You have to appreciate absurdity. What's more absurd than replying to a request for tweets (which many of us here hate) with a couple of thousand words of straight-faced text? I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

If you like, or something of similar size here. Honestly this was a lark, and I have already spent more time explaining it then I had planned. I thought it was interesting and wanted to know what others here (many with a great deal of experience and some with little experience) thought about what software development is. :) Pat O

Haha! I have to read at-least 3 threads to recall what we were talking about. :) Mercurial is a great alternative. I have used it for over a year. Even I have spent 4 days trying to setup a customized web interface for it (using hgWeb and crazy amount of HTML / CSS coding). It was kind of waste of time, but It was lot of fun! But the main problem with the Mercurial was the less-popularity among 3rd party tools. Which is why I transferred over to Git, most of the other software integrate perfectly with the Git, but not with the Mercurial. But if you are not going to use it with any other tools than no problem. We are currently using Team Foundation Online, which supports both TFS and Git, and Git is definitely better than TFS. (Also most of the Bug Tracking software integrate just fine with Git) pdohara wrote: I will be happy to shut up and sit down. Nah, stick around, we do this kind of behavior almost every time we go into 'DEBATE MODE'. You will get over it after a while, and then you can do the same thing to others... :) pdohara wrote: This post has come out of my management choosing Git and telling my business unit that we must use it. That sucks! specially when they want you to adopt a completely different product without your vote. But now your management can brag about using it, plus they will look technically competent. I guess you are right, your post was kind of a review. But then you attacked every geek's favorite version control tool so we had to retaliate. :-D Remind Me This - Manage, Collaborate and Execute your Project in the Cloud

If you've found conflicting answers, be a programmer and try it yourself. Short of that, go to the best authority - MSDN - and ask your question there. .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly ----- "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 ----- "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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This is a three step process with a prerequisite. Prerequisite: download and install the Visual Studio SDK[^] (this link is for VS 2005). The SDK includes the Help Integration Wizard which will be necessary in the following steps. 1. Compile the documentation in Help2x format using Sandcastle. 2. Create a new Help Integration Wizard project in Visual Studio:    a. File -> New -> Project...    b. Expand "Other Project Types".    c. Select "Extensibility".    d. Select "Help Integration Wizard" and click the "OK" button.    e. On Page 1 of the Wizard, select "Setup Project".    f. On Page 2 of the Wizard, add the .HxS file output from step 1 as the source.    g. Complete the Wizard:    (see How to: use the Help Integration Wizard[^] for a detailed description of the remaining wizard steps). 3. Install the Setup project created in Step 2.

Sure, that is likely what I will do, but I would rather use an existing tool if there is one. Tanks for your support Pat O Blog _ _ _ /*\== /*\== /*\== <ooo> <ooo> <ooo>

I was able to make it work. The unfortunate assembly load error was a result of invalid command line arguments. Here is the syntax for those that are interested: libcheck -full C:\temp\CNX_2.0 -store full 2.0.59.0 libcheck -full C:\temp\CNX_2.1 -store full 2.1.150.0 libcheck -compare 2.0.59.0 2.1.150.0 In this example the 2.0.59.0 and 2.1.150.0 are the build numbers of the 2.0 and 2.1 releases respectively. Pat O Tanks for your support Pat O Blog _ _ _ /*\== /*\== /*\== <ooo> <ooo> <ooo>

Not the (optional) XML file generated during a build. I wonder whether or not conditional compilation would help: # if InternaldBuild <summary>... </summary> endif internal void F () ...

Thanks, I was aware of that. I was hoping for something that is called on code within the assembly. Again the goal is to enforce licensing, therefore relaying on someone to register my licencing code prior to using my SDK seems unlikely to work. I guess I could ask the more general question how do others handle licensing? Tanks for your support Pat O Blog _ _ _ /*\== /*\== /*\== <ooo> <ooo> <ooo>

The real question is "Is freewill a good thing?" Essentially the question comes down to does the value of freewill justify God allowing evil? Again as I said in my original post God did not "create" evil, but he allows it by limiting himself. If God did not limit himself, then we would not have freewill, there would be only good. There would be essentially only God. As humans we would like to think that we could have freewill without there being the possibility of evil. But what would that look like. If I can only do good, then I can only do God's will (which is the Biblical definition of good). At that point I no longer have a will, but am subject to God's will. Does that help? Tanks for your support Pat O Blog _ _ _ /*\== /*\== /*\== <ooo> <ooo> <ooo>