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April 2006 - Posts

MSFP (including Diect Push) Now Available for Verizon Treo 700w Customers

Posted Friday, April 21, 2006 1:02 PM by rjdudley
Direct push e-mail is now available for Treo 700w users--the MSFP has been released! w00t! There's also an updated Picsel PDF viewer. Maybe this one works. And, that little bug where the internet connection os closed after POP mail is retrieved is apparently Read More...
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Stop Using DatePart for Formatting Dates!

Posted Monday, April 17, 2006 10:18 PM by rjdudley
If you're still formatting dates as such: lblDate.text = datepart("d",Now) & "/" & datepartt("m",now) & "/" & datepart("yyyy",now) then stop this instant! Step away from the keyboard and no one gets hurt. There are better ways in ASP.NET Read More...
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Review: ASP.NET 2.0 Cookbook

Posted Monday, April 17, 2006 10:16 PM by rjdudley
This is a short review because about 85% of the book is code samples. ASP.NET 2.0 Cookbook is divided into 21 chapters, covering topics ranging from Master Pages, error handling and web parts. The major improvements in ASP.NET 2.0 are in here, including Read More...
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Web Application Settings in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:38 PM by rjdudley
My latest ASP Alliance article has been published: ASP.NET 2.0 brought about a number of improvements in the way configuration settings are stored and accessed. Several new configuration sections have been added to the web.config schema, settings can Read More...
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BADNUG Reminder: Custom Server Controls on April 20th

Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:03 PM by rjdudley
Join us as Tony Casale of Communifax discusses developing custom server controls and HTTP Handlers in VS 2005. We'll meet from 6-8 pm at Communifax HQ; directions can be found at www.communifax.com . Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! Read More...
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Google Calendar launches

Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 7:46 PM by rjdudley
The arrival of AJAXy Web 2.0 apps continues... Chris Sherman at SearchEngineWatch.com has an overview: http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3598681 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...
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Free Online HTML Validator

Posted Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:39 AM by rjdudley
I've used CSE HTML Validator for quite some time. I started with ther free version, and upgraded to the full version after using it for a while. They've recently released a free online HTML validator, based on their Lite version engine. Find it at http://onlinewebcheck.com/ Read More...
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cache-control: no store to prevent page review

Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 5:45 PM by rjdudley
In my article on Preventing Page Review After Logout With Forms Authentication , I talked about several HTTP headers that can be used to direct browsers not to cache pages locally. In one comment, a reader said they had used the article's code, but Firefox Read More...
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Pittsburgh MSDN Event: Boost your Productivity with Visual Studio® 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0

Posted Tuesday, April 04, 2006 5:01 PM by rjdudley
Pittsburgh MSDN Event, May 25 1pm-5pm at Carmike 10 Theater on Fort Couch Rd. With the productivity enhancements in Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0, you'll spend less time coding and more time focusing on actually getting the job done. First, Read More...
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Free Download: Virtual Server 2005 R2

Posted Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:12 PM by rjdudley
This used to cost bucks, but it's now free. Why? As Microsoft releases its Windows hypervisor technology in the Windows Server "Longhorn" wave, customers will be receiving the benefits of virtualization as part of the Windows Server operating system. Read More...
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Column Settings Not Working When Exporting From Crystal Reports To Excel

Posted Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:45 PM by rjdudley
I received an e-mail in regards to my article Exporting to Excel in Crystal Reports .NET - Perfect Excel Exports : I have crystal reports that are displayed in PDF or Excel format from an ASP.NET application. The reports are displaying, my only problem Read More...
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