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• Cookbook: SES and UCM setup

  - by George Maggessy

  The purpose of this post is to guide you setting up the integration between UCM and SES. On my next post I’ll show different approaches to integrate WebCenter Portal, UCM and SES based on some common scenarios. Let’s get started. WebCenter Content Configuration WebCenter Content has a component that adds functionality to the content server to allow it to be searched via the Oracle SES. To enable the component installation, go to Administration -&gt; Admin Server and select SESCrawlerExport. Click the update button and restart UCM_server1 managed server. Once the managed server is back, we’ll configure the component. In the menu, under Administration you should see SESCrawlerExport. Click on the link. You’ll see the window below. Click on Configure SESCrawlerExport. Configure the values below: Hostname: SES hostname. Feed Location: Directory where data feeds will be saved. Metadata List: List of metadata that will be searchable by SES. After updating the values click on the Update button. Come back to the SESCrawlerExport Administration UI and click on Take Snapshot button. It will create the data feeds in the specified Feed Location. To check if the correct configuration was done, please access the following URL http://&lt;ucm_server&gt;:&lt;port&gt;/cs/idcplg?IdcService=SES_CRAWLER_DOWLOAD_CONFIG&amp;source=default. It should download config file in the format below: &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt; &lt;rsscrawler xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/search/rsscrawlerconfig"&gt; &lt;feedLocation&gt;&lt;![CDATA[http://adc6160699.us.oracle.com:16200/cs/idcplg?IdcService=SES_CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_CONTROL&amp;source=default]]&gt;&lt;/feedLocation&gt; &lt;errorFileLocation&gt;&lt;![CDATA[http://adc6160699.us.oracle.com:16200/cs/idcplg?IdcService=SES_CRAWLER_STATUS&amp;IsJava=1&amp;source=default&amp;StatusFeed=]]&gt;&lt;/errorFileLocation&gt; &lt;feedType&gt;controlFeed&lt;/feedType&gt; &lt;sourceName&gt;default&lt;/sourceName&gt; &lt;securityType&gt;attributeBased&lt;/securityType&gt; &lt;securityAttribute name="Account" grant="true"/&gt; &lt;securityAttribute name="DocSecurityGroup" grant="true"/&gt; &lt;securityAttribute name="Collab" grant="true"/&gt; &lt;/rsscrawler&gt; Make sure Account and DocSecurityGroup values are true. SES Configuration Let’s start by configuring the Identity Plug-ins in SES. Go to Global Settings -&gt; System -&gt; Identity Management Setup. Select Oracle Content Server and click the Activate button. We’ll populate the following values: HTTP endpoint for authentication: URL to WebCenter Content. Notice that /cs/idcplg was added at the end of the URL. Admin User: UCM Admin user. This user must have access to all CPOE content. Password: Password to Admin user. Authentication Type: NATIVE. Go back to the Home tab and click on Sources on the top left. Select Oracle Content Server on the right and click the Create button. Configuration URL: URL that point to the configuration file. Example: http://&lt;ucm_hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;/cs/idcplg?IdcService=SES_CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_CONFIG&amp;source=default. User ID: UCM Admin user. Password: Password to Admin user. Click on the Authorization tab and add the appropriate values to the fields below. Make sure you see the ACCOUNT and DOCSECURITYGROUP security attributes at the end of the page. HTTP endpoint for authorization: http://&lt;ucm_hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;/cs/idcplg. Display URL prefix: http://&lt;ucm_hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;/cs. Administrator user: UCM Admin user. Administrator password. On the Document Types tab, add the documents that should be indexed by SES. As our last step, we’ll configure the Federation Trusted Entities under Global Settings. Entity Name: The user must be present in both the identity management server configured for your WebCenter application and the identity management server configured for Oracle SES. For instance, I used weblogic in my sample. Password: Entity user password.\ Now you are ready to test the integration on the SES UI: http://&lt;ses hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;/search/query/.

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• CS Education, where was it? Where is it now? Where is it going?

  - by CheesePls

  I'm planning on doing research into Computer Science education for my senior project and I could think of no better group of people to consult than the SO community. So, what do you think about the state of CS education in the United States (and the rest of the world, though I had planned on focusing on the US)? What do you feel are necessary topics? What topics are superfluous? Objects first vs. Objects early vs. Objects later? ALSO, if anyone has or knows of any blogs, studies, etc., those would be very helpful as well.

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• A "Trig" Calculating Class

  - by Clinton Scott

  I have been trying to create a gui that calculates trigonometric functions based off of the user's input. I have had success in the GUI part, but my class that I wrote to hold information using inheritance seems to be messed up, because when I run it gives an error saying: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code - constructor ArcTrigCalcCon in class TrigCalc.ArcTrigCalcCon cannot be applied to given types; required: double,double,double,double,double,double found: java.lang.Double,java.lang.Double,java.lang.Double reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length at TrigCalc.TrigCalcGUI.(TrigCalcGUI.java:31) at TrigCalc.TrigCalcGUI.main(TrigCalcGUI.java:87) Java Result: 1 and says it is the object causing the problem. Below Will be my code. First I will put up my inheritance class with cosecant secant and cotangent and then my original class with the original 3 trig functions: { public ArcTrigCalcCon(double s, double cs, double t, double csc, double sc, double ct) { // Inherit from the Trig Calc class super(s, cs, t); cosecant = 1/s; secant = 1/cs; cotangent = 1/t; } public void setCsc(double csc) { cosecant = csc; } public void setSec(double sc) { secant = sc; } public void setCot(double ct) { cotangent = ct; } } Here is the first Trigonometric class: public class TrigCalcCon { public double sine; public double cosine; public double tangent; public TrigCalcCon(double s, double cs, double t) { sine = s; cosine = cs; tangent = t; } public void setSin(double s) { sine = s; } public void setCos(double cs) { cosine = cs; } public void setTan(double t) { tangent = t; } public void set(double s, double cs, double t) { sine = s; cosine = cs; tangent = t; } public double getSin() { return Math.sin(sine); } public double getCos() { return Math.cos(cosine); } public double getTan() { return Math.tan(tangent); } } and here is the demo class to run the gui: public class TrigCalcGUI extends JFrame implements ActionListener { // Instance Variables private String input; private Double s, cs, t, csc, sc, ct; private JPanel mainPanel, sinPanel, cosPanel, tanPanel, cscPanel, secPanel, cotPanel, buttonPanel, inputPanel, displayPanel; // Panel Display private JLabel sinLabel, cosLabel, tanLabel, secLabel, cscLabel, cotLabel, inputLabel; private JTextField sinTF, cosTF, tanTF, secTF, cscTF, cotTF, inputTF; //Text Fields for sin, cos, and tan, and inverse private JButton calcButton, clearButton; // Calculate and Exit Buttons // Object ArcTrigCalcCon trC = new ArcTrigCalcCon(s, cs, t); public TrigCalcGUI() { // title bar text. super("Trig Calculator"); // Corner exit button action. setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); // Create main panel to add each panel to mainPanel = new JPanel(); mainPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2)); displayPanel = new JPanel(); displayPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2)); // Assign Panel to each variable inputPanel = new JPanel(); sinPanel = new JPanel(); cosPanel = new JPanel(); tanPanel = new JPanel(); cscPanel = new JPanel(); secPanel = new JPanel(); cotPanel = new JPanel(); buttonPanel = new JPanel(); // Call each constructor buildInputPanel(); buildSinCosTanPanels(); buildCscSecCotPanels(); buildButtonPanel(); // Add each panel to content pane displayPanel.add(sinPanel); displayPanel.add(cscPanel); displayPanel.add(cosPanel); displayPanel.add(secPanel); displayPanel.add(tanPanel); displayPanel.add(cotPanel); // Add three content panes to GUI mainPanel.add(inputPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH); mainPanel.add(displayPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER); mainPanel.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH); //add mainPanel this.add(mainPanel); // size of window to content this.pack(); // display window setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { new TrigCalcGUI(); } private void buildInputPanel() { inputLabel = new JLabel("Enter a Value: "); inputTF = new JTextField(5); inputPanel.add(inputLabel); inputPanel.add(inputTF); } // Building Constructor for sinPanel cosPanel, and tanPanel private void buildSinCosTanPanels() { // Set layout and border for sinPanel sinPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2)); sinPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Sine")); // sinTF = new JTextField(5); sinTF.setEditable(false); sinPanel.add(sinTF); // Set layout and border for cosPanel cosPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2)); cosPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Cosine")); cosTF = new JTextField(5); cosTF.setEditable(false); cosPanel.add(cosTF); // Set layout and border for tanPanel tanPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2)); tanPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Tangent")); tanTF = new JTextField(5); tanTF.setEditable(false); tanPanel.add(tanTF); } // Building Constructor for cscPanel secPanel, and cotPanel private void buildCscSecCotPanels() { // Set layout and border for cscPanel cscPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2)); cscPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Cosecant")); // cscTF = new JTextField(5); cscTF.setEditable(false); cscPanel.add(cscTF); // Set layout and border for secPanel secPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2)); secPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Secant")); secTF = new JTextField(5); secTF.setEditable(false); secPanel.add(secTF); // Set layout and border for cotPanel cotPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2)); cotPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Cotangent")); cotTF = new JTextField(5); cotTF.setEditable(false); cotPanel.add(cotTF); } private void buildButtonPanel() { // Create buttons and add events calcButton = new JButton("Calculate"); calcButton.addActionListener(new CalcButtonListener()); clearButton = new JButton("Clear"); clearButton.addActionListener(new ClearButtonListener()); buttonPanel.add(calcButton); buttonPanel.add(clearButton); } @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { } private class CalcButtonListener implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { // Declare boolean variable boolean incorrect = true; // Set input variable to input text field text input = inputTF.getText(); ImageIcon newIcon; ImageIcon frowny = new ImageIcon(TrigCalcGUI.class.getResource("/Sad_Face.png")); Image gm = frowny.getImage(); Image newFrowny = gm.getScaledInstance(100, 100, java.awt.Image.SCALE_FAST); newIcon = new ImageIcon(newFrowny); // If boolean is true, throw exception if(incorrect) { try{Double.parseDouble(input); incorrect = false;} catch(NumberFormatException nfe) { String s = "Invalid Input " + "/n Input Must Be a Numerical value." + "/nPlease Press Ok and Try Again"; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, s, "Invalid", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE, newIcon); inputTF.setText(""); inputTF.requestFocus(); } } // If boolean is not true, proceed with output if (incorrect != true) { /* Set each text field's output to the String double value * of inputTF */ sinTF.setText(input); cosTF.setText(input); tanTF.setText(input); cscTF.setText(input); secTF.setText(input); cotTF.setText(input); } } } /** * Private inner class that handles the event when * the user clicks the Exit button. */ private class ClearButtonListener implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { // Clear field sinTF.setText(""); cosTF.setText(""); tanTF.setText(""); cscTF.setText(""); secTF.setText(""); cotTF.setText(""); // Clear textfield and set cursor focus to field inputTF.setText(""); inputTF.requestFocus(); } } }

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• Juju stuck in "pending" state when using LXC

  - by Andre

  So I'm trying to get started with Juju, and tried to do this locally using LXC. I followed the instructions here: How do I configure juju for local usage? Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work for me. status shows the following: $ juju status machines: 0: agent-state: running dns-name: localhost instance-id: local instance-state: running services: mysql: charm: cs:precise/mysql-1 relations: db: - wordpress units: mysql/0: agent-state: pending machine: 0 public-address: null wordpress: charm: cs:precise/wordpress-0 exposed: true relations: db: - mysql units: wordpress/0: agent-state: pending machine: 0 open-ports: [] public-address: null 2012-05-10 14:09:38,155 INFO 'status' command finished successfully As you can see the agent-state is 'pending' and there is no public address where I'm able to access the newly created site. Am I missing something here? UPDATE: Tried destroying the environment an doing everything again (multiple times). This is the output for debug-log: ~$ juju debug-log 2012-05-11 08:50:23,790 INFO Enabling distributed debug log. 2012-05-11 08:50:23,806 INFO Tailing logs - Ctrl-C to stop. 2012-05-11 08:50:42,338 Machine:0: juju.agents.machine DEBUG: Units changed old:set([]) new:set(['mysql/0']) 2012-05-11 08:50:42,339 Machine:0: juju.agents.machine DEBUG: Starting service unit: mysql/0 ... 2012-05-11 08:50:42,459 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Downloading charm cs:precise/mysql-1 to /home/andre/.juju/data/andre-local/charms 2012-05-11 08:50:42,620 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Using <juju.machine.unit.UnitContainerDeployment object at 0x9c54b6c> for mysql/0 in /home/andre/.juju/data/andre-local 2012-05-11 08:50:42,648 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Starting service unit mysql/0... 2012-05-11 08:50:42,649 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Creating master container... 2012-05-11 08:54:33,992 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Created master container andre-local-0-template 2012-05-11 08:54:33,993 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Creating container mysql-0... 2012-05-11 08:56:18,760 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Container created for mysql/0 2012-05-11 08:56:19,466 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Charm extracted into container 2012-05-11 08:56:19,569 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Starting container... 2012-05-11 08:56:22,707 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Started container for mysql/0 2012-05-11 08:56:22,707 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Started service unit mysql/0 2012-05-11 08:56:23,012 Machine:0: juju.agents.machine DEBUG: Units changed old:set(['mysql/0']) new:set(['wordpress/0', 'mysql/0']) 2012-05-11 08:56:23,039 Machine:0: juju.agents.machine DEBUG: Starting service unit: wordpress/0 ... 2012-05-11 08:56:23,154 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Downloading charm cs:precise/wordpress-0 to /home/andre/.juju/data/andre-local/charms 2012-05-11 08:56:23,396 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Using <juju.machine.unit.UnitContainerDeployment object at 0x9c519cc> for wordpress/0 in /home/andre/.juju/data/andre-local 2012-05-11 08:56:23,620 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Starting service unit wordpress/0... 2012-05-11 08:56:23,621 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Creating container wordpress-0... 2012-05-11 08:58:24,739 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Container created for wordpress/0 2012-05-11 08:58:25,163 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Charm extracted into container 2012-05-11 08:58:25,397 Machine:0: unit.deploy DEBUG: Starting container... 2012-05-11 08:58:27,982 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Started container for wordpress/0 2012-05-11 08:58:27,983 Machine:0: unit.deploy INFO: Started service unit wordpress/0 This is the result for the status command (with verbose flag): ~$ juju -v status 2012-05-11 08:51:53,464 DEBUG Initializing juju status runtime 2012-05-11 08:51:53,625:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@658: Client environment:zookeeper.version=zookeeper C client 3.3.5 2012-05-11 08:51:53,625:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@662: Client environment:host.name=andre-ufo 2012-05-11 08:51:53,625:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@669: Client environment:os.name=Linux 2012-05-11 08:51:53,625:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@670: Client environment:os.arch=3.2.0-24-generic-pae 2012-05-11 08:51:53,625:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@671: Client environment:os.version=#37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 10:47:59 UTC 2012 2012-05-11 08:51:53,626:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@679: Client environment:user.name=andre 2012-05-11 08:51:53,626:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@687: Client environment:user.home=/home/andre 2012-05-11 08:51:53,626:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@log_env@699: Client environment:user.dir=/home/andre 2012-05-11 08:51:53,626:4030(0xb7345b00):ZOO_INFO@zookeeper_init@727: Initiating client connection, host=192.168.122.1:41779 sessionTimeout=10000 watcher=0xb7780620 sessionId=0 sessionPasswd=<null> context=0x9242ee8 flags=0 2012-05-11 08:51:53,627:4030(0xb6b90b40):ZOO_INFO@check_events@1585: initiated connection to server [192.168.122.1:41779] 2012-05-11 08:51:53,649:4030(0xb6b90b40):ZOO_INFO@check_events@1632: session establishment complete on server [192.168.122.1:41779], sessionId=0x1373ae057d90007, negotiated timeout=10000 2012-05-11 08:51:53,651 DEBUG Environment is initialized. machines: 0: agent-state: running dns-name: localhost instance-id: local instance-state: running services: mysql: charm: cs:precise/mysql-1 relations: db: - wordpress units: mysql/0: agent-state: pending machine: 0 public-address: null wordpress: charm: cs:precise/wordpress-0 relations: db: - mysql units: wordpress/0: agent-state: pending machine: 0 public-address: null

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• NserviceBus throws exception when referencing a Nettiers assembly

  - by IGoor

  We use nettiers as a our data layer, and we recently have started looking at using NServiceBus, but we have hit a wall. We have a windows service which hosts NSB and references our Nettiers assembly. the service is throwing an exception when the following line is encountered. var Bus = Configure.With().SpringBuilder() .XmlSerializer() .MsmqTransport() .IsTransactional(false) .PurgeOnStartup(false) .UnicastBus() .ImpersonateSender(false) .CreateBus() .Start(); the exceptions that is throw is: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information. the loader exception message is: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Practices.Unity, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.":"Microsoft.Practices.Unity, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 stacktrace is: at System.Reflection.Module._GetTypesInternal(StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes() at NServiceBus.Configure.<>c__DisplayClass1.<With>b__0(Assembly a) in d:\BuildAgent-03\work\672d81652eaca4e1\src\config\NServiceBus.Config\Configure.cs:line 122 at System.Array.ForEach[T](T[] array, Action`1 action) at NServiceBus.Configure.With(Assembly[] assemblies) in d:\BuildAgent-03\work\672d81652eaca4e1\src\config\NServiceBus.Config\Configure.cs:line 122 at NServiceBus.Configure.With(IEnumerable`1 assemblies) in d:\BuildAgent-03\work\672d81652eaca4e1\src\config\NServiceBus.Config\Configure.cs:line 111 at NServiceBus.Configure.With(String probeDirectory) in d:\BuildAgent-03\work\672d81652eaca4e1\src\config\NServiceBus.Config\Configure.cs:line 101 at NServiceBus.Configure.With() in d:\BuildAgent-03\work\672d81652eaca4e1\src\config\NServiceBus.Config\Configure.cs:line 78 at MessageSender.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Development\NSBTest4\MessageSender\Program.cs:line 18 without the nettiers reference NSB works fine. Any idea what the problem is and how to solve it? thanks.

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• No Source available

  - by Eric

  I am not sure what happened or if I did anything.. Now anytime I try and debug it says no source available on all BCL stuff For example, on a debug.print I get that message with Locating source for 'f:\dd\ndp\fx\src\CompMod\System\Diagnostics\Debug.cs'. Checksum: MD5 {40 74 18 44 a8 15 28 2e 54 75 5e 40 d1 5f 6a 0} The file 'f:\dd\ndp\fx\src\CompMod\System\Diagnostics\Debug.cs' does not exist. Looking in script documents for 'f:\dd\ndp\fx\src\CompMod\System\Diagnostics\Debug.cs'... Looking in the projects for 'f:\dd\ndp\fx\src\CompMod\System\Diagnostics\Debug.cs'. The file was not found in a project. Looking in directory 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\crt\src\'... Looking in directory 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\atlmfc\src\mfc\'... Looking in directory 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\atlmfc\src\atl\'... Looking in directory 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\atlmfc\include\'... The debug source files settings for the active solution indicate that the debugger will not ask the user to find the file: f:\dd\ndp\fx\src\CompMod\System\Diagnostics\Debug.cs. The debugger could not locate the source file 'f:\dd\ndp\fx\src\CompMod\System\Diagnostics\Debug.cs'. This happens all the time now and I 1. Don't have an F: 2. Enable .net framework source stepping is unchecked Is there some other sneaky setting to make these messages go away? Regards _Eric

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• QueryHistory against a codeplex project hangs indefinitely

  - by Robaticus

  I'm working on a TFS utility that gets the changesets for a particular project in TFS. I've got a home TFS 2010 server which I primarily use for testing, but I decided to give it a try against a codeplex project to which I contribute. That way, I can test functionality against a larger number of changesets than I have locally. While it works fine in my environment, heading out over the wire to codeplex has left me stumped. My application queries the history, but then, when trying to iterate through the history (which is when it lazy-loads the IEnumerable), my application hangs. Looking at Intellitrace, I see a couple of "first chance" exceptions that the "item doesn't exist at the specified version"-- which is patently not true, as I'm trying to get history for "$/" at VersionSpec.Latest. I also see two or three consecutive server 500 errors being returned to me after forcing debugging to pause. Other operations (like GetItems() ) work fine, so I'm pretty sure authentication isn't an issue. Any thoughts? Here's the code: IEnumerable items = vcs.QueryHistory("$/", VersionSpec.Latest, 1, RecursionType.None, null, null, null, 5, true, false); List<ChangesetItem> returnList = new List<ChangesetItem>(); foreach (Changeset cs in items) //hangs here on first iteraiton { ChangesetItem newItem = new ChangesetItem() { ChangesetId = cs.ChangesetId, //ChangesetNote = cs.CheckinNote.Values[0].Value, Comment = cs.Comment, Committer = cs.Committer, CreationDate = cs.CreationDate }; returnList.Add(newItem); }

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• General String Encryption in .NET

  - by cryptospin

  I am looking for a general string encryption class in .NET. (Not to be confused with the 'SecureString' class.) I have started to come up with my own class, but thought there must be a .NET class that already allows you to encrypt/decrypt strings of any encoding with any Cryptographic Service Provider. Public Class SecureString Private key() As Byte Private iv() As Byte Private m_SecureString As String Public ReadOnly Property Encrypted() As String Get Return m_SecureString End Get End Property Public ReadOnly Property Decrypted() As String Get Return Decrypt(m_SecureString) End Get End Property Public Sub New(ByVal StringToSecure As String) If StringToSecure Is Nothing Then StringToSecure = "" m_SecureString = Encrypt(StringToSecure) End Sub Private Function Encrypt(ByVal StringToEncrypt As String) As String Dim result As String = "" Dim bytes() As Byte = Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(StringToEncrypt) Using provider As New AesCryptoServiceProvider() With provider .Mode = CipherMode.CBC .GenerateKey() .GenerateIV() key = .Key iv = .IV End With Using ms As New IO.MemoryStream Using cs As New CryptoStream(ms, provider.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write) cs.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length) cs.FlushFinalBlock() End Using result = Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray()) End Using End Using Return result End Function Private Function Decrypt(ByVal StringToDecrypt As String) As String Dim result As String = "" Dim bytes() As Byte = Convert.FromBase64String(StringToDecrypt) Using provider As New AesCryptoServiceProvider() Using ms As New IO.MemoryStream Using cs As New CryptoStream(ms, provider.CreateDecryptor(key, iv), CryptoStreamMode.Write) cs.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length) cs.FlushFinalBlock() End Using result = Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray()) End Using End Using Return result End Function End Class

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• PyParsing: Not all tokens passed to setParseAction()

  - by Rosarch

  I'm parsing sentences like "CS 2110 or INFO 3300". I would like to output a format like: [[("CS" 2110)], [("INFO", 3300)]] To do this, I thought I could use setParseAction(). However, the print statements in statementParse() suggest that only the last tokens are actually passed: >>> statement.parseString("CS 2110 or INFO 3300") Match [{Suppress:("or") Re:('[A-Z]{2,}') Re:('[0-9]{4}')}] at loc 7(1,8) string CS 2110 or INFO 3300 loc: 7 tokens: ['INFO', 3300] Matched [{Suppress:("or") Re:('[A-Z]{2,}') Re:('[0-9]{4}')}] -> ['INFO', 3300] (['CS', 2110, 'INFO', 3300], {'Course': [(2110, 1), (3300, 3)], 'DeptCode': [('CS', 0), ('INFO', 2)]}) I expected all the tokens to be passed, but it's only ['INFO', 3300]. Am I doing something wrong? Or is there another way that I can produce the desired output? Here is the pyparsing code: from pyparsing import * def statementParse(str, location, tokens): print "string %s" % str print "loc: %s " % location print "tokens: %s" % tokens DEPT_CODE = Regex(r'[A-Z]{2,}').setResultsName("DeptCode") COURSE_NUMBER = Regex(r'[0-9]{4}').setResultsName("CourseNumber") OR_CONJ = Suppress("or") COURSE_NUMBER.setParseAction(lambda s, l, toks : int(toks[0])) course = DEPT_CODE + COURSE_NUMBER.setResultsName("Course") statement = course + Optional(OR_CONJ + course).setParseAction(statementParse).setDebug()

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• Is the science of Computer Science dead?

  - by Veaviticus

  Question : Is the science and art of CS dead? By that I mean, the real requirements to think, plan and efficiently solve problems seems to be falling away from CS these days. The field seems to be lowering the entry-barrier so more people can 'program' without having to learn how to truly program. Background : I'm a recent graduate with a BS in Computer Science. I'm working a starting position at a decent sized company in the IT department. I mostly do .NET and other Microsoft technologies at my job, but before this I've done Java stuff through internships and the like. I personally am a C++ programmer for my own for-fun projects. In Depth : Through the work I've been doing, it seems to me that the intense disciplines of a real science don't exist in CS anymore. In the past, programmers had to solve problems efficiently in order for systems to be robust and quick. But now, with the prevailing technologies like .NET, Java and scripting languages, it seems like efficiency and robustness have been traded for ease of development. Most of the colleagues that I work with don't even have degrees in Computer Science. Most graduated with Electrical Engineering degrees, a few with Software Engineering, even some who came from tech schools without a 4 year program. Yet they get by just fine without having the technical background of CS, without having studied theories and algorithms, without having any regard for making an elegant solution (they just go for the easiest, cheapest solution). The company pushes us to use Microsoft technologies, which take all the real thought out of the matter and replace it with libraries and tools that can auto-build your project for you half the time. I'm not trying to hate on the languages, I understand that they serve a purpose and do it well, but when your employees don't know how a hash-table works, and use the wrong sorting methods, or run SQL commands that are horribly inefficient (but get the job done in an acceptable time), it feels like more effort is being put into developing technologies that coddle new 'programmers' rather than actually teaching people how to do things right. I am interested in making efficient and, in my opinion, beautiful programs. If there is a better way to do it, I'd rather go back and refactor it than let it slide. But in the corporate world, they push me to complete tasks quickly rather than elegantly. And that really bugs me. Is this what I'm going to be looking forward to the rest of my life? Are there still positions out there for people who love the science and art of CS rather than just the paycheck? And on the same note, here's a good read if you haven't seen it before The Perils Of Java Schools

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• What does the `dmesg` error: "composite sync not supported" mean?

  - by M. Tibbits

  Question: I see [ 20.473125] composite sync not supported and several such entries when I run dmesg. What do they mean? Background: I'm trying to debug a problem where my laptop won't suspend. Since acpi seems happy and I can suspend easily from the command line, I've turned to tracking down all boot-up errors/warnings. So I run dmesg | grep not and, amongst other shtuff, I get: 728:[ 17.267120] composite sync not supported 733:[ 18.009061] composite sync not supported 740:[ 18.159289] registered panic notifier 749:[ 18.162500] vga16fb: not registering due to another framebuffer present 757:[ 18.598251] composite sync not supported 776:[ 20.473125] composite sync not supported 777:[ 20.932266] composite sync not supported 778:[ 28.350231] composite sync not supported 779:[ 28.924913] composite sync not supported 780:[ 35.480658] composite sync not supported And the full log for the few lines right around that first appearance (line 728) is listed at the bottom of my post (I'd happily include anything else). Any ideas what could be causing this? I've read several sites: Ubuntuforums #1 IRC Chat #1 One post talks about ??Adobe flash?? causing this error? Some others also suggest that it might be an nvidia related problem, but I've got a Dell Latitude D630 with an integrated Intel graphics -- so nvidia isn't the problem. [ 17.207142] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' [ 17.207833] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx [ 17.207849] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx [ 17.207865] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio [ 17.207927] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] [ 17.267120] composite sync not supported [ 17.415795] EXT4-fs (sda2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode [ 17.602131] [drm] initialized overlay support [ 17.620201] input: DualPoint Stick as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7 [ 17.641192] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8 [ 18.009061] composite sync not supported [ 18.106042] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean. [ 18.108115] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: clean. [ 18.108941] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean. [ 18.109676] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean. [ 18.110356] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. [ 18.159286] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device [ 18.159289] registered panic notifier [ 18.160218] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input9 [ 18.160286] ACPI: Video Device [VID1] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no) [ 18.160334] ACPI Warning for \_SB_.PCI0.VID2._DOD: Return Package has no elements (empty) (20090903/nspredef-433) [ 18.160432] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:02/input/input10 [ 18.160491] ACPI: Video Device [VID2] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no) [ 18.160539] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 [ 18.162494] vga16fb: initializing [ 18.162497] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000 [ 18.162500] vga16fb: not registering due to another framebuffer present [ 18.176091] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 [ 18.176123] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 18.285752] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input11 [ 18.312497] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12 [ 18.312586] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13 [ 18.328043] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper [ 18.460909] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 180x56 [ 18.598251] composite sync not supported

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• subsonic.migrations and Oracle XE

  - by andrecarlucci

  Hello, Probably I'm doing something wrong but here it goes: I'm trying to create a database using subsonic.migrations in an OracleXE version 10.2.0.1.0. I have ODP v 10.2.0.2.20 installed. This is my app.config: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <configSections> <section name="SubSonicService" type="SubSonic.SubSonicSection, SubSonic" requirePermission="false"/> </configSections> <connectionStrings> <add name="test" connectionString="Data Source=XE; User Id=test; Password=test;"/> </connectionStrings> <SubSonicService defaultProvider="test"> <providers> <clear/> <add name="test" type="SubSonic.OracleDataProvider, SubSonic" connectionStringName="test" generatedNamespace="testdb"/> </providers> </SubSonicService> </configuration> And that's my first migration: public class Migration001_Init : Migration { public override void Up() { //Create the records table TableSchema.Table records = CreateTable("asdf"); records.AddColumn("RecordName"); } public override void Down() { DropTable("asdf"); } } When I run the sonic.exe, I get this exception: Setting ConfigPath: 'App.config' Building configuration from D:\Users\carlucci\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wum\Wum.Migration\App.config Adding connection to test ERROR: Trying to execute migrate Error Message: System.Data.OracleClient.OracleException: ORA-02253: especifica‡Æo de restri‡Æo nÆo permitida aqui at System.Data.OracleClient.OracleConnection.CheckError(OciErrorHandle errorHandle, Int32 rc) at System.Data.OracleClient.OracleCommand.Execute(OciStatementHandle statementHandle, CommandBehavior behavior, Boolean needRowid, OciRowidDescriptor& rowidDescriptor, ArrayList& resultParameterOrdinals) at System.Data.OracleClient.OracleCommand.ExecuteNonQueryInternal(Boolean needRowid, OciRowidDescriptor& rowidDescriptor) at System.Data.OracleClient.OracleCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() at SubSonic.OracleDataProvider.ExecuteQuery(QueryCommand qry) in D:\@SubSonic\SubSonic\SubSonic\DataProviders\OracleDataProvider.cs:line 350 at SubSonic.DataService.ExecuteQuery(QueryCommand cmd) in D:\@SubSonic\SubSonic\SubSonic\DataProviders\DataService.cs:line 544 at SubSonic.Migrations.Migrator.CreateSchemaInfo(String providerName) in D:\@SubSonic\SubSonic\SubSonic.Migrations\Migrator.cs:line 249 at SubSonic.Migrations.Migrator.GetCurrentVersion(String providerName) in D:\@SubSonic\SubSonic\SubSonic.Migrations\Migrator.cs:line 232 at SubSonic.Migrations.Migrator.Migrate(String providerName, String migrationDirectory, Nullable`1 toVersion) in D:\@SubSonic\SubSonic\SubSonic.Migrations\Migrator.cs:line 50 at SubSonic.SubCommander.Program.Migrate() in D:\@SubSonic\SubSonic\SubCommander\Program.cs:line 264 at SubSonic.SubCommander.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\@SubSonic\SubSonic\SubCommander\Program.cs:line 90 Execution Time: 379ms What am I doing wrong? Thanks a lot for any help :) Andre Carlucci UPDATE: As pointed by Anton, the problem is the subsonic OracleSqlGenerator. It is trying to create the schema table using this sql: CREATE TABLE SubSonicSchemaInfo ( version int NOT NULL CONSTRAINT DF_SubSonicSchemaInfo_version DEFAULT (0) ) Which doesn't work on oracle. The correct sql would be: CREATE TABLE SubSonicSchemaInfo ( version int DEFAULT (0), constraint DF_SubSonicSchemaInfo_version primary key (version) ) The funny thing is that since this is the very first sql executed by subsonic migrations, NOBODY EVER TESTED it on oracle.

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• Copy image to BLOB from client pc aka Java function in Oracle

  - by mumich

  Hi guys, I've been stuck with this for past two days. I've go java function stored in Oracle system which is supposed to copy image from local drive do remote database and store it in BLOB - it's called CopyBLOB and looks like this: import java.sql.*; import oracle.sql.*; import java.io.*; public class CopyBLOB { static int id; static String fileName = null; static Connection conn = null; public CopyBLOB(int idz, String f) { id = idz; fileName = f; } public static void copy(int ident, String path) throws SQLException, FileNotFoundException { CopyBLOB cpB = new CopyBLOB(ident, path); cpB.getConnection(); cpB.callUpdate(id, fileName); } public void getConnection() throws SQLException { DriverManager.registerDriver (new oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver()); try { conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@oraserv.ms.mff.cuni.cz:1521:db", "xxx", "xxx"); } catch (SQLException sqlex) { System.out.println("SQLException while getting db connection: "+sqlex); if (conn != null) conn.close(); } catch (Exception ex) { System.out.println("Exception while getting db connection: "+ex); if (conn != null) conn.close(); } } public void callUpdate(int id, String file ) throws SQLException, FileNotFoundException { CallableStatement cs = null; try { conn.setAutoCommit(false); File f = new File(file); FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(f); cs = (CallableStatement) conn.prepareCall( "begin add_image(?,?); end;" ); cs.setInt(1, id ); cs.setBinaryStream(2, fin, (int) f.length()); cs.execute(); conn.setAutoCommit(true); } catch ( SQLException sqlex ) { System.out.println("SQLException in callUpdateUsingStream method of given status : " + sqlex.getMessage() ); } catch ( FileNotFoundException fnex ) { System.out.println("FileNotFoundException in callUpdateUsingStream method of given status : " + fnex.getMessage() ); } finally { try { if (cs != null) cs.close(); if (conn != null) conn.close(); } catch ( Exception ex ) { System.out.println("Some exception in callUpdateUsingStream method of given status : " + ex.getMessage( ) ); } } } } The wrapper function is defined in package "MyPackage" as folows: procedure image_adder( id varchar2, path varchar2 ) AS language java name 'CopyBLOB.copy(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)'; And the inserting function called image_add is as simple as this: procedure add_image( id numeric(10), pic blob) AS BEGIN insert into pictures values (seq_pic.nextval, id, pic); END add_image; Now the problem: When I type call MyPackage.image_adder(1, 'd:\samples\img.jpg'); I get the ORA-29531 Error: No method copy in class CopyBLOB. Can you help me, please?

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• Difference between Factory Method and Abstract Factory design patterns using C#.Net

  - by nijhawan.saurabh

  First of all I'll just put both these patterns in context and describe their intent as in the GOF book: Factory Method: Define an interface for creating an object, but let subclasses decide which class to instantiate. Factory Method lets a class defer instantiation to subclasses.   Abstract Factory: Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes.   Points to note:   Abstract factory pattern adds a layer of abstraction to the factory method pattern. The type of factory is not known to the client at compile time, this information is passed to the client at runtime (How it is passed is again dependent on the system, you may store this information in configuration files and the client can read it on execution). While implementing Abstract factory pattern, the factory classes can have multiple factory methods. In Abstract factory, a factory is capable of creating more than one type of product (Simpilar products are grouped together in a factory)   Sample implementation of factory method pattern   Let's see the class diagram first:                   ProductFactory.cs // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // <copyright file="ProductFactory.cs" company=""> // TODO: Update copyright text. // </copyright> // -----------------------------------------------------------------------   namespace FactoryMethod {     using System;     using System.Collections.Generic;     using System.Linq;     using System.Text;       /// <summary>     /// TODO: Update summary.     /// </summary>     public abstract class ProductFactory     {         /// <summary>         /// </summary>         /// <returns>         /// </returns>         public abstract Product CreateProductInstance();     } }     ProductAFactory.cs // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // <copyright file="ProductAFactory.cs" company=""> // TODO: Update copyright text. // </copyright> // -----------------------------------------------------------------------   namespace FactoryMethod {     using System;     using System.Collections.Generic;     using System.Linq;     using System.Text;       /// <summary>     /// TODO: Update summary.     /// </summary>     public class ProductAFactory:ProductFactory     {         public override Product CreateProductInstance()         {             return new ProductA();         }     } }         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // <copyright file="ProductBFactory.cs" company=""> // TODO: Update copyright text. // </copyright> // -----------------------------------------------------------------------   namespace FactoryMethod {     using System;     using System.Collections.Generic;     using System.Linq;     using System.Text;       /// <summary>     /// TODO: Update summary.     /// </summary>     public class ProductBFactory:ProductFactory     {         public override Product CreateProductInstance()         {             return new ProductB();           }     } }     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // <copyright file="Product.cs" company=""> // TODO: Update copyright text. // </copyright> // -----------------------------------------------------------------------   namespace FactoryMethod {     using System;     using System.Collections.Generic;     using System.Linq;     using System.Text;       /// <summary>     /// TODO: Update summary.     /// </summary>     public abstract class Product     {         public abstract string Name { get; set; }     } }     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // <copyright file="ProductA.cs" company=""> // TODO: Update copyright text. // </copyright> // -----------------------------------------------------------------------   namespace FactoryMethod {     using System;     using System.Collections.Generic;     using System.Linq;     using System.Text;       /// <summary>     /// TODO: Update summary.     /// </summary>     public class ProductA:Product     {         public ProductA()         {               Name = "ProductA";         }           public override string Name { get; set; }     } }       // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // <copyright file="ProductB.cs" company=""> // TODO: Update copyright text. // </copyright> // -----------------------------------------------------------------------   namespace FactoryMethod {     using System;     using System.Collections.Generic;     using System.Linq;     using System.Text;       /// <summary>     /// TODO: Update summary.     /// </summary>     public class ProductB:Product     {          public ProductB()         {               Name = "ProductA";         }         public override string Name { get; set; }     } }     Program.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text;   namespace FactoryMethod {     class Program     {         static void Main(string[] args)         {             ProductFactory pf = new ProductAFactory();               Product product = pf.CreateProductInstance();             Console.WriteLine(product.Name);         }     } }       Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}

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• SCCM Report to identify machines with 64-bit capable hardware

  - by GAThrawn

  Currently looking at deployment options for Windows 7. One of the questions we're looking into is 32 bit vs 63 bit. I'm trying to run a SCCM report against our estate to identify which machines are 64-bit capable (whether or not they're currently running a 64-bit OS). There seem to be a few resources out on the net for this (here, here and here) but none of them seem to work right on machines running 32-bit Windows XP. 32-bit XP machines seem to always report that they're running on 32-bit hardware. The query I'm currently running is: select sys.netbios_name0, sys.Operating_System_Name_and0 as OperatingSystem, case when pr.addresswidth0=64 then '64bit OS' when pr.addresswidth0=32 then '32bit OS' end as [Operating System Type], case when pr.DataWidth0=64 then '64bit Processor' when pr.DataWidth0=32 then '32bit Processor' end as [Processor Type], case when pr.addresswidth0=32 and pr.DataWidth0=64 then 'YES' end as [32-bit OS on x64 processor] from v_r_system sys join v_gs_processor pr on sys.resourceid=pr.resourceid I've also tried this, which reports all "Windows XP Professional" systems are on "X86-based PC", not x64 based even though a number of them definitely are: select OS.Caption0, CS.SystemType0, Count(*) from dbo.v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM CS Left Outer Join dbo.v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM OS on CS.ResourceID = OS.ResourceId Group by OS.Caption0, CS.SystemType0 Order by OS.Caption0, CS.SystemType0 For instance we have a set of Dell Latitude E4200 laptops. Some of these are running 32-bit Windows XP SP3, some of them are running 32-bit Windows 7, some are running 64-bit Windows 7. All the laptops are identical, having come from the same order. Out of these the Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit) report that the hardware is 64-bit capable, and the Windows XP machines report that they're only 32-bit capable. Does anyone know if there's another value I can query to get the hardware's capabilities correctly on XP, or is there a hotfix that will get it reporting the correct info?

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• Lync CMS replication is failing for all Domain Computers

  - by Ravi Kanneganti

  I have Lync Server 2010 and Active Directory installed on 2 different Windows Server 2008 R2 machines. I have added a Windows 7 PC to AD. And I have added this computer to Trusted Application Servers Pool and published the topology. I want to build an UCMA application to extend Lync Server functionality. I have installed UCMA 3.0 SDK in the same computer where Lync Server is residing. But, CMS Replication isn't happening and "Get-CsManagementStoreReplicationStatus" always gives Uptodate as "False" for my Windows 7 PC. I have even tried "Invoke-CSManagementStoreReplication" but nothing changed. Also, this is the error message that I can see in the log file: TL_WARN(TF_COMPONENT) [2]0500.07B8::04/05/2012-14:55:07.296.00000f85 (XDS_Replica_Replicator,FileDistributeTask.Execute:filedistributetask.cs(165))(000000000043B3FA)**Could not distribute the file. Exception: [System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.** at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.Move(String sourceFileName, String destFileName) at Microsoft.Rtc.Xds.Replication.Replicator.Common.FileDistributeTask.Execute()]. TL_NOISE(TF_DIAG) [2]0500.07B8::04/05/2012-14:55:07.296.00000f86 (XDS_Replica_Replicator,ReplicaTaskContainer<T>.OnError:replicataskcontainer.cs(166))(00000000005C39D4)Enter. TL_INFO(TF_COMPONENT) [2]0500.07B8::04/05/2012-14:55:07.296.00000f87 (XDS_Replica_Replicator,ReplicaTaskContainer<T>.OnError:replicataskcontainer.cs(171))(00000000005C39D4)Task error callback is about to be called. TL_VERBOSE(TF_DIAG) [2]0500.07B8::04/05/2012-14:55:07.296.00000f88 (XDS_Replica_Replicator,PerReplicaTaskManager<T>.HandleTaskError:perreplicataskmanager.cs(230))(000000000385E79C)Enter. TL_INFO(TF_COMPONENT) [2]0500.07B8::04/05/2012-14:55:07.296.00000f89 (XDS_Replica_Replicator,PerReplicaTaskManager<T>.HandleTaskError:perreplicataskmanager.cs(234))(000000000385E79C)Task encountered an error: [ReplicaTaskContainer<FileDistributeTask>{FileDistributeTask{E:\RtcReplicaRoot\xds-replica\from-master\data.zip, E:\RtcReplicaRoot\xds-replica\working\replication\from-master\data.zip, **Access failed**. (E:\RtcReplicaRoot\xds-replica\from-master\data.zip)}, FileDistributeTask{E:\RtcReplicaRoot\xds-replica\from-master\data.zip, E:\RtcReplicaRoot\xds-replica\working\replication\from-master\data.zip, }}]

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• Azure git deployment - missing references in 2nd assembly

  - by Dan

  I'm trying to setup Bitbucket deployment to an Azure website. I successfully have Bitbucket and Azure linked, but when I push to Bitbucket, I get the following error on the Azure site: If I click on 'View Log', it shows the following compile errors: D:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1578,5): warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL". Check to make sure the assembly exists on disk. If this reference is required by your code, you may get compilation errors. [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] D:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1578,5): warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "WebMatrix.WebData, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL". Check to make sure the assembly exists on disk. If this reference is required by your code, you may get compilation errors. [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] CustomMembershipProvider.cs(5,7): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'WebMatrix' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] CustomMembershipProvider.cs(9,38): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'ExtendedMembershipProvider' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] Models\AccountModels.cs(3,18): error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'Mvc' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] CustomMembershipProvider.cs(198,37): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'OAuthAccountData' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] Models\AccountModels.cs(40,10): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'Compare' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] Models\AccountModels.cs(40,10): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'CompareAttribute' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] Models\AccountModels.cs(73,10): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'Compare' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] Models\AccountModels.cs(73,10): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'CompareAttribute' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\<projname>\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\<projname>.Common\<projname>.Common.csproj] Note that these compile errors are against another assembly in my project (the assembly where I put the business logic). When Googling, the only mention I found was about having to set the "local copy" flag to true for those references. I've tried this, but still got the same errors. This all compiles fine locally. Any ideas?

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• Improve heavy work in a loop in multithreading

  - by xjaphx

  I have a little problem with my data processing. public void ParseDetails() { for (int i = 0; i < mListAppInfo.Count; ++i) { ParseOneDetail(i); } } For 300 records, it usually takes around 13-15 minutes. I've tried to improve by using Parallel.For() but it always stop at some point. public void ParseDetails() { Parallel.For(0, mListAppInfo.Count, i => ParseOneDetail(i)); } In method ParseOneDetail(int index), I set an output log for tracking the record id which is under processing. Always hang at some point, I don't know why.. ParseOneDetail(): 89 ... ParseOneDetail(): 90 ... ParseOneDetail(): 243 ... ParseOneDetail(): 92 ... ParseOneDetail(): 244 ... ParseOneDetail(): 93 ... ParseOneDetail(): 245 ... ParseOneDetail(): 247 ... ParseOneDetail(): 94 ... ParseOneDetail(): 248 ... ParseOneDetail(): 95 ... ParseOneDetail(): 99 ... ParseOneDetail(): 249 ... ParseOneDetail(): 100 ... _ <hang at this point> Appreciate your help and suggestions to improve this. Thank you! Edit 1: update for method: private void ParseOneDetail(int index) { Console.WriteLine("ParseOneDetail(): " + index + " ... "); ApplicationInfo appInfo = mListAppInfo[index]; var htmlWeb = new HtmlWeb(); var document = htmlWeb.Load(appInfo.AppAnnieURL); // get first one only HtmlNode nodeStoreURL = document.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(Constants.XPATH_FIRST); appInfo.StoreURL = nodeStoreURL.Attributes[Constants.HREF].Value; } Edit 2: This is the error output after a while running as Enigmativity suggest, ParseOneDetail(): 234 ... ParseOneDetail(): 87 ... ParseOneDetail(): 235 ... ParseOneDetail(): 236 ... ParseOneDetail(): 88 ... ParseOneDetail(): 238 ... ParseOneDetail(): 89 ... ParseOneDetail(): 90 ... ParseOneDetail(): 239 ... ParseOneDetail(): 92 ... Unhandled Exception: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. --- > System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() at HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb.Get(Uri uri, String method, String path, HtmlDocum ent doc, IWebProxy proxy, ICredentials creds) in D:\Source\htmlagilitypack.new\T runk\HtmlAgilityPack\HtmlWeb.cs:line 1355 at HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb.LoadUrl(Uri uri, String method, WebProxy proxy, Ne tworkCredential creds) in D:\Source\htmlagilitypack.new\Trunk\HtmlAgilityPack\Ht mlWeb.cs:line 1479 at HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb.Load(String url, String method) in D:\Source\htmla gilitypack.new\Trunk\HtmlAgilityPack\HtmlWeb.cs:line 1103 at HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb.Load(String url) in D:\Source\htmlagilitypack.new\ Trunk\HtmlAgilityPack\HtmlWeb.cs:line 1061 at SimpleChartParser.AppAnnieParser.ParseOneDetail(ApplicationInfo appInfo) i n c:\users\nhn60\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\FunToolPack\SimpleChartPa rser\AppAnnieParser.cs:line 90 at SimpleChartParser.AppAnnieParser.<ParseDetails>b__0(ApplicationInfo ai) in c:\users\nhn60\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\FunToolPack\SimpleChartPar ser\AppAnnieParser.cs:line 80 at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.<>c__DisplayClass21`2.<ForEachWorker>b__17 (Int32 i) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.<>c__DisplayClassf`1.<ForWorker>b__c() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvokeWithArg(Task childTask) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c__DisplayClass7.<ExecuteSelfReplicating>b__ 6(Object ) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceled Exceptions) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationTo ken cancellationToken) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForWorker[TLocal](Int32 fromInclusive, Int 32 toExclusive, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWit hState, Func`4 bodyWithLocal, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](TSource[] ar ray, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState, Act ion`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithEveryt hing, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](IEnumerable` 1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState , Action`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithE verything, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEach[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Act ion`1 body) at SimpleChartParser.AppAnnieParser.ParseDetails() in c:\users\nhn60\document s\visual studio 2010\Projects\FunToolPack\SimpleChartParser\AppAnnieParser.cs:li ne 80 at SimpleChartParser.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\users\nhn60\documents\ visual studio 2010\Projects\FunToolPack\SimpleChartParser\Program.cs:line 15

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• Looking into Entity Framework Code First Migrations

  - by nikolaosk

  In this post I will introduce you to Code First Migrations, an Entity Framework feature introduced in version 4.3 back in February of 2012.I have extensively covered Entity Framework in this blog. Please find my other Entity Framework posts here .   Before the addition of Code First Migrations (4.1,4.2 versions), Code First database initialisation meant that Code First would create the database if it does not exist (the default behaviour - CreateDatabaseIfNotExists). The other pattern we could use is DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges which means that Entity Framework, will drop the database if it realises that model has changes since the last time it created the database.The final pattern is DropCreateDatabaseAlways which means that Code First will recreate the database every time one runs the application.That is of course fine for the development database but totally unacceptable and catastrophic when you have a production database. We cannot lose our data because of the work that Code First works.Migrations solve this problem.With migrations we can modify the database without completely dropping it.We can modify the database schema to reflect the changes to the model without losing data.In version EF 5.0 migrations are fully included and supported. I will demonstrate migrations with a hands-on example.Let me say a few words first about Entity Framework first. The .Net framework provides support for Object Relational Mappingthrough EF. So EF is a an ORM tool and it is now the main data access technology that microsoft works on. I use it quite extensively in my projects. Through EF we have many things out of the box provided for us. We have the automatic generation of SQL code.It maps relational data to strongly types objects.All the changes made to the objects in the memory are persisted in a transactional way back to the data store. You can find in this post an example on how to use the Entity Framework to retrieve data from an SQL Server Database using the "Database/Schema First" approach.In this approach we make all the changes at the database level and then we update the model with those changes. In this post you can see an example on how to use the "Model First" approach when working with ASP.Net and the Entity Framework.This model was firstly introduced in EF version 4.0 and we could start with a blank model and then create a database from that model.When we made changes to the model , we could recreate the database from the new model. The Code First approach is the more code-centric than the other two. Basically we write POCO classes and then we persist to a database using something called DBContext.Code First relies on DbContext. We create 2,3 classes (e.g Person,Product) with properties and then these classes interact with the DbContext class we can create a new database based upon our POCOS classes and have tables generated from those classes.We do not have an .edmx file in this approach.By using this approach we can write much easier unit tests.DbContext is a new context class and is smaller,lightweight wrapper for the main context class which is ObjectContext (Schema First and Model First).Let's move on to our hands-on example.I have installed VS 2012 Ultimate edition in my Windows 8 machine. 1)  Create an empty asp.net web application. Give your application a suitable name. Choose C# as the development language2) Add a new web form item in your application. Leave the default name.3) Create a new folder. Name it CodeFirst .4) Add a new item in your application, a class file. Name it Footballer.cs. This is going to be a simple POCO class.Place this class file in the CodeFirst folder.The code follows    public class Footballer     {         public int FootballerID { get; set; }         public string FirstName { get; set; }         public string LastName { get; set; }         public double Weight { get; set; }         public double Height { get; set; }              }5) We will have to add EF 5.0 to our project. Right-click on the project in the Solution Explorer and select Manage NuGet Packages... for it.In the window that will pop up search for Entity Framework and install it.Have a look at the picture below   If you want to find out if indeed EF version is 5.0 version is installed have a look at the References. Have a look at the picture below to see what you will see if you have installed everything correctly.Have a look at the picture below 6) Then we need to create a context class that inherits from DbContext.Add a new class to the CodeFirst folder.Name it FootballerDBContext.Now that we have the entity classes created, we must let the model know.I will have to use the DbSet<T> property.The code for this class follows     public class FootballerDBContext:DbContext     {         public DbSet<Footballer> Footballers { get; set; }             }    Do not forget to add  (using System.Data.Entity;) in the beginning of the class file 7) We must take care of the connection string. It is very easy to create one in the web.config.It does not matter that we do not have a database yet.When we run the DbContext and query against it , it will use a connection string in the web.config and will create the database based on the classes.I will use the name "FootballTraining" for the database.In my case the connection string inside the web.config, looks like this    <connectionStrings>    <add name="CodeFirstDBContext" connectionString="server=.;integrated security=true; database=FootballTraining" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>                       </connectionStrings>8) Now it is time to create Linq to Entities queries to retrieve data from the database . Add a new class to your application in the CodeFirst folder.Name the file DALfootballer.csWe will create a simple public method to retrieve the footballers. The code for the class followspublic class DALfootballer     {         FootballerDBContext ctx = new FootballerDBContext();         public List<Footballer> GetFootballers()         {             var query = from player in ctx.Footballers select player;             return query.ToList();         }     } 9) Place a GridView control on the Default.aspx page and leave the default name.Add an ObjectDataSource control on the Default.aspx page and leave the default name. Set the DatasourceID property of the GridView control to the ID of the ObjectDataSource control.(DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource1" ). Let's configure the ObjectDataSource control. Click on the smart tag item of the ObjectDataSource control and select Configure Data Source. In the Wizzard that pops up select the DALFootballer class and then in the next step choose the GetFootballers() method.Click Finish to complete the steps of the wizzard.Build and Run your application.  10) Obviously you will not see any records coming back from your database, because we have not inserted anything. The database is created, though.Have a look at the picture below.  11) Now let's change the POCO class. Let's add a new property to the Footballer.cs class.        public int Age { get; set; } Build and run your application again. You will receive an error. Have a look at the picture below 12) That was to be expected.EF Code First Migrations is not activated by default. We have to activate them manually and configure them according to your needs. We will open the Package Manager Console from the Tools menu within Visual Studio 2012.Then we will activate the EF Code First Migration Features by writing the command “Enable-Migrations”.  Have a look at the picture below. This adds a new folder Migrations in our project. A new auto-generated class Configuration.cs is created.Another class is also created [CURRENTDATE]_InitialCreate.cs and added to our project.The Configuration.cs  is shown in the picture below. The [CURRENTDATE]_InitialCreate.cs is shown in the picture below  13) ??w we are ready to migrate the changes in the database. We need to run the Add-Migration Age command in Package Manager ConsoleAdd-Migration will scaffold the next migration based on changes you have made to your model since the last migration was created.In the Migrations folder, the file 201211201231066_Age.cs is created.Have a look at the picture below to see the newly generated file and its contents. Now we can run the Update-Database command in Package Manager Console .See the picture above.Code First Migrations will compare the migrations in our Migrations folder with the ones that have been applied to the database. It will see that the Age migration needs to be applied, and run it.The EFMigrations.CodeFirst.FootballeDBContext database is now updated to include the Age column in the Footballers table.Build and run your application.Everything will work fine now.Have a look at the picture below to see the migrations applied to our table. 14) We may want it to automatically upgrade the database (by applying any pending migrations) when the application launches.Let's add another property to our Poco class.          public string TShirtNo { get; set; }We want this change to migrate automatically to the database.We go to the Configuration.cs we enable automatic migrations.     public Configuration()        {            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;        } In the Page_Load event handling routine we have to register the MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion database initializer. A database initializer simply contains some logic that is used to make sure the database is setup correctly.   protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)        {            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<FootballerDBContext, Configuration>());        } Build and run your application. It will work fine. Have a look at the picture below to see the migrations applied to our table in the database. Hope it helps!!!  

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• Custom Content Pipeline with Automatic Serialization Load Error

  - by Direweasel

  I'm running into this error: Error loading "desert". Cannot find type TiledLib.MapContent, TiledLib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null. at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentTypeReaderManager.InstantiateTypeReader(String readerTypeName, ContentReader contentReader, ContentTypeReader& reader) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentTypeReaderManager.GetTypeReader(String readerTypeName, ContentReader contentReader, List1& newTypeReaders) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentTypeReaderManager.ReadTypeManifest(Int32 typeCount, ContentReader contentReader) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentReader.ReadHeader() at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentReader.ReadAsset[T]() at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.ReadAsset[T](String assetName, Action1 recordDisposableObject) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.Load[T](String assetName) at TiledTest.Game1.LoadContent() in C:\My Documents\Dropbox\Visual Studio Projects\TiledTest\TiledTest\TiledTest\Game1.cs:line 51 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Initialize() at TiledTest.Game1.Initialize() in C:\My Documents\Dropbox\Visual Studio Projects\TiledTest\TiledTest\TiledTest\Game1.cs:line 39 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.RunGame(Boolean useBlockingRun) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run() at TiledTest.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\My Documents\Dropbox\Visual Studio Projects\TiledTest\TiledTest\TiledTest\Program.cs:line 15 When trying to run the game. This is a basic demo to try and utilize a separate project library called TiledLib. I have four projects overall: TiledLib (C# Class Library) TiledTest (Windows Game) TiledTestContent (Content) TMX CP Ext (Content Pipeline Extension Library) TiledLib contains MapContent which is throwing the error, however I believe this may just be a generic error with a deeper root problem. EMX CP Ext contains one file: MapProcessor.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Graphics; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Processors; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content; using TiledLib; namespace TMX_CP_Ext { // Each tile has a texture, source rect, and sprite effects. [ContentSerializerRuntimeType("TiledTest.Tile, TiledTest")] public class DemoMapTileContent { public ExternalReference<Texture2DContent> Texture; public Rectangle SourceRectangle; public SpriteEffects SpriteEffects; } // For each layer, we store the size of the layer and the tiles. [ContentSerializerRuntimeType("TiledTest.Layer, TiledTest")] public class DemoMapLayerContent { public int Width; public int Height; public DemoMapTileContent[] Tiles; } // For the map itself, we just store the size, tile size, and a list of layers. [ContentSerializerRuntimeType("TiledTest.Map, TiledTest")] public class DemoMapContent { public int TileWidth; public int TileHeight; public List<DemoMapLayerContent> Layers = new List<DemoMapLayerContent>(); } [ContentProcessor(DisplayName = "TMX Processor - TiledLib")] public class MapProcessor : ContentProcessor<MapContent, DemoMapContent> { public override DemoMapContent Process(MapContent input, ContentProcessorContext context) { // build the textures TiledHelpers.BuildTileSetTextures(input, context); // generate source rectangles TiledHelpers.GenerateTileSourceRectangles(input); // now build our output, first by just copying over some data DemoMapContent output = new DemoMapContent { TileWidth = input.TileWidth, TileHeight = input.TileHeight }; // iterate all the layers of the input foreach (LayerContent layer in input.Layers) { // we only care about tile layers in our demo TileLayerContent tlc = layer as TileLayerContent; if (tlc != null) { // create the new layer DemoMapLayerContent outLayer = new DemoMapLayerContent { Width = tlc.Width, Height = tlc.Height, }; // we need to build up our tile list now outLayer.Tiles = new DemoMapTileContent[tlc.Data.Length]; for (int i = 0; i < tlc.Data.Length; i++) { // get the ID of the tile uint tileID = tlc.Data[i]; // use that to get the actual index as well as the SpriteEffects int tileIndex; SpriteEffects spriteEffects; TiledHelpers.DecodeTileID(tileID, out tileIndex, out spriteEffects); // figure out which tile set has this tile index in it and grab // the texture reference and source rectangle. ExternalReference<Texture2DContent> textureContent = null; Rectangle sourceRect = new Rectangle(); // iterate all the tile sets foreach (var tileSet in input.TileSets) { // if our tile index is in this set if (tileIndex - tileSet.FirstId < tileSet.Tiles.Count) { // store the texture content and source rectangle textureContent = tileSet.Texture; sourceRect = tileSet.Tiles[(int)(tileIndex - tileSet.FirstId)].Source; // and break out of the foreach loop break; } } // now insert the tile into our output outLayer.Tiles[i] = new DemoMapTileContent { Texture = textureContent, SourceRectangle = sourceRect, SpriteEffects = spriteEffects }; } // add the layer to our output output.Layers.Add(outLayer); } } // return the output object. because we have ContentSerializerRuntimeType attributes on our // objects, we don't need a ContentTypeWriter and can just use the automatic serialization. return output; } } } TiledLib contains a large amount of files including MapContent.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Globalization; using System.Xml; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline; namespace TiledLib { public enum Orientation : byte { Orthogonal, Isometric, } public class MapContent { public string Filename; public string Directory; public string Version = string.Empty; public Orientation Orientation; public int Width; public int Height; public int TileWidth; public int TileHeight; public PropertyCollection Properties = new PropertyCollection(); public List<TileSetContent> TileSets = new List<TileSetContent>(); public List<LayerContent> Layers = new List<LayerContent>(); public MapContent(XmlDocument document, ContentImporterContext context) { XmlNode mapNode = document["map"]; Version = mapNode.Attributes["version"].Value; Orientation = (Orientation)Enum.Parse(typeof(Orientation), mapNode.Attributes["orientation"].Value, true); Width = int.Parse(mapNode.Attributes["width"].Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); Height = int.Parse(mapNode.Attributes["height"].Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); TileWidth = int.Parse(mapNode.Attributes["tilewidth"].Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); TileHeight = int.Parse(mapNode.Attributes["tileheight"].Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); XmlNode propertiesNode = document.SelectSingleNode("map/properties"); if (propertiesNode != null) { Properties = new PropertyCollection(propertiesNode, context); } foreach (XmlNode tileSet in document.SelectNodes("map/tileset")) { if (tileSet.Attributes["source"] != null) { TileSets.Add(new ExternalTileSetContent(tileSet, context)); } else { TileSets.Add(new TileSetContent(tileSet, context)); } } foreach (XmlNode layerNode in document.SelectNodes("map/layer|map/objectgroup")) { LayerContent layerContent; if (layerNode.Name == "layer") { layerContent = new TileLayerContent(layerNode, context); } else if (layerNode.Name == "objectgroup") { layerContent = new MapObjectLayerContent(layerNode, context); } else { throw new Exception("Unknown layer name: " + layerNode.Name); } // Layer names need to be unique for our lookup system, but Tiled // doesn't require unique names. string layerName = layerContent.Name; int duplicateCount = 2; // if a layer already has the same name... if (Layers.Find(l => l.Name == layerName) != null) { // figure out a layer name that does work do { layerName = string.Format("{0}{1}", layerContent.Name, duplicateCount); duplicateCount++; } while (Layers.Find(l => l.Name == layerName) != null); // log a warning for the user to see context.Logger.LogWarning(string.Empty, new ContentIdentity(), "Renaming layer \"{1}\" to \"{2}\" to make a unique name.", layerContent.Type, layerContent.Name, layerName); // save that name layerContent.Name = layerName; } Layers.Add(layerContent); } } } } I'm lost as to why this is failing. Thoughts? -- EDIT -- After playing with it a bit, I would think it has something to do with referencing the projects. I'm already referencing the TiledLib within my main windows project (TiledTest). However, this doesn't seem to make a difference. I can place the dll generated from the TiledLib project into the debug folder of TiledTest, and this causes it to generate a different error: Error loading "desert". Cannot find ContentTypeReader for Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.ExternalReference`1[Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Graphics.Texture2DContent]. at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentTypeReaderManager.GetTypeReader(Type targetType, ContentReader contentReader) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentTypeReaderManager.GetTypeReader(Type targetType) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ReflectiveReaderMemberHelper..ctor(ContentTypeReaderManager manager, FieldInfo fieldInfo, PropertyInfo propertyInfo, Type memberType, Boolean canWrite) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ReflectiveReaderMemberHelper.TryCreate(ContentTypeReaderManager manager, Type declaringType, FieldInfo fieldInfo) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ReflectiveReader1.Initialize(ContentTypeReaderManager manager) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentTypeReaderManager.ReadTypeManifest(Int32 typeCount, ContentReader contentReader) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentReader.ReadHeader() at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentReader.ReadAsset[T]() at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.ReadAsset[T](String assetName, Action1 recordDisposableObject) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.Load[T](String assetName) at TiledTest.Game1.LoadContent() in C:\My Documents\Dropbox\Visual Studio Projects\TiledTest\TiledTest\TiledTest\Game1.cs:line 51 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Initialize() at TiledTest.Game1.Initialize() in C:\My Documents\Dropbox\Visual Studio Projects\TiledTest\TiledTest\TiledTest\Game1.cs:line 39 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.RunGame(Boolean useBlockingRun) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run() at TiledTest.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\My Documents\Dropbox\Visual Studio Projects\TiledTest\TiledTest\TiledTest\Program.cs:line 15 This is all incredibly frustrating as the demo doesn't appear to have any special linking properties. The TiledLib I am utilizing is from Nick Gravelyn, and can be found here: https://bitbucket.org/nickgravelyn/tiledlib. The demo it comes with works fine, and yet in recreating I always run into this error.

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• CodePlex Daily Summary for Wednesday, June 11, 2014

  CodePlex Daily Summary for Wednesday, June 11, 2014Popular Releasescrashme: crashme 2.8.4 for 64 bit Windows: This release has new functionality that makes crashme potent in 64-bit processor architectures. This potency has been generally absent for several years, ever since Data Execution Prevention (DEP) became the default setting in most operating systems. After installation the TEST1.BAT short-cut will produce CRASHME-TEST1-MT.LOG containing the following process fatal exit exceptions after a 30-second run: EXCEPTION_SINGLE_STEP EXCEPTION_FLT_OVERFLOW EXCEPTION_DATATYPE_MISALIGNMENT EXCEPT...Random Execute: Random Execute Alpha Release: This release is the Alpha Release and more functionality to come based upon your feedback. Thanks!Bango Payment Flow in-app payments: Bango Payment Flow in-app payments example app: Sample application that uses the Bango Payment Flow SDKEssence#: Ark-2: The Ark-2 release provides fixes for bugs and for increased stability and robustness. It also features significant performance improvements. The only directly-visible difference is that the optional "Script run time" timing report no longer includes the time to setup and run the compiler, so it's a pure benchmark of the time required to actually execute a script.VidCoder: 1.5.23 Beta: Added first translations for 1.5. Includes new languages Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese Simplified and Czech. Many of these translations are still incomplete: you can help out on Crowdin. Added an option to pass through an input track if it matches the output codec. Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6209. Fixed crash on AAC passthrough. Fixed x264 settings getting set incorrectly when reverting from a preset with the Advanced tab. Fixed occasional crash when calculating remaining time. ...Bills Manager: Bills Manager (32227): New stable releasePowerShell App Deployment Toolkit: PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit v3.1.4: Added New-Folder and Remove-Folder functions (Thanks to SueH) Added NoWait parameter to Execute-Process Added the ability for Deploy-Application.exe to point to a different .ps1 file by specifying it on the command-line Added checks to Deploy-Application.exe to verify the AppDeployToolkit folder exists Added PSAppDeployToolkit icon to Deploy-Application.exe Fixed issue where hang could occur if file version was null when using Get-FileVersion Improved exception handling and loggin...Three-Dimensional Maneuver Gear for Minecraft: TDMG 1.1.1.1 for 1.7.2: 1.7.2??? ?????????ID?????? ?????jar?????CS-Script Source: Release v3.8.1: Improved ConfigConsole AdvancedShell extensions support cs-script.7z - CS-Script Suite (binaries, documentation, samples) cs-script.ExtensionPack.7z - CS-Script Extension Pack (additional binaries and samples) cs-scriptDocs.7z - CS-Script DocumentationPapercut: Papercut v3.0.0.0: Papercut has switched to semantic versioning! That means you will have to uninstall old "clickonce" versions to get the latest as it will see it as an older version. Latest Has Tons of New Features: Modern UI MVVM Architecture Watch Directories for New Messages Optional Backend Papercut Service Load on Windows Startup Attachments/Mime SectionsExperfwiz (Exchange Performance Data Collection tool): Experfwiz 1.3.8: List of updates in 1.3.8 Added support for Windows 2012 & 2012 R2 (for future use) Added support for Exchange 2013 Full is now enabled by default. To disable full mode, use 'nofull'. Exchange 2013 requires full. Added "\Processor Information()\" counters to Exchange 2010 full Blocked Exmon execution on Exchange 2013BugNET Issue Tracker: BugNET 1.6: Version 1.6 is a major upgrade to the latest frameworks and components by Microsoft. It includes a major UI overhaul using the bootstrap framework to have a modern, mobile friendly and easily customized layout. Upgrade to .NET 4.5 ASP.NET social auth Add script bundling and optimization Improvements for mobile devices Bootstrap (UI overhaul) Rewritten / friendly URL's Please read our release notes for BugNET 1.6: http://blog.bugnetproject.com/2014/06/08/bugnet-1-6-and-bugnet-pro-1...SFDL.NET: SFDL.NET (2.2.9.3): Changelog: Retry Bugfix (Error Counter wurde nicht korrekt zurückgesetzt) Neue Einstellung: Retry Wartezeit ist nun Einstellbarbabelua: 1.5.7.0: V1.5.7.0 - 2014.6.6Stability improvement: use "lua scripts folder" as lua search path when debugging;SEToolbox: SEToolbox 01.033.007 Release 1: Fixed breaking changes in Space Engineers in latest update. Installation of this version will replace older version.Virto Commerce Enterprise Open Source eCommerce Platform (asp.net mvc): Virto Commerce 1.10: Virto Commerce Community Edition version 1.10. To install the SDK package, please refer to SDK getting started documentation To configure source code package, please refer to Source code getting started documentation This release includes bug fixes and improvements (including Commerce Manager localization and https support). More details about this release can be found on our blog at http://blog.virtocommerce.com.NPOI: NPOI 2.1: Assembly Version: 2.1.0 New Features a. XSSFSheet.CopySheet b. Excel2Html for XSSF c. insert picture in word 2007 d. Implement IfError function in formula engine Bug Fixes a. fix conditional formatting issue b. fix ctFont order issue c. fix vertical alignment issue in XSSF d. add IndexedColors to NPOI.SS.UserModel e. fix decimal point issue in non-English culture f. fix SetMargin issue in XSSF g.fix multiple images insert issue in XSSF h.fix rich text style missing issue in XSSF i. fix cell...51Degrees - Device Detection and Redirection: 3.1.2.3: Version 3.1 HighlightsDevice detection algorithm is over 100 times faster. Regular expressions and levenshtein distance calculations are no longer used. The device detection algorithm performance is no longer limited by the number of device combinations contained in the dataset. Two modes of operation are available: Memory – the detection data set is loaded into memory and there is no continuous connection to the source data file. Slower initialisation time but faster detection performanc...CS-Script for Notepad++ (C# intellisense and code execution): Release v1.0.27.0: CodeMap now indicates the type name for all members Implemented running scripts 'as administrator'. Just add '//css_npp asadmin' to the script and run it as usual. 'Prepare script for distribution' now aggregates script dependency assemblies. Various improvements in CodeSnipptet, Autcompletion and MethodInfo interactions with each other. Added printing line number for the entries in CodeMap (subject of configuration value) Improved debugging step indication for classless scripts ...ClosedXML - The easy way to OpenXML: ClosedXML 0.72.3: 70426e13c415 ClosedXML for .Net 4.0 now uses Open XML SDK 2.5 b9ef53a6654f Merge branch 'master' of https://git01.codeplex.com/forks/vbjay/closedxml 727714e86416 Fix range.Merge(Boolean) for .Net 3.5 eb1ed478e50e Make public range.Merge(Boolean checkIntersects) 6284cf3c3991 More performance improvements when saving.New ProjectsAge of Visual: Proyecto que representa un juego de estrategiaAliexpress: Aliexpress Bell Open Imaging package: Bell Imaging package is an advanced and open source imaging libary. You can use it's code or various actions of editing, viewing and processing images.BizTalk Benchmark Analyzer: Benchmark any application and analyze the results to enable a better result when performance optimizing your solution.CheckName: This is a CheckNameDelsjömotet: Code for Windows Phone 8 application that will tell commuters of Västtrafik the next trip from and to Delsjömotet outside Gothenburg.EasyTest: This is a Webdriver Framework for creating enterprise level UI test suites. FIM Workflow Library: The FIM Workflow Library is a collection of custom FIM workflow activitiesjwkjReport: jwkjReport DesingerLF3Proj: project for lf OLEDB Wrapper for Excel and Textfiles: this project is for accessing excel and write values in excel it is just a wrapper for accessing excel using SQLPoshAsyncJob: Provides an alternative to PSjobs with greater performance and less overhead to run commands in the background, freeing up the console.proxydelivery: my proxy deliverySlingshot: Pending...Speech Synthesizer Bee .NetMF Driver: ????????Speech Synthesizer Bee???????.net micro framework???????; ??SYN6288????????; ???????netduino plus 2,?????.net micro frame??????-??????【??】: ?????????????????,??????????、??????,??????????、????、????、???????。?????-?????【??】: ?????????????????????,????????,??????????,?????,????? ,????????!?????-?????【??】: ?????????????????????,???????????????,???????,?????,?????,????? !!!??????-??????【??】: ????????????????、????、????、??????、????、????????,????????、?????????,?????。??????-??????【??】: ?????????????????,?????????????。????????????,???????,???????,?????,?????。????-????【??】: ????????????????:?????? ???? ??????,???????,??????,???????。?????-?????【??】: ???????????,????,??????????? ???? ???? ?????????,???,??,??????????-?????【??】: ?????????????????????????,???????????,????????,?????????????????????。???????-???????【??】: ?????????????????????,????????????????,????????????????,??????！???????-???????【??】: ???????????????????????,????“???????,???????”?????,????????????！?????-?????【??】: ????????????????,??????????????、???????、???????、???????、?????！??????-??????【??】: ????????????????,????,????,??????,????“????、????、????、????”????????,????????????-??????【??】: ????????????????????,????????:??、??、???,?????????????????????!??????-??????【??】: ??????????????????????????,???????????????,????????????????。??????-??????【??】: ???????????????,?????????????。?????????????,?????????,???????。??????-??????【??】: ??????????????????????????????、??????????????,??????????????。????-????【??】: ????????????:????,????,????,???????,????????,??????:????????,?????!????-????【??】: ???????????????"????,????"???,????????????????????????,??????????????。??????-??????【??】: ????????????????????,????????????,?????????????????,??????,????????!??????-??????【??】: ????????????????,???????、???????????,????????,????,?????????,??????,??????!?????-?????【??】: ???????????????????,????:????,????,????,??????,?????,???????????????!?????-?????【??】: ?????????????????,???????、????、????、??????、???????,??????,???????????。?????-?????【??】: ???????,??????,?????????????????????,???????????????????????。??????-??????【??】: ??????????????????,????????,??????????????,?????????,????,????,??????。??????-??????【??】: ??????????????、?????????,?????????,????,????????,????????????????!????-????【??】: ????????????????,???????????,??????????????,??????????，??????????????！?????-?????【??】: ?????????????????,????(??)????????，??????，????，???，????，???????!?????-?????【??】: ?????????????????????????,?????????,??????????,????????,?????!?????-?????【??】: ??????????????,???????????????,?????????????。??????-??????【??】: ??????????????????????,???????????????,????????????????????!?????-?????【??】: ?????????????????、????,??100%????,??????,????????????,???????????!?????-?????【??】: ???????????????????,??????????,????????、????,??????????,??????????。??????-??????【??】: ????????????、???、??、??????????????????????????????,????????????????!????-????【??】: ??????????????,????,????,??????,????“????、????、????、????”????????,??????.?????-?????【??】: ???????????????????,????????:??、??、???,?????????????????????!?????-?????【??】: ???????????????8?，????????,????????,??????????,?????,????? ,????????!??????-??????【??】: ?????????????????????????????、????、????、???????????,????,????!?????-?????【??】: ???????????????6?,???????????????????????????,??????????????,?????????！?????-?????【??】: ????????????、??????????????????,????????,?????,??????,????,????,????!??????-??????【??】: ????????????????????????、??????,????、?????、????， ?????????，?????????????！??????-??????【??】: ??????????????????、????、??????、????????,????????????,???????????！??????-??????【??】: ??????????????????????????????,???????????????????????,???????。????-????【??】: ???????????????????、????、????、??????、???????,??????、??????。????-????【??】: ?????????????、????、????、??????、????、???????,?????,?????????!??????-??????【??】: ????????????????,?????????????? ??。????????、????、????、?????????? ???????。??????-??????【??】: ??????????????????????????,????,????,??????????。???????????????,??,??,??????????,??????...????-????【??】: ???????????????????????????,??????????,????,????,?????????、??????,??????。?????-?????【??】: ??????????????????????:????、????、??????????????,????????。????????!?????-?????【??】: ??????????????????,?????????????,????,?????????,?????????????,?????,?????!?????-?????【??】: ????????????????,???????????????。???????????,??????:????、????、???????！??????-??????【??】: ????????????????????,?????????????????????,?????,????,?????????????-??????【??】: ??????????????????,??:??????,????,????,????,?????,??????????????.????-????【??】: ??????????????、??????、????、?????、?????!????,????????????????!????。?????-?????【??】: ???????????????????,?????????????,???????????.????????????,????????????!?????-?????【??】: ????????????????,???????????????。?????????????,???????,?????????。

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• CodePlex Daily Summary for Sunday, August 24, 2014

  CodePlex Daily Summary for Sunday, August 24, 2014Popular ReleasesCS-Script for Notepad++ (C# intellisense and code execution): Release v1.0.31.0: Fixed problem with menu item 'Plugins->CS-SCript->Debug' invoking 'Run' instead of 'Debug'.Media Companion: Media Companion MC3.599b: New:* MC - Remember last monitor Media Companion Ran on, and re-open there if available. * MC - If notepad++ installed, use for opening nfo XML files. * Movie - Fix: Fanart & Poster searching using 'Google Search' button opened multiple browser tabs, one per search word. * Movie - Allow Re-scrape with XBMC TMDB Scraper, if IMDB Id is present. * TV - added option to save Season Poster into season folder as folder.jpg Fixed:* Movie - Table view error if a row header was selected. * Movie - Tab...ASP.NET Identity 2.0 Azure Table Storage: Release 1.2.5.2: Optimizing the login and email index queries. Optimizing IsInRoleAsync operation. 100% unit test pass and 100% code coverage. Full sample source available as a download or in the source branch /Releases/1.2.x.x/sample. Sample code doesn't require an Azure account but does require the Azure SDK with the Storage Emulator at a minimum for running locally. Full suite of unit tests against this assembly at 100% pass rate against the Azure Local Emulator and against a live Azure Storage acc...BugNET Issue Tracker: BugNET 1.6.327: This release contains fixes and enhancements from the previous 1.6.315 release. Please read our release notes for BugNET 1.6.327: http://blog.bugnetproject.com/2014/08/23/bugnet-1-6-327-and-bugnet-pro-1-5-99-released/DIII Save Editor: ROS Alpha 1.2.14.100: initial Ros alpha release please report all bugsSEToolbox: SEToolbox 01.044.014 Release 2: Fixed Ship name not saving. Fixed broken cubes view Bug. Fixed cast VRage.MyFixedPoint error when opening games with Meteors. Added checkbox when Importing 3d model to Export ship, to fill it as solid.CS-Script Source: Release v3.8.5: Fixed problem with the warnings getting hidden in case of the successful compilation cs-script.7z - CS-Script Suite (binaries, documentation, samples) cs-script.ExtensionPack.7z - CS-Script Extension Pack (additional binaries and samples) cs-scriptDocs.7z - CS-Script DocumentationMagick.NET: Magick.NET 7.0.0.0002: Magick.NET linked with ImageMagick 7babelua: 1.6.7.0: V1.6.7.0 - 2014.8.21New feature: add a file search window ( ctrl+1 or ALT+L ), like The file search in VC Assistant; Stability improvement: performance improvement when BabeLua load/unload; performance improvement when debugger load lua files;XboxConsole: XboxConsole 2.0.40820.0: Updated release with added support for: - August XDK - Party API (See updated documentation) Supports the following XDK versions: April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 (all QFEs) July 2014 (all QFEs) August 2014Open NFe: RDI Open NFe 3.0 (alpha): Atualização para o layout 3.10 da NFe.AssaultCube Reloaded: Release 2.6.1: Windows XP USERS must download the patch in addition to the Windows package. Some changes couldn't make it to 2.6, and a recode was started before 2.6.1 could be released. However, the version 2.6.1 is used to represent the first beta release of 2.7. Changelog: Recoded on AC 1.2 as the base version (likely less crashes) Class manager Simpler killfeed, removed kill messages Hide KILL indicator in classic, update at 4 second intervals Disable spawn protection upon firing the first sh...SysLog Server: SysLogServer: This is not a commersial product, use on your own responsibilityMolGridCal & MolCal: MolGridCal tutorial v1.1: Update the contents for grid computing virtual screening.MSSQL Deployment Tool: Microsoft SQL Deploy Tool v1.3.1: MicrosoftSqlDeployTool: v1.3.1.38348 What's changed? Update namespace and assembly name. Bug fixing.SharePoint 2013 Search Query Tool: SharePoint 2013 Search Query Tool v2.1: Layout improvements Bug fixes Stores auth method and user name Moved experimental settings to Advanced boxCtrlAltStudio Viewer: CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.2.41183 Alpha: This alpha of the CtrlAltStudio Viewer provides some preliminary Oculus Rift DK2 support. For more details, see the release notes linked to below. Release notes: http://ctrlaltstudio.com/viewer/release-notes/1-2-2-41183-alpha Support info: http://ctrlaltstudio.com/viewer/support Privacy policy: http://ctrlaltstudio.com/viewer/privacy Disclaimer: This software is not provided or supported by Linden Lab, the makers of Second Life.HDD Guardian: HDD Guardian 0.6.1: New: package now include smartctl 6.3; Removed: standard notification e-mail. Now you have to set your mail server to send e-mail alerts; Bugfix: USB detection error; custom e-mail server settings issue; bottom panel displays a wrong ATA error count.VG-Ripper & PG-Ripper: VG-Ripper 2.9.62: changes NEW: Added Support for 'MadImage.org' links NEW: Added Support for 'ImgSpot.org' links NEW: Added Support for 'ImgClick.net' links NEW: Added Support for 'Imaaage.com' links NEW: Added Support for 'Image-Bugs.com' links NEW: Added Support for 'Pictomania.org' links NEW: Added Support for 'ImgDap.com' links NEW: Added Support for 'FileSpit.com' links FIXED: 'ImgSee.me' linksCMake Tools for Visual Studio: CMake Tools for Visual Studio 1.2: This release adds the following new features and bug fixes from CMake Tools for Visual Studio 1.1: Added support for CMake 3.0. Added support for word completion. Added IntelliSense support for the CMAKEHOSTSYSTEM_INFORMATION command. Fixed syntax highlighting for tokens beginning with escape sequences. Fixed issue uninstalling CMake Tools for Visual Studio after Visual Studio has been uninstalled.New ProjectsDnn Picasa Image Gallery: The DnnC Picasa Image Gallery module allow you to display your Picasa web albums and there photos within your Dnn website.Hot Mess: Hot Mess game software and arduino firmware.Kinect HD Face Sample in unmanaged C++: This is a C++ unmanaged project which is based on the Kinect For Windows v2 SDK sample: FaceBasics. Instead of using the Face source, it utilizes the HDFaceModbus Master: A MODBUS Master application for Windows supporting all MODBUS function codes, a plugin interface and scripting interface.Path Finding on Wireless Sensor Network: Path Finding on Wireless Sensor Networkperilla: enhanced c++ templateXiamiSigLite-Silent: ???????，??Win7??。

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• Web dev/programmer with 4.5 yrs experience. Better for career: self-study or master's degree? [closed]

  - by Anonymous Programmer

  I'm a 28 year-old web developer/programmer with 4.5 years of experience, and I'm looking to jump-start my career. I'm trying to decide between self-study and a 1-year master's program in CS at a top school. I'm currently making 65K in a high cost-of-living area that is NOT a hot spot for technology firms. I code almost exclusively in Ruby/Rails, PHP/CodeIgniter, SQL, and JavaScript. I've slowly gained proficiency with Git. Roughly half the time I am architecting/coding, and half the time I am pounding out HTML/CSS for static brochureware sites. I'd like to make more more money while doing more challenging/interesting work, but I don't know where to start. I have an excellent academic record (math major with many CS credits, 3.9+ GPA), GRE scores, and recommendations, so I am confident that I could be admitted to a great CS master's program. On the other hand, there is the tuition and opportunity cost to consider. I feel like there are a number of practical languages/tools/skills worth knowing that I could teach myself - shell scripting, .NET, Python, Node.js, MongoDB, natural language processing techniques, etc. That said, it's one thing to read about a subject and another thing to have experience with it, which structured coursework provides. So, on to the concrete questions: What programming skills/knowledge should I develop to increase my earning potential and make me competitive for more interesting jobs? Will a master's degree in CS from a top school help me develop the above skills/knowledge, and if so, is it preferable to self-study (possibly for other reasons, e.g., the degree's value as a credential)?

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• Making a Living Developing Games

  - by cable729

  I'm in my last year of high school, and I've been looking at colleges. I'm taking a C++ class at a local community college and I don't feel that it's worth it. I could have learned everything in that class in a week. This had me thinking, would a CS degree even be worth it? How much can it teach me if I can learn everything on my own? Even if I do need to learn more advanced subjects, many colleges put their material online AND I can buy a book. Will companies hire me if I don't have a CS degree? If I have a portfolio will I stand a chance? What kind of things are needed in the portfolio? I want to live doing what I love - programming. So I will do it. I'm just not sure that a CS degree will do anything to me. In addition, if there is a benefit to getting a CS degree, what places are the best?

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• C# 4.0: Named And Optional Arguments

  - by Paulo Morgado

  As part of the co-evolution effort of C# and Visual Basic, C# 4.0 introduces Named and Optional Arguments. First of all, let’s clarify what are arguments and parameters: Method definition parameters are the input variables of the method. Method call arguments are the values provided to the method parameters. In fact, the C# Language Specification states the following on §7.5: The argument list (§7.5.1) of a function member invocation provides actual values or variable references for the parameters of the function member. Given the above definitions, we can state that: Parameters have always been named and still are. Parameters have never been optional and still aren’t. Named Arguments Until now, the way the C# compiler matched method call definition arguments with method parameters was by position. The first argument provides the value for the first parameter, the second argument provides the value for the second parameter, and so on and so on, regardless of the name of the parameters. If a parameter was missing a corresponding argument to provide its value, the compiler would emit a compilation error. For this call: Greeting("Mr.", "Morgado", 42); this method: public void Greeting(string title, string name, int age) will receive as parameters: title: “Mr.” name: “Morgado” age: 42 What this new feature allows is to use the names of the parameters to identify the corresponding arguments in the form: name:value Not all arguments in the argument list must be named. However, all named arguments must be at the end of the argument list. The matching between arguments (and the evaluation of its value) and parameters will be done first by name for the named arguments and than by position for the unnamed arguments. This means that, for this method definition: public static void Method(int first, int second, int third) this call declaration: int i = 0; Method(i, third: i++, second: ++i); will have this code generated by the compiler: int i = 0; int CS$0$0000 = i++; int CS$0$0001 = ++i; Method(i, CS$0$0001, CS$0$0000); which will give the method the following parameter values: first: 2 second: 2 third: 0 Notice the variable names. Although invalid being invalid C# identifiers, they are valid .NET identifiers and thus avoiding collision between user written and compiler generated code. Besides allowing to re-order of the argument list, this feature is very useful for auto-documenting the code, for example, when the argument list is very long or not clear, from the call site, what the arguments are. Optional Arguments Parameters can now have default values: public static void Method(int first, int second = 2, int third = 3) Parameters with default values must be the last in the parameter list and its value is used as the value of the parameter if the corresponding argument is missing from the method call declaration. For this call declaration: int i = 0; Method(i, third: ++i); will have this code generated by the compiler: int i = 0; int CS$0$0000 = ++i; Method(i, 2, CS$0$0000); which will give the method the following parameter values: first: 1 second: 2 third: 1 Because, when method parameters have default values, arguments can be omitted from the call declaration, this might seem like method overloading or a good replacement for it, but it isn’t. Although methods like this: public static StreamReader OpenTextFile( string path, Encoding encoding = null, bool detectEncoding = true, int bufferSize = 1024) allow to have its calls written like this: OpenTextFile("foo.txt", Encoding.UTF8); OpenTextFile("foo.txt", Encoding.UTF8, bufferSize: 4096); OpenTextFile( bufferSize: 4096, path: "foo.txt", detectEncoding: false); The complier handles default values like constant fields taking the value and useing it instead of a reference to the value. So, like with constant fields, methods with parameters with default values are exposed publicly (and remember that internal members might be publicly accessible – InternalsVisibleToAttribute). If such methods are publicly accessible and used by another assembly, those values will be hard coded in the calling code and, if the called assembly has its default values changed, they won’t be assumed by already compiled code. At the first glance, I though that using optional arguments for “bad” written code was great, but the ability to write code like that was just pure evil. But than I realized that, since I use private constant fields, it’s OK to use default parameter values on privately accessed methods.

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