Mahesh Chand's contributions

This article shows how to access command line arguments in VB.NET.

Microsoft released AJAX 1.0 as an extension of ASP.NET 2.0 and now announced they are giving away source code of AJAX 1.0. What else we can ask for? I think this is a great news for ASP.NET developers to dig deep into AJAX controls.

The “using” keyword in C# is one of the best friends of programmers but many of us may not realize this. The “using” keyword is used in two cases – First when importing a namespace in your code and second in a code block.

I am glad to say that long awaited new C# Corner version 3.0 is live now. What do you think about this new design?

Four C# Corner authors have recieved Microsoft MVP award for year 2007 and few more have been nominated for the award. Congratulations authors. Keep up the good work.

This small article shows how to export an ASP.NET DataGrid contents to an Excel document.

Workflow Foundation is the library used to create workflow based applications in Windows Vista. This article shows you how to write your first application using WWF and Visual Studio 2005.

This tip shows how to pass a Crystal Report parameters and their values programmatically.

You can export a Crystal Report to various formats using CrystalReportViewer’s Export option. However, there are occasions when you want your users to see the report direct in PDF format in the browser as soon they click the Report button in your application.

Create a Crystal Report that displays data from multiple tables or sources by using subreports and binding each subreport to a separate DataSet or DataTable.

This tip shows you how to change the text of Legends in Crystal Reports?

You can print a Crystal Report using print option of Crystal Report Viewer. However, there are occasions when you want your application to print a report direct to printer without viewing the report in Crystal Report Viewer.

The attached source code contains a class WebMsgBox, which is a message box written in C# for ASP.NET applications.

This quick tip shows you how to open a URL in a new Browser Window in ASP.NET.

This code snippet shows how you can show an XmlNode contents in a DataGrid.

This article shows how to update and delete rows when looping through a DataTable.

I recently have been engaged in an assignment where I had to copy large chunks of data from one DataTable to another. This article talks about how DataTable.ImportRow method may be more effective than copying direct rows.

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If you create a report with memo field in Visual Studio 2003 and check Suppress if Dupliate checkbox, you will notice the suppress on memo field does not work. This tip shows how to do it.

In one of my reports, I had to change the format of a column programmatically depending on the value of the column.

Recently, I came across a problem in Crystal Reports. I wanted to display a separate page header on the first page of the report than the rest of the page.