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Create a Prompt When Sending Mail via Outlook

I have multiple accounts set up on my Outlook. For the most part when I send mail I use my Default account. Not an issue…except on that rare occasion when I accidentally send out an e-mail from the wrong account. Well I have fixed the problem. I decided to create a prompt that would help […]

OpenPop.NET Helpful Tips

I have just worked on a project where I needed to download e-mails from a POP3 server. I research some of the libraries out there and settled on OpenPop.NET. OpenPop.NET has a great set of examples of connecting to a POP3 server, but what I want to show you below are some examples that OpenPop.NET […]

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Tips for Creating HTML E-mail Templates for Outlook

This article addresses some of the issues faced when creating an HTML file that will look the same in all web-based e-mail clients as well as Outlook. Setup Before we get to the tips you will need the following: Patience Knowledge Refresher Years ago tables were everything to a web site layout. You couldn’t navigate […]

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Intro to HTML/HTML 5 for Beginners

This tutorial introduces the basic elements of an HTML/HTML 5 page. Setup Before we start you will need the following: Text Editor (something with syntax highlighting would be ideal) Browser (preferably one that supports HTML 5 such as Safari or FireFox) HTML Tags HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a markup language. This means that […]

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Linking DropDownList to GridView

The goal of this tutorial is to provide a search feature based on a DropDownList that will filter a GridView. Setup Before we start you will need the following: Visual Studio 2010 SQL Server (any version will do) Northwind Database (download the version associated with your SQL Server) Since this tutorial is solely a programming […]

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SQL Server Express 2012 & Visual Studio 2010

This  tutorial will show you how to install MS SQL Express 2012 (RC) and synch it up to Visual Studio 2010. Before we start you will need the following. Visual Studio 2010 (already installed) – Must have SP1 installed prior to the MS SQL Server 2012 Installation. MS SQL Express 2012 (downloaded, but not installed […]

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