Comments by Frank R. Haugen (Top 77 by date)

Yes, discovered that after this was posted, as a decimal value can represent a datetime. But that's trivial

That sounds logical, I'll test it

Yes I have, and he didn't modify my code

Wow, thank you for spending that much effort on this!

It really helped to know that the code was basically sound. After seeing how your code worked, I did some "writelines" and I missed a fundamental thing:
Breaking out of the innermost loop when the if was true. Very noob mistake

I need the x.contains()

I belive you have written you qestion inside a code tag ;-)

I'm no expert, but that's not C#, is it?

Why would you want to calculate these things?

And 1 class is all you need, though I recomend using a bunch of functions/methods to sort the functionality.

I belive what you are trying to achive is something that's not too hard, (calculations/math is simple enough), but you formulated this badly, so I recommend That you read some bacground on network protocols, and ask more expansivly.

Most of us are happy to help, but we need to understand the problem to help :-)

Though technically not an answer, you found the flaw, I mixed up radians/degrees

Facepalm!, (actually a double, since the GF also felt like an idiot).

though your answer is correct, the solution is:
r * Math.Sin((Math.PI / 180) * θ) * Math.Cos((Math.PI / 180) * ϕ)

I never use radians in the math I do, (not that I do math that much), so no wonder the result was wacky.

Thank you!

Ah, it collects data from a database, and uses it to display data on an "attractive" interface, (It would be simpler to use ListViews and DataGrids).

Example: A company has a set of users that have a given amount of credit available, this uses e.g. a stack of labels to be displayed. To change the value of the entire set of users, the controls used to display data, at the push of a button, changes to editable controls e.g. textboxes

The XAttribute is from the MSDN Example I used. I have no attributes in my actual code

You don't agree?? In terms of pure "text" data, it's, in my humble opinion, as good as it gets. It's flexible, visual. However, the pure speed of a SQL database, has it's merits

How about Sedna DB?? I am intrigued by it being a XML-database, and XML is, if nothing else, elegant

Point! But now, if I "double post", I'll catch hell for that

You don't say

I'll probably have to get a specialist on this. I have problems visualizing at multidimensional data, which is why I really like XML as a data-visualization tool, my programmers "mindset" just gets it.

Are you using a standard "install wizard", or are you using one you made yourself?

Most programs has it's "authentication", done inside it. I would assume that this would be more secure, (a hardcoded function calling an online database, would be quite simple. If you MUST have the authentication in your installation wizard, why not make your own, (or download someone else's source code for one)

Could you explain in more detail? You are obviously not a native English-speaker, (nothing wrong with that), and your question is somewhat confusing, due to your English. I'm not trying to offend you, but you need to make sense for us to assist you :-)

I'm just inundated by great answers today!

Thanks!

Thanks, this couldn't be a more elegant solution! 5/5!

Well, I had the need for something doing it, and I did it quick and dirty ;-)

But you are right, I don't know the intricacies of of every facet of this kind of thing, which is why I ask.

But to be fair, you are one of the most, (if not THE most), respected member of this community, so compared to you I'm clueless.

I have had an enormously bad formal education in software development, and most my experience has been PHP and VB6 -related. I am getting there, but please be patient with me and those like me, who ask because we don't understand, but are attempting to improve ourselves.

You really come off snide and condescending in this comment

Mostly it's directed towards being used in a CSV, (it's for a customer, and customers are... customers)

I got just what I needed, thanks! Though I tweaked it just a bit, to convert back again to string, (if I or someone else should need it; you never know)

You should tag this as ASP and/or Web-related

Have you tried using something else than "file length"?

And, I haven't any experience with ASP, but in doesn't C# for ASP come with an exception "handler", so you can print to screen the exeption-"string"?

"look like" is probably a lack of formal Computer Science education, "look like" means "code example".

There should be a 200 character minimum, on questions; WAAAY too many are overly short like this one :-(

I have no idea what you are talking about, please expand upon this. You ask a question about "capturing" a website, and then you talk about code you "received". Then you ask "how do I do that". I can't interpret this, what are you asking about? And are you asking about using "Ajax"? the answer for learning/using Ajax is YouTube, (there are great tutorials in plenty of languages, (judging from the site you have referred to, I expect you don't have English as a mother tongue), just search for what technology or programming related subject you want to learn more about, and you'll probably find something matching your needs at once

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/302690/How-do-I-save-the-HTML-page-output-as-Image-in-Asp

Thanks! I would say that "awesome" is a better exclamation than cool, rad etc.

Whenever I see "like" used in a non-apropriate context, I can't but see the image of a teen girl going "... but then like Jessica said she like liked Tom, and I was like LOOOL! for like me and Tom is like an item and stuff". But enough off-topic for now ;-)

Just to be a nitpicker: many pdf templates use html for formatting, as it is excellent for creating the layout of a page of a document; it's as if it was designed for that job ;-)

He has apparently made his own pdf template for some pdf-creating library, and it does not support "list"-tags, he wanna know what is wrong with it.

But alas, we can't know how he's generating his pdf('s), so no way to help him

Ah! If you are using WinForms it uses "text" and not "content". Since WPF is so superior to WinForms I assume everyone uses WPF

Protip: Use "e.g." instead of "like". Using "like" is a horrible thing teens in the U.S. use in their vernacular.

I'm not sure if I get your problem, are you removing all rows with a lower value than the "countdown"? Would this be something akin to a multiple stopwatch, having many 'counters' counting down, (or up)?

An idea what you are trying to achieve in a more broader sense, would be appreciated!

AND: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/47914/Working-with-ObservableCollection-T

I thought Observable Collection had this built-in (checking for changes that is)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms668604%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

Please give us a commented sample, or a step-by-step description of what this code is supposed to achieve, (e.g. a pseudocode explaination)

Now that's fascinating!

Now just reflecting on this, in terms of teaching, this would be an infinitely powerful tool.

I might also suggest that logic gate "programming" is an effective but boring way to do the simple stuff, and then make it more complex by "leveling up" the abstraction level step by step, (some cheating involved)

That's an aptly named programming language O.o

I was looking for simple, this is reduced to extreme complexity. Machine code or Assembly is at least readable :P

I might have assumed "keyword" meant the same to others as it did to the guys I've been working with. From my mental "definition" of a "keyword" is any word that 'does' something; this include functions, operators, etc.

I probably should get around to make a "KAREL the Robot" in C#, that would fit my parameters :P

tnx anywasy :-)

Your answer wasn't what I was looking for, HOWEVER it got me on the right track and I found: http://beanland.net.au/AutoVer/ - AutVer (lightweight freeware automatic app to do what I wanted). tnx anyway!

Problem with VNC is the sheer data amount due to the transfer of image data. (I have yet to find one that's non-visual). It's the latency in remote desktop and VNCs that's the problem, considering that this is for gaming, and video is already transmitted separably.

Thanks anyway!

Looks fine to me

Why is how the XML looks important to you? Normally one does not see the XML-code in a program or web-page. How it's formatted/nested isn't usually an issue for XML reader/handlers.

Now the term "cloud computing" isn't really well-defined, or rather it's an umbrella-term for many ways of doing different things over a WAN.

WoW might be seen as a "cloud"-service, so the usual server-clients model is the way to go, unless you have some needs that are on a gargantuan scale.

I'd love to see more comments, to make everything more readable; you probably see a lot more order in all this then I do, just looking at it.

As I understand it you want to "add" a textbox element during "runtime". Then why don't you just have it "invisible" until you change it's attributes to show it, and move it to the desired location when appropriate?

Can you be more specific?? are you asking how to hack?? if so, you are on the wrong site

It's the database which is the problem, I have values like "sdM4" where I need the "M" which corresponds to a grouping/coloring. If I had infinite time I'd go through the 100K+ rows and corrected it, I as I don't, I'll need to get a quicker fix. You have another idea, I'll be happy to listen, for at this point I'm getting quite frustrated.

BTW: in my part of the world the "F-word" isn't considered obscene.

I think I must have been half asleep because I can't remember what made me say it, it made sense then, but now it don't :-S

I love you! That worked like a charm!!!

thanks man!

How about giving some information about the issue, and not ask in such a vague and generalizing way? I know that this question in you mind makes perfect sense, but we don't have access to your cerebral cortex so we cannot see this question with your biases. Please don't be afraid to draw, explain with long sentences or make a "psudocode" example. We would all like to help but we need the information to help you!

I always assume C# is desktop, didn't really think it was necessary to specify, but yes, point taken, and now I've added a "desktop" tag. happy? :D

Bloody hell that was simple :S

thanks!

I tried to sit down with a couple of Objective-C manuals but I got this intense urge to work on my novel, clean my apartment, and do other housework. Man I'm NEVER touching MAC development, except for Java -.-

The problem is that you are on a mac! Apple's platforms are a bitch to develop on. Have you considered using Java instead?

ouch! too late :/

see code snippet!

Am I just asked for a working example ;)

see code snippet!

Not to be a stickler but how about accepting one or two answers

It's a bad answer, but it was an enlighting link. I have never needed that specific data, but now I know for future reference :D

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/84zwa5ab(v=vs.110).aspx

I hate it when people answer my question with a link to a reference, but it is sometimes necessary, like now :P

I tested it and your right, and it's just weird, I would say rounding error but there's nothing to round out.

Somewhat less elegant than the one I found, but I still like it!

I do so apologize for my attempt at guessing at the meaning of this somewhat diffuse question. -.-

So sorry for trying to infer what the questioner means, so that I might assist him/her [/sarcasm]

Are you using Google Translate? I have a problem understanding what you mean.

However I believe what you are asking is a way for you, in the "backend" of your website, to see a the "profile information" of whomever is logged in; Am I understanding you right?

I didn't know about this, and it's working perfectly. Thank you VERY much!

an hour of tinkering have it down to these lines of code:
gridLine.SetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty, 1);
gridLine.SetValue(Canvas.TopProperty, Ypositions);
So maybe I can get it fixed tomorrow as this young Norwegian is going to bed before I fall asleep at the keyboard :/

Sorry, I had the solution hours ago, should have deleted the question; I used a canvas vith V-align and H-align set to "center" and had it be 1px in either direction, now it's working like a charm. Thanks though, you have been a great help!

Some more noobish questions: Couldn't WPF "offset" the X,Y using transforms instead of doing it programatically? (doing it programatically makes it MUCH harder to make it dynamically scalable, as I see it).

Ah, now I see, sorry my mind don't work sometimes. Ellipse is BTW a MUCH better approach than images! tnx!

I like it, however, do you have a solution to make the X,Y's 0,0 become centered in the middle of let's say a canvas?

If i make it work I'll probably make an article, and also publish the finished program here as it has some nifty features for doing astronomical calculations many people would find useful and amusing.

Win7 x64