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Document Processing Part II: Request Driven OCR

by Martin Welker

To get qualified access to paper based information, sometimes more than plain OCR is needed. This article shows why, and offers a solution to increase OCR quality by semi-automatic table extraction.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VII

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using owner-drawn menus in a context menu shell extensions, and on making a context menu extension that responds to a right-click in a directory background.

Using C Calling Convention Callback Functions in C# and VB - The Easy Way

by Jecho Jekov

Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB

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Writing Microsoft CRM 3.0 Callouts – Sample Code: Turkish Citizen Number Validator

by Alen M

This article focuses on callout development for MS CRM 3.0. As an example Turkish Citizen Number Validator code is written.

XSL Transform Code Generator for Visual Studio .NET

by Chris Stefano

A custom tool for Visual Studio .NET which runs an XSL transformation to generate code

Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

by Eric P Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

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Visual Studio .NET 2003

Document Processing Part II: Request Driven OCR

30 Apr 2005 by Martin Welker

To get qualified access to paper based information, sometimes more than plain OCR is needed. This article shows why, and offers a solution to increase OCR quality by semi-automatic table extraction.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI

26 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VII

30 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using owner-drawn menus in a context menu shell extensions, and on making a context menu extension that responds to a right-click in a directory background.

Using C Calling Convention Callback Functions in C# and VB - The Easy Way

13 Sep 2005 by Jecho Jekov

Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB

Build My Own 3D Graphics Engine Step By Step

1 Feb 2017 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

How to build my own 3D graphics engine from ZERO step by step

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part IV

24 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that provides custom drag and drop functionality.

Bi-directional HTTP Connection

22 Jan 2004 by Wytek Szymanski

An article about a bi-directional communication using a single open connection.

NormalMapCompressor - A tool to automatically compress normal maps

4 Jul 2005 by DeltaEngine

Normal maps are used for realtime 3D rendering (mostly in games) to improve the visual quality, but compressing them makes the 3D content look ugly, this tool helps to fix that problem.

Rendering Textures with Alpha Channels and Color Key Transparency using a MatrixStack in Managed Direct3D

28 Jun 2005 by Greg Rezansoff

This brief article describes how to use managed Direct3D to render texture bitmaps with alpha channels and transparency key colours onto vertices in C# with the aid of a MatrixStack.

Microsoft Cabinet Templates

23 Jul 2004 by Luuk Weltevreden

This article shows a set of templates created around the Microsoft Cabinet library. With these templates, you can extract cabinet files and cabinets stored in the resource section of a module. It can be easily extended to allow extraction through other means.

Deadlock Detection in Existing Code

11 Jan 2008 by eransha

The article briefly discusses deadlocks behavior, and presents an easy way to detect them.

Session of low-level optimization of memory usage in C++ programs with total exposure

22 Jun 2009 by Victor A. Milokum, Apriorit Inc

In this article, we will try to make our algorithms work faster using the methods of low-level optimization of memory allocation in C++.

IBM WebSphere MQ with C#: GUI application that is both GET REQUEST/ PUT RESPONSE and PUT REQUEST/ GET RESPONSE

9 Nov 2005 by Koushik Biswas

An article on synchronization of a GET REQUEST/ PUT RESPONSE MQ C# program and a PUT REQUEST/ GET RESPONSE MQ C# program.

DACBuilder – Data Access objects generation tool based on XML and XSL templates transformation

31 Mar 2006 by Dan Radu

The DACBuilder application provides auto-generation features from multiple database systems in multiple programming languages.

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

16 Feb 2011 by jim lahey

Or you could just pop over to:http://www.connectionstrings.com/[^]Use the exhaustive samples they provide and not hard code your connection strings by using a standard .NET configuration file:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1xtk877y.aspx[^]

MCMS User Roles

15 Mar 2005 by Chester Ragel

Finding MCMS user by role.

Lat Lays Flat - Part 3: Creating A Google Maps .NET Control

17 Oct 2005 by Bill Pierce

Creating an ASP.NET server control wrapper for the Google Maps API.

Switching threads

16 Sep 2007 by Rajasekharan Vengalil

How to switch the thread that a routine is running on.

A Study of Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility for Automated Measuring Systems using VB.NET

24 Jan 2015 by syed shanu

Gage R&R using VB.NET.

Using Nhibernate in VB.NET

7 Jan 2008 by S.SRIVATHSAN

Implementation Nhibernate concept in VB.NET

The Amazingly Forgotten 2-Way .NET Rijndael CryptoStream

29 Aug 2009 by _Khallaf

How To Do Precise 2-Way Rijndael CryptoStream Communication

Force compile unreferenced variable

27 Dec 2010 by OriginalGriff

Try declaring them with the volatile keyword - It should be a good little compiler then... :laugh:

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

11 Sep 2016 by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

Creating SQL Joins in Simple Steps

20 Sep 2012 by Sreedhar Puligundla

Simple steps to create SQL joins by using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

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Visual Studio 2010 Reading SVN Revision and Updating File and Product Version (Easy Way)

27 Apr 2013 by prodrigues1990

Easy Assembly Version reflecting SVN working revision

List of Tables of Microsoft Access DataBase

17 Feb 2011 by dontumindit

While dealing with databases, sometimes there is a need to get a list of tables in the application

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

3 Mar 2011 by crocks256

The ConnectionStringBuilder classes in .NET can be quite handy...http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnectionstringbuilder.aspx[^].

Force compile unreferenced variable

27 Aug 2011 by Ivan Ivanov 83

I found the perfect solution.Everyting I needed to do is to declare those variables as extern in a H file without giving them definitions. something like this:// thest.hextern int iEAX;extern int iEBX;extern int iECX;extern int iEDX;then in the right spot in the CPP...

Does Visual Studio 6.0 have a known defect? see code below

13 Oct 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Probably you forgot to specify the bit size for msg_size, and that may put data alignment if effect. Please check up.One more thing: short and long are among so called "fundamental types"; their actual size depends on platform:...

A tool statistic C# solution code count

14 Jan 2008 by Andy Lang

With this tool, you can statistic a C# solution or project code count.

Digital Signatures and PDF Documents

30 Apr 2007 by Frank Rem

PDFKit.NET 2.0 is a 100% .NET (verifiable) component for creating and manipulating PDF documents. In this article I will focus on its digital signature capabilities. Digital signatures can be used to authenticate the source of a PDF document, and to provide the integrity of a PDF document.

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How to get Windows version on combo SeletIndexChanged?

10 Dec 2009 by nGrafix

Hi guys,I finished my project in VB.NET (VS.NET 2008). This project supports three languages; English (UK), Kazakh (Kazakstan) and Hausa (Nigeria). The program allows the user to swtich between the languages at runtime via ComboBox's SelectedIndexChanged event.The problem is Hausa (a...

How to get Windows version on combo SeletIndexChanged?

10 Dec 2009 by MaasOne

Check the Windows version from System.Environment-class. Vista has version 6 and Win 7 has (what a surprise :)) version 7. Private Function IsVistaOrHigher() As Boolean Return Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major >= 6 End FunctionMaas

How to create setup project in .NET 2003

22 Oct 2011 by OriginalGriff

Google: http://www.google.co.uk/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=setup+project+in+.NET+2003[^]

msi with serial number check: msi hangs when correct number is put in

3 Jan 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I suggest you ask this question to the author of the article. Load the page with the article and hit "New Message" on top of "Comments and Discussion" section. The author will get e-mail notification of your post and a change to reply.—SA

Repointing localhost after upgrading VS2003 project to VS2005

24 Apr 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

It's hard to see where did you screw up this without seeing all your steps. Usually, running a valid ASP.NET application presents no problems.I would advise the following: create a simple Web site from scratch. The URI http://localhost is used for testing/debugging on an development computer...

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How to send a command to a Zebra QLn220 Printer from a Compact Framework app

1 Aug 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Sending commands in a Compact Framework app via C# to a Zebra QLn220 printer

XEndian: Fast and Extensible Header-Only Endian-Aware Serializer (or The Fight for DRY)

12 Sep 2014 by Alex Puchades

In this tip, XEndian, a header-only library will be presented

Does Visual Studio 6.0 have a known defect? see code below

13 Oct 2015 by Jochen Arndt

By default the Visual C/C++ compiler will align structure members at 8 byte boundaries inserting padding bytes if necessary. See the MSDN article Working with Packing Structures[^].To avoid this, you can use pack pragma[^] to specifiy 1 byte alignment.When using bit fields it is even...

ReSharper 1.5: The Most Intelligent Add-In To Visual Studio .NET

17 Mar 2005 by JetBrains s.r.o.

ReSharper is a VS.NET add-in with features such as intelligent coding assistance, on-the-fly error highlighting and quick error correction, unmatched support for code refactoring, and a whole lot more.

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AviScreensaver: A C# screensaver that allows you to play your favourites media files

20 Oct 2005 by Marco Roello

The screensaver plays from 1 to 16 video (or media files) simultaneously.

The Increasing Need to Protect your Applications from Hackers and Competitors

2 Nov 2005 by Gabriel Torok

Using Dotfuscator to protect your .NET source code from decompilers.

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Visual Assist X: The Indispensable IDE Add-In

30 Mar 2006 by Whole Tomato Software

Read on to learn the real reason my co-workers virtually dragged me to our purchasing agent to get my very own license for Visual Assist X!

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Choosing between XML and SQL in .NET Content Management Systems

2 May 2006 by Petr Palas

This article compares various approaches to storing, editing, and displaying structured content on the web. It shows the advantages and disadvantages of using XML and relational SQL databases.

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Tom Harris on ANTS Profiler

4 May 2006 by Simon Galbraith

The architect of ANTS Profiler talks about his work.

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ANTS Profiler 2.7 – A code profiler with a pedigree

2 Oct 2006 by Redgate Software

This article describes how you can use ANTS Profiler to eliminate performance hotspots and memory leaks from your .NET applications.

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Refactoring for C/C++ and C#: Let the Machine do the Work

10 Oct 2006 by Whole Tomato Software

A review of the code refactoring tools in Visual Assist X - by John Krajewski, Senior AI Programmer, Pandemic Studios.

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Yet Another Menu Generator

5 Feb 2007 by Pman75

A 2 tier menu generator that can be navigated forwards and/or backwards.

Automating the Deployment of an Office InfoPath Form Templates

2 May 2007 by Srinivas-Miriyala

This tool move the previously-published infopath form templates to a new location.

Generate .NET 2.0 C# proxy file from a JBOSS Web Service

13 Jun 2007 by Tohar

Solve the problem of failing to update a WebService after upgrading to NET 2.0 using VS2005 (using JBOSS).

SlickEdit 2007 For Windows Development

29 Jun 2007 by SlickEdit Inc.

Using SlickEdit 2007 For Windows Development

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Resco MobileApp Developer Pack – developing mobile business applications

1 Oct 2007 by RescoDeveloper.Net

The article describes the suite of Visual Studio controls, tools and samples designed for mobile business application development, targeting Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.

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I Had Used Profilers Before, but Not for Such a Complex Application

27 Feb 2009 by Redgate Software

Adam Marciniec experienced a substantial slow down in his code, so he went hunting for the bottleneck with ANTS Profiler. With it, he found the specific method responsible for the performance issue. Find out how he fixed the problem and boosted the performance of his application.

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problem with toolbox in vs.net

18 Nov 2009 by C#Extender

i have a problem with toolbox in vs.net.when i add a custom controls to my vs.net's toolbox they appears in the toolbox ,but after a few days when i run vs They have been removed from the toolbox automatically. if there is a way to prevent of occur this problem Or back up toolbox refrences and re

Conversion from Turbo C++ to VC++

12 May 2010 by lakshmihb

I am having a project in Borland Turbo C++, I need the same project to be converted to Microsoft VS 2003 VC++ project. Is it possible to do conversion in .Net?

VS2003 resource editor bug

14 Sep 2010 by Ivan Ivanov 83

Hi All :)I've done some search but all I got was a forum post that was hanging there unanswered since 2003! :DSo here is the problem: When I open some dialog resource and try to Add Event Handler... to some button or something the Event Handler Wizard dialog has all its fields empty and...

Force compile unreferenced variable

27 Dec 2010 by Ivan Ivanov 83

Hi AllI need to force the compiler to compile a code block that is seemingly meaningless, something like this:int iEAX = 0x30313233;int iEBX = 0x31323334;int iECX = 0x32333435;int iEDX = 0x33343536;Those variables will not be referenced anywhere in the code below them, I just...

Force compile unreferenced variable

29 Dec 2010 by mbue

you can define a private segment in your code like this:#pragma data_seg( "identifyme" )static int iEAX = 0x30313233;static int iEBX = 0x31323334;static int iECX = 0x32333435;static int iEDX = 0x33343536;#pragma data_seg()so its easier for you to find it in your module too.

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by FZelle

You are both wrong with the DataAdapter.Why do you think there is an overload with the querystring and the connectionstring?public DataSet select_query(string query, string con_str){ try { using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(query,con_str)) { ...

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by woric

The sample code provided by Andrew Rissing is a huge improvement over the original, but incorrectly catches the exception and displays a MessageBox. (Andrew correctly points out this is not a good idea.)A better solution is to allow the exception to fail:public DataSet...

how to bind Crystal Report with store procedure in visualstudio2003

8 Apr 2011 by ashu2001

Hello All,Please help me...I m trying to bind a crystal report with a store procedure in sql server2005 with recieving some parameters. but i want to pass the parameters to the report at run time. Please help me... if any sample code available please send me the link of the...

how to bind Crystal Report with store procedure in visualstudio2003

8 Apr 2011 by Mahendra.p25

try this Link Click[^]

how to bind Crystal Report with store procedure in visualstudio2003

8 Apr 2011 by thatraja

Here you goCrystal Report And Parameter Passing Using Stored Procedure[^]BTW it's in C# so convert into VB.NET.

how to bind Crystal Report with store procedure in visualstudio2003

8 Apr 2011 by RaviRanjanKr

Go there[^] having same question with nice solutions and take a look at this[^] CP article.

App Window Bring to Front

28 Apr 2011 by Koolski

How do you bring an application to the front? Not a window of an application (SetWindowPos()), but the whole application?I won't go into the why, but I have an app. with a dialog that opens a second dialog in a separate thread. I disable the calling dialog that starts this thread so that...

App Window Bring to Front

28 Apr 2011 by Hans Dietrich

You could try ::BringWindowToTop(HWND hWnd).See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms632673%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

App Window Bring to Front

28 Apr 2011 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

This is a combination of SetActiveWindows or BringWindowToTop with SetForegroundWindow.—SA

Convert Project from Shift-JIS to Unicode character

16 Jun 2011 by Sudheendra P

Hi I have some bunch of VC++ projects( Solution with 40+ Projects developed in Japanese). All these projects are built in Japanese using Shift-JIS code. Now we have requirement to localize these projects. I would like to know the simple steps to convert all the project to...

When i open .net application on the server i get Page cannot be displayed Error , but it works fine from other machines.

22 Jul 2011 by Sharath (India)

Hi,I have one .Net 1.1 application hosted on one sever through IIS 6.0 . When i access this application Either throught IIS(browsing) or throught IE on the server i get Page cannot be displayed error. But, when i access the same application from any other machine it works fine.Please...

When i open .net application on the server i get Page cannot be displayed Error , but it works fine from other machines.

22 Jul 2011 by 2irfanshaikh

try aspnet_regiis -i from C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 folder

Sql tool designed using vs2003

17 Oct 2011 by VenuKalyan

Hi i want to create a sql tool for direct execution of queries..[edit]SHOUTING removed - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Sql tool designed using vs2003

17 Oct 2011 by André Kraak

Try using this as your starting point: QASharp V1.0 [Query Analyzer like tool for MSDE database][^].

VS2010 Ultimate Grid View and through using SQL Server Back End How to Generate the Reports.

23 Oct 2011 by 2011999

Dear all Experts,Through using grid view in VS2010 and SQL server 2008 Back End how to generate the Reports. I need Cristal ReportsThank you for your valuable replay.

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How to create setup project in .NET 2003

22 Oct 2011 by VenuKalyan

How to create setup project in .net 2003[edit]SHOUTING removed - OriginalGriff[/edit]

VS2010 Ultimate Grid View and through using SQL Server Back End How to Generate the Reports.

23 Oct 2011 by sriman.ch

Hi Subbu,Which type of report you want to generste (crystal report or showing details in gridview and exporting it to the desired format say excel). Be more specific.Regards,Sriman

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how to set listbox bordercolor at runtime in vb.net

1 Nov 2011 by VenuKalyan

how to set listbox bordercolor at runtime in vb.net

how to set listbox bordercolor at runtime in vb.net

4 Nov 2011 by LanFanNinja

If this is a Windows Forms Application then I don't think there is a simple solution. However if this is a WPF Application in your Loaded event just change the listBox BorderBrush property (e.g. listBox1.BorderBrush = Brushes.Green).or for Asp.net in the Page_Load...

How to set listbox bordercolor from style sheet in vs2003

3 Nov 2011 by VenuKalyan

How to set listbox bordercolor from style sheet in vs2003

how to highlight webcontrols in vs.net2003

3 Nov 2011 by coolsanjay

What do you mean by highlight? Please elaborate more.

how to create a windows service in .net 1.1

14 Dec 2011 by VenuKalyan

I want to Creat a application like a reminder in client system when a record insert in database..Pls give any solution..thnq

how to create a windows service in .net 1.1

14 Dec 2011 by #realJSOP

There's a Windows Service template in availble when you click on File | New | Project in the Visual Studio menu. If you can't find it, try this CodeProject article:Developing a Windows SERVICE Application using .NET Framework with C#.[^]

how to create a web service in .net 1.1

14 Dec 2011 by VenuKalyan

Pls Help me in Detail...Thanq..

how to create a web service in .net 1.1

14 Dec 2011 by Suresh Suthar

OMG! you are still using .Net 1.1. BTW you can find thousands of articles on this. Ok LMGTFY[^]

Javascript Functions enable in postback events

25 Dec 2011 by VenuKalyan

Hi to all,I am Using Javascript Function for Hiding and showing a panel when user clicks a hyperlink..its working fine, but in postback event all panels automatically visible..how to stop..it..My Javascript Function :function ShowHide(id) { try { var e =...

Javascript Functions enable in postback events

25 Dec 2011 by Sarvesh Kumar Gupta

Call javascript function showhide() after each successful event occured using ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this,this.GetType(), "%#######%", "ShowHide('Panel1');",true);ORthis.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "%#######%",...

How to set javascript function when postback occured

25 Dec 2011 by Sarvesh Kumar Gupta

Call javascript function showhide() after each successful event occured using ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this,this.GetType(), "%#######%", "ShowHide('Panel1');",true);ORthis.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "%#######%", "ShowHide('Panel1');",true);if...

Graphics problems using VS.Net2003 MFC app on Win7

3 Jan 2012 by tlillys

I've been looking around for some clues to fix the following behavior I'm having using an MFC application, developed with VS.NET2003 and OpenGL, on Win7. I'm getting flickering of main view when resizing (fixed!), and traces on rubber-band boxes and polyline drawing (images available here). ...

msi with serial number check: msi hangs when correct number is put in

3 Jan 2012 by RaymondM

I have made an msi following closely the example given by Robert Graham:How to Validate a Serial Number or PID in MSI Setups Created in VS.NET[^]The msi is created (in VS 2003) as a setup project added to my original project. As Graham explains, the CustomerInformation is added in the...

Datagrid header freezing..in vs.net2003

24 Feb 2012 by ZurdoDev

Use a 3rd party grid, not the datagrid. Also, upgrade to a newer version of VS.

Locate SQL Server Instances on the Local Network

30 Apr 2012 by Constantin Chumak

This is an alternative for "Locate SQL Server instances on the local network"

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Setting font and color to edit box text

22 Aug 2012 by Sharath2790

In order to obtain font dialog below codeCFontDialog dlg;if(dlg.DoModal()==IDOK){//GetCurrentFont() for font//Getcolor() gets color choosed by user//SetFont() can be used to setting the font}so here my question is which function can be used to set the color to the text which...

Setting font and color to edit box text

22 Aug 2012 by Richard MacCutchan

Take a look at the article Using colors in CEdit and CStatic[^], it would seem to be what you need.

Setting font and color to edit box text

23 Aug 2012 by DrBones69

You could do something like this to set the fonts: LOGFONT lf; memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONT)); lf.lfHeight = 16; _tcsncpy_s(lf.lfFaceName, LF_FACESIZE, _T("Arial"), 7); HFONT hFont = ::CreateFontIndirect(&lf); CFont* pfont = CFont::FromHandle(hFont); ...

Export System.Web.Ui.WebControls.Table to Html file with Css and tooltips

14 Oct 2012 by VenuKalyan

Hi..I Want to Export System.Web.Ui.WebControls.Table to Html file with its Styles..Pls help me..Thnq.

I Want to Show My Users to Some Message..Lyk a popup..

22 Nov 2012 by ridoy

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12506264/i-want-to-display-message-for-client-after-successful-insertion-of-data-to-datab[^]http://www.allinterview.com/showanswers/84654.html[^]

How does the IIS recognises the client?

12 Dec 2012 by vaibhav mahajan

hello everyone..!!m confused about these questions.when IIS is processing the page how does IIS recognises the client .?when the page is again posted back how does IIS recognises that particular client when there are multiple users using that page?How Session Id's are used (on client...

How does the IIS recognises the client?

12 Dec 2012 by VishwaKL

This Link Helps you[^]IIS Information

Can we run the VS 2003 application in Windows 7 operating System.

23 Jan 2013 by DurgaBhavani

Hi All,I Installed the VS 2003 in my system(Windows 7) i just created a web application and am trying to run that application. The application is not running instead it is displaying the error messages "Error while trying to run project:Unable to start debugging on the web server".How...

How to Raise a Popup when a record insert database using webservice

19 Nov 2012 by VenuKalyan

Hi I want to Give Information to User with A popup window when a record insert in database..It automatically show a popup and display some message..Any Help..Thanq..

How to Update a lable text in a for loop : server side code

7 Nov 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak

Considering server-side code has no access at all to a client UI, either in a Windows Forms app, WPF, or ASP.NET (you didn't specify), that's going to be impossible to do.