Solving problems with Off-the-shelf components and tools

The Dev Direct Solution Center contains shows you how to solve common problems using off-the-shelf code libraries and tools. Each problem has solutions from different publishers illustrating how their products can be used to solve the problem in question. All solutions come with ready to run downloadable projects with source code in common languages like C#.Net, VB.Net and Java.

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Grid

 • I need to display tabular data and allow the user to sort it by multiple columns (1)
 • How to display a grid with heirarchical grouping (1)

HTML Editing

 • Configurable HTML Editor for Content Management System (1)

Installation & Distribution

 • How to add an auto update capability to your applications (1)

FTP & SFTP

 • How can I implement the SFTP protocol to securely transfer files over the Internet? (2)
 • SFTP File Transfer in Java (1)

Email

 • How to send emails direct from my application? (1)
 • How do I access an SSL Enabled SMTP Server from code using SMTP, IMAP and POP3 protocols? (1)
 • I need to access my POP3 mailbox from inside my program to list and download messages (2)
 • Save Email Message (1)

Search Engines

 • How to add a site search capability to a web site. (2)

Data Compression

 • I need to create a ZIP archive from within my program (1)

Data Encryption

 • I'm want my code to generate an MD5 hash of my file so that people can check it has not been modified (1)
 • I need my application to encrypt an entire file before I send it over the Intenet. (1)

Scheduling & Diary

 • Displaying a schedule of appointments for a team  (1)

Document Conversion

 • .html file to .doc and .doc to .pdf converion example code (2)

Graph & Chart

 • Need to produce a chart with trendlines (1)

Spelling, Spell checking

 • How to add as-you-type spell checking to .NET Windows Forms applications (1)
 • How to Spell Check Web Page Input  (1)

Reporting, Report Writers

 • Display dynamic report using user requests for rows & columns on one page & on next page (2)

Diagramming

 • Building and Displaying an organization chart (4)

Tree & Treeview

 • Need a Treeview with on demand population - possibly via AJAX (1)

Barcode

 • How can I extract a barcode value from a scanned document? (3)

Mapping & GIS

 • I want to add a GIS capability to my app but I want more control than online GIS services provide (1)
 • I want to add a custom zoom bar to my mapping or GIS application (1)
 • How can I take point-based data and display it on my map in an attractive fashion? (1)

File Upload/Download

 • Progress (1)
 • Multiple File DownLoad using ftp (1)
 • Need a file upload with status display for ASP.Net web page (1)

Spreadsheet

 • How to programatically manipulate the contents of an MS Excel spreadsheet (1)
 • How can I create an MS Excel compatible spreadsheet file from my app without running Excel? (1)

HTTP & HTTPS

 • How can I download an HTML page and parse its contents from inside my program? (1)

PDF Creation

 • How can I generate a PDF document file from within my program? (3)
 • How to Generate a PDF document from an editable template (2)

PDF Manipulation

 • I need to fill in a PDF form using data captured in my application (1)

PDF Printing

 • Printing PDF documents (3)