Monthly Archives: February 2007

C# with Oracle

Posted on February 26, 2007 by chanmingman

C# with Oracle   Not all the users are using Microsoft SQL Server. There is a group of user is using Oracle database out there. If you are the person who like C# programming language and you have Oracle database … Continue reading →

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How to: Determine the Span Between Two Dates (Visual C#) – extension

Posted on February 24, 2007 by chanmingman

How to: Determine the Span Between Two Dates (Visual C#) – extension Are you still using integer to keep the date and time in database today? That might not be so appropriate. In fact DateTime data type has become very … Continue reading →

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Cascading Style Sheet sample code

Posted on February 22, 2007 by chanmingman

Cascading Style Sheet sample code I was playing with a walkthrough “Working with Cascading Style Sheet Styles in Visual Web Developer “  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/75ydzzy6(VS.80).aspx. Quite a good walkthrough it is. Go to download the completed sample here: http://www.geocities.com/chanchiu/index.html. Additional information: SQL … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X 10.4 – Like and don’t like

Posted on February 19, 2007 by chanmingman

Mac OS X 10.4 – Like and don’t like Like 1. Mac OS comes with Oxford Dictionary that is pretty handy to me 2. Photo Booth is fun software that takes picture using the built-in web cam Unlike 1. I … Continue reading →

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Run Windows XP in Macintosh PC using Boot Camp

Posted on February 18, 2007 by chanmingman

Run Windows XP in Macintosh PC using Boot Camp Let me write this using 17 inch MacBook Pro Model A1212. I always play with Macintosh PC not more than 2 hours. This time I am playing with it for 2 … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Expression Web vs. Visual Web Developer 2005 Express

Posted on February 15, 2007 by chanmingman

Microsoft Expression Web vs. Visual Web Developer 2005 Express   The first Microsoft Expression product I was trying for few days, Microsoft Expression Web (http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx). Up to now I feel kind of disappointed. Maybe someone can say “Hey, you don’t … Continue reading →

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Using Dataset with Crystal Decision

Posted on February 14, 2007 by chanmingman

Using Dataset with Crystal Decision Let’s talk a bit about reporting. I actually encounter many developers out there, especially VB 6 developers are asking “hey, what happen to Crystal Report in Visual Studio?” I have been hearing this question since … Continue reading →

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Save offline content in Adobe Acrobat pdf, xps or mht

Posted on February 11, 2007 by chanmingman

Save offline content in Adobe Acrobat pdf, xps or mht I always tell people “It is very troublesome to save web page into html using IE because one page will ended up many files in your hard disk. If you … Continue reading →

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Simplest C# Anonymous Method

Posted on February 10, 2007 by chanmingman

Simplest C# Anonymous Method Refer to the article Create Elegant Code With Anonymous Methods, Iterators, And Partial Classes (http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/00/C20/default.aspx). There is a particular small section I like it very much, Anonymous Methods. This feature is related to the concept of … Continue reading →

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Symantec Seminar in Kuching on 6th February 2007

Posted on February 7, 2007 by chanmingman

Symantec Seminar in Kuching on 6th February 2007 The speakers mentioned few Symantec products Antivirus, Ghost, PCAnywhere and Antivirus Gateway Solution. Symantec Antivirus After all this is the product that I personally quite like it. I have been using different … Continue reading →

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