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MSDN Search shows Mono results

Started by Ivan Zlatev · 1 year ago

Today I accidentaly MSDN searched for Win32SetClipboardData (our P/Invoke method name in Mono WinForms) instead of SetClipboardData and guess what… I ended up with 5 Mono results in front of me. I found it amusing considering the fact that this was MSDN Search after all. A screenshot in case they “fix” it. (Click bottom-left [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Jonathan Chambers

    1 year ago

    Ivan,
    Yes, we support MS COM now so the DnD code could be rewritten. However, COM Interop does require runtime support. Theoretically, someone could compile a runtime without COM support (for size) and still expect Winforms to work. Although, this is less likely now that the WebBrowser uses COM extensively. If it makes life easier (and obviously is Windows only) I say go for it.

    - Jonathan
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  • Cetin Sert

    1 year ago

    You get these results only if you search the entire web (probably using live search) from msdn. If you search msdn only, no results whatsoever. See the drop down arrow button next to the search icon.
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  • Ivan Zlatev

    1 year ago

    I can guarantee you I did not use the "Search Entire Web". I never do. There's Google for that. I just tried it and it shows 12 results and the MSDN-only search no longer shows the 5 results in my screenshot. I guess this all was just a temporarily glitch.
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  • Justin Grant

    12 months ago

    Hi Ivan - Yep, we had a publishing glitch yesterday. We use a configuration file to define all the refinements and scopes used on MSDN Search. That file was updated yesterday but somehow a blank file got pushed out to two of our servers.

    With a blank file, we always search the entire Web. You might have also noticed that search refinements (e.g. the "Win32 & COM Development" you'd normally see when searching for SetClipboardData) were also missing.

    Anyway, we fixed the problem a few hours ago and the default search scope, and refinements, are back to normal. Thanks for noticing and keeping us on our toes! :-)
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