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Desktop Gadgets

GadgetPacker - Windows Gadget Build Tool
Posted: 2 Nov 2010   Updated: 2 Nov 2010   Views: 28,944   Rating: 4.90/5    Votes: 18   Popularity: 6.14
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 33   Downloaded: 1,476
A simple automated build tool to assist with Windows Gadget development
Windows 7 Sidebar Gadget - CodeProject Reputation Watcher
Posted: 11 Dec 2010   Updated: 22 Mar 2011   Views: 56,598   Rating: 4.94/5    Votes: 44   Popularity: 8.12
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 70   Downloaded: 3,574
Windows 7 Gadget that scrapes your reputation points and graph, and tracks changes between updates

ASP.NET

ASP.Net MVC Client / Server Bot Trap
Posted: 4 Feb 2012   Updated: 6 Feb 2012   Views: 18,264   Rating: 4.94/5    Votes: 6   Popularity: 3.84
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 21   Downloaded: 391
Using Client Side Timer and Hidden Elements to catch a Bot submission in Asp.Net MVC

Client side scripting

Google Chrome Extension - CodeProject Reputation Watcher
Posted: 2 Aug 2010   Updated: 22 Mar 2011   Views: 42,875   Rating: 4.94/5    Votes: 69   Popularity: 9.08
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 59   Downloaded: 578
Google Chrome Extension that scrapes your reputation points and graph, and tracks changes between updates.
Google Chrome Extension - CodeProject Template Items
Posted: 22 Aug 2011   Updated: 19 Sep 2011   Views: 12,417   Rating: 4.93/5    Votes: 15   Popularity: 5.79
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 32   Downloaded: 277
Google Chrome Extension that provides Message and Answer templating

Trace and Logs

Beginner Guide to Page and Script Debugging with Chrome
Posted: 24 Oct 2011   Updated: 27 Nov 2011   Views: 53,106   Rating: 4.98/5    Votes: 74   Popularity: 9.31
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 114   Downloaded: 618
A beginner introduction to the features of the Chrome Debugger

Ultrabooks

UltraDynamo
Posted: 13 Oct 2012   Updated: 28 Nov 2012   Views: 3,359   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.49
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 4   Downloaded: 0
Ultrabook vehicle dynamo
UltraDynamo (Part 5) - Building, Code Signing and Packaging
Posted: 14 Jan 2013   Updated: 14 Jan 2013   Views: 1,914   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 7   Popularity: 4.23
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 0
In this section we will take a look at what is required to build, sign and package the application.
UltraDynamo (Part 4) - Graphics and Fonts
Posted: 14 Jan 2013   Updated: 14 Jan 2013   Views: 1,940   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.49
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 0
In this section we will take a look at some of the graphic and font handling routines.
UltraDynamo (Part 3) - Real Time Trends
Posted: 14 Jan 2013   Updated: 14 Jan 2013   Views: 2,262   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 3.01
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 4   Downloaded: 0
A look at achieving real time trends in UltraDynamo
UltraDynamo (Part 1) - It all starts here!
Posted: 14 Jan 2013   Updated: 14 Jan 2013   Views: 6,868   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 6   Popularity: 3.89
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 10   Downloaded: 244
In this section, we look at the basics to get going.
UltraDynamo (Part 2) - It is all about the sensors
Posted: 14 Jan 2013   Updated: 17 Jan 2013   Views: 2,727   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 3.01
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 4   Downloaded: 0
In this section we will take a look at the sensors, the sensor manager and the simulation

CodeProject FAQs

Code Project Utilities (Member Contributions) FAQ
Posted: 21 Sep 2010   Updated: 3 Feb 2013   Views: 34,212   Rating: 0.0 / 5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.0
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 49   Downloaded: 0
Community provided tools that are available for use with The Code Project

Hardware & System

ESD System Communication Failure Fail Safe Software Implementation
Posted: 4 Nov 2010   Updated: 4 Nov 2010   Views: 14,095   Rating: 4.96/5    Votes: 13   Popularity: 5.51
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 5   Downloaded: 0
Introduction to implementing a Fail Safe communications failure ESD System architecture.
Data Historians - You Bought It, Use It! Real World Example
Posted: 14 Jan 2011   Updated: 23 Jan 2011   Views: 33,178   Rating: 4.98/5    Votes: 17   Popularity: 6.12
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 20   Downloaded: 0
Getting value from your data historian and recovering data using ProcessBook
Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2- GPU Cooler
Posted: 2 May 2013   Updated: 7 May 2013   Views: 1,534   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 0
Replacement GPU Cooler - Icy cool or hot and bothered?
Major Component Upgrades with a twist, benchmarks and all!
Posted: 10 May 2013   Updated: 29 May 2013   Views: 2,029   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.39
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 11
Attempting an upgrade can be rewarding, but without an OS re-install may end in tears!
Netgear GS108 - 8 Blinking Link LEDs - Can we fix it? Yes we CAN!
Posted: 1 Jun 2011   Updated: 1 Jun 2011   Views: 11,597   Rating: 4.89/5    Votes: 11   Popularity: 5.09
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 0
Netgear GS108 8-port Gigabit switch is unhappy, only wants to blink.......blink no more!
Repairing a Dead Netgear JGS516 Network Switch
Posted: 1 Jun 2011   Updated: 1 Jun 2011   Views: 11,602   Rating: 4.89/5    Votes: 18   Popularity: 6.12
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 3   Downloaded: 0
Repair can often be just as effective, this is how I repaired my dead switch.
QNAP NAS Memory Upgrade, Hardware Change and Performance Benefits
Posted: 1 Jul 2011   Updated: 3 Jul 2011   Views: 7,452   Rating: 4.33/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.76
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 1   Downloaded: 70
A quick look at upgrading a QNAP NAS memory and the benchmarking of the performance
Corsair Hydro H80 CPU Cooler Install
Posted: 13 Mar 2012   Updated: 14 Mar 2012   Views: 8,829   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.39
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 3   Downloaded: 0
Installing a 'Corsair H80 Liquid CPU Cooler' on an overheating system - did it make a difference?
The Hybrid Alternative - Did it make a difference?
Posted: 29 Feb 2012   Updated: 1 May 2012   Views: 11,617   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 3.01
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 3   Downloaded: 45
Swapping out a standard HDD for a Hybrid HDD in my ageing Acer 6935.
Raspberry Pi - [Episode 1] The journey begins
Posted: 19 Jul 2012   Updated: 20 Jul 2012   Views: 17,033   Rating: 4.97/5    Votes: 16   Popularity: 5.98
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 15   Downloaded: 0
Bought, Imaged and Booted - So far so good!
Arduino Platform - SIMON Game Implementation
Posted: 27 Oct 2009   Updated: 27 Oct 2009   Views: 48,596   Rating: 4.83/5    Votes: 26   Popularity: 6.80
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 27   Downloaded: 292
Using the Arduino platform for a SIMON game implementation.
Arduino Platform - Interrupts Introduction
Posted: 23 Feb 2010   Updated: 23 Feb 2010   Views: 43,806   Rating: 4.68/5    Votes: 20   Popularity: 6.07
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 17   Downloaded: 288
An Introduction To Arduino Interrupts
Arduino Platform - Differential Gap Control (Solar Tracker)
Posted: 22 Sep 2010   Updated: 22 Sep 2010   Views: 46,234   Rating: 4.94/5    Votes: 17   Popularity: 6.09
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 21   Downloaded: 614
Simple implementation of a differential gap control to track the sun East/West movement
Arduino Platform - Working with Shift Registers
Posted: 10 Jan 2011   Updated: 10 Jan 2011   Views: 37,744   Rating: 4.69/5    Votes: 9   Popularity: 4.58
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 20   Downloaded: 0
A beginners' introduction to using shift registers with the Arduino

Hardware Reviews

Samsung Series 7 Chronos Notebook Review
Posted: 15 Jan 2013   Updated: 15 Jan 2013   Views: 3,199   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 0   Downloaded: 4
Quick tour of the Samsung Series 7 Chronos Notebook

Interviews

A Coder Interview With Dave Auld
Posted: 8 May 2013   Updated: 8 May 2013   Views: 4,743   Rating: 4.99/5    Votes: 25   Popularity: 6.97
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 1   Downloaded: 0
Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves. In this installment we talk to Dave Auld, a CodeProject star that continues to shine brighter.
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Average tips rating: 4.69

ASP.NET

Checking for ReturnUrl in Razor View [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 18 Jun 2012   Updated: 18 Jun 2012   Views: 2,319   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 1   Downloaded: 0
Quick way to modify the logon view depending on if the user has been redirected.

Client side scripting

Radio Buttons, Groups and JQuery [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 17 Jul 2011   Updated: 18 Jul 2011   Views: 14,794   Rating: 4.50/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.90
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 4   Downloaded: 0
Simple implementation for determining which radio buttons are selected using Jquery

VB.NET

Access the Data Rows Filtered by the BindingSource.Filter Property [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 4 Jan 2010   Updated: 12 Mar 2010   Views: 22,855   Rating: 4.95/5    Votes: 22   Popularity: 6.65
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 6   Downloaded: 0
I recently had created a windows forms application in VB.Net2008 and made use of the BindingSource control to bind all the forms controls to the underlying SQL Queried data.I built user functionality on the form to allow the user to further filter (client side filtering ) the original data...
Quick And Dirty Dictionary Sort on Integer Value [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 15 May 2010   Updated: 18 Jun 2010   Views: 6,638   Rating: 3.67/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.19
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 0
The Dictionary class does not have inbuilt sort functionality and I was looking for a simple way to sort on the Values within the collection.After searching google, it became clear that there are several ways to achieve this, from implementing Lists, using LookUps and even making use of...
DataGridView Column Width Grow Only Sizing [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 20 Jun 2010   Updated: 20 Jun 2010   Views: 11,729   Rating: 4.69/5    Votes: 10   Popularity: 4.67
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 9   Downloaded: 0
A simple way to create a grow only Column Width routine

.NET Framework

A Safe Way to Get the User to Check if the .NET Framework is Installed [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 28 Apr 2011   Updated: 28 Apr 2011   Views: 1,725   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 7   Popularity: 4.23
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 1   Downloaded: 0
A safe way to get the user to check if the .NET Framework is installed

Programming Tips

.Net Performance tip - 2 [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 22 May 2010   Updated: 22 May 2010   Views: 1,371   Rating: 4.20/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.26
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 1   Downloaded: 0
Here is a better evaluation of performance in .Net of the If / Switch operations;http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/SpeedTestIfElseSwitch.aspx[^]
Custom Application Configuration XML files Warning [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 20 Jun 2010   Updated: 21 Jun 2010   Views: 4,820   Rating: 4.25/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.56
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 0
Here is a lesson I learnt while working with custom application settings in XML files and Visual Studio
Print File Size [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 19 Jul 2010   Updated: 19 Jul 2010   Views: 944   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 3.01
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 1   Downloaded: 0
You can keep your output consistent with how Windows represents file sizes by using the inbuilt function;StrFormatByteSizeThe following code will dump the files from the root of C:\, Call getFilesAndSizes from a button click or wherever you want. ...
Turning local paths from an HTML code in external accessible paths [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 19 Feb 2011   Updated: 19 Feb 2011   Views: 601   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 2   Downloaded: 0
Condensed single line version using one of the overloaded methods of Uri;String fullurl = new Uri(new Uri("http://website.com"), "/path/download.php").ToString();
Quick And Dirty Option Lists using Enums [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 22 Feb 2011   Updated: 22 Feb 2011   Views: 10,695   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 6   Popularity: 3.89
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 7   Downloaded: 0
Using Enum to provide a quick and easy option lists

Hardware & System

Identify Unknown Hardware Using Hardware IDs [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 1 Jan 2012   Updated: 1 Jan 2012   Views: 13,822   Rating: 4.97/5    Votes: 20   Popularity: 6.46
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 18   Downloaded: 0
Use the Hardware ID to determine product information
Windows8: Open the desktop direct, skipping over Start screen [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 7 Dec 2012   Updated: 7 Dec 2012   Views: 3,769   Rating: 4.33/5    Votes: 6   Popularity: 3.27
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 9   Downloaded: 0
Task scheduler put to use on logon

Scrapbook

Dry Wipe Boards and Permanent Markers [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 16 Oct 2010   Updated: 10 Jan 2011   Views: 6,267   Rating: 4.89/5    Votes: 8   Popularity: 4.46
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 1   Downloaded: 0
Ever made the fateful mistake or come across a board that someone has used a permanent marker on?

Author Resources

Google Charting API and Formula Imaging [Tip/Trick]
Posted: 22 Jan 2011   Updated: 3 Oct 2011   Views: 14,970   Rating: 4.89/5    Votes: 8   Popularity: 4.46
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)      Bookmarked: 9   Downloaded: 0
Use Google APIs to create Graphical Formulas

DaveAuld
Engineer
Scotland Scotland
I have been working in the Oil & Gas Industry for over 20 years now.
 
Core Discipline is Instrumentation and Control Systems.
 
Completed Bsc Honours Degree (B29 in Computing) with the Open University in 2012.
 
Currently, Offshore Installation Manager for the Forties Charlie Platform, which is located ~110Miles NE of Aberdeen, Scotland in the North Sea.
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