SteveX Compiled

This is the list of bugs fixed in Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Dave Winer says Bootstrap a lot.

I had something very strange happen to me in deploying a fairly simple Windows Forms app recently:  Some of the controls ended up somewhere other than where I put them. I have no idea why.. I was setting the position of the most of the controls myself by setting the Left, Top, Width and Height […]

The obvious way to read lines from a text file is simply to open it and call ReadLine until you get nothing back: StreamReader r = File.OpenText(fileName); while (true) { string thisLine = r.ReadLine(); if (thisLine == null) break; // Process the line here } r.Close(); Reading a million lines from a text file this […]

When you’re creating an application with non-rectangular windows, there’s the “old way” (associating a region with the window) and the “new way”, using a transparency mask. The “old way” works pretty well, but it’s a pain to set up.  Creating a transparency mask is easy, and setting your form up to use it is easy […]

I recently moved, and as part of the move, I decided to switch from a front projection home theater to a traditional rear projection TV. There is some good information on the net about this.   Here’s some notes based on my experience with these things.   Among the drawbacks of a projector: They take […]