(Shaun Eutsey) Since SmartPageNavigation has gone to the wayside, there has been no real, non-AJAX way of eliminating the flash when a postback occurs. This code snippet will explain how to eliminate the page flash without using AJAX.

(Tony Patton) The arrival of the .NET Framework 2.0 introduced many features, including the new build process driven by the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild). This article offers an overview of the tool, along with basic examples.

(Alan Schlukbier) Sometimes I really find it difficult to understand some of the attitudes of large IT shops. It seems that they never have enough time and money to do things right the first time but always have plenty of time and money to do it over and over and over again. Businesses don’t have th

(Richard Newcombe) The VB6 IDE was jam packed with little quirks and bugs; many were fixed with the release of service packs. Almost any program, no matter how big or small, has bugs and quirks. I am going to cover a few that have been found and have personally checked. You also are going to look at

(Larry Ullman) With more and more personal information being stored on the Web—credit card data, social security numbers, maiden names, favorite pets—today’s PHP developer cannot afford to be ignorant when it comes to security. Sadly, most beginning programmers fail to understand the truth about sec

(Joe Duffy) This column is less about the mechanics of a common language runtime (CLR) feature and more about how to efficiently use what you’ve got at your disposal. Selecting the right data structures and algorithms is, of course, one of the most common yet important decisions a programmer must ma

(Colleen Frye) .NET developers that want to adopt more agile development methodologies, while still towing the line with their project management offices, may soon begin to tap into templates available with Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

(Jacob Klint) A common task I’ve run across is the need to export a DataTable to an Excel spreadsheet. It’s a great way to distribute reports, etc. to users. It also seems like an obvious translation, considering the way that DataSets are usually presented in DataGrid controls.

(IssaharNoam) Several months ago, I invested several days’ work to find how to implement the multiline combobox in VS8 DataGridView control. I found several solutions but they didn’t fit my needs. I wanted something very simple. And I found it by using Owner Draw approach—just drawing a multicolumn

(Irina Medvinskaya) This tip shows how the Date object provides for simple manipulation, which allows you to add and subtract date/time values in VB.NET.