Was writing some XSLT for an Umbraco site recently, needed a copyright block in the footer so thought i’d just use the standard © syntax to add the copyright symbol, ©. When I tried to save the file, I got…

Ever had a long webpage with validation that fails on postback but returns the user to the top of the page instead of where you want them? Annoying isnt it. Well in .Net Framework 2.0 (yes it’s been there a…

Need to know which specific control posted back to your page? (Original article at http://geekswithblogs.net/mahesh/archive/2006/06/27/83264.aspx) /// <summary> /// Tells us which control posted back /// </summary> /// <returns></returns> public Control getPostBackControlName() { Control control = null; //first we will check…

Searching google turned up nothing on this so did some digging in MSDN and worked out a method of disabling all the style sheets, javascript etc to produce a text only page: 1/ Add a content block to your master…

I recently had a problem on a job where no matter what we did, we could not control the left/right balance programmatically on two specific PC’s. We tried using various methods: Windows Media player API DirectSound APi WinMM.dll Praying None…

One way to get yourselves rated better in the search engines is to get rid of the basic aspx page and replace it with something much more descriptive so this article goes on how to use URLrewriting in your project.

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Add META keywords and Description in ASP.NET Here is the syntax for programmatically adding META tags to an ASP.NET 2.0 page. HtmlMeta metaDesc = new HtmlMeta(); metaDesc.Name = “description”; metaDesc.Content = “Tips on roasting coffee at home”; Page.Header.Controls.Add(metaDesc); HtmlMeta metaKey…

My previous article which you can find at http://blog.xploiter.com/index.php/2009/01/16/socket-programming-in-c-using-the-built-in-libraries-a-fully-working-production-example-part-1/ covered the creation of a solid production ready Socket Server written in C#. I promised to follow up with part 2 which would be a suitable client so without further ado, here we go

One of the things i’ve noticed over the last few months in particular is the lack of decent programming examples in C# for a suitable client/server socket solution that just works! I was working on a contract that needed a robust and stable communications mechanism between multiple PC’s on a closed network for a Railway Simulator and Aircraft Simulator I was working on.