Data Export from Database to Excel, PDF and Word for .NET without Automation and Acrobat Reader

IntroductionThis article introduces how to export data from database to Excel, PDF, MS Word, HTML, MS clipboard ,XML, DBF, SQL Script, SYLK, DIF, CSV without Automation and Acrobat Reader, you just need a free component. In this example, I will show: Use GetFactoryClasses() method to get all factories.How to make a connection with database.How to get data source from database.How to export the

StudioShell

OverviewStudioShell's goal is to fundamentally change the way you interact with Visual Studio and your code.If you’ve ever implemented a Visual Studio extension, such as an add-in or a package, you know how convoluted this space has become. You have to become an expert in your tooling if you want to change it. StudioShell changes that by exposing many of Visual Studio’s extensibility points in a

Press Start: launching Google Game Developer Central

Today, the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) officially kicks off in San Francisco. From browser technologies to cloud storage solutions, Google has many products and services that can be useful to game developers. Until now, it was hard for developers to track down information on how Google can help them build, distribute and monetize their games. This is why we are excited to release

Introduction to setting up automated unit testing in Silverlight with NUnit

Ok, so MVVM is obviously about Unit testing right? Well, I don’t really agree, but it is definitely a part of why you chose MVVM, even if it is only a small part of the reason for me. I have been using the MVVM pattern for a while now, but I still haven’t started unit testing my code properly. I know I should, but for different reasons I never get around to it. Mostly due to time constraints. And

Now available with Google Apps: User Managed Storage

Editor’s note: Last year we launched an improvement that makes over 60 additional Google services available to Google Apps users. This series showcases what’s new and how your organization can benefit. Welcome to User Managed StorageAs more and more people discover the power and flexibility of creating and collaborating using nothing but the web, an increasing volume of user content is stored in

Silverlight Runtime Inspector Tools

Not sure if folks are aware, but in addition to the Silverlight Spy tool which is a great visual tool to explore your application runtime tree and detect possible perf bottlenecks, there is also a free tool called Silverlight Inspector. Silverlight Inspector is a free utility that lets you view your app visual tree and control/view assemblies within a XAP. This tool is an open source so feel

11 Inspirational Websites You Need to Know for New Design Ideas

IntroductionThere are plenty of inspirational websites out there, but not all of them are useful, for example, CSS website galleries, thousands of them and some of them are simply waste of times. The following is my favorite websites when I'm seeking for inspirations. I really like dribbble, and I can spend pretty long time just to browse through each page and to examine all those stunning and

How This 19-Year-Old Is Taking On Google

He's an Israeli who sidestepped military service in favor of moving to the Bay Area to become Y Combinator's youngest founder. Six months later, all eyes are on Daniel Gross, as he has almost $5 million in funding backing his search engine, Greplin. Oh, and he didn’t go to college Read more: Inc.   Posted via email from Jasper-net

Fantastic tool for HTML parsing

Last  night I just made one of those HTML screenscaper-style apps - my downstairs neighbor is an artist and has this homepage with his stuff on. HTML often being extremely well deformed can be a nasty cat to swing, especially if you're locked inside a Phone 7 room. HTML Agility Pack saved me from the embarrasment of writing the exact and correct regular expression, taking care of with and without

Android – Hidding the status and title bar of your application

An Android application provides a titlebar. The Android platform provides a statusbar.If you desire to hide them you can do this either via code or via the theme setting in your “AndroidManifest.xml”. To hide the titlebar of your application you can use the predefined style android:theme=”@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar”. If you also want to hide the statusbar of your application use android: