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View PDF in Objective-C Cocoa on Mac OS X using PDFKit
The code below has been tested and works clean on the latest version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Since it applies to native Mac OS X, and not iOS, porting this to work on iPhone/iPad is a bit different,… Continue reading
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C++ concatenate strings with stream or sprint
There are many different ways to achieve this, but in my opinion the best method for something this commonly used is a solution that does not require additional external dependencies.. However, see reference at the bottom of this post for… Continue reading
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C++ rand generates the same number with srand time
Random number generation in C++ in the standard libraries is generally done using “ctime” (time.h) and “cstdlib” (stdlib.h). If you are experiencing an issue where calling rand() keeps generating the same number due to similar seeds, simply call it multiple… Continue reading
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C++ Simple Class Implementation using Header
(The following example project was created using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Console Application) example header (“robot.h”): class implementation of header (“robot.cpp”): class usage example (“main.cpp”): Continue reading
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OrderBy Column Name as String using Linq C# .Net Dynamic Sorting of Anonymous Types
If you’re familiar with Linq, you have undoubtedly used the popular “OrderBy” extension method. Unfortunately, this method does not accept a string value with the column name. To resolve, you can add the following small class or just the method… Continue reading
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Calendar Extender Highlight Current Day in C# .Net
Thanks goes to Karan from asp.net blogs. References ASP.Net (blogs), http://weblogs.asp.net/karan/archive/2010/09/20/calendar-extender-today-s-date.aspx Continue reading
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Copy File With Update Progress in .Net
The process of copying a file in .Net is of course very simple and straightforward. If you want to copy multiple files and update the end user on the progress of a large file copy, or copy files asynchronously while… Continue reading
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Render PDF Reports in .Net Web or Winforms
One thing to note – render is not the same as draw. This article assumes you are using purely .Net for reporting purposes. If you are using C1, Telerik, Crystal Reports or some others, these examples are not included, although… Continue reading
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With Statement in C# .Net
If you’re stumbling across this article, chances are you may be looking for a replacement for VB .Net’s “with” statement. Sadly, there is no exact replacement, but there are alternatives which are equally helpful. Given a basic class “Robot” below:… Continue reading
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