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Sometimes there are functions you want your program to perform in the background while you are busy doing other things. For example, if you are building a picture viewer application you may not want to wait until thumbnails are generated before getting on with the business of viewing the pictures. … | |
I have never used a background worker in vb.net, but from what I have read, I think it will help resolve an issue I am having during runtime. I am executing an sql statement, but it takes a bit to process. I think a background worker could help with this … | |
Ok So I have to create a Date Class that will allow me to return the current day with data members of month , day, and year this is what I have for from my Main() class: [CODE]using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace DateApp2 { class DateApp … | |
So I have a component that renders very slowly. The problem is that I can only render inside the event handling thready, which shouldn't be freezed. Long ago in pascal/assembly I used backbuffer and page flipping. I've read that Java supports double buffering, but no info about thread safety. So … | |
A lovely juxtaposition of two articles at TechCrunch this weekend: One expressed concern about discrimination against older workers in the computer industry; the other said that if women weren't successful in the tech industry, it wasn't men's fault. (H/T to @jmhodges, whose Twitter posting provided inspiration for the title.) The … | |
Study after study shows that Americans just aren't saving enough for retirement. Part of the problem is that, as a nation, we have taken on so much debt that we're using our savings to pay it off. The other is that, through the miracles of modern medicine, we're going to … |
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