Ashutosh Nilkanth's .NET Blog
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Joel on Developers and Exceptions
In his latest article, Joel Spolsky refers to the Empower Program for ISVs: “If you're a software company willing to commit to developing software for any variant of Windows, you can join the Empower Program for ISVs, which entitles you a huge pile of software at the ridiculously low price of $750.” Not to mention, the video of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in the advanced stages of ecstatic frenzy chanting the “Developers” mantra ...
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Windows Form in Full Screen "Kiosk Mode"
[Quick Tip] The following lines of code (VB.NET) will produce a full screen Windows form - like the kiosk mode in Internet Explorer (press F11 to toggle). This screen mode is quite useful in situations where full screen user interactivity is required or the GUI demands full screen usability, like in multimedia demos, POS systems, embedded kiosk applications, touchscreen-driven apps, software installer programs etc.
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India .NET Forums
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Run .NET Code from SQL Stored Procedures
The CLR Proc Container is free software that enhances the capabilities of SQL Server stored procedures by opening a door to the .NET world. Code written in any .NET language can be invoked from stored procedures, providing stored procedures all the functionality of the full .NET runtime. Named procedures can be defined in .NET, dynamic procedures can be created and run, and binary objects passed between stored procedure code and the .NET object.
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PDC Woe
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FileSystemWatcher Tips
The .NET FileSystemWatcher class makes it possible to quickly and easily launch business processes when certain files or directories are created, modified, or deleted. The FileSystemWatcher class, for example, can be quite useful in application integration, by way of monitoring incoming data files and processing it once an event is raised. It listens to the file system change notifications and raises events when a directory, or file(s) in a directory, changes. The component can watch files on a local computer, a network drive, or a remote computer.
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Rules to Better .NET Projects
Rules to Better .NET Projects by SSW.com.au. Some basic but interesting points discussed there.
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Scheduled Execution in ASP.NET
On a .NET-based project, I had the need to run scheduled maintenance tasks on the web server. My first preference was building a Windows Service or a Console Application (and scheduling it using the Windows Scheduler to run at regular intervals). However, this option was not feasible considering that the client for whom I am developing the application plans to host it in a shared hosting environment where they don't have the privilege to deploy & run a Windows Service or Console Applications. So I had to come-up with an alternate approach, something that's robust, efficient and flexible - if not as suitable for the concerned task as a Windows Service or a Console Application.
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.NET News (Portal?!?!)
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.NET India User Groups
MSDN .NET India User Groups exist to help facilitate education and knowledge exchange among developers, architects and managers (residing/working in India) with an interest in Microsoft's .NET technologies. They provide a great place for local developers to come together to learn about .NET technologies, to network with their peers and to foster a sense of community among developers learning and using the same technologies.