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February 2006 - Posts

Monday, February 27, 2006 10:06 AM

Vista and Office 2007 Beta Bits

Wanna have Vista and Office 2007 Beta Bits --- look no further J Register TODAY: http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/en/default.aspx Hope this helps you, Regards
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Monday, February 27, 2006 7:17 AM

ASP.NET 2.0 How Do I Video Series

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Caching (Part 1) This video is part one of a two-part series introducing the new caching features of ASP.NET 2.0. Start with a demonstration of Page Output Caching followed by an overview of the new ASP.NET 2.0 Database
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Monday, February 27, 2006 12:47 AM

First Day of Fasting . . .

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the Lebanese and especially our Marronite brothers in Lebanon and in the whole world a happy fasting. May fasting be in all aspects in life, not only in food, but fasting from verything evil and bad. Best
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Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:11 AM

MSDN Magazine Online as .CHM File

Great new for developers: MSDN magazine is now available for download as a .CHM file. Visit the MSDN Magazine Area and check all the downloads. Hope that helps, Regards
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Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:07 AM

Security Training Modules

There is a very nice module on Security Patterns in ASP.NET (1.x/2.0). You can check it at: Security Training Modules Hope that helps, Regards
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Sunday, February 19, 2006 3:13 AM

Password TextBox and PostBack

Sometimes in an ASP.NET (1.x/2.x) webform, we might have a Password TextBox, and one of the DropDownLists or RadiobuttonLists or any control present inside the web form might do a postback before you need to submit the form. Every time this happens, I
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Friday, February 17, 2006 9:12 AM

Consume .Net WebService in ASP 3.0

I had the need this week to integrate a .Net WebService with an old ASP 2.0 web application at work. I passed through tough times in fact, and that is why, I want to post here to help everyone who might need to consume a .Net WebService in ASP 2.0 applications.
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Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:43 AM

eBay Selling Starter Kit for VB.NET In Town!!

You can now download the Ebay Starter Kit from: http://developer.ebay.com/windows/starterkits/ There is also an article at MSDN that helps you start your way with that starter kit, check it at: Introduction to the eBay Selling Starter Kit Hope that helps,
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:13 AM

Dynamic Sql Query with Output Parameters

I had a previous post on how to use Dynamic Sql Queries. Today I had the need to create a Stored Procedure that returns an Output Parameter, where the value of the output parameter is set inside the Dynamic Query. So here is a sample Stored Procedure
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:36 AM

Working with DotNetNuke Custom Modules

I have recently started working with DotNetNuke, this is my first post in the DotNetNuke category, so expect I will be posting more often here in this section. To start with, I would like to point all DNN developers about a great link where they can download
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:08 AM

Build a Data Access Layer in less than 15 minutes with CodeSmith

Erick Smith, the founder of CodeSmith , posted a great article on how to create a Data Access Layer in a very quick time. You can check the article at: Build a Data Access Layer in less than 15 minutes Hope that helps you, Regards
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Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:31 PM

DataList Show/Hide Table Rows

In the last few days, I was working on a Custom DotNetNuke Module, which is called ContactUs, which I will be using in one of the projects currently under my hands. I wanted to list all entries of the ContactUs form that are stored in the database. So
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Friday, February 10, 2006 3:06 PM

CountryList SQL Script

I am working on a Custom DotNetNuke module. I wanted to have a DropDownList of all the countries in the world. I had to google a little bit to find all the countries available, which I beleive are 222 countries. I wanted to share with you the SQL Script
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Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:14 AM

Popup Window inside Code-Behind

Opening a pop up windows from code-behind has been the topic of many many questions on the ASP.NET forums. I once created a control in two versions for ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0, that helps developers by calling a simple method, providing it with some paramters,
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:10 PM

Access Selected GridViewRow in GridView

Hello: I was working last night around 3:00 AM, and I found out that in my GridView Column's list, I have added a TemplateField of type LinkButton with CommandName=”EditRec”, in such a way, when the Edit link button is clicked, I want to access the selected
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:01 PM

Good Links to Share

I would like to share with you the following two links, which I beleive are good and useful. String Formatting in C# Url Rewriting with Regex for ASP.NET 2.0 Regards
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Friday, February 03, 2006 10:49 AM

Windows WorkFlow

Yesterday the LebDev.NET user group in Lebanon offered a great session about Working with Windows WorkFlow . As part of the Community Nights, sponsored by Microsoft Beirut Office and held by the LebDev.NET user group. For more information on Windows WorkFlow,
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