generation

Generate list of all possible permutations of a string

How would I go about generating a list of all possible permutations of a string between x and y characters in length, containing a variable list of characters. Any language would work but it should be portable....

Can you recommend a good free code generator?

I've heard about the Codesmith and Resharper and I think they're good but not free, can you recommend the free alternatives? ...

Javadoc template generator

I have a large codebase without javadoc and I want to run a program to write a skeleton with the basic javadoc information (e.g. for each method's parameter write @param...) so I just have to fill the gaps left. Somebody knows a good solution for this? Edit: JAutodoc is what I was looking for, it has ant tasks, an eclipse plugin and u...

How to generate a verification code/number ?

Hi, I'm working on an application where users have to make a call and type a verification number with the keypad of their phone. I would like to be able to detect if the number they type is correct or not. The phone system does not have access to a list of valid numbers, but instead it will validate the number against an algorithm (like...

Report generation

I am writing a web app using TurboGears, and in that app the users must be able to generate different reports. The data the reports need is stored in a database (MySQL). The reports must be returned either as a easily printable html document, or a pdf file. I have previously used jasper and iReport for creating the documents, but if I c...

Is there a way to generate word documents dynamically without having word on the machine

I am planning on generating a Word document on the webserver dynamically. Is there good way of doing this in c#? I know I could script Word to do this but I would prefer another option. ...

Story telling/building algorithms?

I'm working on a simple story generator and am looking for story building algorithms and patterns to use in my design. Anyone has some good recommendations? ...

Is there any tool that does in C#2.0 Automatic winform UI generator from a xml

I have the following requirement: In C#2.0, Given a device configuration in xml format and a schema automatically create a UI displaying the xml. This ui could change the xml and needs to perform validation on the schema. I thought of a file defining for each xpath how to display it in UI (and a default behaviour for unspecified element...

NineBlock generation

Im looking to make my own implementation of these Identicons or Gravatars found here on StackOverflow. Most questions I could found was about utilizing existing 3rd party libraries, especially those hooked with Gravatar. After some searching I stumbled upon this page. And from the looks of it, its not that hard. What needs to be rando...

Tools for Generating Mock Data?

I'm looking for recommendations of a good, free tool for generating sample data for the purpose of loading into test databases. By analogy, something that produces "lorem ipsum" text for any RDBMS. Features I'm looking for include: Flexibility to generate data for an existing table definition. Ability to generate small and large data...

good all character combinations using a given length

Is there a program/tool/utility that would allow me to generate all possible character combinations (lowercase, uppercase, symbols, numbers) over a given length of characters (min-max) ...

WCF Additional Proxy Classes

I have a WCF webservice that has the following service contract [ServiceContract(Namespace = "http://example.org")] public interface IEquinoxWebservice { [OperationContract] Guid Init(); [OperationContract] List<Message> Dequeue(Guid instanceId); [OperationContract] void Enqueue(Guid instanceId, Message message...

Unique session id in python

How do I generate a unique sission id in Python? ...

API/Framework to generate Visual Studio solutions/projects

Hi, Does anyone know of anything other than the Visual Studio automation API to use for generating Visual Studio Solutions and/or project files? The project files are MSBuild-based, so that should be OK to generate manually if I have to, but the solution files are based on a proprietary textual format. TIA, --larsw ...

Generating color ranges in python

I want to generate a list of color specifications in the form of (r, g, b) tuples, that span the entire color spectrum with as many entries as I want. So for 5 entries I would want something like: (0, 0, 1) (0, 1, 0) (1, 0, 0) (1, 0.5, 1) (0, 0, 0.5) Of course, if there are more entries than combination of 0 and 1 it should turn to u...

JSP to PDF Conversion

Hi Friends, I am Shrikant. I am facing the problem of JSP to PDF Conversion.Here I am developing an web application in which their is a functionality SAVE AS PDF. When we click on that button or link i want to convert JSP pages to PDF format. Eagerly waiting for your help.If you have any ideas please suggest me. ...

Removing the About link from maven site

I'm using mvn site to generate my site's documentation. For the most part, I'm satisfied with the default site, but I'd like to remove the "About" link from the left hand menu bar and just have the default page be the "Project Information" page. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks, Jeff ...

What algorithm to use to calculate a check digit?

What algorithm to use to calculate a check digit for a list of digits? The length of the list is between 8 and 12 digits. see also: How to generate a verification code/number? ...

ADO.NET Entity Generation Wizard Taking Hours

Hello, I'm currently working with Visual Studio 2008 and the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Wizard. I'm connecting to a MySQL database using the MySQL/Connector plug in available. I have a database with 63 tables, each with foreign key constraints on several columns. I'm working on the data access layer for a multi-tier system. The ADO.NET ...

Do .NET XSL-FO document template designer controls exist?

Hi, I'm currently investigating whether any .NET controls exist where I can design a document and generate an XSL-FO template from it? I've seen syntax editors, but I'd rather have a drag and drop designer that anyone can use. ...