Archive For May 2007
Basic file management with System.IO in ASP.NET
calendar_today 29 May 2007 12:37
Some basic file and folder management tasks that require the use of classes inside System.IO
VBScript to C# - Equivalent string functions
calendar_today 28 May 2007 21:18
A Cheat Sheet containing the VBScript string functions and their equivalent methods in C#.
C# Regular Expressions - the basics
calendar_today 24 May 2007 22:01
The is a brief overview of the main classes and methods in the System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace. It doesn't cover Regex patterns in any real depth at all, but gives an introduction to the power of regular expressions using C#.
How to read a remote web page with ASP.NET 2.0
calendar_today 21 May 2007 21:38
Two classes in the System.Net namespace make it very easy to obtain the html of a remote web page. These are the HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse. Here's a quick demo.
Splitting strings with C# and VB.NET
calendar_today 20 May 2007 20:21
Examples of splitting strings into arrays using C# and VB.Net, both with the String.Split() method, and the Regular Expressions Split() method.
C# Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet
calendar_today 19 May 2007 20:36
Cheat sheet for C# regular expressions metacharacters, operators, quantifiers etc
Programmatically accessing data from DataSource controls
calendar_today 16 May 2007 10:06
For the main part, the DataSource controls are incredibly easy to work with. You just drag them onto your page in Design View, wire them up to a connection and provide some kind of command (ad hoc sql query or the name of a stored procedure - saved query in Access), then link them to a databound control on the page using its DataSource property. Then you run the page and all your data appears. But what if you want to get at one or more values from the returned data to do something else with it, like display it in a control that doesn't expose a DataSource property?
VBScript Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet
calendar_today 14 May 2007 08:44
Metacharacters for use with VBScript regular expressions
Javascript functions for form fields
calendar_today 12 May 2007 22:54
A number of useful functions for accessing various properties and values of form fields.
Binding data to a DropDownList with ADO.NET
calendar_today 11 May 2007 22:35
Using ADO.NET to pull data from the Northwind database (Access version), using the saved query Current Product List.
Send form content by email in ASP.NET
calendar_today 10 May 2007 22:53
Using ASP.NET to send the contents of a form by email is a common requirement. This sample looks at generating an email using System.Net.Mail in both plain text and html format from a very basic Contact Us form.
ASP.NET and Ajax - using XmlHttpRequest
calendar_today 08 May 2007 17:32
If you are not interested in using the ASP.NET AJAX library offered for ASP.NET, but would like to feature small amounts of AJAX functionality on your pages, you can do this easily with some javascript and a receptive page.
AJAX and Classic ASP
calendar_today 06 May 2007 23:29
Using the xmlhttpserver object in javascript to request an asp page containing script to output text.
Analyse the tables and saved queries in an Access database with ADOX
calendar_today 06 May 2007 22:34
The following code will enumerate the tables and their properties, together with the queries in an Access database. Saved SELECT queries are referenced using the Views collection, and INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE queries are referenced from the Procedures collection.
How to highlight a GridView's row on hover
calendar_today 06 May 2007 20:50
As the user hovers over each row, it becomes highlighted, with the help of a small amount of javascript.
How to make an ASP.NET Table row highlight and become clickable
calendar_today 06 May 2007 20:38
For those people who like to output their data to an asp:Table, highlighting the entire row and making it clickable can make it obvious to the user that some action is expected from them. This emulates the behaviour that can be found in some desktop applications. All that's needed for this is a bit of javascript, and the use of AddAttributes() for the table rows.
How to center the content of a web page
calendar_today 05 May 2007 20:48
This question gets asked very often in the forums and newsgroups, and is very easy once you know how.
How to force a scrollbar for centered web pages
calendar_today 05 May 2007 20:45
If you have centered web pages, there can be times where the depth of content doesn't reach the bottom of the window browser, so no scroll bar appears. Navigating between long and short pages can give the appearance of the centered content "jumping" from side to side.
Include contents of an html page in an aspx page
calendar_today 05 May 2007 20:44
If you are creating a new ASP.NET application, but have a huge collection of existing content in html files, one option is to move all the content into a database and generate pages dynamically. However, migration to a database can be a time-consuming task depending on the volume of content. So wouldn't it be easier to somehow import the relevant parts of the existing html pages into your aspx page?
Javascript 24 hour clock
calendar_today 01 May 2007 22:54
A snippet for a javascript clock showing time in 24 hours with seconds
