codegeeks http://www.codegeeks.net pure coding!!! Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Codegeekshttp://feedburner.google.com Gtalk Autoreply http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/9xhU_oI5o20/gtalk-autoreply http://www.codegeeks.net/gtalk-autoreply#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:24:45 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=431 How many tmes have you made your Gtalk conacts wait after they send you a message in Google Talk when you are not at your desk?

Here is a new open sourc application from me. Gtalk auto reply will enable you to send automated replies in Google Talk.

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You can get the setup and source code here. If you are looking for step by step explanation about the source code then check this tutorial by me in dotnetcurry.com

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/gtalk-autoreply/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/gtalk-autoreply Resource Guide to Free Microsoft Software and Online Services http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/DjRr0AuV9GY/resource-guide-to-free-microsoft-software-and-online-services http://www.codegeeks.net/resource-guide-to-free-microsoft-software-and-online-services#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:22:30 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=432 There are so many downloads related to Microsoft products and technologies it would be impossible to list them all but If you are looking for Free Software and Online Services then this resource guide should help point you in the right direction.

Read the rest here.

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/resource-guide-to-free-microsoft-software-and-online-services/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/resource-guide-to-free-microsoft-software-and-online-services Microsoft TechEd on the road in Trivandrum [My Windows 7 Session] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/iiUa9J-zHUw/microsoft-teched-on-the-road-in-trivandrum-my-windows-7-session http://www.codegeeks.net/microsoft-teched-on-the-road-in-trivandrum-my-windows-7-session#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:52:21 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=403 On 27th June we conducted TechEd on the road in Trivandrum. We had an excellent 180 participants and very useful session from industry experts like Pinal, Jacob and Praseed.

More details about the session details can be found here. I was one of the speakers and my session was about Windows 7. You can download the powerpoint presentation here - 10.

Some snaps from TechEd on the road.

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/microsoft-teched-on-the-road-in-trivandrum-my-windows-7-session/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/microsoft-teched-on-the-road-in-trivandrum-my-windows-7-session I am Microsoft MVP http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/wDnu7yvYj7Q/i-am-microsoft-mvp http://www.codegeeks.net/i-am-microsoft-mvp#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:42:43 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=420 Yesterday I received the following email from Microsoft.

Dear Shoban Kumar,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Client App Dev technical communities during the past year.

This is great news for me and July 1st has become a very important date for me. Suprotim, one of the Authors of  http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ has renewed his MVP award. Subodh, who is also an author for http://www.dotnetcurry.com/, has also been awarded with MVP title.

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/i-am-microsoft-mvp/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/i-am-microsoft-mvp Silverlight and Deepzoom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/hzqergvYosM/silverlight-and-deepzoom http://www.codegeeks.net/silverlight-and-deepzoom#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:58:05 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=387 Silverlight Deep Zoom provides the ability to view high resolution images rapidly without affecting the performance of your applications.

According to Silverlight documentation

Deep Zoom provides the ability to zoom almost arbitrarily large images in Silverlight in a performant manner. Images can be displayed at very small and very large scale without affecting performance of the application displaying the image. The only property affecting performance is the number of pixels to be displayed on screen.

This page from silverlight.net has some quick start tutorials for Silverlight Deep Zoom.

http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ has the best example for Silverlight Deep Zoom implementation.

Above page has hundreds of high resolution images of Rock Bands. Below are screenshots of Silverlight Deep Zoom in action.

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I dont need to tell you who the guys are ;-)

A little bit of zoom out!!!

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Some more…

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more….

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Some more…

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Can you find the guys in the above picture? Let us zoom out some more..

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more…

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some more???

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hmmm!! some more??

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This is the beauty of Silverlight Deep Zoom. So next time when you send your large collection og your last picnic photos you dont have to send large attachments. Create a simple Silverlight site with Deep Zoom and send it with Style.

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/silverlight-and-deepzoom/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/silverlight-and-deepzoom 10 Useful Outlook 2007 Plug-ins and Tricks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/pFB3c3r0o3s/10-useful-outlook-2007-plug-ins-and-tricks http://www.codegeeks.net/10-useful-outlook-2007-plug-ins-and-tricks#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:24:56 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=401 In this article, we will see 10 useful Outlook Plug-ins and Tricks that can be used with Outlook 2007. Some of them should even work in previous versions of Outlook.

Tip 1: Defer Email in Outlook: Sometimes we send an email and then realize that we missed an important part of the message. I always wished we had Ctrl + Z (Undo) in Outlook. But here is an easy trick to delay email messages even after you press the “Send” button. We achieve this by creating rules in Outlook. Here is how to do it.

Read the rest of my article in dotnetcurry.

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/10-useful-outlook-2007-plug-ins-and-tricks/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/10-useful-outlook-2007-plug-ins-and-tricks Microsoft Web Platform Installer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/_jcgSzHSqz4/microsoft-web-platform-installer http://www.codegeeks.net/microsoft-web-platform-installer#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:30:13 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=392 Microsoft Web Platform Installer is a must tool for every developer out there. No matter what programming language you use if you are using iis as a web serber then Microsoft Web Platform Installer is the right tool for you.

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes it simple to download, install and keep up-to-date with the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer. In addition, install popular open source ASP.NET and PHP web apps with the Web PI.

Download The Microsoft Web Platform Installer from Microsoft website. Its just a 1MB download and takes few seconds to download.

Run the downloaded file and it will start downloading the latest Web Platform products.

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The Microsoft Web Platform Installer has three tabs

1. What’s New? : This tab lists new web platform extensions. You can select the required extensions and start installing them. Below screenshot show What’s new tab with ASP.net MVC, PHP and some other extensions.

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2. Web Platform: The second tab allows you to manage your Web server, Frameworks and Runtimes, Database installations. This tab also allows you to install tools like Silverlight and Visual Web developer.

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3. Web Applications : This is the most useful feature of The Microsoft Web Platform Installer. This tab has a list of useful Web applications which you install directly from your The Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Some of the Apps include BlogEngine.net, Acquia Drupal, Wordpress and lots more

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/microsoft-web-platform-installer/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/microsoft-web-platform-installer Win Windows 7 ultimate and Windows 7 T-Shirt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/GrK9UmT5Dy8/win-windows-7-ultimate-and-windows-7-t-shirt http://www.codegeeks.net/win-windows-7-ultimate-and-windows-7-t-shirt#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:45:52 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=388 Have 2 minutes to spend? then participate this simple survey and get a chance to win Windows 7 ultimate and Windows 7 T-Shrts.

It took me only few seconds. You dont have anythig to lose ;-)

Thanks : devcurry

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/win-windows-7-ultimate-and-windows-7-t-shirt/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/win-windows-7-ultimate-and-windows-7-t-shirt free Developer License for RadControls for WPF [MSDN] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/6qKedWJjaEk/free-developer-license-for-radcontrols-for-wpf-msdn http://www.codegeeks.net/free-developer-license-for-radcontrols-for-wpf-msdn#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:20:31 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=385 Telerik, a leading vendor of .NET UI components and tools, has a special offer for all active MSDN subscribers - free Developer License for RadControls for WPF ($799 in value), with community support only. Take advantage of the offer and enjoy a powerful grid, scheduler, animated 3D charts and gauges, and everything you need to build rich and visually stunning WPF line-of-business applications. The offer is valid through July 31st, 2009.

To download the control login to your MSDN subscription page. Click “Special Offer” tab and then choose “Exclusive deal by Telerik: RadControls for WPF – FREE Developer License“.

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]]> http://www.codegeeks.net/free-developer-license-for-radcontrols-for-wpf-msdn/feed http://www.codegeeks.net/free-developer-license-for-radcontrols-for-wpf-msdn MSDN getting a new look? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Codegeeks/~3/GrNJevWCLRI/msdn-getting-a-new-look http://www.codegeeks.net/msdn-getting-a-new-look#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:16:08 +0000 Shoban http://www.codegeeks.net/?p=383 MSDN is one of the best source for Technical Information in the internet but I always had difficulty in finding the right topic. Its menus were very cofusing and most of the times it takes long time to load an MSDN page. But Scott recently wrote about the changes which we will be seeing shortly in MSDN. I am eagerly waiting for the change. Read about the changes here.

If you are having a slow internet and finding it hard to open an MSDN page then dont forget to read about the Low Bandwidth MSDN version.

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