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Welcome to the TechScreen site. This side shall support the exchange of knowledge in the domain of Web Engineering and related aspects. As a side effect, this side is used for research on knowledge management technologies. User can pose challenges in the problem domain and can participate in quizzes. Further a bibliography about arcticles in different related domains is continously extended. Finally, questionnaires on different issues are provided. To be able to participate you need an account and a password from TU Wien's TISS system.

How to export events from TISS

I would like to export certain dates from TISS, namely from the courses I'm interested in (not all of them in my favorites). Then I can import them in external applications, for example into Google Calendar.

Making unit tests for .NET framework in Visual Studio 2008

Finding a tool for automated unit tests that works with the .NET Framework. The backend classes are written in C# and the IDE i am using is Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

How to reset font size formatting in XML/InfoPath file with c#

Currently i am developing an medical software. Therefor i use InfoPath form template with code behind c# and MS SQL or Infomix databse was a very comfortable solution. As the complexety of the system grows i had to broaden my horizon and find some tricky solutions to achieve the surreal requirements of the client. If users change the standard size formation of an richtext field and you wish to reset the font size back to the standard formatation this method will help you. People always want everyhing flexibel, fast and automatically,...

How add PDF Icon to SharePoint?

If you are deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, even if you are planning a deployment (i.e. no bespoke development, using only out-of-the-box features) there is one piece of bespoke configuration you will likely still want – the ability to index and search for Adobe PDF files. However, Adobe have made some changes to their use of iFilters and there is now a shorter and easier way that doesn’t require registry edits or resetting your web server.

How to import rows to a repeating table in InfoPath

Currently i am developing an medical software. Therefor i use InfoPath form template with code behind c# and MS SQL or Infomix databse was a very comfortable solution. As the complexety of the system grows i had to broaden my horizon and find some tricky solutions to achieve the surreal requirements of the client. If you wish to import data from database (like MS SQL or Informix) to an InfoPath Form this method will help you to get the data in a repeating table. People always want everyhing flexibel, fast and automatically, properties which are very hard to reach within a software.

Ease the development of multilanguage webpages

In many SW projects it is necessary to implement a framework to handle multiple languages. The concepts are formulated in the i18n. http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-i18n.de.php

How to personalize web pages with additional functions in Firefox ?

I have many favorite web pages which I visit very often. But not all of them give me the features and functions I expect from them to be perfectly user-friendly. For example: a button in order to download videos from YouTube, the possibility to search Usenet file names from Forums directly in the NZB Index, etc. I would like to make and add my own customizations, but also find some new ideas from an existing community.

How to use LAN services over the Internet ?

Local Networks have many advantages when it comes to more complicated services like file sharing, remote desktop, network printer usage or NAS. Of course, I could use web space like DropBox, and there might be many other ways to make LAN services available over the internet. But what I am searching for, is an all built-in solution which is secure and easy to use. I want be able to connect several clients together for my LAN services. Not at least, LAN-Party’s without all the disadvantages due do local management and mobility are one of my expectations.

Obtain image file information using the Linux shell

Sometimes you have to evaluate an image, ie. find out what its width and height is and check against a maximum or minimum and based on the outcome take certain actions. You want to do this using the Linux shell.

How to sync folders with DropBox more simply !

DropBox is a nice tool and offers many features compared to other web space services. But it offers no advanced synchronization features for your OS. I have many folders such as my Firefox Bookmarks, University Files, etc., which I would like to backup in DropBox in order to use them, always up to date, on my PCs and Laptop. Of course, I could copy each folder manually to my DropBox folder, but that’s not what I call user friendly. I want an more efficient way to manage my synchronizations with DropBox.

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