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Nested Master Page Events not being called
Nested Master Page Events not being called This is the second time I've been caught out by this little feature, so I thought I'd geekzilla it for both reference and to help others. Scenario I'm a big fan of MasterPages and Themes as a design principle for web development, and
Paul Marshall - 2,552 viewsReturning the first few items from an Array list or IEnumerable collection
Returning the first few items from an Array list or IEnumerable collection, like T-Sql top() I needed to bind the first 5 items in a List<T> to a repeater. Having recently discovered the .Distinct() extension, I had a look through the other methods attached to my List<T> and foun
Paul Hayman - 3,207 viewsReturning a Distinct list of values from an array or IEnumerable cllection
Returning a Distinct list of values from an array or IEnumerable collection I recently had a list of Guids in a string which was returned from a group of checkboxes with identical names. I wanted to itterate through Guids and process each one only once. Basicaly, ignoring duplicates. I
Paul Hayman - 4,672 viewsAdding a Strong Name to an existing DLL that you don't have the source to
Adding a Strong Name to an existing DLL that you don't have the source to 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: From a VS.NET command prompt, enter the following:
Paul Hayman - 70,742 viewsGetting the ProviderUserKey for the Current User
Getting the ProviderUserKey for the Current User The following gets the ProviderUserKey for the current user. (Guid)Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey
Paul Hayman - 3,737 viewsASP.NET Framework 1.1 Validation not working in IE7?
ASP.NET Framework 1.1 Validation not working in IE7? 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.
Paul Hayman - 6,608 viewsNeed a high resolution timer?
Need a high resolution timer I like to profile my code regularly to see if any changes I make during development affect performance. In .Net 1.1 there is a distinct lack of a high resolution timer object. Here's one you can use:
Lee Keable - 2,357 viewsTraceListener creates huge log files
TraceListener creates huge log files If you've used the .Net trace listeners, you'll know that they just keep appending to the file specified in the App.Config file, this can lead to some massive log files! Here's a simple TraceListener that logs to a new file for every day.
Lee Keable - 11,805 viewsMissing App.Path
Missing App.Path If you have the need to load resources (XSL stylesheets, images etc etc) at runtime, you may need to know the path of the currently executing code. In VB6 you'd just use good old App.Path, here is the .Net equivalent. using System.IO; string&n
Lee Keable - 3,932 viewsReferencing ConfigurationManager
Referencing ConfigurationManager When I started working in VS2005, I assumed that accessing your AppSettings would be the same as it was in VS2003. On compiling, the IDE served up the following warning. 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings' is obsolete: 'This method
Barrington Haynes - 5,626 viewsSQL Server 2005 mdf file Query String
SQL Server 2005 mdf file Query String To add a SQL Server 2005 local database to one of your projects, create the connection as follows. conn = new SqlConnection(@"server=(local)\SQLExpress; AttachDbFileName=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf; Integrated Security=false;
Barrington Haynes - 7,676 viewsProgrammatically resolving ~ URL's to the Virtual Root using ResolveURL()
Programmatically resolving ~ URL's to the Virtual Root using ResolveURL() It's common knowledge that a control, when Runat="server" will resolve it's src or href attribute to a virtual root when the URL starts with ~/ For example: <a href="~/Customers/Profile.aspx" Runat=
Paul Hayman - 40,320 views