How to run custom searches in Windows 7/8 and afterwards

To take searching to the next level, you need to know about two obscure but powerful search features: Advanced Query Syntax and natural language queries. It is supported in Windows 7 afterwards i.e 8 and further/forthcoming. How to use Advanced Query Syntax When we do the standard search in Windows Explorer, windows looks for matched … Read more

How to integrate InkFilePicker library in Web App

I heard many developers across the forum asking about how to integrate InkFilePicker library into their application and hence thought to give it a try. I’m sharing here the steps to get started with the library. Formerly known as FilePicker.io, InkFilePicker is a library that allows user to connect to popular Cloud Services like Dropbox, … Read more

How to use RailPNRAPI to get PNR Status?

Here I’m sharing the sample code on How to consume API provided by railpnrapi.com to query Indian Railway PNR status: Register yourself on http://www.railpnrapi.com/ and get/generate API Key & API Secret. using Newtonsoft.Json;using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.IO;using System.Linq;using System.Net;using System.Security.Cryptography;using System.Text; namespace RailPnrAPI_SampleCode{    class Program    {        static void Main(string[] args)    … Read more

Getting Started With MongoDB and ASP.Net MVC4: Day 2

This article takes you a step further in getting started with MongoDB and ASP.NET series. Today, we will learn how to perform basic CRUD operations in MongoDB using Mongo Shell and a little about MongoDB C# Driver organization. The first two articles in this series are basically focused on MongoDB installation and how to use … Read more

What is BSON?

BSON (or Binary JSON) is a binary encoding of JSON-like documents that MongoDB uses to store information in documents. It adds support for Date and binary (BinData) data type that aren’t supported in JSON.BSON was designed to have the following three characteristics: Lightweight: Keeping spatial overhead to a minimum is important for any data representation … Read more