Archive for November 2006

 
 

Freeware tool for generating reports on projects checked into Subversion repositories.

StatSVN retrieves information from a Subversion repository and generates various reports describing the project development, e.g. timeline for the lines of code, contribution of each programmer etc. The current version of StatSVN creates a static set of HTML documents containing tables and chart images. StatSVN is open source software.

See a Sample Html Report

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[Via LarkWare News]

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MSDN Locator plugin for Windows Live Writer

The plugin allows you to search for a class, namespace, method or property using the full name and then inserts a link tag with a description (title attribute).

Download the plugin here.

Read more here

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Data Dictionary Creator

Data Dictionary Creator  is a simple tool which helps you document SQL Server databases. It saves all the information in Extended Properties, so it’s easier to keep the documentation in sync with the database as it changes.Check out this Data Dictionary Creator Walkthrough to see how easy it is to document your database.

Download Data Dictionary Creator 1.2

Technorati tags: tool, database, sql, documentation

A new Visual Studio power toy - Resource Refactoring Tool

Resource Refactoring Tool provides developers an easy way to extract hard coded strings from the code to resource files.

Features

  • Works with both C# and VB.Net projects.
  • A preview window to show changes in the tool window.
  • Lists existing resources by their similarity level to the text being replaced.
  • Automatically replaces hard coded string with a reference to resource entry.

 

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C# String Library by Chad Finsterwald

Inspired by PHP String Functions that are missing in .Net.

Below is a list of the method names and descriptions in the string library.

  • Base64StringEncode: Base64 encodes a string.
  • Base64StringDecode: Decodes a Base64 string.
  • CaseInsenstiveReplace: A case insenstive replace function.
  • ReplaceFirst: Replaces the first occurence of a string with the replacement value. The Replace is case senstive. [The inclusion of this method and ReplaceLast was suggested by a reader's comment.]
  • ReplaceLast: Replaces the last occurence of a string with the replacement value. The replace is case senstive.
  • FilterWords: Removes all the words passed in the filter words parameters. The replace is NOT case sensitive.
  • HasWords: Checks the passed string to see if it contains any of the passed words. Not case-sensitive.
  • HtmlSpecialEntitiesEncode: A wrapper around HttpUtility.HtmlEncode.
  • HtmlSpecialEntitiesDecode: A wrapper around HttpUtility.HtmlDecode.
  • MD5String: MD5 encodes the passed string.
  • MD5VerifyString: Verifies a string against the passed MD5 hash.
  • PadLeftHtmlSpaces: Left pads the passed string using the HTML non-breaking space ( ) for the total number of spaces.
  • CaseInsenstiveReplace: Performs a case insenstive replace.
  • PadLeft: Left pads the passed string using the passed pad string for the total number of spaces. (It will not cut-off the pad even if it causes the string to exceed the total width.)
  • PadRightHtmlSpaces: Right pads the passed string using the HTML non-breaking space ( ) for the total number of spaces.
  • PadRight: Right pads the passed string using the passed pad string for the total number of spaces. (It will not cut-off the pad even if it causes the string to exceed the total width.)
  • RemoveNewLines: Removes the new line (\n) and carriage return (\r) symbols.
  • Reverse: Reverses the passed string.
  • SentenceCase: Converts a string to sentence case.
  • SpaceToNbsp: Converts all spaces to HTML non-breaking spaces.
  • StripTags: Removes all HTML tags from the passed string.
  • TitleCase: Converts a string to title case.
  • TrimIntraWords: Removes multiple spaces between words.
  • NewLineToBreak: Converts each new line (\n) and carriage return (\r) symbols to the HTML
    tag.
  • WordWrap: Wraps the passed string at the passed total number of characters (if cuttOff is true)or at the next whitespace (if cutOff is false). Uses the environment new linesymbol for the break text.

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