Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2011 May 11

= May 11 =

Changing the code of Microsoft AJAX Control Toolkit CascadingDropDown?
Today at work, one of our customers reported a problem that a drop down list on a web page wasn't working as expected. It turned out that it wasn't working the way I expected either. The drop down list uses a Microsoft AJAX Control Toolkit  populated by a web service method. This web service method marks one of the options as the default one, and the customers are accustomed to it being the default. But then I got a bug report that this wasn't happening. Microsoft provides the source code for the AJAX Control Toolkits for free, so I took a look at the JavaScript code and saw that it actually uses the option that was last selected if it finds it - otherwise it uses the default one. In this case, in the first place, there wasn't a default one, so the (in my opinion) stupid control didn't use the default one in subsequent populations either. The problem is quite clear: The control uses the previously selected value first, the default one second - while I want it to do it the other way around. I could easily fix this in the JavaScript code, but will this cause problems? Microsoft provides the source code for free, but do they allow people to modify it? And even if they do, what happens when they release a new version of the toolkit and we want to upgrade to it? Should we file a bug report to Microsoft about this or something? J I P &#124; Talk 19:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Wanted: rubbish video chat client
Hey all. My girlfriend and I like to video chat regularly (via Skype atm), but it's killing each of our download allowances. We have considered text-only chat and audio-only chat, but it struck me that what we could really use is a much worse video client. Specifically, one that either does or can suppress the frame rate considerably. Apparently Skype can do this if you play around with config.xml, but I haven't been able to track down a specific set of instructions written for the user who wants worse, not better, video. All help appreciated! - Jarry1250 [Weasel? Discuss.] 21:34, 11 May 2011 (UTC)


 * If you can find a couple old copied of cuseeme, it had very crappy video. -- k a i n a w &trade; 12:14, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

According to http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=102170 they removed the functionality, so you'd have to use a set of older clients. Something that might take a little more setup at the outset, but that'd likely be much more configurable and reliable, is Icecast, for which you should be able to configure all aspects, including audio, video, rates, etc .. &brvbar; Reisio (talk) 00:09, 14 May 2011 (UTC)