Thursday, 25 December 2003

Download details: SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator (OlyMars)

Download details: SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator (OlyMars)



"SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator (code named OlyMars) is both a flexible and powerful code generator based on database modeling.



It allows instant generation of both SQL and .Net code providing a complete library of stored procedures, .NET classes and ready-to-use Windows/Web form controls (including associated documentation).



SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator is also fully extensible to use one's own custom templates and consequently can be adjusted to generate any custom code respecting a homogeneous implementation scheme within the company (can be written either in VB .NET or C# .NET)."



Intersting... Worth a look at least... from the read it seems CodeSmith "like" but will have to see.



In taking a quick look at it, CodeSmith 2.5 has a much better UI.

Tuesday, 23 December 2003

FileForum | Program Detail - Adobe Reader Speed-Up

FileForum | Program Detail - Adobe Reader Speed-Up



"Adobe Reader Speed-Up significantly decreases the amount of time required for Adobe Reader 6.0 to start by disabling most of the least used plugins. Plugins can be freely enabled and disabled, if required."



Nice...



Will have to use this. :)

DAEMON Tools Updated for 3.43

DAEMON Tools Homepage :: News



My fav ISO mounting utility has rev'ed to 3.43...

Deadbolt - Interscape Technologies - Simple. Affordable. Solutions.

Deadbolt - Interscape Technologies - Simple. Affordable. Solutions.



A cool VS 2003 addin that makes signing your assemblies MUCH easier.

Yeah, once you know about sn.exe, etc it's not hard, but still.

There are more things I have to worry about/remember than silly things that should be in the IDE anyway...



Monday, 22 December 2003

Dino Esposito's WebLog - Enjoyed the Process API in .NET

Dino Esposito's WebLog: "Enjoyed the Process API in .NET "



Here's a .Net class I've not played with but sure looks like something I will be playing with...

Saturday, 20 December 2003

Visual Studio Home: Developing Software in Visual Studio .NET with Non-Administrative Privileges





Visual Studio Home: Developing Software in Visual Studio .NET with Non-Administrative Privileges
: "Members of the local Administrators group have privileges to perform any action on a machine. This causes both a risk to the user performing actions in that environment and to the software that they develop. This article explains how to productively develop software while logged on with non-administrative privileges"



Interesting... Something to think about...

Saturday, 13 December 2003

Friday, 12 December 2003

310099 - Description of the Portqry.exe Command-Line Utility

310099 - Description of the Portqry.exe Command-Line Utility



A nice little utility...



"Portqry.exe is a command-line utility that you can use to help troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity issues. Portqry.exe runs on Windows 2000-based computers and Windows Server 2003-based computers. The utility reports the port status of TCP and UDP ports on a computer that you select.

"

Suresh Behera - Automation Samples using Managed Code





A cool list of automation samples using Managed Code from MS...

Monday, 8 December 2003

LEGO Mosaic

LEGO Mosaic



Being a Lego junky, I think this is pretty cool... Now I have to try it (um... for my son... really :)

Friday, 5 December 2003

The FREEIMAGE Project

The FREEIMAGE Project:



Interesting...



"FreeImage is an Open Source library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today's multimedia applications. The library comes in two versions: a binary distribution that can be linked against any 32-bit C/C++ compiler and a source distribution. Workspace files for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 are provided, as well as makefiles for Linux."

Thursday, 4 December 2003

Resource

Resource



Very cool list of tons of .net links...

TECA ImageTransferPlus - A BLOB transfer program for SQL Server or Oracle

TECA ImageTransferPlus - A BLOB transfer program for SQL Server or Oracle



For those of us putting LOB's, CLOB's and BLOB's in our SQL DB's this is pretty cool looking...



"ImageTransferPlus is a fully graphical import-and-export utility that makes it easy to add Text/XML and BLOB (Binary Large Objects) data to your SQL SERVER or ORACLE database. Eliminating the need to write custom file import and export programs, ImageTransferPlus is the fastest and most efficient binary data transfer mechanism for SQL SERVER or ORACLE available. ImageTransferPlus is able to import and export any PC file type to and from an Image or Text column. This allows graphic, audio, video and other application files be easily stored and retrieved from a SQL SERVER or ORACLE database. ImageTransferPlus can be used to transfer virtually any PC file including:



- XML files (.htm, .xml, .xsd, .html, .plg)



- Image files (.bmp, .gif, .pcx, .tif, .jpeg)



- Audio files (.wav, .mp3, .wmf)



- Executable files (.exe, .dll, .ocx)



- Application files (.zip, .doc, .xls, .ppt)



- Text files (.txt, .csv)"

FTPOnline - SQL Server

FTPOnline - SQL Server



Nice collection of 98 SQL Server articles...

Wednesday, 3 December 2003

Sysinternals Freeware - Utilities for Windows NT and Windows 2000 - Process Explorer

Sysinternals Freeware - Utilities for Windows NT and Windows 2000 - Process Explorer



I know I've posted this utility before (or at least stuff by SysInternal), but I have to post it again... Damn those guys are GOOD!



Their Process Explorer just helped my save my sanity...



"Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.



The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.



The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work. "

Tuesday, 2 December 2003

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials:



Free is good...



"W3Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials - All Free



At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need,

from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, XSL, Multimedia and WAP.

W3Schools - The Largest Web Developers Site On The Net"

Visual Basic Home: Exploring the Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit

Visual Basic Home: Exploring the Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit



"Exploring the Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit"



"Joel Semeniuk examines the Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit and highlights the best of the hundreds of documents, videos, and samples that can help you build proficient solutions. (9 printed pages)"

Monday, 1 December 2003

SmartLibrary - Home - Live Technologies

Home - Live Technologies CANADA



Looks pretty cool... and very cool for those of us who are "Graphically Challenged"



"The SmartLibrary is a collection of free controls and components for Microsoft Visual Studio.NET, designed to help you improve your software projects. The SmartLibrary has its own Themes Editor, if you don’t like the way a control looks like, just change its theme, or create your own one from scratch, it’s just a few clicks of a mouse :-) The SmartLibrary, your controls, your way! http://LiveTechnologies.ca "

The Code Project - Funnel IT for Free - Product Showcase

The Code Project - Funnel IT for Free - Product Showcase:



Pretty cool... Downloaded it and am checking it out. There are other tools that do this too (MSInfo32,etc), but this one is a more targeted solution and looks to be "User" safe...



"Funnel IT for Free

By ByStorm Software



A fully-functional freeware tool, Funnel IT for Free is a one-stop resource for capturing and sharing the environment in which a defect occurred, answering the frequent questions between Development and QE that delay defect resolution. "