March 2007 - Posts

April Fool's Day - Monitor Rotating Application
31 March 07 09:05 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Brian Peek created a fun little application that rotates your screen with a built in scheduler for April Fool's Day . He shows how to do capture monitor data. Not just one monitor mind you, every monitor hooked into your system. This application used Read More...
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April Fools' Day Application
29 March 07 06:03 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
In this article, Brian Peek builds an application that will annoy your friends for April Fools' Day! Brian Peek ASPSOFT, Inc. Difficulty: Easy Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions Hardware: None Read More...
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Getting smaller? You may be compressing
29 March 07 07:51 AM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
Ever need to do some zip file compression? Well, depending on what version of .Net you're using, it may not be there. .Net 3.0 has support and lives in the System.IO.Packaging namespace. If you're not that cutting edge, you can use this clever work around Read More...
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Check out this code! (Part I)
26 March 07 02:49 PM | Coding4Fun | 6 Comments   
Are you the type that forgets to return books on time? Wish you could just keep an open tab at the local library? I know that I do! Instead of waiting for that email notice that arrives a week after the fact, this code can help you keep on top of what's Read More...
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Automated skateboarding
26 March 07 12:31 PM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
Segway? That is so 1999. These folks over in Britian created a 1 wheeled balancing skateboard . It uses a PIC controller, ADXRS300 Rate Gyro and a dual axis accelerometer. There is a youtube video also. I think I found my new way of getting to work every Read More...
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Tiny Tennis, now with sound on your xbox 360!
24 March 07 10:37 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Zman from TheZBuffer.com shows you how to get the Ting Tennis working on your Xbox 360 . He also shows how to use the XInput API to get controller support. To get sound, he had to replace System.Media with the XACT audio API. Here is the link to the first Read More...
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Intro to XNA Part 2: Running Tiny Tennis on the Xbox 360
23 March 07 11:26 AM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
In this article, The ZMan walks through the final steps required to get TinyTennis, a Pong clone, running on your Xbox 360. The ZMan (Andy Dunn) TheZBuffer.com Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free ( Creators Club membership required to Read More...
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Hi laptop, here's my clipboard
21 March 07 07:36 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Brian Trautman created a way to share his computer's clipboard amoung multiple computers with web services . His approach helps get around firewalls, NAT and what not. This also allows a feature that I wish was in Remote Desktop, the ability to copy non-text Read More...
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Eucher in VB
20 March 07 10:57 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Matt Gertz is showing how to code Eucher in VB.net. What is Eucher? It is a trump style card game with 2 teams of 2 people. Wikipedia has more history and the rules if you care . Currently there are six parts on line and you can hit up the VB Team blog Read More...
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Live Messenger, Inform my friends of my doings
15 March 07 12:29 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Need a way to tell your friends that you're snowboarding this weekend and they should hit the slopes with you? Don't worry, Paul-Valentin Borza has created an event agent with Windows Live Messenger and Sharepoint . With some API digging, clever ways Read More...
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Wiimote in .Net
14 March 07 10:36 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Brian Peek has done something rather awesome, he built an easy-to-use managed API for the wiimote . He provides the full source along with a sample application on how to use the API. Well, what does the API actually support? The classic controller, the Read More...
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Managed Library for Nintendo's Wiimote
14 March 07 01:05 AM | Coding4Fun | 192 Comments   
In this article, Brian Peek demonstrates how to connect to and use the Nintendo Wiimote from C# and VB.NET. The final output is an easy-to-use managed API for the Wiimote that can be used in any managed application. Brian Peek ASPSOFT, Inc. Difficulty: Read More...
I'd never get lost if I had a search engine
12 March 07 05:43 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Stephen Walters from SuperExpert has created an example website on using the Windows Live SDK . While a quick demo on how to use it, it shows how quickly and easily one can embed a search engine into their own site. One big thing to remember about non-asynchronous Read More...
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Creating a Vanity Search Page
10 March 07 03:09 PM | Coding4Fun | 7 Comments   
It's all about you. Learn how to call the Windows Live Search service to create a vanity page that displays images, news articles, and websites about you. Stephen Walther Superexpert Blog Difficulty: Easy Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Read More...
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Windows Clipboard Sharing Through Web Services
09 March 07 04:16 PM | Coding4Fun | 16 Comments   
This application transfers the contents of a machine's clipboard to another machine through the user of ASP .NET Web Services. Brian Trautman Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions Hardware: Read More...
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Programming For Beginners
08 March 07 11:00 AM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
Ok, you're new to programming? Don't fully understand Object-Oriented programming? Don't worry, Microsoft just launched the Beginner Developer Learning Center . They have 2 different tracks, web and windows development. Each track has 3 tiers. Tier 1 Read More...
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Building your own Windows Live Messenger Events Agent
08 March 07 08:06 AM | Coding4Fun | 5 Comments   
This articles shows how to build a Windows Live Messenger Add-in that connects to Windows Sharepoint Services. Paul-Valentin Borza Paul's Blog Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions Read More...
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A CueCat with webservices?
07 March 07 09:06 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Scott Hanselman hacks up some more hardware, this time the CueCat to get more info about the books he is reading onto his blog . Scott decodes the barcode information, changes the UPC into ISBN, then call Amazon's Web Service via REST and finally wraps Read More...
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Fight at the XNA jungle gym after school at 3!
07 March 07 08:12 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Microsoft has sponsored a 4 day XNA game building contest at the Game Developer Conference . Joystiq has some excellent converage of the individual teams. So far Joystiq has posted articles about Final Stand , Abdux , Dungeon Quest , and Simian Escape Read More...
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CSI? I can do that with my finger.
06 March 07 07:05 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Scott Hanselman has created a Fingerprint Manager that interfaces with the Microsoft Fingerprint reader and the GrFinger SDK . Scott uses suprisingly an XML file to store the images in a byte array. While big and even bigger since it is converted to base64 Read More...
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Hardware Boneyard - Using the CueCat with .NET
06 March 07 01:26 AM | Coding4Fun | 7 Comments   
In this installment of "Some Assembly Required" column, Scott Hanselman borrows Travis Illig's CueCat BarCode scanner and creates a plugin for Windows Live Writer than lets him blog more easily about books he's reading. We decode the bar code info, change Read More...
Don't touch me! - Interfacing with a Fingerprint Reader
06 March 07 12:07 AM | Coding4Fun | 12 Comments   
In this installment of the "Some Assembly Required" column, Scott Hanselman creates a Family Fingerprint Manager using .NET 2.0 that interfaces with the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader and the GrFinger SDK from Griaule. Scott Hanselman Scott's Blog Difficulty: Read More...
Chit-chatting with AJAX
04 March 07 08:45 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Tyler Schlegel has created a basic browser-based chat application using ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX . For those who don't know what ASP.NET AJAX is, it was formally known as Atlas and is Microsoft's framework to provide Ajax calls. It works on other frameworks Read More...
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Basic Chat Using ASP .NET AJAX
01 March 07 09:49 PM | Coding4Fun | 26 Comments   
The AJAX Chat Sample shows how to build a browser based chat using ASP .NET and AJAX. ASP.NET AJAX is the easiest and most enjoyable way to start writing asynchronous Web applications using ASP.NET. The official ASP.NET AJAX site is here, and you will Read More...
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Sir, stop touching our table please
01 March 07 12:16 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Jeff Hans and Yann Lecon last year made a muli-touch screen application . A year later the guys over at Tinker.it created a touch screen too . With some plexiglass, 36 LED, and some other parts, they managed to recreate the the touch screen. They explain Read More...
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