Archive for the 'Programming' Category
Where’s my Info Balloon?
Tuesday, May 17th, 2005I’ve recently discovered a problem with my dotNet program. Well, as I found out, it may not be a problem with my program. I display a maximized, borderless window (#1) and then transition to a normal, sizable bordered window (#2), which is also maximized. The borderless window, when maximized, covers the taskbar, which is fine. However window #1 creates window #2, which apparently also gives window #2 a higher z-order than the task bar. When window #2 finishes loading, it sends an event to window #1, instructing it to close.
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Simple PHP Mailing List
Tuesday, April 26th, 2005I was recently looking for a very simple PHP mailing list script. I essentially wanted the ability to notifiy friends and family when I’ve updated a website with new pictures. I, of course, wanted unsubscribe capability, email confirmation and other simple features. I spent WAY too much time downloading and trying out free scripts on the web. However, none of them accomplished the simple tasks that I wanted, if they even parsed correctly by PHP.
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Using integers in a C++ ArrayList
Sunday, March 20th, 2005In this day and age, creating a dynamic list of integers seems like it should be an easy task. I set out to figure out how to do this using the ArrayList class in DotNet, I actually found it to be more of a challenge than it should have been.
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