Archive for June, 2008

XmlConverter - serialize/deserialize an object to/from Xml (continue)

Few days ago I wrote about a static class named XmlConverter. It contains few generic methods which allow an object to be serialized to XML or deserialized from XML. Today, I rewrite it to a XML utility class with extension methods. The following snippet contains the new class.
[sourcecode language="csharp"]
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml;
namespace XmlConverter.Utilities
{
 public static class XmlUtils
 {
  public [...]

PdfSharp - a free component for editing pdf in .Net

As i wrote in my previous post ABCpdf is a nice component but I need something for free. I searched for some  free component and I found PdfSharp. During the search I found a documentwhich is a good starting point when one starts to look for a .Net pdf component.
As i wrote I need a component [...]

ABCpdf - nice component but not free

Last time I wrote that I need a pdf component but it will be nice if I can get it for free. ABCpdf component has an offer for receiving it free but when I read websupergoo’s free license guidlinesI understand that it is not for me because I cannot fulfil their requirements for receiving free [...]

Xml serialize and deserialize an object

Some time ago, I needed to serialize and deserialize different types of objects to/from XML. Because of that I decided to create a class with template methods to do this. The name of the class is XmlConverter (see below).

1: public static class XmlConverter

2: {

3: 

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TFS and MS Project

I did a dev plan for a next version of my project using MS Project 2003. We have MS TFS as a source control in our company. When I start a new project I found an option to connect MS TFS. After choosing a team project MS Project connect it and I was able to [...]

ABCpdf - Edit pdf file in .Net

Yesterday, a friend of mine ask me how to generate a report based on a predefined pdf form. Firstly, we discussed how to represent it using Crystal Reports. But the real problem was that after printing the report is used via some machine.
Today, he asked me about a component for editing an existing pdf. The [...]