Funcoder Technology Blog http://www.funcoder.com Life and times of a Geek Blogger, WinDev, .NET and Rails Developer Fri, 25 May 2012 16:08:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Copyright Jonathan Buckland 2005geek,software,code,develop,microsoft,family,funTechnology/Software How-Tofuncoder@gmail.comJonathan BucklandJonathan Bucklandnogeek,software,code,develop,microsoft,family,funThe Life and Times of a Geeky Programmer and his FamilyThe Life and Times of a Geeky Programmer and his Familyhttp://www.funcoder.comhttp://www.funcoder.com/funcoder.jpgFuncoder PodcastThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/funcoder/~3/cssbJ4Qd4hg/ http://www.funcoder.com/blackberry/blackberry-10-jam-world-tour/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 11:12:22 +0000 funcoder@gmail.com (Jonathan Buckland) http://www.funcoder.com/?p=200 On the 14th Jun 2012 I will be off to the BlackBerry Jam World Tour. I have been getting heavily involved in mobile app development lately and it is important to keep up to date with the latest platforms.

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I do actually believe that BlackBerry are making some very good moves towards the future and I am looking forward to developing on the new platform with a number of projects I have in the pipeline.

BlackBerry Dev Alpha Device!

If your heading to the conference and would like to meet up then get in touch with me on Twitter @funcoder.

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]]> http://www.funcoder.com/microsoft/new-im-a-pcshop-in-the-house/feed/ 0 noI’m a PC adverts are back!Jonathan BucklandI’m a PC adverts are back!geek,software,code,develop,microsoft,family,funhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/http://www.funcoder.com/microsoft/new-im-a-pcshop-in-the-house/http://www.youtube.com/v/-9hsl6iq-v8?hl=en&hd=1 How to Show Confirm Dialog in a WebDev Looper with AWP http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/funcoder/~3/f1DRntzgsHQ/ http://www.funcoder.com/webdev/how-to-show-confirm-dialog-in-a-webdev-looper-with-awp/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:40:20 +0000 funcoder@gmail.com (Jonathan Buckland) http://www.funcoder.com/2011/03/23/how-to-show-confirm-dialog-in-a-webdev-looper-with-awp/ image

I recently had a situation where I had a looper displaying images, each having a delete button. This delete button would actually delete the image file from the server, so I needed a way to confirm the action. In AWP you can’t use the YesNo or Confirm functions in the server code but actually is very easy performing this in the browser code.

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The important bit of code is the RETURN when the user selects No on the dialog. This RETURN will cause the browser not to execute the server code.

This is very handy to remember as there are many times when its good practice to get user conformation.

]]> http://www.funcoder.com/webdev/how-to-show-confirm-dialog-in-a-webdev-looper-with-awp/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/http://www.funcoder.com/webdev/how-to-show-confirm-dialog-in-a-webdev-looper-with-awp/ PC Soft What I Want #1–WebDev Template Preview http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/funcoder/~3/gSkngoUnmDY/ http://www.funcoder.com/windev-what-i-want/pc-soft-what-i-want-1webdev-template-preview/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:46:50 +0000 funcoder@gmail.com (Jonathan Buckland) http://www.funcoder.com/2011/03/22/pc-soft-what-i-want-1webdev-template-preview/ Now that the release 16 is approaching I thought it would be good to give some thoughts into what I would love to see in the next release. I’m just going to call it PC Soft What I Want but in the post I will be talking about all 3 products.

To start with I would love to be able to preview a template for testing rather than having to go to another page. If you try testing a template page you get an error.

 

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Maybe one way would be able to specify in the template settings to page to run when testing. Its would just be nice to have to improve productivity.

]]> http://www.funcoder.com/windev-what-i-want/pc-soft-what-i-want-1webdev-template-preview/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/http://www.funcoder.com/windev-what-i-want/pc-soft-what-i-want-1webdev-template-preview/ WebDev – Creating Opaque backgrounds without affecting Text http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/funcoder/~3/0YiYL4RWMPo/ http://www.funcoder.com/webdev/webdev-creating-opaque-backgrounds-without-affecting-text/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:06:35 +0000 funcoder@gmail.com (Jonathan Buckland) http://www.funcoder.com/2011/03/22/webdev-creating-opaque-backgrounds-without-affecting-text/ In WebDev if you create a cell and set its background and opacity then the elements within the cell will also appear with the same opacity.

This is not great when you want to show text with say a crisp white colour. So how do you produce the effect without affecting the text?

Firstly you need to add an image control, set its Type to Generated.

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Also make sure that you select “The control can be overlaid” on the image and then add a cell over the text. I usually set a background colour to the image to help me work with it in design.

Add a text control to the cell and set some text. Note that the Cell control also needs to be set as “The control can be overlaid”.

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Even though you set the background of the image you still need to generate a new background with the opacity. Its easy and only requires a few lines of code.

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Note that you have to make sure the shape of the background is set to Solid Background for this to work.

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via Kinect hacked to control Tesla coils from a safe distance (video).

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g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/the-minority-report-has-arrived/feed/ 1 noThis is a look to ways we will be interacting with computers in the future, using spatial movements as demonstrated in the film The Minority Report. g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.Jonathan BucklandThis is a look to ways we will be interacting with computers in the future, using spatial movements as demonstrated in the film The Minority Report. g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.geek,software,code,develop,microsoft,family,funhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/the-minority-report-has-arrived/http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2229299&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1 Microsoft Research – Gesture Multitouch using Webcam http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/funcoder/~3/rogFIxFcddM/ http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/microsoft-research-gesture-multitouch-using-webcam/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:25:43 +0000 funcoder@gmail.com (Jonathan Buckland) http://www.funcoder.com/2008/11/11/microsoft-research-gesture-multitouch-using-webcam/ This is a very cool piece of research coming out of Microsoft Labs.

]]> http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/microsoft-research-gesture-multitouch-using-webcam/feed/ 0 noThis is a very cool piece of research coming out of Microsoft Labs.Jonathan BucklandThis is a very cool piece of research coming out of Microsoft Labs.geek,software,code,develop,microsoft,family,funhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/microsoft-research-gesture-multitouch-using-webcam/http://www.youtube.com/v/AtmwQnUlEmc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en A Look at Windows 7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/funcoder/~3/w9D20c2yWwI/ http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-windows-7/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:04:43 +0000 funcoder@gmail.com (Jonathan Buckland) http://www.funcoder.com/2008/10/31/a-look-at-windows-7/ Here’s a video of the PDC release (pre beta) of Windows 7. I love the gestures you can perform by flicking the mouse.

]]> http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-windows-7/feed/ 0 noHere’s a video of the PDC release (pre beta) of Windows 7. I love the gestures you can perform by flicking the mouse.Jonathan BucklandHere’s a video of the PDC release (pre beta) of Windows 7. I love the gestures you can perform by flicking the mouse.geek,software,code,develop,microsoft,family,funhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-windows-7/http://www.youtube.com/v/RE454JkMYl4&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1 My Free Tool – Check Sites Have Been Indexed By Google http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/funcoder/~3/2hK26r0uvJM/ http://www.funcoder.com/uncategorized/my-free-tool-check-sites-have-been-indexed-by-google/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:36:21 +0000 funcoder@gmail.com (Jonathan Buckland) http://www.funcoder.com/2008/10/29/my-free-tool-check-sites-have-been-indexed-by-google/ I created a simple app this morning to allow me to check when my sites get indexed by Google.

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I thought that you might find it handy so you can grab your free copy here:

http://www.funcoder.com/apps/SiteCheck.zip

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