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  • J Jeroen De Dauw

    Did the author die? ;P

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    0x3c0
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    That depends. Did the person who maintained the code have his home address?

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    • J Jeroen De Dauw

      Did the author die? ;P

      GSoC 2009 student for SMW! --- My little forums: http://code.bn2vs.com --- 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 6D 69 6E 67 20 34 20 6C 69 66 65!

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      Bernard Laplace
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      Well I have his home address, but I believe he's already dead, at least his brain was when he 'coded' this.

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      • D Dave Kreskowiak

        :WTF: is your problem?? All I did was bring up something I saw in a documentery about artillery and it's reliablilty and maintainability, and you think I'm picking on the Germans? Dude, back then, during the war, they tended to over-engineer their weapons. That's all I'm saying...

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        Bernard Laplace
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        French code smells cheese and has blue spots... :laugh:

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        • B Bernard Laplace

          This is just one method, but do not expect it to be short... :sigh: I spent my days debugging this kind of code... X|

          Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs)
          Dim i As Integer
          Dim r As Integer
          Dim sEmployeeID As String
          Dim dDateFrom As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateFrom.Text)
          Dim dDateTo As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTo.Text)
          Dim dDateCurrent As Date = dDateFrom
          Dim sConsultantInfoDay As String = ""
          Dim sProjectInfo1 As String = ""
          Dim sProjectInfo2 As String = ""
          Dim sProject As String = ""
          Dim DateEnd As Object
          Dim DaysNoticeExt As Object
          Dim sColor1 As String = "#FFFFFF"
          Dim sColor2 As String = "#FFFFFF"
          Dim PreviousColor As String = "#FFFFFF"
          Dim hl As New HyperLink
          Dim lb As New Label
          Dim lb2 As New Label
          Dim iDayofWeek As Integer
          Dim sDayName As String
          Dim sExit As String
          Dim bgColor As Drawing.Color
          Dim sColorProject As String = "#FFFFFF"
          Dim bTSClosed As Boolean
          Dim Hours As Double
          Dim HoursClientMonth As Double
          Dim HoursMonth As Double
          Dim HoursTBPMonth As Double
          Dim HoursInternalMonth As Double
          Dim DailyHoursTBP As Double
          Dim TSID As Integer
          Dim oEmpDateStart As Object
          Dim oEmpDateEnd As Object
          Dim bClientProject As Boolean = False
          Dim bProjectFoundMonth As Boolean = False
          Dim WorkPerc As Double
          Dim sHoliday As String
          Dim ProjectID As Integer
          Dim TotalHoursMonth As Double
          Dim dteRenewal, dteCurrentNotification, dteCurrentEndProj As DateTime
          Dim intRenewalCpt As Integer = -1
          Dim blnIsFirstTime As Boolean = True
          Dim intRenewsEachNbMonths As Integer

          	Select Case e.Row.RowType
          		Case DataControlRowType.Header
          			Dim iMonth As Integer
          			e.Row.Cells(0).Visible = False
          			e.Row.Cells(1).Visible = False
          			e.Row.Cells(2).Visible = False
          			e.Row.Cells(3).Visible = False
          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Width = ConsultantColWidth
          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Text = sEmployeeHeader
          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Size = iFontSizeEmployees
          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Bold = True
          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).ForeColor = Drawing.Color.White
          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).BackColor = Drawing.Color.DarkBlue
          
          			i = iColDaysStart
          			Do While dDateCurrent <= dDateTo
          				iMonth = dDateCurrent.Month
          				sDayName = WeekdayName(DatePart("w", dDateCurrent), True, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FirstDayOfWeek.Sunday)
          				e.Row.Cells(i).Text = String.Concat(Left(sDayNam
          
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          Lost User
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          I have seen worse Russian code. Best thing to do with monster code is to use some reflections on it.

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          • A Alessandro Bernardi

            I agree with you ;) And what's about an italian like me? Would you like me to speak about spaghetti code? :laugh: Luckly italian people does not always write spaghetti as they eat!! :P

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            LMAO! :laugh: Ever here the American sing-a-long: 'On top of old meatball...'

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            • B Bernard Laplace

              Hoorray! I fixed it!!!! Well when the procedure found a time over 4 hours for a day it used to skip the next records for that day :doh: I am so proud that I can not resist to post the fixed method :-D

              Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs)
              Dim i As Integer
              Dim r As Integer
              Dim sEmployeeID As String
              Dim dDateFrom As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateFrom.Text)
              Dim dDateTo As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTo.Text)
              Dim dDateCurrent As Date = dDateFrom
              Dim sConsultantInfoDay As String = ""
              Dim sProjectInfo1 As String = ""
              Dim sProjectInfo2 As String = ""
              Dim sProject As String = ""
              Dim DateEnd As Object
              Dim DaysNoticeExt As Object
              Dim sColor1 As String = "#FFFFFF"
              Dim sColor2 As String = "#FFFFFF"
              Dim PreviousColor As String = "#FFFFFF"
              Dim hl As New HyperLink
              Dim lb As New Label
              Dim lb2 As New Label
              Dim iDayofWeek As Integer
              Dim sDayName As String
              Dim sExit As String
              Dim bgColor As Drawing.Color
              Dim sColorProject As String = "#FFFFFF"
              Dim bTSClosed As Boolean
              Dim Hours As Double
              Dim HoursClientMonth As Double
              Dim HoursMonth As Double
              Dim HoursTBPMonth As Double
              Dim HoursInternalMonth As Double
              Dim DailyHoursTBP As Double
              Dim TSID As Integer
              Dim oEmpDateStart As Object
              Dim oEmpDateEnd As Object
              Dim bClientProject As Boolean = False
              Dim bProjectFoundMonth As Boolean = False
              Dim WorkPerc As Double
              Dim sHoliday As String
              Dim ProjectID As Integer
              Dim TotalHoursMonth As Double
              Dim dteRenewal, dteCurrentNotification, dteCurrentEndProj As DateTime
              Dim intRenewalCpt As Integer = -1
              Dim blnIsFirstTime As Boolean = True
              Dim intRenewsEachNbMonths As Integer

              	Select Case e.Row.RowType
              		Case DataControlRowType.Header
              			Dim iMonth As Integer
              			e.Row.Cells(0).Visible = False
              			e.Row.Cells(1).Visible = False
              			e.Row.Cells(2).Visible = False
              			e.Row.Cells(3).Visible = False
              			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Width = ConsultantColWidth
              			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Text = sEmployeeHeader
              			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Size = iFontSizeEmployees
              			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Bold = True
              			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).ForeColor = Drawing.Color.White
              			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).BackColor = Drawing.Color.DarkBlue
              
              			i = iColDaysStart
              			Do While dDateCurrent <= dDateTo
              				iMonth = dDateCurrent.Month
              				sDayName = WeekdayName(DatePart("w", dDateCurrent), True, Microsoft.V
              
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              Dan Neely
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              Arnaud Lhopiteau wrote:

              I am so proud that I can not resist to post the fixed method Big Grin

              No, 571 line long method can be considered non-broken.

              It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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              • D Dan Neely

                Arnaud Lhopiteau wrote:

                I am so proud that I can not resist to post the fixed method Big Grin

                No, 571 line long method can be considered non-broken.

                It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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                Bernard Laplace
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                Well I can see I am not the only one practicing irony here, am I?

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                • D DoctorMick

                  In fairness, a lot of bad implementations are done in other languages, I dare say there are as many shocking apps developed in C# as there are VB.Net.

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                  nullpointer 0
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                  yup, I second that.

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                  • B Bernard Laplace

                    French code smells cheese and has blue spots... :laugh:

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                    jan larsen
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                    And Danish code is just sweet!...

                    "God doesn't play dice" - Albert Einstein "God not only plays dice, He sometimes throws the dices where they cannot be seen" - Niels Bohr

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                    • N nullpointer 0

                      yup, I second that.

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                      BillW33
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                      I third that. I have seen far too much bad code in many languages. :sigh: Bill W

                      Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.

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                      • B Bernard Laplace

                        Well this code has been made in Switzerland...

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                        Gautier Boder
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                        Snif :'( I vote for removing the Swiss citizenship of this programmer ;)

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                        • B Bernard Laplace

                          This is just one method, but do not expect it to be short... :sigh: I spent my days debugging this kind of code... X|

                          Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs)
                          Dim i As Integer
                          Dim r As Integer
                          Dim sEmployeeID As String
                          Dim dDateFrom As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateFrom.Text)
                          Dim dDateTo As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTo.Text)
                          Dim dDateCurrent As Date = dDateFrom
                          Dim sConsultantInfoDay As String = ""
                          Dim sProjectInfo1 As String = ""
                          Dim sProjectInfo2 As String = ""
                          Dim sProject As String = ""
                          Dim DateEnd As Object
                          Dim DaysNoticeExt As Object
                          Dim sColor1 As String = "#FFFFFF"
                          Dim sColor2 As String = "#FFFFFF"
                          Dim PreviousColor As String = "#FFFFFF"
                          Dim hl As New HyperLink
                          Dim lb As New Label
                          Dim lb2 As New Label
                          Dim iDayofWeek As Integer
                          Dim sDayName As String
                          Dim sExit As String
                          Dim bgColor As Drawing.Color
                          Dim sColorProject As String = "#FFFFFF"
                          Dim bTSClosed As Boolean
                          Dim Hours As Double
                          Dim HoursClientMonth As Double
                          Dim HoursMonth As Double
                          Dim HoursTBPMonth As Double
                          Dim HoursInternalMonth As Double
                          Dim DailyHoursTBP As Double
                          Dim TSID As Integer
                          Dim oEmpDateStart As Object
                          Dim oEmpDateEnd As Object
                          Dim bClientProject As Boolean = False
                          Dim bProjectFoundMonth As Boolean = False
                          Dim WorkPerc As Double
                          Dim sHoliday As String
                          Dim ProjectID As Integer
                          Dim TotalHoursMonth As Double
                          Dim dteRenewal, dteCurrentNotification, dteCurrentEndProj As DateTime
                          Dim intRenewalCpt As Integer = -1
                          Dim blnIsFirstTime As Boolean = True
                          Dim intRenewsEachNbMonths As Integer

                          	Select Case e.Row.RowType
                          		Case DataControlRowType.Header
                          			Dim iMonth As Integer
                          			e.Row.Cells(0).Visible = False
                          			e.Row.Cells(1).Visible = False
                          			e.Row.Cells(2).Visible = False
                          			e.Row.Cells(3).Visible = False
                          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Width = ConsultantColWidth
                          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Text = sEmployeeHeader
                          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Size = iFontSizeEmployees
                          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Bold = True
                          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).ForeColor = Drawing.Color.White
                          			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).BackColor = Drawing.Color.DarkBlue
                          
                          			i = iColDaysStart
                          			Do While dDateCurrent <= dDateTo
                          				iMonth = dDateCurrent.Month
                          				sDayName = WeekdayName(DatePart("w", dDateCurrent), True, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FirstDayOfWeek.Sunday)
                          				e.Row.Cells(i).Text = String.Concat(Left(sDayNam
                          
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                          0x01AA
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                          You are almost predestined to apply a Laplace transformation ;P :laugh:

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                          • B Bernard Laplace

                            This is just one method, but do not expect it to be short... :sigh: I spent my days debugging this kind of code... X|

                            Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs)
                            Dim i As Integer
                            Dim r As Integer
                            Dim sEmployeeID As String
                            Dim dDateFrom As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateFrom.Text)
                            Dim dDateTo As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTo.Text)
                            Dim dDateCurrent As Date = dDateFrom
                            Dim sConsultantInfoDay As String = ""
                            Dim sProjectInfo1 As String = ""
                            Dim sProjectInfo2 As String = ""
                            Dim sProject As String = ""
                            Dim DateEnd As Object
                            Dim DaysNoticeExt As Object
                            Dim sColor1 As String = "#FFFFFF"
                            Dim sColor2 As String = "#FFFFFF"
                            Dim PreviousColor As String = "#FFFFFF"
                            Dim hl As New HyperLink
                            Dim lb As New Label
                            Dim lb2 As New Label
                            Dim iDayofWeek As Integer
                            Dim sDayName As String
                            Dim sExit As String
                            Dim bgColor As Drawing.Color
                            Dim sColorProject As String = "#FFFFFF"
                            Dim bTSClosed As Boolean
                            Dim Hours As Double
                            Dim HoursClientMonth As Double
                            Dim HoursMonth As Double
                            Dim HoursTBPMonth As Double
                            Dim HoursInternalMonth As Double
                            Dim DailyHoursTBP As Double
                            Dim TSID As Integer
                            Dim oEmpDateStart As Object
                            Dim oEmpDateEnd As Object
                            Dim bClientProject As Boolean = False
                            Dim bProjectFoundMonth As Boolean = False
                            Dim WorkPerc As Double
                            Dim sHoliday As String
                            Dim ProjectID As Integer
                            Dim TotalHoursMonth As Double
                            Dim dteRenewal, dteCurrentNotification, dteCurrentEndProj As DateTime
                            Dim intRenewalCpt As Integer = -1
                            Dim blnIsFirstTime As Boolean = True
                            Dim intRenewsEachNbMonths As Integer

                            	Select Case e.Row.RowType
                            		Case DataControlRowType.Header
                            			Dim iMonth As Integer
                            			e.Row.Cells(0).Visible = False
                            			e.Row.Cells(1).Visible = False
                            			e.Row.Cells(2).Visible = False
                            			e.Row.Cells(3).Visible = False
                            			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Width = ConsultantColWidth
                            			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Text = sEmployeeHeader
                            			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Size = iFontSizeEmployees
                            			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).Font.Bold = True
                            			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).ForeColor = Drawing.Color.White
                            			e.Row.Cells(iColDaysStart - 1).BackColor = Drawing.Color.DarkBlue
                            
                            			i = iColDaysStart
                            			Do While dDateCurrent <= dDateTo
                            				iMonth = dDateCurrent.Month
                            				sDayName = WeekdayName(DatePart("w", dDateCurrent), True, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FirstDayOfWeek.Sunday)
                            				e.Row.Cells(i).Text = String.Concat(Left(sDayNam
                            
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                            Most code is like Dr.Frankenstein's mosnter. The only difference between good monster and bad monster is the good one has it's legs and hands and all else where they should be.

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                            • D Dave Kreskowiak

                              :WTF: is your problem?? All I did was bring up something I saw in a documentery about artillery and it's reliablilty and maintainability, and you think I'm picking on the Germans? Dude, back then, during the war, they tended to over-engineer their weapons. That's all I'm saying...

                              A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
                              Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
                                   2006, 2007, 2008

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                              that's just too funny. I guess he's a bit cranky. I happen to be a bit of an armor historian buff, and the big, bad German tanks of ww2 were mostly junk. Credit to the 88 and the high velocity 75, but reliability is everything. The Tiger 2 and Panther broke down at horrendous rates. The panther's armor was spotty at best with mediocre quality of the armor plate, etc. Kelly's Heroes Tiger Tank - YouTube[^] Reliability was key. So, I appreciate the comment on the complexity of the arty pieces. I just wish some of the defense contractors in the US would learn.

                              Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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