How is the BIOS used by a modern OS?
- by compie
What's the function of the BIOS in a modern OS? Is it still used after booting? And is there some kind of BIOS API?
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Where should I store a sample xml file used by a grails unit test?
- by ScArcher2
I've written an xml parser, and I've written a unit test to go with it. Where should I store the actual xml file to be used by the test? Should I just store it under test/unit/whatever package the test is in?Read the article
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Can someone explain what does <? super T> mean and when should it be used and how this construction
- by Roman
I'm using generics rather long time but I've never used construction like List<? super T>. What does it mean? How to use it? How does it look after erasure? I also wonder: is it something standard in generic programming (template programming?) or it's just a java 'invention'? Does c#, for example, allow similar constructions?Read the article
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How can I find places where tabs are used in a commit range?
- by Mike
I am contributing code to an open source project which requires that no tabs exist in source code(only spaces). I am sure I have used tabs accidentally in some places, and want to clean up my code before I submit a patch. How can I find uses of tabs in a commit range?Read the article
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Is there any tool to check if I used private api before submit to appstore?
- by user262325
Hello eveyone One of my app was rejected due to using private API. But Apple did not give me more details. Is there any tool to detetect and locate the codes where I used private API? Thanks interdevRead the article
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What is the most widely used IDE for PHP?
- by Tom
Note I am not asking for which is the "best" IDE for PHP or anything subjective like that. I want to know which is the most widely used backed by some sort of statistic (something like the W3's stats for browser usage) but for IDE usage amongst PHP developers.Read the article
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Tabs very dark on api level 5, but used to be lighter with api level 4?
- by user246114
Hi, I've been using api level 4, and am moving to 5. I had a tab widget in my activity. The tabs used to b pretty light greys, after moving to api level 5, they are quite dark. The unselected tabs are almost black! I've tried setting the theme to light, but the colors remain very dark. Anyone else seeing this? ThanksRead the article
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What is SyncBlockIndex and what is it used in .NET for?
- by the_V
Hi Guys I'm trying to gain deeper understanding of the way CLR works and can't find a good determination of "SyncBlockIndex". I've found out that each managed object has it, but what is it? What is it used for?Read the article
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Benchmarks used to test a C and C++ allocator?
- by Viet
Please kindly advise on benchmarks used to test a C and C++ allocator? Benchmarks satisfying any of the following aspects are considered: Speed Fragmentation Concurrency Thanks!Read the article
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C# getpixels() gets the correct value on xp and vista but is slightly off when used on windows 7
- by user352288
I have a C# program that works correctly on xp and vista but it needs to be used on windows 7, I have not been able to come up with a solution, it appears that getpixels just doesn't work right on windows 7, thanks.Read the article
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What tool is used for this Q & A site? [closed]
- by Kaash
What tool (or product) is used for this Q & A site? I came across this tool on other sites and kind of like it. I am looking for a tool similar to this to implement for my website. Will appreciate useful answers. ThanksRead the article
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ASP.NET Web API Exception Handling
- by Fredrik N
When I talk about exceptions in my product team I often talk about two kind of exceptions, business and critical exceptions. Business exceptions are exceptions thrown based on “business rules”, for example if you aren’t allowed to do a purchase. Business exceptions in most case aren’t important to log into a log file, they can directly be shown to…Read the article
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Camera for 2.5D Game
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I'm hoping someone can explain this to me like I'm 5, because I've been struggling with this for hours and simply cannot understand what I'm doing wrong. I've written a Camera class for my 2.5D game. The intention is to support world and screen spaces like this: The camera is the black thing on the right. The +Z axis is upwards in that image,…Read the article
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Use Extension method to write cleaner code
- by Fredrik N
This blog post will show you step by step to refactoring some code to be more readable (at least what I think). Patrik Löwnedahl gave me some of the ideas when we where talking about making code much cleaner. The following is an simple application that will have a list of movies (Normal and Transfer). The task of the application is to calculate…Read the article
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FAT Volume and CE
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
Whenever we format a disk volume, it is a good idea to name the label so it will be easier to categorize. To label a volume, we can use LABEL command or UI depends on your preference. Windows CE does provide FAT driver and support various format (FAT12, FAT16,FAT32, ExFAT and TFAT - transaction-safe FAT) and many feature to let you…Read the article
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Patch an Existing NK.BIN
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
As you know, we can use MAKEIMG.EXE tool to create OS Image file, NK.BIN, or ROMIMAGE.EXE with a BIB for more accurate. But what if the image file is already created but need to be patched or you want to extract a file from NK.BIN? The Platform Builder provide many useful command line utilities, and today I am going to introduce one,…Read the article
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Experience the new Bootloader of CE7 VirtualPC BSP - Display Resolution Override
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
The CE 7 (aka. Windows Embedded Compact) provides many new features, a new VirtualPC is one of them and as a replacement of Device Emulator in CE 6. The bootloader of VPC BSP utilize a new introduced framework in CE7, the BLDR (not the BIOSLOADER!) It provides many rich and advanced feature, I will introduce more detail…Read the article
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Building the Bootsector of BIOSLOADER
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
Windows CE is a 32 bits OS since day one, so it makes sense tools shipped with PB, compiler, linker, assembler and etc, are for targeting to 32 bits system. But occasionally, if you are developing x86 based system and especially working on some boot code, such as boot sector of BIOSLOADER, that…Read the article
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NEON Intrinsic Support in CE7
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
Just a side note for people who may be interested in creating high performance code to take advantage on NEON instruction set but wish to use NEON intrinsic instaed of coding assembly. Compiler won't generate NEON opcode unless application use the NEON intrinsic explicitly. Basically, you need ARMv7 build enviroment,…Read the article
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Introducing the New Boot Framework in CE 7
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
CE 7 introduces a new boot loader framework, BLDR (platform\common\src\common\bldr\). Some people like its powerful and flexbility, others may feel its too complicate as a boot loader framework. Despite to the favor, it is already there; so let's take a look at its features. Unlike the previous BL framwork (CE7 still…Read the article
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BusEnum2 and a Minor Bug Fix
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
The default root bus driver, BusEnum, enumerate and active drivers one by one in synchronized manner. It is not only slowing the boot time but in the even if any of driver's init function (XXX_init) get hanged, the whole system won't boot at all. There is a sample of enhanced root bus driver, BusEnum2, on the…Read the article
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How to Get the Folder Name of USB Disk?
- by Kate Moss' Open Space
When an USB Disk plugs into CE/Mobile based device, how do you know the folder name of the mounting point? Usually, it should be "USB Disk" but it is really depends on how OS image builder; they may change the folder name for whatever reason. FindFirstFlashCard looks simple and promising, the drawback…Read the article
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"Mega Menus" for SEO [duplicate]
- by Thought Space Designs
This question already has an answer here: How do I handle having to many links on a webpage because of my menu 4 answers I'm using the term "Mega Menus" loosely here. I'm redesigning my WordPress…Read the article
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What is the PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR parameter in SetPixelFormat() used for?
- by Mads Elvheim
Usually when setting up OpenGL contexts, I've simply filled out a PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR structure with the necessary information and called ChoosePixelFormat(), followed by a call to SetPixelFormat() with the returned matching pixelformat from ChoosePixelFormat(). Then I've simply passed the initial…Read the article
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Are UTF16 (as used by for example wide-winapi functions) characters always 2 byte long?
- by Cray
Please clarify for me, how does UTF16 work? I am a little confused, considering these points: There is a static type in C++, WCHAR, which is 2 bytes long. (always 2 bytes long obvisouly) Most of msdn and some other documentation seem to have the assumptions that the characters are always 2 bytes…Read the article
