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Demo horrors [Demo horrors]

obrienslalom — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:54:15 GMT

Anyone have any good demo horror stories? Your own failed attempts at showing off or just just witnessed accounts are valid.

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Listen for new windows created [Listen for new windows created]

obrienslalom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:42:42 GMT

I wrote an application to launch a bunch of instances to application 'X' (through a shell command). The program is responsible for repositioning the windows once I have retrieved their hwnds. My question is, what is the best way to wait for the application to actually create the window. Right now I'm just waiting until I can find it using EnumWindows. Obviously, I can run into some problems here, especially since sometimes the title is identical across multiple instances.

-I can probably associate them with the pid that is launched.
-Is there a callback that I can get a notification when a new window is created?

Let me know if you have any thoughts.

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oh man, outlook notification sound [oh man, outlook notification sound]

obrienslalom — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:30:53 GMT

Everytime I watch a C9 video, that outlook sound goes off in an office...and I look. EVERYTIME. It's very tricky.

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Exception Handling Best Practices [Exception Handling Best Practices]

obrienslalom — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:55:42 GMT

Some time ago, I was watching a c9 video where one of the guys being interviewed mentioned that he blogged/ranted about exception handling. I felt like it might have been Joe Duffy, but I can't seem to find anything on his blog. Anybody remember who I'm thinking about, or just have an interesting resource on this topic. I know that it is a vague question...

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Chair/Desk Options [Chair/Desk Options]

obrienslalom — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:36:13 GMT

I'm about to buy a new desk and chair for my place. I've seen some setups with short desks & love seats, tall desks with no chairs, etc. Anyone have a cool setup that they find comfortable for extended periods of time?

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