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Data Management in J2ME using the RMS

March 23, 2010 in C#, Programming Techniques, JavaME, Programming Techniques by Michael Chrisman 0 Comments

This is a presentation I did for the Boise Code Camp and Tech Fest. It talks about how to do data managements using the Record Management System provided in J2ME. It also covers use Data Access Object approach to handling your data management. Data Management in J2ME using the RMS.zip …

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Interacting with other applications using C#

August 27, 2008 in C# by Michael Chrisman 2 Comments

It is possible to interact with another application. This include the ability to actually enter text in that application. The trick is getting the handle for the application. The commands we will use are part of the windows API. First we have to import the DLLs 1: [DllImport("User32.dll")] 2: public …

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Running and Closing applications using C#

August 27, 2008 in C# by Michael Chrisman 0 Comments

Sometimes you need to run an external command. This is usually when there is no API for the application. An example is to use Adobe Acrobat reader to print a PDF file. The class we will use to open the application is the Process class. It is in the System.Diagnostics …

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Generating a PDF of a Crystal Report via code

January 31, 2008 in C# by Michael Chrisman 0 Comments

When I first started working on how to do this, I didn't think I would be writing a blog entry on it as I found so much information on-line (with sample code) on how to do this. As it turns out, I found the following problems: 1) most of the …

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An Introduction to NANT

January 04, 2008 in C# by Michael Chrisman 0 Comments

NANT is a tool that allows you to automate building of your application. It's like Make, or MSBuild or Ant. NANT is a .Net Version of ANT so it has special tags for building your .Net applications. Build tools like this can add great value as you can automatic complex …

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Using log4Net in a Windows Console app

December 27, 2007 in C# by Michael Chrisman 0 Comments

One of the most import parts to any application is logging (the reasons why I think this will have to wait for another entry). I have seen a couple of home-grown logging classes that were somewhat useful, but very restrictive. Recent I would shown how Log4Net works. Now Log4Net (and …

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Using Active Directory to manage your web application security

October 24, 2007 in C#, Programming Techniques by Michael Chrisman 0 Comments

The one common thing all applications have in is some type of security. Even the simplest of applications have at least some type of “administration” functionality. The most common and easiest way to setup up security is to 1) create users, 2) create groups, 3) assign users to those groups, …

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