Tested with Ubuntu 11.10 and XBMC 11.0 Eden beta:
all settings are stored in folder /home/<yourusername>/.xbmc
So you have to copy this folder to the new machine.
Howto move XBMC settings to a new machine
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Effective C# – summary
Actually I read a book about effective C# programming. It contains 50 tips.
Reading the first 5 items I decided to summarize most of the 50 tips and to advertise this book.
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Howto: XBMC login to underlying OS
- Use SSH to login remotely to terminal or
- Us ctrl+alt+fx (x is a number between 1 – 6) (ctrl+alt+f7 will return you to XBMC)
Howto remove a non empty directory
rm –rf /path/to/directory
Howto apt-get
apt-get dist-upgrade –> updates the distribution
apt-get update –> reread package list
apt-get upgrade –> upgrades version of installed packages
apt-get remove packagename –> uninstall package
apt-get install packagename –> install package
Remove an assembly from the global assembly cache (GAC)
You can manage your global assemblies with the gacutil.exe which comes with Microsoft SDK. You can find this tool for instance in folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\".
This is an example about removing one assembly:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\gacutil.exe" /u Assembly.To.Uninstall
Howto access a protected method
Here is a small code snippet about howto access a protected method of a class:
Code Snippet
- public class OriginalClass
- {
- protected int OrginalProtectedMethod()
- {
- return 0;
- }
- }
- public class MyDescClass : OriginalClass
- {
- public int MyMethod() {
- return OrginalProtectedMethod();
- }
- }
- // access the "protected method"
- var md = new MyDescClass();
- var result = md.MyMethod();
Delphi DateTime to .Net DateTime
You can convert a Delphi DateTime value (this is in OLE Automation date Format) using DateTime.FromOADate() method:
Code Snippet
- DotNet.Date = DateTime.FromOADate(DelphiDateTimeValue);
Add a trailing backslash to a path
In my old Delphi days I used IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter() to ad a backslash to a path variable.
In C# you can use this code to combine a path and a filename:
Code Snippet
- Path.Combine(folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath, fileName);
Howto close / exit application
To close your application you can use this code snippet:
Code Snippet
- Application.Current.Shutdown();