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Here are Dev Direct's latest code solutions which illustrate how to solve common problems quickly and elegantly using off-the-shelf tools and components. This list is updated every weekday morning.

	Downloading multiple files using the FTP protocol To download multiple files from the server you should use wodFtpDLX ActiveX (for ActiveX environments), or wodFtpDLX.NET (for .NET environments), the procedure is almost the same. Both components have the integrated capability of downloading multiple files from the server.
	Save Email Message using wodPop3 wodPop3 ActiveX Component is used to access a mailbox on the server using the POP3 protocol. Mail found on the server can be retrieved locally as complete messages or only headers, and/or can be deleted from the server. A full set of commands for standard operations is supported.
	How to Update The Version Information of Your Compiled DLL or EXE Files Application developers often need a command-line utility to allow modification of file version information on existing Windows EXE or DLL files. While these files already contain the Version Info resource (embedded into the executable during linking), Resource Tuner Console enables you to automatically stamp their version during the release process to insure consistency. If these files contain no Version Information resource, Resource Tuner Console will create this resource for you.
	CrossCompass Embedded Query Component Overview: An ActiveX dll that is invoked by any COM compliant language e.g. VB6. So basically the system will load when you place the sample code behind a toolbar button in you system. The system has a separate admin suite for you to set-up database tables,views and stored procedures for user groups to access. There are various screens depending on how competent the user is.
	Extract barcodes from scanned documents with C/C++, VB, Delphi, C#, J#, VB .NET With Black Ice Barcode SDK/ActiveX you can read/decode, write, search barcodes, and detect orientation of 1D, 2D and PDF417 barcodes. Image toolkit independent. Advanced error correction.
	Print PDF with WPViewPDF (Windows DLL, .NET, VCL, ActiveX) Using WPViewPDF You can print PDF files. Acrobat Reader(tm) does not have to be installed on the computer. This tool is useful to print PDF files created by your Application, for example using our tools wPDF, WPDFControl and RTF2PDF / TextDynamic Server. It is possible to print only selected files and to add overlays.
	Dynamic PDF creation - .NET, ASP, ASP.NET and ActiveX RTF2PDF can be easily used with ASP or ASP.NET to create HTML or PDF response output. A template can be loaded as RTF or HTML code, modified and then saved as RTF, HTML and PDF. It is possible to use merge fields, too. With the 'Reporting' addon it is possible to use meta tags to create bands which will be looped in the template. So it is also possible to create lists and master-client reports. RTF2PDF/TextDynamicServer has been designed to work in the background. We also market TextDynamic - it
	How to print PDF documents with PDF Reader SDK With Black Ice PDF Reader SDK it is easy to automate the printing of PDF documents programatically. Supports the following languages: C++ (BiPDFReader.dll); VB, Delphi, C#, J#, VB.NET (BiPDFReader.ocx)
	5 minutes to let your application recognize barcode from image To recognize barcode on images is an easy thing. Download and install the barcode reader toolkit and refer codes from the sample projects(VB, VC++, VC#, Delphi). The toolkit can help you accomplish the work with a few line of codes in 5 minutes.
	Printing existing PDF documents Our Amyuni PDF Creator products (available as an ActiveX control, a .NET component or a .NET library) will allow a developer to print existing PDF documents to hardware printers.