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September 2007
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A ToolStripMenuItem and a Check
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– One nice addition to the .NET 2.0 framework is the ToolStripMenuItem Class. The ToolStripMenuItem Class replaces the MenuItem Class. The ToolStripMenuItem has a Checked property that gets or sets a value indicating if the item is checked or not. Coupled with the ToolStripMenuItem.CheckOnClick ...
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Who is copying your web site?
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– In the academic world (and various other worlds as well) there are a number of tools that are used to detect plagiarism. Plagiarism comes in many forms and if you have a published web site it could be easy for some of your content to show up on another page. The vast number of web sites published ...
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A little FileIconInit for the System Image list
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– I can hear the theme for Welcome Back Kotter as I write this. It seems that things have been quiet on here for quite sometime, however those that know me can attest to the fact that life away from here has been anything but that. Thankfully, things have returned to a point where a lot more content ...
March 2007
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Code Monkey
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– As full as my schedule is, I often look for some mindless entertainment and find myself randomly browsing YouTube or Google Videos. I prefer to browse the stupid humor videos (who doesnt know about Leroy Jenkins?). You know what I am talking about, those little things that make you laugh ...
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A DataGridView, DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn, DataGridViewButtonColumn and DataColumn.
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– As I continue to work on moving (upgrading?) applications and code to dotNET 2.0 I continue to find that in some cases certain implemenations have made changes that simplify things. One case in particular, is the displaying of CheckBoxes and Buttons in a DataGrid. One old way was to override the ...
February 2007
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Those Commercials
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– As I sit here watching the big game, with the Patriots not in it, I find myself like many others; looking forward to the commercials. The first break just concluded and offered up the first three commercials. The first was a beer commercial (I forget the sponsor) that was a Rock, Paper, Scissors ...
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System Information and the PerformanceCounter Class
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– The other day I discussed retrieving system information using the .NET framework. I guess the main focus of that post was to discuss using PInvoke to call unmanaged WIN32 DLL exports, more so than actually retrieving different pieces of system information. The objective of that post was retrieving ...
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Cryptography hash and a class - to go
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– One of the things I appreciate the most in OOP is the concept of classes. I have found that the use of classes allows for code to be easily maintained and reused. I look at classes as neat little packaged objects that can be moved around and worked with as their own. Another big benefit of ...
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C# LocalAdapterInformation
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– As I continue to enhance some of my exisiting utilities (and port them to C# ) I found myself working on a utilitiy that determines the Local Network Adapter Information. As I had posted in the past (VB.NET Delphi) here is the C# code for determining the information: 1 public void
January 2007
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PInvoke WIN32 and .NET
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– The WIN32 API has been around for quite sometime and has a large number of 'calls' and 'mechanisms' that have not yet been ported over to the .NET world. There are also still quite a few valuable WIN32 libraries/exports that have yet to be 'upgraded'. When integration is needed with existing WIN32 ...
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Delphi Components:TBPRichEdit Added
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– TBPRichEdit has been added to the list Delpi Components available for download. TBPRichEdit is a descendant of the native TRichEdit component. TBRichEdit has two additional scrolling events: OnVerticalScroll and OnHorizontalScroll. TBPRichEdit also adds properties (GutterSize, GutterColor, ...
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Is this thing on?
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– The internet is a wonderful tool. The internet allows for the easy access to literally thousands of source code listings and software applications and utilities. This has proven, IMHO, to be a valuable for increasing efficiency. There are many software utilities, examples and instructions for ...
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New Date Folder
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– I constantly backup and keep revisions of documents stored on my computer. For sorting and identification purposes typically create a folder with name conjured up using the current date and time. I usually create a folder name with the following format: yyyymmdd hhmmss. This allows me to see ...
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Straight to the Prompt
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– Even in the world of Windows it is often necessary to perform tasks via the command prompt. Along with the console applications that I have created, there are many other command line utilities that I use. Often, these utilities need to be run within a specific directory (a.k.a. folder). Instead of ...
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My Send To
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– I think this will start off with a small digression. Delphi is a wonderful software development language. As time gets closer to another release, the usual future of Delphi chatter starts to surface. My personal take on Delphi is that it is one of the most powerful development ...
