Phonetic String Comparison with Soundex
This article describes the Soundex and Metaphone algorithms, which can be used to perform phonetic (sound-alike) comparisons of strings.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Friday, January 14, 2011
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Creating Website Thumbnails in ASP.NET
Although there is a bit of a trick, it's pretty straight forward to write ASP.NET code to create a thumbnail image of a website given that website's URL.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Sunday, December 12, 2010
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Creating Downloadable Content Dynamically
Your users may find it helpful if they can download your site's content so they can load it into applications like Microsoft Excel. But how can you create that downloadable content if your data is coming from a database? Here's a simple way to accomplish this.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Sunday, January 23, 2011
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Implementing VB's Like Operator in C#
VB.NET provides VB developers with the Like operator. C# doesn't provide the same operator, but here are several ways C# developers can achive the same functionality.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Monday, July 27, 2015
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A Case-Insensitive Version of String.Replace()
The String.Replace() method is useful for easily replacing all occurrences of a substring with another substring. However, this method is always case-sensitive. Here is an extension method that implements a case-insensitive version of String.Replace().
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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Dynamic Sitemaps in ASP.NET
Sitemaps can be a useful tool for helping search engines like Google find all the content on your site. But what if your content comes from a database? This article shows how to create a dynamic sitemap in ASP.NET.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Sunday, January 9, 2011
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Recursively Finding Controls
ASP.NET Web Form controls provide the FindControl method for finding child controls. However, FindControl does not find child controls of child controls. So here's a simple extension method that will accomplish that.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Thursday, March 22, 2012
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ColorPicker Controls for WinForms
Here are four different color-picker controls you can use in your WinForms projects. Two can be placed directly on a form. Two can be placed in a ToolStrip.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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MFC Hex Editor Control
This article presents MFC code for a hex editor control, designed to be placed on a dialog box.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Get Google PageRank Programatically
Google's PageRank has become a popular way to gauge the popularity of a web page. Here's how you can programatically find the PageRank for a particular URL.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Monday, April 30, 2012
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