Thanks – updates on AlexaSkills Tools & Features Presentation
Thanks to @memodoring for the informative Twitch presentation on the newest AlexaSkills tools & features this week! @alexadevs #ask #alexa
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Technical Tips
Visual Basic code for Toolbar Button Installer
02/07/2019 At the top of Internet Explorer, every user’s command bar/toolbar may have a unique arrangement of buttons, if the
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AWS Innovate Online Conference
The online presentations were high-level, but still interesting
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Alexa Observations, part 2
In the first post, the address slot type (AMAZON.PostalAddress) was shown in the Alexa Simulator as being populated with 5750
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Alexa Observations
These are some simple observations I made while testing Alexa Skills under development. For address slot types, the simulator requires
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Thanks – “Designing Multimodal Skills for Alexa presentation”
Thanks @JeffBlankenburg & @memodoring for the great "Designing Multimodal Skills for Alexa presentation" today! #alexa pic.twitter.com/b6wQhdvwgF — David Young (@Dave3Young)
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FirstButton Installer
FirstButton 1.60 has been released at liquiditylighthouse.com. FirstButton will install a toolbar button on the legacy desktop Internet Explorer browser.
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Basic Composer Commands
Log on to SSH for your linux host, and enter the following commands. – to show the version of composer-managed
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FirstButton 1.60 Released – Liquidity Lighthouse
https://t.co/9B3dFef6MH #IE #toolbar #software #opensource — FirstButton (@FirstButton) January 29, 2018
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Thanks for Alexa Dev Day Dallas (Aug 1, 2017)
Thanks to @alexadevs,@intel, and @robmccauley for the informative Alexa Dev Day Dallas! #voicedesign #coding #github #AmazonEcho pic.twitter.com/0zBsASByEi — David Young
Read moreUpdate – preventing Windows 10 upgrade
This is an update to the earlier post on how to prevent Windows from constantly offering to upgrade to Windows
Read moreHow to customize your Website’s Error Pages (revised)
Minor update to the document, to change the following lines in the .htaccess file: Old: ErrorDocument 401 http://david-e-young.com/401page.htm ErrorDocument 403 http://david-e-young.com/403page.htm
Read moreWindows 7 Rollups and preventing Updates
The following Windows Update Rollups have recently been made available in the Windows Update utility for Windows 7 SP1 and
Read moreCode Signing after SHA-1 phaseout
Comodo and Ksoftware have been generously providing replacement certificates to current customers, as a result of the SHA-1 phaseout. The
Read morePreventing update to Windows 10 from Windows 7/8.1
Many Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will want to keep their current operating system. To disable the Windows 10
Read moreDLL Registration – Win32 vs .NET
There are different methods for registering a Win32-based DLL, versus a .NET DLL. Win32 DLLs were typically created with legacy
Read moreGetVersion API and Windows 10
This document addresses two problems that can be resolved by updating the Application Manifest file for programs that are distributed
Read moreWindows SDK Downloads
Developers using older versions of Visual Studio, may need to download SDKs to author applications compatible with more recent versions
Read moreFirefox Downgrade and Reinstallation
About once a year, I go through the steps of completely uninstalling Firefox, deleting associated folders, and reinstalling the browser.
Read moreGetVersion API and Windows 8.1
This document addresses two problems that can be resolved by updating the Application Manifest file for programs that are distributed
Read moreWindows 10 Preview on Windows 7/VM Workstation
To test the technical preview of Windows 10, I followed the instructions at Petri Windows 10 how-to to safely install
Read moreIE9+ – Adjusting Toolbar Button Size
One of the items that annoyed me in Internet Explorer 9 / Windows 7, is that the toolbar (CommandBar) is
Read moreCHM Challenges with Windows 7
Microsoft has undergone several phases of security updates on Windows 7, that make it impossible to open a custom .chm
Read moreInstalling VB6 and VS on the same Windows 7 Machine
How to install Visual Basic 6 and Visual Studio on the same Windows 7 computer.
Read moreOutlook-friendly sender name in SMTP headers
When receiving SMTP emails from the mainframe with a “from” address claimed to be on the Outlook Server, Outlook may
Read moreRetaining HTML formatting in Dynamic Outlook Emails
One of the challenges when dynamically modifying emails created from Outlook templates, is retaining the original html formatting of the
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Simple WHOHAS routine
When another user has locked the file that you want to use, a simple way to identify that user is
Read moreUnicode in Batch Email Messages
Unicode Symbols can be used in Email subject lines, messages, and in some cases, other fields. This article discusses ways
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