DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Tricks

Visual Studio 2008 Tips & Tricks for Developers

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:16:18 GMT

This article shows most common tips and tricks every .net developer should know,these tricks will help you in increasing your productivity while developing.I will make it a point to regularly update this post feel free to add few more tips,give me a comment if i find your trick worthy i will include it on this post.

C# Delegate Shortcut - No more null testing on events for subscribers

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:04:25 GMT

Do you use this syntax? It adds up as you can leave null tests in the dust for event subscribers: EXAMPLE: public event EventHandler<AnimationImageEventArgs> AnimationImageClicked = delegate { }; Post has full details, but most might already know this. If not your wasting cycles.

Handling functions accepting "ref" and "out" arguments in NMock

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:06:50 GMT

The article shows how you can go about writing code for expectations for functions that accept arguments by reference using the "ref" and the "out" keyword

DotNetNuke container customized

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:12:15 GMT

ou will find in the following zipped file the default Image Header - Color Background container but I made customized it to use div instead of tables.

DotNetNuke skin customized

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:30:31 GMT

You will find in the following zipped file the default DNN-Blue skin but I made customized it to use div instead of tables and to be 4 columns instead of 3.

Test your apps faster with Firefox Server Switcher

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:50:24 GMT

Just a quick little article noting the great add-on available for Firefox to help toggle between dev and live servers.

Client coordinates and Screen coordinates

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:45:52 GMT

The .NET Framework can provide the mouse coordinates using the client coordinates system or the screen coordinates system. In some mouse-based scenarios we need exactly to know which coordinates system is used in order to use the correct offset.

Trick: Making Non Themeable Properties of ASP.NET Controls Themeable

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:49:59 GMT

Excellent hack to make Non Themeable properties of ASP.NET controls Themeable. After learning this hack, you would be able to set the Display and the ValidationExpression properties of the RegularExpressionValidator control directly from a Skin file !!! Even the MaxLength property of a TextBox. Would it not be cool to validate all email addresses across your website through a single Skin file ???

GridView Tips and Tricks using ASP.NET 2.0

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:53:57 GMT

In this article, the author explores some of the most frequently asked questions about the GridView control. The article discusses ten tips and tricks that you can use while using the GridView control.

Tips & Tricks - Sql Server 2005 - Increase your Management Studio's p

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:32:44 GMT

Tips & Tricks - Sql Server 2005 - Increase your Management Studio's p

ThumbNail Creation in ASP.Net

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:02:02 GMT

How To create ThumbNail image in ASP.NET

Rendering a Control to a String

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:16:02 GMT

This is a really handy little function for rendering a control to a string. Really handy if you want to pass back rendered HTML from a StaticPageMethod or WebService.

Javascript tricks for ASP.net developers

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:31:02 GMT

This is a post I wanted to write really long time ago, but I never had enough time to sit and write. The following listing will be my agenda for this post 1. Why Javascript for ASP.net developers is different ? 2. Javascript tricks for ASP.net developers * Reading ASP.net controls values from Javascript * Passing values calculated by Javascript to the server side. * Passoing values from ASP.net to Javascript 3. Javascript development tools

ASP.Net 2.0 - Master Pages: Tips, Tricks, and Traps

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:31:02 GMT

MasterPages are a great addition to the ASP.NET 2.0 feature set, but are not without their quirks. This article will highlight the common problems developers face with master pages, and provide tips and tricks to use master pages to their fullest potential.

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Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:31:02 GMT

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