Just finally finished with the alfa version of my current project codenamed “Bellagio”. Its kept me up at night for a while and glad that it gets to this stage. Thanks to the development team which consist of Emeka, Demola (PM), Femi, Seun, Kenny and Wale.
Will take the next couple of days rest in readiness for continuation of the project to a final product and u know the sweet part of things?
MORE CHALLENGES J
xxxxxxx: you're using C#?
onawoleco: Yeah! and its sweet
onawoleco:
onawoleco: what would u recommend?
xxxxxxx: recommend?? how do you mean???
onawoleco: I was wondering y u asked if I used C#
onawoleco: So i thot u had another language in mind
xxxxxxx: you need to use what you "think in".you see i was trying to learn C# but i
onawoleco: So what do u think in?
xxxxxxx: but i need to know its advantages b4 moving in...
onawoleco: What do u "Think In"
onawoleco: It has all the advantage of Java
onawoleco: its smoother and simpler
onawoleco: but better features
onawoleco: and soon Generics will be introduced which is a better implementation of Templates in C++
xxxxxxx: actually "C++"
xxxxxxx: but i suspect there is a very strong similarity b/w them. thats why i am considering it
onawoleco: I do think in C++ too but commercial product always have stringent deadline of which C++ is not appropriate
onawoleco: There is
onawoleco: Same syntax
xxxxxxx: very much like visual c++ (i suspect)
onawoleco: Only u cannot will miss some features in C++
onawoleco: though most has better replacement in it
onawoleco: Not really
onawoleco: VC++ -> MFC is trying to give C++ an OOP look
onawoleco: everything in C# is an object
onawoleco: there is nothing like primitives
onawoleco: like u can say 3.ToString()
onawoleco: This is impossible in C++
onawoleco: but in C# numerics are classes too
onawoleco: Sorry objects too
xxxxxxx: what is my fastest way of learning C#?
onawoleco: Get a book on it
onawoleco: Thinking in C# could be okay
onawoleco: read from the numerous articles on the internet
onawoleco: I learnt a lot thru that way
onawoleco: and join a .Net user group
onawoleco: I am starting a very strong one in Naija soon
xxxxxxx: like which group?
onawoleco: Check www.gotdotnet.com
onawoleco: U will find numerous leads
xxxxxxx: or which website has good tutorials?
onawoleco: read articles from www.codeproject.com, www.theserverside.com
onawoleco: Gotdotnet supports MS passport
onawoleco: all u will use is
onawoleco: The other is quite easy to get one
xxxxxxx: so C# creates stand-alone applications just like MFC does?
onawoleco: Better and Quicker than MFC
onawoleco: .Net compiled codes are not in Binaries like C++
onawoleco: and MFC alike
onawoleco: C# compiled codes are in IL
onawoleco: which is more like Java bytecodes
onawoleco: but better than Java bytecodes 'cos it is in itself OO
onawoleco: This what the .Net CLR understands and execute
onawoleco: it actually uses JIT
onawoleco: Just-In-Time compilation
onawoleco: which is an optmized compilation anyway
onawoleco: so u may experience the running slow the first time u execute
onawoleco: subsequent time, its faster
onawoleco: The IL made it possible to have language agnostics on .Net
onawoleco: which means it is language neutral
xxxxxxx: this will only run on systems which have .Net installed?
onawoleco: U can program in any language as long as there is compiler to compile to IL
onawoleco: Sure on systems with .Net framework
onawoleco: Just as u cannot run a java code without a JRE
onawoleco: This gives u lighter exectables
xxxxxxx: what is IL?
onawoleco: Intermediate Language
xxxxxxx: .Net can be installed on Win98?
onawoleco: Sure!
xxxxxxx: i will start off tonight! have some kind of tutorials which i save on my notebook about five weeks ago
onawoleco: C# also comes with a garbage collector
onawoleco: better than Java GC
onawoleco: Gooooooooooooooooo
onawoleco: Feel free to ask any que. Will sure like to help
onawoleco: and u can join my group
xxxxxxx: i have never understood that concept.. "garbage collector"
onawoleco: I will even need u to enter
onawoleco: as soon as I have the draft plan
onawoleco: I will let u see it
xxxxxxx: is it like clearing up unallocated memory?
onawoleco: In C++ u have what u call destructors
onawoleco: yeah it clears unused memory
onawoleco: U sure know what u used destructors for
onawoleco: but sometimes, developers get careless
onawoleco: and forget to clear up allocated memories
xxxxxxx: i mean like freeing allocated memory after use?
onawoleco: which leads to memory leakage
onawoleco: Not immediately after use
onawoleco: at specific time determined by the system
onawoleco: The concept of pointers make momory leakage even more on C++
onawoleco: which is y C# and Java avoided pointers
onawoleco: Though C# provided a workaround under the unbrella of DELEGATES
onawoleco: thats another powerful concept in C#
xxxxxxx: then i will start up with c#, one has to update with time
onawoleco: Sure
onawoleco: thats y I made the decision sometimes ago
onawoleco: even though I still code in VC++ and VC++.Net
Just on the sixth law which states
COURT ATTENTION AT ALL COST
Everything Is judge by its appearance; what is unseen
counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the
crowd, then, or be buried in oblivion. Stand Out. Be
conspicuous, at all cost. Make urself a magnet of
attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more
mysterious than the bland and timid masses….
Onawole, Clement Oladapo
Lead Software Developer
Splashers Technologies
24 Road Festac
Tel: 234-802-316-6353
www25.brinksters.com/murpheux
Wooooow!!!! This is the best piece of software I have seen since Kazaa. And moreso produced by same guyz that did Kazaa and its free. Though its still in its beta stage but very cool. Tested it out and was amazed. Its awesome and glad someone thought of this and made it available.
I sort of count today as a non-productive day as I did not learn to work on something new. Have been on a project – quite large and interesting and spent most of today fixing QA issues.
However, I need to make the solution authenticate via, WinNT, Active Directory and ADAM in a role-based security. I guess this will be the challenge for next few days.
Onawole, Clement Oladapo
Lead Software Developer
Splashers Technologies
24 Road Festac
Tel: 234-802-316-6353
www25.brinksters.com/murpheux
89247 - WD97: How Word for Windows Uses Temporary Files
Had an issue with Microsoft Office. Was working on a solution that needs to create Office Document, Allow users to modify/update the document and upload to a store (RDBMS).
Implemented a FileSystemWatcher to know when the file was actually updated i.e. modified and save clicked. This failed as the FileSystemWatcher never for once discovered that the document was modified or updated. The problem is that Microsoft Office creates a temporary files and updates this instead of the original file. What baffles me is how Microsoft Office Apps conversely update the original file and with what mechanism..
Discussed this with a boss and he showed me this article 89247 - WD97: How Word for Windows Uses Temporary Files.
Still working on this to see how this helps me out!.
Considering the way that Microsoft office uses temporary files which makes it impossible for me to know exactly when the original (not the temporary file) was updated using a FileSystemWatcher, I decided to change the design in such a way that I keep track of the when the process with which I opened the office application on exits.
Using
Process process = new Process();
process.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
process.Exited += new EventHandler(process_Exited);
process.StartInfo = pInfo;
// start process
process.Start();
Since the user can open more office document of this sort, I also kept this processes in a list
WatchProcess.Add(process);
So that on closing of my main form I can know which processes have not been exited. Display a warning to the user, and force an exit
private void FrmMainEMR_Closing(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
{
if (WatchProcess.Count > 0)
{
if (new FrmConfirmation().ShowDialog(this) == DialogResult.Yes)
CloseApplication();
else
e.Cancel = true;
}
else
CloseApplication();
}
}
This is how I was able to get thru this. Now I can sleep tonight as this has kept me up for a couple of nights. Thanx
Onawole, Clement Oladapo
Lead Software Developer
Splashers Technologies
24 Road Festac
Tel: 234-802-316-6353
www25.brinksters.com/murpheux