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SQL Trusted Connections with ASP.NET

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:32:48 GMT

The problem arises when your SQL server and your IIS/asp.net server are on separate machines, which is a typical setup. As the ASPNET user does not exist on the SQL server you can't grant access to it. There are 4 main ways to overcome this problem

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 9: Introducing the Designer

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:31:06 GMT

This post gives an introduction to designers and show what designers can do during the design time, and compares between web and windows controls designers.

New BlogEngine Theme - ThemeEngine.LayoutGala

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Another experiment in BlogEngine dynamic theming.

SmartBag for MVC

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:16:03 GMT

A nice replacement for the ViewData proposed by Jeffrey Palermo.

FxCop: Writing Your Own Custom Rules

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:31:02 GMT

Jason Kresowaty designed this web site to address the shortage of documentation on the FxCop 1.36 API. Some of the highlights include the following: - A brief tutorial of FxCop - A listing of what kinds of customizations are possible with FxCop - An overview of the introspection API - How to implement custom rules - How to write the XML description resource for the custom rules - An advanced section on using FxCop to check doc comments - Example rules A tool called Introspector is also available here that lets you browse assemblies using the FxCop introspection object model. This lets you see precisely which objects are involved when you develop custom rules.

EntitySpaces 2008 Preview

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:01:04 GMT

Take a look at the major enhancements coming in ES2008 as outlined in this blog post. A new code generator, enhanced DynamicQuery, more providers ...

New* .NET 3.5 Feature: AddIn Framework ( Part 1 of 3 )

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:16:02 GMT

Introduction to the addin framework in .NET 3.5

Free Web.config editor

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:31:02 GMT

A free tool that enables editing the Web.config.

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 8: Implementing UITypeEditor

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:31:02 GMT

This post describes by steps how to implement a custom UITypeEditor and gives a brief introduction on the IWindowFormsEditorService, the sample introduced is a ColorEditor that uses the ColorWheel to pick from it colors from the drop down.

Free Copy of VS 2008, SQL 2008 and Windows Server 2008

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:01:02 GMT

Want a lot of free software from our friends at Microsoft?

Best C# Web Sites

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:46:02 GMT

Best C# sites active on the Web today.

First ALT.NET (mini)conference in Italy

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:16:05 GMT

The first alt.net event in italy

New BlogEngine Theme - ThemeEngine.NFL

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:16:02 GMT

A new proof of concept theme for BlogEngine.net

C# by Contract - Using Expression Trees

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:31:02 GMT

Using Lambda Expressions to get more bang for my buck! This Article is part of a series exploring the capabilities of .NET 3.5 and how new advances allow the development of a very powerful Design by Contract (or Contract First or Contract Driven Development) system in very few lines. DBC can help you write better code and although the examples in this post are in C#, they will work equally well in VB.NET.

Dual Monitors for Developers

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:16:01 GMT

Let's face it, a multiple monitor setup is the only way to go for a software developer, or any other computer professional these days. If you are still using only a single monitor, you are not working at your full potential.

Measure memory consumption of creating object in C#

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:16:02 GMT

Measure memory consumption of creating object or executing functions in C# A detailed look at benchmarking the memory footprint and the execution speed of functions.

Asp.Net Ajax Combobox using Script#

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:46:02 GMT

ASP.NET AJAX Combobox using Script#