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Create PDF with C#

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:01:02 GMT

Create PDF with C# on the fly

Your Software Can't Heal Itself

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Stop pretending that you can guess how a 100k line application is going to fail, and stop putting in tons of code to account for failures that you don't know are going to happen. How come we often ignore YAGNI in the face of writing robust software?

Captcha the Flag

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:31:15 GMT

Jeff Blankenburg shows what Microsoft has up its sleeve for a new generation of CAPTCHA.

55 Free High Quality Icon Sets

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:01:02 GMT

A lot of freebie icons. Another great article from Smashing Magazine

The 20 most kicked "top-10 stories" for Developers

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:04 GMT

A compilation of the 20 stories dealing with top-10 links or advices that were kicked most in 2008

How Do You Exit Your .Net Application?

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:31:09 GMT

The question in the title does not refer to the actions you take when you are about to exit your application, issues like logging, closing file handles, freeing unmanaged resources and so on. It does literally refer to the exit action itself...

Flash Component for .NET

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:01:03 GMT

Sometime ago I had a task: to create a flash projector (something like Zinc or mProjector) with C#. This program should convert input SWF files and other resources into single EXE file that should work in semitransparent or window mode. Optionally, flash.ocx / flash9.ocx can be included into final exe file. After surfing over Internet, I've found this interesting product. I hope we will create a good flash projector with it :)

How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:01:02 GMT

How many times have you heard form a client that they want "outlook-like" web user interface for their application? Me, probably a hundred of times. In this article I'll explain how to create a web application user interface that looks like Outlook. You can see the live demo and download source code with images.

IE Sends Mozilla a New Cake for Firefox 3

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Sean from Microsoft came by just a few minutes ago to drop off a cake for the Internet Explorer team. As people may recall, the IE team sent Mozilla a cake after Firefox 2 shipped and it seems that they wanted to continue the tradition.

Which kind of cast should you use in C#?

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:01:04 GMT

C# offers two casting operators: the prefix-cast and the as-cast. Although the two operators compile to different op-codes in the CLR, the practical difference between them is in how they handle failed casts. Prefix-cast throws an exception on cast failure, while as-cast returns null. It's easier to implement correct error handling when you use prefix cast, because it doesn't require manual checks for null values that can cause problems in distant parts of your program. Prefix-cast should be the default cast operator on your fingertips, that you use for everyday situations - reserve as-cast for special cases where performance matters.

Sending SMTP Email Asynchronously

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:16:09 GMT

Sending email using the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) can be a slow process, particularly when sending large numbers of messages using, for example, a bulk email tool. This process can be accelerated with considered use of asynchronous sending.

Test with multiple IE Rendering Engines

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:01:03 GMT

IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 beta 1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.

ThinDoc: AJAX PDF Viewer

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:16:08 GMT

This is a cool AJAX-based PDF viewer that includes a Bookmarklet to make PDFs on the web open in it.

10 Visual Studio Shortcuts You Must Know

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A great list of 10 Visual Studio Shortcuts any software developer must know and use.

How to Create a Word Like Font Selection ComboBox

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:31:13 GMT

If you are writing an application that uses font you will find this post very useful. Making a font selecting ComboBox that shows a preview of the fonts in WPF

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, People

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:46:13 GMT

A brief discussion of the Rob Conery TDD backlash, and what it says about open-source on .NET, and the community at large.

Is It Possible? .NET Applications for iPhone?

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:31:09 GMT

It seems that soon we will be able to write .NET applications for the iPhone

How to Rename Multiple Files At Once

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:16:04 GMT

A cool trick for renaming files in Windows you did not know

C# DateTime.MinValue is not the same as SqlDateTime.MinValue

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Working with non-nullable types in C# can be a bit of a pain. For instance when I have a date as a string and need to parse it into a DateTime what should the value be if the parse fails? I can't use null because DateTime is not a nullable type.

How DotNetKicks posts are being ripped off for other sites!

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:01:02 GMT

How posts from DotNetKicks are being copy-and-pasted wholesale into other sites. Is your hard work blogging just being stolen for other companies traffic?

Compile C# to Javascript!

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:01:03 GMT

Script# enables more productive Ajax application development by allowing you to compile your C# source code into JavaScript. It allows you to use standard .NET tools like msbuild projects, Visual Studio and IDE intellisense, reflector, refactoring tools, amongst various others.

Can't think of a good class name?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Try this

AlligatorTags.com - The PopURLs.com for ASP.net

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:46:03 GMT

Aggregating the latest ASP.net news, tips and tricks from across the web in one place, refreshed daily.

Developing Kigg - Part 1

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:46:02 GMT

Learn how to develop a Digg-like application with ASP.NET MVC, LINQ to SQL and ASP.NET AJAX. The first part of the article goes here.

Kigg - A Digg like application developed in ASP.NET MVC

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:46:02 GMT

Learn how to develop a Digg/DotNetKicks like application in ASP.NET MVC, LINQ To SQL and ASP.NET Ajax.