March 2006 - Posts
Today I answered a question where this dude was unable to create a new website in Visual Studio 2005. A friend of mine (aka dude) asked me the same thing 20 minutes later. I suggested that they go to Help > About Microsoft Visual Studio in Visual Studio
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If you are unable to view images and/or a style sheet is not formatting a web form and you are using forms authentication, you'll need to make the below changes to Web.config (assuming that your style sheet is in a directory named style and images
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I was getting annoyed by MSNBot trying to index /reader/default.aspx. So, I decided to deploy a Robots.txt file. In case anyone wants a template for a Community Server Robots.txt file, here it is. I don't know what the Downloads folder is used for (other
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One of the great mysteries of .NET 2.0 is how to reference the class of a master page or user control from code-beside. This is where the MasterType and Reference directives come into play. Master Page (from content page) <% @ MasterType TypeName ="ClassName"
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I thought it would be cool to put together a countdown to the release of ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed , by Stephen Walther, on June 9, 2006. So, I created the below dynamic image. Cool, huh? Now here's the code to the above countdown image. <% @ Page
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For a change, I'm blogging about something non-programming related. This is my 100th blog entry. I'll let The Simpsons take it over from here. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Some people may not know that .NET 2.0 provides APIs for accessing everything in a configuration file. The most common question I see relates to accessing the mail settings in the system.net node programmatically. C# using System.Configuration; using
Tonight I finally saw the Windows Vista Concept videos and all I can say is, whoa. I'm speechless. See for yourself. It's amazing. Windows Vista Concept Videos Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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I must have been living under a rock for the past month as I just discovered that Google is now offering a limited beta test of hosted email service . Looks interesting. I'll have to give it a test drive. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg
I've discovered that using EnableSortingAndPagingCallbacks="true" without a DataSourceControl data source causes sorting not to work. While I don't know exactly why this happens, I'm hoping this blog entry will save a lot of people from banging their
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Have you ever wanted to support a good cause while buying software? Well, even if you haven't quite thought of it that way, you can now. From its own mission statement, " DotNetCharity.com serves as an outlet for .NET software professionals who want to
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Below is a C# and VB.NET class that demonstrates using System.Net.Mail to send an email. Download C# System.Net.Mail Helper Download VB.NET System.Net.Mail Helper Calling the function from code MailHelper .SendMailMessage( ""
I think I finally have weaned myself from Internet Explorer onto Firefox and I'm in love with it. This is my first blog entry written on FF. I was using IE 7 Beta 2, and among the memory leaks and the 2nd time the font got really big on its own where
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Today I installed two modules on this site: ScottWater.CS.Modules and Telligent's FreeTextBoxWraper replacement assembly for CS v2.0 . With Scotts' module the site now has the Share this post links in the blogs, module notifications for events like pending
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What is piracy? Websters dictionary defines it as, "The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material." Piracy is one of my pet peeves. I recently came across a site that contained hundreds, if not thousands, of e-book downloads
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EasyListBox 3.1 Released
The world's most versatile and usable list control just got better. Version 3.1 offers extensive improvement to its Visual Studio design-time support and Firefox rendering, as well as exciting new features like SuperSearch, the most powerful ComboBox
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I discovered an issue with the LuxLegend2 blog skin regarding comment subscriptions and ratings. I fixed it as well as added some other stuff. Visit the download page for LuxLegend2 for more details and to download the updated version (which this blog
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If you are using the new Bind() method, but are trying to pass it to a function or perform any other type of manipulation on it, you will get the following error as Bind() only allows for 1 way data binding: Bind does not exist in the current context
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I answered a post on the ASP.NET forums where somebody was having problems with Generics and class inheritence. I ended up cooking this up as an example based upon what they had already provided in the thread. using System; using System.Collections.Generic;
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