Justin Cooney

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

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  • Generating Excel documents through HTML, XML, and CSS – Part 1

    I recently had the requirement to take the HTML from a batch of reports on a Web application and output these with very specific formatting requirements to Excel. I am familiar with the basic syntax of setting the content type to ‘application/ms-excel’ before streaming  the HTML content. However things get rapidly more complex if the…

  • WinPatrol – Essential Home PC Anti-Malware Software

    I was thinking about what security software I would consider essential when setting up a new home computer. There are a few options that come to mind, but in my opinion WinPatrol is absolutely necessary to have. When I talk with people about it I’m surprised at how few people know about it or use it. I…

  • ASP.NET Export to Excel: Set the Default Print Paper Size Programmatically

    I’ve been working on adding the ability to export to Excel format to reports that I have written in ASP.NET. While doing this I have received numerous feature requests including the ability to set by default the paper size to be printed to. As a little bit of background on the topic: I use a…