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Chris
This is for 12 months later or so. How about making the Lounge a web service. Thus we can all write our own Lounge clients to send/recv Lounge threads.
Nish
p.s. If I get good enough at web services, I can help out too...
I am the Keyboard Smasher
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Hmm, I don't know if automated posters would be very good 
- Matt Newman / Anti-Linux Activist
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Matt Newman wrote:
I don't know if automated posters would be very good
I never thought of that
Nish
I am the Keyboard Smasher
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I assume your thinking along the lines of an AIM or MNS Messenger type service here. That could be usefull to see if artical writers or SysAdmins are online to send an instant message to them. Sometimes board posts answers can be a bit delayed.
I'm not late, I'm just not as early as I could have been.
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Jonny Newman wrote:
That could be usefull to see if artical writers or SysAdmins are online to send an instant message to them.
Exactly!
But that's just part of it. It'll also let you view Lounge and other Forum posts, will let you post stuff and search stuff.
You can also view articles, perhaps even submit articles.
Nish
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Basically turning CP into a program running a web service. Sounds great, if anyone does do this gimmi a shout and i'll gladly be a beta tester.
BTW it'll have to be cross platform wont it, at least with the HTML based CP everyone can view it, getting this service out to the masses running Unix and MacOS could prove a daunting task.
I'm not late, I'm just not as early as I could have been.
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Actually, the reasoning behind Microsoft's use of SOAP and XML in their Web Service idea was to provide access to all. You see, any SOAP client can access and consume a web service. So a UNIX or MacOS client could access the proposed CP Web Service if someone developed an app for them. In MSDN articles on Web Services, they specifically state that Web Services can be used by clients on other platforms as long as they use SOAP. Hey, you could even use straight HTTP to access a Web Service, as shown when you visit an asmx file. It gives code as to how to consume a Web Service using SOAP or HTTP.
Just wanted to clear up a little misconception that I have seen in many places...
David Stone
dstone@newcenturytitle.com
"I am but mad north-northwest, when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw." -Hamlet
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I understand the server/service side will be accessible by any SOAP/XML clients but what I was saying was that clients would have to be developed for all platforms which makes it more complicated than just having one website with some DHTML. I still think it would be a good idea though.
I'm not late, I'm just not as early as I could have been.
MSN Messenger address: jonathann4@hotmail.com feel free to chat!
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote:
p.s. If I get good enough at web services, I can help out too...
Sounds like your idea is a perfect thing to learn from.
Give it a go Nish, you can write a series of articles on its development. (Just make sure that all the clients have to display CP's ads otherwise Chris will start losing money)
Michael
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For some mysterious reason this article did not appear in the last-10 updates box on the front page and I almost missed it. Luckily an anonymous person posted on the article forum and thus I saw it in the question-time box and came here. But it still puzzles me as to why it did not come in the last-10 updates list
Nish
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are you watching the MFC page, not the C# page?
-c
Ah, but a programmer's reach should exceed his grasp, or what are late nights for?
Smaller Animals Software, Inc.
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Chris Losinger wrote:
are you watching the MFC page, not the C# page?
Neither. I have the All-Topics setting 
Nish
I am the Keyboard Smasher
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Count the number of articles posted on the 28th, and count the number of slots available in the 'last 10 posted'. (articles are ordered alphabetically in the last, so some will drop off)
Also: I sent you an email saying your article had been posted, so I'm surprised you say you were unaware of it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Also: I sent you an email saying your article had been posted, so I'm surprised you say you were unaware of it.
I am not surprised at all Chris. I never got that email. My mail server has been behaving weird for the last 2-3 days
I wonder why you didn't get a bounce.
Chris Maunder wrote:
(articles are ordered alphabetically in the last, so some will drop off)
Ah! So that explains it. Thanks Chris.
Next time someone asks this same question, I'll answer it for him, freeing you of the ordeal
I also like it when new CPians actually think I am part of the CP staff [I use the word "we" when saying stuff like "we'll update it when we next have time"]
Regards
Nish
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What happened to the printer friendly link for the articles? It seems to be missing.
- Matt Newman / Anti-Linux Activist
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Looks like it was moved into that little box at the end, along with "send to a friend".
And if words were wisdom, I'd be talking even more. The Offspring, I Choose
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Thanks
I was lookin for it too...
Nish
I am the Keyboard Smasher
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I didn't even look there because I thought it was an Ad LOL. Thanks for pointing it out!
- Matt Newman / Anti-Linux Activist
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Thanks. was looking for it
<centre>
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - General George S. Patton Jr.
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Can we have a box which shows when the last post on any forum on CP was made.
Like "Last post :- Michael Martin - Lounge - 6 minutes ago"
The good thing about this is if CP is quiet for 45 minutes, then we know it is indeed quiet.
I have noticed that there are extreme lull periods
Or perhaps this :-
suggestion (2)
Have a box that says
"14 posts & 1 new article in the last hour"
Thus we can see how active CP is...
Regards
Nish
I am the Keyboard Smasher
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Look at the 'Question Time' box. Now hover your mouse over each entry. Do the same with the lounge.
I'm guessing that if there was a big signn on the front page saying 'all's quiet' then it would stay quiet, whereas if we had a sign saying 'things are going off' then it would stay busy. Having lists like this (and similarly: most viewed article, most popular thread etc) are all self perpetuating and don't (IMO) add value.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I get you Chris.
If we have an idle time counter, people might the think let it stay idle or they think like, lets see how far this'll go
But I must say the strain will be too much for me and I'll restrict the idle time to at most 3 minutes if I can help it .
Nish
I am the Keyboard Smasher
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Hello
When someone submits something to submit@codeproject it would be nice if an automatic reply is sent :-
"Thanks for your submission. When we get around to editing it, it shall be posted. Regards, CP team"
or something like that so that the sender knows that his email has been received.
Regards
Nish
I am the Keyboard Smasher
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If Outlook wasn't so lame I'd do it. As it is it's all done the old fashioned way.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris,
I'm sure you've probably heard this request a million times over but have you ever considered including a spell checker for either the Message Boards or as part of the submission wizard? Just curious.
Nick Parker
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