Twitter keyboard shortcuts  (twitter cheat sheet)

n                             post a new status update(this works from any page)

r                              reply to your selected tweet

t                              retweet(only works on twitter profiles(other than your’s))

m                            direct message (you need to fill the recipient)

/                              move the cursor to the search box

.                              move back to the top of the page

g then h                 go to your home page

g then r                 see your @mentions

g then m                see your direct messages

g then p                 go to your profile page (twitter.com/username)

g then u                 go to a specific user’s profile page

ECas Status Tracking Tool: (E-Cas tracking )



Friends,

I thought saving some time for you while you check your ECas status. So here is simple tool which can help you.

Here are the simple steps:
1. Download  WinCIC.exec from:  http://min.us/mtEFE0ufB
    (Please rename it to WinCIC.exe after downloading)
2.Enter your details.
3. Click on "Save your details" button to save your details in your local machine(C:\CIC.txt)
(use save button to save your details in your private computer only, if you are using public computer then do not use this option. When you click save button this tool will save your information in your local machine and reuse it when you start it next time so you don't have to enter all information again :) )
4. wait for the Ecas page to be loaded and after that Automate button will be enabled.
5. Click on Automate button and wait!  You will see your status page in some time.


I know there are some bugs in this tool but I will be keep on fixing it and will try to provide you new version soon. If you face any issue then please let me know so that I can fix it.

Features planned:

- currently this tool is  loading to main page and then you have to click on link (say RBVO or In Process) to go to actual status page. I will fix it soon to directly route to actual status page.
- Auto scheduling and daily status email to your mail box.
- email notification only when status changes. (developing this will be fun part!!)
- Any other??? Please share so I can add them!


I hope this tool will atleast save your 5 seconds daily! :)



Disclaimer:
- The purpose of this tool is to just check your status and none of your personal data is shared with anyone. I have developed this tool for the benefit of the people and it's available free and no-one should engage in reselling it or collect money for this service. This tool just reads the web page of Canadian Immigration web-site and it does not modify any data present there. Neither me nor this tool is responsible for any kind of loss that may occur while using this.

I have developed this tool just for my interest and to learn technology, Please refrain from any kind of misuse! I am also planning to share code once I have email functionality implemented so that interested people can help me in maintaining and adding more features.


Thanks,
Sunil

PCC through Passport Seva Kendra

Just wanted to share about the process/quick steps to get PCC from passport seva kendra:

-  Go to Passport Seva Portal   http://www.passportindia.gov.in/ and create your application.
-  Create appointment from manager appointment(you get appointment 2 days prior, suppose you want appointment on 04/12/2011 then try for looking for appointment on 02/12/2011, also official timings to schedule appointment are from morning 8.00 am but I got appointment day before in the evening around 6:30 pm)
- Reach your PSKat slightly before time and security will let you by your appointment time, get your documents verified(carry origianals) and get your token.
- Process is pretty organized here! after getting token go to counter A->B->C . Counter A is to get your Digital Photograph and finger prints( By TCS staff). Counter B is to just cross check everything by junior Govt Employee and Counter C is to submit your application to Govt employee
- You will be given acknowledgement from counter C and while leaving PSK.

Real fun starts now!
- your app goes to Police Commissioner's office from here and then they will forward it to your local police station, Local police station will call you and verify your documents and then they will send back the feedback to Police Commissioner's office.
-if you're lucky above process will be done in 3 days after submitting your app at PSK. After Police Commissioner's office your application goes to RPO(in our case it was at Koramangala, Bangalore).
-You can also check your application status online, if you see “PCC application is under review at Passport Seva Kendra.” that means your application is at RPO.
- Go to RPO Koramangala at around 8:30-9:00 am and get a inquiry token and they will sent you to counter no 5 at RPO. Show your PSK acknowledgement to the person sitting at counter 5 and he will upload your files(I am not sure why they don't do it without our telling, if you need your PCC fast then visit RPO and get this done!)
- That's all once you got your application uploaded by RPO you can directly go to PSK and collect your PCC! Simple ;)

I hope this helps you!

ps: We are currently working on a https://footrr.com/  Just promote the brands that you love and get paid for doing it. See if that interests you!

Remove empty lines in Visual Studio in CS file

Just another use of regular expression. I had a situation where a developer has checked in file with lot of white spaces in between methods and I want cs file to look clean so here is the solution:

Visual Studio has ability to delete empty lines in replace operation using regular expressions.

1.Click Ctrl-H (quick replace)
2. Tick "Use Regular Expressions"
3. In Find specify ^$\n
4. In Replace box delete everything.
5 Click "Replace All"
All empty lines will be deleted.

C# Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet

System.Text.RegularExpressions provides regular expression matching in C#

Character	Description
\	Marks the next character as either a special character or escapes a literal. For example, "n" matches the character "n". "\n" matches a newline character. The sequence "\\" matches "\" and "\(" matches "(". Note: double quotes may be escaped by doubling them: ""
^	Depending on whether the MultiLine option is set, matches the position before the first character in a line, or the first character in the string. Eg: string input = "WXYZ" string pattern = "XYZ" if (System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(input, "^"+pattern)) { Console.WriteLine("Match"); }
$	Depending on whether the MultiLine option is set, matches the position after the last character in a line, or the last character in the string.
*	Matches the preceding character zero or more times. For example, "zo*" matches either "z" or "zoo".
+	Matches the preceding character one or more times. For example, "zo+" matches "zoo" but not "z".
?	Matches the preceding character zero or one time. For example, "a?ve?" matches the "ve" in "never".
.	Matches any single character except a newline character.
(pattern)	Matches pattern and remembers the match. The matched substring can be retrieved from the resulting Matches collection, using Item [0]...[n]. To match parentheses characters ( ), use "\(" or "\)".
(?pattern)	Matches pattern and gives the match a name.
(?:pattern)	A non-capturing group
(?=...)	A positive lookahead
(?!...)	A negative lookahead
(?<=...)	A positive lookbehind .
(?	A negative lookbehind .
x|y	Matches either x or y. For example, "z|wood" matches "z" or "wood". "(z|w)oo" matches "zoo" or "wood".
{n}	n is a non-negative integer. Matches exactly n times. For example, "o{2}" does not match the "o" in "Bob," but matches the first two o's in "foooood".
{n,}	n is a non-negative integer. Matches at least n times. For example, "o{2,}" does not match the "o" in "Bob" and matches all the o's in "foooood." "o{1,}" is equivalent to "o+". "o{0,}" is equivalent to "o*".
{n,m}	m and n are non-negative integers. Matches at least n and at most m times. For example, "o{1,3}" matches the first three o's in "fooooood." "o{0,1}" is equivalent to "o?".
[xyz]	A character set. Matches any one of the enclosed characters. For example, "[abc]" matches the "a" in "plain".
[^xyz]	A negative character set. Matches any character not enclosed. For example, "[^abc]" matches the "p" in "plain".
[a-z]	A range of characters. Matches any character in the specified range. For example, "[a-z]" matches any lowercase alphabetic character in the range "a" through "z". Eg: string input = "/content/alternate-1.aspx"; Match match = Regex.Match(input, @"content/([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)\.aspx$");
[^m-z]	A negative range characters. Matches any character not in the specified range. For example, "[m-z]" matches any character not in the range "m" through "z".
\b	Matches a word boundary, that is, the position between a word and a space. For example, "er\b" matches the "er" in "never" but not the "er" in "verb".
\B	Matches a non-word boundary. "ea*r\B" matches the "ear" in "never early".
\d	Matches a digit character. Equivalent to [0-9]. Eg: Regex rx= new Regex(@"\d+"); Match match = rx.Match("My age is 27"); if (match.Success) { Console.WriteLine(match.Value); }
\D	Matches a non-digit character. Equivalent to [^0-9].
\f	Matches a form-feed character.
\k	A back-reference to a named group.
\n	Matches a newline character.
\r	Matches a carriage return character.
\s	Matches any white space including space, tab, form-feed, etc. Equivalent to "[ \f\n\r\t\v]".
\S	Matches any nonwhite space character. Equivalent to "[^ \f\n\r\t\v]".
\t	Matches a tab character.
\v	Matches a vertical tab character.
\w	Matches any word character including underscore. Equivalent to "[A-Za-z0-9_]".
\W	Matches any non-word character. Equivalent to "[^A-Za-z0-9_]".
\num	Matches num, where num is a positive integer. A reference back to remembered matches. For example, "(.)\1" matches two consecutive identical characters.
\n	Matches n, where n is an octal escape value. Octal escape values must be 1, 2, or 3 digits long. For example, "\11" and "\011" both match a tab character. "\0011" is the equivalent of "\001" & "1". Octal escape values must not exceed 256. If they do, only the first two digits comprise the expression. Allows ASCII codes to be used in regular expressions.
\xn	Matches n, where n is a hexadecimal escape value. Hexadecimal escape values must be exactly two digits long. For example, "\x41" matches "A". "\x041" is equivalent to "\x04" & "1". Allows ASCII codes to be used in regular expressions.
\un	Matches a Unicode character expressed in hexadecimal notation with exactly four numeric digits. "\u0200" matches a space character.
\A	Matches the position before the first character in a string. Not affected by the MultiLine setting
\Z	Matches the position after the last character of a string. Not affected by the MultiLine setting.
\G	Specifies that the matches must be consecutive, without any intervening non-matching characters.

I am in the process to build example for each one of above! :)

C# 4.0 Optional Parameters - Interview Questions

Microsoft introduced Optional Parameters in C# 4.0

it works likes this:

int Add(int a, int b = 5)
{
retrun(a+b);
}

now when you invoke this function like Add(1,2) it will return 3 but when you do Add(1) it will take b's default value as 5 and add 1+5 and return 6.

Optional parameters make interoperating with COM easier. Previously, C# had to pass in every parameter in the method of the COM component, even those that are optional.