Small Business Business Workplace Regulations Laws Legal Terms for Contract Law by Roger Thorne JD From credit card agreements to offers of employment leases and business agreements contracts are a common part of the modern world While you do not need to be an attorney to use or even create a contract you should be familiar with some basic legal terms involved in contract law If you need legal advice about your specific situation or have detailed questions about the contract you should always consult an attorney Consideration One commonly encountered and sometimes misunderstood term involved in contract law is consideration No contract can exist unless both parties agree to provide something of value known as consideration For example if you agree to sell someone your laptop computer you agree to provide the buyer with the computer when the buyer gives you the agreedupon price The consideration in this agreement is both the computer and the money Consideration can be anything of value including property currency or a promise to perform a service Offer and Acceptance Contracts typically represent the culmination of a negotiation process During that process the parties involved may make various offers counteroffers or refusals Before you can have an actual contract one party must make an offer to which the other party agrees Written contracts typically detail the terms of this agreement in great depth while oral contracts are less comprehensive An offer does not by itself constitute a contract A party can accept a contract by explicitly agreeing to the terms or by engaging in activity that implies acceptance Breach A breach is a violation that occurs when one party fails to meet its obligations under the terms of the contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement This means that if you and someone else enter into a contractual relationship one or both of you can force the other to comply with the contract terms by going before a court and asking the court to enforce the contract If the court finds that one or both parties have breached the terms of the contract it can grant a variety of remedies such as damages or restitution Arbitration Some contracts include arbitration clauses Arbitration is a form of dispute resolution that occurs outside of a courtroom When parties agree to arbitration they agree to let a third party listen to their disputes and make a ruling in much the same way a court would Like a court the arbitrator listens to both sides and weighs the evidence presented Unlike a court however arbitrators are not bound by specific procedural rules and do not hold trials before a jury The parties are typically bound by the arbitration decision though it is posible to challenge the decision in court in References 3 FindLaw Breach of Contract Lawsuits ExpertLaw Contract Law An Introduction The Electric Law Library Acceptance About the Author Roger Thorne is an attorney who began freelance writing in 2003 He has written for publications ranging from MotorHome magazine to Cruising World Thorne specializes in writing for law firms Web sites and professionals He has a Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas Photo Credits Hemera TechnologiesPhotoObjectsnetGetty Images Cite this Article

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Small Business Managing Employees Salaries What Does a Paid Salary Mean by Tom Ryan Updated June 29 2018 Related Articles 1 Estimate a Base Salary to Hourly 2 Rules for Salaried Employees With No Sick or Vacation Benefits 3 Calculate the Hourly Rate for a Salaried Employee Based on a 40Hour Work Week 4 Do Salaried Employees Get Paid Overtime Depending on the type of business you run and how many employees you have you may decide to pay them in one of a number of ways For example certain employees may make an hourly wage while others earn their pay based on commission Another way that you may choose to pay your employees particularly your fulltime employees is to pay them a salary When an employee earns a salaried wage he earns a regular paycheck thats seldom affected by the quality or quantity of work performed Definition of a Salary According to the US Department of Labor when an employee is paid on a salary basis this means essentially that she receives regular pay on a regular basis and that this amount doesnt fluctuate in regard to the quality or quantity of work actually performed An employee is typically given provisions for such items as sick leave so that if she misses work due to an illness shes still paid the same amount she normally receives Deductions The circumstances under which you may deduct from an employees salary vary For example you may not be permitted to dock a salaried employees pay for partial days of absence You have the freedom to create your own policy for sick pay so that although your employees enjoy a certain level of financial security they cant take advantage of you For example you may decide that employees are only eligible for sick pay after working for a predetermined amount of time or that they may only receive a certain number of sick days within a yearlong period Any regulations such Negotiating a Salary For the employer offering a paid salary means negotiating Naturally employees considering accepting a salaried position want to make sure that theyre paid as much as they think theye worth and although you may want to compensate them accordingly you have your bottom line to think about A salary is typically established during the job interview or job offer process or when offering a promotion As an employer you must be prepared to negotiate with potential employees If you offer salaries that are too small you may have difficulty finding qualified employees Responsibility for Payment As an employer paying salaries you may be responsible for paying your employees even when they dont perform any work at all According to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development for example youre not permitted to adjust an employees salary if your business is closed for less than a week you must pay him for that entire weeks worth of work For example if your business is closed for a holiday you must still pay employees their full weekly salary despite the fact they didnt work on that holiday According to the US Department of Labor however youre not required References 3 Texas Workforce Salary Definition Regulation State of Wisconsin Dept of Workforce Development Fact Sheet on the Payment of Salary Dummies Getting Paid What Youre Worth Salary Negotiations About the Author Tom Ryan is a freelance writer editor and English tutor He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English writing and has also worked as an arts and entertainment reporter with The Pitt News and a public relations and advertising copywriter with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Cite this Article

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Small Business Setting Up a New Business Setting up a Business Setting Up Wireless Routers With the Same SSID by James T Wood Related Articles 1 Run Two Routers Off One Cable Connection 2 Difference Between LAN WAN in Wireless Routers 3 Extend a Wireless Network With a Linksys Router 4 Set Up a Wireless Bridge With a Belkin Wireless G Router The SSID or Service Set Identifier of a wireless network is the public name that identifies the network for other devices You can run two routers with the same SSID to increase the range of your WiFi network but you must set up one router to handle the network administration and the other to act as a bridge back to the primary router If two routers are both trying to hand out locations on the local area network youll run into trouble quickly But with one router set up in a passive mode you can effectively double the coverage area 1 Open the administration page for your primary router The page is reached by typing the IP address into the address bar of your browser Typical IP addresses will be something like 19216811 or 19218621 If you arent sure of your routers IP address check with your manufacturer see link in Resources 2 Log in with your username and password Identify the SSID security settings and wireless channel Carefully note all of that information 3 Locate the LAN settings and change the range of available IP addresses to remove the first one For example if the range available is from 19216822 through 1921682255 change it so the first available IP address is 19216823 instead 4 Save the new settings and power off your primary router It can not be running while you are configuring the secondary router 5 Connect to the secondary router by typing in the IP address for it 6 Change the IP address of the secondary router to the one you made available on the primary router In the above example it would be 19216822 7 Turn off the DHCP server on the secondary router It should not be assigning IP addresses on your network If it does it will cause problems 8 Change the SSID and security settings to exactly match your primary router 9 Change the wireless channel so that it is different from your primary channel This is the portion of the radio spectrum on which the router broadcasts By using a different channel on the secondary and primary routers you can reduce interference on your network The three channels that dont overlap at all are 1 6 and 11 Its ideal to have the primary take one of those channels and the secondary another 10 Save the settings on your secondary router 11 Connect the Ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports on your secondary router to one of the LAN ports on your primary router 12 Power on your primary router Now both routers are broadcasting the same SSID and allowing computers on the network to access each other and the Internet Things Needed Ethernet cable Tip Some routers have a wireless repeater mode that allows them to rebroadcast an SSID without a wired connection Check your routers manual for more information References 2 Tech Republic DIY Setting up Wireless Access Points as Repeaters to Extend Wireless Range Hanselman Configuring Two Wireless Routers with One SSID Network Name at Home for Free Roaming Resources 2 Microsoft at Home How to Set Up a Wireless Network WLAN in Your Home Answers that Work List of Default Router Passwords and Default Router IP Addresses About the Author James T Wood is a teacher blogger and author Since 2009 he has published two books and numerous articles both online and in print His work experience has spanned the computer world from sales and support to training and repair He is also an accomplished public speaker and PowerPoint presenter Photo Credits Thomas NorthcutPhotodiscGetty Images Cite this Article

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Small Business Business Workplace Regulations Laws Time Sheet Requirements by Law by Jill Stimson JD Federal timesheet laws require covered employers to keep minimum records of the hours their employees work Businesses may have to keep daily records if they pay their workers hourly This is to ensure compliance with federal minimumwage and overtime laws Many states have additional timesheet requirements for employers and may require companies to keep records of employees break times General Laws The US Department of Labor administers the Fair Labor Standards Act which establishes the minimum wage and hour guidelines for covered employers The act applies to state local and federal government employers public agency employers union halls health care employers and schools It also applies to private employers who conduct interstate business or produce gross sales of at least 500000 a year Covered businesses must comply with the acts timesheet requirements and recordkeeping rules States may have additional wage and hour laws for employers Several states including Texas and California have specific timesheet regulations that apply to all business owners regardless of their size Federal Rules According to federal law businesses can keep time sheets or time cards recording the actual number of hours their employees work As a practical issue they can round their employees time worked to the nearest 15 minutes However the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor states that employers who round down must also round up to benefit their employees from time to time This ensures employers compensate their employees properly over time Considerations Its illegal for covered businesses to encourage their employees to engage in off the clock work Although federal law doesnt require companies to pay their employees for time not worked or provide breaks they must pay them for rest breaks that are less than 20 minutes or meal breaks of less than 30 minutes Hourly employees and nonmanagerial or nonadministrative employees must receive overtime compensation of 1 12 times their hourly wage for any time they work beyond a 40hour week Records In addition to complying with federal timekeeping requirements employers must keep adequate records of their employees including names Social Security numbers gender and addresses Employers are also required to keep records of their employees salaries Some states such as California and Texas require employers to maintain these records for a minimum number of years California also requires employers to disclose an employees time records upon request by an employee or the state labor commissioner Some states have additional timesheet requirements for minors which include tracking the specific number of hours they work About the Author Jill Stimson has worked in various property management positions in Maryland and Delaware Stimson worked for the top three property management companies in the commercial industry and focuses her career on property building logistics and tenant relationships She holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Science in psychology Photo Credits Ryan McVayPhotodiscGetty Images Cite this Article

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It appears that you are using ad block Hey we get it However this website is run by and for the community and it needs ads in order to keep running Please disable your adblock on Smashboards or go premium to hide all advertisements and this notice Alternatively this ad may have just failed to load Woops Forums Smash Tournaments Tournament Discussion The ABCs of tournament hosting nealdt Jan 30 2007 1 2 3 4 nealdt BRoomer Joined Jun 12 2005 Messages 3191 Location Long Beach CA Jan 30 2007 1 Brought to you by All is Brawl So This forum is obviously rife with threads for tournaments But whens the last time we had a thread about running a tournament I cant remember so I thought Id compile 26 tips for tournament organizers and list them here These are just my opinions of course but I like to think I have a bit of experience running tournaments Id love to hear tips from other tournament hosts as well Kishes GAUNTLET guys Zane WoZ TA Mages crazy Europeans anyone Give us what ya got Anyways A DVERTISE Create a thread in your regional zone forum or in Tournament Discussion if youre expecting a large 50 turnout Make your post easy to read Spellcheck it Make sure you use proper grammar Dont make your audience struggle to get the information they need Use colors and bolditalics sparingly and only to highlight important information like addresses start times and special rules Large tournaments can benefit from posting threads in regional zones asking for help with equipment and housing B E ON TIME No one else will If you open the venue at 8AM be there by 730 Decide on a time to start your first event and then tell everyone to show up an hour earlier Its the only way youll ever start on time C OMPUTERS ARE YOUR FRIENDS Bring a laptop to the tournament and find a piece of software to help run it Tournament Maker 2 is a popular choice but there are superior alternatives Download the software ahead of time and make sure you know how to use it Bring speakers and a microphone if you have a soft voice Also consider bringing a second monitor most laptops and PCs with dualhead video cards will let you mirror your display onto the monitor so your players can view the bracket without crowding around the computer D ONT TAKE MONEY FROM THE POT The only time its OK to take money from entry fees is to pay for venue costs The electricity cost of running one TV for 10 hours is negligible so dont use your utility bill as an excuse to charge money You arent running a tournament to make money unless you actually are in which case there are FAR better things you could be doing to that end youre running a tournament because its FUN E XPLAIN THE RULES Make sure everyone at your tournament understands the rules from counterpicking to random stages to double blinds having printed rule sheets available at each station is also effective This is especially important for nonstandard brackets like round robin pools And be sure to apply the rules equally to all players If someone gets screwed in a set because they were told a different set of rules especially if they were told by a staff member then the set needs to be replayed F IND HELP Running a tournament is beyond the abilities of a single person Ask for helpers before the event and make sure they know youll be counting on them Helpers can assist you in collecting entry fees monitoring stations preventing friendlies from taking over running pools announcing matches setting up tearing down and reporting scores G IVE PLAYERS A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE BRACKET Ask them to alert you if they play one of their friends or crewmates early in the tournament While youre under no obligation to change such a scenario it really isnt much work and will make them much happier No one likes to play their friends in a tournament Some software programs will automatically create a bracket so players from the same location dont play each other figure out if yours does and use it if you can H OST SMALLER TOURNAMENTS BEFORE GOING FOR THE BIG TIME Dont try to run a regional bonanza without throwing a smaller local tourney first Youll learn more than this thread could ever teach you and people will learn to respect your name as a tournament host Respected hosts get the big turnouts and the hot chicks its true I NTRODUCE YOURSELF Make sure everyone knows your name and what you look like the best time to do this is when taking signups Ask the name of everyone you dont know and tell them yours in return Its as good a first impression as any and someone who likes you off the bat will be much more forgiving when you yell at them to stop playing friendlies later on J OKE AROUND Try not to be completely serious all the time Youre running a video game tournament so have some fun This will also make people like you more K EEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE MONEY Do not leave it in a public place Your pocket works fine but a locked cashbox hidden somewhere is better Keep prize pots separate dont mix teams and singles entry fees Dont give the money to anyone you wouldnt trust with your first childs life L ABEL YOUR STATIONS Give them numbers and reference those numbers when announcing matches NEVER TELL SOMEONE TO just find somewhere to play Try and keep track of whos playing where and which stations will be open soon the right computer program can help with this M IND YOUR MANNERS Treat your attendees with respect Treat the owner of the venue with even greater respect and do everything in your power to protect it from damage Dont use a microphone unnecessarily while a big match is going on hearing weird sounds coming from a PA system can be very distracting Congratulate winners when they report their victory and encourage the losers to do better in their next matches People will respect and listen to you if you treat them well N EVER LEAVE THE DESK UNATTENDED Make sure someone is always at the front desk guarding the brackets Its very easy for someone to quickly change your bracket or modify the pot size if you arent looking Have an assistant standing by for when you have to play your matches O PEN EARLY Everyone wants to play friendlies during a tournament but doing so slows everything down So open early and let people get their friendly matches in ahead of time P UBLISH YOUR RESULTS And not a sparse listing on who got firstsecondthird Put copies of your brackets online most tournament software will let you copy a bracket image which you can paste into Paint and then upload to a website like imageshackus or imagedumpcom A bracket image will let players see who they beat and lost to which is much more interesting than what placing they achieved Q UEUE MATCHES Put matches in the ondeck circle for each station As soon as the current match finishes the players behind them take over while the original pair reports their score This helps keep the tournament moving with maximum efficiency R ECORD STUFF Tournaments that put out videos of matches are just that much cooler Ask for people to bring VCRs theyre surprisingly hard to find and gather some tapes Try to put your best matches on TVs with VCRs But let someone else worry about starting the VCRs at the right time you do have a staff right S EED YOUR BRACKETS Skilled players hate entering tournaments where brackets are randomly assigned because doing so makes results much less valid than a seeded bracket Try to seed at least the top eighth of your entrants for a 64 man bracket this means seeding the top 8 players in order Group the rest of the players based on relative skill levels beginners intermediates experts Then create the bracket Some software programs dont allow you to mix grouped seeding with manual seeding in this case you should go with groups and manually fix the bracket to the top X players appear in the right T EACH YOURSELF BRACKET THEORY Make sure you understand the logic behind doubleelimination brackets Wikipedia is a good place to learn the basics Pay attention to how firstround matchups are scheduled how and where players drop into the losers bracket and how changing a players seed moves them around the bracket In case of a computer malfunction you may need to continue a bracket by hand make sure you understand bracket theory well enough to do this U SE COMMON SENSE Self explanatory Should you show that random guy where youre hiding the money Can you trust the word of Joe Smasher if he tells you he just beat Isai Is it a good idea to leave the venue while the tournament is still running Should you make sure to remind players to remove their memory cards after setting up their Cubes You should rethink your desire to host tournaments if the answers to those questions are ambiguous V ERIFY RESULTS Make sure both the winner and loser of a match report to you before moving on or have a staff member watch the result Even MLG tournaments have been tainted by improper reporting of results W HO YOU BEAT IS EVERYTHING Try to emphasize to your players that their overall placing is not as important as who they beat or lost to Someone going against Ken and PC Chris in two consecutive matches would get last place in said tournament That isnt fair and isnt as important as the fact that they only lost to the top two players in the nation Try and convince your players to pay more attention to the Who they beat than the What they placed X IS A DIFFICULT LETTER TO USE Y OU ARE THE BOSS Players will always complain about one aspect of the tournament or another stick to your guns and stand by your decisions Dont let yourself be bullied into a rule change the day of the tournament unless everyone agrees to it Z OMG I ONLY CAME UP WITH 24 TIPS Oh well I tried Hope this helps someone Epic898 Ace Daetaur BulletBlocker and 17 others DoH meleeitonmetumblrcom Joined Jul 1 2004 Messages 7625 Location Washington DC Jan 30 2007 2 OMG NEAL NOW I CAN BE THE HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST Nailexe Scamp BRoomer Joined May 30 2002 Messages 4353 Location Berkeley Jan 30 2007 3 Right 5 steps to being a happier tourneyrunner 1 Secure a location And make sure its secure This means you know exactly how much time you have in the place and what your options are should things go long 2 Stick to a schedule and common sense rules You dont need to have anything set in stone as far as tournament progression goes but you really should have a plan based on how long of a tourney you think youre going to have Also make sure people know when theyre going to play and that there are punishments for leaving the tourney area without telling any staff member 3 Preeverything If your tournament is big its an excellent idea to have a preregistration which wont give you an exact number but should help a lot with 2 above Also have brackets or pools ready to go the day of the tourney Dont make someone leave their 4player game to draw pools Thats not cool 4 Provide room Make sure the layout is such to minimize accidents Specifically its nice if people dont bump into you when youre playing or walk in front of the screen Ive seen this happen at several different console tourneys If you have a big match happening put it on a TV where a large crowd can watch without affecting other matches 5 Have a little fun Like Joke Around yes Remember that while youre trying to be a good host the attendees should be trying to be good guests And if youre going to enter the tourney youre hosting its a good idea to have someone whos reliable run it in your stead You cant oversee things while youre playing I dont really know where these five steps lead Probably to seven more steps Those will come later Epic898 and Sipikahew K KishPrime King of the Ship of Fools Joined Jun 22 2003 Messages 7812 Location Indiana Jan 30 2007 4 The biggest thing that frustrates me is when the host wont decide anything for himself and feels the need to take a poll on everything Date rules pot distribution what events to run etc Asking for input is one thing but some people simply refuse to step up and take responsibility for their own tournament Not much to add a very thorough list Except XYLOPHONE is an instrument that KishPrime plays If you want to be a good tournament host you have to have one of these in the back room V VilNess Smash Champion Joined Jul 19 2004 Messages 2603 Location Finland Jan 30 2007 5 Fun read Thanks omegawhitemage BRoomer Joined Apr 23 2005 Messages 2620 Jan 30 2007 6 The only thing I can think to add is to make sure you have some way to emphasize the importance of matches being played on time We use our DQ rule and enforce it strictly to make sure that everyone knows things need to keep moving at a brisk pace However Im sure there are other ways to do this this is just the way that works best for us EDIT The Mages DQ Rule is applicable when a player is late for a match and it goes as follows 2 Minutes Late Warning 4 Minutes Late Loss of first match of set 6 Minutes Late Loss of set TRYHARD86 B Banksya Smash Ace Joined Sep 17 2006 Messages 760 Location Maine NSG Jan 30 2007 7 why do you need to remove memory cards Bailey Smash Hero Joined Feb 9 2006 Messages 5057 Location Rockland CountyNY Jan 30 2007 8 Good Neal very helpful I never thought of posting the Bracket itself good job pos re Nevermind sobs Warrior of Zarona 変身 Joined Feb 22 2004 Messages 3174 Location Union NJ Jan 30 2007 9 Arr I do all of these already Great job for the post Itll help out everyone else who ever wants to host something Oh I did have some inquiries though Im starting to learn how to do brackets on paper Ive helped do so for KOTC I used it as backup for Smashtality I was forced to do it for Killer Fleets 64 man bracket and now I do so for my biweeklies The reason is so I can have a better understanding of how brackets actually work Its easy to do once we get it going but I have few questions about the seeding The way I have pools setup in my biweeklies are usually pools of 8 and people tally up the number of stock they can take off the opponents in their pool Assuming were working with a 32 man bracket and we have 32 people participating thats 8 pools of 4 with 4 stocks each match and a maximum number of 24 stocks one can take The pools are for the most part randomly assigned The way I usually handle things is that I take the top 16 players with the most points and spread them around Is that what you Second thing If the numbers are uneven lets say we only had 31 people and one of the pools has one less person than all the other pools how would we go about seeding these players The first thing I thought of is giving the 3 man pool a bye meaning they score 4 free stocks each Would that be considered fair or should I use a different system for pools for this Thirdly extending from the second problem is if we have more than 32 players Lets say 33 So now we have one pool that has one more over the other pools Should I give all the other pools four free stocks each and then take the player with the least amount of points and eliminate him to fit the 32 man bracket Or again is there a different and perhaps easier method I think that about does it nealdt BRoomer Joined Jun 12 2005 Messages 3191 Location Long Beach CA Jan 30 2007 10 Banks theyre small inconspicuous and very easy to steal or accidently take Ive lost two memory cards at my tournaments and know of plenty of others that have gone missing at events all over the country Besides having owners remove their memory cards lets you very easily S TANDARDIZE RULES BEFORE STARTING Send an assistant around the room a few minutes before starting an event Have him take a memory card preinitialized with the correct random stages Heshe should kick people off stations unplugging controllers is an effective way to do this you come off as a man of action rather than a bothersome whiner and insert the memory card reset the Cube dont have to power it off and set up time limits and friendly fire options Take the memory card and move on This way youre 100 sure that all stations have the correct stage lists and rule sets before WoZ Ive never tried using stock taken for pool rankings Ive only heard of people using MLG style 2 games per set number of individual wins determines rank I call this total of results in tio and Kish style best of 3 set wins determine rank with about 198532872 other rules for doing tiebreaks In those two systems the performance of other pools does not affect your pool each pool creates a 1234 seed and then those seeds are arranged in a new bracket Your system is a little ambiguous and Im not sure if rankings are all inpool or if you sort EVERYONE in order of stocks taken and give seeds that way I really recommend keeping rankings within the pool if you dont Then you dont run into issues with fewerextra people in a pool throwing off results Its also easier to seed a bracket from those pool results there are algorithms for doing so that will pair topranked finishers against bottomranked finishers and ensure maximum separation between players from the same pool tio does this when advancing players from a RR to a DE bracket Its a little hard to explain and the best way to see it might be to take tio make a RR bracket and add enough entrants Epic898 Warrior of Zarona 変身 Joined Feb 22 2004 Messages 3174 Location Union NJ Jan 30 2007 11 All right Ranking in pools is better then but Ill probably keep the stock count So Ill take a look at tio then and see how it seeds the players K kuyariel Smash Rookie Joined Feb 17 2007 Messages 5 Feb 27 2007 12 I have two questions What makes a good venue and How would you get a hold of said venue omegawhitemage BRoomer Joined Apr 23 2005 Messages 2620 Feb 28 2007 13 A good venue is a fairly large room that can hold as many people as you expect comfortably It also needs to be able to hold an amount of tvs that will be suitable to the crowd you are expecting The best way to get a venue is just to scout potential places then approach the owner with a good clear plan of what you want to do Make sure to sound as confident and professional as possible it makes your life so much easier if you do SamDvds Smash Ace Joined Oct 27 2005 Messages 734 Feb 28 2007 14 Wow this was very helpfulthanksmy team mate and I have hosted 2 tourneys so far but we didnt have any guide like this so we basically just winged it One thing i can say from experience is MAKE SURE U HAVE THE TOURNAMENT SOFTWARE DISK cuz we had 2 end up doing hand bracketsthe owners of the venue only had swiss elimination software so that didnt really help nealdt BRoomer Joined Jun 12 2005 Messages 3191 Location Long Beach CA Feb 28 2007 15 Expanding on what whitemage said about venues Good potential venues include garages churchowned rooms typically only rented to church members and obviously not on sunday school buildings they might have a problem with entry fees payouts tho cheap motel meeting spaces and arcades Confidence is a must when approaching a venue owner but you also need to be very straightforward about what you want to do Make sure they understand there will be televisions brought in and dont lie about the number of expected attendees Other venue features to look for besides space include audiovideo setups an integrated public announcement system will work wonders sufficient power outlets access to chairs and tables definitely dont want to bring your own and fast food outlets in the vicinity Master WGS Smash Lord Joined Oct 25 2004 Messages 1736 Location Canal Winchester OH Mar 1 2007 16 Very awesome nealdt Very clear and informitive R Rapid_Assassin Smash Master Joined Feb 8 2005 Messages 4165 Location RI Mar 1 2007 17 One thing hardly mentioned but is very important is organization The hosts of a tournament have to organize well to avoid disasters This includes but isnt limited to knowing where everything is kept running according to a schedule being knowledgeable about the rules of your own tournament etc The best tournaments Ive been to were all very well organized Also dont be afraid to kick people off of stations if you need them for tournament matches This helps speed up the time it takes to run the tournament dramatically Randall00 Propitious Plumber Premium Joined Feb 6 2006 Messages 1384 Location Calgary Alberta Canada Mar 20 2007 18 That pretty much covers everything anyone needs to know to run a tournament Implementing each of them however always has its own issues that you have to improvise with Anything can happen at a tournament and experience is really the best teacher Running a small local tournmaent before the regional bonanza is the best point to take away from the whole thing Respected hosts get the big turnouts and the hot chicks its true Of course this is why I have taken the bells and whistles approach to tournament hosting Thus in addition to having good organizational skills you also have lots of pretty graphics comprehensive standings loads of videos and not much in the way of free time Oh yeah and hot chicks SamDvds Smash Ace Joined Oct 27 2005 Messages 734 Mar 20 2007 19 Hey I had a question for some of you on a venue situation The 2 places Ive cohosted tourneys b4 were at card shops magic cards etc and the last venue we found was really nice and had enough room but the owners are really greedy They want to get more involved in the smash scene but they want 40 of the prize pot which seems rediculous So I was wondering if any of you had advice on how to tell him thats way too much and no experienced players are gonna come if that much is taken from the D Delphiki Smash Champion Joined Jun 20 2006 Messages 2064 Location Sacramento Berkeley Mar 31 2007 20 I just found this threadand IT SHOULD BE STICKIED111 ZOMG I basically learned everything myself but if I had this when I started I would be a lot better now Btw I never thought about telling people to remove memcards Thats a good idea M _milktea Smash Lord Joined Dec 12 2005 Messages 1363 Location Under Sklers Saddle Mar 31 2007 21 This really should be stickied I forgot like half the things that nealdt listed and Im running a tournament soon Thank you neal for writing these tips up theyll most definitely be resourceful in the near future sephirothken ken combo Joined Nov 26 2002 Messages 1973 Location California Mar 31 2007 22 alright I shall sticky this thread for now until another mod doesnt feel that it is appropriate then unstickies it AlphaZealot Smashboards Owner Administrator Joined Jul 6 2003 Messages 13089 Location Bellevue Washington Mar 31 2007 23 Good call Ken CAOTIC Woxy Joined Oct 29 2004 Messages 11506 Location Sydney Apr 3 2007 24 youre running a tournament because its FUN Worst statement ever K kamikaze falco Smash Lord Joined Feb 12 2006 Messages 1209 Location Keokuk Iowa Apr 10 2007 25 40 percent of the pot thats too expensive Its better if he charges a flat out price instead of percentages Too messy I hosted two tournaments before and from each one I have learned A Lot For example I didnt know how to run pool XD at my second tourney So someone experienced would gladly help me out But each tournament I host again the better host I become The Game II Smash Champion Joined Mar 5 2004 Messages 2018 Location Northern California Apr 18 2007 26 Neal this is great When I write my third book this summer which will be a howto on running tournaments I will try to get a hold of you Anyway the one thing I wanted to tell everyone is regarding advertising Absolutely DO NOT just post a thread on here and expect to get the masses 1 Create fliers and put them up all over And not just in your hometown If you live in a multicity area then go to all the cities and post them Ask restaurants to post the fliers if possible Spend a weekend or two just walking around town putting up papers Since were talking video games try centralizing your postings to schools restaurants and entertainment centers 2 Imagine the flier like one of those billboards attractive and to the point Few words Address cost the games and the Web site even if its just smashboardscom direct them to whatever sub forum it is 3 NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL MEDIA about your event As a newspaper reporter the one thing I HATE is when kids come up to me and say there was a concert they ran or were in and we werent there to report it Well how could we know about it if we didnt see anything about it and you didnt notify us LET THE MEDIA know about your event Believe me when I say the media dont see this as a waste of time If you sell it right to them they see it as a prime opportunity to add to 3a And when you do talk to the media have information ready Have your flier a short report about your tournament and anything that is related to your tournament If its the continuation of a tournament series that helps because the media will recognize that its a longtime event Its much like talking to a venue to ask about running a tournament Come in confident If you sell it right theyll try to make it Youre event is on TV more kids see it and wonder when the next one is its a winwin SamDVDs You have to look at the bottom line If the owners are going to be greedy move on Find a new place It wont be an enjoyable experience if you know that the owners are going to take THAT much About five years ago I ran a tournament at an arcade and the owner was thrilled He took no money out of the prize pool When I asked him about a second event he wanted 50 percent I said byebye GCII Scar HarveyDent Joined Feb 11 2007 Messages 6066 Location Sunnyvale CA Apr 18 2007 27 lol Youre kind of phenomenal I was expecting up to J at most S Sushiman Smash Journeyman Joined Dec 8 2006 Messages 418 Location Fountain Valley CA Jul 6 2007 28 Some people Ive talked to have tried to persuade me to not host my tournament because of the fact that were handling money as if it was gambling How am I supposed to advertise my tournament if I will get in trouble for gambling Is it actually illegal or have they gotten their facts wrong Also do you guys have any comments on foods and drinks Where should I sell them and all that jazz By the way that guide is the best I learned a bunch and Ive already hosted a few tournaments V Velox Smash Ace Joined Feb 14 2007 Messages 866 Location Texas UoH Jul 7 2007 29 Woah awesome writeup Made me think about a few things Sandy Smash Champion Joined Jan 14 2007 Messages 2243 Location North Georgia Jul 8 2007 30 Should I do a tournament with entry fees for a 1st timer like me Would a SmashFest be the way to go S stryderhyru Smash Journeyman Joined Feb 21 2007 Messages 319 Jul 8 2007 31 wow so beautiful and well written its awsome neal xPP and yea wat sushiman said also is it gambling im confused on that consept as well bcuz wat i herd os if u enter a turny and get more money back then wat u payed to enter its gambling Oo true right nealdt BRoomer Joined Jun 12 2005 Messages 3191 Location Long Beach CA Jul 8 2007 32 RE gambling Games like bingo and bunco arent considered gambling even though theres often an entry fee and winners pot Smash at least has a very strong skill component whereas the others are entirely luckbased so theres no reason why youd ever get in legal trouble for holding a smash tournament However many venues especially schools do not allow paytoplay events on their premises make sure you doublecheck with the owner of your venue to make sure heshe fully understands the financial details of your event RE food Not necessary but always appreciated by players You can even make a little bit of money off the sale to cover your personal costs Thats one of the very few areas that I approve of a tournament director earning some cash for himself Just make sure you have trash andor recycling cans available because otherwise that stuff is gonna end up on the floor RE firsttime tournaments Theres no reason why you cant run a successful tournament on your first try as long as youre 1 comfortable with the software youll be using 2 wellknown enough that people will come to your tournament someone with no posting history probably isnt going to get much of a turnout at his 20 tournament and 3 confident in your ability to deal with problems as they arise manacloud1 Smash Champion Joined Dec 10 2002 Messages 2277 Location southern cali orange county Jul 8 2007 33 hmm letters for x and z Xerox Dont forget to xerox copies of the pools it will make things run much smoother Xeroxing copies of the tournament rules also help players be well informed Zero zero tolernace for theft and idiots Kick them out of the venue if it occurs indie_dave Smash Ace Joined Dec 5 2006 Messages 530 Location VegasSeoulHonolulu Jul 9 2007 34 lol manaclouds additions and good luck you guys with oc3 ThomaSexy Smash Ace Joined Mar 13 2004 Messages 855 Location Chino CA Jul 15 2007 35 Wow Neal You put a lot of work into this Good job I just wanted to point out one thing Ive been helping Shuffle Cut run their tournaments a bit and Ive been talking to Mr X from Nexus and a problem we always run into is that Smashers have little or no respect for tournament hosts When a match is over they dont report the results and start playing friendlies instead When the host asks players to start signing up they get ignored as everyone continues to play friendlies When its last call for signups players will hand money My answer to this is that you have to be mean and run the tournaments the same way a manager runs a company Im a mellow person but at my job I have to yell at people and get mad at them in order to get them to cooperate and respect me I dont like to be mean Im not a mean person by nature but I have to be to get the job done In tournaments hosts have to be able to put their foot down One thing everyone needs to remember is that Smashers are a bunch of Another thing you have to remember is that the vast majority of Smashers are guys with lowconfidence A lot of times well call out a match and say Where is soinso and hell be like Im here but hell say it quietly in a loud room so no one hears Last time this happened I walked out into the middle of the room and I said in an angry and irritated tone of voice Are Smashers deaf or what Where is soinso Only then did he say it loud enough for me to hear Im here I had to be I hope this helps Epic898 Sandy Smash Champion Joined Jan 14 2007 Messages 2243 Location North Georgia Jul 16 2007 36 Can you tell more about hosting a Smash Fest nublet06 Smash Lord Joined Jan 23 2006 Messages 1781 Location Sherman Oaks CA Palmdale 4 lyfe Jul 16 2007 37 ThomaSexy said Wow Neal You put a lot of work into this Good job I just wanted to point out one thing Ive been helping Shuffle Cut run their tournaments a bit and Ive been talking to Mr X from Nexus and a problem we always run into is that Smashers have little or no respect for tournament hosts When a match is over they dont report the results and start playing friendlies instead When the host asks players to start signing up they get ignored as everyone continues to play friendlies When its last call for signups players will hand money My answer to this is that you have to be mean and run the tournaments the same way a manager runs a company Im a mellow person but at my job I have to yell at people and get mad at them in order to get them to cooperate and respect me I dont like to be mean Im not a mean person by nature but I have to be to get the job done In tournaments hosts have to be able to put their foot down One thing everyone needs to remember is that Smashers are a bunch of Another thing you have to remember is that the vast majority of Smashers are guys with lowconfidence A lot of times well call out a match and say Where is soinso and hell be like Im here but hell say it quietly in a loud room so no one hears Last time this happened I walked out into the middle of the room and I said in an angry and irritated tone of voice Are Smashers deaf or what Where is soinso Only then did he say it loud enough for me to hear Im here I had to be I hope this helps Click to expand you dont have to be mean ive run a few tournaments at my place and all you have to is be funny sometimes you can use profanity and everyone laughs but you just have to be direct being mean is that last thing you should do i just yell out WHERE THE F IS SO AND SO but im smiling and everyone knows im joking around it gets the job done and things run smoothly Epic898 Randall00 Propitious Plumber Premium Joined Feb 6 2006 Messages 1384 Location Calgary Alberta Canada Jul 16 2007 38 Interesting Well yeah of course you dont have to be mean You also dont have to be mean to run a company but if yelling at people and getting mad at them is what you consider getting the job done I guess thats why theres companies with customers that dont respect what theyre doing It is very elitist and noncommunal to even entertain the notion that all smashers are a bunch of whining kids when neither of those variables are true or people with lowconfidence when an individuals level of confidence has nothing to do with properly running a tournament You have to be realistic about running tournaments You cant wish to be famed and loved by all the smashers that come over which is what seemed to be implied by respect theyre here to smash So no it didnt really help but interesting insight anyway ThomaSexy Smash Ace Joined Mar 13 2004 Messages 855 Location Chino CA Jul 18 2007 39 I understand why people would disagree with me but I stand by my opinion Although I guess I shouldnt say you have to be mean but more like assertive Its not necessary to be rude and call people names or cuss but just let them know whos the boss and rule with an iron fist At my job one department has a really nice manager As a result the people under him slack off and fool around and dont do their job They walk all over the manager because they know hes soft and they wont get in trouble In But I do understand why people would disagree with me Oh And that thing about them not having confidence thats one of my observations from tournaments Ive been to Maybe its a little harsh to talk like ALL Smashers are like that but a lot of them from what Ive seen are I just get annoyed when youre in a room with 10 tvs fullblast and 60 bodies in there all talking and making noise and then you call out a match like Soinso has a match against Jon Doe WHERE IS SOINSO and they basically WHISPER Im here Trust me I do understand why anyone would disagree with me though On a side note It makes no sense why women totally fall for the bad boys and jerks instead of the good guys and nice guys We may not understand why but it is 100 true that most girls fall for those kind of guys Being one of those bad boys myself I understand why they fall for us better than Mr Nice Guy does So it makes sense to me that nice guys would disagree with me Trust me I understand why nice guys would disagree with me on this Do you catch my drift and subliminal messages H h1roshi Smash Hero Joined Sep 11 2005 Messages 5652 Location Kissimmee Florida playing melee f brawl th Jul 18 2007 40 this is a very good guide so far ive held just one tournament of my own and it was pretty freakin succesful but there were some tips here that i will keep in mind definitely informativepeace hiroshi 1 2 3 4 You must log in or register to reply here Forums Smash Tournaments Tournament Discussion

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XAML

builds

how

to

select

which

MSBUILDexe

is

used

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Team

Foundation

Server

Build

and

release

management

Question

I

have

a

new

Team

Build

server

setup

with

and

RC

installed

One

of

the

builds

I

am

trying

to

run

is

a

VSTO

excel

addin

using

an

old

TFSBuildproj

XAML

upgrade

template

type

This

build

is

failing

when

queued

from

TFS

however

when

I

run

the

build

from

the

command

line

using

MSBuildexe

on

the

same

server

it

is

able

to

complete

This

works

CProgram

Files

MyExcelAddInsln

pConfigurationRelease

Targetrebuild

Task

Manager

Processes

shows

the

MSBuildexe

running

from

the

TFS

build

is

this

version

File

Version

So

as

expected

using

that

MSBuild

from

the

command

line

also

fails

MyExcelAddInsln

pConfigurationRelease

Targetrebuild

So

my

question

is

there

a

way

to

configure

TFS

XAML

Upgrade

templates

build

to

use

the

newer

version

of

MSBuildexe

The

old

build

server

that

was

previously

running

the

build

had

many

old

version

of

VS

installed

including

but

I

am

trying

to

not

need

these

old

version

going

forward

Thanks

Monday

February

PM

Answers

Hi

Steven

Thank

you

for

posting

here

If

using

UpgradeTemplatexml

then

just

try

to

change

the

Run

TfsBuild

for

Configuration

Folder

ToolPath

to

target

to

by

default

CProgram

Files

in

this

build

process

template

and

requeue

the

build

Best

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by

Andy

LiMSFT

Microsoft

contingent

staff

Thursday

March

AM

Marked

as

answer

by

StevenIBSI

Thursday

March

PM

Thursday

March

AM

All

replies

Hi

StevenIBSI

Thanks

for

posting

here

Please

try

to

add

additional

MSBuild

arguments

in

XAML

build

template

Advanced

settings

Please

refer

to

below

screenshot

Add

the

following

MSBuild

arguments

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Edited

by

Andy

LiMSFT

Microsoft

contingent

staff

Tuesday

February

AM

Tuesday

February

AM

Which

build

template

do

you

use

uses

the

latest

msbuild

if

you

have

some

customized

templates

you

need

to

update

them

with

the

new

path

Tuesday

February

AM

Even

with

which

I

had

tried

already

it

is

still

invoking

the

older

File

Version

I

am

using

the

UpgradeTemplatexaml

build

template

which

is

driving

a

TFSBuildproj

file

I

looked

at

UpgradeTemplatexaml

but

I

didnt

see

any

path

to

MSBuildexe

that

I

could

modify

to

point

to

a

newer

msbuildexe

In

addition

to

the

build

issues

with

the

excel

addin

I

am

also

not

able

to

build

projects

with

c

syntax

which

I

believe

requires

the

newer

msbuild

in

CProgram

Files

Is

there

a

way

to

modify

the

UpgradeTemplatexml

to

configure

which

MSBuildexe

is

invoked

Thanks

Tuesday

February

PM

Even

with

which

I

had

tried

already

it

is

still

invoking

the

older

File

Version

I

am

using

the

UpgradeTemplatexaml

build

template

which

is

driving

a

TFSBuildproj

file

I

looked

at

UpgradeTemplatexaml

but

I

didnt

see

any

path

to

MSBuildexe

that

I

could

modify

to

point

to

a

newer

msbuildexe

In

addition

to

the

build

issues

with

the

excel

addin

I

am

also

not

able

to

build

projects

with

c

syntax

which

I

believe

requires

the

newer

msbuild

in

CProgram

Files

When

I

message

the

following

properties

to

the

log

file

from

TFSBuildproj

they

have

these

values

MSBuildToolsPathCProgram

Files

MSBuildBinPathCProgram

Files

MSBuildExtensionsPathCProgram

Files

but

it

is

not

using

these

paths

to

invoke

the

MSBuildexe

that

is

used

to

build

the

solutions

specified

in

the

SolutionToBuild

elements

Is

there

a

way

to

modify

the

UpgradeTemplatexml

to

configure

which

MSBuildexe

is

invoked

Thanks

Edited

by

StevenIBSI

Tuesday

February

PM

Tuesday

February

PM

take

a

look

at

this

thread

Wednesday

March

AM

Hi

Steven

Thank

you

for

posting

here

If

using

UpgradeTemplatexml

then

just

try

to

change

the

Run

TfsBuild

for

Configuration

Folder

ToolPath

to

target

to

by

default

CProgram

Files

in

this

build

process

template

and

requeue

the

build

Best

Regards

MSDN

Community

Support

Please

remember

to

click

Mark

as

Answer

the

responses

that

resolved

your

issue

and

to

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Answer

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not

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can

be

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to

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reading

this

thread

If

you

have

any

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or

complaints

to

MSDN

Support

feel

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to

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MSDNFSFmicrosoftcom

Proposed

as

answer

by

Andy

LiMSFT

Microsoft

contingent

staff

Thursday

March

AM

Marked

as

answer

by

StevenIBSI

Thursday

March

PM

Thursday

March

AM

Thanks

Andy

Your

post

is

the

one

the

finally

put

me

on

track

to

solve

this

mystery

It

was

not

clear

to

me

at

first

what

you

were

referring

to

since

I

had

not

done

any

customizations

to

those

xaml

process

template

files

my

work

was

always

in

the

TFSBuildproj

file

But

after

reading

the

information

on

this

page

Customize

your

build

process

template

it

became

clear

So

from

my

existing

build

definition

on

the

Process

tab

I

used

the

Download

link

to

extract

a

copy

of

the

UpgradeTemplatexaml

file

to

my

file

system

as

I

setup

a

VS

project

as

described

in

Customize

your

build

process

template

adding

the

to

the

new

project

Opened

in

the

designer

and

then

clicked

on

the

Run

TfsBuild

for

Configuration

Folder

Activity

and

tried

to

edit

the

ToolPath

property

However

each

time

I

did

that

would

just

crash

So

I

just

loaded

in

notepad

and

added

the

toolpath

to

the

xaml

as

follows

mtbwaTfsBuild

BinariesSubdirectoryBinariesSubdirectory

BuildDirectorybuildDirectory

CommandLineArgumentsMSBuildArguments

ConfigurationFolderPathConfigurationFolderPath

DisplayNameRun

TfsBuild

for

Configuration

Folder

DoNotDownloadBuildTypeDoNotDownloadBuildType

LogFilePerProjectLogFilePerProject

RecursionTypeRecursionType

SourcesSubdirectorySourcesSubdirectory

TestResultsSubdirectoryTestResultsSubdirectory

ToolPathCProgram

Files

ToolPlatformMSBuildPlatform

VerbosityVerbosity

I

added

the

edited

into

source

control

Then

back

to

the

build

definition

Process

tab

I

clicked

on

the

New

command

button

and

browsed

to

the

file

in

source

control

Then

I

was

able

to

change

my

Build

process

file

from

UpgradeTemplatexaml

to

Now

when

I

run

my

build

I

can

clearly

see

in

the

build

log

file

that

it

is

using

msbuild

version

and

tools

from

that

version

So

now

my

builds

are

running

a

version

of

cscexe

that

can

handle

syntax

CProgram

Files

Life

is

good

thanks

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Answered by what causes my buffer cache hit ratio to hit 100 SQL Server Getting started with SQL Server Question 0 Hi experts can you please help me to find out what is causing buffer cache hit ration to hit 100 constantly I have googled it but I get lots of information which I am not able to understand please help me in troubleshooting this Thanks in advance Wednesday May 13 2015 718 PM Quote Answers 2 Hi Venkatesh Buffer cache hit ratio is pool of memory pages into which data pages are read In other words the data pages which are read from Disk are stored in MemoryCache to provide data faster When a Data Read request is submitted what SQL Engine does is it will go to disk retrieve the data from disk and place it in MemoryCache and return back the requested data How this helps When the request to same data pages is sent next time there is no need to go to Disk again it just reads from Cache and returns the data making data retrival faster and Lets us take an example Say that you see that the Buffer Cache hit ratioquery is below to find the buffer cache hit ratio is around 95 when you request data This mean 95 times out of 100 requests SQL was able to provide data from Memorycache and only 5 times it had to go to Disk Buffer Cache Hit Ratio should be on 97100 level always if its low for some moments that is fine But if you see continously Buffer Cache Hit Ratio below 9795 then definately this server needs more memory Low buffer cache results in High IO operations and thus leading to low performance Best Regards If you have found this post helpful please click the Vote as Helpful link If this post answers your question click the Mark As Answered link below It helps others who experience the same issue in future to find the solution Edited by NSQL Wednesday May 13 2015 920 PM Marked as answer by venkatesh1985 Thursday May 14 2015 143 PM Wednesday May 13 2015 920 PM Quote

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Prevent

Event

from

firing

twice

with

double

click

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Studio

Languages

NET

Framework

Visual

C

Question

Hi

C

WinForm

Wondering

the

best

way

to

prevent

a

button

event

from

firing

twice

if

user

double

clicks

inserting

rows

into

database

Im

currently

using

WaitCursor

but

not

sure

if

thats

adequate

thanks

Ron

Friday

September

PM

Quote

Answers

They

click

and

in

the

click

event

you

disable

the

button

until

the

process

returns

You

enable

the

button

when

the

process

returns

to

the

event

Proposed

as

answer

by

Ashish

Pandey

Saturday

September

AM

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September

AM

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September

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Quote

All

replies

They

click

and

in

the

click

event

you

disable

the

button

until

the

process

returns

You

enable

the

button

when

the

process

returns

to

the

event

Proposed

as

answer

by

Ashish

Pandey

Saturday

September

AM

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answer

by

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September

AM

Friday

September

PM

Quote

Definitely

agree

with

Darnold

Hes

answered

the

question

Always

disable

a

button

as

you

process

if

it

can

possibly

interfere

with

itself

You

might

also

want

to

consider

disabling

the

entire

screen

if

other

processing

could

possibly

intervene

Err

towards

going

overboard

on

the

disabling

and

youll

have

way

less

weird

support

issues

after

go

live

Show

them

a

busy

message

if

itll

last

a

while

You

can

even

put

it

in

a

task

and

run

in

a

separate

thread

using

async

await

You

can

mark

event

handlers

with

async

Hope

that

helps

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dont

forget

to

up

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answers

you

like

or

which

help

you

and

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ones

which

answer

your

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Saturday

September

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Moderator

I

also

agree

with

just

an

extra

hint

mybutton

Enabled

false

try

working

catch

oops

finally

mybutton

Enabled

true

Put

your

code

in

try

catch

finally

block

and

always

reenable

your

button

on

Finally

Proposed

as

answer

by

Muhammad

Asad

Partner

Saturday

September

AM

Saturday

September

AM

Quote

Thanks

Darnold

and

others

appreciate

the

info

Sunday

September

AM

Quote

They

click

and

in

the

click

event

you

disable

the

button

until

the

process

returns

You

enable

the

button

when

the

process

returns

to

the

event

This

method

has

been

questioned

here

I

quote

from

the

relevant

section

They

key

point

however

is

that

event

registration

is

isolated

from

other

controlsbuttons

enabled

or

disabled

property

and

disabling

a

button

will

not

prevent

a

subscribed

event

handler

from

executing

code

This

is

true

for

WPF

and

Winforms

The

correct

way

to

deal

with

this

is

to

initiate

a

timer

on

the

first

click

via

either

a

timer

or

simply

measuring

the

elapsed

time

yourself

and

then

any

clicks

received

within

a

fixed

period

of

time

would

be

either

rejected

or

accepted

depending

on

what

you

are

trying

to

achieve

So

in

other

words

you

dont

process

a

singleclick

until

the

time

period

has

elapsed

for

a

potential

doubleclick

to

occur

I

mean

do

you

really

believe

that

the

Windows

OS

actually

disables

and

enables

things

as

you

click

Or

do

you

think

that

maybe

it

just

handles

clickevents

properly

Worms

Forts

Worms

Rogue

Trooper

Thank

you

Total

Mobile

D

Monday

April

PM

Quote

I

mean

do

you

really

believe

that

the

Windows

OS

actually

disables

and

enables

things

as

you

click

Or

do

you

think

that

maybe

it

just

handles

clickevents

properly

It

will

disable

controls

straight

away

if

you

allow

it

to

If

you

have

a

tight

loop

processing

data

on

the

ui

then

it

will

interfere

with

such

things

Thats

a

bad

idea

The

correct

way

is

not

to

block

the

UI

thread

and

to

do

your

expensive

processing

asynchronously

Then

your

button

will

be

disabled

immediately

because

the

ui

thread

is

free

and

the

ui

is

responsive

If

you

create

a

new

windows

forms

project

you

can

easily

demonstrate

this

Add

a

button

to

and

click

handler

private

async

void

object

sender

EventArgs

e

Debug

WriteLine

Click

Enabled

false

await

Task

Delay

Enabled

true

Double

click

and

you

get

one

Click

written

to

the

Output

window

That

await

task

delay

represents

some

asynchronous

taskprocess

like

writing

data

away

or

whatever

Once

the

task

completes

control

is

returned

to

the

next

statement

and

is

enabled

again

Adding

the

same

record

twice

by

mistake

can

of

course

be

done

over

a

much

longer

period

than

double

click

If

that

can

be

an

issue

you

should

mark

your

object

so

you

know

its

IsDirty

true

initially

Set

it

IsDirty

false

once

you

add

and

not

add

anything

which

is

IsDirty

false

Another

option

is

to

exit

the

add

new

formwindowwhatever

once

you

add

the

new

thing

so

once

its

added

the

user

doesnt

have

that

add

button

available

to

add

it

again

Hope

that

helps

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articles

WPF

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my

Technet

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WSUS Install The system can not find the file specified Windows Server WSUS Question 0 Windows Server 2012 R2 standalone WSUS this is a reinstall It keeps failing on postinstallation I have removed and reinstalled WID IIS NET WSUS more times than I can count I have looked at nearly all the posts that I can find both on this forum and anywhere else Google can find At this point Ive got it to where the postconfiguration is failing to create the website Any help would be appreciated log is below 2015 10 19 12 54 00 Configuring IIS 2015 10 19 12 54 00 Start ConfigureWebsite 2015 10 19 12 54 01 Configuring website on port 8530 2015 10 19 12 54 01 System ComponentModel Win32Exception 0x80004005 The system can not find the file specified at System Diagnostics Process StartWithShellExecuteEx ProcessStartInfo startInfo at System Diagnostics Process Start ProcessStartInfo startInfo at Microsoft UpdateServices Administration UseCustomWebSite ExecuteIisCustomAction String arguments at Microsoft UpdateServices Administration UseCustomWebSite InstallAndConfigure IisConfiguration iisConfiguration Int32 newPortNumber at Microsoft UpdateServices Administration UseCustomWebSite CreateWebsite Int32 newPortNumber at Microsoft UpdateServices Administration PostInstall ConfigureWebsite Int32 portNumber at Microsoft UpdateServices Administration PostInstall Run at Microsoft UpdateServices Administration PostInstall Execute String arguments Monday October 19 2015 458 PM Reply Quote Answers 0 I had actually renamed Cwindowssystem32inetsrv and had removed IIS and cinetpub but that didnt result in any changes Considering the error happens directly after the line about attempting to configure IIS I had assumed there was some kind of issue Ultimately I had the server VM restored to an old snapshot right after it was created WSUS installed just fine after that I can only assume there was a file corruption or some file was missing that was needed in order to create the WSUS administration site Proposed as answer by Steven_Lee0510 Moderator Monday October 26 2015 525 AM Marked as answer by Steven_Lee0510 Moderator Monday November 9 2015 656 AM Thursday October 22 2015 541 PM Reply Quote All replies 0 Hello Thank you for your post This is a quick note to let you know that we are performing research on this issue Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help If you have feedback for TechNet Support contact tnmffmicrosoftcom Wednesday October 21 2015 527 AM Quote Moderator 0 Hi According to the log this error occurs when the postinstall is configuring the IIS Please remove the IIS and rename the folders used by IIS inetpub and cwindowssystem32 inetsrv After that please run the DISM to check if there is any system file is corrupt httpssupportmicrosoftcomenuskb947821 Then try to install the WSUS again Best Regards Steven Lee Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help If you have feedback for TechNet Support contact tnmffmicrosoftcom Wednesday October 21 2015 633 AM Quote Moderator 0 I had actually renamed Cwindowssystem32inetsrv and had removed IIS and cinetpub but that didnt result in any changes Considering the error happens directly after the line about attempting to configure IIS I had assumed there was some kind of issue Ultimately I had the server VM restored to an old snapshot right after it was created WSUS installed just fine after that I can only assume there was a file corruption or some file was missing that was needed in order to create the WSUS administration site Proposed as answer by Steven_Lee0510 Moderator Monday October 26 2015 525 AM Marked as answer by Steven_Lee0510 Moderator Monday November 9 2015 656 AM Thursday October 22 2015 541 PM Reply Quote

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