In case you don't know already, and unlike most databases, an Access database won't re-use deleted space for new records. You have to "compact" it to free up file space after deleting records.

You should throw them a null reference exception. :laugh:

When I read the subject line, my mind interpretted it as Fat Tire[^], not flat tire. Now I'm disappointed.

I agree. The new album is very good.

BillWoodruff wrote:

The latest "craze" to hit Chiang Mai (and Bangkok and Pattaya, etc., I am told) are large fish tanks full of a little fish named "garufa rufa" which you pay to dangle your legs in so the fish can nibble away the dead skin and whatever.

I saw this while visiting Singapore early this year. I was wondering what that was about. And now I know. :) Happy holidays to you too.

Another option is OpenAL, which is a cross platform audio library. It's written in C, but I'm sure there must be some .NET wrappers out there... or you can P/Invoke it. I haven't used it myself, but I was told it is typically used for gaming on OSX and Linux. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAL[^] http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal[^]

Switch to VMWare. You'll be much happier for it. That's what I did 4 years ago.

Wow... the Lightweight version of MSDN is pretty nice and faster too. I'm glad they're finally cleaning it up.

I use Microsoft SharePoint and create a sub-site for every project we're working on. Being a web portal, you can easily setup your project website with document listings, task tracking, calendars, message boards, etc. I keep my requirements documents, specifications, documented reviews, test cases, test results, QA releases, and other files (all in digital form) on SharePoint. Since it is a website, you or your colleagues can easily access it when you travel. I work at an ISO-9001 compliant company and I'll tell you that the last auditor I had raved about what I put together. Well anyways, that's my success story. The downside of course is that you need to setup a Windows 2003 or 2008 WEB server and SQL Server with the necessary licenses... which isn't cheap but not terribly expensive either. I wonder if an MSDN subscription can cover the software licensing amongst the developers cheaply.

I've made some MDI apps in the past. I once had a customer that wanted to display an app of mine across 4 monitors from 1 machine. Unfortunately, with MDI you are stuck in 1 monitor... and stretching an MDI app across 4 monitors would have looked stupid. If it was an SDI app, I could have supported all monitors by putting an SDI app window instance in each monitor. So that said, I think SDI's biggest advantage is multiple monitor support.

In the past 3 years, I've used Virtual PC, VMWare WorkStation, and VMWare Server. Here is my quick opinion... Microsoft's Virtual PC gave me the most problems such as: - Lacks USB support. - Automatically syncs the virtual machine's clock with the host's clock when I don't want it too and it may do this several times a day. This can cause some software to go a bit haywire. - Crashes for software requring a hardware dongle. * Note: When I attended a software conference, I caught Microsoft demonstrating their software inside of VMWare. Here's my opinion of VMWare Server: + It's free. + Allows you to easily create Virtual Machines. + Designed to run multiple VMs at once. + Support USB devices, but 50% of the time it has trouble detecting them. + VMs can be automatically started and logged into on host machine startup. + No security dongle issues. - Can only take one snapshot. - The interface to the virtual machine is a bit sluggish, even on a fast machine when running it locally. Feels more like a Remote Desktop... probably because it was designed designed to be ran over the network. My opinion of VMWare Workstation: + Can easily creat Virtual Machines. + Can take multiple snapshots and fork them. Great for software testing. + UI interaction is fast... much better than VMWare Server. + No security dongle issues. - Costs money... but it is worth it. - Not designed to run multiple VMs at once due to its tabbed interface, but it can do it. - VM must be started manually. As far as performance, you need to make sure that you have lots of RAM and allocate enough RAM to the VM, like 1 GB if you want it to be really snappy. A dual core machine should be enough if you only plan on running 1 VM at a time.

I highly recommend Singapore Airlines as well. I've flown with them 9 times. Great service, great looking service :-D , well organized, flights are almost always on-time, good food, free alcohol, and lots of entertainment options. Seriously, Economy class feels like Business class.

In the near term, I think a touch screen display would make a good "input device" in addition to the monitor/keyboard/mouse setup. Something that would be context sensitive according to the currently selected application. Just think of the possibilities: - For VisualStudio, how about program it to show buttons/macros of your choosing... and perhaps a trace log while you're in the middle of running your app in debug mode. - For Photoshop, it could display various color palettes and tools that you can select with your finger. - For MS Paint, you can zoom in/out of the picture and essential finger paint the image. The pixel changes you make on the display will be reflected on the monitor. It would be like a more useful "Windows Sideshow". Anyways, those are my random thoughts for the day.

Hello from my new iMac. I just set mine up today too. :)

Another approach is to use a serial port breakout cable[^] or breakout box[^]. However, this is not a free option, but comes in handy if you have no control of the PC/device that is the serial master.

This reminds me of a similar, funny situation. :) One day, while demoing a legacy software product of ours to a customer, a message box appeared reading "This should never happen". Hmm... nice. The reaction? Yes, that message should never happen. A couple weeks later the team and I searched the entire legacy code base and had all of these messages removed. They were everywhere.

Hi John. You'll also run into this if the file is called Setup.exe. Plus, after closing the app, Vista will display a message stating that something went wrong with the install if it's not really an installer. I have found a work around. If you embed the following "trust info" into the EXE's manifest file, it will no longer require admin rights. Nor will it report that the installation failed either.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes'?>
<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0'>
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"/>
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>

leckey wrote:

I love that cartoon but I haven't seen it on the cartoon network in years.

Nothing that youtube can't handle. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=secret+squirrel[^]

Secret Squirrel == Super Spy[^] :-D

It's working for me. (USA, California)