ASP.NET Image Uploading (part I)
Is image uploading different from simply file uploading? No, but when creating an image uploading functionality you usually have to perform more operation, than if you application were to receive text files only.
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21 August 2008
Static Page Methods Instead of Web Services in ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
As you may already know, it is required to create a web service to make use of some ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit controls. However, you can use static methods of your pages instead, you just have to mark them with the System.Web.Services.WebMethod attribute and not set the ServicePath parameter in the ACT controls.
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17 August 2008
.aspx extension instead of .php? WHY???
This story is not a debate on "ASP.NET vs PHP", but this story is about the people who develop their web applications with PHP, but pretend that they are using ASP.NET. Yes, such people do really exist. I came across their posts in the forums, where they said that or asked how to change the extension of PHP scripts to .aspx.
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15 August 2008
Creating Linked Drop-Down Lists with the CascadingDropDown Control
Creating dependant drop-down lists is a very common task, for example, when making a registration form, you usually have to add a country and a state fields, the contents of the state drop-down depends on the selected item in the country drop down field. Actually, it's not so difficult to implement that with the standard controls of ASP.NET
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13 August 2008
ASP.NET TreeView and Checkboxes
Although the TreeView control is a very powerful one, there are some pitfalls that you can run into when using it. One of the most popular problem is using checkboxes in TreeView. Despite the fact that you can enable checkboxes by setting ShowCheckBoxes="All" you still have to write a lot of JavaScript code to make it work properly. Here is a better solution
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11 August 2008
Paradox of Open Source Software
Everybody knows the benefits of the open source software. Of course, the main benefit is the availability of the source code and the licence that allows us to perform he modifications and to distribute the derived product. The availability of the source code makes us think that the source code should be perfect. However this is not always true.
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9 August 2008
Is Microsoft Losing Publicity War?
I guess it's not a secret to anyone that many people complain about Vista, they simply hate it, they post negative comments on the web forums and so on. But are those complaints reasonable?
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5 August 2008
Useful Live Writer Plug-Ins for Developers
Although Windows Live Writer is a great tool that simplifies the life of every blogger it doesn't has all the needed features by default. Hopefully there are many plug-ins.
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4 August 2008

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