Latest Solutions

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.


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.
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.
How to Create a PDF document
Our Amyuni PDF Creator products (available as an ActiveX control, a .NET component or a .NET library) will allow a developer to add or edit text to existing PDF documents or create a new PDF document by placing different PDF objects on a blank page.
How to implement a web search application with the dtSearch Engine
This article will explain how to implement a web-based search interface for a web site using the dtSearch Engine's .NET interface. Complete sample code for the interface described here is included with the dtSearch Engine in the examples\asp.net2 folder, in C# and VB.NET.
List email messages waiting on POP server using IP*Works! ASP.NET Edition by /n Software
Using the POP Component in IP*Works! .NET Edition to access and list the contents of a POP3 mailbox. The sample runs from an ASP.Net based web page which requests the authentication information with a web form and displays the list of messages.