March 2007 - Posts
While for most sending an E-Mail message tends to be fairly trivial to seasoned .NET programmers, a new .NET programmer might find it a little mysterious. .NET has all this functionality wrapped up for us in the System.Net.Mail namespace to maange the
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I have decided that it would be useful to post a series of solutions to some fairly common problems encountered by many ASP.NET programmers. Some of these cures will be second nature to many, but they will all be a useful reference at some point in your
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As I was doing some research for a section in my upcoming book I noticed a reference to using the Access key on the web control I was getting deeper with. I honestly had never noticed this property before and at first thought it was specific to this control.
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One of the cool features of ASP.NET 2.0 that I love to use if the DefaultFocus property of the Form object. Combining it along with the DefaultButton property can go a long way to enhancing the user experience on your web sites. The DefaultFocus property
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I thought about adding this one to my links of the week, but this is a little more important than just a breif mention. If you are not familiar with Archive.org , it is a web site that retains and makes public snapshots of every website at various points
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Let's start this off with a link that compliments one from last week. ASP.NET Pre-Compiliation in 2.0 - OdeToCode.com, one of my favorite ASP.NET resources. Dunkin Donuts is ASP.NET! - I know this has nothing to do with .NET development, but they
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It is really official, I am going to be at Mix '07 next month/May. I really wanted to go last year, but with the business issues I was suffering this time last year it just was not in the cards (get it, Vegas, Cards). If you are not aware of Mix or
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Last night at the monthly TRINUG meeting I heard a nasty rumor that Microsoft is going to port the .NET framework to the MAC. As ghastly as this sounds, it could be a wise move for two reasons. First, Microsoft is currently trying extremely hard to court
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OK it got off to a slow start, but things started picking up Wednesday morning. I guess the MVP summit has been distracting many folks. Expression Blend Goes to Release Candidate - And one day after I downloaded and installed Beta 2! A Managed Library
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OK, I do scan SlashDot from time to time. I think it is good to see what the uninformed about your way of life have to say about you, OK. Anyway, I saw headline about Dell not providing Linux on their PC's and through I would read it. The SlashDot
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OK, this is not .NET related, just cool. I was just passing by a TV with the news running. There was a story about the new Grand Canyon Skywalk opening. This looks like a cool tourist attraction I can not wait to visit. The Skywalk is a U shaped platform
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Lately I have been reading a pretty good book on user interface design, Why Software Sucks , and as soon as I finish I plan on offering a review. It has got me rethinking many aspects of my development processes, especially user interface. One of the
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This seemed like a real slow week for intersting links. That or I was just too busy with real work, and the ACC tourny started and NC State is still alive! Visual Studio 2005 Tips and Tricks - A guide to becoming a Visual Studio Power User. A Collection
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What a great day we had yesterday in Roanoke VA. Robin did an awsome job organizing the event, my hat is off to her. You could really tell she did a lot of hard work in advance of the event. About 100 developers were present at the Viriginia Western Campus.
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I am doing a presentation on Custom SiteMap Providers tomorrow for the Roanoke Valley Code Camp. I thought I would quickly post some links for the presenation. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/02/WickedCode/default.aspx - Jeff Prosise http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/06/WickedCode/
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Lately I have been seeing several list of must have tools for .NET developers. I thought I would throw my hat in the ring too. I actually use these tools, so they are not just pulling from other list, but I may have found them from similar list over the
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