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Testing Windows Live Writer Plugins

Published January 27, 2013 Microsoft , Opensource , Social Media , Update , Widgets , Windows Live Writer , Wordpress Leave a Comment
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I recently installed Microsoft Windows Live Writer in order to enable offline/desktop content creation for my blog hosted at WordPress.com So far Live Writer has exceeded my expectations by far, simply put, it is awesome. The user interface is very similar to the familiar Microsoft Office product suite user interface.

Windows Live Writer Screenshot

From Wikipedia: “It features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint blogs, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, Telligent Community, PBlogs.gr, JournalHome, the MetaWeblog API, the Movable Type API, Blogengine, Squarespace, and all blogs that support RSD (Really Simple Discoverability). “

I have started playing around with Windows Live Writer plugins, as I discover plugins I’ll write a blog entry if I find a plugin to be impressive. In addition I have also started looking at the Live Writer API. If inspiration strikes I will attempt creating my own Live Writer Plugin.

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Open a Website from C#

Published January 24, 2013 Code Samples , Learn Everyday , Opensource , Tip Leave a Comment
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It is often a requirement to open the default web browser and browse to a specific Url from a Windows Forms, WPF or even Console application. The easiest method I’ve discovered is to make use of the System.Diagnostics.Process class:

 using  System;
 using  System.Collections.Generic;
 using  System.Text;
 using  System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace  OpenDefaultBrowser
 {
     class  Program 
     {
         static  void  Main(string [] args)
         {
             Process .Start("http://softwarebydefault.com" );
         }
     }
 }

In most scenarios the code snippet listed above works without a problem. The only issue I foresee being in an environment where the user account used to execute your application not having sufficient permissions to execute the default browser application.

For more information see MSDN Process Class

I’ve joined the O’Reilly Blogger Review Program

Published January 20, 2013 Blogger Review Program , Learn Everyday , O'Reilly , Opensource , Social Media Leave a Comment
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I review for the O'Reilly Blogger Review Program

Extending ConfigurationManager – Code Sample

Published January 12, 2013 Code Samples , Extension Methods , Generics , Learn Everyday , Opensource , Update Leave a Comment
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Extending ConfigurationManager – Get values by type. Short Code Sample explaining how to read values from Application Configuration Files without having to cast/parse by hand.
Extending ConfigurationManager

Twitter Profile QR Code Generator

Published January 12, 2013 Opensource , Social Media , Twitter , Widgets , WolframAlpha 2 Comments
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I’ve built a new widget at WolframAlpha intended to generate a QR Code linked to a twitter profile. I created a new page here on my blog hosting the widget, you can find it here

DefaultSoftware QR

DefaultSoftware QR

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