.NET Strategies

How do I register a dll

2010-02-18T07:22:00.000-08:00

Open up the command window.
Go to Start | Run
Type in cmd
In the new dos window (for those of you that know dos), type in the regsvr32 [path and dll name]

So, it would look like this

regsvr32 c:\joe.dll

Excellent Linq resource for example linq statements

2010-02-16T10:52:00.001-08:00

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336760.aspx#WhereSimple1

Shoemoney system enrollment closed unless you have a secret code. Contact me if you want it.

2010-01-29T20:05:00.001-08:00

Ok, well, the signup limit of 500 people closed out in 29 hours. Not bad for a launch huh. Anyway, it's closed. Earlier we were sent information that there are 19 openings. Not sure why, maybe a couple of people opted out once they signed up. Anyway, it's a private registration and only existing members can invite new people into the system. Sooooo, if you are interested, please contact me using the "Need Help? Ask a webmaster" link in the top navigation. At that point, I'll send you a link with the secret passcode to sign up. Otherwise, you'll have to join the waiting list.

$2,000 in free Advertising coupons

2010-01-25T21:11:00.000-08:00

Ok, I know this post is a little out of sorts, but, I do work on the side making money. A lot of times it's making money by doing more programming. Sometimes I wonder if it will ever end. More hours equals more money, but I would like to take a break sometime.

Anyway, I've been doing affiliate marketing on the side to get some residual. After all, I've been building sites for everyone else to make some money, I might as well make some for me.

Well, I just signed up for the new ShoeMoney system (Yes, the guy with the $130,000 Adsense check from Google.) He's got this new video tutorial system that trains you how to make money. Granted it hasn't been long, but after following his blog, I've made $60. I'm looking for the training videos to make me a little more :) He's got a teacher on there that took the class and she's already banking a little extra cash.

Anyway, the system comes with $2,000 in Advertising coupons from Google, AOL, Facebook and many others. Essentially, the program pays for itself. Even if you're just looking to get free ad time, it's worth it. To check it out, go here.

.net join for arrays

2009-12-29T18:28:00.001-08:00

If you're used to the old way of converting an array into a comma delimited list, here's the new way(?). It's been there, but you may not have used it.

String.Join(",", array);

How do I add Head tags in .net using c#

2009-12-29T15:25:00.000-08:00

There are of course many tags you can use. Here are a couple to get you started... Also, don't forget to set the Title as well. (this.Header.Title = "this is the title";)

keywords
description
robots
date

HtmlMeta metatag = new HtmlMeta();
metatag.Name = "Description";
metatag.Content = "Here's a great description.";
this.Header.Conrols.Add(metatag);

OR, I like it this way...

HtmlMeta metatag = new HtmlMeta(){

Name = "Description",

Content = "Here's a great description.",

};

this.Header.Conrols.Add(metatag);

How do I urlencode in an aspx file

2009-12-18T20:54:00.000-08:00

I ran across this while using a repeater. Of course, it can occur in a datagrid as well. The data that's coming from the datasource has & signs and spaces. When the & comes across, and it's put into a query string as a parameter, it's not translated right when sent to the next page. So, I want to encode it so the request.querystring will work. Here's the solution:

%>" ><%# Eval("Artist") %>

type of conditional expression cannot be determined because there is no implicit conversion between null and bool

2009-12-15T07:04:00.000-08:00

Have you seen this?
Type of conditional expression cannot be determined because there is no implicit conversion between null and bool

I received this because I was doing an inline if statement (ternary I think) setting the value to a boolean. The boolean value I was setting was nullable. And, because I did want to set the value to null in some cases, this error was showing. To fix it, I just did the following (bool?)null. Then it all worked out

Favorite Visual Studio shortcut keys

2009-12-04T11:45:00.000-08:00

Stop Debugging: SHIFT + F5
View code in full screen mode: ALT + SHIFT + ENTER
Go to Definition: F12
Close Window: CTRL + F4

Telerik RadWindow Clicking on the link doesn't do anything

2009-12-03T11:44:00.000-08:00

Not sure if you encountered this before. Essentially, when using the Telerik RadControls RadWindow, specifically in this case the RadWindowManager and trying to use a modal window, there is an assumption I didn't realize. When you update your OpenerElementID you are supposed to set it to the id of the control whether it's a link, linkbutton, whatever. Well, initially, I set this to the ID of the control. In reality, it must be the actual ID of the control. To get this, load your page, then get the name via the HTML source.

How to get the date in a sql statement (TSQL)

2009-12-02T10:37:00.000-08:00

To get the date in a select statement, stored procedure, etc. You can use the getdate() function.
For example, you can do

Select getdate()

Getting the word out about this site

2009-12-02T06:33:00.001-08:00

Ok, here's where we get a little bit selfish. But, wanted to get more traffic, so we added ourselves to yousaytoo.com. If you want to know more about it go here:

Make Money Blogging

the string must be a non-nullable value type in order to use it as a parmeter 'T' in the generic type or method 'System.Nullable'

2009-12-01T13:22:00.000-08:00

Nullable type as a generic parameter possible? - Stack Overflow: "Change the return type to Nullable, and call the method with the non nullable parameter"

Difference between System.DateTime.Now and System.DateTime.Today

2009-11-30T12:59:00.000-08:00

Per Microsoft:
Because it returns the current date without the current time, the Today property is suitable for use in applications that work with dates only. For details, see Choosing Between DateTime, DateTimeOffset, and TimeZoneInfo. In contrast, the TimeOfDay property returns the current time without the current date, and the Now property returns both the current date and the current time.

How do you add drop down items to a drop down which uses a datasource

2009-11-25T19:00:00.000-08:00

Ran into this the other day. I'm filling a drop down (combo box) from the code behind using a datasource. But, the data source of course doesn't include a default or empty value for the top of the list. So, what do you do?

What you can do is on the aspx file add the attribute AppendDataBoundItems="true".
Once you have added this attribute to the drop down (combo box), you can add a new drop down item to the combo box.
Example:

does not contain a definition for 'RadGridTradeOrders_NeedDataSource' and no extension method 'RadGridTradeOrders_NeedDataSource'

2009-11-23T07:17:00.000-08:00

I fixed this by going into the code behind of the aspx file and removed the line: onneeddatasource="RadGridTradeOrders_NeedDataSource"

I think this occurred because I was editing the a radgrid control by changing the data field name. Because my datasource was dynamic, changing this field caused the attribute above to be added automatically.

NOTE: I also believe that making custom changes in the source code (aspx) for this control causes unnecessary issues. Therefore, I would recommend using the design view to set properties on the telerik controls.

ASP.NET RSS Toolkit

2009-11-22T19:29:00.000-08:00

Research: "ASP.Net RSS Toolkit gives ASP.Net applications the ability to consume and publish to RSS feeds.

Features include:
RssDataSource control to consume feeds in ASP.NET applications
Works with ASP.NET data bound controls
Implements schema to generate columns at design time
Supports auto-generation of columns at runtime (via ICustomTypeDescriptor implementation)
Caching of downloaded feeds both in-memory and on-disk (persisted across process restarts)
Generation of strongly typed classes for feeds (including strongly typed channel, items, image, handler) based on a feed URL (the toolkit recognizes RSS, Atom and RDF feeds) or a file containing a sample feed. Allows programmatically download (and creation) of feeds using strongly-typed classes."

Reference: ASP.NET RSS Toolkit

RssFeed

2009-11-22T19:28:00.000-08:00

Research: "RssFeed is an open source custom ASP.NET server control that displays the contents of a specified RSS feed in an ASP.NET web page. This control was developed by Scott Mitchell in October 2003. You can see RssFeed in action at the Recommended Blogs section on 4GuysFromRolla.com. There are also some live demos of RssFeed with complete source available."
Reference: RssFeed

ASP 101 - An ASP.NET RSS Feed Reader

2009-11-22T19:24:00.000-08:00

Research: An ASP.NET RSS Feed Reader
If I was going to go through the trouble of doing this in ASP.NET, I was going to do it right and, while it is possible, I didn't want to call the COM objects that we used the first time around. This is .NET after all so naturally I wanted to use the .NET Framework's XmlDocument object. Aside from using the .NET object, this part of the script is basically the same. We create an XML object and load an XML file into it either from the remote server or from the file system."
Read More: ASP 101 - An ASP.NET RSS Feed Reader

Reading RSS Feeds with .NET

2009-11-22T19:23:00.000-08:00

Research: "RSS feed reader
A custom RSS Feed Reader can be developed in ASP.NET 2.0 targeting the feed: http://localhost/RSSFeeds/EmployeeDetails.aspx
ASP.NET 2.0
1. Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and create a 'Web Site' with name RSSFeedReader. After the project is created, right click on the project node and click on 'Add New Item'.
2. In the 'Add New Item' dialog box, select 'Web Form' and enter the name RSSRead.aspx in the 'Name' area and click on Add.
3. Open the 'Source' view of RSSRead.aspx."

Read More: Publishing And Reading RSS Feeds In ASP.NET

How do I loop through an enum

2009-11-17T13:40:00.000-08:00

It is so easy to create enums and reuse them in multiple projects. You can use them in many places, one of the most common is to use them in drop down lists. Here, we'll show you how to create an enum, how to access the values using a foreach, then how to use an enum to fill a drop down list in c#.

First, make sure you have an enum defined:

public enum DaysOfTheWeek

{
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday,
Sunday
}

Now that we have an enum, we would want to loop through it.

foreach(int value in System.Enum.GetValues(typeof(DaysOfTheWeek)))

{

//To access the index (0,1,2,3,4,5,6) use the variable value stated above

int intIndex = value;

//To access the text of the index, get the names

string strName = System.Enum.GetName(typeof(DaysOfTheWeek), value)

An example of filling a drop down list with enum values using the information above:

foreach(int value in System.Enum.GetValues(typeof(DaysOfTheWeek)))

{
//Create the lineitem so we can add it to an existing dropdown
ListItem liDay = new ListItem();

//To access the index (0,1,2,3,4,5,6) use the variable value stated above

liDay.Value = value.ToString();

//To access the text of the index, get the names
liDay.Text = System.Enum.GetName(typeof(DaysOfTheWeek), value)

//Add it to the drop down
ddlDaysOfTheWeek.Items.Add(liDay);

}

How do I add a theme to web.config file

2009-10-21T18:28:00.000-07:00

In the web.config file, look for the pages tag under web.config. Within the pages tag add the attribute "theme", then type in the name of your theme.

Here's an example:

Part Time Webmaster Launch

2009-08-29T08:02:00.001-07:00

We've launched another site. It's called Parttimewebmaster.com. Here, we discuss a random listing of events and topics that may come up about websites. Feel free to comment, post, whatever. Right now, we have a forum area as well to review topics on open source software, hosting or search engines, etc.

New Site launch! Jahbs.com

2009-08-01T22:42:00.001-07:00

We have launched a new site called jahbs.com. Here you can network with other professionals in your field, review jobs, write a blog, post pages, etc.

The BIG benefit and difference between this site and other sites is the following:
1. You can add Google Adsense code to your profile. When you post to your blog, your adsense code will display at the end of your blog. What does this mean. It means that each time you post a blog entry, you gain the chance of making money from Google ads.
2. You can post job opportunities online for FREE.

xslt exists - Why can't I use it?

2009-07-20T18:43:00.000-07:00

If you're looking to use the exists function for xslt and you can't figure out why it is a function that doesn't exist, there is a workaround. Instead of using try using This is the alternative workaround.