(Chris Bennett) In my last article we covered many of the basics for using and configuring the Microsoft Chart Control for the .NET Framework 3.5. Similar to the previous article, we will primarily focus on ASP.NET functionality of the Chart Control. For this ASP.NET tutorial we will dive into the A
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Ordering and Multi-Column Sorting in the Error List Window
(Zain Naboulsi) This technique can be used in a variety of tool windows most notably the Watch window. Let’s begin with re-ordering the columns. In tool windows where this is supported, you can click and drag the columns around to put them in the order you want:
Measuring Optimizations for Classic VB
(Karl E. Peterson) We’ve all spent needless time optimizing things that don’t matter, often as a point of pride, right? We might need to actually show someone else that code someday, and it just wouldn’t do to be wasting cycles. Of course, this can and often does lead to needlessly unreadable code,
Using ASP.NET MVC 2 with Sharepoint Publishing
(Martin Bailey) This white paper outlines one method of enabling ASP.NET MVC 2 within the Sharepoint Publishing framework. It is targeted at Sharepoint professionals who are involved in the development of Sharepoint Publishing Sites.
Localize the jQuery DatePicker Control in an ASP.NET Page
(Suprotim Agarwal) The jQuery UI DatePicker widget is highly configurable and full of features, and I use it in my applications whenever I can. In this article, we will see how to localize the DatePicker based on the value selected from an ASP.NET DropDownList.
Using Basic File I/O in Visual Basic 2010
(Paul Kimmel) I get so caught up in writing about the latest and greatest features that I have to remind myself that everyday there are new developers popping up and the seemingly simple is not always simple to them, yet. Going to User Group meetings and conferences helps remind me of this. After a
Why enumerator structs are a really bad idea
(Simon Cooper) If you’ve ever poked around the .NET class libraries in Reflector, you probably would have noticed that the generic collection classes all have implementations of their IEnumerator as a struct rather than a class. As you will see, this design decision has some rather unfortunate side
Validation in Linq to SQL and ASP.NET
(John Charles Olamendy) One important aspect of every enterprise application is the validation of business rules. In this article, I will show how to add business rules to Linq to SQL data model default set of schemas. When we define a LINQ to SQL data model, we will automatically have a default set
Exploring Javascript’s eval() Capabilities And Closure Scoping
(Ben Nadel) A little while ago, while working on the jQuery Template Markup Language (JTML) code, I used Javascript’s Function() constructor to compile template markup and found out that it doesn’t create a closure to the context in which it was executed. I blogged about this and was promptly told t
Visual Studio 2010: How to understand the domain using UML designers
(Jennifer Marsman) Visual Studio 2010 can help you understand your problem domain so that you are more likely to solve the right problem. An excellent tool to accomplish this understanding is UML (Unified Modeling Language). The standard notation of UML is an effective way to share diagrams among
