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Thanks for your help, Sean.
You've restored my faith! 
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djdynamix wrote: restored my faith
Don't be hard on yourself when writing your article/tips. Most people here in general are willing to help by giving constructive feedback to better help you improve it.
By the way, I found your tip and you may want to fix the extra spacing in your second code block. Fix that and it looks pretty good to me.
"Any sort of work in VB6 is bound to provide several WTF moments." - Christian Graus
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Thanks for your advice, Paul. I'll take a look at it as soon as I have a moment spare.
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Quality of code means everything.
Imagine if every single article had a large notice asking for money. It would be very off-putting.
I started CodeProject so I could give away my code freely, and sticking to that philosophy is important to me. If you don't wish to five the code away freely that's absolutely your choice.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I do provide it freely.
Chris Maunder wrote: if every single article had a large notice asking for money
Does this mean it's ok to have a small notice @ the bottom of my article?
I will remove it if required though.
Kris
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i00 wrote: Does this mean it's ok to have a small notice @ the bottom of my article?
How about something even simpler? Why not, in your bio (which appears at the end of your articles) just include something tasteful like "I hope you enjoy my code. It's yours to use for free, but if you do wish to say thank you then a donation [link] is always appreciated."
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Ok ... i'll change it now
Kris
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Um... how do i include links in my bio it doesn't like <a href=...>???
Thanks
Kris
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ah 
You need to increase your rep. Post a few more articles, get a few more downloads and up-votes and you'll be good to go. 1000 points gets you live links in your bio (and I've just added a note to this on the rep listing page that will be visible in a day or two)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I have 4700+ .... but it just converts <a href=...> to <a href=...> when I save it so it appears as the actual text: <a href=...> in my bio @ the bottom of my articles and not a link???
Kris
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That's weird.
Email me the bio you want and I'll test, fix and get your bio updated.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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helping hand!! 
KiranKumar Roy
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Also if quality means everything, how do things like this get approved?
Kris
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Thanks for pointing that out. I've changed it from an article to a tip.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Also, and sorry to spam you, but I have reported two comments as they state things such as my article contains "no visible code" which is completely inaccurate.
Kris
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i00 wrote: but I have reported two comments as they state things such as my article contains "no visible code"
There is no local version of the download. As we've said previously, having a local copy is important - even if it's an older version. Links to external sites break, or are blocked, or developers just move on, and so having only an external link means articles get orphaned from their code and become unusable.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi,
Please don't be discouraged! Taking the time to trace and find a solution to a Windows 7 security issue is commendable!
April
Comm100 - Leading Live Chat Software Provider
modified 27-May-14 8:42am.
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The author of this article[^] appears to be demanding a sort of registration from anyone who uses the code, and also soliciting donations.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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interesting 
“Milletler birleşince refaha, ayrılınca da fakru zarurete düçar olurlar”
Nuri Demirağ, 1954
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I'd say no, and I've raised this with the author. He's a hostile little tick, and it's taking me all my efforts not to remove that part of the article, or remove his article altogether (yes, I can do that). I'll flag this with Chris or Sean, as I think they are so snowed that they've missed this thread.
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As I have said I don't ask for donations (which is the definition of soliciting), it is up to the user if they want to or not.
There are many articles on here that use paid components (that are not even open source) that are obviously posted by people who sell the product, are these also not allowed?
Kris
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i00 wrote: I don't ask for donations
The second paragraph in your article is headed "Donations", and it specifically tells people how to donate. In my book that is soliciting for them. In the bold print before the introduction you have "Anyone wishing to use this code in their projects may do so, however are required to leave a post on this page stating that they are using this.", which is demanding. Neither of these parts of the article are in line with the general philosophy of CodeProject.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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Hi Kris,
Unfortunately we do not condone donations in articles as it would set an unfortunate precedent. We've seen it a few times in the past and I've asked those authors to remove the donations sections from their articles as well.
As you were able to find a couple of articles (and I'll emailing them after this), if one article exists that has donations, other authors can likewise point to it, or it encourages more to follow.
Would you be willing to remove that donation section from your article? Also, we note that your download is hosted off site. We're happy to keep that link there for the "latest" files, but we do ask you to host a local copy of the source as well.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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I don't get the problem. He says it's Open Source. He won he price with the article. Let the people donate if they like to! 
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How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night.
War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.
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Then everyone starts asking for donations and, all of a sudden, people stop coming to Code Project for their code because they see people asking for money - and the perception is, that the code is no longer free.
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