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Xml comparison and merge tool

I need a tool for comparing and merging two xml-files. Requirements Handle large Files (> 50mb) Collapse XmlNodes in UI Support validation of files merge files in both directions edit files in ui Any suggestions? ...

Use productivity tools in presentations

I was wondering how people think about using productivity tools like Coderush or Resharper in live demos. Is it a don't and should someone only use the most default settings of the IDE? Or is it ok to speed things up a little during the demo? Also, should you explain you are using this tool during the demo? ...

I'm starting an opensource project. Any advice?

First of all, I reviewed this question, but I think I need a little more information since I've never worked on an opensource project before. I'm starting an opensource project, currently hosted on Google code. It is a framework for creating flash games in ActionScript3 (programmer oriented). So far, so good, but I want to start buildin...

Visual "strings" Tool for Windows

I'm looking for something that does what the unix "strings" program does, but in Windows. And visual, too. Occasionally, I have a binary file and want to see if certain strings are present in it. Right now, I use notepad, and turn on wordwrap, and just ignore all the garbage and visually search for strings. Anyone have anything neat t...

Using 'diff' (or anything else) to get character-level diff between text files

Hi everyone, I'd like to use 'diff' to get a both line difference between and character difference. For example, consider: File 1 abcde abc abcccd File 2 abcde ab abccc Using diff -u I get: @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ abcde -abc -abcccd \ No newline at end of file +ab +abccc \ No newline at end of file However, it only shows me that were...

cookies control

hi there what tool wold you recommend me to use in order to see what data are stored in my cookies while i'm browsing the net. I'm a beginner into webdev field(6 months php experience) and i'm curious to see what data are stored into my computer while i'm browsing besides default OS file explorer? ...

How to add insert-comment feature to any Windows text (code) editor

I want to write a Windows add-on or application that adds the following function to any Windows text (code) editor: I select one or more lines of code in the editor (existing functionality of the editor) I right click and there's an "Insert Comment" choice which I can pick I type my comment and then click outside the comment edit box T...

What is a good Javascript debugging tool?

Haven't touch javascript for 3 years. Just got a javascript project and wanted to know any new ways or tools emerged these years to debug javascript? I used alert 3 years ago. I am using IE ...

How can Java code be quickly converted to .NET (specifically, ASP.NET)?

Are there any tools available to simplify the conversion? What percentage of Java code is converted exactly to .NET code by these tools? ...

web-based project management and time keeping software?

I work in a web shop where most of us aren't programmers. (I am.) Structure is almost non-existent. The biggest beauracratic construct is logging our time since that is essential for business. A few of us are project managers but everyone has their own system. Now lately customers want estimates for all of our work and reconciling t...

Does a library exist to remove passwords from PDFs programmatically?

Does a library exist that will remove "owner" passwords from PDF documents so that the text can then be programmatically extracted from them? Something like PDF Technologies' Password Recovery tool, but callable from the command line or from Python. A GUI interface is not really useful to me, since the number of documents is so large. P...

Resx tools for asp site

Hi guys i am coding a pretty large intranet based web system that needs to support multi language. i have in excess of 150 pages, each of which will have an associated resx file. developing in vs2008 at the moment the hurdles i'm facing. the sheer volume. opening each page, going to design view and clicking generate local resource is...

Do you know of a Visual XML Schema Designer tool?

Hey I've been looking for a visual xml schema design-tool. Do you know of a tool like this? I've found http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml%5Fschema%5Feditor.html Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of when using these types of tools? (I've read: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/746673/xml-schema-designer-for-visual-studio-2008) ...

problem with alert email in TFS and power tools

Hi I have a problem with TFS and email notifications. I can not receive any email from TFS server for work item tracking. I correctly have configured web.config in ...\Web Services\Services in TFS server. and I am useing power tools for alert. but when I set an alert to notify me for an item,any event haven't happened yet. I have checked...

Are there any Testing Tools for this

We have a Winforms application that is deployed over a load balanced terminal server farm. (If it matters, Users connect to the application using a Propalms client). I am trying to figure out if there are any tools out there to do some performance testing. I am aware that tools like QTP enable us to do functional testing but we need some...

Memory overwrite problem.

Hello, I have one C code app. which i was building using MS-VS2005. I had one output data buffer which was being allocated dynamically using malloc. For some test cases, the memory size which was being malloc'd was falling short than the the actual output size in bytes which was generated. That larger sized output was written into the ...

Up-to-date XML-Documentation Builder for C#

I want to start using XML-Documentation of my code and am desperately searching for an up-to-date (meaning .NET-3.5 SP1) to do so. I found NDoc, but it only supports .NET-1.1 and that a little bit far away ;-) Any suggestions? ...

looking for a tool : to navigate to a folder, using abbreviations (almost SlickRun)

I like SlickRun and all, one feature that I really miss is to navigate to directories using abbreviations (like ReSharper does it). E.g. If I want to get to: C:\Projects\CompanyA\DeadScunkProject\ I want to say: C:\P\CA\DSP with hints, of cause. Any recommendations? ...

Tools to evaluate callgrind's call profiles?

Somehow related to this question, which tool would you recommend to evaluate the profiling data created with callgrind? It does not have to have a graphical interface, but it should prepare the results in a concise, clear and easy-to-interpret way. I know about e.g. kcachegrind, but this program is missing some features such as data ex...

Year end budget - what development software should be considered?

My department, and I assume many others, have an unusual year end problem: they haven't consumed all their budget. If they don't spend it all, then next year the budget will be reduced. We've recommended numerous small pieces of software, but they've been rejected as "too inexpensive - we need to buy software development tools that cos...