Posts Tagged XML
Populate TreeView From Custom Object Using Serializer
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, .NET 3.5, ASP.NET, Web Services on December 21, 2010
From time to time I need to spit out the public properties of an object for various reasons. A typical use would be to show user friendly results from a web service that returns a complex object. There could be tons of other uses! After doing this a few times, I finially decided to post [...]
.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 [...]
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 [...]




