Stories kicked by linksaussen http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ en-us Atweb Publishing Ltd. http://backend.userland.com/rss DotNetKicks.com - .NET links, community driven 30 This article shows, how to develop a really useful multicolumn-dropdownlist with ASP.NET, the GridView and the AJAX Control Toolkit. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thomasclaudiushuber.com%2fblog%2f2008%2f07%2f31%2fdeveloping-multicolumn-dropdowndropdownlist-with-aspnet-the-gridview-and-the-ajax-control-toolkit%2f"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thomasclaudiushuber.com%2fblog%2f2008%2f07%2f31%2fdeveloping-multicolumn-dropdowndropdownlist-with-aspnet-the-gridview-and-the-ajax-control-toolkit%2f" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/aspnet/Developing_Multicolumn_DropDown_with_ASP_NET_the_GridView_and_AJAX http://www.dotnetkicks.com/aspnet/Developing_Multicolumn_DropDown_with_ASP_NET_the_GridView_and_AJAX Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:31:01 GMT The one-liner for lazy instantiation of instance fields using the coalesce-operator <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2frealfiction.net%2f%3fq%3dnode%2f157"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2frealfiction.net%2f%3fq%3dnode%2f157" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Lazy_instantiation_one_liner_with_the_coalesce_operator http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Lazy_instantiation_one_liner_with_the_coalesce_operator Wed, 14 May 2008 09:31:33 GMT Sending property changed events when a property is changed is repetitive boilerplate code that can be factored out into an aspect of your system's behaviour. This can be done with a proxy generator library like the Castle's DynamicProxy2. Alas, it is not as pretty as it seems... <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2frealfiction.net%2f%3fq%3dnode%2f156"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2frealfiction.net%2f%3fq%3dnode%2f156" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/WPF_INotifyPropertyChanged_Proxy_Epic_Fail http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/WPF_INotifyPropertyChanged_Proxy_Epic_Fail Fri, 09 May 2008 07:37:56 GMT If a Buttons IsDefault-Property is set to true, it'll be clicked, when the user presses the Enter-Key. If a TextBox has Focus, and its Text-Property is databound, the Source of the Data Binding won't be updated. This Post describes the problem and the solution. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thomasclaudiushuber.com%2fblog%2f2008%2f05%2f02%2flostfocus-textbox-vs-buttons-isdefault-property%2f"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thomasclaudiushuber.com%2fblog%2f2008%2f05%2f02%2flostfocus-textbox-vs-buttons-isdefault-property%2f" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/wpf/LostFocus_TextBox_vs_Buttons_IsDefault_Property http://www.dotnetkicks.com/wpf/LostFocus_TextBox_vs_Buttons_IsDefault_Property Fri, 02 May 2008 11:51:55 GMT