Methods and ideas that are no longer used in the current versions of various technologies.
Questions tagged [obsolete]
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IIS Advanced Logging Counters
Is there any experience of IIS Advanced Logger?
I've set it up to work with Application Insights, but the perf counters can't be acceded.http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/idof/2013/08/20/fixing-iis-advanced-logging-performance-counters-errors/, but the…

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Should we think about CSS media other than screen and print?
Should we think about CSS media other than screen and print? http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html#media-types
all
Suitable for all devices.
braille
Intended for braille tactile feedback devices.
embossed
Intended for paged braille…

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Public Overrides Function GetBytes() As Byte() is obsolete
What does the poet try to say?
Public Overrides Function GetBytes() As Byte() is obsolete: Rfc2898DeriveBytes replaces PasswordDeriveBytes for deriving key material from a password and is preferred in new applications.
Should i replace this…

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MonoTouch: Approaching Obsolete iOS methods
As iOS is upgraded the signatures and methods of older versions get marked as obsolete by MonoTouch.
My question is, if we take the suggestion for a new method that MonoTouch offers , will we be negatively affecting older iOS versions?
I understand…

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Telnet over half-duplex comms link - negotiation parameters
Our embedded system needs a Telnet (over serial) interface, due to hardware / legacy system it's working over a half-duplex link (RS485). Yes, I know - no, we can't change it, the industry likes it that way.
The problem with this is that while we're…

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Obsolete after a specific date?
I would like to mark a method/class... obsolete but only after a specific date. For example this class will be obsolete in 6 month to let other developers to get time to implements the new architecture.
Is there an existing attribute in C# doing…

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What happened to the *= and =* for outer joins in SQL?
I was just curious as to why the *= operator for left outer join and the '=*' for 'right outer join were taken out of the SQL standard, or, at least not supported by SQL server 2005 and on? I have read a few other posts on this particular operator…

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ObsoleteAttribute confusion
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Why are C# collection-properties not flagged as obsolete when calling properties on them?
I would like to apply ObsoleteAttribute to a property, but it seems that compiler generates warnings/errors only for direct usage of…

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Why to use a Deque instead of inbuilt Stack<>?
The Java Doc says that a Stack should preferably be created from a Deque, rather than using the quintessential Stack<>. Unfortunately, it does not emphasize why so.
Deques can also be used as LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) stacks. This interface should…

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How to mark an assembly as obsolete
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to mark an assembly as deprecated?
I have the need to mark an assembly as obsolete. I am aware of the ObsoleteAttribute. The bad thing is, it cannot be used on assembly-level. So, I would have to mark all the…

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MonoTouch NSNotificationCenter.DefaultCenter.AddObserver now obsolete?
I'm just wondering what the modern equivalent of:
NSNotificationCenter.DefaultCenter.AddObserver("UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification", receivedRotate);
would be. It says its obsolete and that I should use AddObserver, but I'm not sure what to…

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Are you forced to develop for old web browsers?
I always wondered why people are still running older web browsers until I started at my current job. Here I am forced to use IE6 to develop all of our internal applications, as our target users also are using IE6. Is anyone else in a situation where…

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How to get the item count on a DynamoDB table using PHP in real-time?
I have a table in Amazon DynamoDB. I want to get the number of items in the table using PHP script.
Now, I know that there are a lot of questions about this topic, but they are all obsolete, and the solutions use an out-of-date APIs.
I tried…

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How to tell which assembler instructions are obsolete?
I'm reviewing my assembly language skills since it's been a while that I've touched that subject. I recently read that instructions like BCD instructions (AAA, AAD, AAM, AAS, etc.) and floating-point instructions (FLD, FST, etc.) aren't commonly…

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warning CS0618: 'IPAddress.Address' is obsolete: 'This property has been deprecated
warning CS0618: 'IPAddress.Address' is obsolete: 'This property has
been deprecated. It is address family dependent. Please use
IPAddress.Equals method to perform comparisons.
Converts the octal representation of an IP address to an unsigned…

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