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- Manipulate the Windows registry with .NET
- The Windows registry can be used to store application data for any custom applications you may develop. Learn more about interacting with the registry via .NET in Tony Patton's column. The registry is an integral part of every Windows installation. It contains a wealth of information regarding operating...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Windows, Tony Patton, .NET, Middleware, registry, Windows Registry, .NET Newsletter, Microsoft .NET Framework, User, Registry Key, Registry Class, RegistryKey Class, RegistryKeyrootKey, ToString, MessageBox.Show, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2006-09-12
- Using ODBC within a .NET application
- Tony Patton explains how you can set up and work with Open DataBase Connectivity ODBC technology in your .NET applications. He also highlights the ODBC .NET Data Provider, which provides ODBC access within .NET applications through the Microsoft.Data.Odbc namespace. One of the .NET Framework features often highlighted is...
- Tags: Tony Patton, .NET Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Application, ODBC, Microsoft .NET, Driver, Connection, .NET Data Provider, Driver Manager, SQL Statement, ToString, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-07-20
- Interact with the operating system via .NET's Windows Management Instrumentation
- The .NET Framework's Windows Management Instrumentation WMI services allows you to interact and manipulate various aspects of the environment in which the application is running. Here's an overview of WMI's functionality. The .NET Framework is no longer new, but it continues to delight me with the power it...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft .NET, WMI, Microsoft Windows, Tony Patton, Network administration, Operating systems, operating system, first Windows platform, Windows Platform, .NET Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Exception, Functionality, ManagementObject, ToString, Networking, Software
- Technical articles 2005-07-21
- Storing database connection settings in .NET
- .NET database providers make it necessary to specify database connection information, but it's the developer's discretion to decide where to store this information. Tony Patton explores the various factors that may influence your decision. One of the best aspects of the .NET...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, XML, Storage, Databases, Tony Patton, .NET, Programming languages, sConn, SqlConnection, database, .NET Newsletter, Registry, TechRepublic Inc., Problem, Server, Microsoft.Win32, regKey, ToString, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-07-13
- Use SQL Server to maintain session state
- While maintaining data between server calls can be difficult, you can use SQL Server to handle session state management user session data. Here's how. Maintaining data between server calls is a common dilemma in Web development. You may need to maintain information for the...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Servers, Databases, Tony Patton, Enterprise software, .NET, server, Microsoft ASP.NET, .NET Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., HTML, Database, Data, Management, Session, ToString, C#, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-06-30
- Control text formatting in .NET using the IFormattable interface
- Every application seems to present unique challenges for displaying text. These hurdles are easily cleared by utilizing format classes. The .NET Framework includes basic format objects for standard types, and it is easy to develop custom classes to fit your needs. Displaying text and variable contents are a standard...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft .NET, IFormattable, Tony Patton, .NET, Programming languages, Format provider, .NET Newsletter, Method, TechRepublic Inc., Class, Interface, Listing B, ToString, Listing C, C#, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software
- Technical articles 2005-05-31
- how do i use rs!field in vb.net
- is there anyway i can use rs!field (ex: rs!customer_id) in vb.net.when i code it in VB.netdim str as stringset rs = new adodb.recordsetdim x as singlestr = "select customer_id from person"rs.open str, dbconn, 3,2x = rs!customer_id ''' this is error it says to many arguments..how do i solve it in...
- Tags: Console.Write, DataReader, Dataset, Dim strConn, Dim strSQL, Microsoft ADO.NET, OLEDBCommand, OleDbConnection, plr007, programming, ToString
- Q&A 2005-05-04
- Working with random numbers in .NET applications
- Random number generation is a common programming endeavor, but many developers are unaware of the true nature of the random numbers generated by a system. Learn more about random numbers and how to use them in your .NET applications. TechRepublic's free .NET newsletter, delivered each Wednesday, contains useful tips...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft .NET, Middleware, Tony Patton, .NET, Application servers, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Random class, random number, .NET Newsletter, Method, TechRepublic Inc., Theory, Class, Value, Signature, Seed, Number Generation, Random, ToString, C#, Engineering, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools
- Technical articles 2005-04-12
- Print useful object information by overriding toString()
- This week in Java Q&A, the Builder.com technical team fields a member question about customizing the output generated by passing an object to the System.out.println method.All developers need help from time to time. And when it comes Java, who better to offer that help than the experienced developers at Builder?...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, toString, System.out.println, Foo tmpFoo
- Technical articles 2001-04-02
Additional Resources
- Generating GUIDs with VB.NET
- nice tip.... in powershell it looks like....in powershell this would be15> $sGUID = [System.Guid]::NewGuid16> $sGUID.ToString
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, .NET, Programming languages, Josharghhhh, powershell, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- Timer (zip)
- Timer is a stopwatch application with the basic Start, Stop and Reset commands. If you would like to save your time, click ToString in the file menu and a screen will pop up with a textbox so you can copy the time.
- Tags: Menu, Pop-up, Timer
- Software downloads 2007-12-11
- Bundle related elements in VB.NET with enumeration
- Enum TypeWhy not to use "Dim iEnvironment As Environment" ? Isn't better?*Much* betterStrongly typed is always much better. Declaring iEnvironment as an integer only makes for breakable code if the Environment variable type is changed later.Doesn't this example go against best practicesIn this example, the enumeration is named Environment, which...
- Tags: enumeration, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, programming, Ramazan.Koyuncu@...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- Explore an overloading method in VB.NET
- Developers often need to define a method with the same name that may perform different functionalities. In order to do that, you should use the Overloads keyword in .NET. In this quick tip, I look at an example function that performs different sets of functionalities with the same name. ...
- Tags: Procedure, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Irina Medvinskaya
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Unleash the power of dynamic proxies in Java
- Find out how dynamic proxies in Java work, and then learn how to create a proxy that implements a list of interfaces. Dynamic proxies have been part of Java since Java SE 1.3. Here's how the javadoc for the Proxy class defines it: "A dynamic proxy class...
- Tags: Java, David Petersheim, proxy instance, proxy, runtime, Java Tips Newsletter, Class, Interface, Invocation Handler, Programming Languages, Corporate Communications, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing
- Technical articles 2005-08-11
- Access Excel 2003 from a C# component
- I have a customer that wants data from excel printed onto a crystal report. They want the row of data sent the the crystal report at a time. I have created a component that can be called from VBA within excel and sends the data to the report...
- Tags: C#, jarmani@..., Microsoft Access, programming
- Q&A 2004-11-17
- Calculate period of time with .NET
- The inclusion of multiple time and date values in development projects often results in the need to calculate a difference. Learn how to complete this task with .NET's TimeSpan value type. A common feature of most development projects is the utilization of date and time values....
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, TimeSpan, DateTime, C#, Tony Patton, .NET, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, J# syntax, .NET Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft .NET Framework, Sample Code, Microsoft Corp., Value, Console.WriteLine, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software
- Technical articles 2005-06-27
- File Upload using C#
- Hi I have to upload a file to a webserver from my desktop. My client side application should be a windows application developed in C#.Please give me solution how to do it?string fileName = "";FileInfo fi = new FileInfofileName;try{ Uri serUri = new Uri(txtServer.Text + fi.Name); HttpWebRequest wr...
- Tags: C#, File Upload, fileName, filesize, FileInfo, MessageBox.Show, myStream, HttpWebRequest, medasatheesh@..., programming
- Q&A 2004-12-20
- Converting numbers into formatted strings in VB.NET
- Irina Medvinskaya presents a simple way to convert the numbers into formatted strings in VB.NET. She also explains the difference between the two types of numeric format strings: standard and custom. Working with numeric values often requires the ability to convert these values into String values in a...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, numeric format specifier, format specifier, Dim numInfo, format string, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, String, numInfo, C/C++, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-08-10
- Working with random numbers in .NET applications
- TechRepublic's free .NET newsletter, delivered each Wednesday, contains useful tips and coding examples on topics such as Web services, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Visual Studio .NET. Automatically sign up today!Generating random numbers is often a hot topic forprogrammers. The reason is that seemingly random numbers are most often notgenuinely random. This...
- Tags: Random class, New Random, Random, Random randObj, Tony Patton, random number, Microsoft .NET
- Technical articles 2005-04-12
- Validate an ISBN value with VB.NET
- Problem with exampleISBN uses the character "X" to represent the value 10. The example uses the Convert.ToInt32 method which will fail if "X" is passed as the arg.-George SheehyFlawed - but good reference to the basic info at WikepediaDoes not tak into account hyphens in the value or the X...
- Tags: .NET, Programming languages, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, alan williams, sCheckDigit, iProd, ISBN
- Discussion threads 2007-06-08
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