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.


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.
How to extract barcodes from images in VB.NET and C# using VintaSoftBarcode.NET Library.
This example demonstrates how to read barcodes from images in your VB.NET, C# or ASP.NET application.
Java Staff Schedule Example using the Apprisant Toolkit
This example shows a staff appointment schedule built using the Apprisant toolkit's Gantt chart package.
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)
Printing .html to doc/rtf
Our Amyuni Document Converter Suite product is a virtual printer driver that will converter output sent to it from a printing application into PDF, XPS, RTF, HTML, XLS, TIFF, JPEG/BMP formats. The developer has full control over the printing process and printer configuration.
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 Generate a PDF document from an editable template
This article demonstrates the ability of PDFOne Java to implement mail-merge function in your Java applications and create professional looking PDF documents with dynamic content in headers and footers. Dynamic content such as the 'Page X of Y' construct and more.
Standalone Java Orgchart Diagram using the Apprisant Toolkit
This example shows a standalone Java program that builds an orgchart diagram and writes it to a JPEG file.
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.