Microsoft announces Windows 10 release set for this summer in 190 countries
Microsoft plans to release Windows 10 this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages, the company announced today, though a…
PSC.Search: a new implementation of Levenshtein distance algorithm
This article describes a simple implementation of the string search. It can be used for approximate string matching (for more…
Templates With Razor
Razor is a great way to create views with ASP.NET MVC. One feature I use quite often are custom helpers….
IDC: Android and iOS accounted for 96.3% of global smartphone shipments in Q4 2014 and the whole year
Android and iOS accounted for 96.3 percent of all smartphone shipments in Q4 2014, and coincidentally, 96.3 percent for all…
Introducing ASP.NET 5
The first preview release of ASP.NET 1.0 came out almost 15 years ago. Since then millions of developers have used…
SQL Server: how to convert INTEGER to TIME
I have a very simple solution. If you have a field in database in int format and you want to…
What is HTTP/2 and is it going to speed up the web?
The web is about to get faster thanks to a new version of HTTP – the biggest change since 1999…
Implementing Scrum (Agile) and CMMI Together
IntroductionIf you are a software engineer or IT professional, your group has very likely shown a strong interest in reducing…
CoreCLR is now Open Source
We’re excited to announce that CoreCLR is now open source on GitHub. CoreCLR is the .NET execution engine in .NET…
Developing a REST Web Service using C# – A walkthrough
REST stands for Representational State Transfer. The term was introduced by Roy Fielding in his doctorial dissertation. REST is an…
C# Extension Method
An extension method has simplified calling syntax. It represents static methods as instance methods. An extension method uses the this-keyword…
How create a OFT file for HTML?
OFT file is a Outlook Template of an email. If you need to send a newsletter for example, it’s very…
Reading multiple excel sheets with different worksheet names
I would like to know how I can read multiple excel worksheet with different worksheet name in c# and with…
Download page from web with encoding
Usually you can use WebClient to download a page from web but no always it’s a good way, sometimes the…
What is the JavaScript Equivalent of print_r in PHP?
What is the JavaScript Equivalent of PHP print_r() function? In other words, how you can “print” a javascript object in…
How to Detect Browser (and browser version) using JavaScript
Browser (and browser version) detection is an “all time classic” development requirement. jQuery.browser WAS an excellent solution, but it was…
Render LocalReport using Microsoft ReportViewer DLL Version 11.0.3366.16
I downloaded the latest Microsoft ReportViewer from the link below and installed it. I want to be able to export…
Mime type for Microsoft Office 2007-2010
.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet.xltx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template.potx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template.ppsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow.pptx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation.sldx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slide.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.dotx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template.xlam application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12.xlsb application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12
[A]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection cannot be cast to… web.config issue
I have a problem like this on server [A]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection cannot be cast to [B]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection. Type A originates from ‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0,…
IIS rewrite rules
This post describes some of the tips and tricks that one may find useful when solving URL-based problems for their…
C# 6 and Visual Studio 2015
I created some examples of new C# with Visual Studio 2015. You can download and view them on GitHub (https://github.com/erossini/CS6-Preview)….
How to Enable XP_CMDSHELL using SP_CONFIGURE
In this tip we will take a look at the step to follow to enable or disable XP_CMDSHELL using SP_CONFIGURE…
How to Disable XP_CMDSHELL using SP_CONFIGURE
It is always considered as a best practice to disable XP_CMDSHELL when not in use. A database administrator can disable…
Evaluate an mathematical expression
public class MathEvaluator{ public static void Run() { Eval(“(1+2)”); Eval(“5*4/2”); Eval(“((3+5)-6)”); } public static void Eval(string input) { var ans…
Using HTTP Methods for RESTful Services
The HTTP verbs comprise a major portion of our “uniform interface†constraint and provide us the action counterpart to the…