Posts Tagged .NET 2.0
.NET Serialization: Binary, SOAP, and XML (VB)
In .NET when you need to shrink an object into a more portable format you have 3 choices. Binary, SOAP, or XML. The process of shrinking and expanding the object is called serialization and deserialization. Each option has it’s own advantages which I will explain. Binary You can serialize an object into binary format quite [...]
JobTime: Time Clock Web Application And Job Cost Tracking
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, AJAX, ASP.NET, Web Applications on September 5, 2009
Background The company needed to track time logged to particular jobs/projects. The initial idea was to use a site like ClickTime. However, for an employee to log time against a job, you would need to tell ClickTime all of your jobs (which would be tedious) or configure an integration app to automatically populate the available [...]
Automatic Email Alerts From Any SQL Query
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, Desktop Applications, MS SQL on September 2, 2009
Problem Reminder emails were needed to be sent out to remind sales staff to follow up on projects. Solution I developed a simple command line executable that takes 1 parameter which is an XML file. The contents of the XML file would look something like: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ ?> <Settings> <ErrorEmail> <Email>email@gmail.com</Email> </ErrorEmail> <SummaryEmail> <Email>email@gmail.com</Email> [...]
A .NET Bit.ly API Helper Class (Visual Basic.NET)
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, Code Snippets, Web Services on August 24, 2009
I decided to write a helper class for using the Bit.ly API for creating short urls. You know, those tiny links that you see all over Facebook, Twitter, etc. The snippet below shows how you would use the helper class. Not only can you shorten an url, you can shorted multiple urls in a single [...]
Custom Replace with Regular Expressions in .NET
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, Code Snippets, Regular Expressions on August 20, 2009
This is the second time I have had to do something like this. So this time I am posting it for my reference. Regular expressions are amazing and amazingly difficult to understand sometimes, but they come in very handy. I was in a situation where I was going to need to feed in a custom [...]
Outlook Signature
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, Desktop Applications, FTP, Microsoft Office Interop on August 17, 2009
Background: My company wanted to standardize the email signature for all of the employees. The signature was to contain images and links. Problem: Creating a signature in Microsoft Outlook that contains images and links is not the easiest thing in the world. Not to mention having everyone in the company try to create their own, [...]
Inventory Application
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, Desktop Applications, MS SQL, Web Applications on August 17, 2009
Background: As for any company, physical inventory time is never fun. Our inventory software did not have a good interface for doing this. Problem: The process of taking physical inventory was long and tedious. The process typically involved printing our a huge list of parts, write in the quantity next to the part, then someone [...]
Desktop Tools
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, Desktop Applications, MS SQL, Web Services on August 17, 2009
Background: I created a single page web page that was set as the background using the Active Desktop function of Windows XP. This web page allowed you to search the employee database for phone numbers or extensions. It also had a section to calculate shipping for certain items my company sells. Problem: Active Desktop started [...]
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