Articles by salysle (Articles: 91)

Extend the Textbox Control to Validate Against Regular Expressions

Posted: 31 Jan 2007 Updated: 31 Jan 2007 Views: 42,019 Rating: 3.53/5 Votes: 6 Popularity: 2.75

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This article describes an approach to validating text box entries against a regular expression

Compress Folders with C# and the SharpZipLib

Posted: 18 Jan 2008 Updated: 24 Jan 2008 Views: 89,837 Rating: 3.89/5 Votes: 18 Popularity: 4.83

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This article shall describe an approach that may be used to collect files from multiple locations and zip them up into a single zipped folder.

Opening Jars with C#

Posted: 8 Jul 2008 Updated: 8 Jul 2008 Views: 17,750 Rating: 1.89/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 1.05

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This article shall describe an approach that may be used to extract Jar files.

Opening Jars with Visual Basic

Posted: 8 Jul 2008 Updated: 8 Jul 2008 Views: 13,397 Rating: 3.40/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 2.05

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This article shall describe an approach that may be used to extract Jar files.

Gradient Panel Custom Control

Posted: 7 Dec 2006 Updated: 7 Dec 2006 Views: 38,987 Rating: 3.42/5 Votes: 9 Popularity: 3.18

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This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a gradient panel custom control.

Gradient Background Tab Custom Control

Posted: 7 Dec 2006 Updated: 7 Dec 2006 Views: 62,961 Rating: 4.18/5 Votes: 13 Popularity: 4.66

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This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a tabbed custom control with a gradient background.

Working with TreeView Controls

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 Updated: 22 Jan 2008 Views: 26,260 Rating: 4.20/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 2.48

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An article about working with TreeView controls

Working with TreeView Controls

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 Updated: 22 Jan 2008 Views: 38,305 Rating: 4.70/5 Votes: 17 Popularity: 5.76

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An article about working with TreeView controls

Embed PDFs into a Web Page with a Custom Control

Posted: 27 Jan 2007 Updated: 27 Jan 2007 Views: 103,474 Rating: 3.73/5 Votes: 24 Popularity: 5.15

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Embed PDFs into a Web Page with a Custom Control

ASP.NET 2.0 Visio Custom Control

Posted: 27 Jan 2007 Updated: 27 Jan 2007 Views: 53,305 Rating: 3.31/5 Votes: 12 Popularity: 3.57

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Creating a custom web control used to display Microsoft Visio files within an ASP.NET page.

An Easy Introduction to Localization in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: 16 Oct 2006 Updated: 16 Oct 2006 Views: 105,093 Rating: 4.62/5 Votes: 18 Popularity: 5.80

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This article describes a quick and easy way to implement localization through the use of resource strings within an ASP.NET 2.0 application (Visual Basic 2005).

Implement a WinForms TrackBar Control in ASP.NET

Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Updated: 23 Aug 2006 Views: 41,448 Rating: 3.89/5 Votes: 8 Popularity: 3.39

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This article describes a simple approach to implementing a Windows Forms TrackBar (slider) control in ASP.NET 2.0.

Upload Files in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: 26 Sep 2006 Updated: 26 Sep 2006 Views: 121,403 Rating: 2.76/5 Votes: 19 Popularity: 3.52

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This article describes three different approaches to uploading a file to a web server.

Mimic the Appearance of Outlook's Sidebar with the MultiView Control

Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Updated: 23 Aug 2006 Views: 33,075 Rating: 3.94/5 Votes: 8 Popularity: 3.51

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This article describes a simple way to mimic the appearance of Microsoft’s Outlook sidebar within an ASP.NET 2.0 web application. The approach is based upon the use of the existing MultiView control contained in the standard ASP.NET 2.0 toolbox, and does not require much time or effort to implement.

Easy SMTP Mail Using ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: 4 Oct 2006 Updated: 4 Oct 2006 Views: 262,323 Rating: 4.71/5 Votes: 36 Popularity: 7.32

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The article addresses two topics: sending an email message to a standard email account, and sending an SMS message to a cell phone or pager.

An Easy Approach to Displaying a Message Box in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: 16 Oct 2006 Updated: 16 Oct 2006 Views: 49,277 Rating: 4.33/5 Votes: 12 Popularity: 3.92

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This article describes a quick and easy way to display message boxes within an ASP.NET 2.0 project.

Implement Microsoft DirectX Image Transformation Filters in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: 28 Aug 2006 Updated: 28 Aug 2006 Views: 27,264 Rating: 4.26/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 2.57

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This article describes an easy approach to creating custom web controls used to display Microsoft DirectX Image Transformation filter effects in an ASP.NET 2.0 web page.

Peanut Gallery – An Easy Image Gallery for ASP.NET

Posted: 20 Nov 2006 Updated: 20 Nov 2006 Views: 76,962 Rating: 3.89/5 Votes: 7 Popularity: 3.29

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This article addresses the construction of a simple image gallery type of web application.

Build your own Flash player custom control in a flash

Posted: 11 Aug 2006 Updated: 11 Aug 2006 Views: 67,501 Rating: 4.05/5 Votes: 9 Popularity: 3.82

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This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a custom web control used to display Shockwave Flash files within an ASP.NET page.

A Custom Image Button Control with Mouse-Over Effects and Client Side Action

Posted: 14 Aug 2006 Updated: 14 Aug 2006 Views: 61,552 Rating: 3.77/5 Votes: 7 Popularity: 3.19

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This article describes an easy approach to the construction of a custom ASP.NET 2.0 image button control that contains both a mouse-over effect and calls a JavaScript function when clicked.

Enhanced ASP.NET ImageButton Custom Control with Roll-Over Effects

Posted: 25 Aug 2006 Updated: 25 Aug 2006 Views: 43,211 Rating: 4.07/5 Votes: 3 Popularity: 1.94

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This article describes an easy approach to extending an existing ASP.NET control; in this example, the standard toolkit’s ImageButton control is extended to support roll-over effects.

Track Stock Prices with a Custom Control

Posted: 2 Nov 2006 Updated: 2 Nov 2006 Views: 20,242 Rating: 4.00/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 2.80

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This article describes the construction of a custom control used to check stock prices as made available through a public web service.

Auto-Update as a Simple Custom Control

Posted: 2 Nov 2006 Updated: 2 Nov 2006 Views: 30,419 Rating: 3.00/5 Votes: 3 Popularity: 1.43

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This article describes an easy way to implement automated page refreshes through the use of a custom control.

Convert Currency Values with a Custom Control

Posted: 8 Nov 2006 Updated: 8 Nov 2006 Views: 26,016 Rating: 4.40/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 3.08

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This article describes the details for constructing a custom ASP.NET 2.0 composite control used to convert one form of currency into another.

Lookup Area Codes by Zip Codes with an ASP.NET Custom Control

Posted: 8 Nov 2006 Updated: 8 Nov 2006 Views: 24,585 Rating: 4.38/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 3.06

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This article describes the construction of a simple custom control used to lookup an area code and a city/state location based upon a selected zip code; the lookup is performed through the use of an available public web service.

Forecast the Weather with a Custom Control

Posted: 8 Nov 2006 Updated: 8 Nov 2006 Views: 28,457 Rating: 4.50/5 Votes: 8 Popularity: 4.06

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This article describes the construction of a custom control used to display a three day weather forecast based upon a designated zip code.

Add an RSS Feed Through a Custom Control

Posted: 10 Nov 2006 Updated: 10 Nov 2006 Views: 25,398 Rating: 4.09/5 Votes: 3 Popularity: 1.95

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This article describes the construction of a very simple custom server control used to display the content returned from an RSS feed.

Add a Daily Dilbert Comic with a Custom Control

Posted: 10 Nov 2006 Updated: 10 Nov 2006 Views: 20,911 Rating: 2.25/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 1.35

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This article describes the construction of a custom control used to display a daily Dilbert comic on a site.

Add Multimedia Content with a Custom Control

Posted: 6 Dec 2006 Updated: 6 Dec 2006 Views: 35,293 Rating: 3.50/5 Votes: 8 Popularity: 3.16

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This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a custom web control used to display multimedia files within an ASP.NET page.

Building a UNIX Time to Date Conversion Custom Control in VB

Posted: 4 Jun 2008 Updated: 4 Jun 2008 Views: 11,392 Rating: 4.00/5 Votes: 1 Popularity: 0.00

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This article addresses the construction of a custom control that will convert UNIX time into useful and readable dates for display in a WinForms application.

Building a UNIX Time to Date Custom Control in C#

Posted: 6 Jun 2008 Updated: 6 Jun 2008 Views: 12,726 Rating: 3.67/5 Votes: 3 Popularity: 1.75

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This article addresses the construction of a custom control that will convert UNIX time into useful and readable dates for display in a WinForms application.

Using Control State in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Updated: 23 Aug 2006 Views: 57,475 Rating: 2.25/5 Votes: 10 Popularity: 2.07

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This article describes a simple approach to maintaining control state in an ASP.NET 2.0 custom web control.

Allow Users to Report Meaningful Defect Information

Posted: 30 Jan 2007 Updated: 30 Jan 2007 Views: 34,684 Rating: 4.68/5 Votes: 11 Popularity: 4.88

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This article describes an approach to providing users with the means to submit error information directly back to the software developers as errors are encountered during the use of a targeted application

Geocoding a Physical Address using Yahoo Web Services and Visual Basic

Posted: 18 Jan 2008 Updated: 18 Jan 2008 Views: 17,090 Rating: 3.00/5 Votes: 2 Popularity: 0.90

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An article on Geocoding a physical address using Yahoo Web Services and Visual Basic

Consuming the Yahoo! Local Search Service in a C# WinForms Application

Posted: 18 Jan 2008 Updated: 18 Jan 2008 Views: 13,367 Rating: 1.00/5 Votes: 1 Popularity: 0.00

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An article on consuming the Yahoo! Local Search Service in a C# WinForms Application

Consuming the Yahoo! Local Search Service in a Visual Basic WinForms Application

Posted: 19 Jan 2008 Updated: 18 Jan 2008 Views: 10,308 Rating: 3.29/5 Votes: 3 Popularity: 1.57

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An article on consuming the Yahoo! Local Search Service in a Visual Basic WinForms Application

Upload Any File Type through a Visual Basic 2005 Web Service

Posted: 21 Jan 2008 Updated: 21 Jan 2008 Views: 31,383 Rating: 3.29/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 1.98

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An article on uploading any file type through a Visual Basic 2005 Web Service

Geocoding a Physical Address using Yahoo Web Services and C#

Posted: 21 Jan 2008 Updated: 21 Jan 2008 Views: 18,080 Rating: 4.08/5 Votes: 6 Popularity: 3.18

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An article on geocoding a physical address using Yahoo Web Services and C#

An Approach to Viewing the Structure of a Database Using VB 2005

Posted: 14 Sep 2006 Updated: 14 Sep 2006 Views: 39,950 Rating: 4.55/5 Votes: 16 Popularity: 5.48

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This article describes an easy approach to examining all of the tables, views, and columns in a database.

View Database Structure Using C#

Posted: 20 Jan 2008 Updated: 19 Jan 2008 Views: 51,232 Rating: 4.72/5 Votes: 13 Popularity: 5.26

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An article on how to view a database structure using C#

C# Voice and Tone Alert Generator

Posted: 25 Aug 2006 Updated: 25 Aug 2006 Views: 85,214 Rating: 4.69/5 Votes: 20 Popularity: 6.09

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This article describes an application used to generate and test aural alerts.

Embedding and Playing WAV Audio Files in a WinForms Application

Posted: 31 Jan 2007 Updated: 31 Jan 2007 Views: 67,089 Rating: 4.72/5 Votes: 12 Popularity: 5.10

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This article describes an approach to embedding WAV audio files into an application and playing them through the use of the System.Media class library

Text to Speech with the Microsoft Speech Library and SDK version 5.1

Posted: 31 Aug 2006 Updated: 31 Aug 2006 Views: 105,692 Rating: 4.15/5 Votes: 12 Popularity: 4.48

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This article describes an application used to exercise some of the Text To Speech features available to .NET developers through the Microsoft Speech 5.1 SDK.

Just for Fun – A Small Piano Keyboard

Posted: 3 Oct 2006 Updated: 3 Oct 2006 Views: 42,547 Rating: 3.93/5 Votes: 6 Popularity: 3.06

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This article describes a project used to build a simple piano keyboard that plays some not too terrific sounding notes, courtesy of the Kernel32.dll’s Beep function.

Building a Simple Image Conversion Utility

Posted: 13 Sep 2006 Updated: 13 Sep 2006 Views: 47,789 Rating: 4.60/5 Votes: 11 Popularity: 4.79

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This article describes a very easy approach to building an image conversion utility that will permit the user to open a supported image type and convert it to another supported image type.

Convert a DataGridView into a Bitmap

Posted: 26 Oct 2006 Updated: 26 Oct 2006 Views: 50,536 Rating: 4.33/5 Votes: 9 Popularity: 4.14

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This article describes an easy approach to converting a DataGridView control into a Bitmap.

Simple Image Mapping Utility

Posted: 26 Oct 2006 Updated: 26 Oct 2006 Views: 35,344 Rating: 4.47/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 3.12

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This article describes an easy approach to building a simple image mapping utility that may be used to mark and store points as pixel based coordinates from an image file or directly from a web page.

Internet Connection State Control

Posted: 3 Oct 2006 Updated: 3 Oct 2006 Views: 55,070 Rating: 3.24/5 Votes: 13 Popularity: 3.60

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This article describes an easy approach to building two controls used to monitor the status of an internet connection and provide the user with some indication of that status.

Segmented LED Control Emulation

Posted: 4 Oct 2006 Updated: 4 Oct 2006 Views: 33,882 Rating: 3.48/5 Votes: 11 Popularity: 3.54

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This project describes an approach for constructing a hardware emulation of a segmented seven element LED display.

Passing Data between Windows Forms

Posted: 27 Jan 2007 Updated: 27 Jan 2007 Views: 123,041 Rating: 4.44/5 Votes: 55 Popularity: 7.72

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Passing Data between Windows Forms

RSS Feed Link Reader

Posted: 29 Feb 2008 Updated: 29 Feb 2008 Views: 23,833 Rating: 4.29/5 Votes: 3 Popularity: 2.07

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Constructing a simple application that may be used to view RSS feeds from the desktop

Word Processor Based Upon an Extended RichTextBox Control

Posted: 11 Apr 2007 Updated: 11 Apr 2007 Views: 136,667 Rating: 4.87/5 Votes: 54 Popularity: 8.43

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This article describes an easy approach to building a simple word processor around an extended version of the Rich Text Box (RTB) control

Mapping with a GPS and C#

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 Updated: 22 Jan 2008 Views: 132,036 Rating: 4.85/5 Votes: 32 Popularity: 7.30

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An article on mapping with a GPS in C#

Running a Web Site in Kiosk Mode with C#

Posted: 27 Feb 2008 Updated: 27 Feb 2008 Views: 32,801 Rating: 3.48/5 Votes: 9 Popularity: 3.27

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This article is about running a Web site in kiosk mode and disabling some normal keyboard control functionality to limit a user’s ability to depart from kiosk mode.

Parsing Sentences and Building Text Statics in C#

Posted: 4 Jun 2008 Updated: 4 Jun 2008 Views: 23,289 Rating: 2.22/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 1.34

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This article describes three approaches to parsing the sentences from a body of text; three approaches are shown as a means of describing the pros and cons for performing this task using each different approach.

RSS Feed Link Reader

Posted: 5 Jun 2008 Updated: 5 Jun 2008 Views: 18,258 Rating: 4.43/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 3.10

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This article discusses the construction of a simple application that may be used to view RSS feeds from the desktop.

Image Viewer User Control with Preview Capability

Posted: 5 Jun 2008 Updated: 5 Jun 2008 Views: 18,550 Rating: 4.00/5 Votes: 6 Popularity: 3.11

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This article discusses the construction of an image viewer user control that may be used to display images from a directory containing a collection of image files.

Cascading Deletes in LINQ to SQL

Posted: 7 Jul 2008 Updated: 7 Jul 2008 Views: 22,932 Rating: 4.17/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 2.94

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This article will discuss alternative methods for performing cascading deletes using LINQ to SQL.

Build a Simple Watermarking Utility in C#

Posted: 19 Jan 2008 Updated: 19 Jan 2008 Views: 38,578 Rating: 4.79/5 Votes: 15 Popularity: 5.63

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An article on building a simple Watermarking utility in C#

Fill in PDF Form Fields using the Open Source iTextSharp Dynamic Link Library

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 Updated: 22 Jan 2008 Views: 98,293 Rating: 4.88/5 Votes: 15 Popularity: 5.74

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Article describing a quick and simple approach to programmatically completing a PDF document through use of the iTextSharp DLL

Upload Any File Type through a Web Service

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Updated: 23 Jan 2008 Views: 25,428 Rating: 3.80/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 2.66

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This article shall describe an approach that may be used to upload any sort of a file through a web service from a Windows Forms application.

Manage Data in a WinForms Application (without the Database)

Posted: 6 Jun 2008 Updated: 6 Jun 2008 Views: 14,992 Rating: 3.75/5 Votes: 14 Popularity: 4.30

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This article provides an approach to building an application that may be used to collect, store, and retrieve data without relying upon a database to get there.

Building a Simple Word Processor Around an Extended RichTextBox Control

Posted: 13 Sep 2006 Updated: 13 Sep 2006 Views: 173,349 Rating: 4.66/5 Votes: 34 Popularity: 7.12

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This article describes an easy approach to building a simple word processor around an extended version of the RichTextBox (RTB) control.

RSS Feed Link Reader

Posted: 28 Feb 2008 Updated: 28 Feb 2008 Views: 12,856 Rating: 2.60/5 Votes: 2 Popularity: 0.78

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Construction of a simple application that may be used to view RSS feeds from the desktop

Killing Processes from a Visual Basic Application

Posted: 9 Jun 2008 Updated: 9 Jun 2008 Views: 40,464 Rating: 4.00/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 2.68

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This article provides a simple example of how to use the System.Diagnostics.Process library to display a list of running processes, and to select and kill processes by their process name and ID.

Error and Event Logging in VB.NET

Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Updated: 23 Aug 2006 Views: 103,752 Rating: 3.61/5 Votes: 18 Popularity: 4.53

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This article describes an approach to writing to a custom error log and to writing events into the system event log.

Mapping with a GPS and VB.NET

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 Updated: 22 Jan 2008 Views: 59,515 Rating: 4.63/5 Votes: 12 Popularity: 4.82

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An article on mapping with a GPS in VB.NET

RSS Feed Link Reader

Posted: 5 Jun 2008 Updated: 5 Jun 2008 Views: 8,155 Rating: 0.0 / 5 Votes: 0 Popularity: 0.0

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This article discusses the construction of a simple application that may be used to view RSS feeds from the desktop.

Image Viewer User Control with Preview Capability

Posted: 5 Jun 2008 Updated: 5 Jun 2008 Views: 23,165 Rating: 3.44/5 Votes: 6 Popularity: 2.68

Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL) Bookmarked: 31 Downloaded: 726

This article discusses the construction of an image viewer user control that may be used to display images from a directory containing a collection of image files.

Manage Data in a WinForms Application (without the Database)

Posted: 6 Jun 2008 Updated: 6 Jun 2008 Views: 18,756 Rating: 4.00/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 2.41

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This article provides an approach to building an application that may be used to collect, store, and retrieve data without relying upon a database to get there.

Cascading Deletes in LINQ to SQL with Visual Basic

Posted: 8 Jul 2008 Updated: 8 Jul 2008 Views: 12,399 Rating: 2.91/5 Votes: 7 Popularity: 2.46

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This article will discuss alternative methods for performing cascading deletes using LINQ to SQL.

Parsing Sentences and Building Text Statics in Visual Basic

Posted: 4 Jun 2008 Updated: 4 Jun 2008 Views: 30,815 Rating: 4.17/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 2.51

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This article describes three approaches to parsing the sentences from a body of text; three approaches are shown as a means of describing the pros and cons for performing this task using each different approach.

Build Your Own Visual Studio: An Application Framework for Editing Objects at Runtime

Posted: 12 Sep 2006 Updated: 12 Sep 2006 Views: 47,577 Rating: 4.76/5 Votes: 20 Popularity: 6.19

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This article describes a generic application framework that may be of some use in projects that would need an interface similar to Visual Studio. The application demonstrates approaches to providing a toolbox, a workspace, an object treeview, and an object editor.

Phone Home: An Approach to Software Activation

Posted: 19 Sep 2006 Updated: 19 Sep 2006 Views: 37,097 Rating: 3.41/5 Votes: 13 Popularity: 3.80

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This article describes an easy approach to keeping track of each installation of an application. The intent of the example is to demonstrate the use of a simple web service to collect and store information about each user and machine running the application.

Simple Web and RGB Color Picker Utility

Posted: 11 Oct 2006 Updated: 11 Oct 2006 Views: 33,053 Rating: 3.62/5 Votes: 8 Popularity: 3.27

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The article addresses the construction of a simple utility application useful for selecting an RGB or web color.

Build a Simple Watermarking Utility in Visual Basic 2005

Posted: 19 Jan 2008 Updated: 19 Jan 2008 Views: 21,988 Rating: 3.92/5 Votes: 7 Popularity: 3.27

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An article on building a simple Watermarking utility in Visual Basic 2005

XML Pathfinder: a Visual Basic Utility

Posted: 27 Feb 2008 Updated: 27 Feb 2008 Views: 14,267 Rating: 4.00/5 Votes: 1 Popularity: 0.00

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Constructing a simple utility that may be used to locate and evaluate paths within an XML document and testing queries against those paths

Programmatically Complete PDF Form Fields using Visual Basic and the iTextSharp DLL

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 Updated: 22 Jan 2008 Views: 117,374 Rating: 4.94/5 Votes: 35 Popularity: 7.63

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Article describing how to programmatically complete PDF form fields with Visual Basic and the iTextSharp DLL

XML Pathfinder – A C# Utility

Posted: 26 Feb 2008 Updated: 26 Feb 2008 Views: 23,743 Rating: 3.57/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 2.15

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This article discusses the construction of a simple utility that may be used to locate and evaluate paths within an XML document, and to test queries against those paths.

Using LINQ to Objects in Visual Basic

Posted: 4 Jun 2008 Updated: 4 Jun 2008 Views: 22,201 Rating: 4.00/5 Votes: 5 Popularity: 2.80

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This article provides an introduction to employing LINQ to Objects queries to support a simple WinForms application; the article addresses the construction of LINQ to Objects statements, and then goes on to describe how one might use LINQ to Objects within the context of an actual application.

Simple LINQ to SQL in C#

Posted: 4 Jun 2008 Updated: 4 Jun 2008 Views: 186,919 Rating: 4.84/5 Votes: 32 Popularity: 7.28

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This article provides an introduction to employing LINQ to SQL within a Windows Forms application. The article will address the incorporation of LINQ to SQL into a WinForms project, how to use LINQ to SQL to select, insert, update, and delete data, and how to use LINQ to SQL to execute stored proced

Using LINQ to SQL in Visual Basic

Posted: 6 Jun 2008 Updated: 6 Jun 2008 Views: 74,091 Rating: 4.65/5 Votes: 14 Popularity: 5.37

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This article provides an introduction to employing LINQ to SQL within a Windows Forms application; the article will address the incorporation of LINQ to SQL into a win forms project, how to use LINQ to SQL to select, insert, update, and delete data, and how to use LINQ to SQL to execute stored proce

Using LINQ to Objects in C#

Posted: 6 Jun 2008 Updated: 6 Jun 2008 Views: 164,569 Rating: 4.25/5 Votes: 17 Popularity: 5.23

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This article provides an introduction to employing LINQ to Objects queries to support a simple win forms application; the article addresses the construction of LINQ to Objects statements and then goes on to describe how one might use LINQ to Objects within the context of an actual application.

C# Scrollable Picturebox Custom Control

Posted: 9 Jun 2008 Updated: 9 Jun 2008 Views: 55,547 Rating: 4.17/5 Votes: 6 Popularity: 3.27

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This article discusses the construction of a custom control used to add a scrollable Picturebox control to a project.

Send a Text Message to a Cell Phone from a VB.NET Application

Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Updated: 23 Aug 2006 Views: 171,749 Rating: 4.54/5 Votes: 26 Popularity: 6.43

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This article describes a simple way to send text messages to a cellular phone from within a VB.NET desktop application.

Processing Command Line Arguments

Posted: 27 Dec 2006 Updated: 27 Dec 2006 Views: 29,753 Rating: 2.85/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 1.71

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This article describes an approach to processing multiple command line arguments.

Finding and Listing Processes in Visual Basic 2005

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 Updated: 23 Jan 2008 Views: 17,803 Rating: 3.20/5 Votes: 4 Popularity: 1.93

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An article about finding and listing processes in Visual Basic 2005

Finding and Listing Processes in C#

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 Updated: 23 Jan 2008 Views: 15,468 Rating: 3.00/5 Votes: 2 Popularity: 0.60

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An article about finding and listing processes in C#

Preventing a CD from Auto-Playing

Posted: 28 Aug 2006 Updated: 28 Aug 2006 Views: 26,873 Rating: 4.40/5 Votes: 3 Popularity: 2.10

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This article describes the approach used programmatically to prevent a CD from going into auto play mode; this may be useful to you if you are, for example, writing an application that logs directly to CD and you are trying to burn data periodically to a CD.

Monitor and Display CPU State Information

Posted: 27 Dec 2006 Updated: 27 Dec 2006 Views: 49,940 Rating: 2.61/5 Votes: 6 Popularity: 2.03

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This article describes a quick and simple approach to displaying information about the state of the CPU or CPUs on a targeted machine; the example provided shows how to display the percentage of processor time consumed by the CPU or CPUs on the target machine.

Obtain System Information Using Windows Management Instrumentation Calls

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 Updated: 21 Jan 2008 Views: 39,342 Rating: 4.14/5 Votes: 11 Popularity: 4.28

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An article on how to obtain System Information using Windows Management Instrumentation Calls

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