CodeProject Newsletter

.NET

• SQL Reporting Services with Dynamic Column Reports - JeyKey
  An article on generating dynamic column reports.
  
  
• DllImport with dynamicly bound native Dll's using Reflection - Fran Pregernik
  This article demonstrates how to make dynamic assemblies with API functions using DllImport attribute and use custom paths instead of hard coded ones. (Unedited)
  
  
• Rhino Mocks 2.2 - Ayende @ Rahien
  Rhino Mocks 2.2 (Unedited)
  
  
• ORM, Code Generation and a bit about MDA - Rajesh Sadashivan
  Overview and Resources for ORM and Codegeneration. (Unedited)
  
  
• Performance implications of exceptions in.NET - Vagif Abilov
  Presentation and analysis of performance costs when throwing exceptions in .NET (Unedited)
  
  

ASP.NET

• ASP.NET 1.1 Web Application Compilation & Pre-compilation - Jecho Jekov
  Describes how to pre-compile or compile .aspx and .ascx files of C# or VB ASP.NET 1.1 web application; includes full source code, compilation library, runtime library and demo project (Unedited)
  
  
• Auto-SQL DataGrid component. Part II: The full-featured version - Sangra
  ASQLDataGrid is a useful component when working with RDBMS applications. It is capable to automatically construct and execute SQL statements based on its properties. (Unedited)
  
  
• Auto-SQL DataGrid component. Part I: Non-editable version - Sangra
  ASQLDataGrid is a useful component when working with RDBMS applications. It is capable to automatically construct and execute SQL statements based on its properties. (Unedited)
  
  
• Precompilation In ASP.NET 2.0 - Johnson Smith
  Explore the benefits and caveats around pre-compilation and the new aspnet_compiler tool. (Unedited)
  
  
• Build Secure ASP.NET Web Application: Secure Connection string - Johnson Smith
  This article describes, how we can protect our connection string on web.config. (Unedited)
  
  

C# Database

• SimpleQuery – quick and easy database access via ADO.NET - ChrisLee1
  A class to allow easy running of T-SQL code against .NET data sources.
  
  

C# WebServices

• Extract raw Soap Message returned from Foreign Web Service after Deserialization Failure in a Web Service - OmegaMan
  Local web service calls third party web service which returns xml data, serialization fails; obtain actual soap message when Microsoft will not provide it. (Unedited)
  
  
• UDDI Explorer : Tool for searching web service - Thanh Dao
  Tool for searching web service(s) and view their WSDL information (Unedited)
  
  

C# Controls

• XML TreeView Control - Thomas Siepe
  A control to display XML-data and/or make it editable, avoiding the unmanaged Internet Explorer plug-in.
  
  
• EXIFextractor library to extract EXIF information - Asim Goheer
  EXIFextractor library to extract EXIF information (Unedited)
  
  
• Not Just Another Form Fader - MBursill
  A form fader with support for synchronous and asynchronous fading as well as FadeOnLoad, FadeOnClose and FadeOnHover options. (Unedited)
  
  

VB / VBScript

• Capture Window - Active Window to XYZ.BMP - Mohit Soam
  This article describes how to Capture active window of your Application. (Unedited)
  
  

C# Programming

• Building a Logic Layer for Description of Wizards - Michael-K
  The way of construction and use of the logical layer for the description of wizards is described.
  
  
• XMLFileWatcher - Venkata Kancharla
  A Windows service which monitors the directory changes, writes an entry in the event log about the change, notifies the change to the users by sending a mail, and also converts the input XML file into a DataSet.
  
  
• EasiReports - Nicholas Butler
  A library to add reports to your application
  
  
• TcpDemon - Max Hajek (aka AzazelDev)
  This article shows a NET implementation of a typical TCP demon.
  
  
• From XML to Strong Types in C# - Mike Elliott
  Demonstrates how to create strong types in C# by using the Xsd.exe utility and XML. (Unedited)
  
  
• Converting RTF to TXT format - kubben
  Using Word Automation to convert files to XML, RTF, TXT, HTML, etc format (Unedited)
  
  
• SHOUTcast Stream Ripper - espitech
  Separate metadata from the SHOUTcast stream to automatically name and split the mp3 data and save to disk (Unedited)
  
  
• NRTFTree - A class library for RTF processing in C# - sgoliver
  Class library to manage RTF files. (Unedited)
  
  
• Navy Battle Game - III - Perry Marchant
  A multi-player Navy Battle game using the TGSDK. (Unedited)
  
  
• Neural Network OCR - Andrew Kirillov
  Some ideas about optical character recognition using neural networks (Unedited)
  
  
• Solving Paint-by-numbers puzzles in C# - pascal ganaye
  A small program which solves the paint-by-numbers puzzles in virtually time. It is a spoiler if you're a player. If you're a programmer however I think it shows how this problem can be solved. (Unedited)
  
  
• EDIFACT to XML to Anything You Want - Tonster101
  An article on converting EDIFACT messages to XML, and converted the XML into anything XSLT can perform. (Unedited)
  
  
• Gios WORD .NET Library (using RTF specification) - Paolo Gios
  A .NET library for generating Word Documents (.DOC) using the RTF (Rich Text Format) Specification (Unedited)
  
  

Updated Articles

.NET

• Idiot's Guide to Crystal Reports, Part I - Winforms - Bill SerGio, The Infomercial King
  Crystal Reports in Winforms - Show ALL Parameters in ONE Screen! (Unedited)
  
  

ASP.NET

• A Localizable Currency TextBox - Steve Muecke
  A localizable Currency textbox control.
  
  

Smart Client

• Sudoku and Smart Client techniques - arikp
  This article will develop a Sudoku game based on a web service, while presenting useful development techniques of Smart Client applications.
  
  

JavaScript

• JavaScript Date Format - Tor2k
  A fast VB-like date format function in JavaScript (requires JScript 5.5+).
  
  

C# Programming

• Numeric String Sort in C# - Vasian Cepa
  An article on sorting strings in C# the way Windows Explorer does with file names.
  
  
• INI Class for .NET - aejw
  Class for interfacing with INI files.
  
  
• A flexible charting library for .NET - JChampion
  Looking for a way to draw 2D line graphs with C#? Here's yet another charting class library with a high degree of configurability, that is also easy to use.
  
  
• A tool to order the window buttons in your taskbar - Nicholas Butler
  Move your window buttons into your preferred order. WinXP or later only.
  
  
• C# and XML Source Code Documentation - Mike Elliott
  Demonstrates how to use C#.NET's XML source documentation to produce professional, indexed and searchable source documentation.
  
  

Design and Strategy

• Piracy and Unconventional Wisdom - Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
  As software developers, piracy is something that affects us all. If you are a software developer who works for a big company, you do not see it directly, but you still have an interest in who is using your company's software.