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Very true....If five seconds of smile can make your photograph beautiful, just imagine how beautiful your life will be if you keep smiling always.... :):)
View ArticleAdding user control and defining it's functionality in C#.Net
Advantages of using a User control:User controls provide an easy way to combine several controls into a single unit of functionality that can be dragged onto multiple webpages in the same site.User...
View ArticleCreating AJAX enabled web forms
Creating AJAX enabled web formsAJAX is a platform-independent, ECMAScript-compliant technology for communicating between code running on the client and code running on the server.ASP.NET includes both...
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Working with LINQ to SQL
Creating an ASP.NET website and working with LINQYou can use LINQ to XML for following purposes-1.For creating xml file.2.For loading an xml file.3.For querying xml data.4.Manipulating xml...
View ArticleCreating WCF Client from Service Metadata
Below are the steps to create WCF clients from service metadata using Visual Studio 2013:I'm assuming you've a WCF service created and running on WCF Test client.1. Open Visual Studio command prompt....
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Exporting data grid to Excel with Save Dialog box in C#.Net
I’ve the following data grid (say comparisonGrid) and I'll export this data into excel by following the below steps.Step 1: Include the following namespace to your code behind file (.cs file)using...
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Exporting datagrid to CSV using Save Dialog in C#.NET
Below is the code for exporting the data of a data grid in C#.NetDatagrid is as follows:System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog saveDlg = new System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog();...
View ArticleDetermining the owner of a file\folder in C#.Net and handling with general...
Determining the owner of a file\folder in C#.NetIn order to determine the owner of a file/folder, you would need to use the classes from the following namespaces:using System.IO;using...
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Dealing with PathTooLongException while scanning files with long paths in C#
Suppose you have a list of object of class ‘FileInfo’. This class provide properties and instance methods for the creation, copying, deletion, moving, and opening of files, and aids in the creation of...
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Get the size of files having long path in C#.Net 3.5
Get the size of files having long path in C#.Net 3.5Suppose you want to get the size of all the files present in a directory. You would do something like this:Method 1:DirectoryInfo di =...
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Copy, Move and Delete Files and Folders in C#:Below are the commonly used methods (using “System.IO” namespace):For deleting: File: File.Delete(“Path to the file”); Folder:...
View ArticleReduce flickering from controls in C#.Net
Flickering effect can be reduced by double buffering the controls. The below code will help you in reducing the flickering effect from any type of control.public static class ControlExtensions {...
View ArticleEnumerate folder with “No Name” (blank space folder, AKA non-breaking space)...
A folder with no name can be created by following the below steps:Right-click on the folder and select Rename.Now press the Alt key and from the Numeric keypad, press 0160.Now press Enter or click...
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Adding a new item to context menu of Windows Explorer in C#.Net
Requirement: Whenever user right clicks on any folder in windows explorer, display a new option and if user selects that option, launch your application. The below steps will add a new option on right...
View ArticleDealing with “Application has stopped responding” issue in C#.Net
Suppose in your application, on a click event you are doing some calculations which is taking a lot of time. During that time, if a user perform unnecessarily clicks on the screen, it might give a...
View ArticleHow to extract the associated icon of any file in C#.Net
To extract icon of any file, define the below class and the structure:[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public struct SHFILEINFO { public IntPtr hIcon; public...
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How to make the Windows Desktop application work well on High-DPI Displays...
If you change the DPI of your machine from 100% to any other higher value, your desktop applications may appear somewhat blurry when you compare them with other applications on the screen. Alternately,...
View ArticleStart and stop a console application using C#
Start a console application:System.Diagnostics.Process aspProcess = null;private void start_console_app() { try { string pathToExe = @"<<Path to the...
View ArticleConvert content of XML file to JSON string in C#.Net
The below function will convert the content of XML file to JSON string:private string convertXMLToJSON() { string xmlLogPath = "<<Path to the xml file>>"; //...
View ArticleGet startup programs of all users using C#.Net
The below code will demonstrate how to list all the startup programs (also listed in msconfig) using C#.Net.A custom class (cStartupPrograms) is added to store a startup program and it's relevant...
View ArticleHow to get Clipboard data and its size in C#.Net
Following function will get the clipboard data: [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern IntPtr GetClipboardData(uint uFormat); [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern bool...
View ArticleHow to clear clipboard text using C#.Net
Known exceptions:Case 1:It you use Clipboard.SetText(string.Empty) to clear clipboard text, you will get an ArgumentNullException exception: "Value cannot be NULL".It is because you cannot set empty...
View ArticleHow to load registry hive of logged off users in C#.Net
In HKEY_USERS, SIDs of only logged in users are present by default. If you need to make changes in any user's registry in logged off state, you will have to load the registry hive of that particular...
View ArticleHow to Enable, Disable and Start the task of task scheduler in C#.Net
Below function demonstrates how to enable, disable and run the already created scheduled task. It will first check if the task exists in task scheduler:public static void...
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How to host WCF service in IIS manager
To host the WCF service, follow the below steps:Add virtual directory in "IIS Manager"PC Name -> Sites -> Default Web Site -> Add virtual directoryType in the alias (name) and browse to the...
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