WML and Coal Chute
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I'm doing some code archeology on some old code written at the time when .NET was launched, and one of the really cool things was how you could write UserControls for the web and they would automatically be rendered based on the device. So for a webpage, they'd render as HTML. For a mobile device they'd be rendered as WML (Wireless Markup Language). We put a ton of energy into writing a bunch of CodeProject code to support this back in the day, and every so often I stumble upon a small relic of this. It's like cleaning out a basement and opening an old cupboard only to find you still have a coal shootchute. Edit: My abject apologies for writing "shoot" instead of "chute". Talk about being distracted by the news...
cheers Chris Maunder
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still have a coal shoot.
Sounds like a point-and-shoot adventure to me :-\
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I'm doing some code archeology on some old code written at the time when .NET was launched, and one of the really cool things was how you could write UserControls for the web and they would automatically be rendered based on the device. So for a webpage, they'd render as HTML. For a mobile device they'd be rendered as WML (Wireless Markup Language). We put a ton of energy into writing a bunch of CodeProject code to support this back in the day, and every so often I stumble upon a small relic of this. It's like cleaning out a basement and opening an old cupboard only to find you still have a coal shootchute. Edit: My abject apologies for writing "shoot" instead of "chute". Talk about being distracted by the news...
cheers Chris Maunder
Alas, I remember coal chutes and hauling ashes (careful there).
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I'm doing some code archeology on some old code written at the time when .NET was launched, and one of the really cool things was how you could write UserControls for the web and they would automatically be rendered based on the device. So for a webpage, they'd render as HTML. For a mobile device they'd be rendered as WML (Wireless Markup Language). We put a ton of energy into writing a bunch of CodeProject code to support this back in the day, and every so often I stumble upon a small relic of this. It's like cleaning out a basement and opening an old cupboard only to find you still have a coal shootchute. Edit: My abject apologies for writing "shoot" instead of "chute". Talk about being distracted by the news...
cheers Chris Maunder
"chute".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
I'm doing some code archeology on some old code written at the time when .NET was launched, and one of the really cool things was how you could write UserControls for the web and they would automatically be rendered based on the device. So for a webpage, they'd render as HTML. For a mobile device they'd be rendered as WML (Wireless Markup Language). We put a ton of energy into writing a bunch of CodeProject code to support this back in the day, and every so often I stumble upon a small relic of this. It's like cleaning out a basement and opening an old cupboard only to find you still have a coal shootchute. Edit: My abject apologies for writing "shoot" instead of "chute". Talk about being distracted by the news...
cheers Chris Maunder
I see how this thread has progressed. You'd probably have been better off discussing "cold snoot" . . .
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Psst...that's chute
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.:doh: I can't believe I did that.
cheers Chris Maunder
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I'm doing some code archeology on some old code written at the time when .NET was launched, and one of the really cool things was how you could write UserControls for the web and they would automatically be rendered based on the device. So for a webpage, they'd render as HTML. For a mobile device they'd be rendered as WML (Wireless Markup Language). We put a ton of energy into writing a bunch of CodeProject code to support this back in the day, and every so often I stumble upon a small relic of this. It's like cleaning out a basement and opening an old cupboard only to find you still have a coal shootchute. Edit: My abject apologies for writing "shoot" instead of "chute". Talk about being distracted by the news...
cheers Chris Maunder
You ought to visit my house if you're ever down Ohio way. The remains of our coal chute are now bricked up in the basement, and there's a steel sheet over the outside opening. For what it's worth, I live in Xenia - bicycle capital of the MidWest. Five bike paths intersect here, with one-way lengths ranging from 8.5 miles to over 50.
Software Zen:
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Alas, I remember coal chutes and hauling ashes (careful there).
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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:doh: I can't believe I did that.
cheers Chris Maunder
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Psst...that's chute
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. -
Psst...that's chute
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.I've been working at the same company for 16 years, occasionally I find some real nuggets of 2005 Josh code
