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Searching Outlook
I finally got around to installing Lookout . Wow! What an amazing search tool. I don't know how I ever got along without this killer Outlook plugin. Looks like it uses the open source Lucene.Net search engine too.
Scripting the XP IIS single site limitation
The single site limitation in IIS on XP is frustrating. Since I can't have more then one site on the box, I needed a way to quickly change the Home Directory of the root web. To satisfy my need I came up with this little script. ' setw3.vbs Dim objArgs...
Posted: Jun 16 2004, 07:48 AM by markbrown | with 3 comment(s)
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Integrate NUnit into the IDE
As I've mentioned before I've been jumping into NUnit more and more lately. I just found this little gem to integrate NUnit and the IDE. “TestRunner seamlessly integrates NUnit testing and debugging into a compact Visual Studio .NET 2003 add-in...
Posted: Jun 11 2004, 09:33 AM by markbrown | with 2 comment(s)
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Mainsoft unites .Net and Java programming
Great product idea. I wish the price tag was a little smaller though. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/Mainsoft_unites_.Net_and_Java_programming_.html
Posted: Jun 06 2004, 12:58 AM by markbrown | with 1 comment(s)
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File Checksum Integrity Verifier utility
"The File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) is a command prompt utility that computes and verifies cryptographic hash values of files. FCIV can compute MD5 or SHA-1 cryptographic hash values. These values can be displayed on the screen or saved in an...
Posted: Jun 04 2004, 04:09 PM by markbrown | with no comments
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WIX Source Code Released
I'm a little late on this but “Microsoft published the code for one of its products on an open-source software development Web site late Monday, departing from its hard-line stance against making the underlying components of its technology available...
Posted: Apr 12 2004, 05:11 AM by markbrown | with no comments
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DHTML Menu
Nice little (free) control for DHTML menus. “skmMenu.com is the official homepage for skmMenu, an open-source ASP.NET menu server control.“
Posted: Mar 24 2004, 12:54 PM by markbrown | with no comments
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Debugging HTTP Requests
Another item for your toolbox. Fiddler is a HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to watch HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler is designed...
Posted: Mar 19 2004, 11:13 AM by markbrown | with 1 comment(s)
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Mail Components
I just found a great little open source project called cpSphere - Email Components . It's available on GotDotNet Workspaces . This little nugget contains classes for POP3 and SMTP. Over the years I’ve used quite a few commercial components for handling...
Posted: Feb 16 2004, 05:50 PM by markbrown | with no comments
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