iText# (iTextSharp) [http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/] is a port of the iText open source java library written entirely in C# for the .NET platform. iText# is a library that allows you to generate PDF files on the fly. It is implemented as an assembly. [via Jay R [http://weblogs.…
“Leaked” image of the VB.NET context menu or is it?!?! (via secretGeek [http://www16.brinkster.com/messydesk/db/refactvb.asp])…
Have you tried the beta release of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services [http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/] yet? If so, please leave a comment on what you think of it. How does it compare to Crystal Reports 9 [http://www.crystaldecisions.com/products/crystalreports/net/default.asp]? By the…
Anyone using MySQL [http://www.mysql.com] as a primary or secondary database system must checkout the MySQL Gotchas [http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html] (a list of features or functions which work as advertised – but not as expected). MySQL can be accessed from VB.NET using some managed class…
A friend from work sent me this list of Companion Tools for .NET development [http://www.csharpfriends.com/statics/tools.aspx]. For anyone into BizTalk (2002 or 2004b [http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/beta/] ), you must checkout the BizTalk User Group [http://www.biztalkug.com/]. Its a growing community with…
Dino Esposito provides an overview of Longhorn, focusing on the build-once, deploy n-times application model. In addition, he discusses XAML, that’s used to create UI elements, then presents some working samples. A First Look at Writing and Deploying Apps in the Next Generation of Windows. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/…
Here’s an Excel spreadsheet [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e114b7e5-400f-45b6-9e1c-50968a0cc729&displaylang=en] illustrating network ports used by Microsoft products. The spreadsheet shows what network ports are used by the system services utilized by the Microsoft Windows Server System products. And there’s a List of…
Although not entirely related to .NET, Google Labs [http://labs.google.com/] has a list of some really interesting whitepapers written by Googlers [http://labs.google.com/papers.html]?on stuff like Data Mining,?Search Engine Design, Algorithms, File System Design, UI Design, Natural Language Processing and much more. Some…