STOP F*****G AROUND!!!!!!!!!
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Well, you can set the default editor, but a binary file? I always thought it absurd that VS didn't have a decent hex editor for binary files.
Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Hmmm... finally, a VS extension to work upon.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Marc Clifton wrote: I always thought it absurd that VS didn't have a decent hex editor for binary files
FrHed is really great. MS probably saw it and gave up. They probably forgot to go and buy it.
Get the portable app. You'll thank me later. 
Frhed Portable (hex editor) | PortableApps.com[^]
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Have you posted it in Free Tools Discussion Boards[^]?
Good to have them in a low activity place where search is easy
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I didn't know about that. Great idea. Thanks
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What color hex editor would you like? And do you want to support nasal fitment?
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Easy now.
You need to save some of that hate for Visual Studio 2019!!! 
Cuz you're going to hate it a whole lot more! 
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Do kangaroos listen to Hip Hop?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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no way!
the old ones are known to suffer hip pop
...and the younger ones prefer music
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