Channel 9 - Discussions by Khamul http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by Khamul http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions en Thu, 23 May 2013 17:23:45 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 17:23:45 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Win32.NET to replace Windows Forms Coz it's fun!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/194048-Win32NET-to-replace-Windows-Forms/fae7469b974e459f9c839deb01689b5a#fae7469b974e459f9c839deb01689b5a Wed, 31 May 2006 09:18:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/194048-Win32NET-to-replace-Windows-Forms/fae7469b974e459f9c839deb01689b5a#fae7469b974e459f9c839deb01689b5a Khamul 25 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Accessing Self (C#) Ignore this. I found that I can use "this" in the constructor - I was trying to work out of methods, id est:

public class Whatever
{
   private CustomList<x> = new CustomList(this);
}

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/192860-Accessing-Self-C/82f5e9f7a8024e8cbd4a9dea013f8f02#82f5e9f7a8024e8cbd4a9dea013f8f02 Fri, 26 May 2006 11:17:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/192860-Accessing-Self-C/82f5e9f7a8024e8cbd4a9dea013f8f02#82f5e9f7a8024e8cbd4a9dea013f8f02 Khamul 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Accessing Self (C#)

This seems incredibly basic. I have a class and I want it to pass itself in a method, to set itself as an owner of a subclass.

How do you do this?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/192860-Accessing-Self-C/192860#192860 Fri, 26 May 2006 11:03:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/192860-Accessing-Self-C/192860#192860 Khamul 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Program Recomendation

If you want to know what you computer is doing on the net front, try Fiddler. Officially its an HTTP debugging tool. I call it a curiosity assuager (it's not a word, you'll get over it Tongue Out).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/190637-Program-Recomendation/190637#190637 Sun, 21 May 2006 06:52:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/190637-Program-Recomendation/190637#190637 Khamul 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Angle of Vista Upgrade Advisor
spoofnozzle wrote:
My 2yo HP desktop (P4-3Ghz, 2GB) won't support the Aero interface... but that's no biggie... in fact... probably a bonus.


Far from a bonus. The alternative to Aero Glass, Aero Basic, is the ugliest damn thing I've ever seen. Edit: Unless of course you're one of those people, you know, the ones who use the Classic interface. Tongue Out

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/190092-Angle-of-Vista-Upgrade-Advisor/42c408272f91461588459deb016367a2#42c408272f91461588459deb016367a2 Fri, 19 May 2006 07:20:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/190092-Angle-of-Vista-Upgrade-Advisor/42c408272f91461588459deb016367a2#42c408272f91461588459deb016367a2 Khamul 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - XBox 360 vs Playstation 3 For the price of the Playstation 3 you will be able to purchase both the XBox and Wii (wtf?) consoles.

See here:

http://www.betanews.com/article/Xbox_Head_Compliments_the_Wii/1147372188

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/186864-XBox-360-vs-Playstation-3/f46769e224ce443b86429deb015e8f68#f46769e224ce443b86429deb015e8f68 Sat, 13 May 2006 04:34:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/186864-XBox-360-vs-Playstation-3/f46769e224ce443b86429deb015e8f68#f46769e224ce443b86429deb015e8f68 Khamul 56 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Nudge http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.WallopRequestList

This doesn't seem to have been getting an awful lot of attention!

Wakey, wakey, those who have access to Wallop.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/185842-Nudge/185842#185842 Mon, 08 May 2006 10:02:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/185842-Nudge/185842#185842 Khamul 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Any news from Microsoft Expression Web designer? I opened the Web Designer.

I closed Web Designer.

I opened Dreamweaver.

And that, my friends, is really all there is to it - although I'll give it another shot when I'm not layed down with homework.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/185633-Any-news-from-Microsoft-Expression-Web-designer/f850bfef3b2945ba902f9deb015cbd8c#f850bfef3b2945ba902f9deb015cbd8c Mon, 08 May 2006 09:57:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/185633-Any-news-from-Microsoft-Expression-Web-designer/f850bfef3b2945ba902f9deb015cbd8c#f850bfef3b2945ba902f9deb015cbd8c Khamul 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Working with Audio

I am working on an experimental audio format in C#. Well: step one: communicate with the Windows Audio Stack. How can you impliment this?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/185286-Working-with-Audio/185286#185286 Sat, 06 May 2006 07:09:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/185286-Working-with-Audio/185286#185286 Khamul 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - System.Uri IsFile even returns false for "file://" protocol URIs?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/184918-SystemUri/41cc8237e71f4d1db8fd9dea013dbc44#41cc8237e71f4d1db8fd9dea013dbc44 Fri, 05 May 2006 10:10:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/184918-SystemUri/41cc8237e71f4d1db8fd9dea013dbc44#41cc8237e71f4d1db8fd9dea013dbc44 Khamul 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Consolas font....do we like it? Yes, we do.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/184521-Consolas-fontdo-we-like-it/5f0b366aad90445fa1a69deb015b333d#5f0b366aad90445fa1a69deb015b333d Fri, 05 May 2006 08:10:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/184521-Consolas-fontdo-we-like-it/5f0b366aad90445fa1a69deb015b333d#5f0b366aad90445fa1a69deb015b333d Khamul 35 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Can Microsoft be cool? Can Microsoft be cool?

Yes.

Is Microsoft cool?

No.


Microsoft has an image associated with Nerds, and say whatever you like - at my high school, at least, Nerds are not cool.

Apple had the iPod, Google is used everyday for no reason other than a memorable url (as far as most are concerned).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/184758-Can-Microsoft-be-cool/b2dc4c3ebea44f6aa6af9deb015b90b8#b2dc4c3ebea44f6aa6af9deb015b90b8 Fri, 05 May 2006 08:00:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/184758-Can-Microsoft-be-cool/b2dc4c3ebea44f6aa6af9deb015b90b8#b2dc4c3ebea44f6aa6af9deb015b90b8 Khamul 33 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - How can you set the colour of a pixel on a form? Yes.

See, I'm a great lot of help, aren't I? Tongue Out

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183161-How-can-you-set-the-colour-of-a-pixel-on-a-form/4a623df441e74a0193b59dea013d6a39#4a623df441e74a0193b59dea013d6a39 Mon, 01 May 2006 21:47:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183161-How-can-you-set-the-colour-of-a-pixel-on-a-form/4a623df441e74a0193b59dea013d6a39#4a623df441e74a0193b59dea013d6a39 Khamul 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Google is fearing IE7 I don't think it'll be a problem for Google. People will hardly be aware of the Search bar, then go to http://www.google.com like they always have, and low and behold - a massive advertisement telling them to use Google in the quicksearch box...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/183274-Google-is-fearing-IE7/483a1dac269b42dca18a9deb01599827#483a1dac269b42dca18a9deb01599827 Mon, 01 May 2006 21:41:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/183274-Google-is-fearing-IE7/483a1dac269b42dca18a9deb01599827#483a1dac269b42dca18a9deb01599827 Khamul 55 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - How did you choose your Alias?

Well? How about it. Where did it come from? What is it for? Does it actually have a meaning outside the language you and your friends invented in Grade 6?

Any diehard Lord of the Rings fans, something which I am not, incidently, will notice my alias is that of "Khamul the Easterling", one of the nine Ringwraiths.

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mov ax,bx ; this is a comment
int 21h   ; what the (I need to watch my language) is an INTERUPT and how do they work?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183162-Asm-in-CCLI/ef3efb07c6c7476781e39dea013d6c4b#ef3efb07c6c7476781e39dea013d6c4b Mon, 01 May 2006 10:50:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183162-Asm-in-CCLI/ef3efb07c6c7476781e39dea013d6c4b#ef3efb07c6c7476781e39dea013d6c4b Khamul 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - How can you set the colour of a pixel on a form? In the OnPaint() event you could use e.Graphics.[whatever] to draw a one pixel rectangle or line.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183161-How-can-you-set-the-colour-of-a-pixel-on-a-form/4155ea7dffb24bee80a19dea013d69e8#4155ea7dffb24bee80a19dea013d69e8 Mon, 01 May 2006 09:30:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183161-How-can-you-set-the-colour-of-a-pixel-on-a-form/4155ea7dffb24bee80a19dea013d69e8#4155ea7dffb24bee80a19dea013d69e8 Khamul 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Asm in C++/CLI Try it.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183162-Asm-in-CCLI/a6a0f690b3ce49c992789dea013d6bfa#a6a0f690b3ce49c992789dea013d6bfa Mon, 01 May 2006 08:28:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/183162-Asm-in-CCLI/a6a0f690b3ce49c992789dea013d6bfa#a6a0f690b3ce49c992789dea013d6bfa Khamul 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Why I don't like Open Source

spandau_b2 wrote:

3. Are you afraid that someone could criticise your code, if OSS prevail ? Maybe you are not such a good programmer after all.


I don't like that one. Mad

Since the beginning of civilisation humans have traded one thing for another, and I see no reason for that to stop at commercial software.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182871-Why-I-dont-like-Open-Source/039377e15f974d5a81b69deb01591893#039377e15f974d5a81b69deb01591893 Mon, 01 May 2006 07:43:37 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182871-Why-I-dont-like-Open-Source/039377e15f974d5a81b69deb01591893#039377e15f974d5a81b69deb01591893 Khamul 41 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Why I don't like Open Source So much to answer, so little time...

Manip wrote:
 Most software development will never be overtaken by Open Source software... Most is bespoke in-house software and web-sites.

I'm not worried about anything job wise... But if you want to be concerned be concerned about out-sourcing. Unlike Open Source that really can take over the US software industry.


I'm not really worried about the US software industry. I'm more worried about the seemingling non-existant Australian commerical software industry, you know, where I live...

W3bbo wrote:
ROFL, how ignorant. This thread is flamebait.

GNU/Linux, the world's premier FOSS operating system holds the majority of webserver operations and probably in the Backoffice too. Just because you don't see Linux in the front-end doesn't mean it isn't working in the back-end.

And Open-Source is profitable and a good business model, what about Novell, Red Hat, Ubuntu Org?


I shall clarify to Commercial Software that is available off shelf. That  is what I am interested in, and that is what 99% of the worlds computing population cares about. You see where this is going?

I agree this thread is flamebait. I'll give blatzcoder about 10... 9... 8...

Rowan wrote:
Open Source software is causing other developers to create better software, as far as I can see there's nothing wrong with that.


There isn't. The problem is the commercial software industry will suffer as a result and the developers will end up betraying themselves. I'm altering the flow of this thread:

If executives further understood what their subordinates were doing and were susceptible to feedback, then Developers wouldn't feel the need to spend most of their energy on OpenSource products and the general quality barrier would rise, or hopefully that would be the case anyway...

Developer Tools and hobbyist operating systems are fine as far as OpenSource is concerned, as the target audience is likely to be interested in modifying the products internals. But how far do you take it? I'm not against taking money from rich people Wink (legal disclaimer: I do not endorse illegal acts towards this aim), but at the same time I don't want to see developers who enjoy working on software the world is going to see and use... and get paid for it... end up out of job, working on internal products or in support roles.

Executives need to listen and understand, perhaps. Then again, maybe I was just stupidly wrong in the first place... My mind changes easily, its the age (note, old post, don't reply to it), methinks...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182871-Why-I-dont-like-Open-Source/748d26ed865341ea8d7f9deb0159143d#748d26ed865341ea8d7f9deb0159143d Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:05:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182871-Why-I-dont-like-Open-Source/748d26ed865341ea8d7f9deb0159143d#748d26ed865341ea8d7f9deb0159143d Khamul 41 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Why I don't like Open Source

Because it's free, Open Source threatens the IT industry in the sense that software developers will go out of business.

OK: Maybe I used the title in too broader term. I love Open Source software - I use Linux distros were convenient (basically where I don't have to rely on my Wireless connection, use Visual Studio and have to have some good fun hacking the hell out of my network), but I do believe Windows is an Operating System more suited to the end users and I'm, well, scared of Open Source. Where will Software Developers be required then? Stuck in some crappy support job because that's the only way to make money out of a now dying industry?

Open Source is good for learning, using and yet still it fails to make even a dint on the world's software usage. The answer to that, I believe, is Advertising. Open Source software doesn't make (enough) money and therefore can't support itself.

As for Microsoft; it is like any other company, twisting the arms of other businesses and exploiting customers in order to increase its profit margins. Microsoft gets a harder time out of it because Microsoft is rich, powerful and well known. Any company that achieves this status is automatically going to achieve the "Evil" tag.

I'm open to your views, unless of course I don't agree with them, in which case screw you too. Wink

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182871-Why-I-dont-like-Open-Source/182871#182871 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:52:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182871-Why-I-dont-like-Open-Source/182871#182871 Khamul 41 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Passport/Windows Live ID Although the description to the Credentials option:

MSN Account Services wrote:

View or change your credentials (e-mail address and password)


It appears to be lying - there are only options to change your Password and alternate email address.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182857-PassportWindows-Live-ID/e3840aa50751407e89e49deb01590f74#e3840aa50751407e89e49deb01590f74 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:07:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182857-PassportWindows-Live-ID/e3840aa50751407e89e49deb01590f74#e3840aa50751407e89e49deb01590f74 Khamul 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Passport/Windows Live ID Under my passport I have everything:

Site Customizations
Channel9
MSDN Connection
Microsoft Connect (With Vista Beta Big Smile)
Live Mail and Live Messenger Betas
And god knows what else...

But khamul337@hotmail.com is just way to damn unprofessional for me - so how can I transfer everything under it to a new address. Or is there no feasible way of doing this.

And if you can't do it now, then will Windows Live ID please do something!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182857-PassportWindows-Live-ID/182857#182857 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:18:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182857-PassportWindows-Live-ID/182857#182857 Khamul 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Enter the time machine Wow.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182563-Enter-the-time-machine/245021805ed04ac684859deb0158d191#245021805ed04ac684859deb0158d191 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:19:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/182563-Enter-the-time-machine/245021805ed04ac684859deb0158d191#245021805ed04ac684859deb0158d191 Khamul 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Loading OPML into a TreeView (C#) Cool - I got that working. Now, one issue - how to serialize the TreeView into valid OPML?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/180598-Loading-OPML-into-a-TreeView-C/50f8ede112864fc6aff29dea013cea64#50f8ede112864fc6aff29dea013cea64 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:04:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/180598-Loading-OPML-into-a-TreeView-C/50f8ede112864fc6aff29dea013cea64#50f8ede112864fc6aff29dea013cea64 Khamul 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Khamul/Discussions/RSS