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I'm in the process of adding some caching functionality to my ASP.NET 2.0 project, but can't decide which route to take when it comes to the caching mechanisms to use. The 2 mechanisms that stand out at the moment are: 1. System.Web.Caching - Seems straight forward and easy to implement. 2. Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Caching - Looks a bit more complex but with added functionality. I like the idea of a CacheManager. And then there is the issue to sync across several web farms. What would...
O Boy, how something so simple can turn out to be...well...not so simple. Am I having a blonde day or what the hell is going on here?? I've created a custom control with some Dropdown boxes and Textbox on it. Very basic. When the user selects an item in the Dropdown...the text in the textbox next to the dropdown must be changed. In order the get to the Textbox I used GetNextControl() method. My code was as follows: On the Combo's SelectionChanged event private void comboProducts_SelectionChanged...
Well, everyone around the world will know that cellphone theft is a huge problem all over. I think that most people in South Africa has experienced cellphone theft first hand. At last someone is doing something to try and stop this problem. I really hope that this will prevent criminals from stealing cellphones. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Most of you might have known this for some time now, but this is my first time working with it. This is so cool and could be very usefull in the future. The SysemEvents class basicly provides a set of global system events to it's callers. You can find a list of SystemEvents Members here . "System events are things such as shutdown notifications and changes to user preferences. When a system event is raised calls back the corresponding delegate from a different thread. Therefore, you should make the...
For those of you who used Firefox and would like to speed it up a bit. forevergeek.com has a useful guide on speeding up firefox for broadband users. basically after getting to the hidden config settings you set the browser to request more data that it usually does. Go here for some more information. Please read here before attempting this Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Essential tools for every .Net Developer Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Just downloaded and installed GMail Drive. “ GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual drive in the Windows Explorer, allowing you to use your Google GMail account as a storage medium. We are filing this one under the "We wonder how long Google will let us get away with this" category. Anyone care to place bets? (Our guess is less than one week.) “ What a great tool to use for online storing of files. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit...
Hi Guys Don't know if someone has posted this already but here goes... What's new in the MSN Messenger Beta Winks: Express yourself with impact. Send animations with sound to really get some attention. Drag and Drop Backgrounds: See an image you like? Drag it to your MSN Messenger window to set it as your background. Set Status Before Logon: See who's online before others know you've logged in by setting your status! Subsequent logons can start you up in stealth mode. Send Feedback: Tell us what...
We had a requirement at work to look into a few reporting tools that would suite our business needs. I looked into the following: 1. SQL Reporting 2. Crystal Reports 3. ComponentOne Reports 4. Active Reports for .Net And off course it had to meet some of our requirements, like: 1. Change page orientation - SQL Reporting doesn't support this. 2. Support sub reports 3. Set the datasource at runtime 4. Support continuation pages. 5. Support hyperlinks to create drill-down reports 6. Simple and easy...
found this interesting article on overclocking your Pocket PC This week’s how-to is how to overclock your Pocket PC. Why would you want to do this? speeeeed of course, up to 50% faster in some cases, but you can also (in theory) get better battery life and better performance if you underclock your device when you don’t need all the speed and overclock when you do. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
I recently bought a HP Ipaq 4150 and have been playing around with it for a while(what a pleasure). I actually would like to go into more graphic or game type of development. Does anybody know about any good resources on the web around this? I found this site which has some very interesting articles and examples on Pocket PC development. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!