Chris Love's Official Blog - Professional ASP.NET

Stop Telemarketers with ASP.NET

Chris Love — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:26:38 GMT

So I found this really neat new site this morning written in ASP.NET, CallerComplaints.com . The site allows you to look up complaints about a phone number and report the number The site is a vigilante site that will allow you to blow off some steam when...(read more)

Type 'ASP.global_asax' is not defined.

Chris Love — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:58:16 GMT

I am honestly not sure how I created this error, but I know this I did not find much out there on how to solve the issue. I think part of the reason this occurred is I was adding existing pages from another site to reuse in a new web site. But I have...(read more)

‘ScriptManager’ is ambiguous in the namespace ‘System.Web.UI’

Chris Love — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:26:07 GMT

I suddenly found myself getting this error the first time I tried to run a freshly minted ASP.NET 3.5 web site with the ScriptManager in place on the Master Pages. I did a quick search, but only found some references from the time before 3.5, and they...(read more)

Raleigh Rollout for Visual Studio 2008 LINQ Demos

Chris Love — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:56:46 GMT

Last week I had the pleasure of showing the attendees at the Raleigh Hero's Happen Here event an introduction to LINQ. I hated I only had about 15 minutes to introduce this great new feature of .NET 3.5. I was able to demonstrate a few simple aspects...(read more)

Custom httpModules eBook from WROX

Chris Love — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:05:03 GMT

WROX , one of the .NET community's best friends over the years, has started a new line of eBooks called WROX BLOX. I like the idea of publishing in an eBook format, because you can buy just the part of the book you really want and it give authors the...(read more)

Links of the Week April 30th 2008

Chris Love — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:52:54 GMT

OK, so this is a little more than a week. Sorry I have been very busy since getting back from Seattle. I think a lot of the Bloggers out there have been busy too, but still there are some great gems that I found over the last 10 days or so. Rules for...(read more)

What Does Alt.Net Mean to You?

Chris Love — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:30:38 GMT

I was fortunate that my schedule changed slightly just before the MVP Summit. This gave me the opportunity to stay a few more days for the Alt.Net conference. I have to admit that I was not really sure what to expect and had some preconceived notions...(read more)

Installing Windows Vista SP1

Chris Love — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:45:02 GMT

I have been using Vista on both of my primary machines pretty much since day 1, and there have been some funny issues. Service Pack 1 is finally out and I have been a little hesitant to do the upgrade, mostly because I have been in the middle of a few...(read more)

My Thoughts and Reflections on the MVP Summit

Chris Love — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:00:14 GMT

Thursday afternoon my first Microsoft Global MVP Summit officially came to an end, sadly. But that did not mean the experience ended. Even now I am still in Seattle on Saturday, taking a few moments out of my time at the Alt.net conference to document...(read more)

Links of the Week April 20, 2008

Chris Love — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:09:59 GMT

This is a really fun week for me at the MVP Summit. But I am gathering a lot of great URLs to reference. PowerShell Provider for Creating IIS Websites, AppPools, etc. OpenID for ASP.NET , How to Add OpenId to ASP.NET New IIS Support Team Blog Mine Sweeper...(read more)

Professional IIS 7

Chris Love — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:30:05 GMT

I recently got a copy of my friend Scott Forsyth's IIS 7 book from WROX. The book has 6 authors and covers just about everything you need to know about IIS 7. I have examined a few IIS 7 books and have played a little with IIS 7 so far. Professional IIS...(read more)

How to Deal with the 'Failed to Access IIS Metabase' Error

Chris Love — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:48:12 GMT

You may get this the first time you try to execute an ASP.NET site on a Windows XP installation of IIS 5.1 The error will point you to a Microsoft Knowledge Base article to solve the Failed to Access IIS Metabase error that instructs you to use a Metaacl.vbs...(read more)

Know Your Status Codes

Chris Love — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:27:01 GMT

Developing applications that work across the Internet requires knowledge of protocols. To actually debug any communications or protocol errors you need to be aware of status codes. For the web you need to know and understand http Status codes and in our...(read more)

What is the Difference between an httpModule and an httpHandler?

Chris Love — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:56:32 GMT

I get this question all the time and if you happen to attend one of my presentations on using each you should know by the end of the presentation. I also see this asked often on the ASP.NET forums and I thought it would be worthwhile to address the question...(read more)

Links of the Week April 12th 2008

Chris Love — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:33:27 GMT

Getting this posted before I head to Seattle for the MVP Summit. I am so stoked about this trip. Peter Ludauti shows how to customize the PaperClip Theme - This is a great article for Community Server users. How to rename Multiple Files at Once - Oh man...(read more)