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A Very Easy to Use Excel XML Import-Export Library  [click for more...]
Import export library for Excel XML Format, which reduces a programmer's work to the bare minimum
16/03/2008   [Link] Yogesh Jagota
UrlMappingModule  [click for more...]
Bringing MVC Framework-style URL redirections to classic ASP.NET 2.0 WebForms development
16/03/2008   [Link] Mike Ellison
Testing - Specs Style  [click for more...]

Something I have learned from JP Boodhoo lately (and NOT the only thing):

Filename: {SomeComponent}Specs

    TestFixture: When{specification}

SetUp: establish the context

Test: Should {expected behaviour}

SUT: exercised component

   TestFixture: When {next specification}

 

Something like SpecUnit.NET would produce

SomeComponentSpecs

  • When specification
    • Should expected behaviour
  • When next specification
    • Should
    • Should

Intent-revealing documentation/report

16/03/2008   [Link]
.NET Wrapper for Vista/Server 2008 Condition Variable (New Sychronization Primitive)  [click for more...]
Vista introduced a new synchronization primitive called the CONDITION_VARIABLE. In this article I will provide a .NET wrapper (written in C++/CLI) for this primitive and explain how it works.
16/03/2008   [Link] Jarrad Winter
Free Progress Bar for ASP.NET  [click for more...]
Key Features Completely FREE ! Simple yet powerful. Especially suitable for showing progress information for long running server tasks; Support using images to implement any design scheme; Single property to display/hide percentage numbers; Support both "solid bar" style progress bar or "endless moving" style progress bar; Cross browser support; Powerful ProgressBar Builder with preview; Various pre-built design to choose from; Complete client side JavaScript interface; Download here......(read more)
16/03/2008   [Link]
How to pass value from Ajax Enabled Base User Control to Client User Control and to the Parent aspx page  [click for more...]
How to pass value from Ajax Enabled Base User Control to Client User Control and to the Parent aspx page
16/03/2008   [Link] T.Ashraf
Telerik Delivers Next Generation ASP.NET UI Components  [click for more...]
To build next generation websites, you need UI components that give you the power and flexibility to harness the speed of Ajax and rich experience of client-side programming. Telerik is delivering the UI component suite that meets all of these requirements with its RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX.
16/03/2008   [Link] Todd Anglin
MIX 08 Keynote: Watch Steve Ballmer + Guy Kawasaki  [click for more...]

Reading up on the Delicate Genius’ blog, I watched a great keynote session from Guy Kawasaki + Steve Ballmer at MIX Las Vegas. Guy interviews Steve on the hard questions about Yahoo, Google, Apple, Facebook, Vista and of course, Silverlight 2.0. Very entertaining stuff :)

For more updates on what happened at MIX over the last few days – check out http://www.visitmix.com

 

 

16/03/2008   [Link]
Facebook Application Development with FBML, FBJS, ASP.NET and C#  [click for more...]
Build simple and sophisticated Facebook Apps with FBML, ASP.NET
16/03/2008   [Link] aleksisa
Updated Podcasts Page  [click for more...]
We’ve added more shows to the Podcasts page. Listen to hours of radio shows from .NET Rocks!, Hanselminutes, ASP.NET Podcast, and more.
16/03/2008   [Link]
Belgium TechDays Slides and demos, and my travel schedule  [click for more...]

I came back from TechDays in Ghent, Belgium yesterdays, where it's been a quick 3 days for me. I didn't have a lot of time to do any fun stuff, since I was going over all my demos and such (couple of new presentations).

Here are the slides and code from my talks:

  • Deep Reflection: What's cool and hot in Reflection 2.0 and 3.5 (slides and code)
  • Unit Testing in .NET 3.5: From Windows Workflow and WCF to ASP.NET MVC (Slides and Code)
  • 10 Things to know in .NET 3.5 and what we can learn from them (slides and code)

Here's my upcoming travel schedule:

  • ALT.NET Gathering in Seattle Apr 17- 21
  • DevTeach Toronto May 12-16
  • TechEd US June17 - It's my first time speaking there, yay! I'll do three talks on unit testing and testability.
  • Norwegian Developer Conference June 17-18, smack down on my birthday, It should be a great time to be in norway!
  • TechEd Barcelona in early nov. (no date yet)
16/03/2008   [Link]
Disabling the FIPS Algorithm Check  [click for more...]

.NET 2.0 introduced a check for FIPS certified algorithms if your local security policy was configured to require them.  This resulted in algorithms which are not FIPS compliant (or implementations which were not FIPS certified) throwing an InvalidOperationException from their constructors.

In some cases this isn't a desirable behavior.  For instance, some applications need to use the MD5 hashing algorithm for compatibility with an older communication protocol or file format.  Prior to .NET 3.5, the AES algorithm was only available in an implementation which was not FIPS certified, and if you needed to use that algorithm the FIPS check could also block you.

To help these cases, we added a configuration file switch to .NET 2.0 SP 1 (and therefore .NET 3.5) which allows an application to say "I know what I'm doing, please don't enforce FIPS for me".  For these applications, they can setup a configuration file similar to:

<configuration>
    <runtime>
        <enforceFIPSPolicy enabled="false"/>
    </runtime>
</configuration>

Which will prevent the CLR from throwing InvalidOperationExceptions from the constructor of uncertified algorithms and implementations.

16/03/2008   [Link]
Importing an Excel Spreadsheet Using Typed DataSets and TableAdapters: Displaying the Uploaded Excel Spreadsheet  [click for more...]

By Nannette Thacker

In the third installment of this tutorial, we discuss how to bind the contents of our uploaded Excel spreadsheet to our GridView. A Zip file with the complete source code, Excel Spreadsheet, and SQL Server Database is available for download.

The article series hosted on 4guysfromrolla.com continues with Importing an Excel Spreadsheet Using Typed DataSets and TableAdapters: Displaying the Uploaded Excel Spreadsheet.

Download the Application in ZIP Format


May your dreams be in ASP.NET!

Nannette Thacker
"No, I'm not police. But I do find them useful." - Cameron Phillips, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

16/03/2008   [Link]
iPhone Apps: Geeks Gone Wild  [click for more...]
Apple says downloads of the software development kit for its iPhone have topped 100,000. It could be Apple fanaticism, or it could be the lure of a chunk of Kleiner Perkins’ $100 million.
16/03/2008   [Link] info@redherring.com (Red Herring)
TraceTool 10: The Swiss-Army Knife of Trace  [click for more...]
A C#, C++, Delphi, ActiveX and Java trace framework and a trace viewer: Tail, outputDebugString, event log, and with Log4J, Log4Net, and Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) support. This also comes with full support for Pocket PC development (C++ and .NET).
16/03/2008   [Link] Thierry Parent
Prism: First drop published  [click for more...]

A few days ago we have published the first drop of our Reference Implementation on Codeplex.

For more details on this release, please check Glenn's post.

16/03/2008   [Link]
Five New Videos!  [click for more...]
We’ve added videos to the How Do I section to help you work with user-selectable themes and JavaScript. And Joe Stagner continues his AJAX series with videos on techniques for triggering updates to UpdatePanels and using a CascadingDropDown control to access a database.
16/03/2008   [Link]
IIS 7 - post #63 - Add IIS_IUSRS group to SQL 2005 local security  [click for more...]
I had an interesting post @ forums.iis.net about adding the IIS_IUSRS group (replacement for IIS_WPG) to a SQL Server 2005 local server. If you try to add the group using MachineName\IIS_IUSRS, but if you put BUILTIN\IIS_IUSRS. That works. Here is the post. http://forums.iis.net/p/1148362/1865423.aspx#1865423 Cheers, Steve Schofield Microsoft MVP - IIS...(read more)
16/03/2008   [Link]
Google Maps in HTML, ASP.NET, PHP, JSP etc. with ease  [click for more...]
The Article will guide you with complete knowledge of how to add a google map in your webpage with knowledge of JAVASCRIPT, Use of Geocoder, Use of InfoWindow, Use of Marker, Tabbed Markers, Maximising marker, Creating context menu in your map
16/03/2008   [Link] Abhishek sur
Reminder: Perth .NET User Group is on today!  [click for more...]

Real World WCF with David Shields

Join us at the Perth .NET Community of Practice, March 6th to hear David Shields present on WCF. In this session, David will talk about a real life implementation of WCF and WS-Eventing. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is designed to offer a manageable approach to distributed computing, broad interoperability, and direct support for service orientation. More details here: Real World WCF with David Shields.

TOPIC:   A real life of implementation WCF with David Shields
DATE:    6th March, 5:30pm
VENUE:  Excom, Level 2, 23 Barrack Street, Perth
COST:    Free. All are welcome.

 

16/03/2008   [Link]
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