I see a lot on forums and newsgroups that Session variables are constantly recommended to pass state between ASP.NET pages. Yes, it is simple mechanism, reliable with out-of-process modes and really nice to customize with the providers. Session is very familiar for developers working with various web technologies (not just Microsoft ones), and one ...

I've replied a lot to these questions lately.  I'm not going to go to very deep with this, Scott Hanselman has excellent post covering this, see that: How to set an IIS Application or AppPool to use ASP.NET 3.5 rather than 2.0 http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetAnIISApplicationOrAppPoolToUseASPNET35RatherThan20.aspx Simple way ...

I promised to spread the word. :-) Phil and his peers have a developer event, DDD Ireland, in Ireland on 3rd of May. And here's the "official poster" :-) Developer Event? Ah go on, go on, go on. Check it out at www.DDDIreland.com

 Shell MegaPack.Net 2008 recreates the entire Windows Explorer file & folder browsing UI functionality in your app in just a couple of seconds. Consisting of a folder tree control, a file/folder list control and a drive-selection control, it completely mimics the Windows Explorer UI including Thumbnail, Detail & Group View, ...

My MSDN for VS2008 started suddenly to raise this error. and I had no idea why. This occurred on my home machine which is XP Pro with latest upgrades.  I tried following steps: - I uninstalled and reinstalled entire MSDN Library for VS2008 - I tried to repair IE (basically by reinstalling IE7) - I even deleted everything from ...

Looking at the web service factory more I see some possible value.  I had problems installing the version with source,  but it turns out that it was my directory structure.  I initially used My Documents to store the project and the documentation does mention that you might get this error.  Apparently my brain was thinking ...

I posted about this some time ago. My previous post: Potential solution for "Validation of viewstate MAC failed" http://aspadvice.com/blogs/joteke/archive/2007/08/14/Potential-solution-for-_2200_Validation-of-viewstate-MAC-failed_2200_.aspx And the original one: ASP.NET 2.0 and "Validation of ViewState Mac failed" ...

Telerik, a leading vendor of developer tools and components for .NET, is happy to present Sitefinity CMS v3.2 – a flexible, hassle-free development platform for the construction and management of websites, intranets, and community portals. Sitefinity v3.2 is the succeeding milestone in Telerik’s quest for a feature-rich web ...

The next DevConnections show is rolling into Orlando in April. This should be a great show, including a couple of pre-conference workshops that Steve Walther and I will be presenting on ASP.NET AJAX. Don't miss lots of other exciting sessions and the keynotes by Scott Guthrie and other Microsofties as well as the numerous third party ...

Los Angeles, CA - In a spectacular production that felt right at home in the land of motion pictures, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, Mr. Steve Ballmer, on Wednesday addressed a capacity crowd at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles to usher in the era of Windows Server 2008. Using 3 dimensional powerpoint slides, no less than 6 video cameras, ...