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Found my article copied

6 Jul 2021mikeperetz

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I have posted my article on the code project How to create scalable services with WCF 4.0 Router and Discovery services[^]And found it on the internet copied word for word at this link (without reference to the original site, or...

Found my article copied

22 Mar 2011#realJSOP

Nope, not legal. You should post this in the Site Bugs and uggestions Forum[^].

DB Normalisation.

25 Nov 2009blackjack2150

Why not both? If I really have to pick one over the other, I'd vote for the oink. All these codez make me dizzy...

How to earn points in code project

27 Apr 2011R. Giskard Reventlov

Write articles, respond to questions (like I'm doing now), participate in the user forums. It's taken me nearly 9 years to amass 54700 rep points. Others have done it sooner.However, it really doesn't mean anything: it won't help you get a better job or make more money - it's just for fun.

K means with Mahalanobis - Singularity

22 May 2009⁷³Zeppelin

A singular matrix has a determinant of zero. That means you can't invert it.That's probably happening when you're inverting your covariance matrix: covariance.Inverse()It also means that your covariance matrix isn't positive semi-definite and...

Found my article copied

22 Mar 2011Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Please report to CodeProject administration; use Main menu -> Help!It may not help, but better do it. What happened could be considered as a crime.—SA

Found my article copied

22 Mar 2011Wendelius

Hi,I guess Site bugs / suggestions could be a better place to ask this, since it's more closely monitored by the staff.

How to ask a good question?

9 Dec 2011OriginalGriff

Ignore the points. They are irrelevant - my Enquirer status is 86, the lowest score I have!Rep points are pretty much irrelevant for anything, except where they allow you do do more with the site. They don't affect how your question is answered! If you ask a good question, you get a good...

K means with Mahalanobis - Singularity

21 May 2009FatMooseHenry

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HelloIm doing K-means clustering and am about to implement the Mahalanobis distance. I have a problem with sometimes the matrix is singular. Im not really sure what it means in this case and what to do about it? Im fairly sure that my code is...

DB Normalisation.

18 Nov 2009ScottM1

Definitely useful but not really interesting.Pig farming sounds interesting but not really useful so I don't know.

DB Normalisation.

23 Nov 2009PJ Arends

I would like to see that article on pig farming. I tried it once on a very small scale, but the returns were below my costs so I quit that venture. Would like to try it again some day.

Swarm Destruction

1 Jun 2009Alan Balkany

Your question isn't very clear, but it appears you want some way to group enemies into clouds to surround them.One approach is Cluster Analysis. Start with a list of all enemies and a table of the distances among them. Group the two closest...

Need some logic help.

4 Aug 2009Luc Pattyn

Hi,your code is wrong, it has two nested loops but acts as if there were only one loop.Here is a very simple snippet with the same problem, it should help you in understanding what goes wrong:int i1=0;int i2=0;for (; i1 for (; i2 ...

DB Normalisation.

22 Aug 2008Paul Conrad

Yes, it would be interesting and I was planning on doing one. "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete...

DB Normalisation.

26 Aug 2008Syed Mehroz Alam

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:do you think this would be useful/interesting?Why not, Pete. I look forward to reading this. Please take this rose as a compliment in advance.Cheers,Syed Mehroz Alam My BlogMy Articles

Tool to test a wap page on firefox

3 Jan 2011Espen Harlinn

Here is a nice tool for Firefoxhttp://seleniumhq.org/[^]RegardsEspen Harlinn

what the need of void in between the brackets?

28 May 2012OriginalGriff

If you are using C++, then there is no difference, it is a "hangover" from the base language Cvoid foo(void) {}is the equivelent ofvoid foo();In that they both declare a function that takes no parameters.However, in C the situation is a little different:void foo(void);Declares a...

requirements of building an os

27 Sep 2012OriginalGriff

To be honest, if you have to ask, you have no idea of the scale of the problem.A GUI OS is a major piece of software - man years of work to get right. Do you know (for example) how to draw a line? An Arc? Text?The required software to build one is a compiler (or cross compiler) for your...

article about commercial .net library?

17 Jan 2013OriginalGriff

The chances are that it would be considered an advert for your product and flagged as SPAM - I have certainly done that with quite a few blatant plugs written as articles.Basically, if the article needs your product in order to be used, then it's an advert, and those CP insists you pay...

article about commercial .net library?

17 Jan 2013Pete O'Hanlon

Hmmm, interesting question. If you make the code available for people to use, or you provide a free to use version, then you won't run foul of the militants, like me, who moderate the article queues and chase down people who are basically using Code Project as a form of free advertising.If,...

become a software developer....

22 May 2013CPallini

As Richard suggested, the choice is up to you: namely passion should guide you.Have a look at the coursees content and choose the one you like most.

[Not a question] solution to the following in java

25 Oct 2013Ranjan.D

1. Open Eclipse/Netbeans IDE 2. Create a class named Customer3. Create a class named Customer Test4. Code the Logic5. Test6. You are Done

Custom /efficient paging and sorting gridview

7 Aug 2009N a v a n e e t h

mark_me wrote:i can use linq to select and skip dataI don't know anything about the problem domain you are working on and data structures you use. But if database is your persisting area, efficient way to do this is to get only rows that will be...

Does Window2000 can install on a SATA Hard disk?

17 Jun 2008Mike Dimmick

If the system is in ATA-compatible mode the SATA controller and disk look like regular IDE disks to the BIOS and to Windows. There are no problems with this.However, to make use of features like Native Command Queueing, the new Advanced...

to write or not to write an article

9 Nov 2008aljodav

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An article about sensible data (using MFC), would it be interesting to someone?... or about CRichEditCtrl (also using MFC), might it be useful?

An idea like no other... I need help!

12 Nov 2008Robert Surtees

So, put another way, you want to make a tool to help someone plagiarize content.

DB Normalisation.

24 Nov 2009DABBee

I think pig farming is odd so it would be good if you could normalise it.Really, if you think it is interesting then the odds are someone else will be interested as well. Definitely useful, I wish some of the developers here would read such things....of course this comes from an Oracle/SQL server db

I want complete source coding of an auto summarization tool based on statistical or linguistic analysis.

10 Feb 2010William Winner

Hmm...Well...

How to Detect Malware Implementation in .Net Code

24 Jan 2011Ziggy981

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Hello,I have been given the source code of a large tailor made .Net Windows Application and im required to scan through it and certify that it is safe and Malware-free. Are there any tools out there that actually scan .Net source code to detect possible embedded/hidden Malware code?A...

rom service

30 Jan 2011Espen Harlinn

There exist both Windows and Linux versions that, at least partly, resides in rom, and you can make calls to those parts. That being said, usually user mode programs are not able to call rom directly.RegardsEspen Harlinn

Where is saved the help of a command in Commandline (cmd.exe)?

2 Feb 2011Espen Harlinn

It's not unusual for console/commandline to embed the help text either as text in the code, as a resource, as a resource in a dll. I suspect that many of the Windows command line tools use resources located in language specific dll's.RegardsEspen Harlinn

Difference between C# and C++

13 Apr 2011Pong D. Panda

C# developer uses google, c++ uses google, and you dont.C++ and C# comparison[^]

How to earn points in code project

27 Apr 2011#realJSOP

Don't worry about points. Just participate in the site. As you gain "street cred" and participate responsibly, the points will flow.

DB Normalisation.

21 Jul 2011uspatel

It would be very use full for me.Please provide live examples with this.

addition of tech blog in codeproject

16 Oct 2011Simon Bang Terkildsen

Go here: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/BlogFeedList.aspx[^] and click "Add your Blog"

software development technologies

25 Dec 2011OriginalGriff

They are generally Native Applications - which means they are written to run in machine code rather than the .NET IL.Are they better? For some things, yes. For others, no. There is a huge learning curve associated with native app code - it has evolved over several decades to the current...

Copy on Write Concept

2 Jan 2012Abhinav S

Whenever you fall short of memory, you can use paging.In paging, you will allocate one portion of your program to some memory, and not the full program.As soon as execution for this phase is over, this memory will be cleared and the next part of the program will be allocated within this...

Copy on Write Concept

8 Mar 2012Pranit Kothari

See this[^]

what the need of void in between the brackets?

28 May 2012Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The simple answer is: "why not"? The empty list in round brackets is very natural, it means "no arguments" are passed to the function in question, "empty argument list". It's rather using void parameter is quite a perverted, historical syntax, which is going out of practice. Just think about,...

who's who lookup request

1 Aug 2012Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Even though Sandeep told you it would be difficult, I found a solution withing seconds with very good relevance. Here:http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3ACodeProject.com+%22Professional+Profile%22+%22South+Africa%22[^].[EDIT]Found exactly 189 members. No irrelevant search results at...

article about commercial .net library?

17 Jan 2013Hakger

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Hi ThereI was wondering .. and could not find an answer in FAQ :Let say I've written a commercial .NET library (WPF control for instance), and I'm selling it for 10$ in many different web-sites (like gumroard)...Can I publish an article that describes this component (so this will be...

e learning in asp.net

26 Feb 2013ZurdoDev

We can help with specific questions but this is not the right place to ask for entire source code for a project. Please check google.com.

What is my most likely problem?

9 Oct 2013Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

In addition to Solution 1:Here is how the users can be deleted: http://xkcd.com/327[^].For further detail, please see my past answers:EROR IN UPATE in com.ExecuteNonQuery();[^],hi name is not displaying in name?[^].Use this:...

Interface Type Variable

10 Mar 2014Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Please see my comment to the question, which makes no sense. You did not show any polymorphism at all. We can talk about polymorphism only if we have some set of objects. Not just one object, a set. When a set can include object of some different types, we can talk about polymorphism. If course,...

[Homework]write a C Program source code

29 Apr 2014_Asif_

As per OriginalGriff statement"We do not do your homework: it is set for a reason. It is there so that you think about what you have been told, and try to understand it. It is also there so that your tutor can identify areas where you are weak, and focus more attention on remedial...

How do i call esc key dynamicaly(VB.NET Win forms)

30 Mar 2009sunram_ram

Hi,You can use the enum "Keys" and use the value "Escape" to do raise an escape key action.This will work in both C# & VB.NET windows forms.Happy coding...!

ViewstateEnabled=False

22 Jul 2009Abhijit Jana

For the answer, first of all you need to know what actually happened during ASP.NET Page life cycle and ViewState.In the ASP.Net page life cycle, two events related with View State.1. Load View State : Where view state data is loading for the...

Upload file permission denied

6 Aug 2009Abhijit Jana

Jain Vijay wrote:I m trying to upload file on sever through upload control. code is working fine in local environment. also i have test code in asp. But when i have deployed the same asp.net code on server, getting this error....Vijay,This is the...

Crystal Report Problem Please Help

11 Aug 2009Andile.M

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I'm using a stored procedure to populate a crystal report, But I get repeatative(duplicated) information on my report- something like 66 pages instead of atleast 2. I want to produce a transactions statement for a particular user, using the...

Masterpage Vs Content page

11 Aug 2009Abhijit Jana

You can do that using FindControlMethodFor your Reference :How to: Reference ASP.NET Master Page Content[^] Abhijit Jana | Codeproject MVPWeb Site : abhijitjana.net Don't forget to click "Good Answer" on the post(s) that helped you. View My...

global.asax redirect failing on windows 2008 box

13 Aug 2009Abhijit Jana

wolfbinary wrote:redirection on an error failed to go to the error.aspx pageSo, you are redirecting on Error Page from global.asax ? Can you show us the code for Application_Error Secction ?I guess you are using Response.Redirect From...

Setting Css value from code behind

17 Jul 2009Aman Bhullar

nainakarri wrote:the control is adding wel and fine. but now i want to set the css style to the table row.tr.Attributes.Add("class", "classname"); RegardsAman Bhullarwww.arlivesupport.com[^]

How to Adapt the Image Width to a Computer Screen Width

16 Aug 2009Abhishek Sur

use javascript screen.width / screen.height .you can set img.width and img.height Abhishek SurMy Latest ArticlesCreate CLR objects in SQL Server 2005C# Uncommon KeywordsRead/Write Excel using OleDBDon't forget to click "Good Answer" if you like to.

SQL select based on Boolean values

19 Oct 2008elektrowolf

I think your database design is not ideal.. You should have a table for all the articles and a table for all possible keywords. In a third table you save all keyword-article associations (using the primary key of the article and keyword).

Changing BIOS Color

20 Sep 2008Dave Kreskowiak

Nope. Windows XP has nothing to do with it since Windows isn't running when the BIOS screens are visible.You'd have to know exactly where the color number is stored in the BIOS Flash code, change the value, then reflash your system BIOS with the...

Administrators tools is empty

26 Mar 2009Mekong River

The content in this folder is a shortcut only. Try to copy this shortcut from the other machine which has the same version of your computer and service pack and paste it in your empty folder of administrative tools.

Indication of null variables

19 Nov 2008PIEBALDconsult

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When a CheckBox and some other Control are used to display a nullable variable, where the CheckBox is used to indicate whether or not the variable is null, which do you find more intuitive:1) A check means the field IsNull5) A check means the...

I want complete source coding of an auto summarization tool based on statistical or linguistic analysis.

11 Feb 2010#realJSOP

I suppose it's come down to the only answer we can give you.Liquid Nitrogen.

Password Text Box

11 Nov 2010Abdul Quader Mamun

If you want to access HTML input,you need to add runat="server" attribute with input type. Now Visual Studio find it.

An Alternative To MS Foxpro

2 Jan 2011#realJSOP

Have you tried MS Access?

How to make EISA Partition.

27 Jan 2011CPallini

Please, Let Me Google That For You[^]. :)

Number keypad

1 Feb 2011fjdiewornncalwe

Take a look at this. I just threw something together this evening to see if I am barking up the right tree.

Socket Binding Over Internet IP

2 Feb 2011Bobby-CA

This is a difficult question and discussion was going on earlier, but as suggested by "SAKryukov" I am creating this as a New Post.I know, many people will be benefited if a solution comes out, as many are already pondering over this problem. So, I thought CodeProjet would be the ideal place...

difference between Framework 2.0 and Framework 4.0

13 Mar 2011JF2015

See this Wikipedia article that explains the changes for each version of .NET:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework_version_history#.NET_Framework_4[^]

Code that converts speech to text

25 Mar 2011OriginalGriff

You have posted the same request at this article: A Simple Speech Application Using SAPI 5.1 SDK[^] - but since that was written 7 years ago, and his last input to the site three years ago, there is a good chance he is not supporting it any further. Besides, things have moved on in the...

How to get the best and featured article on the main page?

25 Mar 2011OriginalGriff

There is an RSS feed: http://www.codeproject.com/webservices/articlerss.aspxThat may help.

Can a non-compete clause in software license be enforced?

6 Apr 2011Espen Harlinn

The answer is that yes it can - depending on the phrasing of the agreement. Smithers-Jones has a very good point : ask a lawyer. But read through the agreement first, and be prepared to question the lawyer to make sure that he has actually read the whole thing through.RegardsEspen...

Difference between C# and C++

13 Apr 2011Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Incorrect Question, period.Such comparison is undefined operation by definition.Also, there is a separate language/dialect C++.Important note:If anyone wants to Answer or respond to this post, please look at the history of OP's Questions and some available Answers, especially on the...

Difference between C# and C++

13 Apr 2011CPallini

That you can't play a C++ chord.

On the subject of codeproject voting ... a dilemma

13 May 2011#realJSOP

Because you're helping to organized the site. You also organize by voting, bookmarking, downloading, and other things. Caring about votes will come - be patient, young Jedi. :)

Want to solve the problem

19 Jun 2011#realJSOP

If it powers down when you try to play a game or watch a video, it could be0) The video card is toast. Both of the activities you mentioned hit the video card pretty hard. Fortunately, reasonably capable video cards can be had for way less than $100. If you have a spare card, try it, and if...

I am looking for a mobile spy software

14 Aug 2011Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I am not your boyfriend, but I want to break up with you — already. I find your intentions morally unacceptable to keep any relationships with you, even in the framework or CodeProject.And don't try to fool yourself — you always have a choice. There is also a choice between good...

Need help in asp.net.....

21 Aug 2011Uday P.Singh

I guess you are using MSSQL server, you can refer this to retrieve images from database:Storing and Retrieving Images from SQL Server using Microsoft .NET[^]and for your next part of question refer this:http://www.csharpfriends.com/Articles/getArticle.aspx?articleID=112[^]hope it...

Licensing solution for single user

8 Dec 2011Richard MacCutchan

What sort of question is this? You cannot just demand solutions in this way, at least make an effort to do some research into your problem first.

software development technologies

26 Dec 2011Philippe Mori

For some kind of application like antivirus, audio and video editing software and some games, you have to go at the low level to get adequate performance. For example, because of garbage collection, .NET might sometime do short pauses which must not happen in real-time scenario.In general, a...

Software Engineering ebook

2 Jan 2012thatraja

You can't get ebook(legally)Buy the book from Amazon so possibly you can get ebook too with that.Free attachmentPiracy and Unconventional Wisdom[^]

How do you make a code for a homemade snowboarding game so the snowboarder goes downhill after you push a button?

10 Jan 2012Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Just by association with the good response by Marcus I remember that in many similar cases I use a reference to a very encouraging article every software developer ought to know:Peter Norvig, Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years,http://norvig.com/21-days.html[^].Cheers,—SA

prolog calculator :))

27 Apr 2012Manfred Rudolf Bihy

Googling "prolog calculator tutorial" got me this little gem: Prolog Calculator!Cheers,Manfred

Best Specification for Running Visual Studio

24 May 2012Mohamed Mitwalli

Hi , this is requirements for visual studio and it can be more ,http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/ultimate/system-requirements[^] And you can go for more specification :)Best RegardsM.Mitwalli

Best Specification for Running Visual Studio

24 May 2012Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

You don't need top-notch PC to do development with Visual Studio and pretty much anything else — the requirements are quite modest compared to high-spec PCs. Take a look at Microsoft...

USB as key for my software

24 Jun 2012OriginalGriff

Start by finding a dongle you like: Google can help.https://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=f&sugexp=chrome,mod=7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=usb+protection+dongle[^]

How can we change redirection of url. Read below for detail :

26 Jun 2012Espen Harlinn

This discussion[^] covers how to do this.You can also have a look at this:Redirecting Web Sites in IIS[^]Best regardsEspen Harlinn

I want to see all archives

13 Sep 2012Kenneth Haugland

You can get a greate majority here:http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/TopArticles.aspx?ta_so=5[^]You get a 100 responses, but you should be able to get the ones that you are interested in by choosing the appropriate tag filer etc.

Remove Quotation Marks from 2D Array

25 Oct 2012Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

If you want to delete all "", just use System.String.Replace(string, string):string myString; //...//...myString = myString.Replace(@"""", string.Empty); // "" with empty stringPlease see:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fk49wtc1.aspx[^].If you need to use some complex rule...

Credits / copyright acknowledgements / etc.

16 Nov 2012Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

E: all of the above + comments in source code, even if you don't provide it for your customers.—SA

article about commercial .net library?

17 Jan 2013Espen Harlinn

Make a Product Showcase[^]Best regardsEspen Harlinn

What is my most likely problem?

9 Oct 2013Ron Beyer

SQL injection attack, how do you form your SQL statements? That is the most likely source of database loss.By the way, if you have a lot of users and are the victim of an SQL injection attack, you may want to tell your users (hopefully you have a backup) that they may have had data stolen....

Can't download source from article

29 Jan 2014Pete O'Hanlon

I have sorted it. In future, if you have a problem with a download, you should raise it either with the author via the article forum, or in the Site Bugs/Suggestions[^] forum. A lot of people answering in Quick Answers don't have the privileges to update articles - you were lucky that I do.

Idea for Senior Project

11 Feb 2014Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Please see my past answers:Can you suggest a topic for my Senior Project? Programming[^],Need Project Ideas Help me Plz[^],JAVA final year projects[^],Please suggest a good concept for my .NET project ?[^],need some projects topics with description[^],Help Me to Choose A Better...

Please give some good resource to learn NodeJs properly

23 Sep 2014Shemeemsha (ഷെമീംഷ)

Check this site..Lost of resources you can finehttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353818/how-do-i-get-started-with-node-js[^]

Important Must Read it.

22 Nov 2014Richard MacCutchan

When you post questions you need to ensure that they match the guidelines as listed in Code Project Quick Answers FAQ[^]. For example the following do not:I want to create an application that does ...OP is asking for someone to do their research and design.You are to create a...

What are the programmers' opinions about plain english programming?

17 Jan 2019Dave Kreskowiak

In a word, it's garbage. The Grand NagUs was pushing his wares here over 10 years ago. Unfortunately for him, his idea of generating buzz about his product was to lie through his teeth about it and its capabilities. He also decided is was a good idea to only show his code and capabilities to a...

select Multiple in dropdownlist

18 Dec 2008Abhijit Jana

You can use This [^] One cheers,Abhijit

asp.net, ado.net, c# question

8 Apr 2009Christian Graus

Good question. In fact, your database queries SHOULD come from a seperate dll which encapsulates DB code. Microsoft have added ways to do database stuff in the ASPX, but no-one uses them except hobbyists and people who don't know/don't care...

Password Text Box

21 Jul 2008Herman<T>.Instance

You can use the Textbox. Set Property TextBoxMode to Password (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.textboxmode.aspx)

ImageButton in a GridView

5 Aug 2008Cyberpulse

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I have an ImageButton in the Item Template of the fourth column of a gridview. I am trying to access it in the *.aspx.cs file but am unable to do so. I need this button to pass it as a parameter to a method and have tried multiple routes...

ImageButton in a GridView

5 Aug 2008boy.pockets

When calling a method such as this: (ImageButton)Gridview.FindControl("EditButton"); you need to tell it which row to get the control from. So it should look like this: (ImageButton)Gridview.Rows[0].FindControl("EditButton");The number (0) is the...

CustomValidator and Gridview problem

6 Aug 2008kensai

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I have a customvalidator for textbox' in a gridview. The problem is, it doesn't fire up. I did put a break point to validation method but it never catches. The code is working fine in a single page with a single textbox but not in a GridView Can...

How to make DataGrid TemplateColumn ItemTemplate and EditItemTemplate the same without duplicating code?

1 Dec 2008Cyrilix

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Currently, I have something like this: //some markup that tells us what controls to draw for ItemTemplate //same markup as in ItemTemplate...

Communicate between Applications using Httpcontext object.

23 Jul 2009Mike Ellison

Actually, what is happening is simply a cookie being set on the client. SetAuthCookie establishes the user authentication cookie, which allows HttpContext.Current.User to be available.If you want to application #2 to read application #1 data,...