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- Under what circumstances is try..catch{} OK ?
- Bettter yet if this was in the setter method of a public property, with an event handler in it?.NET 2.0 set the binding source property (listBox, Combox etc..), this fires SelectedItemChanged.Put any code in the event handler that throws an unhandled exception, and the component f'ing swallows it.try{ bs...
- Tags: .NET, Tony Hopkinson, event handler
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Another guffaw ffrom a scammer
- Got this one yesterday, ony just picked myself up off the floorDear Sir/Madam,I have a lucrative business of 44.5m usd from my deceased client and he dead with his entire family during a bomb blast and left no next ofkin behind,if ready to share 50/50 by standing as my deceased...
- Tags: Tony Hopkinson
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Six Sci-Fi / Fantasy books buffs should read but may not have done.
- Six (Dr Dij's pick) books or series that epitomise the genre that you feel are obscure for one reason or another.This is to test a contention that afficionados, know their stuff.How many of these have you read?Encounter With Tiber -Buzz Aldrin and Stephen BarnesAmbassador's Progress - Walter M WilliamsMen, Martians...
- Tags: Tony Hopkinson, science fiction, Retief, Bolo
- Discussion threads 2007-07-19
- Did the cubicle ruin 'US' IT
- A lot of US colleagues post on here about the IT geek stereotype.How they need to understand business more.How they need to be able to communicate outside their discipline.I must confess to continual surprise, that these things aren't 'obvious'
- Tags: Strategy, Tony Hopkinson, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Cross site scripting ?
- Hmm on occasion when posting a response to a question. I'm getting block foe cross site scripting from an untrusted source.This came up on NoScripts' console.Warning: Error in parsing value for property 'CURSOR'. Declaration dropped.Source File: http://by114fd.bay114.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/dasp/EN/hotmail___1000000003.cssLine: 24When the question owner has a notify on ?
- Tags: Tony Hopkinson, XSS
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- We have a naughty but quite clever new member
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5218-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=217799&messageID=2207340Can't post to this thread you get an errorand unless you click on the start of the subject From:, you go straight to his site.Didn't like that at all, I wanted to tell him I'd never use his company in a million years after this trick.no thread?maybe is gone now?reported...
- Tags: Tony Hopkinson
- Discussion threads 2007-04-06
- Windows, Wikis and Blogs
- Just starting a new project at our place. Three to four teams involved on an off. Long project easily broken down in to several deliveries, some only internal.Some of the team, hopefully including me will be remote workers.To help facilitate things we decided to look at setting up a wiki...
- Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Tony Hopkinson, Wiki, blog
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- And the French choose...
- What a biased load of crockYou state opinion and not fact, and if you ask me, who gives a flying f**k about what the French do? Anything that is anti-American and reeks of socialism is OK with those cowardly fools.How to get the vote you wantWhat a well worded...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Tony Hopkinson, F/OSS, software, developer
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- A Blog by a mere developer.
- blog rootIs quality a casualty of doing business ?Writing Quality Software ApplicationsIf you are in the business of writing software, either commercially or for open source. What constitutes quality ?Ease of use ?Applicability of the functionality ?Integration, Interoperability or compatibility ?Stability or robustness ?Security ?Speed and resource economy ?The split...
- Tags: blog, Tony Hopkinson, operating system, quality developer, developer, software
- Discussion threads 2006-09-03
- A grandson !
- Fourth grand child Taylor, makes his way into my life.Big grins all round, lovely wee fella.:D :D :DWill post the photos, soon.Another Yeller-bellyStill a northerner though, so not a dead loss.:Dspawning seasonisn't supposed to start for another 5 weeks. :)congrats Tony.yet another healthy imp to drive your kids nuts.Is THIS...
- Tags: Tony Hopkinson
- Discussion threads 2007-02-10
- One man's definition of science fiction
- One Mans Science fiction is another's fantasyOn that basis alternative history can't be science fiction.Describe the scientific rationale for choosing the event that meant Dixie was victorious.I've enjoyed a few books on this basis, but I treated them as fantasy, because I cannot suspend my disbelief to accept the psuedo...
- Tags: fiction, science fiction, Tony Hopkinson, sci-fi, off-topic, sf, fantasy, FTL
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
- I'm Rich !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Got this today.Dear Winner,This is to inform you of the award of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro, with Ref Number BBTWYEH267 and Pin Number 84768498 from Beck's Beer Company New Year Promotions. This promotional award aimed at raising the profile of Becks beer consumers males and females aged 18...
- Tags: address farming, e-mail, e-mail address, off-topic, scam, spam, Tony Hopkinson, Worldwide Promotion
- Discussion threads 2007-01-07
- What's the best book to film sci-fi (or SF) transition and..
- What books would you like to see in film that would make the transition sensibly.This sort of follows on from the Trivia Geek's Best SF franchise article.I was trying to think of books in the genre that faithfully made it into film and pleased the readers.I can think of some...
- Tags: Tony Hopkinson, genre, sf, off-topic, sci-fi, film, books
- Discussion threads 2006-12-02
- Suggestions Please
- I'm on a training course soon on how to interview people for technical positions given by HRThis will make sure I'm aware that I can't ask stupid questions like What colour are you ?When are you going to become pregnant?How old are you ?T
- Tags: off-topic, recruitment, hr, Human Resources, Tony Hopkinson, insult
- Discussion threads 2006-11-16
- As promised - KC at 6 days
- Takes after her grandad, gorgeous.http://tonyjhopkinson.spaces.live.comKC is very cute!KC is very cute! Congratulations, Tony!P.S. Now, be sure to remember grandparent's revenge. Give KC a drum at age 1. :-)Awwww!Tony, she's booful!(takes after her Grandad? Poor kid.....! :D )Now, remember, cuddles, hugs, snuggles and spoiling her are your priorities........
- Tags: Congratulations Tony, new arrival, off-topic, Tony, Tony Hopkinson
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- Mozilla and Microsoft and how we measure security flaws
- I am in complete agreement with Mr OuFrom the last paragraph onwards, (inclusive !)Never thought I'd say that, well done.I loved IE hasn't had any patches in the last two years. Perfectly true, course seeing as all it does is call routines in the OS it's integrated into that might...
- Tags: flaw, george ou, microsoft, Microsoft Internet Explorer, mozilla, Mozilla Corp., off-topic, security, tony hopkinson
- Discussion threads 2006-09-17
- Tony proudly announces the
- birth of his third grandaughter. Who is to be called KC, I am going to have a word with my daughter.TR members of the female persuasion will want to know she weighed in at 6lbs and 13 oz, for some reason best known to themselves.Both are well , I shall...
- Tags: Congrats Tony, CONGRATULATIONS, not at all technical, Tony Hopkinson, off-topic, proudly, Tony
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
Additional Resources
- How can I truncate data in a MS Access Field?
- Using Google, I found the following update query posted by Tony Hopkinson in Mar 2005:update mytable set ssn = right$(ssn,4)I tried this and it works for all MS Access databases that I have except for one. In that database, I get the following error when I run the query:Compile...
- Tags: Databases, Storage, joe.a.grabman@..., database, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Excel formula, text in column to a value
- I have a column in my excel spreadsheet that has a name entry, e.g D1 = Tony, D2 = Fred, D3 = Gordon, etc. The names can appear in the same column more than one, e.g Tony appears say 5 times, Fred 2 times and Gordon 4 times. I...
- Tags: COUNTIF, Fred, Ivan the Terrible, Microsoft Excel, software, Tony
- Q&A 2005-09-20
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 demo (zip)
- Skate as the legendary Tony Hawk or choose from a dream team of 12 top pro skaters, including old favorites like Lasek, Thomas, Muska, and Steamer, as well as new talent like Gilfberg, Caballero, Koston and Mullen. Travel from L.A. to Tokyo, Suburbia to Skater's Island, performing challenges and meeting...
- Tags: Activision Inc., Tony Hawk, Workforce Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Management
- Software downloads 2003-11-13
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