CodeProject | Newsletter (7 Oct 2013)

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Post your article here. cheers, Chris Maunder Advertisements Manage your app and get a shirt! New Relic, the leader in SaaS-based web app performance monitoring, is giving everyone who tries their software a Nerd Life shirt. Do you code in .NET, Ruby, PHP, Python, or Java? Then you can use New Relic at no cost! Instant access to thousands of books and videos Technology and business professionals can learn with video tutorials, code samples, books, and certification guides. Start a trial now. Weekly Poll Results Should Software Developers offer warranties for their code? Survey period: 6 Oct 2013 to 14 Oct 2013 Let's restrict it to just the code and not any loss or damage caused by bad code. If our code breaks should we be legally liable to provide a repair, a replacement or a refund? Option Votes %   Yes 12 42.86 No 16 57.14 Total 28   100% This week's survey: Should Software Developers offer warranties for their code? Most popular new articles 30 Sep 2013 - 6 Oct 2013 ToDoList 6.7.8 Feature Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g. Time Period Library for .NET - Jani Giannoudis fastJSON - Mehdi Gholam nVLC - Roman Ginzburg RaptorDB - the Document Store - Mehdi Gholam Latest Additions 181 articles overall. 99 new, 82 updated. New articles added .NET Framework BetterMembership.Net v1.0 - TheCodeKing A better implementation of ExtendedMembershipProvider with support for legacy MembershipProvider APIs. Algorithms & Recipes Understanding weak references - Paulo Zemek Understand what is a weak reference and how it can help you in caching scenarios or to avoid memory leaks. Modeling the Biochemical System Using VB - Mr. Xie.G.Gang Mathematical method of S-system equation to simulate a biochemical network system Android Asynchronous callback from Service using messaging - Kaj Bromose How to make callback using messaging via LocalBroadcastManager ASP.NET Implementation of MVC Patterns in ASP.NET Web forms Application. - Khademul Basher This tutorial describe the MVC Pattern and also describe how to implement MVC pattern in ASP.Net web forms application. Model binding, Data Annotation, and Custom HTML Helpers - Dnyaneshwar Pawar How model binding works for various types of models, how to create a custom model binder and calls for it. Creating a DropDownList for Enums in ASP.NET MVC - Sandeep Singh Shekhawat This article explains how to populate a DropDownList by enum type in ASP.NET MVC. Azure Deploying Your Application to the HP Cloud Made Very Simple - cloudking11966 Develop and deploy your applications to the Cloud easily C / C++ Language C++ is fun: optimal alphabetical order - Marius Bancila This article tries to show that writing code in C++ can be as productive and fun as in other mainstream languages. C# Sticky notes with C# (Simple application) - Kirill.g3 A simple program in C#. Streaming realtime data to Excel - gjvdkamp This is a minimalistic example of how WCF, Rx and Excel-DNA can be used to stream realtime data to an Excel client. Collections SortedSplitList - An indexing algorithm in C # - Aurélien BOUDOUX A list for managing tens of millions of objects in your application. Cryptography & Security FIPS Encryption Algorithms and Implementation of AES in C# and SQL Server 2008 - Dnyaneshwar Pawar Implementation of AES in C# and SQL Server 2008. Database MVC Application with MongoDB Database - sankarshan parida This project discusses the concepts of connection, insert, update, delete in MVC with mongodb Game Development A Simple Racing Cars (Tokens) Game App - Lộc Nguyễn Using Thread and Java Swing components Grid & Data Controls LINQ and multiple datasets from Visual Studio for Web 2010 - sore_ron Explains how to retrieve multiple sets of data from a single call to a stored procedure Java Swing's Little Helper - diegohp.com Description and usage with examples of a helper lib to create Swing applications Libraries Measurement Unit Conversion Library - George Ziady This is an alternative for "Measurement Unit Conversion Library" Mobile Development Challenges & solutions - Architecture of a Modern Web Application - Mobile App - Part 3 - Syed Rafey Husain Mobile app development for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Black Berry PHP Simple PHP Chat Script - Emerald kweks This is a simple script for chat, made with PHP and JavaScript, using OOP and AJAX. Product Showcase Using LEADTOOLS PDF File Features to Enhance Google Drive Search - LEADTOOLS Support In the white paper that follows, we will show how to read and write the PDF keywords metadata, update the file on Google Drive, interface with your local Google Drive database, and do all of this within a single right-click context menu in Windows Explorer. Avoiding the Pitfalls of 3rd Party Components in a Large Data Processing Application - Red Gate Software How a Software Engineer at an Australian defence contractor tracked down a memory leak and improved performance of a complex application handling high-speed data visualization. Consume an AX AIF Document Service from .NET - Emmanuel Nuyttens This article is about consuming an AX2012 AIF document service in a .NET client. Tree Controls QML QtQuick TreeView/Model - Part-II - Spandan_Sharma Manipulations in a Qt Quick Tree View Uncategorised Tips and Tricks Tfs Js Extension using TypeScript - Gordon W Beeming Categories: TFS JS ExtensionTags: TFS 2013 RC, Tfs Js Extension, TFS Web AccessBefore I start I just want to give credit to Tiago Pascal for his help in getting me started with some of the basics and tips and tricks that got me start with the JavaScript extensions and to Alexander Vanwynsberghe for Windows Communication Foundation Understanding Events in WCF - Praveen Kumar Katiyar This article explains the working of events in WCF. Windows Powershell Simple Powershell script to clean up IIS log files - Chandra Hundigam Very simple PowerShell cleanup script that will clean IIS 7 log files Articles updated .NET Framework Task List Feature of Visual Studio Framework - $andesh M Patil This is all about Task list window which is helpful in managing our comments within the code. Multithreaded Kinect Stream Saver Application - Elham Dolatabadi The application allows users to record and store Kinect streams at 30 frames per second to a folder. Ajax Screen scraping using YQL and AJAX - gypsyCoder A simple application to scrap HTML data in JSON format. Three Ways to Dynamically Load HTML Content into a Web Page - B. Clay Shannon Demonstrates three ways to dynamically add or replace HTML content on a web page Algorithms & Recipes Word Aligned Hybrid (WAH) Compression for BitArrays - Mehdi Gholam Word Aligned Hybrid (WAH) compression for BitArrays Transmission Line Matrix for acoustic simulations - Kenneth Haugland Implementation and theory behind TLM modelling for acoustic wave propagation with 2D and 3D view. Also includes a raindrop simulation. Another article about big O notation - KP Lee Another perspective on the big O estimation process Applications & Tools ToDoList 6.7.8 Feature Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g. A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting. ASP.NET Challenges and solutions - Architecture of a Modern Web Application - Part 1 - Syed Rafey Husain Challenges and solutions to architect device independent maintainable web applications using latest web technologies. Service Based Membership Providers for ASP.NET - Shuqian Ying Service based, multi-application ASP.NET custom membership, role and profile providers with a hierarchical role system. Storing images in SQL Server using EF and ASP.NET - Eduard Keilholz A lot of people still don't know how to add and retrieve binary data from a SQL Server database, it's easy! Read on! Scraping HTML DOM elements using HtmlAgilityPack (HAP) in ASP.NET - .codeSpy Scrap/Parse the DOM elements of a website. Generating CSS sprites with T4 tempales - Kornel Regius with some ASP.NET MVC 4 helpers MVVM in Web development with Upida.Net - vladimir husnullin MVVM in Web development with Upida.Net Audio and Video nVLC - Roman Ginzburg A .NET API for the libVLC interface so the vast majority of VLC functionality could be utilized in managed applications. C / C++ Language 2-3 tree implementation in C++ - Mohamed_Kalmoua 2-3 tree implementation in c++ Tips for thrift - Message and store - Evan Zhao I hope that this will help someone who is just trying to solve the same problems that I have met. C# .NET COM Interop using Postbuild - Florian Rosmann COM Interop using a little post compiler. As a result, it is possible to use multithreading in combination with COM interfaces. Extended Windows Service Controller - Antonio Petricca .NET ServiceController class extension Client side scripting Challenges & solutions - Architecture of a Modern Web Application - JavaScript - Part 2 - Syed Rafey Husain JavaScript is a vital part of modern web applications. This article skim over some of JavaScript features. Custom Controls Data-grid using Knockout JS with paging and sorting - Dharmesh Kemkar Creating AJAX and non-AJAX based data-grids with sorting/paging. Database DBTool – Part 2: Harlinn.Oracle - Espen Harlinn A reflection based wrapper for the Oracle Data Provider for .NET – allows your application to dynamically load the Oracle.DataAccess.dll assembly installed on your client's computer. Transformalizing NorthWind - dale.newman Combining de-normalization, transformation, replication, and awesome-ness. Send Email Alert on Database Schema Change in SQL Server - Mubin M. Shaikh Auto Monitoring On Schema Change within Database in SQL Server and Email Alert Date and Time Time Period Library for .NET - Jani Giannoudis Extensive time period calculations and individual calendar periods. Debug Tips ActivityTracerScope - Easy activity tracing with SvcTraceViewer.exe and System.Diagnostics - Bruno Tagliapietra An easy way to obtain effective activity tracing, leveraging the built-in System.Diagnostics and the standard tool SvcTraceViewer.exe (not just for WCF). Desktop Gadgets Anatomy of a UserControl (SliderControl) - gggustafson This article presents a step-by-step guide for the implementation of a UserControl named SliderControl. SevenSegmentLEDDigits Control - gggustafson Introduces a user-drawn control, named SevenSegmentLEDDigits, that displays a decimal value as a sequence of seven LED segment digits. PasswordEye Control - gggustafson This article presents a UserControl, named PasswordEye that displays a modern password control. Files and Folders Target Eye Revealed part 3 - The Shopping List Mechanism - Michael Haephrati How the Shopping List mechanism was used as part of the Target Eye project Hardware & System x86 Instruction Encoding Revealed: Bit Twiddling for Fun and Profit - Nitay Artenstein An in-depth look at how to disassemble the x86 instruction set, and how to put it to good use in your own code injections Create a Windows Service Application Using the Boost.Application Library - Renato Tegon Forti This article presents the Boost.Application library used to build a Windows Service. HTML / CSS Canvas Control Library and New Forms Based System for building Web Pages and Websites - Akshay Srinivasan2 Canvas Control Library provides highly customizable controls using the HTML5 Canvas element. Also includes a new Forms based system which is a new way to build your web pages and websites. Installation DevMSI: An Example C++ MSI/Wix Deferred Custom Action DLL - Joe Marley An example DLL that can be used for Deferred Custom Actions in WiX/MSI or from a standalone app. Internet / Network fastJSON - Mehdi Gholam Smallest, fastest polymorphic JSON serializer (with Silverlight4 and MonoDroid support) Understanding the insides of the IMAP mail protocol: Part 3 - Higty This article describes the receiving mail process in IMAP for beginners of the mail protocol. Java Subnetting with IPv6 Part 2/2 - Yucel Guven IPv6 subnetting tool/calculator explained. Libraries HTML Parser C++ (Demo Project) - dchris_med This is a sample project for "HTML Reader C++ Class Library" Microsoft BizTalk Server Sending original CSV file, name and extension using SMTP Adapter - Eduard Gruber Configure a custom pipeline component to be used in sending original flat file name and extension using Microsoft BizTalk 2010 SMTP adapter. Miscellaneous Target Eye Revealed part 4 - Keyboard Capturing - Michael Haephrati In the fourth part of this series of articles, Michael Haephrati describes how keyboard capturing was implemented as part of Target Eye Target Eye Revealed part 5 - The Cover Story - Michael Haephrati Why the creation of a cover story a mandatory part of any covert monitoring product and how Target Eye handled it NoSQL RaptorDB - the Document Store - Mehdi Gholam NoSql, JSON based, Document store database with compiled .net map functions and automatic hybrid bitmap indexing and LINQ query filters (now with standalone Server mode, Backup and Active Restore, Transactions, Server side queries, MonoDroid support, HQ-Branch Replication) RaptorDB - The Key Value Store V2 - Mehdi Gholam Even faster Key/Value store nosql embedded database engine utilizing the new MGIndex data structure with MurMur2 Hashing and WAH Bitmap indexes for duplicates. (with MonoDroid support) Office Development Encrypting InfoPath form Data - Dragonranger A neat library which can be used to easily add encryption for InfoPath form data. Printing An Enhanced PrintPreviewDialog - Bernardo Castilho A PrintPreviewDialog that is faster and better looking than the standard one SharePoint Server Multiple form fields autocomplete for SharePoint 2010\2013 using JavaScript - Anton Khritonenkov This article describes how to implement autocomplete for multiple SharePoitn 2010\2013 form fields using JavaScript. Shell and IE programming Target Eye Revealed part 1 - Target Eye's Unique AutoUpdate Mechanism - Michael Haephrati How Target Eye's Auto updating mechanism allows a silent update of an application from identifying newer versions, downloading them and running them instead of the old one Silverlight ObservableCollection notification on member change - How to ObservableCollectionEx - Jorge J. Martins How to have notification on ObservableCollection, not only when the collection changes but also when any member of any of the collection items is changed. How to take advantage of it in a collection binding. Tablets and All-in-Ones GesturCubes - Meshack Musundi WPF 3D cubes puzzle game for the AIO(All-In-One) PC GSpeak(Gesture Speak) - Reddy Manohar Code generation through speech/gesture for everyone (Including individuals with disabilities). Teacher's Pet - _Maxxx_ Intel AIC Finalist for Tablet/Education Category The Mothernode - Ched1980 Four player sci-fi maze game with traps and looting and that Testing and QA Step by Step Guide for Unit Testing ExtJS Application using Jasmine - Handa Gaurav The article is a step by step guide to enable unit testing ExtJS applications using Jasmine. Threads, Processes & IPC Basics of Windows Threading - Mahesh Bailwal Basics about Windows thread which may help you in understanding how operating system implements threads. Ultrabooks Engineering Calculator VOLTA-2013 - DrABELL Productivity software package VOLTA-2013 developed as HTML5 web application and converted into desktop installable one using Intel's AppUp encapsulator. Application extension Jobrica-2013 utilizes geolocation/GPS service and Bing map technology to find Job Agencies in search area. Web Security Target Eye Revealed part 2 - Target Eye's Screen Capturing - Michael Haephrati How Target Eye's screen capturing mechanism works Windows Communication Foundation WCF Hosting with Windows Service - Praveen Kumar Katiyar This article explains how to host a WCF library in a Windows Service. Understanding Operation types in WCF - Praveen Kumar Katiyar This article explains the operaton type supported in WCF New Tips and Tricks added ASP.NET How to capture basic HTML controls using WatiN - MinniPandey How to capture basic HTML controls using the WatiN control. File Download on ImageButton or Button Click - VICK File download on ImageButton or ButtonClick Plotting route maps using Google Maps API - William Emmanual Plot route maps, showing list of stop points and images of stop points on markers. Get (Caller Method Name, Line Number, File Path) by using "Caller Info" in C# 5.0 - Kishan Zunjare New feature in C#5.0 "Caller Information" - get information of caller ASP.NET Controls Database Driven Dynamic Menu Control - Muhammad Ahmed Azam "Database Driven Dynamic Menu Control" Azure How to Take Backup from SQL Azure using Database Deployment Technique - Mr. P Dash Taking a SQL Azure database backup to Local instance from an SQL Azure instance using Deployment Technique C# Making Internal Access Specifiers Available to Other Assemblies - Javithkhan A How to make internal access specifiers available to other assemblies Understand 3- Tier Architecture in C# - Sourav Kayal How to Create SQL Job for SSIS Package by using C# - Sandip K Tripathi How to create SQL Server Agent Job to schedule SSIS Package Using Parallel Extension Extras with SqlConnections - Darek Danielewski Once in a while comes a tiny NuGet package which makes your code so much more elegant ... Parallel Extension Extras is one such package Using Pipeline from Parallel Extension Extras - Darek Danielewski The combined use of Pipeline and NullObject patterns greatly simplifies data processing Database SQL Joins with a "Visual Explanation" - Archit Patel This post shows SQL joins with a visual explanation Introduction to Named Calculations in SQL Server Analysis Services - Mubin M. Shaikh Create Virtual Column Using Named Calculation in SQL Server Analysis Services Create CSV File in Microsoft SQL - Rajesh_K_Sharma How to create CSV file in SQL General Graphics Fast, simple Bitmap editor class - Rui Jorge Carvalho Fast and simple Bitmap processor... HTML / CSS Understanding less.css and Creating Responsive Grids using less.css - Saurabh Nayar A simple beginners tutorial for less.css. Quick and Easy Tool Tip - vandel212 How to add tool tips to your website that are lightweight, and painless. Palm and WebOS Extracting SMS \ Text Messages from Palm Pre (WebOS 2.x.x) - Pradeep Shukla This tip will lay down the steps how to extract the text messages from palm phones. Programming Tips ReaderWriterLockSlim and the IDisposable wrapper - Sebastien GASPAR Clean code and DRY to handle ReaderWriterLockSlim SharePoint Server Quicklaunch navigation as a pop-out in SharePoint 2010 - Leong Yee Khin Using javascript to display the Sharepoint 2010 quick launch navigation VB.NET Windows OS Version Detector - Farid Alkorashy Windows OS Version Detector, detects more than 65 different versions of Windows OS Windows Phone 7/8 Microsoft Windows Phone Version History and Available Features - Mohhaumed Safiq This tip discusses purely about the Windows phone OS version history and list of features available on it. Windows Presentation Foundation Quick intro to DatePicker, tricks and MVVM thoughts - _Noctis_ Showing how to use and tweak the DateTimePicker control Tips and Tricks updated .NET Framework Automated MSIL/PE verification using ILSpy - Imre S Lengyel Use ILSpy to perform a more comprehensive check on Emitted assembiles Applications & Tools Live view of web-page developing MVC apps within Visual Studio 2012 - AJSON Get a quick view of your MVC app as you code ASP.NET Download of file with open/save dialog box - Erika Chinchio In this article I will explain how to automate the process of downloading files with the open/save dialog box, protected by authentication. ASP.NET Controls Gridview Pager style using CSS in asp.net - Narendra Singh Rathod Styling Gridview Pager in ASP.NET using CSS . Code Generation JavaScript for Bookmark Login - IPI Paul Use this script to create Bookmarks that enable quick Login to your favourite sites. Database Entity Framework Code First: Mapping to Existing Table in the Database - Shubham Maddy This tip is about how to connect with existing table in the database. Migrating ACCESS Jet Data to SQL Server - Mike Winiberg GOTCHAs and tips useful when migrating a complex Access JET application to SQL Server 2012 Desktop Gadgets Custom (XP-like) QuickLaunch - Adam Wojnar An easy implementation of the taskbar-independent "quick launch" Game Development Sudoku project in VS 2010 - Rui Jorge Carvalho Sudoku game solver with a "SudokuControl" Grid & Data Controls How to Perform Sorting In Gridview in ASP.NET - Amey K Bhatkar How to perform sorting on Gridview in ASP.NET. HTML / CSS HTML5/CSS3 graphic enhancement: buttons, inputs - DrABELL Aesthetic enhancement of HTML5 web elements via pure CSS3; no image files required Using FONTFACE in HTML / Unicode and Non-Unicode Fonts in HTML - Dipesh Wadhwa Using external fonts in HTML. OpenGL OpenGL version check Windows Visual Studio No Dependencies - Jani Mäkinen This fully copy pasteable program shows the version of OpenGL your Windows OS supports. PHP Simple Calendar - Emerald kweks Simple PHP code to display a calendar. Programming Tips Simplifying MVVM Properties - Collin Jasnoch Simplify your MVVM Properties Tablets and All-in-Ones Reviewing the Lenovo Horizon 27" AIO table PC - KillBot Project Experiencing the Lenovo Horizon 27" AIO during the Honey Moon Phase Windows Phone 7/8 Add multiple pushpins to map in a customized way on Windows Phone 8 - NitinShrivastava In this article we will discuss a quick way of how to locate a point in the Map and then adding a customized pushpin to these locations through a sample xml. New Technical Blogs added .NET Framework Understanding Clean, Build and Rebuild in Visual Studio - Mithun Pattankar There isn’t any DOT NET developer using Visual Studio as IDE hasn’t used Clean, Build and Rebuild features as part of the Solution Explorer. They come handy when we work on large projects having multiple references, projects which get updated… Continue Reading →The post Under Android Developing Android Apps using C# - Raymund Macaalay If you love C# and want to create an Android application using that language then you have to thank Xamarin as they created this great Cross Platform development tool which enables developers to develop iOS and Android apps in C# language.  ASP.NET Download Files in ASP.NET - Md. Rashim uddin How to download different types of files in asp.net Book Reviews Getting Started with Unity – A Review - Simon Jackson Keeping with the Unity3D season I seem to be having, here's another Unity3D book, this time focusing on beginners. Getting Started with Unity I've been on the hunt for a while now for a easy introduction book for Unity, even though I'm already fairly well experienced with it I'm always … Button Controls Creating Common Twitter Button For Entire WebSite Using JavaScript - Arpit Jain Introduction This article shows how to create a Twitter button for sharing the dynamically changing divs or dynamically changing URLs. It will be very use full if you want to … Continue reading → C# Dynamic vs. Var vs. Object - Tariq A Karim In this blog, I will try to highlight the differences from the CLR and the compiler's perspective. Creating Link Extractor and Filter in C#: Part 1 - Arpit Jain How to extract all the links from a webpage using a web client. Creating Link Extractor and Filter in C#: Part2 - Arpit Jain Creating Link Extractor and Filter: Part 1 In this article I will complete my previous article Creating Link Extractor and Filter. Extension methods are awesome, but that dang namespacing… - BC3Tech A useful utility. C# equivalent of Python's list slicing (list[:]) - BC3Tech A useful extension method. Static constructor and deadlock - Tariq A Karim There is a potential opportunity of a deadlock if we perform any asynchronous blocking operation in a static constructor. Dynamic Programming with Python and C# - Nick Cosentino With this post, we're still just scratching the surface of what's doable when integrating Python and C#. Passing Anonymous Types with Dynamic Lists - newkie With the dynamic keyword C# is one step ahead of me allowing a future of amazing code determined by an unlimited number of factors at runtime. Client side scripting Differences Among Bind(), Live(), Delegate(), Trigger() in jQuery - Arpit Jain In this article we will learn about the live(), bind(), click(), delegate(), trigger(), and triggerHandler() methods for adding event handlers to elements. Creating a custom context menu using jQuery - Arpit Jain Creating a custom context menu using jQuery. jQuery UI Demystified: Part 1 - Arpit Jain In this tutorial, we will learn about the jQuery UI developed using JavaScript. jQuery UI Demystified: Part 2 - Arpit Jain In this article we will learn about jQuery Interaction. jQuery offers 5 kinds of interactions. All are mouse based and can be used in combination to provide easy interaction Creating Treeview in jQuery - Arpit Jain How to create Treeview in jQuery Working With JavaScript Events - Arpit Jain How to add event listeners, how to handle the events, and how to control them. jQuery UI Demystified: Part 3 - Arpit Jain In this article we will learn about jQuery effects.The following effects will be covered. Code Generation Writing About Code: Structure - Terrence Dorsey Some tips on what to write and how to organize your writing into something coherent and readable. Writing About Code: Getting Started - Terrence Dorsey Some tips and tricks for programmers who haven't done much writing that will help you get started and find early success that fuels more writing. Database Python Basics: Understanding The Functions - Arpit Jain In this article we will learn about functions in Python. We will learn how to create functions in the Python language and how to call the functions. Design and Architecture Using a Sybase with S#arp Architecture and nHibernate - Raymund Macaalay How to use a Sybase with S#arp architecture and nHibernate A Few Thoughts About Method Implementation - Keyhole Software Practices in development that, while they don't explicitly violate any standards (whether unwritten or not), they leave behind a "stench" of inexperience or lack of discipline. Hardware & System Raspberry Pi 1 : Hardware Setup - Sabarinathan Arthanari Hardware setup for Raspberry Pi 1 Libraries Runnable: The next Library of Alexandria, or just another Lycos? - kdmote I just want to point out a few critiques regarding as-yet missing features that I consider to be critical shortcomings. LINQ LINQ and Lazy, Frenemies - BC3Tech LINQ is awesome and Lazy is handy as heck, but using them together requires some thought. Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools 3 Reasons Why I Love NDepend's Dashboard - Manas Bhardwaj 3 reasons why I love NDepend's dashboard Upgrading S#arp to MVC4 - Raymund Macaalay How to upgrade S#arp to MVC4 Programmatic Execution of an Excel Macro on Remote Machine from a Website - Raymund Macaalay Programmatic execution of an Excel macro on remote machine from a website SharePoint Server Advanced Navigation for SharePoint Organizational Chart - Anton Khritonenkov In this article, I will demonstrate advanced navigation features of the Plumsail Org Chart. How to open edit form right after creation of an item in SharePoint - Dmitriy Kozlov How to open an edit form of an item right after its creation. Migrating Sharepoint 2010 Custom Farm Solutions to Sharepoint 2013 - Raymund Macaalay Several months ago I posted an article regarding Live Migration of Sharepoint 2010 to Sharepoint 2013, that’s is a real good migration guide if you use the stock standard Sharepoint Server without any custom solutions deployed on your Farm but if you have customized solutions then it would be Live Migration of SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 - Raymund Macaalay This post will give you a step by step process on how you upgrade your SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013. Shell and IE programming The Rules of Minimalist Programming - ocoudert Rules of minimalist programming SQL Reporting Services Transfer Users from One SQL Server to Another Including SID's the Easy Way - Raymund Macaalay How to transfer users from one SQL Server to another including SID's the easy way Tabs & Property Pages The Invisible Property of UIViewController - Leonardo Paneque The invisible property of UIViewController Third Party Products and Tools Guide in Using Kendo UI with S#arp Architecture - Raymund Macaalay We have been using S#arp Architecture for quite sometime now and it proved to be a good platform for some of the enterprise applications we developed in-house for our company.  While it provided us a good platform for our web apps it does not provide something that you can easily reuse for your pres Uncategorised Technical Blogs Constraining Generic types to parameterized constructors - BC3Tech Pretty cool trick I found today on StackOverflow. I've often struggled with the fact that when you're writing a generic method, while you can constrain the type of the method, you can only specify the constraint of having a constructor, a Building Accordion With CSS3 Without Using Any jQuery or JS - Arpit Jain This tutorial explains how to build Accordion with CSS3 without using any JS or jQuery. Should Those Who Develop Software Do An MBA? - Manas Bhardwaj This post discusses whether those who develop software should do an MBA Smooth Scrolling Effect in JavaScript Using jQuery - Arpit Jain Smooth scrolling effect in JavaScript using jQuery Consume RESTful Service using jQuery in 2 Simple Steps - Imran Abdul Ghani How to consume RESTful Service using jQuery in 2 simple steps Uncategorised Tips and Tricks Add *subdomains* to the Compatibility View List - BC3Tech How to add subdomains to the compatibility view list Windows Communication Foundation Understanding Instance Management in WCF - Praveen Kumar Katiyar A service that demonstrates instance management in real life. Creating WCF Service without SVC File - Mithun Pattankar How to create a WCF service without SVC file Windows Phone 7/8 Creating .netitude, for Windows Phone - BC3Tech How to create .netitude for Windows Phone Work Issues How Programming Accidentally Runs Companies - Zac Gery And without proper recognition, software development can accidentally slide into the driver's seat. When does this happen? When developers start making decisions and recommendations that stray too far from a company's vision. Technical Blogs updated .NET Framework Trace activities with NLog - Sebastian Solnica Today’s post is dedicated to NLog – one of the logging libraries available for .NET developers. ASP.NET Controls GridView Pager Template - Tony Gayter GridView pager template. C# Difference between && and &, || and | - Arpit Jain In this article we will learn a very important and basic part of the AND and OR operators. Code Generation jQuery code not working - A Daily Battle - jQuery By Example Developers life is full of various code battles and "jQuery is not working" or "jQuery code is not working" is a just another daily battle which they have to fight against while working with jQuery. The message "jQuery is not working" itself defines its pain saying "Oh!!! there is something buggy in LINQ C#: Query Excel and .CSV Files Using LinqToExcel - John Atten C#: Query Excel and .CSV files using LinqToExcel OpenGL glGenerateMipmap Plus SOIL library, OpenGL - Bartlomiej Filipek glGenerateMipmap Plus SOIL library. Tools and IDE C#: Create and Manipulate Word Documents Programmatically Using DocX - John Atten Create and manipulate Word documents programmatically using DocX. © 2013 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Insider News click here. 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