Auto Generating a Data Dictionary – Part 2

This slab takes the data gathered in Part 1 and turns it into an Excel workbook. Very useful for most needs!

 

Auto Generating a Data Dictionary – Part 1

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to generate a data dictionary for a SQL 2008 Database? You can, with this handy slab.

 

TSQL Function that Tables a Delimited String

Use today’s slab to turn a delimited string into table variable.

 

Notify Icon Template

Here’s a quick slab to bootstrap you into using system tray icons…

 

HTML Application

Windows PE doesn’t include the .Net framework – so that neat app your just wrote can be flushed.  Or is it a waste?  What if we converted it to an HTA?  Here’s a slab that takes input from a GUI and sets up scripts to load servers.

 

Enumerate the Properties of an Object

Have ever wanted to enumerate the properties of and object?  Here’s a slab that does just that.

 

Manually Updating a ClickOnce Deployed Application

Under certain circumstances, you may not want an app to automagically update itself.  This slab shows how to do it manually.

 

The Missing Forms Collection

In VB6 we had Me.Forms; what happened? People stopped needing it, I guess. If you do though, here’s a slab to get you through.

 

Find Controls on a webform

These two methods will allow you to generically locate a collection of Controls on any webform.

 

Useful SSRS Report Footer Items

If you want to do your users a service, standardize on displaying certain things on your reports. This slab is a cheat sheet for doing just that.