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Loop360 Capital Of Texas Hwy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:20:00 +0000

I've used 3dr solo to shot this video. You can buy it in amazon here.

Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch and WIN a free phone.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:54:00 +0000

Check out the Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch website to learn more about getting a Windows Phone 7 for free.

Click the image below to see details:

Sending SMS using HQSMS API in asp.net

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:40:00 +0000

To use HQSMS API you need to 1st Register at HQSMS. They will provide you some credit for testing your app. But to send more sms you have to buy credit from them. Below is the code for sending SMS to a user in asp.net. here I'm using System.Net library from asp.net and then obviously HQSMS APIs.

protected void sendButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
   HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(new Uri("http://www.hqsms.com/api/send.do?username=username&password=md5_password&to=to_phoneNo&message=Please Work!&from=HQRoute"));
   HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
   System.IO.StreamReader strreader = new System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
   string deliver = strreader.ReadToEnd();
   Response.Write(deliver);

   }

here,
username = username in HQSMS registration
password = passowrd needs to be hashed in MD5. To get a MD5 hash of your password, please go here: https://www.hqsms.com/md5.php

to_phone = destination phone number
from = source phone number or source user.

Done! Pretty easy huh? Leave some comments if you have any questions about it.

Artwork using GIMP 2.6

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:16:00 +0000

Artwork using GIMP 2.6

Recently I have found out that GIMP can be very powerful tool as a image editor if you can config it correctly. My friend Dennis helped to set it up for me. And he also taught me how to do the artworks. In GIMP you can add patterns, tools, textures, Photoshop brushes, plugins, scripts, symbols and can do some really exclusive artworks as I did one above. Give it a try if you want to enjoy your own private time :)

Yet Another new site for Undergrad Catalog, 2010 - UT Arlington

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:32:00 +0000

Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011

This website is developed with asp.net 3.5, SQL Server 2008, XML, some simple JQuery animations and some AJAX functionalities. All the contents are dynamically loaded in each page either from database tables or from XML file.

Uncharted 2 : Among Thieves

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:53:00 +0000

Finished playing Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and now playing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Just watch the official trailer of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and I'm more than 100% sure that you are going to be intrigued by this game too :P

Recipe for Biriyani

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:51:00 +0000

- This Recipe is taken from Siddiqua Kabir's Recipe Book (English version)

Quazi Mainul Hasan - Portfolio

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:27:00 +0000

Launching Quazi Mainul Hasan :)

html to Word Document Converter using Open XML SDK

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:32:00 +0000

By using Open XML SDK 2.0 you can generate the word document without using Interop dlls and without the requirement to install Office in your web server. I have done it successfully with the help of my colleagure Yesha Gupta and below is the code to generate the word document from the html code.
GenerateWordDocument()

public void generateWordDocument()
{
WindowsIdentity currentUserIdentity = (WindowsIdentity)User.Identity;
WindowsImpersonationContext impersonationContext = currentUserIdentity.Impersonate();
try
{
string fileName = currentUserIdentity.Name.Replace("\\", "_") + "_Report.docx";
string filePath = "~/assets/Templates/" + fileName;
File.Copy(Server.MapPath("~/assets/Templates/WordDocTemplate.docx"), Server.MapPath(filePath));

DataView view = frontMatterSqlDataSource.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Empty) as DataView;

string pageTitle = "";

using (WordprocessingDocument wordDoc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(Server.MapPath(filePath),true))
{
MainDocumentPart mainPart = wordDoc.MainDocumentPart;
int altChunkIdCounter = 1;
int blockLevelCounter = 1;
pageTitle = view.Table.Rows[0]["PageTitle"].ToString();
string htmlMarkup = "<h1>"+view.Table.Rows[0]["PageTitle"].ToString()+"</h1>";

for (int i = 0; i < view.Table.Rows.Count; i++)
{
htmlMarkup += "<h2>"+view.Table.Rows[i]["SectionHeader"].ToString()+"</h2>";
htmlMarkup += view.Table.Rows[i]["SectionMarkup"].ToString();
}
string mainhtml = "<html><head><style type='text/css'>.catalogGeneralTable{border-collapse: collapse;text-align: left;} .catalogGeneralTable td, th{ padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #999999; }</style></head><body style='font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:.9em;'>" + htmlMarkup + "</body></html>";
string altChunkId = String.Format("AltChunkId{0}", altChunkIdCounter++);

//Import data as html content using Altchunk
AlternativeFormatImportPart chunk = mainPart.AddAlternativeFormatImportPart(AlternativeFormatImportPartType.Html, altChunkId);

using (Stream chunkStream = chunk.GetStream(FileMode.Create,FileAccess.Write))
{
using (StreamWriter stringWriter = new StreamWriter(chunkStream,Encoding.UTF8)) //Encoding.UTF8 is important to remove special characters
{
stringWriter.Write(mainhtml);                        
}                    
}

AltChunk altChunk = new AltChunk();
altChunk.Id = altChunkId;

mainPart.Document.Body.InsertAt(altChunk, blockLevelCounter++);
mainPart.Document.Save();                
}
DownloadFile(Server.MapPath(filePath), pageTitle.Replace(" ","_") +"_Catalog2010-2011"+ ".docx", "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document");

//Delete File once download is complete
File.Delete(Server.MapPath(filePath));



}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Response.Write(ex.Message.ToString());
}
finally
{
if (impersonationContext != null)
{
impersonationContext.Undo();
}
}
}

DownloadFile()

private void DownloadFile(string completeFilePath, string fileName, string contentType)
{
Stream iStream = null;

// Buffer to read 10K bytes in chunk:
byte[] buffer = new Byte[10000];

// Length of the file:
int length;

// Total bytes to read:
long dataToRead;

try
{
// Open the file.
iStream = new FileStream(completeFilePath, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);

// Total bytes to read:
dataToRead = iStream.Length;

Response.ContentType = contentType;
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);

// Read the bytes.
while (dataToRead > 0)
{
// Verify that the client is connected.
if (Response.IsClientConnected)
{
// Read the data in buffer.
length = iStream.Read(buffer, 0, 10000);

// Write the data to the current output stream.
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, length);

// Flush the data to the HTML output.
Response.Flush();

buffer = new Byte[10000];
dataToRead = dataToRead - length;
}
else
{
//prevent infinite loop if user disconnects
dataToRead = -1;
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Trap the error, if any.
Response.Write("Error : " + ex.Message);
}
finally
{
if (iStream != null)
{
//Close the file.
iStream.Close();
}
Response.Close();
}
}

For more information, post your comments below.

YAGO - Yet Another Great Ontology

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:38:00 +0000

For more information on yago, please visit: www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/yago-naga/yago/

Computing Semantic Relatedness using Wikipedia based Explicit Semantic Analysis (ESA)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:37:00 +0000

Different Types of Soccer Stretching Exercise

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:07:00 +0000

Veterans Affairs at UTA

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:56:00 +0000

Veterans Affairs at UTA is now live at Veterans Affairs at UTA. Yet another successful deployment by our small team of members in Student Enrollment Services Department.

Windows® 7 Launch Party @ Sunny's Place

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:50:00 +0000

I will be hosting Windows 7 Launch party on the 22nd of Oct, 2009. To know details of my party please go to this link. Today I got the package from Microsoft for hosting the launch party. I have also posted some pics of my package :P. I will try to make some good food for my attendees. Hopefully the party will be a good one. :)

Google Chrome Book - Chrome Rocks!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Please take your time and read the Google Chrome Book. Google really Rocks!

Google Chrome Themes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:42:00 +0000

Late Night - Google Chrome Theme

Tried Google Chrome Beta 3.0 and liked it again for it's fast loading and launching :) In beta it is possible to add themes of your choice. For all themes, goto Google Chrome Themes Gallery.

towards better world - Will Code for GREEN

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:57:00 +0000

At the eleventh hour I submitted an entry in Will Code for GREEN which is the contest provided by Imagine Cup 2010. It's my bad luck that I received an email from imagine cup just 2 days before the deadline to submit the entry. The requirement was that you have to use Bing API to built a website in any of 2 categories, which are "Global Economy" and "Global Ecology". I read the whole documentation for Bing API and just created a website in Global Economy category and named it towards Better World. The website has some really simple functions. It is available here. The voting period is also over :(. So I didn't get any vote :(. The final result will be published on the 20th of Aug, 2009 and you can view the result here.

Bing and Gnomedex - Will Code for Green! Developer Contest

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Bing and Gnomedex - Will Code for Green! Developer Contest

animated Contact form using jQuery

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:29:00 +0000

Today I have created a contact form for myself using jQuery, php, css and core html. This contact form was supposed to be created for someone else :( But, unfortunately I'm using this for myself now :P. You can check it out here. For the source code you can contact me through my contact form :)

cloud computing

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:05:00 +0000

It's been a while I have heard about cloud computing. I think in future there will be of no necessity to maintain one's own server to conduct business in IT field. Cloud computing is a computing system by which it is possible to maintain data and applications in a remote servers in internet. You don't need to establish your own internal server to start a IT business. The servers will be maintained by the big companies like Google, Microsoft, amazon and others. All you need to do is just to pay them monthly to create and maintain your servers. You don't need extra manpower and resources to maintain your server. You can invest that time to boost up your business. These servers can also grow dynamically. In addition, you can stop your service with them at any time, which is very good in a sense that you don't need to worry about selling your servers when you plan to stop your business. you can read more here.

Animated menu with jQuery

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:35:00 +0000

I have created the following menu using jQuery from a sample tutorial. I have added the jQuery in my application and have used animation function to animate the menu items. In mouse hover on the menu item you will see the animation which is cool. :)

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;iframe&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

url mappings in asp.net

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:24:00 +0000

I found this one very interesting in asp.net. If you want to give an alias to your urls that contains weired query params, it can be achieved easily using web.config file in asp.net. You need to add <urlMappings enabled="true"> tag inside the <system.web> tag and then you have to add one more tag (<add url="your alias url" mappedUrl="your url with query params") inside urlMappings tag. That's it. :) I have given one example below:

<system.web>

</urlMappings>

</system.web>

I'm an MCTS now

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:48:00 +0000

Today I got my certification in Microsoft .NET Framework Application development. :) I passed in Exam 70-536: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation.

This one count towards the following:

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 2.0 Windows Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Presentation Foundation Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Workflow Foundation Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Applications

Sunn'y Google AJAX Search using Google API

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:49:00 +0000

I have created a Google AJAX Search using Google API. It has also categorized searching ;)
Check it out here : Sunn'y Google AJAX Search

Generate Word Document by retrieving html content from Database in asp.net

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Generate Word Document by retrieving html content from Database in asp.net

protected void btnGenerateDocument_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

catalog_GetFrontMatterContentByCodeTableAdapter frontMatterTA = new catalog_GetFrontMatterContentByCodeTableAdapter();

DataTable frontMatterDT = frontMatterTA.GetFrontMatterContentByCode("RGEN");

frontMatterDT.TableName = "frontmatterContentDS";

//string str = frontMatterDT.Rows[1]["SectionMarkup"].ToString();

string str = "";

str = "<div style='mso-element:header' id=h1><p class=MsoFooter><img src='http://localhost:3678/Generating Word Document/images/header.jpg'></p></div>";

str += "<h1 style='font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman;'>"+frontMatterDT.Rows[0]["PageTitle"].ToString()+"</h1>";

for (int i = 0; i < frontMatterDT.Rows.Count; i++)

{

str += "<h3 style='font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman;'>".ToString() + frontMatterDT.Rows[i]["SectionHeader"].ToString() + "</h3>".ToString();

str += frontMatterDT.Rows[i]["SectionMarkup"].ToString();

}

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

sb.Append(@"<html

xmlns:o='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office'

xmlns:w='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word'

xmlns='http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40'>

<head><title>Catalog pdf</title>");

sb.Append(@"<!--[if gte mso 9]>

<xml>

<w:WordDocument>

<w:View>Print</w:View>

<w:Zoom>90</w:Zoom>

<w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/>

</w:WordDocument>

</xml>

<![endif]-->");

sb.Append(@"<style>

<!-- /* Style Definitions */

@page Section1

{

size:8.0in 11.0in;

margin:.5in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in ;

mso-header-margin:.001in;

mso-page-orientation: portrait;

mso-footer-margin:.001in; mso-paper-source:0;}

div.Section1

{

page:Section1;

}

-->

</style></head>");

sb.Append(@"<body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'>

<br>");

sb.Append(@"<p><br>" + str + "</p>");

sb.Append(@"</div></body></html>");

Response.AppendHeader("Content-Type", "application/msword");

Response.AppendHeader("Content-disposition", "inline; filename=generatedwordoc.doc");

Response.Write(sb);

}