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ASP.NET: How To Add Paging On GridView Dynamically

2012-01-17T11:52:00.000+08:00

Because of busy schedule on my day job, my last post was 10 day ago. To make up for it, I'll discuss an ASP.NET coding technique today. My topic is How to use paging in GridView control. First you have to set AllowPaging property to true as shown below. And on the event "gridViewSample_PageIndexChanging" where gridViewSample is the name of your gridview, enter the following code after the jump

VB.NET: How To Refresh Items In ListView Or ListBox When Loading Huge Amount Of Data

2011-11-24T09:23:00.000+08:00

Take a look at the code below. The code tries to add 100000 items on a listbox. For i As Integer = 1 To 100000 ListBox1.Items.Add("This is item no. " & i) Next When you run the code above, you'll notice that your form freezes and all you can see is a blank listbox. What we really wanted to see is the items being added in real-time. How can we do that? simple. Copy the code after the jump.

C#: Read Emails Using IMAP

2011-11-11T10:01:00.000+08:00

I already covered how to read emails via POP3 protocol from my previous blog. If you prefer using IMAP then this article is for you. I'll be sharing the whole project files after the jump. First you need to download the ImapX Library from here. Although this library is already included on the shared link after the jump. Extract the library then add reference to it on your project. Next is to add

Automatically Find And Remove Unused References In Visual Studio 2010

2011-10-11T09:00:00.000+08:00

Typically developers include references as needed by their project. Sometimes when the project is done, there will be unused references left in the program code. With Reference Assistant installed, you don't have to manually find each unused references and delete them. This Visual Studio 2010 extension automatically locates all the references in the current project and shows the list. From the

Create Magnifying Lens Using CSS and JQuery

2011-09-07T09:00:00.000+08:00

I was impressed today by a cool css and script trick that creates a magnifying glass over a web page. The script provides magnifying lens effect using a background image and background position animation. The lens follows the mouse pointer position with a slight delay. Here a snippet from the whole code. It creates the magnifier effect: function makeMagnifier() { var src = settings.src ||

Clean And Format Your Visual Studio 2010 Codes With BatchFormat

2011-09-01T09:00:00.000+08:00

When we are in rush to code a project, sometimes our least priority is to keep our codes clean. We tend to leave behind unused Using directives and unsorted functions and etc. Considering to take care of this unnecessary code at the later stage of the development is not a good idea because it may not happen at all. Going through the code line by line is tiring so some of us just ignore doing it.

Debug Single Thread While Debugging Multi-threaded Applications In Visual Studio 2010

2011-08-29T09:00:00.000+08:00

With today's world of multi-core computers, it is important to take into consideration the need to design multi-threading applications to maximize multiple core system. Debugging multithreaded projects is not easy because Visual Studio tends to jump from one thread to another. You can debug single thread manually by going to the Threads window to freeze/thaw all threads except one. To help you

Backup And Sync Visual Studio 2010 Settings To The Cloud With Pepper

2011-08-28T09:00:00.000+08:00

Visual Studio 2010 IDE can be configured to adapt to developer's preference. This can be done during first run which Visual Studio ask for your preferred environment. You may change the default setting later on. Although you can customize the IDE, there is no way to backup these settings. But you need not to worry because you can install Pepper to add such functionality. Pepper is a Visual Studio

Debug Common Errors In Your CSS Code With CSS Lint

2011-08-06T09:00:00.000+08:00

CSS defines the look and format of documents written in markup language such as HTML. Instead of writing style sheets on each web page you have, it is more practical to write all CSS codes in one file and link it to your web pages. With this practice, it is easier for you debug and change any element in the future when you feel to change the look of your website. To help you debug common syntax

Visual Studio 2010 Extension To Highlight All Occurrences Of Selected Word

2011-08-03T09:00:00.000+08:00

When finding keywords in Visual Studio editor, Find & Replace utility is the native tool for developers. This tool is usually enough for basic search tasks but it fell short for finding multiple occurrence of keyword. For such task, you can install extension called "Highlight all occurrences of selected word". This extension will highlight all occurrences of a selected word in the current

Ask Friends Or Colleagues To Review Your Code With Chop

2011-08-02T09:00:00.001+08:00

Two minds are better than one. This is usually true most of the time because logically, working in group always provide faster and better results than individuals working alone. With regards with coding, you can always ask for help from your friends or colleagues that you think that have more concrete knowledge of the subject code. To help you with share your code and allow the recipient to add

Remove Unnecessary Files In Your Visual Studio Project And Zip It Before Sharing With Clean Project

2011-07-28T09:00:00.000+08:00

Everytime I send source code project to a friend or colleague, I always prompted by my email client with "executable not allowed" message. So what I do is delete the bin folder and any exe files before resending it again. If you don't want to go through the same ordeal then you can install a Visual Studio utility called Clean Project. This utility does one thing, cleans Visual Studio project

Add Alternating Line Color in Visual Studio 2010 Code Editor

2011-07-14T09:00:00.000+08:00

Reading through thousands lines of codes in Visual Studio can be tiring and sometimes confusing. The solution of most developers is to change the editor's background to their preference. One effective solution is to apply an alternating line color like the one we do in excel sheets tables. This can be done by installing a free add-in called Alternating Line Color. Once installed and enabled, the

Add Spelling Checking Support To Visual Studio 2010 With Spell Checker Extension

2011-07-11T09:00:00.000+08:00

You almost encounter spell checking capability in most of Windows applications but unfortunately for coders, Visual Studio doesn't have it. But you don't have to be contented of not having spell checking feature in your Visual Studio because you can install a extension called Spell Checker. This extension provides spell checking support for various "natural language" portions of files. It doesn't

Sort Your C# Codes In Visual Studio 2010 With CodeSorter

2011-07-02T09:00:00.000+08:00

Organizing codes is not just about looking pretty, it is more on readability. The easier the code to read, the easier it can be documented and modified. One way to organize code is to sort them. Unfortunately, if you have thought about code sorting after you finished coding for an application, it would be a tedious job going back to those finish codes and sort each of them. To make this happen

Store and Retrieve Your Code Snippets Online With MyCodeStock

2011-06-15T09:00:00.000+08:00

If your a part of a big development team, you may be using source code management tool the kind of Microsoft Visual Sourcesafe. But if your team is just small or your solo, then you can use alternative service like MyCodeStock. It is a web service that allows you store your code snippets and retrieve them online. It supports popular programming languages such as C++, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, and etc

How To Apply Aero Glass In C# Windows Form

2011-06-12T09:00:00.000+08:00

Aero glass was first introduced in Windows Vista and now also available in Windows 7. For programmers, developing their application with aero glass support makes their user interface aesthetically pleasing. For this article, I'll provide a sample on how to code windows forms with aero glass using C#. The first requirement is the calling of dwmapi.dll, a Window Manager API. You can call this by

How To Add Print Button To Your Website

2011-06-01T09:00:00.000+08:00

Although browsers by default have print button for printing web pages, it is still more accessible and user friendly to add your own print button directly to your website. All you need is a basic HTML script that will create a button as shown below.Or a link.Print This PageInstead of

Convert Source Code To PDF Format Online With pdfy

2011-05-13T09:00:00.000+08:00

Software development projects doesn't stop when programming ends. Documentation of the project including its source codes is the next big task. When attaching source codes, it is not recommended to use the source file such as .cs, .java. html and etc. because a specific IDE maybe required to open such files. If you need a universal format like PDF file but would like to maintain the syntax

C#: Check XML For Missing Element Or Attribute

2011-05-12T07:52:00.002+08:00

One thing you should consider in handling in XML is missing element or attribute which would raise an error at run time. For example, the xml below has missing one element.this would cause an error of NullReferenceException was unhandledTo trap missing element, you need a simple extension methods that will extend the XElement class. The sample below will add two methods in XElement class.using

How To Create, Manipulate, And Retrieve Dynamic Textboxes And Other Controls In ASP.NET

2011-05-06T09:00:00.000+08:00

In developing web applications using ASP.NET, there are situation that you need to dynamically create controls and retrieve their values. For example, you may need to generate X number of textboxes and later read the inputted value on them. On this article, I'll show you how to do that easily. One thing you should remember when dealing with Dynamic control is you should recreate it every time the

Show Progress Or Loading Message With AJAX Or Javascript

2011-05-01T09:00:00.001+08:00

Whenever you have a page that takes a bit of time to load, it will only show your user a blank page as if it is not doing anything and this could make your visitors impatient and eventually leave the page. It would be better if you can show at least a loading message so the user will be alerted that the page is processing his request. With ASP.NET, you can do this two ways. One is by using

Decrypt Encrypted SQL Stored Procedures, Triggers and Functions With SQL Decryptor

2011-04-30T09:00:00.000+08:00

MS SQL Server 2000 and later versions have the capability to encrypt database objects codes to protect them from unauthorized access which I discussed in my last article. To revert the encryption, you'll have to restore it from your unencrypted backup of the code. If you don't have one, then SQL Decryptor is what you need. SQL Decryptor is a lightweight tool to easily restore original script and

Encrypt Stored Procedures, Triggers And Functions In SQL Server

2011-04-27T09:00:00.000+08:00

It may seems unbelievable but the reality is, there are still database programmers that are not aware that it is possible to encrypt sensitive codes in Microsoft SQL Server. Letting unauthorized or ordinary users to see what rules running your database such as stored procedures and triggers can be a serious threat to your data so encryption is of these codes is highly recommended. Encryption of

How To Dynamically Create Menu Items In ASP.NET?

2011-04-23T09:00:00.001+08:00

ASP .NET provides a way to mimic the menu control in Windows form through Menu component. You can use this control to give your Website application menu navigation functionality. To add a control, you can just drag it from the Toolbox and drop it to your web form. From the Design page, you can populate menu control with static contents by right clicking the control and choose Edit Menu Items from