The Weird and The Wonderful

var somestr = foo.TryGetValue("bar", out var value) ? value?.ToString() : null; Would that be better?! :o A new .NET Serializer All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar Taking over the world since 1371!

And.. you are totally right! :O :laugh: A new .NET Serializer All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar Taking over the world since 1371!

It's unacceptable! Any self respecting French person should instantly understand this hybrid German-English word! Instead I wonder, why not Zweibartool? What has Australia to do with it?! :o A new .NET Serializer All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar Taking over the world since 1371!

That really is the best explanation of the proliferation of programming languages.

While this code was in fact multithreaded, that had nothing to do with the sloppy way the logic was coded. I've had very few cases where comparing a bool variable to a constant made more sense algorithmically than just using the variable as-is. The second part comparing the variable to the Windows DWORD constant TRUE is just plain stupid. It works, but that's no credit. Software Zen: delete this;

Yes, I've been bitten by the numeric e but usually always with very small numbers meaning I must have forgotten a round somewhere. :laugh: Actually, the input fields (in my case) only allow numeric chars plus b/s, and period validated at the keypress event. It's a little extra effort, but it's a good first line of defense against invalid data...of course, the clever ones can still copy/paste so you still have to check again. To be honest, I've never even afaik tried a value with an e in it. I'll have to check it out when I have more time! :) DerekTP123 wrote: you can guarantee that at some point the user will click "yes" Yep, whether they mean to or not...so many users don't even bother to read, they just click 'Yes' to dialogue they see. :sigh: "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

Really? Why not: switch (someEnum) { case SomeEnum.SecondCase: // Handle second case break; default: // Handle first case break; } Exactly the same behaviour, with no need to use goto in your code. (Of course, the generated IL will probably still use the equivalent of goto behind the scenes.) "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

Just saw this -- too bad I didn't see it when you first posted. Anyways, the idea you propose sounds like what I've done in my app which allows you to draw a geometric shape and then generates a long (SHA-256 hash-based) password for you. You can read all about it and get the code here at CP: Users Hate Passwords (We're All Users): Never Memorize a Password Again[^] I've written the app as a iphone, Android, WinForm and web app. You can try the web app at the official site (it's all client-side javascript, nothing is saved): C'YaPass : Never type a password again[^]

It's old school rock! :cool: I remembered how to MessageBox (in Client) some texts on ASP.NET... protected void ShowMessage(string message) { string msg = "alert('" + message + "');"; base.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(base.GetType(), "jsShowMessage", msg, true); } Yeah!

No, it sounds more like the work of a resourceful engineer. Good on you! :) David A. Gray Delivering Solutions for the Ages, One Problem at a Time Interpreting the Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting

http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2017/01/16/nice-try/ :-D

If only we mre humand could give answers before we get the questions! CQ de W5ALT Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

Yeah, but I could be wrong. After all, I'm an engineer who never studied programming in school. CQ de W5ALT Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

If you want to see some very readble, but nasty code, you should try Cobol or better yet, SNOBOL. CQ de W5ALT Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

NMo, I'd say that Perl programmers are crazy. and I've dabbled in nPerl, it's sometimes useful. But PhP suites my needs better. CQ de W5ALT Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

Yep. Point taken, and I've found a more appropriate forum for it. David A. Gray Delivering Solutions for the Ages, One Problem at a Time Interpreting the Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting