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Copying an instance of a class object
I recently had a need to copy the instance of a fairly complex class object. More specifically what wanted was to load and instance of the object, from a data source. The object had about 40 properties some of which where collections of other classes...
Consuming web services from AJAX, be careful.
As you are probably aware AJAX has made it very easy to consume web services asynchronously from the browser. If you are not aware of how to do this here some great resources, on how to do it Understanding ASP.NET AJAX Web Service Proxies - Dan Wahlin...
Posted: Dec 05 2007, 09:47 AM by tlaughlin | with no comments
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Select Distinct on Datatable
I was trying to select some distinct rows from a DataSet datatable. After consulting Google and finding very little I finally found Erik Porter's blog entry . Which a great resource if you are using .NET 1.0 or .NET 1.1 which makes sense since he...
Posted: Oct 31 2007, 12:37 PM by tlaughlin | with no comments
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ASP.NET Listbox missing selecteditems property
I found an announce today while creating a VB.NET, ASP.net application. I needed a to determine the items selected in a ListBox control which has it's SelectionMode="Multiple" property set. However, ListBox doesn't have a selecteditems...
Debugging an installer class in VB.NET
Today was was trying to debug some code in at Installer class. Basically the code would read a sql script and create a new database. Of course I needed to debug the code within the installer class, but I couldn't seem to find a way to get my breakpoints...
Building your own collections in VB.NET
I seem to forget this very simple way of building a collection of class objects. Maybe it my days of VB 6, the days before inheritance. Whatever the case, if I write down maybe I will remember. If I help someone else then even better. Create your Class...
Posted: Apr 29 2007, 04:47 PM by tlaughlin | with no comments
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Webbrowser Control with Frames and multiple DocumentCompleted event firing
Back when I started this blog I had all the good intentions of keeping up with it. Adding post daily. Then of course life got in the way and I haven't posted in a while. However, today I was doing some work with the webbrowser control in VB.NET, for a...
Workflow Foundation, cool but complicated
I have begun a project that is going to utilize Microsoft Work Flow Foundation. Over, I think this technology is going to have a lot to offer. But being an earlier adopter isn't easy. The framework is very powerful and seems to be very expandable. But...
Embedding an icon into your EXE or DLL
In writing smaller self contained application you may not want to go through effort of utilization a resource file in VB.NET. Instead you may want to embed your graphical resources directly into your EXE or DLL. To this is very easy on you have the correct...
Nullable Generic Structure
I discovered a small gem within the .net 2.0 framework, system.nullable. This structure takes a parameter of the underlying data type you want to use. So for example you can now set a integer to nothing rather then setting it some value and trying to...
XPath with Namespace in VB.NET
I was working a Google Map api project and I ran into XML syntax that a Namespace on the root element. <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0"> When this document is loaded in to the xmlDocument and tried use the selectsinglenode function and...
InfoPop to Community Server worked!
My first conversion form InfoPop to Community Server was successful! NOAH is up and running. The UI is not very customized, but the content goes back years, longer than Community Server has been around. All went well and really no major issues. The password...
LLBL Gen Pro, you should take a look at this product.
I have been using LLBL Gen Pro for a few years now. I must say it is the best O/R Mapper I have ever used. If you have not used LLBL Gen Pro I highly recommend you take a look at the product. Basically the tool has a well designed GUI that you use to...
Posted: Nov 30 2006, 12:26 PM by tlaughlin | with no comments
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InfoPop to Community Server Conversion
Well it is official, I will be converting my first InfoPop to Community Server site next weekend! I will be using the Community Server MVP's Migrator Project with my own provider. Over all my provider works, user experience and configuration leave something...
Google Gadget for Community Server Forum Statistics
I have written a Google Gadget to display the Forum Statistics from a Community Server 2.1 site. This is hopefully the first in my collection of Google Gadget for Community Server. If you are interested in trying it on your own site dowload it here: Tlaughlin_CS_GoogleGadget_v_1_0_0_0...