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Ajax, Asp.net Ajax, jQuery – Misconceptions and Facts
There seems to be some confusion among a lot of developers about Asp.net Ajax. This article will hopefully clear some doubts regarding what it is, what it isn’t and where jQuery comes in.
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I’m Back!!
After a few months absence, I’m back. I’ve redesigned the site and a few more updates will hopefully come in the next few weeks.
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Woohoo…I’m an Asp.net MVP…and a few questions for you
I was announced asp.net MVP today...
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Simple Username / Password Authentication WITHOUT Membership Providers
In this article, Ashic Mahtab shows you how to set up a very simple username / password authentication system without using a Membership provider.
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Display Modes of Validator Controls
In this article, Ashic Mahtab shows how to control how a validator is displayed on an asp.net page.
Note: Cross posted from Heartysoft.com.
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A Cool Bing-like Search Box (Button on the Inside)
In this article, Ashic Mahtab shows how to create a cool bing search like search box using css.Note: Cross posted from Heartysoft.com.
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Retrieving the Password for a User in Asp.net
If you’re using the Membership API in asp.net and need to retrieve a user’s password, you can do so by doing this:
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How to Programmatically Logout / Disable a User Account
There may be the need to programmatically logout the user in an asp.net application. If you’re using Forms authentication, this is very simple to do...
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Speaking at Microsoft Day @ Dhaka- June 20, 2009
It’s finally happening…we’re having an MS dev (and IT) event here in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is the first one ever and marks a significant landmark for the software industry here. It’s going to be held on June 20, at IDB Bhaban Auditorium. You can find details and register (mandatory) for the event here:...
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Finally Set Up My Own Site: BlogEngine.Net
Note: Cross posted from Heartysoft.com.
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In this article, I've looked at a few CMSes for my site. I've looked at Graffiti, Umbraco, Dnn, AxCMS and BlogEngine.Net. I've found the last one to fulfil most of my needs. This article explores how.Note: Cross posted from Heartysoft.com.
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FileUpload Control Doesn’t Give Full Path….HELP!!!!
I’ve answered this question about five times in the last few days at the forums. It’s getting tedious so I thought I’d make a blog post about it.
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Top of the Mountain :)
I’ve been contributing more and more to the asp.net community recently. I had a somewhat dry spell two to three moths back. I completed my graduation in Computer Science and Engineering, moved out of the university dorms, got a new apartment, had a nightmare furnishing it; and finally got some time to sit down and get back to the community. Having a bit of free time, I wanted to make up for the lost time as much as I could. And now, it has happened. I never thought I’d actually achieve this, but I’ve somehow managed to get to the top contributor spot in the last 30 days. And here’s a nice pic to show my reward [although helping everyone is reward enough…]:
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How to Show / Hide a ModalPopupExtender using Javascript
If we have a ModalPopupExtender with the id ‘modPopup_ModalPopupExtender’, and need to display or hide it in javascript, we can easily do this using the $find() function.
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How to Send Emails from .Net [example uses GMail SMTP]
We frequently see questions about sending emails using .Net in the asp.net forums. The process of sending mail is the same for Windows apps and asp.net websites as the same .Net classes are used. The process can be slightly shortened by specifying default SMTP settings in the web.config or app.config file. Here, I’m showing the full version of the code and it does not rely on any configuration settings. The code also specifies unicode encoding for the subject and body.
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Asp.net MVC, Html.DropDownList and Selected Value
I recently ran into the altogether common problem of the Html.DropDownList helper rendering a drop down list with no value selected. This is a major problem when editing data as by default, the first value is selected and saving would mean the first value is used.
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Error Installing SQL 2008 Business Intelligence Studio and Related Package Load Error in VS2008
It’s been a while since I last blogged. I’ve become a forum moderator, an All-Star and also completed my final exams for my bachelor’s degree since then. Now that I have a little more time, I hope to contribute more often.