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BlogML importer for WordPress 2.5
I had a blog server which I felt compelled to migrate to WordPress 2.5. The existing blog server can only emit the data in the BlogML format. So I set out to find an BlogML importer for WordPress 2.5....
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Using StreamReader without locking the file in C#
I was using the StreamReader class to read the contents of a text file. I was under the assumption (well I know its a bad thing) that because I am only reading the contents of the file, the file would...
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Hide a window instead of closing it in WPF
I wanted to give WPF a try and was creating a timer application which will pop up a window once a while. But what I wanted was for the application to keep running in the tray even when its closed. The...
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‘Sys’ is undefined – ASP.Net Ajax error
I was using ASP.NET 2.0 along with Ajax Extensions 1.0. I received this error ‘Sys’ is undefined error message every time I used an Ajax control. I was pulling my hair out on it and decided to give the...
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Query for Powers of 2 in SQL Server 2005
I had a table with two columns: ID and Description. The task was to display the description of all elements whose ID is a power of two. Here’s the query that let me accomplish that: SELECT ID, Desc...
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Case insensitive XPath query
I wanted to do a case insensitive xpath lookup in my C# .Net application. There was no direct way that i could find to get the job done, but fortunately the workaround ain’t that difficult. Lets...
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aspnet_wp.exe could not be launched because the username and/or password...
I was running a WinXP box and all of a sudden I started getting a “Server Unavailable” error. I know for a fact that it had to do with the ASPNET account. So here’s what I did that did not help: 1....
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Background Image for Input Button with CSS (works in both Firefox and IE)
I was having trouble with setting a background image for an input button in IE 6. The background-image property that worked in Firefox 2.0 just did not have any effect on IE6. After a bit of googling,...
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Error 1 The type ‘System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable’ is defined in an...
Solution: Just go to server explorer, right click references and select System.XML from the .Net tab. Rebuild your project and the error should no longer be there.
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Visual Studio 2010 unable to resolve project reference
I created a new console application in VS 2010 and imported an existing class library project from the disc into the solution. When I tried to build the project VS was complaining that it was unable to...
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Real time server side push notifications using Microsoft SignalR
It’s been a few years since I wrote anything, but this one deserves a post. Ever wanted to have a real time communication with your connected clients on your web application? Well, Microsoft SignalR...
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