If you have a need to parse a string array passed in as a variable into say a stored proc, use the following function to split it: CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnSplit( @sInputList VARCHAR(8000) — List of delimited items , @sDelimiter VARCHAR(8000)…

If you don’t know, Windows Skydrive is Microsoft’s offering of free online storage – previously it was only 5gig but now they are upping this limit to 25gig, more than likely to bring them in line with other free online…

Techradar.com has pointed out that Microsoft are to offer free Malware tools to comabat the increasing problem of botnets etc on users PC’s Microsoft is getting serious about global security, offering a free anti-malware package code-named Morro that has been…

The following code will allow you to turn on the numlock key upon startup. Can’t credit anyone as i’m not sure where it came from but it does work 100% using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; class SetNumlockKeyOn { [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public struct…

If you need to delete either a Node, Element or Attribute from your XML document, try the following code as it actually works!!! XML Document Structure <?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” standalone=“yes“?> <!–XML Config file–> <Tests> <Test> <ID>47d272cd-877d-4d0f-ad4a-cfa31200d966</ID> <Object>Obj1</Object> <TestType>Fail Yes</TestType> <Command>fail…

The following method will take in a string and return a bool value if it’s a valid number: ///          /// Uses Regular expressions to see if we are a number         ///          ///          ///          static bool IsNumeric(string…

Windows 3.x established the look of the operating system. An application has expectedly quit. Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life. On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut…

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If you need to trap shortcut keys in your application to perform misc tasks, use the following code to set KeyPreview to true and then in the KeyDown event handle the actual clicks:  private void Form_OnLoad(object sender, EventArgs e) {…