Introduction to Security in .NET

When working with Security , it is important to understand these 2 terms .
Authentication is the process of determining whether the user can access the system . Commonly used ways of authentication user name and a password.
Authorization : Once the user is authenticated , this process identifies the level of access allowed to a given More >

Free developer training Videos for Windows Mobile 6.5 Application Development

MSDEV has some cool new series of videos for the Windows Mobile 6.5 development .
Have a look at the below URL’s .
The following videos i found and  interesting were .
1. Getting Started with Application Development for Windows Mobile 6.5
   This is about tools necessary to build Windows Mobile applications.
2. Using SQL Server Compact Edition with Windows More >

TQuery and RequestLive in Delphi 7

TQuery component in Delphi enables your applications to use SQL syntax  to access data from the database like Paradox,Oracle etc.
We perform the following steps to use the TQuery component .
1. Create the TQuery Component .This can be done either by dropping the component on to the designer or during the runtime.
Eg : var
     Query1 : TQuery;
     Query1 := TQuery1.Create(nil);
2. More >

Delphi 7, MCafee and Virus

Recently , when i wrote an application in Delphi 7 and tried to compile the program , the virus scanner identified it immediately as a virus and then deleted the exe .
I was in a shock for few weeks while making some research on it to see if i was really creating a virus while More >

2009,Resolutions and Top Blog Posts

Every year, I make a resolution and the time of the year is back again for me to look back and evaluate what I’ve done well, what I missed, and what I need to change to make 2010 even better than 2009.

2009 for Me .
1. Cleared my 1st Microsoft certification exam .Now i am an More >

What it takes to be a Good Programmer ?

A few months back i had posted a Q&A on the Topic ” What it takes to be a Good Programmer ” in LinkedIn . The response i got was really good .Here is some of My favourites and the summarization of it .Let me make it clear that I do not consider myself a More >

ASP.NET MVC in Delphi Prism – Introduction

ASP.NET MVC is a web development framework from Microsoft that combines the effectiveness of the model-view-controller architecture .
It is an alternative to the WebForms that was and is still mostly used one in ASP.NET .
What is a Model View Controller (MVC) Framework?
MVC is a framework methodology that divides an application into 3 components: models,views, and More >

Application Compatibility Series on Windows 7

Windows 7 has been made public and many users are moving towards  adopting the same.  From the application standpoint, Windows 7 is very similar to Windows Vista. This means that, we will need to work towards solving the compatibility issues which would arise. In this series of posts we will look at some common challenges More >

A New Language from Microsoft

Yesterday i was going through a blog about the new language from Microsoft called Vedea .This language is built on .NET 4.0 DLR and has the syntax that is similar to C# .
Vedea is a visualization language to create interactive data-driven visualization .
It is designed for the people who are either new to programming or More >

Deploy BDE for Delphi Apps?

If your Delphi application accesses data using the Borland Database Engine (BDE) and you wish to deploy it on a user’s client computer, then it is necessary that you deploy the BDE too.
You may receive the following error , if the BDE is not deployed .

The BDE can be deployed/ installed  done in 2 ways
1. More >

#13#10 in Delphi

These are the control characters in delphi that are used to format strings.
If a string value has to be entered in a multiline , we can use this .
Eg:
var
testString    :    String;
testString    := ‘Senthil’ + #13#10 + ‘Kumar’;
MessageDlg(testString,mtConfirmation,[mbok],0);
#13 represents a carriage-return and #10 represents a line-feed combination.
The above example prints the testString in 2 lines .
If More >

Virtual Business Cards for MCP’s

Microsoft has just launched the long awaited Virtual Business Card program for Microsoft Certified Professionals. Everyone who has an MCP or MCT profile can now create their own cards.
Microsoft announced in July that the Welcome kits for certification were to be discontinued and promised to create a better way of sharing the transcript of your More >

GIDS 2010 – Great Indian Developer Summit

I have already been a participant in the last 2 editions of the GIDS ( Great Indian Developer summit ) and looking forward for the GIDS 2010 too to make a hatrick .
Infact i have already got my slot booked for GIDS 2010 .Although i dont prefer the paid conferences , this one More >

Develop Facebook Application with .NET

Microsoft officially released a SDK (Software Development Kit) to create .NET based applications (Silverlight and WPF) for Facebook. You can use this SDK to create ASP.NET, WinForms, Silverlight and WPF (Windows Presentation Framework) application for Facebook by leveraging .NET capabilities.
The SDK includes the tools to develop Facebook applications in .NET .
The release of this SDK More >

Microsoft’s VS ALM Challenge

Microsoft announced a quiz challenge for software developers on their new development suite Visual Studio 2010. Visual Studo 2010 is in now on Beta 2 stage. You can download and experience with Visual Studio 2010 from Microsoft MSDN website before participate in the challenge.
The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 ALM challenge is to test your skills More >

Completed one Year @ Trivium

Its Exactly one year back when i wrote an article about my first day experience in the job that i joined on Nov 17,2008 and the time went off so fast that i already completed one year here .
Working at Trivium eSolutions had been great and had lots of fun too . I More >

Crystal Report in Delphi 7

Crystal Report in Delphi 7,RDC ,Report Designer Component,RDC runtime library,Delphi,Project menu,Import Type Library,Crystal Report x ActiveX,CRReport,TCRDatabase,New Package,Delphi’s ActiveX tab,OleServer,CRAXDRT_TLB,IReport,TApplication,crOpenReportByTempCopy,The CrOpenReportByDefault,Crystal Report Viewer Control,CRViewer,ReportSource,ViewReport

BangaloreITPro’s Monthly User Group Meeting 28th Nov 2009

Date: 28-Nov-2009, Time: 04.00PM to 07.00PM Venue:  Microsoft Corporation, Signature building, MTC Training Room. Agenda:

Time
Session
Speaker Name

04.00PM to 04.30PM
Registrtions
 

04.30PM to 05.30PM
SharePoint 2010 Beta Technical OverView
Mr.Ravikanth ChagantiM/s. Dell India Pvt. Ltd.,

05.30PM to 05.45PM
Tea Break
 

05.45PM to 06.45PM
Windows 7 Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 Overview
Mr.Vijay Rajwww.msigeek.com

06.45PM to 07.00PM
Closing Note
 

More Details at http://www.bitpro.in email ID info@bitpro.in

Microsoft sponsored Imagine Cup 2010 in Poland

Are you technically savvy, a problem solver and ready to to test your skills against the best students in the world with a chance to win cash prizes.If so, registration for the Poland 2010 Imagine Cup sponsored by Microsoft is now open.
Imagine Cup 2010 world festival will be held in Warsaw, Poland in July 2010. More >