(David Catherman) The binding source component in Visual Studio 2005/2008 Windows Forms provides a valuable service for data driven applications by providing automatic data binding between controls and the data source. This article shows how the functionality can be extended to add a few features to
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Export Crystal Reports to PDF file
Reports are used by business for various management purposes. Crystal reports is very versatile and easy to use reporting tool that is bundled with the Microsoft Visual Studio .Net. There have been many enhancements in the latest version of crystal reports which make it simpler for developers to exp
VTD-XML: XML Processing for the Future (Part II)
(Jimmy Zhang) Most readers of The Code Project are familiar with various types of XML parsers in the .NET environment. This article series introduces to The Code Project community a new XML processing model called VTD-XML (http://vtd-xml.sourceforge.net). It goes significantly beyond those tradition
Client Application Services – Part 2
(Bilal Haidar) In part one of this series, we have introduced to you the ASP.NET 2.0 application services including Membership, Role, and Profile services. These services can be configured in a matter of few minutes inside the Web.config configuration file and you can start making use of them in you
PRESTO and the limits of XPath-based URLs
(Jeni Tennison) Rick Jelliffe has been writing recently about PRESTO, most recently about the design of URLs based on the PRESTO system. In his latest post, Rick talks about using XPath as the basis of a URL scheme: The Xpath for accessing a particular part’s title would be /law/part[2]/title so
IBM Data Studio Data Web Services, Part 3: Use a WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Web server with DB2 and Informix databases
(Michael L. Pauser and Patsy Yu) IBM Data Studio’s Data Web Services allows you to quickly and easily expose DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, DB2 for z/OS, DB2 for iSeries, or Informix data source SQL scripts or stored procedures as Web services. One of the supported Web servers is the WebSphere Ap
A new data type in Oracle 11g: SIMPLE_INTEGER
Prior to Oracle 11g, we have used PLS_INTEGER data type in PL/SQL programs. In 11g, a new data type SIMPLE_INTEGER has been introduced. It is a sub-type of PLS_INTEGER data type and has the same range as PLS_INTEGER. The basic difference between the two is that SIMPLE_INTEGER is always NOT NULL. Wh
Five steps to event handlers in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
(Robert Sheldon) Much of the information you read about creating SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages focuses on how to develop the control flow and the data flow. As you’re no doubt aware, you develop the control flow on the Control Flow tab in SSIS Designer and on the data flow on the D
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition – Part 18 – Merge Web Synchronization Setup
(Marcin Policht) In the previous installment of our series presenting an overview of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition characteristics, we have described a scenario that can be used to utilize its limited replication capabilities. The underlying concept, called Web Synchronization, facilitates merge r
Correct the SQL Server Authentication Mode in the Windows Registry
(Tim Ford) I have a SQL Server 2005 instance with Mixed Security Mode, BUILTINAdministrators rights revoked and I have not set up a Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC) in the SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration tool. I have tasked my Junior DBA with setting up sysadmin server role right