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Preventing Caching of an ASP.net page in c#

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:45:31 GMT

The following code prevents a page being cached.

Getting the Virtual Path of a Request in c#

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:16:02 GMT

This simple bit of code will get you the Virtual Path of your current request.

Fixing Form Action on UrlRewrite

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:33:07 GMT

IF you're rewriting URL's, you've probably come across the same problem I had.

Custom Validators using Client Side JavaScript

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:12:00 GMT

If you're doing a bit of AJAX code and you need to validate on the client, this handy guide will help you on your way.

Triple DES encryption wrapper

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:17:06 GMT

Here is a handy wrapper for Triple DES encryption. Uses MemoryStream, not FileStream like most other examples

Code snippet for 'protected void MethodName(object sender, EventArgs e

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:47:51 GMT

When adding a method to handle server events (such as OnClick) I often found myself copying the Page_Load method and changing the name. I looked for a snippet which would create this method for me but had no luck, so I wrote one.

How to get more than 3GB in Windows Vista 32-bit

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:10:44 GMT

Out if the box, Vista (32-bit) only detects a maximum of 3GB of RAM. You're probably gutted if you just bought a 4GB PC. All is not lost...

Creating your first ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Application

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:16:02 GMT

Over the last year or so, AJAX has taken the web development world by storm. AJAX is short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML and is an approach to building dynamic web applications that behave less like the static web pages we're used to and more like desktop applications.

Error connecting to undo manager of source file

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:48:09 GMT

The Problem If you are using the Web Application Project Template (with as the Add On or as part of SP1) you can get this error.

CreateUserWizard Error Messages using a ContentTempate

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:13:41 GMT

See how to use a ContentTemplate and still display the error messages from the control. Another one that drove me nuts until I saw the solution.

Adding a Strong Name to an existing DLL that you have no source to

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:03:25 GMT

There are times when you need a DLL to have a strong name; putting it in the GAC for example. With 3rd party DLL's this could be a pain. This is how you do it:

Fixing Actionscript XML newline problem

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:57:31 GMT

I was having a nightmare with a newline \n coming through from an XML document literally as \n when I passed the text into a DynamicText object in ActionScript 2, Flash CS3. Mark Page found this solution...

Custom JS attributes work differently in IE compared to Firefox

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:18:34 GMT

Adding custom attributes to HTML tags is a really valuable programming method. It's something I do quite often.

Parameter Order Wrong With ObejctDataSource

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:08:34 GMT

This one came up today and I felt in a sharing mood. I had a GridView using and ObjectDataSource (ODS) and this was used for automatic updates via Inplace editing. When updating the GridView this would then call the UpdateMethod of the ObjectDataSource, but it would fail with the above error.

Returning a value from a PageMethod using MS AJAX

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:28:34 GMT

If you've ever returned data from a web service using MS AJAX this technique will look familar.

What Screen size should we be building sites for?

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:46:02 GMT

Monitors are getting cheaper and cheaper, is 800 x 600 a thing of the past???

IsGuid() method (Regular Expression Based Guid Validation)

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Here is a function I try to keep handy which tests a string for a Guid and returns True or False.

WSS 3.0 : Add a Column(Field) to a List (Part 1)

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:57:15 GMT

In order to add a Column (Computed) to a List you will need to use the WSS Object Model. As there are no tools to do this currently (however I am currently writing a little tool to help.) you will need to understand the CAML to define a Field.

Rendering a Control to a String

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:16:02 GMT

This is a really handy little function for rendering a control to a string. Really handy if you want to pass back rendered HTML from a StaticPageMethod or WebService.

Calling a static "page method" from Javascript using MS AJAX

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:31:12 GMT

Atlas gave us the ability to easily call Web Services from JavaScript. MS AJAX has gone one step further! We can now call methods in the codebehine of the current page from Javascript. Here's how:

Launching an Ajax ModalPopupExtender from JavaScript

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:16:01 GMT

This article is based on the popular "Launching a ModalPopupExtender from JavaScript" article. The original was written for Atlas, this is the updated version for Ajax.

Silverlight Resources

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:55:02 GMT

Things you need to "get started" in silverlight

Flash player drove me crazy

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:44:56 GMT

No Flash in your Flash player, fix it... This is a common problem, trust the geekzilla team to find a no nonsense solution and get the Flash back in IE

CLR Stored Procedure for searching files

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:30:04 GMT

I was recently asked to write a CLR stored procedure which would process a text file and return a row for each line in the file that contained text matching our search criteria.

ASP.NET Framework 1.1 Validation not working in IE7?

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:38:27 GMT

I wanted to share this as it caused me a lot of problems and was hard to track down a solution... I recently had a problem with an old Framework 1.1 website where the form would not post back if the page contained validators (CustomValidators to be exact). It caused me to do a lot of googling and in the end some javascript debugging.