New External App: Netflix Viewer

[StreakyBoneHead]

DH,

Here you go - it crashed on my new Dell Win7 laptop - running IE8 - on a different network.

Mebbe something new on the Netflix end flung a spanner in the works.

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Cheers

[dhgb256]

DH,

Here you go - it crashed on my new Dell Win7 laptop - running IE8 - on a different network.

Mebbe something new on the Netflix end flung a spanner in the works.

[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

Cheers

Wow! I can't believe I didn't see this sooner. I think I know exactly what the problem is, I'll send you a fix later tonight. My auto retry feature is causing problems because I am using a variable that I erase in the code. Whoops! :o

[StreakyBoneHead]

Ha - yeah, I know the deal. Cut my .net teeth on C#, but moved to VB due to work - then back to C# where variable scope was a whole different beastie.

Cheers

[dhgb256]

Ha - yeah, I know the deal. Cut my .net teeth on C#, but moved to VB due to work - then back to C# where variable scope was a whole different beastie.

Cheers

OK I think I fixed the problem. Give this a whirl please. If it works, then I'll post an official update.

Thanks,
DH

[dhgb256]

This thing is great! Any chance it could support a second monitor?

Hey j,

Apparently this isn't as easy as I thought it would be, because I need to add code for every form. I am working on it but it will take a while. Any chance you can just flip your primary and secondary monitors for now?

-DH

[whurlston]

Hey j,

Apparently this isn't as easy as I thought it would be, because I need to add code for every form. I am working on it but it will take a while. Any chance you can just flip your primary and secondary monitors for now?

-DH

You can always just have it open in the last position it was in when it closed. This C# example would save the window position to the registry when the form is closing and the next time it opened it would open in the same spot. You can use different values for different forms if you want to save the positions independently.

Code:

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    try
    {
        int locX = (int)Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Netflix Viewer").GetValue("WindowLocX");
        int locY = (int)Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Netflix Viewer").GetValue("WindowLocY");
        this.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(locX, locY);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        // Couldn't read the registry. Possibly the first time the form is opened so the position hasn't been saved.
    }
}

private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
    Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Netflix Viewer").SetValue("WindowLocX", this.Location.X);
    Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Netflix Viewer").GetValue("WindowLocY", this.Location.Y);
}

It's a lot easier than calculating the desktop area.

[jmontana]

Hey j,

Apparently this isn't as easy as I thought it would be, because I need to add code for every form. I am working on it but it will take a while. Any chance you can just flip your primary and secondary monitors for now?

-DH

No biggie, I can wait. I don't want to flip 'em, because then I get all kinds of sliding notifications and balloons showing up on the TV.

[dhgb256]

No biggie, I can wait. I don't want to flip 'em, because then I get all kinds of sliding notifications and balloons showing up on the TV.

Do you mind if I use you as my tester? I don't have a dual monitor setup, so I'll need to send you a couple of betas to try out.

[jmontana]

Do you mind if I use you as my tester? I don't have a dual monitor setup, so I'll need to send you a couple of betas to try out.

Not at all. Send away!

[StreakyBoneHead]

DH

Running the beast now - it passed the crash point and has 1hr 44 mins to go - so looking good.

I get backatcha in 1.50

BTW I also have double monitors (triple actually but one is the debug monitor for the htpc right now - stupid ATI drivers......)