components

Zip library options for the Compact Framework?

My requirements: Support .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and Windows Mobile 6.0 devices. Only need to unzip the contents to a directory on a storage card. Creation of zip files is not required. Must be able to use in corporate/commercial software. Can be open source, but not have GPL or other viral license. I've seen the Xceed Zip for CF ...

Are there any "mind mapping" components for Delphi? (native VCL preferably)

I'm looking for a pre-written component (w/source) for a Delphi project that I'm working on, to generate mind-maps / concept-maps similar to these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MindMeister_screenshot_OS_X.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:XMIND_2008_in_Windows_Vista.png Any ideas? ...

Does anyone have .Net Excel IO component benchmarks?

I'm needing to access Excel workbooks from .Net. I know all about the different ways of doing it (I've written them up in a blog post), and I know that using a native .Net component is going to be the fastest. But the question is, which of the components wins? Has anybody benchmarked them? I've been using Syncfusion XlsIO, but that's ver...

Accessing .NET components from Powershell

I want to use Powershell to write some utilities, leveraging our own .NET components to handle the actual work. This is in place of writing a small console app to tie the calls together. My question is where I would find a good source of documentation or tutorial material to help me fast track this? ...

A WYSIWYG Markdown control for Windows Forms?

[We have a Windows Forms database front-end application that, among other things, can be used as a CMS; clients create the structure, fill it, and then use a ASP.NET WebForms-based site to present the results to publicly on the Web. For added flexibility, they are sometimes forced to input actual HTML markup right into a text field, whic...

What is a good dvd burning component for Windows or .Net?

I'd like to add dvd burning functionality to my .Net app (running on Windows Server 2003), are there any good components available? I've used the NeroCOM sdk that used to come with Nero but they no longer support the sdk in the latest versions of Nero. I learned that Microsoft has created an IMAPI2 upgrade for Windows XP/2003 and there...

Recommendation for 3rd party editing/syntax highlighting control - WinForms.

I'm looking for a quality WinForms component that supports syntax highlighting, code folding and the like. The key criteria are: 1) Stability 2) Value (price) 3) Ability to easily customize syntax to highlight 4) Light weight ...

.NET visual components

I really like DevX components, but they are pretty expensive, maybe anyone knows free equivalents ? or web site where I can look for some kind of free visual component for .NET ...

Free/Cheap ASP.NET Component Libraries

earlier today someone asked about free/cheap component libraries for winforms. I'm interested in the same thing, but for asp.net. There are some great commercial libraries like Telerik and DevExpress, but are there any great free/cheap alternatives? ...

Where can I find a QR (quick response) Code component/API for Windows Mobile?

I am looking for a 3rd party solution to integrate a QR code reader in Windows Mobile Applications (.NET Compact Framework). The component should integrate Reader (camera) and Decoder (algorithm). I tried out the QuickMark reader, which can be called outside the application and communicates using Windows Messages. It works quiet well, b...

Résumé parsing library for a .Net project

I need to extract information from hundreds of résumés. The ideal would be .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf --> hr-xml but since more than 90% of the résumés are .doc, the other formats are not a must have. I'm looking to buy a third-party tool or a component. Do you have any good/bad experience solving a similar problem? Clarification: I'm ...

How do I make a component in Joomla display as an article?

More specifically I am trying to make the mailto component show within my template; the same way as an article does. By default the mailto component opens in a new window. So far I changed the code so it opens on the same window, but that way the whole template is gone. Any suggestions? ...

Component to view and annotate PDF documents

Can anyone recommend a good Windows form component for displaying PDF documents and allowing users to add real annotation (by which I mean identical to that created by Adobe Reader). Update: I've tried the AxAcroPDF component which Abobe installs alongside Reader, but this doesn't support annotation. I basically want AxAcroPDF combined...

How can I allow others to create Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Perl web user interface components that interact with each other?

How can I allow others to create Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Perl web user interface components that interact with each other? For example, one web ui component written in .NET selects a customer, and the other web user interface components are written in Java, Ruby or PHP are able to refresh showing information about the selected customer f...

Is there a list of AJAX JSF Libraries available?

I'm looking for an alternative to www.jsfmatrix.net to get a better idea of what JSF libraries are out there and to avoid having to write my own grid/table components. Or are these 27 the best the world has to offer (really only 3 are worth their salt.) ...

What Does OSGi Solve?

I've read on wikipedia and other sites about OSGi, but I don't really see the big picture. It says that it's a component based platform, and that you can reload modules at runtime. Also the "practical example" given everywhere is the Eclipse Plugin Framework. My questions are: 1) What is the CLEAR and SIMPLE definition of OSGi? 2) Wha...

Multi-Format File Viewer for .Net Development

Is anyone aware of a multi-format file viewer, capable of displaying common image formats, as well as MS Office document formats (at least Word and Excel), and PDFs? I've seen several image viewers available, but none besides Outside In from Oracle. I'm looking for viewer technology that can be imbedded in a .net application - a mixtur...

Using Flash Component SWC file in Flex

I am accessing custom UIComponent via SWC file from Flex 3. This component works OK in Flash CS3, but using it from Flex gives A weird error in draw(). I have added swc component inside Sprite (with addchild) and its in LIB path. TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties. at com.xxxx.highscores::HighScores/dr...

Open Source Reporting Engines

As a followup to this question can anyone give me pointers to free/open-source report engines? I'd prefer something that I can use in C++ but I'm sure almost anything could be made to work with C++ given enough time and effort. I gather there's one in BIRT but are there others available? This would be part of the open source software s...

Do you know of any .NET components for creating Distance Matrices / Routing graphs ?

Based on geographical data in classic GIS formats. These matrices are a basic input for different vehicle routing problems and such. They can usually be produced an best time or shortest distance basis. ...