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Exception/Error Logging in Asp.Net Using log4net – PART 2

10/20/2012 12:10:09 AM

In Part 1 of this article series, we have seen some of the basic configurations of log4net framework to configure error logging in Asp.Net applications. The log4net framework is designed in such a way so that we can customize it to any level to fit in our needs. In this part, we will see more about customizing the log4net framework which will be more useful in real time applications.

Exception/Error Logging in Asp.Net Using log4net-PART 1

5/20/2012 6:25:30 AM

Logging is one of the most inevitable parts of any application we develop. Any application when deployed to production should have a proper logging framework that can log the errors to a viable source in order to get more information about the error for debugging purposes.In this article, we will see how to integrate and use log4net logging framework in ASP.Net applications.

Upload Images and Integrate with CKeditor in Asp.Net

4/6/2012 11:55:08 PM

CKeditor is one of the most widely used WYSIWYG editors for web applications. Overtime, the CKeditor continued to evolve by adding new features that made HTML text editing a lot easier.When using a WYSIWYG editor, we will often need to upload image to server and embed it in the HTML content. In this article, let’s see how we can upload image to our website and embed it in CKeditor without using the above paid solutions.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for ASP.Net Sites

3/30/2012 7:24:05 AM

This artile will list some of the search engine optimzation techniques for asp.net websites.

Highlight Input Controls when Validation fails in Asp.Net Validator controls

10/8/2011 1:51:04 AM

Asp.Net control set has a set of validation controls that offers input validations without writing a line of code. Often the functionalities provided by the validation controls are suffice to satisfy the validation requirements in our projects.

Sorting in Asp.Net ListView control - Binding in CodeBehind

9/22/2011 9:59:55 PM

My previous article, Sorting in ListView control in Asp.Net - Using DataSource controls demonstrated sorting on the ListView data when using datasource controls. In a real world application, most of the time we will end binding the ListView control ourselves without depending on the datasource controls for variety of reasons. Moving forward, let’s understand how to deal with this challenge and implement a working sorting feature on the ListView control when manually binding the data from codebe

Sorting in ListView control in Asp.Net - Using DataSource controls

9/22/2011 7:57:12 AM

ListView control is one of the most preferred and powerful databound controls when it comes to displaying data. ListView control allows developers to customize the data display to any layout in addition to its inbuilt capabilities like CRUD support, sorting and paging with very less code. Moving forward, let’s understand how to develop sorting feature in the ListView control when using DataSource control along with ListView control.

Image Cropping in ASP.Net Using jQuery and jCrop

4/10/2011 10:01:30 AM

Image cropping is a technique where a portion of a larger image can be selected and cropped from the original image. This cropped image can then be used separately for our use. There are large numbers of software available for this type of image editing like Microsoft paint, Picture manager etc. At times, we may want to provide a feature where we can allow our website users to upload an image and crop a part of the image from the original image. Moving forward, let’s understand how to achieve th

Resolve Image URL from Master Page and Content Page in Different Folder in ASP.Net– URL Rebasing

4/7/2011 8:43:22 AM

It is obvious that we will segregate the related files in different subfolders in our project solution. Sometimes, we may organize the files based file types, or based on the project modules, etc. This brings in some complexities when you want to link a file (IMG, hyperlink, etc) in different folder using its path. Most often, we face issues when we are displaying images or adding hyperlinks in master page when the target image or page is in different folder. Moving forward, let see more about t

HttpUtility Methods in Asp.Net

4/5/2011 9:16:23 AM

HttpUtility is the class library provided by the Asp.Net consists of set of methods which are useful in developing web applications. The utility mainly provides methods for encoding and decoding urls useful for processing Web Requests. In this article I will be explaining in detail about each method by quoting some real time scenarios where actually these methods are useful

Understanding Web Security Vulnerabilities and Preventing it in ASP.Net Applications

3/31/2011 9:11:44 AM

Internet has become one of the most important and widely used communication medium in this modern world. Be it knowledge gathering or information sharing or social networking, internet plays a vital role. Since everything is automated and people wants everything to be done sitting in front of the computer, the internet age has also brought more threats and security nightmares on our web assets in the form of hackers, spammers and automated bots and viruses.

Import/Upload Excel Sheet data to Sql Server in C# and Asp.Net

3/25/2011 10:28:46 AM

At times, we may have requirement where we need to upload the data in a excel sheet to a SQL server table. Moving forward, let’s understand how to perform bulk upload of the data in excel sheet to SQL server table in ASP.Net.

Introduction to Web Platform Installer (WebPI) and Using WebPI in Command Prompt

3/23/2011 8:57:18 AM

It is a free tool offered by Microsoft that automates the process of preparing the web development environment. It can be thought as some sort of download manager but WebPI as such is functionally more than that. Apart from downloading the packages, it even takes care of installing it with their dependencies and also configuring it. Read more..

B- Ball, C- Cat, D – dog: - Learning (REGEX) regular expression the easy way.

3/23/2011 8:36:24 AM

Regex has been the most popular and easiest way of writing validations. The only big problem with regex has been the cryptic syntax. Developers who are working on projects with complicated validation always refer some kind of cheat sheet to remember the syntaxes and commands.

What is NuGet? How to use NuGet?

3/21/2011 8:58:53 AM

NuGet is a Visual Studio 2010 extension that makes it easy to add, remove, and update libraries and tools in Visual Studio projects that use the .NET Framework. We will see more about this plugin in this article.

What is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack? How to prevent XSS attack in ASP.Net?

3/18/2011 8:20:24 AM

Cross-Site scripting which is commonly called XSS attack is a vulnerability that can be found on any web applications. Using this vulnerability, an attacker can take advantage on your application and insert some malicious script that will get executed automatically to accomplish whatever the attacker wants. Moving forward, let’s understand the XSS attack and the ways to prevent XSS attack in ASP.Net applications.

Implementing Ajax History In Asp.Net 3.5 Ajax

3/8/2011 7:01:25 AM

We know that when we open an internet site and move from one site to another site ¬the browser maintains the history of pages visited so that when the user clicks on back and forward buttons on top he can go to the previous sites/pages visited. Earlier it was not possible to maintain history for asynchronous postbacks done using updatepanel and scriptmanager. Now the enhancements in Asp.Net 3.5 ajax extension made the developers job easy to maintain the browser history for asynchronous postbacks

Using Microsoft Chart control in ASP.Net 3.5

3/4/2011 11:55:53 PM

Reporting is one of the crucial parts of any data oriented application. These reporting often provide a visual understanding of the business by consolidating the data and sometimes, it also helps to understand it in-depth by drilling down the reports. Moving forward, let’s see how to use this chart control in ASP.Net application.

Doing Bulk Upload/Insert of DataTable to a Table in SQL server in C#

2/25/2011 7:07:11 AM

There will be requirements where we need to import the content of a DataTable object to a table in SQL server. Normally, we will do this by forming separate insert query for each data row in DataTable and firing it over the SQL server using ADO.Net.

Asynchronous Access To WebServices using ScriptManager in Asp.Net Ajax

2/21/2011 7:20:58 AM

Normally when we want to access the webservices asynchronously using javascript, we need to write the client side javascript framework which runs some hundreds of lines of code. This makes the developer job tougher with the issues like mantainence, exception handling and requires many man hours to achieve this. Microsoft Ajax framework provides the utilities via ScriptManager to access the webservices from javascript code. Using the ScriptManager of the Microsoft Ajax the developer job is made e