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CodeShare Beta - A fast and easy way to share your code as it was meant to be displayed

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:13:00 +0000

http://codeshare.xtf.dk/

Center a new popup window even on dualscreen with javascript

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:16:00 +0000

function PopupCenter(url, title, w, h) {
    // Fixes dual-screen position                       Most browsers      Firefox
    var dualScreenLeft = window.screenLeft != undefined ? window.screenLeft : screen.left;
    var dualScreenTop = window.screenTop != undefined ? window.screenTop : screen.top;
    
    var left = ((screen.width / 2) - (w / 2)) + dualScreenLeft;
    var top = ((screen.height / 2) - (h / 2)) + dualScreenTop;
    var newWindow = window.open(url, title, 'scrollbars=yes, width=' + w + ', height=' + h + ', top=' + top + ', left=' + left);

    // Puts focus on the newWindow
    if (window.focus) {
        newWindow.focus();
    }
}

Usage example:

PopupCenter('http://www.xtf.dk','xtf','900','500');

Viber app - Free calls/sms on your mobile phone

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:04:00 +0000

This app allows you to call "free" to any other viber users - you need a data package, but who haven't got one ;)

The app will come for Android soon, and another great upcoming feature is the free sms app, you can see much more on: http://www.viber.com/

I can't wait to get it on my Android phone, if you have tried the product, pleas leave a comment, pros/cons?

Update: It is finally here, I have just testet texting and calling, this could get big!

Welcome to my new blog!

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:13:00 +0000

I've decided to convert my dotnetblogengine to a blogspot blog, and I have bought a new name for the blog, in the same process.

The reason I bought a new domain name, is because i wanted something shorter, and i was able to make it quite short and with my initials in it TF, the x represents the unknown parameter.

Why i choose blogspot is because nearly all my other products is google, and they work very well together, so it was a natural choice, another selling point was that I don't have to "mange" my own application anymore.

The blog is far from done yet! ..I will give it a new design soon, and much more to come. I will also start blogging a bit more again, the reason why i haven't blogged this much recently, is because I was very tired of the "trouble" I had to go to, just to write a blog.

All posts older than this, is directly imported from my old blog frostyzone.net.

jQuery Treeview persist preSelected

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:45:00 +0000

This is another addition to the jQuery treeview plugin, developed by Jörn Zaefferer
My old addition to the script can be found here Ignore query in jQuery treeview persist location (i think it has been handled in his version too)
It is still a "problem" with persist, this time I output the menu with the item already selected by the class selected.
But when this is done, it wont expand to the item I have pre selected, that is why I made this little addition:

case "preSelected":
    var current = this.find("a.preSelected");
    if ( current.length ) {
  // TODO update the open/closed classes
  var items = current.addClass("selected").parents("ul, li").add( current.next() ).show();
  if (settings.prerendered) {
   // if prerendered is on, replicate the basic class swapping
   items.filter("li")
    .swapClass( CLASSES.collapsable, CLASSES.expandable )
    .swapClass( CLASSES.lastCollapsable, CLASSES.lastExpandable )
    .find(">.hitarea")
     .swapClass( CLASSES.collapsableHitarea, CLASSES.expandableHitarea )
     .swapClass( CLASSES.lastCollapsableHitarea, CLASSES.lastExpandableHitarea );
  }
 }
    break;

i just copied the location method and replaced this:

var current = this.find("a").filter(function() {
 return this.href.toLowerCase() == location.href.toLowerCase();

with var current = this.find("a.preSelected")
The only thing left to do is to add the class preSelected to the selected item, when you output the treeview.

Tranformice - tips & tricks

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:20:00 +0000

I've been playing this very addictive game for a while now: http://transformice.com/en/ ..it is very simple, get to the cheese and then into the hole.
But there is some ways you can improve your chances to get the cheese first, here are some videos and stuff:

How to long jump

How to wall jump

Hilarious youtube error message

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:08:00 +0000

I got this message when i played around with the audio tracks, on one of my Youtube video.
This is one of the most hilarious error messages I have ever seen!

Youtube Leanback - The perfect party jukebox

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:35:00 +0000

People with a little media center like me, will be happy for YouTubes newest initiative: Leanback

It is possible to see a little explanation here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bITse42LpKA

So people can quickly do youtube searches without it all stops when the song is finished, canon solution!

HTC Desire tips & tricks

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:01:00 +0000

Add these folder to the SD card and put the music you want for notifications, ringtones and alarms:

media/audio/notifications
media/audio/ringtones
media/audio/alarms

If you want to have more of the features the Nexus One have, this is a awesome blog: http://nimbu.amorvi.com/

Got my HTC Desire

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:56:00 +0000

I finally got my HTC Desire from telmore, and i must say it's an awesome mobile phone!

But there is some tips and tricks that is good to know, and I'll blog some of them I found useful

jQuery carousel lite with dynamic paging

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:29:00 +0000

sorry for the missing description. I will might but it on later

Resources

http://www.gmarwaha.com/jquery/jcarousellite/
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/9fec8a1746945bd2

index.htm

<script src="jcarousellite_1.0.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<ul class="paging"></ul>

// build links  
var itemArray = new Array();
$('.carousel ul').each(function(i) {
    var carouselNavDivs = $('ul.paging');
    $(carouselNavDivs[i]).append('<li class="prev"><a><<</a></li>');
    $(this).children().each(function(j) {
        itemArray[j] = "." + j;
        var linkNum = 0;
        linkNum = j + 1;
        $(carouselNavDivs[i]).append("<li class='" + j + "'><a>" + linkNum + "</a></li>");
    });
    $(carouselNavDivs[i]).append('<li class="next"><a>>></a></li>');
});

$(function() {
    $(".carousel").jCarouselLite({
        btnNext: ".next",
        btnPrev: ".prev",
        btnGo: itemArray,
        circular: false,
        visible: 1
    });
});

jcarousellite_1.0.1.min.js

if (o.btnGo)
    $.each(o.btnGo, function(i, val) {
        $(val).click(function() {
            $.each(o.btnGo, function(i, val) {
                $(val).removeClass('active');
            });
            $(this).addClass('active');
            return go(o.circular ? o.visible + i : i);
        });
    });

Still needs to be able to select current when using prev/next

My main computer has been updated!

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:23:00 +0000

This is a hardware update to my current specs found here

Motherboard: ASUS P5Q PRO --> GIGABYTE EX54-UD4
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2,5GHz --> i7-920
Graphic card: MSI NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT --> GeForce GTX 285 1gb
Harddisk: 2x Seagate Barracuda 320GB 24/7 --> Added: WD Caviar Black 1TB (OS disk)
RAM: 2x Samsung 2GB UPDATE: 2x Geil Black Dragon 2GB (8GB FTW) --> 6x 2gb DDR3-1333 (12gb)
Tower: Antec Performance One P182
PSU: Corsair TX750W

And the OS is ofcourse Windows Server 2008r2 now :D ..I'm very happy with my new hardware update and it's just working perfectly!

How to partition a hard disk drive containing data

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:05:00 +0000

I needed to partition my newly bought 1TB WD disk for my HTPC, because i wanted to use some for OS and the rest for data storage, but i had already put 200GB of data onto it. I will explain how I handled this problem, and still kept my data.
First of all i needed a program capable of partitioning a disk that contains data. I was a little careful picking the software, because a software crash right ind the middle of the partitioning, would destroy the data that was already on the disk.

I read a lot of recommendations in different forums and stumbled upon this: http://www.partitionwizard.com/, it did exactly what i needed!
And it was really easy to use, just a few clicks and the disk was partitioned in a few minutes. But remember that it is recommended to backup the data before using the program, even though the program is capable of saving the data.

One thing i struggled with a lot afterwards, was installing the OS and it seemed like i needed to set my newly partitioned part to active(has to be if it should be bootable), stupid mistake but took a lot of time before I realized it was the problem.

My new Low budget, low noise full HD HTPC/media center build

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:51:00 +0000

Hardware:

TV: Sony KDL-40V5500 - 40" Full HD LCD (here)
Console: PS3
Receiver: Sony STR-DH800 (here)
Subwoofer: Apart SUBA165 (here)
Front/Back speakers: Apart MASK6-BL (here)
Center speaker: JVC

Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech dinovo mini
Motherboard: Asus P5N7A-VM
CPU: Intel Core 2 duo E6600
CPU cooler: Cosmo cool aluminium/copper hybrid edition
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 (integrated)
Hard disk drive OS: 1TB Western Digital AV-GP (partitioned)
Hard disk drive Data: 1TB Western Digital AV-GP
Optical disk drive: Asus combo CD/DVD-RW
RAM: 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2
Tower: Antec NSK2480 (removed one fan to reduce noise)
PSU: 380W 80 plus (integrated)

Software:

OS: Windows XP professional (speed optimized)
Media center: XBMC FREE read more..
Music player: Winamp FREE read more..
All round player: VLCplayer FREE read more..

Review:

So far it is working perfectly! ...with low noise and great performance.
When I have used the system for some time, I will make a more thorough review of my HTPC set-up

Place text and divs beside each other using css

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:36:00 +0000

I suddenly needed to have some text beside a div, but i just couldn't remember how.

But i figured it out and here is my solution, and yes it's not the most complex thing in the world ;)

html:

Some text <div class="divBesideText"></div>

CSS:

.divBesideText
{
    display: inline;
}

Custom file extension in IIS and register a HTTP handler in asp.net

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:25:00 +0000

Good msdn articles on how to add a new file extension in the IIS and registrer the HTTP handler in asp.net

Configure the IIS to accept the new file extension: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb515343.aspx

Chrome Experiments - JavaScript mania

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:20:00 +0000

This is a great site if you want to look at some awesome JavaScript and see what it actually is capable of doing, and how well your browser renders JavaScript.
It is called: Chrome Experiments and is as the name says for Google Chrome, it just have a lot of mind blowing experiments that I think is worth checking out

If you haven't got the message then listen here

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:20:00 +0000

A friend posted a link to this video and it is just so funny and true that i just had to post it, Write in c - Let it be!

Ignore query in jQuery treeview persist location

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:40:00 +0000

The jQuery treeview plugin can be found here, it is a brilliant plugin which makes amazing treeviews.

But when i use:

persist: "location"

I run into a little "problem", because i would like to have the treeview item selected when i use query's in the URL, and as default it just doesn't select any when using query.

What I need to do is to detect if there is a query in the url and then ignore it, I've done it the following way:

case "location":

var current = this.find("a").filter(function()
{
    return this.href.substring(0, (this.href.indexOf("?") == -1) ? this.href.length: this.href.indexOf("?")).toLowerCase() == location.href.substring(0, (location.href.indexOf("?") == -1) ? location.href.length: location.href.indexOf("?")).toLowerCase();
});

It is a pretty simple fix and works like a charm!

EDIT:

This version is also able to handle bookmarks and query in url.

case "location":

var current = this.find("a").filter(function()
{
    var linkLength = (this.href.indexOf("?") != -1) ? this.href.indexOf("?") : (this.href.indexOf("#") != -1) ? this.href.indexOf("#") : this.href.length;
    var link = this.href.substring(0, linkLength);

    var urlLength = (location.href.indexOf("?") != -1) ? location.href.indexOf("?") : (location.href.indexOf("#") != -1) ? location.href.indexOf("#") : location.href.length;
    var url = location.href.substring(0, urlLength);

    return link.toLowerCase() == url.toLowerCase();
});

Windows remote desktop security

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:22:00 +0000

I've been wondering about how secure Windows Remote Desktop actually is, and it seems like you can be pretty protected with some common sense and few changes.
Here are a few tips that I have found while searching:

As default all administrators has remote desktop access, so it is a good idea to change the Administrator users name to a different name.
1. It is found in: Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy -> Local Policies -> Security Options
2. Find: "Accounts: Rename administrator account" in the list, and right click and Properties.
3. You are able to rename the administrator name here, and then restart the computer.
4. While your in the Local Policies you can change the values in the Account Policies to be as you want it, like changing the: Account lockout threshold to a few attempts.
Another thing is to change the default port number of remote desktop which is 3389, it can be changed the following way.
1. Go to: Start -> Run -> write "regedit" -> press OK.
2. Go to the following folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> System -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> TerminalServer -> WinStations -> RDP-Tcp
3. Find: "PortNumber" in the list, and right click and "Modify..."
4. Write your desired port number and remember to add ":PortNumber" at the end of the URL when connecting to your Remote Desktop, and be sure to check if the firewall port is open.

Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:38:00 +0000

I use windows server 2008 as a workstation myself, and there are significant changes which can be made to make it much better as a workstation.
A great site that i used to reconfigure mine is: win2008workstation.com, there is guides to everything, from disabling the shutdown tracker to performance increases and much more!
..i can warmly recommend it, because it gives a better workstation experience on a awesome OS.

Saving changes is not permitted in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:06:00 +0000

If you try to change columns in a table that you've created you will get the following message:

"Saving changes ins not permitted. The changes you have made require the following table to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created.". I think this option isen't very useful as enabled by default.

The message explains itsel, you have to disable the "Prevent saving changesthat require the table to be re-created", but where is this option.
Tools -> Options -> Table and Database Designers -> Uncheck "Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created"

Aviary editors is worth trying

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:32:00 +0000

My friend said I should check this link, and so i did: aviary.com

I looked at it and found a lot of pretty cool "editors" or as they say it: "creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing.".

I don't like flash very much, but i must say it is the best browser based photo editor I've ever seen, and properly also the only one ;)

I haven't checked out the others that much, but I'm sure they are just as nice. So if you need a photo editor on the fly i would recommend the one Aviary Phoenix Image Editor.

Request file from javascript created file uploads

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:20:00 +0000

If you want the files from your file uploads you normally use:

Request.Files

But when the file uploads is created using javascript like so:

var element = document.getElementById("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DdlFileCount");

var Value = element[element.selectedIndex].value;

var container = document.getElementById("TextboxContainer");

container.innerHTML = "";

for (var i = 0; i < Value; i++) {

    container.innerHTML += "<input class='textbox' type='file' name='FileUpl" + i + "' id='FileUpl" + i + "' /><br />";

}

The Request.Files won't detect the files uploaded by the client using the dynamic file upload.

The reason why, is because asp.net at compile time creates an Enctype in the form, this wont get created when client-side scripting is doing the creating of control.

My friend found a pretty simple solution, where you just need to add the following line to your page load event:

Form.Enctype = "multipart/form-data";

After that you are able to Request.Files like you normally would do from asp.net controls.

Project - Breakfast Bringer

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Frost) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:37:00 +0000

Problem

We have a computer showing an excel document at work, which shows who has to get breakfast on the particular day. I thought it could be made a lot smarter, and that's why i started this fun mini project, but also to get a better understanding of Windows application, because they are relatively new for me.

Solution

Create a small windows application which will keep track on who has to get breakfast each day.

The language is Danish, so you will have to translate if you don't get the main functionality.

How it's made

Before I explain my method i have to say, that I have very little knowledge about Windows applications, because this is my second Windows application I've made.

Data

It runs on one computer, but i would still like it to store the data somehow, even when the program is closed. I solved this by making a Data.xml file, I communicate with this file using LINQ to XML. The structure looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bringers>
   <bringer status="brought" lastDate="29-01-2009">
      <name>Thomas</name>

   </bringer>
   <bringer status="bring" lastDate="">
      <name>Christian</name>
   </bringer>
      <bringer status="bring" lastDate="">

      <name>Nikita</name>
   </bringer>
</bringers>

I could make the status to boolean, an id etc. but this is made very quickly and does what is has to do.
My only problem with the Data.xml file has how to include it into my project when i published it, it look a while but i found the solution in the Application Properties > Appliccation Files... > Include Data.xml

LINQ to XML

I used very simple linq to xml, actually just to create, update and delete.
DataAccess.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace BreakfastBringer
{
    class DataAccess
    {
        private static XElement doc = XElement.Load("Data.xml");

        public void CreateBringer(string status, string name)
        {
            XElement newBringer = new XElement("bringer",
              new XAttribute("status", status),
              new XAttribute("lastDate", ""),
                new XElement("name", name));

            doc.Add(newBringer);
            doc.Save("Data.xml");
        }

        public void UpdateBringer(string name, string status)
        {
            IEnumerable<XElement> bringerList = (from b in doc.Elements("bringer")
                                                 where b.Element("name").Value == name
                                                 select b);

            foreach (XElement singleBringer in bringerList)
            {
                singleBringer.SetAttributeValue("status", status);
                singleBringer.SetAttributeValue("lastDate", DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
            }

            doc.Save("Data.xml");
        }

        public void UpdateAllBringers(string status)
        {
            IEnumerable<XElement> bringerList = (from b in doc.Elements("bringer")
                                                 select b);

            foreach (XElement singleBringer in bringerList)
            {
                singleBringer.SetAttributeValue("status", status);
            }

            doc.Save("Data.xml");
        }

        public static List<string> GetBringers(string status)
        {
            return (from b in doc.Descendants("bringer")
                    where b.Attribute("status").Value == status
                    select b.Element("name").Value).ToList();
        }

        public static object GetTodaysBringer()
        {
            return doc.Descendants("bringer").FirstOrDefault(x => x.Attribute("lastDate").Value == DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
        }

        public static void DeleteBringer(string name)
        {
            IEnumerable<XElement> bringerList = (from b in doc.Elements("bringer")
                                                 where b.Element("name").Value == name
                                                 select b);
            foreach (XElement singleBringer in bringerList)
            {
                singleBringer.Remove();
            }
            doc.Save("Data.xml");
        }
    }
}

When the data access is handled, you can start on the fun bit, which is making the functionality.

Random function

I needed a random function on the bringer list because I wanted to make it both chooseable and random.

int listCount = LbxBring.Items.Count;
if (listCount != 0)
{
   Random random = new Random();

   int randomIndex = random.Next(0, listCount);
   LbxBring.SetSelected(randomIndex, true);
}

Load a file

I wondored how this could be achieved and the solution was very simple, you are able to see the xml file to backup xml or just to see how the data structure is:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Data.xml");

Update application

This is why the application is in 1.1, it didn't have this function in the first build, and that was quite annoying. Because the application was open all the time so as soon as a day has passed the "Today message" was outdated, so i had to create a loop in the delegate which invoked the specific function:

// Starts the thread.
timerThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ThreadProc));
timerThread.IsBackground = true;
timerThread.Start();

// This Background Thread is called from the ThreadStart Delegate.
public void ThreadProc()
{
   MethodInvoker mi = new MethodInvoker(this.DatabindLbxs);
   while (true)
   {
      this.BeginInvoke(mi);
      //        every 3rd hour
      Thread.Sleep(10800000);
   }
}

I found this method in another blog, but i can't remember the link right now, but if i remember it, I'll be sure to post it here :)