Channel 9 - Discussions by Verdant

Tech Off - I was told today to not worry cross-thread execution when...

Verdant — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:14:03 GMT

....Using multiple threads, we were taught to just run the code outside vs and the debugger, which seems to work, but also seems completly wrong to me.

From a WinForms Form Object:

tKey = new Thread(ReadKeyboard);

public void ReadKeyboard()
{
Text = "Keyboard acquired";
}

can someone verify that this is bad practice or otherwise?

i don't like skipping the debugger, so i used:
main.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate() { Text = "Keyboard acquired"; }));

is this an acceptable "workaround"?

edit: main being a reference to the form object

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Verdant — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:48:50 GMT

thread bookmarked - will check back when i have more time,

W3bbo , yours seems to be a good option, though i am a bit leery of not having the control panel

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Verdant — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:24:06 GMT

well if i wasn't restricted to a 1 mbps cable line...

Tech Off - using a Managed DLL from an unmanaged one?

Verdant — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:19:47 GMT

performance wise i will need it to be able to pass about 100 3d vector structures (x,y,z) floats a second, which is a pretty low requirement. The data will most likely be fed through in a fifo type queue.

The plugin will take in data from the maya ui (in the form of a text string or a wav file--probably still just a text string), and communicate with the C# code, then feed the result back to maya as new vertex points for parts of the model - the plugin has to interpret this data from a proprietary xml format.

After speaking to the project lead, I think I am first going to ensure i can interact with maya through unmanaged c++, then i will most likely develop a wrapper for managed access.

maya comes with a VS wizard that creates a C++ project for a maya plugin, at this point i am not certain what vector it specifically uses to communicate as that functionality is wrapped in a seperate set of macros.

The other problem is that the project targets .NET 1.1... and i don't have access to 2003 at home, but they might migrate to 2.0... i'll figure it out, but old tutorials are good, for now

Tech Off - Cheap ASP.NET Hosting

Verdant — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:47:38 GMT

W3bbo wrote:

Oh! Oh! Me me!

I'm currently revising my prices, but I'm thinking on settling on:...

iis version?
uptime info?
link to homepage?

Tech Off - Cheap ASP.NET Hosting

Verdant — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:22:25 GMT

I was just wondering if anyone can offer suggestions for cheap ASP.NET (/w 3.5, esp AJAX) webhosts?

I just want a personal space for my portfolio and blog.

Tech Off - using a Managed DLL from an unmanaged one?

Verdant — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:49:55 GMT

found this article that seems to describe the process i need to use, ugh looks like a lot of steps

Tech Off - using a Managed DLL from an unmanaged one?

Verdant — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:23:38 GMT

I am working on a software research project that is entirely in C#, however now we want to have a maya plugin that utilizes some of the functionality from the C# code.

Maya expects an unmanaged dll, which is fine i don't mind writting that.

However, i need to make hooks to the C# code and vice versa, i have no problems accessing my unmanaged dll from C# using InteropServices, but i do not know how to access the managed code from the unmanaged C++, any hints?

I am sure this is possible, but i have never done it.

If anyone has any suggestions for a purely managed solution, i would be thankful

Coffeehouse - PocketPC advice needed (urgent)

Verdant — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:06:40 GMT

i'll trade you my axim x51v for an unlocked HTC TyTN

Coffeehouse - Introducing Microsoft Surface Computing

Verdant — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:29:09 GMT

where have we had multi-touch for years? add on to the fact this is an affordable device (thousands are a lot less than hundreds of thousands; millions) , it is a much more impressive device than a simple touchscreen.

One of the videos i watched indicate there is nothing limiting its vertical use also, so it could be used as an "ultimate whiteboard" ... course that would make resting your phone on it kind of hard.

5-10k really is nothing for a large company that could benefit from something like this, though they would want bigger.

Coffeehouse - Better support for dual screen?

Verdant — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:43:51 GMT

I don't do dual monitors without ultramon

it also does all the other stuff you mentioned!

it is not that expensive, just chuck out a little for it and you're happy

Coffeehouse - Channel 9: The next 6 months - Content

Verdant — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:05:49 GMT

more code demos, especially of new .NET technologies:
linq video is one of my favourites
also the CCR one is pretty good - but more code!

show me more vista and winfx, especially tools for them, sparkle-video-ish!

i am sorry, but the personal interviews are not very interesting, i care about the technology. People are great, but i deal witht them enough already.

i would like to see some demos of winfx type stuff on asp.net - i am not sure where they cross and how well.

Coffeehouse - So many frameworks, so many redundancy, WinFX, .NET, Avalon and Indigo

Verdant — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:05:15 GMT

leighsword wrote:

ZippyV wrote:

leighsword wrote:ADO+ framework, GDI+ framework, Web framework, XML framework

System.Data = ADO+
System.Drawing = GDI+
System.Web = Web framework (asp.net)
System.XML = XML framework

WinFX (including Avalon and Indigo) is part of .NET and will also get their own namespace like the previous technologies.

Thanks, it's very clear.
Another question is, why I need depoly a whole .NET framework redistributable package when I won't using System.XML namespace, and why I don't need depoly the WPF(Avalon) & WCF(Indigo) packeage when I won't using System.Avalon namespace.

i am fairly certain is it impossible to run a .NET application without System.XML, since all the machine and app configuration files are XML.

Coffeehouse - Patching without permission

Verdant — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:25:38 GMT

Most of the updates seem to force a reboot now eventually if you have automatic updates turned on.

if you at the computer, it is actually pretty annoying to be asked every 10 minutes or so, and i have lost data this way, (especially typing while looking at something besides the screen) IMHO, it should only interactively prompt if the computer has been inactive for that time.

if i am not at the computer, sure reboot it, logging on only takes like 2 seconds... makes me happpier than comming back to "you should restart" thus wasting more of my time.

Coffeehouse - Apple releases Intel-based Macs early. Can Microsoft Follow?

Verdant — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:58:13 GMT

someone tell me what the benefit is?

isn't it just being done for the cost factor?

there is no new functionality?

doesn't send me reeling with jealousy personally...

Tech Off - Messenger 8 Beta feedback

Verdant — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 04:29:56 GMT

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:

Has anyone run it on vista here? It might already have glass there (at least it would be nice).

iirc it was in the CES keynote and was glass

Tech Off - Messenger 8 Beta feedback

Verdant — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:21:12 GMT

also, i think the concepts of cards is pretty useless

either make it so you can open more than one, and reduce the clicking... the flip card thing is annoying, too much work to get to that info

or make it expand/collapseable inline with the contact list

Tech Off - Messenger 8 Beta feedback

Verdant — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:16:49 GMT

the biggest problem i have with messenger is:

i use it for business, family and friends

having all three on one account makes it impossible to use the features i would like to, i cannot attach a myspace, show my currently playing music, put any personal messages in, etc. As it would innapropriate for work and in some cases family.

since it is also not possible to run two instances, i just ignore these features.

i also prefered in msn 7 how the thumbnails showed next to people's names when it was cached, rather than the standard msn icons until you roll over them in live.

also none of the interactive advertisements work for me - they all open in firefox and indicate i must install internet explorer... (though it is installed) i think advertisers would be pretty upset!