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Global.asax? Use HttpModules Instead!

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:39:29 GMT

Explanation of using HttpModules instead of using gobal.asax

Silverlight 2 Released

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:16:25 GMT

Today we shipped the final release of Silverlight 2. You can download Silverlight 2, as well the Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend 2 tool support to target it,

Using ASP.NET AJAX Accordion to Dynamically Display DB Content

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:46:04 GMT

This article will help you to set up an Our Authors/ Employee/Top Contributor or any page with a similar concept for your website. In this article, we will see how to dynamically pull data (along with images) from the database and display it using an ASP.NET AJAX Accordion control. We will be using the data from the Employees table of the Northwind database.

Silverlight 2 out with plans for development support on Mac and Linux

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:59:54 GMT

Today Microsoft delivered on the Rich Internet Platform promise and made public its official release of Silverlight 2.0 along with a set of Open Source initiatives that not only will allow us access to a big set of controls source but also the ability to build Silverlight apps outside Visual Studio and even outside of the Windows Platform.

The Cloud OS

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:38:02 GMT

Surely, Microsoft doesn't expect developers to write a web app\service and connect to SSDS over the tubes even with SSL. The missing link is a cloud based application development platform. This has to be coming and I predict it to be announced at PDC.

C# 3.0 Query Expression Translation Cheat Sheet

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:26:15 GMT

Excellent guide which we are expanding to cover all Expressions.

Drag and Drop controls at runtime using Silverlight 2

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:31:03 GMT

In this article, we will see how to add drag-drop functionality on controls kept in the Silverlight plug-in, at runtime. We will explore how to add the MouseMove, MouseDown and MouseUp events generically to all the controls. We will also see how to drag the Button control.

The DataGrid Column types

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:40:07 GMT

This is my third article about the DataGrid control in Silverlight 2. The first one was a brief introduction to the control and the second one was focused on some basic customizations of it. This one will discuss the column types that are present in the DataGrid control. There are three column types - TextColumn, CheckBoxColumn and a TemplateColumn.

WPF iPhone Checkbox

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:26:39 GMT

a control developed in WPF

Disabling/Enabling asp.net checkboxlist items using javascritp

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:59:31 GMT

Disabling / Enablin Asp.net net list box items using javascript.....

Javascript Closures

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:16:22 GMT

One of the features of Javascript is closures , Javascript closures keep the local variables of a function even after it returns.

Dojo Toolkit Series

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:31:43 GMT

A starting point on using the DojoToolkit.

Creating a Custom Validation Control in ASP.NET

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:46:09 GMT

The BaseValidator class defines the basic implementation needed for all Validation controls. There are 6 Validation Controls included in the ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET 3.5 framework which validate controls to prevent the users from entering wrong data. However, there are a few shortcomings in these controls. The good part is that ASP.NET provides the framework to create new validation controls. If you would like to create your own validation control, you can do so by deriving a new control from the BaseValidator abstract class. In this article, we will explore how to create a custom validation control in ASP.NET and provide both Server and Client Side Validation for the same.

What Goes In Must Come Out

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:12:12 GMT

In essence all computer systems are about I/O, data is send against the system and data is sent back. Splitting logic into Business rules and ETL.

Measuring Programming Progress By Lines Of Code

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:46:02 GMT

Software Managers all around the globe, need to have some metric to estimate their workers. Sometimes the management event wants to create a precise and measurable way to know the programming progress and the developers productivity and performance. One of those methods is called SLOC - Source Lines Of Code. This metric is used measure the size of the software by counting...

How much should I expect my end-user to know?

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:16:12 GMT

From a software support perspective, the question is, how much should I expect my end-user to know? If someone asks me a basic question about our product, then I answer it without hesitation. But what if someone asks me a basic programming question? For example, how to create a for-loop?

Expose New Linq Operations from the HashSet<T> Performance Monster

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:46:02 GMT

Linq is not just about databases. It's about reading the registry, your hard-disk, or even a list of function pointers to be invoked. Linq is about more event then sets (collections). It's about making tasks easier in many cases and vastly more powerful (and most importantly your code more readable and maintainable at the same time). It's astounding just how fast the HashSet<T> collection is. This post will show how to gain additional power that is fully supported from Microsoft which is often overlooked, yet it can solve some of the hardest problems (especially around performance however don't prematurely optimize!). Linq, HashSet, ORM, NHibernate, Linq to NHibernate, Linq Undocumented, Functional Programming, .NET 3.5

DataTable - Adding, Modifying, Deleting, Filtering, Sorting rows & Rea

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:29:23 GMT

In this article, I am going to explain how to Add, Modify, Delete, Sort, Filter rows of the DataTable and also loading data from xml and writing data into xml. I will also talk about writing/reading Schema of the DataTable.

CRUD Operations in ADO.NET Data Services With Custom Provider

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:58:18 GMT

After we learned how to consume an ADO.NET data service with a .Net client in the previous post, the next thing to learn is how to do CRUD (Create, Update and Delete) operations with the client we built. This post will explain how to use these operations.

LINQ to Entities, what is not supported?

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:16:13 GMT

A look at what LINQ to SQL support and not supported in LINQ to Entities.

Service Pack 1 for VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5: Details

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:22:53 GMT

Good listing... We just announced the release of Service Pack 1 for VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5. A major push for this release was continuing to enhance performance and reliability, as Soma noted in his most recent blog entry. I want to take a minute to drill into the major performance improvements you will find in this release of Visual Studio.

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:31:02 GMT

In this writing, I have tried to sum up some important links and points related to the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) release.

A Customizable Silverlight Star Selector Control

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:51:26 GMT

This control presents 4 stars/hearts/whatever and, by hovering your mouse over the control, you can change the state of the control. Clicking on a particular star will set the rating for the selector. I think this screenshot really illustrates the awesome skinning capabilities of Silverlight.

Tutorial: Adding Controls to CFileDialog in Vista

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:57:40 GMT

This tutorial describes the steps required to add custom controls and control handlers to Microsoft Vista's file open dialog via CFileDialog.