If you're like me, you don't like rewriting/copy & pasting validation code for controls that we use all the time. This enticed me to build a collection of these common controls that I can reuse in every application and save myself from a lot of typing. Thus the birth of JmhCommonControl. Currently, the JmhCommonControl assembly consists of 6 controls: NameEntry, PhoneNumber, SocialSecurity, Url, ZipCode, and CustomTextBox. Continue reading for information on each of these. ...
As part of a project I'm working on, I have the need to generate PDF documents "on the fly" and then render them back to the browser. I was already aware of a dll module that provided this functionality, available at iTextSharp | Get iTextSharp at SourceForge.net so I thought I'd post a quick blog about how to get it working. Firstly, you need to place the .dll file in the bin directory of your application / website. I then created a new .aspx page, ...
I posted this as a thread in the ASP Development forum, but now that we have a blog here, I felt this would be a more suitable place for it Introduction Although many developers are aware of the importance of application security, many do not know the first place to begin. This will serve as a guide to help you make your ASP application more secure. Using MS Access Database Many developers choose to use Microsoft Access as the backend to their application. ...
I currently work for an organization that still widely uses Internet Explorer 6. We have only a few machines with IE7 installed. This means that until all computers have been converted, those of us on the development team must develop for both browsers. I recently ran into an issue using the modal popup, that only appeared in IE6. On the intial page load, when I call the Show() method of the ModalPopupExtender, everything appears fine. It is only after a postback that the problem occurs. ...
After I upgraded to Windows Server 2008, I was unable to remotely log in via Remote Desktop. The client machine I'm trying to connect from is Windows XP SP2. When I tried from a Vista machine, everything worked fine. Here's how I solved the "username or password is incorrect" problem: First off, I noticed that the Routing and Remote Access service wasn't started on the server. To resolve this, do the following: 1. Click Start, point to Programs ...