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VS2022 format all files
by Greg Keogh April 12, 2023

April 12, 2023

Folks, is there a way to apply commands like *Format Document* and *Remove and Sort Usings* to multiple C# files, perhaps all open files or all files in the project? Web searches suggest it's not possible at the moment. I see an Extension for this which looks a bit flakey and I won't try it yet. Taking this even further, I occasionally need to "beautify" C# code in hundreds of files in projects to fix things like indentation, tabs, usings and more fiddly things like removing excess blank lines, putting gaps between methods, etc. That is, I want to bring code that is sometimes haphazardly formatted back to a vanilla format acceptable to typical developers. Cheers, *Greg Keogh*

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Postman help please
by Dr Greg Low April 5, 2023

April 5, 2023

Hi folks, Anyone a gun on Postman? I'm trying to debug a file upload. * I create a request that looks like the typical request, including a body saying form-data and with a key of file and a value set to File with an uploaded file. * I save a 200 response for it. * I choose to mock the collection and create a server. * I start a new request pointing to the mock server, and set the body the same way as before. * I send the request. In the server logs, I see this: [cid:image001.png@01D95E43.FC7535E0] The content-length looks about right. The content-type does say multipart/form-data, and has a boundary, etc. But the body is empty. Is there some trick to getting it to log the body? That's what I'm trying to see. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com<https://sqldownunder.com/> | About Greg: https://about.me/greg.low

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Re: [OT] VPN
by Tom P March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023

Hi folks Any current recommendations for a VPN provider? I procrastinated on this but would like to get one now after some privacy updates by my ISP that I interpret as bad news. NordVPN still ok? Any new recommendations? Cheers Tom On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 23:40, Grant Castner <gcastner(a)outlook.com.au> wrote: > I have been using NordVPN for a couple of years now with no issues > > Dr Grant Castner > BCom(Hons) LLB(Hons) PhD > 0458 770 749 > http://twitter.com/grantcastner > https://au.linkedin.com/in/grantcastner > ------------------------------ > *From:* ozdotnet-bounces(a)ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-bounces(a)ozdotnet.com> on > behalf of Tom P <tompbiz93(a)gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2021 7:53:09 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet(a)ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [OT] VPN > > Is the speed ok with Proton? Reviews indicate speed is not as good as Nord > for example. > > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 19:30, Grant Maw <grant.maw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Using Proton. Paid version. Very happy with it, works on Linux, PC and my > Android tablet. > > Has never let me down, has plenty of endpoints etc > On 13/10/21 4:41 pm, Tom P wrote: > > Hi folks > > What VPN provider are some of you using at home and are happy with? There > are many and mixed reviews. ExpressVPN, Nord… etc. > > Cheers > Tom > > -- > Thanks > Tom > > -- > Thanks > Tom > -- Thanks Tom

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Replacement for old PictureBox
by Dr Greg Low March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023

Hi Everyone, I'm migrating an old VB6 app to .NET. It used a PictureBox control and of course that had all sorts of options for drawing all over it. In the end, it was used to generate JPG images that were printed. I'd really prefer to use PDF as output anyway. Does anyone have a favourite control that presents a drawable surface that you can output as a PDF? (Or ideally as a JPG as well?) I get the impression that the .NET version of the PictureBox is way different, although it does seem to expose a Graphics object that you can then draw on. Is it better to stick with the standard .NET control and work out how to migrate the code? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com<https://sqldownunder.com/> | About Greg: https://about.me/greg.low

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[OT] "Shrinking" IDs in SQL Server
by Tom P March 13, 2023

March 13, 2023

Hello I was hoping some of the SQL experts here could help with a problem I am facing. Currently have covid too so perhaps I'm not thinking clearly... Long story short, is there a way in SQL Server to convert strings (varchars) of any length to exactly 32, keeping uniqueness? It would also be nice if I could convert them back to ensure I haven't lost information. Briefly, the reason I want to do this is my target is varchar(32) but the IDs I am dealing with are made up of composite business keys of larger length. I need to be able to use the current business keys and generate unique 32 character equivalents in a deterministic way. Appreciate any advice. Thanks Tom

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Blazor update publish problems
by Greg Keogh March 7, 2023

March 7, 2023

Folks, we have an intermittent serious problem with publishing updates to our Blazor app. I'm hoping someone knows of tricks or techniques to fix it. When publishing a new version I delete all files from the vdir beforehand, then I stop+start the Azure app service in an attempt to force the new version to be visible. However, on the client-side just about anything can go wrong. We see stalls, absurd JavaScript errors, 3rd party control licencing errors, 403 file errors, etc. Any stupid thing that can go wrong probably will. I know the app release is perfectly valid and passes all tests, but when deployed it goes randomly up sh*t creek for the end user in the web browser. I assume the behaviour of web browsers is to blame and we have limited control over that. Is there some server or client side configuration or meta that can help avoid this problem? Or some other technique? We have some large companies using our app and they're getting very irritated, so any advice would be most welcome. Thanks, *Greg Keogh*

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[OT] APNIC charges for historical resources
by Greg Keogh March 1, 2023

March 1, 2023

Folks, It's almost Friday... I just received an email from APNIC to tell me that a class C IP block I've owned for 27 years is now under their control and I will be charged $500/year to keep this *historical* resource that was created before APNIC existed. See Maintenance Fee Change <https://help.apnic.net/s/article/historical-fee-change>. Has anyone else received a similar notification? My thoughts were: this is either kidnapping, extortion or a "protection racket", or all three. I'm reminded of the 1990s when Melbourne IT were effectively selling the dictionary for a minimum ~$135 per domain name, and special words like "realestate" or "sales" etc were up for the highest bidder at eye-watering prices. Ah, the days of the Internet boom...! I'd like to write an official complaint about APNIC's money-grubbing scam to someone, but who? The ACCC is a toothless tiger. There is a federal ombudsman, but would APNIC be on their radar? Cheers, *Greg K*

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Reduced Azure console log noise
by Greg Keogh Jan. 25, 2023

Jan. 25, 2023

Do other people use the Azure portal Log Stream console to watch logging output from their apps? If so, you might have seen that there's a lot of "noisy" [Information] messages from Microsoft.AspNetCore.* which I can't figure out how to disable. It's a terrible burden trying to see my messages in the clutter. My appsettings.json is deployed with this: "Logging": { "LogLevel": { "Default": "Information", "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning" } }, But it makes no difference at all. I've tried various combinations without success. Maybe I'm using the wrong technique. Thanks, *Greg*

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Xamarin support policy - Hiding the keyboard
by Greg Keogh Jan. 5, 2023

Jan. 5, 2023

Folks, while looking for a way to prevent the soft keyboard appearing when certain edit fields got the focus, I stumbled upon this <https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/xamarin>. It definitively closes the Xamarin vs MAUI debates. Xamarin support will end on May 1, 2024 for all Xamarin SDKs. Android 13 and Xcode 14 SDKs (iOS and iPadOS 16, macOS 13) will be the final versions Xamarin will target. In the meantime, I'm still stuck finding a simple way of hiding the keyboard when a page opens and a specific edit field is given focus. The text will be entered with a barcode scanner, so the soft keyboard is a useless distraction that covers important information. However, if you tap the edit field then the keyboard must appear. Web searches produce no trustworthy answers to try yet, just arguments and complaints. *Greg*

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[OT] Google font globally
by Greg Keogh Dec. 31, 2022

Dec. 31, 2022

Folks (anyone working?!) I've finally decided there are some nice Google web fonts I'd like to use (there are far too many nearly identical ones to choose from). The docs recommend the following (blue) lines in the html of each page: <head> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=PT+Serif&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <style> @import url(' https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=PT+Serif&display=swap'); </style> </head> This is okay for one page, but how can I use a font in the hundreds of pages in a site? The problem is factoring out the common statements. The preconnect lines are optional and I think they can be ignored. The @import can be placed in a global link'd css file. But I don't think the link href to the font can be factored out and it would have to be inserted into hundreds of pages. Are there HTML5 boffins here who know of a trick or technique to simply apply a Google font globally with minimal editing? Cheers, *Greg K*

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