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Posts by toraritte‭

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Q&A What is the point of triggering CI/CD with an empty git commit?

I read posts (e.g., 1, 2, 3) that recommend triggering a CI build process by pushing an empty git commit. I don't understand how this is a good idea as the commit history will be peppered with mea...

3 answers  ·  posted 25d ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 21h ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A How to create and manipulate (read/write) Excel (XLSX) documents with complex rules using general programming languages?

All of these projects use Microsoft's OpenXML SDK for Office behind the scenes: 1. .NET (F#, C#) The F# Guide recommends NPOI, which also seems to be the most popular and most up-to-date, but the...

posted 23d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 22d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A How to create and manipulate (read/write) Excel (XLSX) documents with complex rules using general programming languages?

Our organization (blindness non-profit in California) is obligated to submit reports to grant organizations (e.g., Department of Rehabilitation) on a regular basis. Most of the time, this means exp...

1 answer  ·  posted 23d ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 22d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A How does a client verify a server's SSL certificate? What are the specific steps?

Found this old article at the bottom of the search results to be the best explanation to date: (The longer version is here, SSL Handshake (Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 R...

posted 3d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A What are the benefits of starting a Git repo with an empty commit?

Found an article about starting a repo with an empty commit. Read the post a couple of times, but still don't understand the reasoning: 1. git log and other commands blow up with terrifying ...

2 answers  ·  posted 25d ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 25d ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Where is the `.fsproj` project file documented?

More specifically: Is there a dedicated docs page listing "properties" that are idiosyncratic to F# .fsproj project files? Why am I asking? Started learning F# a couple of days ago, but just now ...

1 answer  ·  posted 20d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 20d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A What is the point of triggering CI/CD with an empty git commit?

Based on the SO comments, this is not a good general practice, and I believe the point of the posts mentioned in the question is that it can be done (but one probably shouldn't) this can be use...

posted 25d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A What are the benefits of starting a Git repo with an empty commit?

Quoting an answer from SO: Perhaps there was an advantage years ago prior to version 1.17.12 which added the --root option to rebase. Nowadays though, I can't think of any reason to start with a...

posted 25d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 25d ago by Michael‭

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Code Reviews How to programmatically click through a list of elements if one has to wait for a click to load a set of predefined new elements?

I would like to download the old-time radio show I Love a Mystery from the OTRR website. I figured out how to construct the list of right URLs, const urlStub = "https://otrr.org/OTRRLibrary/jukebo...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 17h ago by Zer0‭

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Q&A How to automatically add package reference into project file after installing .NET package?

Just getting into F#, finally figured out how to add .NET packages to projects, but the way I managed to get it to work doesn't make sense. Once the package is installed (either with nuget or paket...

2 answers  ·  posted 22d ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 20d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A How to implement a relationship between 2 tables where the type of participation is mandatory and RESTRICT rule for both?

Found the example below in a book teaching logical database design, but I'm stuck on how one would implement this in PostreSQL: The diagram reflects the following business rule: An instructor...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Derek Elkins‭

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Q&A How to "materialize" Ionide function signature type hints as comments?

For example, given this function head, this is the hint that is generated: let updateCell workbook sheetIndex rowIndex columnIndex value = // XSSFWorkbook -> int -> int -> int -> stri...

0 answers  ·  posted 13d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A Which .NET project can programmatically validate a cell's value out of the box based on Excel data validation constraints?

Are any of the popular Excel .NET projects have a functionality similar to Apache POI's DataValidationEvaluator class?

1 answer  ·  posted 13d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 11d ago by toraritte‭

Question c# f# excel Open-XML-SDK
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Q&A How does a client verify a server's SSL certificate? What are the specific steps?

I have little to no idea what happens after a client obtains the server's certificate. It has to make sure that it (somehow) valid, but how?

1 answer  ·  posted 3d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 2d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A Drop-down values in Excel cells are not specified in Data Validation rules and global search didn't find them in workbook, so where do they come from?

On top of values seemingly coming from nowhere in multiple columns, they also affect each other's behavior: In the GIF below, if the cells in the left column have no value selected, then there is n...

1 answer  ·  posted 12d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 12d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A How to programmatically evaluate Excel data validations using .NET?

What I would like to do: Set a cell value. Check with a program if cell values conform to data validation rules. I could extract all the information needed to create a validation function, b...

1 answer  ·  posted 11d ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 9d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A How to programmatically evaluate Excel data validations using .NET?

0. State of the art (as 11/22/2023) The NPOI.SS.Formula.DataValidationEvaluator class seems to mirror Apache POI's DataValidationEvaluator class, but NPOI's version only implemented the IsType met...

posted 11d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 9d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A Which .NET project can programmatically validate a cell's value out of the box based on Excel data validation constraints?

Here's a list of popular Excel .NET projects that don't have this functionality: Has built-in cell validation? Open XML SDK no* NPOI no* EPPlus no? (see section 3. be...

posted 13d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 11d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A Drop-down values in Excel cells are not specified in Data Validation rules and global search didn't find them in workbook, so where do they come from?

It took a day and a half, but found it: 1. LEFT column's valid values, Assessed and Pending Started with the left column, because if it is not set, then the right column is "inactive", so it clea...

posted 12d ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 12d ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A What software architecture are available for developing an application with multiple business domains that only share some common aspects?

NOTE The meaning of the word "program" below is (PROGRAM) A federal or state initiative that offers grants for non-profits so that they can provide service at low cost or free of charge. a...

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by toraritte‭