I second this. Compare a before and after of the XAML if you use the designer to change anything. The change usually generates a crap-ton of XAML - or did several years ago, the last time I tried to use it. I do everything in XAML manually within the actual XAML.
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Tab Stash? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-stash/[^]
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PM me where to ship them and they're yours. Just pay for shipping, please. I can send pics if you want.
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I don't know. The sticker on the drive (within the packaging) doesn't say, that I can find anyway. The full model number is WD30EFRX-68AX9N0.
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I have four hard drives I don't need. WD 3.0TB SATA / 65MB cache WD30EFRX - WD Red NAS. They're still in their packaging. Manufactured in 2013. Anyone have any use for them? Free. I hate to throw them away. PM me. I didn't see a specific place to post this, or even if it is allowed. If this isn't allowed on Code Project, feel free to delete this post and apologies in advance.
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Notepad++ -- Edit | Line Operations | Remove Empty Lines
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I wrote label printing software in the late 90s/early 2000s for hardware-type stores, streaming data from the computer's COM port to an RS232 port on the printer. The few label printers we developed for (I remember SATO printers) had "built in" support for specific font types and sizes. If you used any font/size combination not built in then the printer treated it as a graphic rather than text. This slowed the printing down considerably - from 20 or 30 labels per second to 1 label per second. The font sizes supported were strange - if you went up one size it effectively doubled the printed size. To figure out the finished label, you get the max size that would ever be printed per field and play a long game of massaging the various fields' fonts/sizes to get things looking ok. Another problem is the DIP switches on the printer. If not set right it can affect the printing. I'm not saying the food packaging label designers put a lot of thought in, but there might be legitimate reasons. Someone mentioned Bartender software - I used that as well during the discovery phase, but we ditched it for the printing speed of using the built-in fonts.
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I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy. -- Better Off Dead
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Power & Sleep Options in Settings. Then click "Additional power settings" under "Related settings" heading on far right.
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For NP++ - I don't believe the auto-save windows is turned on by default. It's in the Backups section of Preferences called "Remember current session for next launch". It will remember new document tabs that are not saved.
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It's a VB6 cookbook, but not what you think. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F1W0EHG?_bbid=19265614[^]
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Just never use "On Error Resume Next" and turn on Options Explicit and Strict. Easy. I much prefer C#, but I spent years in VB and then VB.Net and never understood the hate. Still don't. If the hate is because of the capability of misusing it, I can do that in C# too. Or maybe it is because it has built-in settings that are questionable to non-VB users (Explicit and Strict)? Maybe I'm missing something. But I don't care as I don't use VB anymore (since 2005). I prefer C#'s syntax. On the other hand, if someone could explain the reason VB is so bad (without the hate), I would welcome the education. Send me a private message or point me to a well-written post.
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I've used ClipX for years, including now on a fully-updated Windows 10 Pro. No problems at all. I'm using version 1.0.3.8. If you are using a different version, maybe give this one a go. If you can't find it, message me with an email address and I'll email it to you.
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Sent you an email about this.
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I used a MacBook Pro about four years ago after my Windows computer died. I installed Parallels and then a Windows 7 Pro instance inside Parallels, and VS, SQL Server, misc tools inside Windows 7. No problems at all. Ran great. In fact, it was better and faster than my Windows machine (which was Alienware), which I thought was really weird since the Windows 7 via Parallels shared resources with the Mac OS. Both machines had 8GB RAM, but the Mac had a great SSD where the Windows machine had a 7200 RPM hard disk. I have not had to use Parallels recently.
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+1 million for LinqPAD. It is NOT just for LINQ. It is incredibly useful for writing and testing code snippets. You can create whole classes in it. And you can add references to your .Net assemblies and call their methods from within your LinqPAD code. I also use it for common queries, functions and maintenance tasks. You can use the free version, but you need to buy a license to get the syntax help. Totally worth it and it supports the developer. Great suggestion mOsa!
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+1 for DevExpress. I didn't use their XAF, but I used all of their WinForms controls. They have great functionality, but were a bit "heavy" - meaning the program screens took a little bit longer to load than you would expect. Still, I wouldn't hesitate to use them again. I changed jobs, and they don't use DevExpress. I still have my five year old license though!
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I understand your logic and agree to some point. But as someone who started in VB5, then moved to VB6, then moved to VB.Net (using your logic!!) and then finally to C#, I really wished I would have gone straight to C#. There's a good argument that VB6 and VB.Net are somewhat similar in syntax, but there are enough differences that you ARE learning a new language. So you might as well move to whichever language you actually want to learn. While using VB.Net, I used to wonder about all the people ranting about it. I understand the lazy variable declaration issue, but if you just set Option Explicit then you're good. However, now that I use C# I understand their viewpoint, although I don't fully share it. But I would choose C# hands-down over VB.Net. It's a much nicer and more concise/readable language. VB.Net is too "wordy". Just my opinion from my experience. Still, kmoorevs makes a good point.
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Used Rocky's framework for years. Good stuff.
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Perhaps describe your work to a perspective customer using an analogy. Maybe a house: foundation, electrical, plumbing, etc. This way you can stress the importance of the "unseen" parts of the program using something they can visualize. You can make equivalencies about the design, ease of maintenance, ease of adding enhancements, etc. I have used this very effectively in the past. Pick your own analogy. They still won't know if your actual code is any good, but that's where references and some of the other suggestion made by others here will help.
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