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March 2008 - Posts

Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:31 PM

Ready-Made Delegates in .NET 2.0

Sometimes while writing your code you need to create new delegates to meet your specific project requirements to call specific methods. Before directly opening a new CS or VB class and start adding new delegates, make sure to check the read-made delegates
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Friday, March 28, 2008 11:54 AM

Microsoft - LebDev Visual Studio and Windows Server 2008 Community Launch

Today we had the LebDev user group version of the Community Launch for Visual Studio 2008 and Windows Server 2008 at the Gefinor - Rotana Hotel - Hamra. The session started at 6 and lasted for 3 hours. Maral Topalian delivered a session on Windows Server
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:22 PM

Intellisense with Client-side Proxy Classes in AJAX

I was trying to find out how to enable JavaScript Intellisense for webservices' client-side proxy classes when we are accessing client-proxy classes in external JS files? I couldn't find a simpler solution than to: Run the application Download the client-side
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:37 AM

AJAX Client Library Presentation @ Microsoft Office

Yesterday I delivered a session on ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0 - Client Library. This presentation was part of a two-days free training Wessam Zeidan ( www.wessamzeidan.net ) and I delivered for a selected group of the Lebanese developers that are
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:25 AM

Client Application Services Part 3

My third article in the series of articles on Client Application Services is now published on www.aspalliance.com . This is the last article in the aforementioned series! Hope you enjoy it! You can check it at: Client Application Services Part 3 ( http://aspalliance.com/1597_Client_Application_Services__Part_3
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:42 AM

Nested MasterPage Not Firing Page_Load Event

I faced a situation today where I am trying to attach to the page_load event of a child nested master page to load some data on the master page itself. The event was not firing at all. Later on I figured out that the AutoEventWireup property on the Page
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:10 AM

RowIndex inside ListView_ItemDataBound event

If you need to access DataKeys of a ListView from inside the ItemDataBound you need to use the ListViewDataItem class. The ListViewDataItem class represents an individual data item in the ListView control. Every data item refers to a record in the data
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Monday, March 24, 2008 9:19 PM

Using The Silverlight DataGrid

A very nice walkthrough on using the new Silverlight DataGrid can be reached here: Using The Silverlight DataGrid ( http://blogs.msdn.com/scmorris/archive/2008/03/21/using-the-silverlight-datagrid.aspx ). This tutorial is by Scott Morrison ( http://blogs.msdn.com/scmorris/
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Monday, March 24, 2008 9:16 PM

ASP.NET MVC Source Code Now Available

Scott Guthrie announced few days ago that the ASP.NET MVC Source Code is now available on www.codeplex.com In fact, MSFT opened up a new ASP.NET CodePlex project ( http://codeplex.net/aspnet ) to share the source code of several ASP.NET related upcoming
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Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:00 PM

Happy Easter

I want to wish you a Happy Easter for all those who had their easter yesterday! May this easter bring you the hope, love, safety, and prosperity! Happy Easter! Regards
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:40 AM

Happy Mother's Day

This is a very special day for me! In Lebanon, it is Mother's Day today! I want to wish first of all my lovely mother, Lebanese mothers, mothers' of the world, a Happy Mother's Day! God keep you safe always! Bilal
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Monday, March 17, 2008 11:54 PM

Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0

Mike Volodarsky has a new article on using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0. Check it here: Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0 ( http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/387/using-visual-studio-2008-with-iis-70/ ) Hope this helps, Regards
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Monday, March 17, 2008 11:34 PM

LINQ Framework Design Guidelines

There is a very good resource on LINQ design guidelines that you can read more on it here: LINQ Framework Design Guidelines ( http://blogs.msdn.com/mirceat/archive/2008/03/13/linq-framework-design-guidelines.aspx ) Hope it helps, Regards
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Friday, March 14, 2008 11:03 AM

Source Code Converters from Tangible Software Solutions

I received an email from Tangible Software Solutions informing me of their new releases of the C# --> VB.NET and VB.NET --> converters. I have been using their converter for a good time and they were always powerful! With the new releases they have
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Monday, March 10, 2008 10:56 AM

Client Application Services - Articles

Two new articles have been published for on the www.aspalliance.com . The two new articles are part of the 3-article series on Client Application Services. CLAS allow you to access the ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services from within Windows Client applications.
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:00 AM

IIS7 Managed Module Starter Kit

I have discovered today a very nice starter kit that helps developers develop a custom .NET managed module to be installed on IIS 7.0. You find the starter kit here: IIS7 Managed Module Starter Kit( http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1302
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:35 PM

ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview

ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview is now updated, more information can be found here: http://www.asp.net/downloads/3.5-extensions/ Quickstarts also has been updated: http://quickstarts.asp.net/3-5-extensions/default.aspx Hope this helps, Regards
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:09 PM

Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Now Available!

Silverlight 2 Beta 1 is now available!! You can download from here: Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 Here are some good links: asp:MediaPlayer and asp:Silverlight controls update Islands of Richness with Silverlight on an ASP.NET
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:54 PM

ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 tutorials

Here is a great post by Scott Hanselman where he provides links to download 4 valuable screencasts on the ASP.NET Preview 2. You can check it out at: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVCPreview2ScreencastTutorials.aspx Hope this helps, Regards
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Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:59 PM

Microsoft.Web.Administration API

In IIS 7.0, you can use one the following 4 ways to configure the IIS 7.0 settings configuration system: IIS 7.0 Manager tool. appcmd.exe command-line tool. Microsoft.Web.Administration managed API. Manual editing for the ApplicationHost.config file.
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