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Progress Indication while Uploading/Downloading File using WCF

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:14:34 GMT

This article examines the implementation of upload and download functionality with progress indication (progress bar feature) using the Windows Communication Foundation.

Getting started with Windows Communication Foundation

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:35:17 GMT

Yesterday, I presented WCF in the 8th dotNETZone.gr event, in Microsoft Hellas building in Athens. Here is a list of resources that may help you get started with Windows Communication Foundation.

IndexedDictionary. Access a dictionary using item index

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:14:49 GMT

.NET Dictionary object can hold a collection of keys and values. It allows you to iterate through these values using enumeration and you can also retrieve a value by using it's associated key. But what if you want to create a collection of items and access them both using their associated key or numeric index in the collection? I created a VB.NET class that I named IndexedDictionary that does exactly that. The class implements the generic IDictionary interface. Internally it contains an instance of a generic dicrtionary and also an instance of a List which holds the numeric position of each element in the dictionary.

Free, composite, translation friendly resource editor for .NET

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:01:02 GMT

* Translate values side by side (just like the old time classic VB6 resource editor) * Lock specific strings so that translator does not translate them * Ensure correct translation of strings with placeholders {0} {1} ... * View resource strings in tree form * Translate resources without Visual Studio IDE * Search inside resource files while translating

Visual C++ 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Poster

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:46:29 GMT

This poster contains the default keybindings for Visual C++ 2005, and is available as a PDF download in either color or grayscale for you to print.

Visual C# 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Poster

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:16:01 GMT

This poster contains the default keybindings for Visual C# 2005, and is available as a PDF download in either color or grayscale for you to print.

Visual Basic 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Poster

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:45:27 GMT

This poster contains the default key bindings for Visual Basic 2005, and is available as a PDF download in either color or grayscale for you to print.

ASP.NET How To Collection

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:02:03 GMT

A great list of How-To articles and videos regarding almost every aspect of ASP.NET development

A Robot in Every Home, by Bill Gates

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:03:55 GMT

The leader of the PC revolution predicts that the next hot field will be robotics

Write dataset contents directly to zip file

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:07:05 GMT

This article shows how to write the contents of a dataset (Dataset.WriteXML) directly into a zip file, without creating any temporary file first.

Friend Assemblies

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:31:01 GMT

.Net 2.0 introduced new assembly-level attribute , InternalsVisibleTo attribute which is defined in the System.Runtime.CompilerServices namespace . this attribute allows you to expose internal types and methods to another specified assembly.