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Remotely Enabling Remote Desktop from the Command Line

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:51:18 GMT

How to enable RDP for a remote machine via the command line.

Open Source ASP.NET Maintenance Mode Module - AM3

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:45:01 GMT

Web developers at times need to put their web applications in an offline mode so as to prevent visitors from accessing the site while they are updating it. The classic way to do this would be to upload an app_offline.html file to the root of the web application. The limitation of this technique is that even the developer cannot visit the site! A developer might need to ensure if everything is working fine and at the same time prevent other users from accessing the web site.

ASP.NET Charting: Rendering Options

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:25 GMT

This article covers the options you have for rendering charts using .NET 3.5 SP1's charting component. It also introduces a less conventional method of returning chart images via AJAX requests with no post back.

Life After Loops

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:15:00 GMT

Eliminating cumbersome looping code using Linq

Asp.Net vs php : Speed Comparison

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Why is the myth that php is faster than Asp.Net so prevalent? Asp.Net is faster than php, here are the facts. So many times I have heard php pushers claim that php is so much faster than Asp.Net and that Asp.Net is clunky and slow. The most annoying part is that everything I have read (that is not factless opinion), and I mean everything, says that this is wrong; but for some reason, this myth is widely accepted. It has become a religious argument that ignores the facts...

Learning Doesn't Work if You Don't Do It Right...

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:56:03 GMT

If you're going to spend time reading and searching, make sure you know what works best for your brain.

Dynamic Image Loading, Caching, & Performance

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:44:28 GMT

Explains how to force the browser to cache dynamic images that come from a file-system or DB.

What Free Tools Do You Install on a New Machine?

Wed, 27 May 2009 14:16:25 GMT

A listing of development tools I use regularly...

Download MS products for Free

Mon, 25 May 2009 21:31:29 GMT

Download Microsoft Visual Studio Pro, Expression Studio and Sql Server Developers Edition for free.

Using Forms Authentication with HTML Pages (or, really, any file-type

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:41:51 GMT

Simple steps on how to use forms auth logic (e.g., request interception) with file types other than ASPX.

10 Most Interesting Upload Widgets

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:30:06 GMT

In this article we reviews the best upload widgets based on AJAX and Flash technologies.

ASP.NET Social Networks - Making Friends - Part 2

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:13:30 GMT

In the first part of this article we concentrated on two aspects Problem and Design. We started with the Problem, that is, defining what we need to implement the Friends concept, finding and inviting friends to join our network and developing an alert system. We then moved to Design wherein we actually finalized the requirements. And finally we began with the Solution, that is, actually implementing the features. In this part of the article by Andrew Siemer, we will continue with the solution part.

iHttpHandler vs. iHttpAsyncHandler

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:35:25 GMT

An explanation on the IHttpAsyncHandler and explanation of when it does (and doesn't) make sense to use.

Most Interesting .NET StackOverFlow Questions

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:46:02 GMT

Today a short list of My Personal Most Interesting .NET Questions to me asked on StackOverFlow I founded.

Hidden Features of C#

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:01:02 GMT

In this article, I'll just link to a pretty great StackOverFlow Question about Hidden Features of C#. Most of C# Features are obscure for us and need some explanations, the following list and explain how to use it.

Lesser Known ASP.NET Performance Tips

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:01:18 GMT

A small collection of less-popular ASP.NET Performance Tips.

A [Real World] Abstract Factory Example

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:21:49 GMT

A concise example of a real-world, useful way to use the abstract factory pattern.

SqlSiteMapProvider in VB.NET

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:03:04 GMT

Ported over from the MSDN article - this is a custom SqlSiteMapProvider that enables you to store your navigation in the DB.

Send e-mail with attachment from database image column

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:01:09 GMT

Code snippet on how to send an email with an attachment that is stored in your DB as in Image column.

Google Search Appliance API in VB.NET

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:58:44 GMT

An VB.NET based API to wrap Google Search Appliance functionality transparently into your application. Ported from the C# code project on CodePlex.

Convert C# To ActionScript (and JavaScript, and Java...)

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:56:10 GMT

The jsc library helps you convert your C# code to actionScript and a number of different languages. Interesting.

Extension Methonds (A pretty way to HTML Encode)

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:52:17 GMT

This short entry depicts an example of using .NET 3.0 extension methods to extend the String class and HTMLEncode(). This means you can HTMLEncode() by doing something like .ToString().HTMLEncode()

ASP.NET (C#) Client side AND server side image cropping

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:01:27 GMT

This article gives full-source code + demo on how to do client & server side image cropping with ASP.NET