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Free screen capture tool: Cropper

A little known free screen capturing tool is Windows itself: push the PrtScn (the good ol' Print Screen button) and you have an instant copy of your entire desktop. Using Alt+PrtScn you'll get only the active window. This method works in all Windows versions since Windows 95 if I recall correctly.

However, this method is not so practical for a lot of people. If you want to use your screen grab in an email, you can only paste it via Outlook, not via Outlook Express. In that case you need to open MS Paint, or Paint Shop Pro, and paste it there as a new image, then save it as a jpeg, and then go back to your email to attach it as a file. Yuck.

Here's a powerful free screen capture tool called Cropper. The latest release also works on Windows Vista, and it contains screen capture capabilities to:

• BMP format
• PNG format
• JPG format
• clipboard (of course)
• directly to printer

In addition, there are some great (free) plugins available on CodePlex that let you dump your screenshot to other formats or destinations:

• Cropper.AnimatedGif


• Cropper.AviFormat


• Cropper.CountdownPng


• Cropper.SendToEmail


• Cropper.SendToFlickr


• Cropper.SendToOneNote


• Cropper.SendToTinyPic

Just grab your free downloads here:

• Cropper


• Cropper Plugins

ps: Cropper is written in C# on the Microsoft .NET platform.

Labels: .NET, Avi, C#, CodePlex, Cropper, download, Email, Flickr, free, OneNote, plugin, Png, screen capture, TinyPic

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  Posted by oVan on Saturday, March 24, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments

Adding a Content Role in MWPSK

Here's an easy solution to add a Content Editor role in the MyWebPagesStarterKit without defining a new role (which would take a lot of work):

Currently the authenticated user that is not part of the administrator role can do nothing more than an anonymous (unauthenticated user) user on the website.

So let's assume that those non-admin authenticated users are just content editors. We want them to be able to add/change the content of the defined section controls, without the ability to delete sections or to change the sitemap structure.

Here are the two easy steps to accomplish this:

1) Change the following in ~/Default.aspx.cs:


foreach (ISection section in _page.Sections)
{
SectionControlBaseClass ctl = (SectionControlBaseClass)LoadControl(section.UserControl);

if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated && User.IsInRole(RoleNames.Administrators.ToString()))

Into:

foreach (ISection section in _page.Sections)
{
SectionControlBaseClass ctl = (SectionControlBaseClass)LoadControl(section.UserControl);

if ((User.Identity.IsAuthenticated))

The above change will enable the admin functions for sections on each page, whithout enabling the administration menu for administrators.


2) Change the following line in ~/SectionControls/SectionAdmin.ascx:

<asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnDeleteSection" OnClick="btnDeleteSection_Click" Text="<%$ Resources:stringsRes, glb__DeleteSection%>" CausesValidation="false" UseSubmitBehavior="false" />

Into:

<% if (Context.User.IsInRole(MyWebPagesStarterKit.RoleNames.Administrators.ToString())) {%><asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnDeleteSection" OnClick="btnDeleteSection_Click" Text="<%$ Resources:stringsRes, glb__DeleteSection%>" CausesValidation="false" UseSubmitBehavior="false" /><% } %>

The above change will remove the ability to delete section controls.

The result will enable authenticated users to update the content of the website, withouth the ability to destroy it :-)

Hope this helps!

Labels: Administrator, asp.net, CodePlex, content, editor, fix, Microsoft, MWPSK, MyWebPagesStarterKit, patch, role, starter kit

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  Posted by oVan on Thursday, March 22, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments

Inline Search for IE

The winner of the Microsoft add-on contest is known! It is the excellent Inline Search, that you can download for free.

Site: http://www.ieforge.com/InlineSearch/HomePage

Labels: add-on, download, free, IE6, IE7, inline search

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  Posted by oVan on Saturday, March 17, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments

VS2005 SP1 Update for Vista

Microsoft has made available the final version of Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Vista for download.

You can read the Release Notes here: Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista release notes

More details from the download page:

Overview
If the machine participated in the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista Beta, please be sure to uninstall the beta first.

During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were made to vastly improve overall quality, security, and reliability from previous versions of Windows. While we have made tremendous investments in Windows Vista to ensure backwards compatibility, some of the system enhancements, such as User Account Control, changes to the networking stack, and the new graphics model, make Windows Vista behave differently from previous versions of Windows. These investments impact Visual Studio 2005. The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista addresses areas of Visual Studio impacted by Vista enhancements.
Many of the Windows Vista enhancements are documented at the Windows Vista Development Center.

This download installs the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista for the following Visual Studio SKUs:


Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual J# 2005 Express Edition (English Only)
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Agent
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Controller
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Code Profiler
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer

Labels: beta, Microsoft, SP1, update, Vista, Visual Studio 2005, vs2005

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  Posted by oVan on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments

Relaunch(ed)!

Lots of changes coming up, just in time for spring!

Firstly, the SuperWasp.net blog will be restyled soon, and updated more frequently.

Secondly, the main SuperWasp.net website will relaunch in 1H2007, featuring a powerful and user friendly system for projects, time and contact management.
Early birds: to be kept up to date, or to become a beta tester, sign up for free!

Thirdly, we just launched the new personal blog TV15 which replaces the House of Jakob blog about Jakob. TV15 will feature photos of both Jakob and Willem, and of course family and friends.

Finally, the company website CoreLand will be relaunched in 1H2007 also.

Labels: blog, contact, management, project, relaunch, superwasp.net, time, update

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  Posted by oVan on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments