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You can also register your ASP.NET Web User Controls in Web.Config?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:10:39 GMT

In Tip#8 we saw how to create a Web User control, register a Web User Control and use the Web User control in your page. Note that VS added a @Register directive right at the top of the page on drag drop of the user control on to your page. But in future if you want to move the location of your User controls you will be forced to change the Register directive in multiple places depending on how many pages you have used the User Control. This could be a pain. This can be easily solved by moving the registration of the user control to your Web.config file with the following entry, so that any change in location can be updated only at one place.

How to add startup JavaScript code from Content Page to Master Page?

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:12:49 GMT

If you are creating a website that has Master and Content Pages and if you need to add some JavaScript code from your Content pages that should run when the page is loaded you fill find out that its not straightforward. Content page do not have all the elements of HTML page like BODY tag that you could hook up to and add your script code to its onload event...

How to remove duplicate Whitespace Characters from a string?

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:03:05 GMT

Luckily for us developers .NET has some very slick string handling routines we can use for this task. Also we have an alternative approach: Regular Expressions. We will cover here both implementations and compare them regarding their efficiency.

Visual Studio Tip: Kill That Build!

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:41:38 GMT

Have you ever accidentally started to compile your code and you didn't mean to... so you're stuck waiting for Visual Studio to finish so you can get back to work? Why not just cancel the build with a keystroke?

Visual Studio Tip of the Day

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:29:16 GMT

Sara Ford's WebLog is a great site for finding information on how to get the most out of Visual Studio.

How To Writer br Without Writing br

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:36:16 GMT

On using HtmlTextWriter object with HtmlTextWriterTag enumeration and how to writer <br /> without using literal "<br />" string.

Getting All Controls On The ASP.NET Page

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:01:01 GMT

How to get all controls on a page in a recursive way - FlattenHierarchy method and what you can do with it.

Three Ways To Display Two Counts From a Table Side By Side

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:01:01 GMT

How to take 2 counts and display them side by side without using variables in SQL

Getting The List Of All Pages In The Application

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:46:02 GMT

A short snippet of code that demonstrates how you can get and display a list of all pages in the ASP.NET web application. Such a list can be used during developement to ease navigation.

Making Your Custom ASP.NET Controls Appear In The Toolbox

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:01:01 GMT

How to make controls defined in a separate assembly to appear in the Visual Studio's Toolbox. The standard way and the better way.

Use the Database Publishing Wizard to script your table data

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:31:02 GMT

Jon Galloway combines the Database Publishing Wizard with PowerSMO to create a powerful means of scripting schema and data so it can be version controlled.

Using WebServer.WebDev For Unit Tests

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:01:01 GMT

This post provides an easy to use class you can use with NUnit or MbUnit in order to setup a webserver for a unit test. It makes use of WebServer.WebDev, formerly known as Cassini.

Two interesting things about C# strings

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:31:02 GMT

Two useful, and often overlooked, techniques for working with C# strings

Tip For Working With ASP.NET Web Projects

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:31:01 GMT

A simple tip showing that you don't need to always use Visual Studio to test your sites.

Remote Desktop On A Non-Standard Port

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:01:01 GMT

How to setup and use Remote Desktop on a non-standard port.

Remember To Unhook The Event Handlers

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:31:02 GMT

Article that describes how events are implemented and what happens if you forget to unhook the handlers.

Event Properties - Memory Efficient Events

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:01:01 GMT

Description of how to define events in a more memory efficient way.

Explorer WebServer here shortcut

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:01:02 GMT

A nifty tip for getting a Development web server up and running quickly without usíng Visual Studio.

Measuring Time More Accurately

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:01:02 GMT

How to accurately measure how much time has passed while performing some operation? Use the Stopwatch class. Here is how.

Getting The Database Schema Using Enterprise Manager

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:31:02 GMT

How to use Enterprise Manager to get the database schema? Read on...

Using Bind with nested properties

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:31:01 GMT

Description of method that allows two way databinding to a nested property.

The true ASP.NET developer

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:51:01 GMT

ASP.NET is a double sided discipline that demands skills and understanding of two very different worlds: the web as a platform and .NET development. The problem is that it is hard to find an ASP.NET developer that is strong in both disciplines. Let me elaborate.

A pattern for supporting return to the previous page feature.

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:05:07 GMT

A short article describing possible solutions on handling the return to the previous page - server-side.

Strongly typed Session object

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:00:53 GMT

A short article describing a pattern of providing a strongly typed access to a Session object.

Server-side comments

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:05:37 GMT

A little known yet powerfull feature of ASP.NET - the Server-side comments.