Create a Shortcut in the Startup Folder using C# without Interop

by rahul 4/23/2012 6:29:02 PM
While writing a utility, I needed a feature that it would run at startup. I also wanted to ensure that it is a configurable setting. Seemed like a pretty easy thing to do… and went for it, only to realize that it is not as easy as it looks initially. First up, creating a shortcut itself tends to be ... [More]


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Silverlight – Create a binary clock

by rahul 6/16/2010 11:03:15 AM
Even though I am new to Microsoft Silverlight development, I am mighty impressed with it. In this post, I will show you how easily you can create a Binary Clock that looks somewhat like this… If you don’t know how to read a binary clock, check this, or this out. Watch a live demo There are quit... [More]


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Recursively listing all MOSS Site Collections and Sub Sites

by praveen 8/16/2008 3:06:54 PM
One of the painful tasks for a MOSS Admin is to make a list of all site-collections, sub-sites and nested sites. If you have allowed your customers to create their own sub-sites off a site collection or root site, it can turn out to be a really tough trying to create a list of all those. Our product... [More]


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4 ways to send a PDF file to the IE Client in ASP.NET 2.0

by Rahul 6/19/2008 4:02:58 PM
In this scrap, I am sharing a project using which you can send PDF files to the IE Client in four different ways. Create a new C# Website. While creating the following pages ensure that you DON'T have "Place code in Separate file" checkbox as checked. You need to create 4 pages called &q... [More]


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Visual Studio 2008 - More control over Recent Projects list in Start Page

by Rahul 6/17/2008 3:31:00 PM
If you work with a lot of samples, the chances are quite likely that you will end up in a rather dirty list of Recent Projects List in Visual Studio. I'm personally quite nit-picky and I really hate it when I find something like this... Now... I don't know which of these ... [More]


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C# Example for a File In Use

by praveen 6/14/2008 3:50:16 AM
Recently I was working on some code where it was required to open a file, write something to it and close it. I ran into a small problem while considering the code. Since this was a Doc file the problem was that how do I check if the file was already open or not?  If the file is already open fo... [More]


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Play with Colors - Part 2 - Check the font on a specific background using .NET reflection

by Rahul 6/13/2008 9:42:25 AM
I have already shown how to use .NET reflection to get the information about all the colors in .NET. Let's say you want to check out how a specific colored font would appear on any background, you may like to check this sample. Use the code which follows to get an output like the one below. ... [More]


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