IsGuid() method (Regular Expression Based Guid Validation)

published 1 year, 5 months ago, submitted by phayman 1 year, 5 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — Here is a function I try to keep handy which tests a string for a Guid and returns True or False. read more...

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Centering a DIV using the negative margin method

published 1 year, 6 months ago, submitted by phayman 1 year, 6 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — An oldie but a goodie.. This method is very clean and works in all browsers. read more...

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DTS, Excel and mixed format columns

submitted by phayman 1 year, 6 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — I recently had a problem DTS importing an Excel spreadsheet which contained columns with mixed text and data values. After a bit of hunting around, I found an extended property IMEX=1. The IMEX=1 property forces everything to text when reading from a source. read more...

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Sorting an XML document in C# using XSL

published 1 year, 6 months ago, submitted by phayman 1 year, 6 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — I needed to sort some XML in C# before itterating through the document. In the end I used the XslCompiledTransform to apply an XSL stylesheet to the XML document. Works very quickly. For reference, this is how I did it. read more...

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DateTime.ToString() Patterns

published 1 year, 6 months ago, submitted by phayman 1 year, 6 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — Handy list of DateTime.ToString() patterns. Bookmark it ;-) read more...

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Highlighting keywords in text using Regex.Replace (Perfect for SEO)

published 1 year, 6 months ago, submitted by phayman 1 year, 6 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — I needed to take some text and bold certain keywords before returning the data to the web browser (this was to enhance Search Engine Optimization). The following example shows how I achieved it. read more...

add a comment | category: ASP.NET | Views: 13

Programmatically resolving ~ URL's to the Virtual Root

published 1 year, 6 months ago, submitted by phayman 1 year, 6 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — The base WebControl class exposes a method named ResolveURL(). This method accepts a url such as "~/Customers/Profile.aspx" and returns the real url, starting from your site's virtual root. read more...

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Terrible Spelling in VS2005 becomes a thing of the past

published 1 year, 6 months ago, submitted by marshp3 1 year, 6 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — If you haven't found this excellent spell check plugin already, the geekzilla team are on standby to help. Also, I hear they are recruiting for authors. Register for your account today. read more...

add a comment | category: Visual Studio | Views: 1