Programming, .NET, Silverlight & More

am new to making websites and am thinking about making one using dreamweaver, what wont I be able to do when constructing my website? What restrictions are there with dreamweaver?

Dreamweaver is such special software used for the web designing and application. It is originally developed under the company of Macromedia but later it is developed by the company of Adobe. It is the software which helps you a lot in the process of creating the website. Before you go further, probably you need to know about some advantages and disadvantages of using this software. There are many advantages of using Dreamweaver for the design of the web page that you want. If you use this software, you will get complete management for the website. The software of Dreamweaver manages the complete feature of the website. You can try to create the link and directory or managing the files for the website since those features can be handled with this special software. The whole feature of the website is supported by this software. It is really useful for designing your website using Dreamweaver.

However, this software also has the weakness. Some beginners find it difficult to master the feature creation from Dreamweaver. It seems too complex to understand for the beginner. The beginners need much time to know about the creation process for designing the feature of the website using Dreamweaver. The patience is something that you need for understanding the feature creation through this special software because you need to know about it for some periods. Mastering Dreamweaver cannot be done instantly. You need to learn it much deeper for the best result of your website. You need also the extra budget to buy the original version of Dreamweaver software. The price of the original software can be so expensive. You should spend much money if you want to buy the original version of Dreamweaver software that is now produced by Adobe. If you can afford to buy the original version, it is really good for your website. Once you try the software Dreamweaver, the appearance of your website will be looked so well. The application and complete features are available in your website as long as you design it with this special software of Dreamweaver.

I originally installed it but decided to remove it from my hard drive. I decided to install it again at a later date but it won’t let me. What is wrong?

If Silverlight doesn’t work its a chance that your copy of Windows failed validation. Silverlight is only available on genuine windows PC’s.

Hope this helps, Sungmin

Can I delete one if I have the other? My adobe reader never opens when I try to open a file and I heard that I should definitely keep microsoft silverlight, so do I need to keep adobe reader or could I function without it?

Silverlight is Microsoft’s version of Adobe Flash. Adobe reader is a PDF viewer. You need both.

I’m a complete beginner in computer programming. I do not have any experience nor knowledge of computer programming. I’m just wondering what language I should start to learn. Should I first learn liberty basic, then go to c++? Or should I first learn c++? Any recommendations?

Basic and its derivatives are not the most useful languages around. They have limited applications but tend not to show up in serious programming. Real application development is more often done with something like Java or C++.

C++ is a difficult language to start with. It’s kind of like learning how to drive by first opening up the hood of a car and figuring out how the gear shift attaches to the transmission: Theoretically it can work, but unless you’re a masochist you probably want a shallower learning curve. Java is an okay language to start with, although if you want something really easy you can go with Javascript (which is NOT the same thing as Java). All three of these languages have a C-style syntax, unlike Basic.

Google isnt really helping, all I get are advantages of each. what are the core differences between the two?

I’ll take a stab at it:

In a Forms app, you put a set of controls on the form. For each control you add, there is some code generated for you (if you look in form.designer.cs, you’ll see all the generated code.) Each control is an object with a set of properties. It’s a reasonably simple, straight forward approach. As long as you want a more or less conventional looking WinForm.

WPF is a bit different. Instead of generating code for each control on the form, you generate (or write) XAML. XAML is just XML. It’s more along the lines of writing HTML than writing object oriented code.

The XAML XML is interpreted at run time to render the Form. The XAML rendering engine is certainly more sophisticated than using WinForm controls. XML tends to be more flexible than hard coded objects. If you want a round button in WPF, I think that’s reasonably easy to do. Much harder in Forms.

So, after all that: WPF is harder to write (or at least harder to learn), but is more flexible and powerful.
If all you need is a simple form, WinForms is fine. If you need to really customize the look and be creative, WPF is a better choice.

I glossed over a lot of details, and to be honest, I’ve only had limited expose to WPF. WinForms work for what I need to do.

Well..
Would it?
I mean would it work well.
Because I dont have a mouse or anything.
So are you sure that it wont like explode in my face or anything?

Yes it will

All I get is the "You’re almost ready to watch…" page that seems determined to make me install Silverlight, even though I don’t want it. I can watch instant movies on my Dad’s Dell and my Mom’s PC, probably because they have Windows, but it won’t leave my poor Mac OS X alone. I can’t get past that stupid Upgrade page. Help.

You don’t.

Silverlight is what netflix uses as part of their site. You will have to download it in order to watch movies on your comp.

End of story, no other options there.

Im very new to VB.. I just created a small 2 window wpf app. The first window has a start button. I was wandering how do I change from the main window (start button window) to the next window? it might sound like a noob question. but i really need help.

Thanks
~Ryan

Well you have a couple of methods.

1. Form2.Visible = True
2.
Dim myForm as New Form2
myForm.Visible = True