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Guiding Management to the Correct Decision

- by Blumer

My supervisor (also a developer) and I have a running joke about writing a book called "Managing From Beneath: Subversively Guiding Management to the Right Decision" and including a number of "techniques" we've developed for helping those who make the decisions to make the right ones. So far, we've got (cynicism warning!): BIC It! BIC stands for…

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directoryperdb issue

- by Rich Blumer

I installed MongoDB to run as a Windows Service on Win 7 and everything runs well. However, when I attempt to use the command --directoryperdb, it does not recognize this command. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

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WPF DataGrid issue with db40

- by Rich Blumer

I am using the following code to populate a wpf datagrid with items in my db4o OODB: IObjectContainer db = Db4oEmbedded.OpenFile(Db4oEmbedded.NewConfiguration(), "C:\Dev\ContractKeeper\Database\ContractKeeper.yap"); var contractTypes = db.Query(typeof(ContractType)); this.dataGrid1.ItemsSource = contractTypes.ToList(); Here is the XAML: …

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Silverlight 3 Application Background

- by Rich Blumer

I am new to Silverlight development. I have created a nice png file in Expression Design. I would like to use this png file as the background for my application. When I set the Stretch property to fill, it does not fill the entire page like I think it should. Here's the xaml: <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot"> <Grid.Background>…

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Android Custom View to Activity communication

- by Blumer

I have a custom control/view that observes the direction of a gesture within its bounds. I would like to send a different message back to the Activity hosting the View depending on the direction of the gesture. I'm having a hard time determine what the right way to do this is. I would think I could raise a custom event in the control and…

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MongoDB directoryperdb issue

- by Rich Blumer

I installed MongoDB to run as a Windows Service on Win 7 and everything runs well. However, when I attempt to use the command --directoryperdb, it does not recognize this command. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

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Java Properties and References -- I'm not getting what I expect.

- by Blumer

I'm a little embarrassed to ask this as I ought to know better, but here's what I've got. I have an object "Pitcher" with an int property of "runsAllowed". I have an object Batter that has a property of "responsiblePitcher". I have an object Team that has a property "pitcher". When the batter reaches base: Batter.responsiblePitcher =…

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directoryperdb issue

- by Rich Blumer

I installed MongoDB to run as a Windows Service on Win 7 and everything runs well. However, when I attempt to use the command --directoryperdb, it does not recognize this command. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

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