String.format is not just a relic from a bygone era, but is actually still very useful even in today's brave new world. It’s time to dig into some data formatting!
Using String.format and Data Formatting in C#
Published 04/24/2014
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Ode to OData
Published 03/17/2014
OASIS standardizes OData.
Using XPath for Your XML Based Queries in C# Programming
Published 06/21/2011
XPath is one of the important elements in the W3C's XSLT standard and is often referred as a query language used to help us navigate through attributes, elements and other XML objects. It helps us identify the information and process the data in xml-based data sources in an efficient manner. Read on to learn more...
Tip: File Download in ASP.NET and Tracking the Status of Success or Failure of Download
Published 05/05/2010
While working on a e-commerce project I had a requirement to implement such a functionality where the success/failure of the download can be tracked. After searching for the solution I found that there is no such article related to similar problem. Then I came up with this solution after reading an article on transferring file in small packets. I hope this solution will help others struggling with similar problem.
XMLFoundation
Published 08/17/2009
An Object Oriented approach to handling XML.
How to Read and Write ODF/ODS Files (OpenDocument Spreadsheets)
Published 08/06/2009
Understand the basics of the ODF format, and specifically its implementation in spreadsheet applications (OpenOffice.org Calc and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP2). Presented is a demo application that writes/reads tabular data to/from .ODS files.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
Accessing .NET Serial Ports from C#
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Dust off your serial port and find new uses for a nearly-forgotten data link.
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