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<title>Database Concurrency Patterns - SIP and SUP</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Database/id/9277/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ Take a look at two new patterns to help with database concurrency: SIP and SUP. ]]> </description>
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<title>CBR/CBZ Comics in C#</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Graphics/id/9284/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ This article will demonstrate simple methods one can use to interact with today's comics applications, and more importantly, to transform your printed comic books into a digital library that can be stored on Compact Discs (CD) or Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) in an orderly manner (in CBZ or CBR formats). ]]> </description>
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<title>SharePoint Applied:  CAML, Your New Pet</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/SharePoint/id/9273/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:34:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ Discover several ways to search SharePoint efficiently, searching lists, sites, and even entire SharePoint installations.
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<title>A WPF Pie Chart with Data Binding support</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Graphics/id/9253/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ This article describes the development of a pie chart user control for WPF that uses data binding. The pie chart is not backed by its own model, rather, it binds directly to your data objects. This has the big advantage that the WPF framework takes care of handling events that relate to changes in the bound data, updating the pie chart view accordingly. ]]> </description>
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<title>CueProvider</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Components/id/9256/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ CueProvider is a lightweight class that lets you set a cue banner (the grey prompt text that automatically disappears when you begin to type) in a TextBox control. ]]> </description>
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<title>Global Mouse and Keyboard Library</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Examples/id/9263/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ This article explains how to use the mouse and keyboard library that I have created. This library consists of two things: global mouse and keyboard hooks, and global mouse and keyboard simulators.
The global hooks contain a set of events that follow the .NET event model, so they should be very simple to use if you've done anything with events before.
The simulators will actually simulate mouse movements, clicks, keyboard presses, etc. This can be useful for macro recording (which is one of the sample projects), and of course, messing with your friends. ]]> </description>
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<title>Using converters to aggregate a list in a ListView</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Examples/id/9234/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ Explanation on how to use converters to calculate the sum, largest, average, etc., of the items in a ListView. ]]> </description>
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<title>Password Strength Control</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/ASP.NET/id/9245/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ This article is about a Password Strength control, which can be used in password dialogs and login windows in Windows based .NET applications. If you want, you can use it as a progress bar control as well. This control can be shaped to different styles and can be extended, if needed. ]]> </description>
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<title>Dynamic... But Fast: The Tale of Three Monkeys, A Wolf and the DynamicMethod and ILGenerator Classes</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Performance/id/9247/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ How to use the DynamicMethod and ILGenerator classes to create dynamic code at runtime that outperforms reflection ]]> </description>
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<title>A GPS keep-alive utility and tester for Windows Mobile</title>
<link>http://www.dotnetcat.com/news/Mobile/id/9203/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[ Most of the new Windows Mobile devices include a GPS receiver as part of the standard configuration. However, one problem is that of the repeated &quot;cold start.&quot; Presumably to save battery life, the GPS receiver is turned off when it is not being used. Windows mobile 5 and 6 standard / smartphone editions do not provide user-accessible configuration options to change this.

However, if the GPS remains turned on, even after losing its fix (i.e. by going inside) it will be able to re-acquire its location within seconds of being placed in an area that has a signal.

I designed this utility to run in the background, keep the GPS open, and poll its status at a user-defined interval. This program is also useful if you want to quickly test your GPS to make sure it is configured correctly and/or has a signal. ]]> </description>
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