A missing font made my application crash
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So I had a strange issue yesterday with a WPF app running on Windows 7 Embedded. It would hard crash when the user clicks inside a password box. After some debugging and searching for solutions it turns out that Embedded didn't have the Arial font installed and the password box needs it to display the *** . I installed the font and all is well. What a weird issue!
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So I had a strange issue yesterday with a WPF app running on Windows 7 Embedded. It would hard crash when the user clicks inside a password box. After some debugging and searching for solutions it turns out that Embedded didn't have the Arial font installed and the password box needs it to display the *** . I installed the font and all is well. What a weird issue!
Which part of null do you not understand? :-)
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
Which part of null do you not understand? :-)
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.CDP1802 wrote:
Which part of null do you not understand?
The ecstasy in the emptiness.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Which part of null do you not understand? :-)
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
I would have hoped that the .Net FW would be a little bit more clever than to crash in a case like this
Why? What should it do other than bring the problem to your attention and let you fix it once and for all? Sweep it under the rug? Use another font that may or may not work as a substitute?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
Why? What should it do other than bring the problem to your attention and let you fix it once and for all? Sweep it under the rug? Use another font that may or may not work as a substitute?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
Why? What should it do other than bring the problem to your attention and let you fix it once and for all? Sweep it under the rug? Use another font that may or may not work as a substitute?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.Yes, it WILL use another font, even without you telling it to do so: Weiterleitungshinweis[^]
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Ah, ok. Then someone just did not expect that the font could ever be missing. Not a big deal, that can happen to anybody. You probably know that kind of function where at least half of the code is concerned with preventing all kinds of errors and still some slip through because you did not expect that particular thing to ever happen.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
CDP1802 wrote:
Which part of null do you not understand?
The ecstasy in the emptiness.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
I would use a different word for this[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
Ah, ok. Then someone just did not expect that the font could ever be missing. Not a big deal, that can happen to anybody. You probably know that kind of function where at least half of the code is concerned with preventing all kinds of errors and still some slip through because you did not expect that particular thing to ever happen.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns."To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect" --- Oscar Wilde
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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So I had a strange issue yesterday with a WPF app running on Windows 7 Embedded. It would hard crash when the user clicks inside a password box. After some debugging and searching for solutions it turns out that Embedded didn't have the Arial font installed and the password box needs it to display the *** . I installed the font and all is well. What a weird issue!
Not at all. You should exception wrap calls like this.
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So I had a strange issue yesterday with a WPF app running on Windows 7 Embedded. It would hard crash when the user clicks inside a password box. After some debugging and searching for solutions it turns out that Embedded didn't have the Arial font installed and the password box needs it to display the *** . I installed the font and all is well. What a weird issue!
Check your font substitutions strings. If you don't have "Substitute Calibri with anything at all -- even wingdings", add it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect" --- Oscar Wilde
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
This holds particular true in the maternity realm. (What were you expecting from me,anyway?)
"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 are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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This holds particular true in the maternity realm. (What were you expecting from me,anyway?)
"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 are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I didn't even know you were expecting! Do you know if it will be a boy or a girl? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I didn't even know you were expecting! Do you know if it will be a boy or a girl? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
OriginalGriff wrote:
Do you know if it will be a boy or a girl?
Of course I know. The answer to your question is "YES".
"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 are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Do you know if it will be a boy or a girl?
Of course I know. The answer to your question is "YES".
"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 are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
Phew! Having seen your avatar, that's a HUGE relief!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I didn't even know you were expecting! Do you know if it will be a boy or a girl? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
In my case a girl :) :-D 7 weeks 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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In my case a girl :) :-D 7 weeks 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.
Congratulations! 7 weeks until your life is turned upside down, forever...but in the best possible way! :thumbsup:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Congratulations! 7 weeks until your life is turned upside down, forever...but in the best possible way! :thumbsup:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
OriginalGriff wrote:
7 weeks until your life is turned upside down, forever.
I know :sigh: :sigh: point of no return was already left behind a while ago...
OriginalGriff wrote:
but in the best possible way! :thumbsup:
I hope so :-D :-D :jig: :badger: :jig:
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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Not at all. You should exception wrap calls like this.
