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Here is the scenario, I have collection of books and I want to get a book with a specific ISBN.  In the old ways, you will probably have to create a custom collection and inherit a generic collection of books, then add a method to get by ISBN.
Thanks to LINQ and extension methods, you can [...]

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If you are creating any type of software applications with a user interface, most likely you will need to use icons.  Here is an excellent site to help you find icons for your web sites and applications.
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Related PostsFree image editing applicationHere is a great and free image editing software called Paint.NET. I am [...]

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As an example, I will call the getCategories API method.
Add a reference to the XML-RPC.net library.
Create a struct for the return result

Public Structure category
Public categoryId As Object
Public parentId As Object
Public description As Object
Public categoryName As Object
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I added a macromedia flash animation (swf) to my asp.net website and it would work fine but when it came to display video it would stop. I figured it had to do with the video files i.e. the FLV file. It turns out that I had to add its MIME type to IIS

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