Can anyone explain what using GCF as a "closed container" actually means?
I understand from this link that you enable this mode of operation using the HandleTopLevelRequests registry key.
I actually stumbled onto this setting as a way to prevent the Developer Tools window from automatically closing upon postbacks/redirects. That default behavior really makes the Network tab almost useless. :(
By setting the HandleTopLevelRequests registry key as described in the link above, the Developer Tools window remains open like I want.
I just don't know if this is a setting I should leave in place because I don't really understand what it's doing.
Or I suppose another way to ask it is, why wouldn't you want the HandleTopLevelRequests setting in place?
**Another registry key named UseChromeNetworking seems to often be used in conjunction with HandleTopLevelRequests. Bonus points for any details on it as well. :)
Any info at all would be appreciated-
I would like to spot a "random" bug on a site. In order to do that I would like to have all the XHR requests saved in a log file, which is a very easy thing. The problem is that I'm not the user, so I have to set up someone else's machine to do that.
The problem is that the user doesn't know how to use the "developer tools" so I would like to have a tools that keep trace of everything without bothering the user. Bear in mind that this bug can occur once in a day and during this time the user can close the browser and re-open it. Do you have any suggestion? thanks!
I think that the best way would be to make the logs from within the site that you're trying to observe.
If you don't have access to it, another solution might be to find/develop a browser extension that logs any xhr to a local file.
I've read in Robert Martin's "Clean Code" that in the 80's Emacs was already capable of recording and playing back your coding session.
I just realised how much I'd learn from that practice, I'd love to profile myself!
However I really don't think it'd be very effective to record the screen (as in video) especially because Visual Studio is already unbearably slow and besides it'd be boring to seek the video in a player.
Instead, it would be really awesome to have some plugin that could record what I've coded (so not the debugging and visual designer, etc) and could play it back for me to see how much I suck and where.
Is this possible?
Edit: just a quote from the book to show how amusing this could be:
Bob enters the module.
He scrolls down to the function needing change.
He pauses, considering his options.
Oh, he’s scrolling up to the top of the module to check the initialization of a variable.
Now he scrolls back down and begins to type.
Ooops, he’s erasing what he typed!
He types it again.
He erases it again!
He types half of something else but then erases that!
He scrolls down to another function that calls the function he’s changing to see how it is
called.
He scrolls back up and types the same code he just erased.
He pauses.
He erases that code again!
He pops up another window and looks at a subclass. Is that function overridden?
. . .
You can just run a secret keylogging campaign on yourself.
Most keyloggers allow recording and playback as a video but you can configure it to only snap frames when you hit a key.
Hy everybody,
I'm wondering if it's possible to add a new button via C++ or C# to windows 7 explorer "context strip"(don't know if this is correct name) - like on picture below.
My reason for this is because a lot of times I'm switching on&off "Show hidden files, folders and drives" functionality under Tools->Folder option->View. Therefore i want to simplify this process with a click of a button.
I was looking into ShellExecteEx function, but I am not sure I can do that. Can Anybody direct me in right direction?
thanks,
regards
I highly recommend using AutoIt for this task. Second URL comes complete with examples of how to insert buttons in various programs - however, be sure to read complete topic for misc. updates to the provided code.
See:
http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9517
Btw: I misread topic to begin with; gui 'context' related material in Windows is often taken to deal with right-click menus
Edit: limit on urls for new users on Stack Overflow mean I had to cut out some of less essential links - google away.
To answer part of the question, I think it is possible as for quite some time we've seen small programs to add a "New Folder" button to the explorer. I think those still works with Win 7.
Look at http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/StExBar for example
[Edit] Forgot to clarify that Source Code for StExBar is on Google Code
I'm writing a DLL that is automatically injected on load in a specific application. Because I'd like to run the program while working on it, and my users might want to load the program without it in specific cases (e.g. bug hunting), I sometimes want to prevent loading the DLL.
Currently I do this by checking GetKeyState for VK_LCONTROL, VK_LSHIFT , and VK_LMENU on load, and if all are down, I silently unload myself.
However, it can take quite a few seconds for the program to load and to see if the DLL was loaded or not, so I want to inform the users when we're unloading. I've considered a MessageBox, but that's too disruptive. I've tried MessageBeep, but that didn't seem to do anything on my setup. Currently I'm using a simple dual beep (Beep, Sleep, Beep) to indicate unloading, but that will probably become rather annoying to my co workers. I've also considered a system-tray icon, but that would introduce a lot of code and bug potential, while I'm aiming for a minimal notification as to not introduce any subtle bugs.
Would anyone else know a subtle way (preferably visual) to inform the user that their input has been succesfully received?
Given the limited scope of your goal, this might actually be an appropriate use of a taskbar notification balloon tip.
Edit: Added link the Joe posted in his concurring answer. Thanks, Joe! :)
If your app has a status bar at the bottom, you could place some message text there...
Have you considered a timed messagebox that closes itself?
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/messageboxhandling/article.php/c203
You could open a window with a short message and close it automatically again after 0.5 seconds or so. It doesn't need user interaction so I don't think it's very disruptive.
Change the window title, then change it back afterwards. Then you can see the change even if the user has Alt-Tabbed over to some other program in the meanwhile, without stealing the focus from the user.
Concur with Greg D.
Look here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/thread/15cbdc8d-fde3-44ab-bbbc-e50cb2071674/
Two ideas:
Turn it around. Have a visual indication when the DLL is loaded, and have the absence of the indicator let you know that the DLL has been unloaded. Perhaps a suffix in the title bar. That way, you can tell at any time, not just during startup.
FlashWindowEx.