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Basic of GDI+
In this article, Handy Chang will explain about GDI+ in .NET Framework. If you haven't heard about GDI+, then GDI+ is a set of classes in .NET framework that deal with graphics. You can use GDI+ to draw custom drawing on the screen. GDI provides a layer of abstraction, hiding the differences between different video cards.
You simply need to call the Windows API function to do the specific task, and internally the GDI figures out how to get to the client's particular video card to do whatever that you want.
Although GDI exposes a relatively high level API to developers, it is still an API that based on the old Windows API with C style functions. GDI+ sits as a layer between GDI and your application providing more intuitive and inheritance based object model.
GDI+ is generally considered a Windows technology. However, some of the new GDI+ features make this technology an excellent choice for Web applications, enabling developers to generate images, graphs, diagrams, and much more. -
Scheduled Tasks Web Service
Let's say for example that you have to calculate the value of some fields in your database every hour from 8am to 8pm, but you don't have full control of the server where your web application is running; this is a common scenario and my project will provide you the tools to make the job possible.
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DebugBar: CSS debugger for Internet Explorer
Jean-Fabrice Rabaute has created DebugBar as he aims to get IE developer tools on par to Firebug.
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Steam Trek: The Moving Picture
This is not .NET related but it's so hilarious. Imagine Star Trek done at the silent movie period ;-)
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Free SQL Server tools that might make your life a little easier
This is really great, finally a place to list all the free SQL tools exisitng around.
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Creating a better Master Page
MasterPage is a new technique in ASP.NET 2.0 that is very helpful in maintaining full web application design in generic places. Using this, we can change the complete look and feel of the application within a short duration. Normally, we keep our layout designs in MasterPage and all other pages will extend the UI from it.
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MonthCalendar and Datepicker control for Silverlight
Kathy Kam made 2 great controls with Silverlight. Wonder when Microsoft will release an official Silverlight datepicker control
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AJAX Examples
Scott Cate has released on CodePlex an interesting collection of Ajax samples.
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Creating a Poll System Using ASP.NET 2.0 Callbacks
In this article, the author will explain how to create an AJAX enabled polling system using ASP.NET client callbacks.
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Net Visionary Awards 2007
I was yesterday at the Net Visionary Awards in Dublin organized by IIA. Great event, and lot of awards!