Alan's Blog

Rawdon Hill Construction Part 1

2008-05-27T18:32:00.004+10:00

We've been at our house for nearly two years, and we love it. Built by the quality builders Rawdon Hill.

They have been a pleasure to deal with and I'd generally recommend them to anyone interested in building a new home, and who want top quality at a good price.

I'll keep you posted on how our ongoing relationship with this great company develops...

Alan

Georgia Starts School!

2008-02-01T15:53:00.001+11:00

Georgia and the boys ready to leave for school.

2008-01-28T22:23:00.000+11:00

We were having a BBQ at Cardinia Reservoir Park today. As we were sitting in the shade of this tree, I thought the sun shining through the leaves made a nice photo. Hope you like it.

2008-01-21T12:30:00.000+11:00

Wow, the backyard is FINISHED! Check out the progress:

Work begins digging the hole etc...

The kids play area is just about finished, and work on the pool has begun. What a fun way to spend your time off over Christmas huh?

Just got the water delivered, greeny-brown in colour, but that doesn't stop the kids jumping straight in.

All back-filled, and nearly 6 metres of river pebbles later, it's finished!

2008-01-10T13:34:00.000+11:00

Georgia and Sam looked so cute this morning with their bed-head hair, I had to take this pic before leaving for work. Holly looks cute too, but no bed head for her.

Mia's Birthday Party

2007-02-20T15:28:00.000+11:00

Here's a little snap from Mia's 5th birthday party!

This is actually a composite of several different shots. I tried to get everyone smiling and looking at the camera...

(Note the appearance of Barry in the background :-) )

Mount Wellington, Hobart

2005-08-16T00:26:00.000+10:00

Here's a rock at the top of Mount Wellington, Hobart. Nice pic, I think.

If these words were people, I would embrace their genocide.

2005-07-20T09:20:00.000+10:00

If these words were people, I would embrace their genocide.

Synchronous HTML Printing from C#

2004-11-30T01:40:00.000+11:00

Here's a snippet I put together to provide a simple method of synchronously printing any URL. It uses the Microsoft Web Browser COM Object, so stick one on your form, and call it "web" you start. Note that I've registered for two events from this object.

private bool bDoingPrint = false;
object oNull = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

private void web_DocumentComplete(object sender, AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_DocumentCompleteEvent e)
{
web.ExecWB(SHDocVw.OLECMDID.OLECMDID_PRINT, SHDocVw.OLECMDEXECOPT.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, ref oNull, ref oNull);
}

private void web_PrintTemplateTeardown(object sender,
AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_PrintTemplateTeardownEvent e)
{

bDoingPrint = false;
}

private void DoPrint(string sURL)
{
// Block thead before entering, if we're busy.
while (bDoingPrint)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}

bDoingPrint = true;

web.Navigate(sURL, ref oNull, ref oNull, ref oNull, ref oNull);

// Block thead from exiting, until we're finished.
while (bDoingPrint)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
}

If you want any further help with this, or think the entry could do with an update, please leave feedback... C'mon.. Make me feel wanted...

Netspace does it again.

2004-05-27T00:54:00.000+10:00

According to Whirlpool, my ISP Netspace has just upped my my monthly download limit again. It started at 6, then 8, then 10, now it's 32G.

Mmmmm... Downloads...

Hmmm

2004-05-27T00:52:00.000+10:00

Well maybe I'm not nerdy enough already. I think I need a blog of my own to prove it.