Entries for October 2006
Many developers have wanted to create an application that runs fully out of the system tray, maybe an application to help you automatically sort files, or something to monitor the clipboard. Many people have implemented these applications and many textbooks provide instruction on how to create an application such as this, however, none of the books I have found show you the most effective way to create the application.
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Posted by Mitchel on Saturday, October 28, 2006
I don't know about everyone else, but I know I spend a lot of time on Google searching for various things. I have also spent a great deal of time adding special search attributes to my searches, things such as "site:msdn2.microsoft.com" to limit my search results to a specific content site. Now with the Google Custom Search Engines I can take thing...
Posted by Mitchel on Friday, October 27, 2006
Today I just started using FireFox 2.0 RC2 and I have to say I am already very impressed by the added features. Like most FireFox users in the past I have resorted to various extensions to get additional functionality that has made FireFox easier for me to user. One of those extensions was "Tab Mix Plus" which was an extension of the tab functional...
Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, October 10, 2006
So yesterday I decided to replace my computer system, and today now that it is running it is totally amazing. The system is so fast and quite it is not even funny. I built the system myself using stuff purchased from Tiger Direct's outlet store in Naperville, IL and from a CompUSA in Naperville, IL that was going out of business! ...
Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, October 10, 2006
ASP.NET 2.0 allows for a very robust user authorization/authentication system with little to no code. One of the added features of the ASP.NET Membership and Profile systems is the ability to have custom user profiles. The ASP.NET Profile system allows you to add additional user profile fields very quickly. I will discuss in this post the methods needed to add simple profile fields (Standard system types), however remember that you can use complex objects for profile fields as well.
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Posted by Mitchel on Saturday, October 07, 2006
This entry provides detailed information regarding the <smtp> section that can be used with .NET 2.0 applications. Using this new configuration setting along with the new SmtpClient class can save you time coding e-mail methods.
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Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, October 03, 2006
This entry provides a detailed explaination on how to create and use custom events and delegates within your applications. This is a must read for individuals that have not used custom events in applications!
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Posted by Mitchel on Monday, October 02, 2006
So like many personal development projects, I have a few ASP.NET applications I am working on that have no money backing them and I need to create reports. So for the past week or two I have been looking for a good free .NET charting component that I can use to create bar and pie charts for my ASP.NET application.So far, I have found one free...
Posted by Mitchel on Sunday, October 01, 2006