Posts tagged c#

Getting the control that posted back to asp.net application

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 the “__EVENTTARGET” because if post back made by       the controls
//which used “_doPostBack” function also available More >

Preparing an asp.net master page for print only view – stripping out css etc

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 page – i’ve called mine ‘cssContentHolder’
<asp:contentplaceholder id=”cssContentHolder” runat=”server”>
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”css/master.css” type=”text/css” media=”all” />
<link href=”css/flyout.css” media=”screen” rel=”stylesheet” More >

Muting audio channels using Mixer Control API

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 of them worked although you could control the balance using the Windows sound vol (sndvol.exe) program from the taskbar.
We decided to More >

URL Rewriting in Asp.net using URLRewriter

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 (DigitalColony.com)

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 = new HtmlMeta();
metaKey.Name = “keywords”;
metaKey.Content = “roast, coffee, home, tips”;
Page.Header.Controls.Add(metaKey);
ASP.NET will render the above code to valid XHTML META tags.
via Add More >

Client Socket Programming in C# using the built in libraries – a fully working production example Part 2

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

Socket Programming in C# using the built in libraries – a fully working production example Part 1

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.

My Photography Website – http://www.simonantony.co.uk

I’ve developed a new website using asp.net in c# to promote my photography business covering weddings,portraits, parties, events, corporates etc – visit the site and let me know your thoughts:
http://www.simonantony.co.uk

SQL Datetime Woes – The ultimate guide to the datetime datatypes

I’ve not worked with SQL Server DateTime values for a while now so was a little rusty. I needed to do some date filtering and came across the following site by MVP Tibor Karaszi that I found really useful:
http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_datetime.asp