Aaaagh is this .net?

[xoggoth]

Been sent some code - can I adapt it to a different use by end of March in my spare time? Trouble is, I was expecting C++ and it ain't. Using windows.forms and has things like "using" instead of #include and .cs file types and there is some file AssemblyInfo.cs.

What is it? Don't think I have the time. They would probably be interested if anyone else could do the job, pays £38ph upwards.

sample file

[scotspine]

tis indeed a small gobbet of the true source....whence came ye by this xog?

[Joe Black]

Yes...C#

Presume the code has something to do with correcting/modifying an image, though 90% of the code in that file of course is just the standard IDE generated stuff for the user interface.

What the rest does and how easy it'd be to convert to something else I would hesitate to guess...though if you're wanting something in C++ and you have a bunch of code which makes a lot of use of built-in .NET classes and libraries I'd say you'd have your work cut out for you...

[GeorgeGregan]

if you're wanting something in C++ and you have a bunch of code which makes a lot of use of built-in .NET classes and libraries I'd say you'd have your work cut out for you...

Then again if you can deliver the modified version C# and you were expecting to have to do it in C++, divide your original time estimate by three. This includes ample time for reading the .Net for dummies books.

[VectraMan]

Don't know too much about .net, but if you want some image manipulation code doing in C++ on Windows, I'm available...

[mcquiggd]

Xog, drop me a PM.... might be interested.... would need to know timescales, deliverables, the usual...

3 1/2 years C#, MSCD .Net, ex Avanade (Microsoft and Accenture owned consultancy)

[xoggoth]

The existing routine "destripes" a satellite image file in a simple image cube format (1024 lines of 766 pixels for band 1 followed by ditto for band 2 etc). They want it adapted to destripe an image in HDF format.

HDF is a standard NASA format, all the info and all the code to handle it is available for free. (eg http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/) When I just looked it seemed to be in Java, tho' sure there was plenty in C when I looked at it a few years back.

So theoretically its just a "simple" (ha ha) adaptation and stitching of existing code and you don't need to know anything about satellite imaging. You won't get technical specs from the client, they tell you what they want in a brief email and you supply it.

I will see if client is interested in using someone else and pass on details. He said there is a commercial advantage in getting it done by end march so may be willing to pay significantly above the £38 that I usually get for their odds and ends.

Vectraman/mcQ/anyone else, will pass your details on if he's interested.