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I've written an FAQ on plagiarism to help authors understand what is plagiarism, as well as help members identify it. It is here: CodeProject Plagiarism FAQ[^]

If you find an article that is plagiarized you can either submit a report on the article itself, marking it as "Plagiarized," or you can report it in the Spam and Abuse Watch[^] forum with your evidence and a link to the members account, or you can email me directly sean@codeproject.com if you suspect plagiarism or have further plagiarism questions or concerns.

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CodeProject

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Avoiding InvokeRequired[^]

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Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

modified 12-Apr-16 9:40am.

I don't think the author has no clue, but somehow... UniversalSerializer[^] got a bit messed up.

Can someone have a look?

Edit: Thanks Sean

M.D.V.

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modified 16-Apr-18 16:04pm.

I would like to say "thanks" to Code Project editor who kindly helped me polishing my article. Also, I feel it could be useful to have an ability to discuss proposed changes, etc.

I would be very thankful for any suggestions how to do that in the right way.

you already did.

Editors check this forum quite often

M.D.V.

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You can reach the editing team at submit@codeproject.com Smile | :)

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Sean Ewington
CodeProject

I inserted pictures into my article and they appear in my draft, but not when I preview. I inserted them by copy/paste, but maybe there is another way through adding the picture file. Please advise.

Thanks,
D.

Copy + paste don't work.

read: Using the Article Editor (without losing your hair in handfuls)[^] you will find there how to do it .

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Here is our FAQ entry on that: Code Project Article FAQ[^]

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

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Sean Ewington
CodeProject

When i need some codes from codeproject .. what shall i do ??

Do you mean from an article specifically, or?

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Sean Ewington
CodeProject

If it's in an article, as long as the user has chosen to make downloads available, you should be able to click the relevant link and download the code.

This space for rent

If worth to stay... (I have reported as "misleading")

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1235503/Data-Encryption-in-SQL-Server-using-T-SQL-Function

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Me too, but it's been deleted.

I can still see it

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Me too; not sure what happened, but it definitely said "this article has been deleted" when I looked yesterday.

now is deleted for me too

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If worth to stay, that is
and maybe some words to the author, so he learns how to do it right?
CRM 2013/2015 Manipulate Look up to show Multiple Entity Record[^]
Open Entity Form By Javascript[^]
Create Fakes Unit Test for RetrieveEntityRequest Message[^]
Showing Primary Navigation not shown in the Customer Portal (ADX) for new Language[^]

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... or just promoting a 3rd party product? Introducing RazorSmartMailer[^].

No download, and no obvious link to get the code. Even if the product's free and open source, I don't see how it can be published in that state.

Also, the project page[^] says it requires the "PreMailer" assembly. There's no link to it, and searching for the name returns multiple results, so it's not clear which one is supposed to be used.

Reporting as "unclear/incomplete".

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

It's an open source product: GitHub - wwwebconcepts/RazorSmartMailer: VB.NET EMail Class Includes HTML eMail Templating, Attachment Uploads, Imaging, System.Net.Mail and WebMail methods[^]

Mind you, it's not easy finding that out.

This space for rent

@Sean-Ewington as it looks, it was valid, would you please bring it back from Limbo?

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Done

cheers
Chris Maunder

thanks

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If worth to stay, that is

https://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=258463&aid=1234395

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