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Chris Maunder wrote: attack vector
A few articles are uploaded as ZIP files. Zip Files would contain a mix and match of EXE, DLL and OBJ files right? These binary files are susceptible to multitude of viral infections. Isn't it?
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As I said previously: the zips would be opened, the contents of the files read and then output in HTML encoded form. We're not exactly going to go executing every file we find in the zip file on the servers...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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i have left some messages for some articles, how can i find them?
sizheng
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sizheng wrote: i have left some messages for some articles, how can i find them?
To see a list of the last 200(?) posts you've made, look at your profile. Click on the link to "Messages Posted."
In your case, your profile is here[^]. And the list of your posts is here[^].
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oh, i see.
thank you very much.
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I propose a forum just to discuss global warming. It seems to take up the soap-box every other day.
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Flea Market! It's just like...it's just like...A MINI-MALL!
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For the last time leckey, farting DOES NOT contribute to global warming
I get all the news I need from the weather report - Paul Simon (from "The Only Living Boy in New York")
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Actually it does[^]. Significantly
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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If anything this is not the right forum for such discussions. Or is it?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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Absolutely not. But I can't let such an important mis-understanding about cow flatulence go unchecked, can I? Besides, I get to say "Cow flatulence" in a serious sentence.
(Yeah, it's been a long day...)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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lacking a more appropriate forum, cows outside soapbox or lounge should be
flagged as abuse. (and obviously wandering pig messages would be spam).
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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This post should really have gone in the Soapbox!
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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Code Project is getting javascript errors on FF:
Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.codeproject.com/styles/global.css
Line: 245
Warning: Error in parsing value for property 'height'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.codeproject.com/styles/global.css
Line: 411
Warning: Error in parsing value for property 'width'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.codeproject.com/styles/global.css
Line: 412
I found this when debugging one of my scripts and I read the error log on FF. It may help solve some strange behavior in FF?
-- modified at 11:49 Tuesday 14th August, 2007
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Those are CSS warnings, not Javascript errors. They have no effect on the operation of Firefox
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Those are CSS warnings, not Javascript errors. They have no effect on the operation of Firefox
Just an observation when I was debugging a script I wrote that worked on other browsers but did not work on FF.
If it is not a problem with rendering CP good. Just thought I would mention it because similar problems did cause my script to fail on FF.
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Those are stylesheet errors. The first one is a property setting that Firefox doesn't support, that truncates text and adds an ellipsis if the text doesn't fit. The second two are CSS dynamic expressions, which are IE-only - presumably they're used here to get around some IE bugs without affecting other browsers' rendering. None of these errors should cause a problem.
--Justin,
Microsoft MVP, C#
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JimmyRopes wrote: javascript errors
They aren't errors. But just 'Warning' messages. It can be safely ignored.
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Yes they are warning messages from the browser but they are caused by a scripting error.
There seems to be some misunderstanding here.
There is a popular belief that they are style element warnings and not script errors.
When they appear in a style sheet they are ignored just like any other style the browser doesn't understand. That is the CSS paradigm.
The only time these warnings appear is when they are in a script, and when they do they cause the script to function improperly. If the rendered page is OK without the desired scripting action then there is no problem.
In my case I needed the scripting action to operate properly to render the page as desired. Once it was pointed out to me where my scripting error was (thanks to Guffa) then not only didn't I get any more warnings but my script also operated properly.
In the course of diagnosing my scripting error I noticed that CP was getting similar warnings. I just brought it to the attention of the staff to be helpful -- no good deed goes unpunished.
In my case I fixed a malfunctioning script and the warnings along with the problem went away. I call that a scripting error, or, more precisely, warnings as the result of a scripting error.
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I see these warnings all the time but I still don't consider them a scripting error since it's not the javascript engine that's throwing a wobbly. It's malformed (to Firefox) CSS. It's interesting that these malformed and unrecognised CSS attributes are only showing up when there is javascript present, but javascript certainly doesn't need to be present for Firefox to still not like the attributes.
A small subtlety here is that there are, kind of, script errors in the CSS. I'm using the IE-only eval method to get around some weirdness and this is, in fact script. But only in IE. But in IE this script in the CSS is well-formed so it's not a script error. Hence there are no script errors in the CSS. (tada!)
I know I should do some funky browser specific fiddly things to try and hide all the bits that each browser doesn't like but it doesn't actually affect the operation of either browser (except to actually make the requisite browser do what I'm telling it to do. Sometimes).
But: I definitely appreciate the heads up.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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In all the forums, I see people asking questions and surrounding their code snippets with the <code> tags, thinking it will preserve their formatting. Unfortunately, that code button is misleading; it doesn't preserve whitespace and formatting. Without formatting, code snippets are more difficult to decipher, causing some potential answer-givers to move on, resulting in fewer answered questions.
The code button should actually insert <pre> tags instead, which do preserve formatting.
<br />
<br />
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I concur something needs improving; I'm not sure "var" would help tho.
CODE tag is fine for "quoting" one or a few technical terms on a single line
PRE tag is to be used for all code snippets that span two or more lines
it is a pitty one has to manipulate code inside a PRE tag:
- empty lines must get a space added, or they are thrown out
- less-than signs often need to be protected from the hungry HTML beast
For those unfamiliar to HTML the name of the PRE tag and the anomalies listed above
are surprising, and if possible should be dealt with automatically (i.e.
always accept CODE, forget PRE tags on input; handle them as if they were PRE
if multi-line, and CODE if single-line)
And (a plug is coming up now) if Internet Explorer makes it hard yo copy/paste
successfully, read my CodeRescue article !
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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At least in Lounge, where we discourage programming questions, we can call it as differently emphasizing Bold and Bright. Wouldn't that solve your need?
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I just got hit by a 1 for my new article[^] and feel quite a bit cheated.
The average was 5 with 2 votes and then someone comes along and posts a 1 (without comment!) dropping me to 3.4 and straight to the bottom of the category.
I understand that no voting system is perfect and that it's difficult to solve all kinds of problems but such an obvious abuse should just not be possible.
What annoys me most is that this is the second time this happened to me (just not so obvious). Of course these spoiler votes get evened out over-time but as I don't expect more than 10 votes for the article I can be happy if the article raises to something above 4 in the years to come. Incidents like this take all the fun and ambition out of being a CPian .
I think that these extreme low/high samples should be kicked out of the calculation but then I'm not very good at statistics so I wouldn't know how to do it properly. But I still think something should be done....
btw: see also the Voting - perhaps not?[^] thread.
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Welcome to CodeProject.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 ----- "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Hi... i would like to ask about the meanings of terms found in the profile realted to function timing created for any Visual C++ with OpenGL program, these terms are: Child Time and Hit Count, and in what we can use these terms?
regards
maria
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