Krystalware

Free Stuff

This is a listing of code snippets or small components that we have written and would like to share with the community. They are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, so feel free to use them in personal or commercial products as long as you give credit.

Test if MasterPage ContentPlaceHolder has content or is empty

Most methods of testing whether a ContentPlaceHolder has content or not will fail under certain circumstances, for example placeholders with server code blocks. This class encapsulates some code with a little bit of reflection to make the test foolproof.

- MasterHelper.cs

Shell File Context Menu Registry Helper

This class encapsulates the addition of a menu item to the file shell context menu (right clicking on a file in Explorer, for example). This is driven by certain registry keys under HKCR (Classes Root).

- RegistryHelper.cs

Yahoo! Jukebox now playing plugin for Windows Live Messenger

A plugin for YME/Yahoo! Jukebox that displays now playing information in WLM.

- YME WLM NowPlaying installer
- YME WLM NowPlaying source

Bitmap to Png converter

A bmp2png converter, using RegistryHelper.cs to hook the right click context menu.

- Bmp2Png executable
- Bmp2Png source

Community Server to AspNetForum importer

A SQL script that enables importing from Community Server to AspNetForum.

- SQL script package

Remote Desktop FAQ

A FAQ site on remote desktop/terminal services with how to guides on subjects like:

- Enabling multiple remote desktop sessions on XP or Vista
- Changing the remote desktop port
- Forcing single session or allowing multiple sessions per user
- Remotely enabling Remote Desktop