The life of a geek: code, drama, and other stuff...

C++ object framework

2010-06-14T17:25:00.000-04:00

So in an effort to ever-expand my skills, I've recently decided that I don't have enough projects going on at the same time. *sarcasm*

One such project is an MVC-like C++ "web" object framework, since I seem to be getting stuck writing so much PHP5 lately.

I will post a sample when I have something working, probably later on this week. (or next- depending on my schedule.)

TerminalCtl woes

2009-04-23T03:58:00.010-04:00

So,

I'm working on a "Terminal" UserControl which acts like the graphical output control from
the Windows NT command-line interface-

The only problem is- if it doesn't flicker, it completely distorts the contents of the text being shown,
or throws an Exception...

So, I'm having an associate of mine take a look at it, and hopefully we can come to some kind of
a solution without too much trouble.

I'll post the UserControl here under a BSD license once it's completed and is working properly.

Items and Wizards and Frameworks, Oh My!

2009-03-23T16:37:00.003-04:00

Ah, another Monday, another deadline.

It's come to my attention that a micro-project that I'm working on for work is progressing slower than I would like for it to.

However, there are still a few "minor" issues with this framework.. The most prominent of these "issues" being the fact that I still have to implement sorting code to allow Wizard pages to specify their depth from the starting page.

Before I forget, though- I should implement this in such a way that it catches page overwrite attempts. That is, when pages try to specify the same index inside the same logical collection of IWizardPage entries, it should throw some sort of Exception.

Once this has been completed, it should be able to go straight into the larget project that I'm working on which will utilize this.

That's all for now.
robert_

Brief update...

2009-03-17T17:55:00.003-04:00

Well, after a LONG night of reinventing large pieces of my WCF client's codebase, I finally managed to start making some headway with it...

So, now my management code has some tweaks to the WMI side of the printing service:

* I've removed all traces of manually managing the session key, and just let WCF manage it all for me.
* I'm in the middle of updating some code for internally managing the client application's output to the user.

C# and Threading: Oh joy!

2009-03-16T12:02:00.001-04:00

I hate threading. So very, very much.

Threading and C#: An adventure where Murphy's law is sure to reem you in the ass.

So, for this project at work that I'm working on, it now involves threading at the .NET-level. OH YIPPY-FUCKING-SKIPPY! How wonderful that I get to introduce yet ANOTHER point of failure into my print client's architecture!!!!!!!

So, after a quick google search for C# gui threading, I found this article on Threading and WinForms. But one can only guess as to whether or not this will want to integrate properly with my project.

The sample project provided with it seems to work, so that's slightly encouraging.

robert_

GOD DAMN YOU, Cisco AnyConnect!

2009-03-15T20:28:00.000-04:00

Argh@!!

That's about all I can say about Cisco's AnyConnect VPN client. It fucking endlessly pisses me the hell off: It refuses to allow RDP (Windows' Remote Desktop) connections to connect to your VPN, forcing you to log in locally to that machine (no matter how fucking cumbersome that process may be...)

It wouldn't be so bad, if it "allowed" you to connect to a VPN over Remote Desktop. Now, I know that controlling VPN connections from RDP has security implications, HOWEVER- why should it matter when I'm using RDP from a LAN?

Earth to Cisco- get your fucking act together. Add an "Allow VPN (dis)connect from Remote Desktop" option and gasp, don't fucking enable it by default, jesus!

robert_

Hello, World!

2009-03-15T19:18:00.000-04:00

Hi everybody,

This is just an introductory blog post, to say Hi. More to come later though. I'm currently in the middle of finishing up an in-house printer management system written in C#.

This will be about as fun as having a tooth pulled.
robert_