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Document Processing Part II: Request Driven OCR

by Martin Welker

To get qualified access to paper based information, sometimes more than plain OCR is needed. This article shows why, and offers a solution to increase OCR quality by semi-automatic table extraction.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VII

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using owner-drawn menus in a context menu shell extensions, and on making a context menu extension that responds to a right-click in a directory background.

Using C Calling Convention Callback Functions in C# and VB - The Easy Way

by Jecho Jekov

Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB

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Writing Microsoft CRM 3.0 Callouts – Sample Code: Turkish Citizen Number Validator

by Alen M

This article focuses on callout development for MS CRM 3.0. As an example Turkish Citizen Number Validator code is written.

XSL Transform Code Generator for Visual Studio .NET

by Chris Stefano

A custom tool for Visual Studio .NET which runs an XSL transformation to generate code

Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

by Eric P Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

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Visual Studio .NET 2003

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

16 Feb 2011 by jim lahey

Or you could just pop over to:http://www.connectionstrings.com/[^]Use the exhaustive samples they provide and not hard code your connection strings by using a standard .NET configuration file:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1xtk877y.aspx[^]

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

11 Sep 2016 by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

Creating SQL Joins in Simple Steps

20 Sep 2012 by Sreedhar Puligundla

Simple steps to create SQL joins by using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Visual Studio 2010 Reading SVN Revision and Updating File and Product Version (Easy Way)

27 Apr 2013 by prodrigues1990

Easy Assembly Version reflecting SVN working revision

List of Tables of Microsoft Access DataBase

17 Feb 2011 by dontumindit

While dealing with databases, sometimes there is a need to get a list of tables in the application

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

3 Mar 2011 by crocks256

The ConnectionStringBuilder classes in .NET can be quite handy...http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnectionstringbuilder.aspx[^].

How to send a command to a Zebra QLn220 Printer from a Compact Framework app

1 Aug 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Sending commands in a Compact Framework app via C# to a Zebra QLn220 printer

XEndian: Fast and Extensible Header-Only Endian-Aware Serializer (or The Fight for DRY)

12 Sep 2014 by Alex Puchades

In this tip, XEndian, a header-only library will be presented

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by FZelle

You are both wrong with the DataAdapter.Why do you think there is an overload with the querystring and the connectionstring?public DataSet select_query(string query, string con_str){ try { using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(query,con_str)) { ...

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by woric

The sample code provided by Andrew Rissing is a huge improvement over the original, but incorrectly catches the exception and displays a MessageBox. (Andrew correctly points out this is not a good idea.)A better solution is to allow the exception to fail:public DataSet...

Locate SQL Server Instances on the Local Network

30 Apr 2012 by Constantin Chumak

This is an alternative for "Locate SQL Server instances on the local network"

SQL-server-2000

Get DataBase Connection Strings in an Easy Way

27 Sep 2013 by dontumindit

Communication with database in .NET is easy but sometimes one gets stuck by wrong format of connection string

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by Andrew Rissing

The following samples should take advantage of using statements and furthermore built in features of the ADO.NET framework. Furthermore, if you open a connection, make sure you open it at the latest time possible and close it as soon as possible.Edit: While I was originally not trying to...

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

10 Mar 2017 by Southmountain

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

AngularJS 2.0 Getting Started with Visual Studio

5 Sep 2015 by Thinira

In this tip, we will discuss how to setup Angular 2.0 in Visual Studio and write a very basic “Todo” application.

An Easy Way To Query a Database

23 Feb 2011 by PrimeCoder

Nice,How about adding a couple of other methodspublic static void Parameter(IDbCommand command, string naam, object value){ IDbDataParameter par = command.CreateParameter(); par.ParameterName = naam; par.Value = value ?? DBNull.Value; ...

Change of Basis for Rotations and Vectors

3 Sep 2014 by milkboy31415

This code transforms rotations and vectors between reference frames such as Unreal, 3d Studio Max, etc.

Dynamically Browse Active Directory Objects

1 Feb 2004 by Sebastian Sosna

A simple program which lets you browse containers of your Active Directory

prevent a goback to the previous page and refresh the current page in asp.net 1.0 app

14 Apr 2014 by Mack Ait-Aoudia

This article describe a solution to prevent some browser's functionnalities

Convert Text Represented Number to Numeric String

7 Jun 2013 by FatzBomb

How to convert a written number to a numerical value anywhere in a string.

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

1 Mar 2011 by bipin9

goto Server Explorer right Click on DataBase Click on properties in properties window you will get Connection String copy it & use where you want use !!

How to Secure Your Application with Matching Processor Id Complete [the DLL source code]

23 Nov 2016 by skhurams

the source code is available

Save a TreeView into an XML File

24 Jul 2013 by Norbert Eder

The article includes a sample project showing how to save the nodes of a TreeView into an XML file.

Faxing with XP and C#

5 Jan 2014 by Leon van Wyk

Send faxes with C# using Win 2k or XP

An Easy Way To Query a Database

29 Apr 2011 by dontumindit

An Easy Way To Query a Database

Write error log in a text file for Custom Assembly being used in Reporting Services

19 Sep 2013 by alifaraze

writing error in a text file is very easy but writing error from a custom assembly in reporting services requires permissions

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

3 Mar 2011 by MikkelAndersen

I get it from the web.config via ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings;This makes it possible to keep all connectionstring settings in the web.config file.For example: http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet1676.htm[^].