(Kris Hadlock) The Web is the most efficient way to distribute information to the largest amount of people in the shortest period of time. Any time you have a large group of people, you usually have some diversity. Diversities are important to keep in mind if you care about your application’s users.
Tag: Development
Building an ASP.NET Note Taking Application
(John Peterson) I’ve worked with computers and technology pretty much all my life and can’t really imagine running a business without them. That being said… when it comes to my personal life, I never seem to learn. Before I get to the code, let me take a minute and relate the inspiration behind th
Creating Custom Configuration Sections in Web.config Using .NET 2.0’s Configuration API
(Scott Mitchell) Most ASP.NET applications include a number of configuration settings, such as connection strings, mail server settings, system-wide default settings, and so forth. While these settings could be hard-coded in the source code, it’s usually a wiser idea to place them in a configuration
Creating VB.NET Public Methods That Accept Optional Arguments
(Bill Hatfield) When you create a public method that will be frequently used by a variety of different clients in many different contexts, it is best to provide as much flexibility in the ways your method can be called as possible. Specifically, some clients may wish to call your method using only a
Bulk Uploader in ASP.NET 2.0
(Munir Shaikh) In my previous article I had made use of to upload file, in asp.net we have new server side control called as “FileUpload control”
The Answers (and the Questions) in the Hunt for Data Quality
(Robert Heidenreich) Do you know the answers to the seven key questions concerning data quality? Let’s face it, data integrity is a monumental problem for business-to-business marketers – a problem that is often ignored. Without good data, however, your organization can’t make decisions about to
Using Includes in VBScript
(Nilpo) There is one very useful feature missing from both VB and VBScript—the ability to have includes. Includes allow you to create code snippets in separate files and import them into your script at runtime. We’re going to create a cool work around to allow us to use them.
CodeSnip: Uploading Multiple Files At Once
(Haissam Abdul Malak) I’m sure that you have seen a lot of examples about how to upload multiple files using multiple instances of the HtmlInputFile (ASP.NET 1.1) or the FileUpload control (ASP.NET 2.0). What I tried to do in this article is to provide a way to upload multiple files using one instan
How to assign Text and Values to Items in an Unbound List Based Control
(Scott Lysle) The purpose of this article is to discuss the construction of a couple of simple custom controls that extend both the Combobox and the Listbox controls to allow them to associate both a text and a value property with each item in the control’s list. Both controls will normally allow th
Create powerful interfaces by combining ASP.NET 2.0 data controls
(Tony Patton) The past several columns have covered a selection of ASP.NET 2.0 data controls: GridView, DetailsView, and FormView. In this article, I combine the data controls to provide a drill down option for the GridView control, giving users a more detailed look at individual data rows.
