How did you find find CodeProject?
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
Like a number of replies here looking for code help. It was Visual Basic 6. Think I asked a question NOT IN THE Lounge This thread begs the question. Why do you participate in CP and what do you get from it? At my level of expertise and only using VB.Net I participate (contribute) very little. What I do get from CP is reading the view of some very intelligent and funny people who just happen to code and are associated with the software industry from around the World. How did the little Green Alien get the name Bob?
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
I needed to add database processing to a program I was working on in C++ back around 2004 I think. I asked a colleague if he knew of a library that took care of much of the tedious low level stuff. I just wanted to connect, query, process recordsets and such in my code. He told me to check out a site called CodeProject. I did and found an article and code that seemed to be written for my exact use case. I was able to easily include and use it in several C++ projects that needed DB access. I liked the atmosphere and attitude of the whole site and have remained a member ever since.
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Was looking for some code to solve a problem, and a CP article popped up in the search.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
Before CodeProject there was CodeGuru, created by Zafir Anjum. Chris and a bunch of us contributed several articles to that site. In 1997, Chris figured he could build a better site - and he was right. A bunch of us volunteered, but Chris did most of the heavy lifting. The early volunteers managed specific sections (there were only about a dozen when the site started). I managed the MFC Controls section which was near and dear to my heart and designed the site's joke post icon. Since then CodeProject has grown beyond what most of us expected, and as we know is now one of the de facto sources of information for C# devs. Congratulations to Chris and Dave and the CP team! /ravi (Member 191)
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
As many others making a search about something during my final project in college. I found the help of some good samaritans here. A time later I had a long break. Then I one day came back again, and never left.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
I ended up here after googling (long ago) for some code (possibly javascript to create a bar-graph in a web-page). I stayed for the Insider News (and Kent's regular "name that earworm" challenge) and have evolved into a regular Lounge-lurker.
Treading on the toes of giants . . .
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I needed to finish a project, but being too lazy I googled "plz send codz". And here I am almost 20 years later doing the same.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
And here I am almost 20 years later doing the same
In the other direction - the 2 Richards were scattered through my code base as references :-O
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Before CodeProject there was CodeGuru, created by Zafir Anjum. Chris and a bunch of us contributed several articles to that site. In 1997, Chris figured he could build a better site - and he was right. A bunch of us volunteered, but Chris did most of the heavy lifting. The early volunteers managed specific sections (there were only about a dozen when the site started). I managed the MFC Controls section which was near and dear to my heart and designed the site's joke post icon. Since then CodeProject has grown beyond what most of us expected, and as we know is now one of the de facto sources of information for C# devs. Congratulations to Chris and Dave and the CP team! /ravi (Member 191)
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
(Member 191
Reminds me of my first programming job. I was employee #6.
Software Zen:
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
(Member 191
Reminds me of my first programming job. I was employee #6.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
I was employee #6.
Nice! There's something special about having the opportunity to be an early employee at a successful company. To say it's a learning experience is an understatement. /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
I'm too old to remember it, or too young )) Ether when studying in university or when got my first and the only job.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
And here I am almost 20 years later doing the same
In the other direction - the 2 Richards were scattered through my code base as references :-O
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
In July 2000 I was looking for some guidance on creating a grid control for MFC. Google pointed me at Chris's article (MFC Grid control 2.27[^]) and I soon abandoned the idea of writing my own. This first introduction to CodeProject was such a positive experience that I signed up and just kept coming back, more for the community than for the free code. I feel a little guilty that my contributions over the years have been meagre compared to what I have got out of it.
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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It was down the back of the sofa one day, when I was short of cash.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Sounds about right :)
Paul Sanders. If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal. Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
An answer on a Stack Overflow article brought me here many moons ago.
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
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I toined left at Albekoiky. Nah, a colleague who was a recent college grad at the time told me about it.
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
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Hi All, Stuff got in the way yesterday (work related) so I couldn't finish the message I was posting about Bob's birthday, I found him and the site via a Google search for an accurate millisecond timer in VB6, bit left field but the standard timer only went to 0.5 of a second, the unit I was working on spewed data at 0.25 which made it a little unreliable (this was serial port related!). :bob: had the answer all was good delivered the project everyone happy!
Interestingly enough, I found them the "physical" way. I was looking for tech companies close to where I lived at the time (Eglington and Don Mills/DVP area in Toronto), and they came up. I think they have moved to downtown Toronto since then.
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You know, I did not find CodeProject. In fact, CodeProject found me. A day, while I was on the way to Damascus... :-D
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto
I don't remember but I checked my emails and I have been receiving the newsletter since 2007!
