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Project Description
A .Net library that provides methods, properties and more that the .Net Framework doesn’t provide.

System.Common is a .Net library that provides commonly used methods, properties, string functions and more that are currently unavailable in the current Framework.

Example of classes provided:

• Strings – Provide methods like isNumeric, isAlpha and isAlphaNumeric.
• Folders – Provides easy access to the systems special folders, user folders and such
• Encryption – Provides methods of MD5, SHA, SHA1, TripleDES that are commonly used.
• DateTime – Provide extra DateTime methods such as Unix time and date spanning.

System.Common

Classes:

• HardwareInfo
• Strings
  • IsNumber (Method)
  • IsAlpha (Method)
  • IsAlphaNumeric (Method)
  • IsNatualNumber (Method)
  • IsWholeNumber (Method)
  • IsInteger (Method)
  • IsPositiveNumber (Method)
• Folders
  • UsersProgramsPath (Method)
  • UsersStartMenuPath (Method)
  • UsersDesktopPath (Method)
  • AllUsersProgramsPath (Method)
  • AllUsersStartMenuPath (Method)
  • AllUsersDesktopPath (Method)
  • GetSpecialFolderPath (Method)
  • GetHIcon (Method)
  • CSIDL (Enum)
• Dates
  • GetCurrentUnixTime (Method)
  • ConvertFromUnixTimestamp (Method)
  • ConvertToUnixTimestamp (Method)
• Encryption
  • Hash (Class)
    • GetMD5 (Method)
    • GetSHA1 (Method)
    • GetSHA256 (Method)
    • GetSHA384 (Method)
    • GetSHA512 (Method)

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else
{	<!-- Let's do this just in case the service is down or something. You could show an error image as well -->
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}
}
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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.ustream.tv/json/channel/CHANNELNAME/getValueOf/status?key=YOURAPIKEY&callback=set_status">
</script>

First we have to make a reference. We must use the ‘protected’ keyword. I use the same name as the windows form that way it is easy to keep track of variables.

Once that is done you must set each method and object you want to access to public. You do this from the Forms Designer Class.

And that’s it. With just 2 lines of code you can now access you forms controls and methods.

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I haven’t completly neglected the site. I’ll post some code tutorials tonight on a few more hashing techniques and string encryption. I will also be posting soon a tutorial on how to control a forms events and controls from within a different class. Unlike VB.NET, C# does not automatically inherit the forms methods and control methods.

I’ll also talk about obfuscation and .Net application security, secure string and anti-debugging methods.

You can find out more here!

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Default Icon Struct:
I did this so we wouldn’t have to remember the names of the 3 fallback icon sets Gravatar offers.

Rating Struct:
Sure, there are only 4 ratings(G, PG, R, X) but maybe someone don’t know that. So I created a struct for this as well.

Some people are having trouble returning an image into memory. I recommend using MemoryStream for this. You can also attach the Gravatar to a listbox, combobox,textbox and almost any other control applicable.

So check out the Gravatar page and enjoy!

public byte[] prepCommand(string command)

{

byte[] bufferTemp = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(command);

byte[] bufferSend = new byte[bufferTemp.Length + 4];

//intial 5 characters as per standard

bufSend[0] = byte.Parse("255");

bufSend[1] = byte.Parse("255");

bufSend[2] = byte.Parse("255");

bufSend[3] = byte.Parse("255");

//copying bytes from rcon to send buffer

int j = 4;

for (int i = 0; i < bufferTemp.Length; i++)

{

bufferSend[j++] = bufferTemp[i];

}

return bufferSend;

}

Here I am using a Numeric Up/Down control and need to convert the value to an integer to pass it to my picturebox control.

picturebox1.Width = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Ceiling(numericUpDown1.Value));

Using ToInt32.Ceiling() it will return the smallest integer greater then or equal to the decimal passed.

Hope this helps with your decimal to integer problems!

Change

http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=

to

http://timesurl.at/api/rest.php?url=

And there you have it. This also works with most other URL shortener sites. If not, just email me and I”ll write up some code for the site you need.

First off you want to create a function that returns a string.
Simple enough, this function ask for the parameter of URL and will return a string. 

Public Function GetTinyUrl(ByVal URL As String) As String
End Function

Next you want to make sure you’re not using the TinyURL service for no reason. The API is designed for links over 30 characters long. So if you have a 20 character URL TinyURL will end up giving you a 20-35 character URL. So let’s check this first. We’re going to use the Try/Catch method incase something might go wrong. If so, we’ll return the users URL back to him.

Try
    If Url.Length <= 30 Then
       Return URL
     End If
Catch
       Return Url
     End Try

Next we are going to check our link to make sure it starts with “http”.

If Not Url.ToLower().StartsWith("http") AndAlso Not Url.ToLower().StartsWith("ftp") Then
  Url = "http://" + Url
End If

Now that we have that done, lets declare some variables. “req” is used to create  our request to use the API, “rsp” is used to get the response from our request. Simple enough, right? “txt” is used to store our ending result from our Stream Reader.

Dim req As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" + Url)
Dim rsp As WebResponse = req.GetResponse()
Dim txt As String

Now lets actually read our request and store the result in our txt variable. Also, let’s go ahead and Return our result to the user.

Using rdr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(rsp.GetResponseStream())
          txt = rdr.ReadToEnd()
End Using
Return txt

Now, let’s put it all together and we have this. Pass the URL parameter and recieve the TinyURL in return.

    Public Function GetTinyUrl(ByVal URL As String) As String
        Try
            If Url.Length <= 30 Then
                Return URL
            End If
            If Not Url.ToLower().StartsWith("http") AndAlso Not Url.ToLower().StartsWith("ftp") Then
                Url = "http://" + Url
            End If
            Dim req As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" + Url)
            Dim rsp As WebResponse = req.GetResponse()
            Dim txt As String
            Using rdr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(rsp.GetResponseStream())
                txt = rdr.ReadToEnd()
            End Using
            Return txt
        Catch
            Return Url
        End Try
    End Function

I hope this helps you out, and don’t forget to comment!

I have gathered some Best Rapidshare tricks and Hack from various sources and compiled at one place

Trick No 1:
Request a new IP address from your ISP Server.
1. Click Start 
2. Click run 
3. In the run box type cmd and click OK 
4. When the command prompt opens type the following and hit enter after every new line. 
ipconfig /flushdns 
ipconfig /release 
ipconfig /renew 
exit

Trick No 2:
Use Javascript Method
1. Goto the page you want to download 
2.Choose FREE button 
3. In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0) 
4.Hit OK 
5. Hit OK to the pop-up box 
6. Enter the captcha Code shown on the Page
7. Download Your File

Trick No 3:
Erase your cookies and cache in browser you are using and try again to download the Rapidshare file again.

Trick No 4:
Use a bookmarklet to stop your wait times (Only in Internet Explorer):
1. Open IE 
2. Save “javascript:var%20c=0;” without quotes to Favorites 
3. Select Yes to the warning that the bookmark may be unsafe. 
4. Name it “RapidShare No Wait” 
5. Click on the Links folder (if you want to display it in your IE toolbar) 
6. Click OK 
7. You may need to close and reopen IE to see it 
8. Go to rapidshare and click the bookmarklet when you are forced to wait

Trick No: 5

Use a proxy with SwitchProxy and Firefox:
1. Download and install Firefox
2. Download and install SwitchProxy
3. When you reach your download limit, clean your cookies and change your proxy.

First go to http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/
Click Install Now to install addon.
Restart FF. Tool–>User Agent Switcher–>Options–>Options
Click User Agents–>Add

Type this:

+ Description: MEGAUPLOAD
+ User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Alexa Toolbar)

Click OK twice to finish adding User Agent.
From now, before downloading any file from MegaUpload, just go Tools–>User Agent Switcher–>MEGAUPLOAD.

For Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Anvant Browser:

Start–>Run–>Regedit–>OK

In Registry Editor window:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform]

Right click Post Platform–>New–>String Value–> Type “Alexa Toolbar”
Restart PC. Done!

Note: For IE 7.0 the “Post Platform” will located at:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform]