Datagrid Girl

Hi Marcie... looking forward to hearing lot's of *whacky* stuff about DataGrids :-) Welcome aboard!

She has a blog here by the way.

Opps, meant to comment here, just grabbing your address but posted in wrong blog.

welcome abaord...looking forward to your comments

We need to get you your own template :D

Yep, I'd love a pink skin! (for the blog, that is)

Congrats! We recently did one on XML in .NET at the Richmond, VA User's Group..lots of fun!

excuse me - don't you mean I code "like a woman"? <g> I still throw like a girl, though, exceptions excluded

Yeah, um, that's what I meant :)

Hi DataGridGirl! Since you are so intrested in datagrids, maybe you could be intrested in an article I recently wrote. It's about binding webservice results to a datagrid (not just datasets, but custom build collections). You can find it here: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/LeaditWebServiceWrapper.asp Greetz, Jan

Specialization reviewed : ISerializable

Shared Source CLI Essentials Book is out + more about specialization : ISerializable

I agree in the need for specialization. Don't chase after every dollar. The only person that can say if you are too specialized is the customer. if you are too specialized, you will know it because the customer will not pay for that one piece.

Wally

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Boy, am I glad to see you! : .NET Blog - Chris Frazier Style

if you can wait (ha ha), Acer's next model will double the processor that it currently has and render it a development machine. Just an FYI. Have you had an Acer/MS tablet pc show down there? It's only about 25% sales-y, the rest is developer-y.

Gettin' a Tablet PC! : Datagrid Girl

Ummm I wanna hear the jokes. :)

I want one! but in israel they cost pretty much like small cars... ;(

Human Compilation : HumanCompiler

If you are wanting to look at more Tablet PCs, or just spend time with one, without those pesky sales folks watching your every move, you might want to check out Microcenter (west side of Central, just south of Spring Valley).

http://microcenter.com/at_the_stores/richardson.html

lucky girl! I JUST bought my laptop in Mid-October, so it is not justified yet. My client is currently buying a bunch of heavy duty military style tablets by Kontron. You should see these things (www.kontron.com - the revolution model). Down the road Tablet PC verions as well. Maybe I'll get to play with one!

I agree the MVP is much more meaningful in my eyes. Congrats :)
-Sam

What aggregator have you used that isn't a three paned aggregator? How did you read blogs in it?

I'm new to blogging--SharpReader is my first aggregator.

ASP.NET vs. Cold Fusion : ScottW's ASP.NET WebLog

Related to GridLayout, I hated this too. Right click on your project in VS.NET, goto Properties, open Common Properties, goto Designed Defaults, change Page Layout to Flow. Any new files you create within the project will now default to Flow layout. Would be better to have a global setting...

As I've said in the past, I think knowing how to do things by hand is a good thing indeed. I'm often criticized for my love of doing things in UltraEdit. I've tried TextPad, MultiEdit, and a handful of others; I always come back to UltraEdit. I mostly agree with you with the exception being code-behind; I still always do code-behinds in UltraEdit.

Two VS.NET ASP.NET tweaks : IDunno

vstudio and blutter : Andy Smith's Blog

Yay! Another TextPad user. =) (did you know that TextPad 5.0 is going to be written (AFAIK) in C#?)

Living in VS.NET on a laptop that will only do 1024x768 (work issue, not my choice), I share your real estate pain too. Two options: Auto-hide all the windows or Shift-Alt-Enter to go into Full Screen mode.

hth,
Nino

Like Nino said you can unpin your windows to gain real estate. Personally I unpin all of mine. Here are some tips from Chris Sells that might make your life with VS.NET easier [0]

Also, just as an FYI, AutoEventWireup="false" by default for optimization. AutoEventWireup is less efficient than overriding the event methods in the base class or subscribing to the events. You rely on the runtime to find your Page_Load, Page_PreRender, etc methods.

-Sam


[0] http://www.sellsbrothers.com/spout/default.aspx?content=archive.htm#vs.netfunfacts

DataGrids do indeed suck, oh DataGrid girl, Mistress of Methods, High Priestess of Postbacks, Vixen of Viewstate.

I think the only thing that they're good for is the in-place editing of records. For everything else, I tend to use a repeater control so I can have _exact_ control over the html (I like valid markup... call me crazy).

Things like paging can be duplicated anyway. In fact, I think they should, because you wouldn't want to be pulling down all 5k records of data just to display 20, and as long as you're doing a custom stored proc to grab just 20, you might as well just write your own pager... they tend to lend themselves well to reuse anyway.

P.S. I liked your rant about VS.NET... you seem to have the ear of some M$FT folks... tell them to come out with a version that supports VALID HTML/XHTML. And while they're at it, how about a automatic formatting mode that _just_ does indenting, instead of destroying my markup, taking out my end slashes out of singleton elements (BR, IMG, etc.)?

Maybe you should come over to the side of XSLT generated tables using the Xml from the dataset!!! Its nice and sunny on this side.

Datagrid Girl

Thumbs down from Datagrid Girl : Web Service Guy

I honestly did not put it in as a copy, but now that I know, I guess you can't argue with an authority on DataGrids. :-)

Happy DataBinding()...

Ben

I found your blog off of http://dotnetweblogs.com/ by the way...

I would have to admit, I really don't like the Datagrid control myself. First off while being a blessing the Javascript:doPostBack becomes a pain in the arse for some applications, it would be really handy if there was a property that would be <asp:datagrid DoPostBack="true"... /> to switch the postback option of a control on / off.

I also agree with Matt's comment about not handling the html / xhtml validation too well.

Mainly because of these issues I tend to use my own paging system and handle postback all on my own. Anyways I just wanted to say I really love ASP.NET, but dislike the majority of the controls with it (especially the Datagrid.)

Anyways just my 2 cents worth. I will say that I love the ability to bind data to the grid.

Justin (jwendl@hotmail.com)

My biggest bitch is that the templating only lets you do columns and does not allow for splitting table tags up - I like the repeater better because if i want to put a table tag in the header and the row tag in the item template and table close in the footer, it lets me :)

You should take a look at this

http://www.angrycoder.com/blog/entries/20030430.html

I am jealous. I really wanted to go, but too much work and not enough personal funds to send myself.

Hi
Im working with Visual Studio.NET.
Using ASP.NET/VB.NET.

I need to build form that will show each time different results (fields) in a datagrid.(I have 3 different SQL queries)
The datagrid will contain BoundColumns,HyperLinkColumns, TemplateColumns (text boxes), Validators. And a lot of hidden fields.
My questions is, because the DataGrid suppose to work each time with different fields, should I build 3 different datagrids (I have 3 types or results) or 1 dynamic datagrid?

After you answer me, if you please can send me a url that explain how to do that.

Thanks a lot!!

IMO, the datagrid is great for quick side projects and admin tasks...

I recently had to write a grid like control for work. Very similar to the datagrid except it works it supports a couple of different formats (master detail), comes pre-built to sort and page (without jamming all of the extra stuff into viewstate) and can be populated by just setting a property to our custom reporting object.

The datagrid is a great example of what can be done with ASP.NET controls...you just have to implement them.

The repeater is by far the most helpful control. The entire blogging application is built off of repeater...they are everywhere :)

Come over and check out WindowsForms development, the water's just as cold over here, especially in the area of the DataGrid ;)

I want to be there...Damn FNIS!!!!

Jesse Ezell Blog

Paul Wilson's .NET Blog

I'm a HUGE Textpad fan also. There are so many simple things that VS could learn from that program. Like block select mode, fill block and quick highlighting a word and using ctrl-f/ctrl-shift-f to jump around. I think the think that bothers me the most in VS is that if you hit ctrl-c with nothing selected, it will copy nothing and wipe your clipboard. What use could that possibly be, aside from driving you crazy.

Nothing wrong with that. I would do the same.

Kent Sharkey's blog

Perhaps I should just post his # on my blog, that would make it easier for anyone who wanted to find him... I'm sure he'd thank me.

Need a picture? http://www.pbase.com/image/16231814 has him... facing the camera, in the closest table... wearing glasses

Ok, now I think he would rather I had posted his # :)

go Marcie
it's your Birthday
go Marcie
it's your Birthday

ok it's not your birthday but I wanted to get in on the party mood :)

some of the rest of us wanna be in the community gallery too ;)

Your Turn!

Kidding? I thought that was the most flattering part!
:-)

Why exactly did you do that?

What did you get?

HumanCompiler

I think the whole pay for support idea from developers is hurting the community. Hide you source, don't hide your brain.

Ahhh... See I only get about 5 questions a week from email, but I love answering them, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I don't know if half the price of a book is a good price for assistance though. I am not an business owner, nor do I ever want to be so I don't think of ways to make money from my professional peers. From a business mentallity, it is a great idea. If something occurs frequently in your life and there is a way to charge money, then you have yourself a business plan. I will just google my problems or trial and error them, then go to Best Buy and get 2 DVD's to get my mind of the problem after I solve it :)...

Another note. Thanks for the nice comment on my comments. Everyone should post comments. The system is there and people want to hear them, unless I am just annoying.

This is why I created ASPMessageboard.com. A number of the questions I get per day, I simply respond, "Ask it on the ASPMessageboard." That's what online forums are there fore, after all.

http://blog.jjulian.com/BlogItem.aspx?Guid=09f0a5a9-4980-4de0-9231-48a48e650f8f

My Revolution

Code/Tea/Etc...

Datagrid Girl

Marc LaFleur's Blog

Marcie I have a look at Chris Pirillo page.
I don't want to be rude, but the picture of a guy stand up full page on the site asking for money is a bit obscene for me.

It would be better for him to have a picture of a datagrid in action than him ;-).

He could also look like a beggar, please I am a starving consultant, give me some cents (european)

I agree with Scott and Marcie.

The more you work in the community the more your inbox starts to get filled up. Sometimes its great (nice knowing people think you have tha answers). But it also sucks telling someone who really needs help you can't help them.

I did not see a lot of "how do I blog/tools/etc" resources, which is why I started to create ASPNetWebLog Forums

-Scott

Marcie,

Unless you posted your email address on your Web site with a request to "send all your datagrid questions to me, and I'll answer them free of charge, no matter how complicated they are", you should not feel guilty for either deleting them, or requesting that the emailer ask the question in a public forum.

If a question comes to your personal email address unsolicited, you are under no obligations to answer it, politely or not. And I don't think it's rude to direct someone to a public forum (even if they might interpret it that way) since you're providing them with the best chance to get answers not only to their current question, but to future ones as well.

I think the simplest answer is:

"Marcie doesn't scale well.

ASPAdvice/ASP.NET Forums/etc. scale much better.

Please ask your question there." :-)

Not mean or rude. Just the truth.

Your lucky you have a nickname. I have to fight with a PGA Golfer with the same name.

HumanCompiler

I've heard google has annouced plans for a blog search tool, so if that's the case then I don't think it's so bad.

A bit like when they acquired Deja.

I think Google will stop returning blogs as search results, not because they have a problem with blogs, but because when people search Google they're generally not looking for blogs. Instead Google will treat blogs separately like groups and news, there may be a new "Weblogs" tab in the GUI.

More thoughts from me about Google...

How do I get a PR coordinator? Pretty cool.

Need help pimping yourself, huh...jk. Congrates on finding a friend in Sql. They need love too.

Send it back to the individual about, 1000 times and fill their box!

Was it with good reason? or just stupid kid stuff?

Why people insult you? It's senseless

Bye

Lawrence

Yah, I'm curious of the reason myself. Can't say I've gotten one in a long time. The one I got was from a guy bitching because I wouldn't help write his software for him for free. It was actaully really funny and I made sure to send it to every friend I had to watch out for him on the forums! ;)

In my earlier days, I sent a nasty email to someone.
The way they got back at me was brilliant and taught me a great lesson - they replied tactfully but cc'd my management.
This made me look like a real moron (and I was)

Good luck.

...Andrew

Hey Marcie be careful you can talk only about .Net here. I don't know say for example that the guy use an ecommerce website done with .Net and he give you a sample of the result, flavor Ben&Jerry ;-))

Cookie Dough? Bleg. Too chewey and salty and not enough Ice-cream. Chunky Monkey, Chubby Hubby, now THERE'S something that'll blow away the .NET blues.
J.

mmmmm....NEW FLAVOR? Must try!!!!

I'm a "Half Baked" kinda guy! :D

Marcie that look awesome !

I ,ove the second point, but I don't understand the first one ?!?

did you see something like Edit and Run ?

And for the previous blog, don't worry, I love Icecreams ;-)

I sent you an e-mail today? Ooops -- sorry ;)

Datagrid Girl

hey Marcie -- check out the generic Safeway Select ice creams. They have a line of Edy's Dreamery knockoffs. mmmmmmmmm.....

And if you're into toppings: Mrs. Richardson's makes a butterscotch-caramel flavor that is incredible.

brownie batter=good.

-Rachel

Jim Meeker

Don't let a rotten email get you down. I get so many (because of my .Net evangelism work on pro-W3C lists) that I've become numb to them.

DonXML

The best way to handle this sort of thing is to respond as kindly and sympathetically as possible without backing down. For example, suppose someone insults your intelligence and education with a few well-chosen profanities. You reply that you appreciate their concern, you are doing the best you can with the abilities that you were born with and then list all of the educational activities that you've undertaken (in regards to the topic at hand, of course). The key here is to ignore the vituperation and concentrate on whatever actual content there is. Since it is almost always trivial, you can reply to it with seriousness and the triviality of their insults are obvious to almost anyone. Besides, they are looking for a fight, don't give them what they want.

I couldn't hold myself back when I read this post...

Theres two new sets of controls - DataBound controls like the new Grid and DataSource controls like the Sql one. With data sources being controls, theres finally room to do something intelligent - automatic binding, editing etc. And then there are parameter objects to pull values into data sources from other controls, the query string etc. at the right time. DataBound controls can talk to any DataSource control. Well, almost... but in any case no code required... just declarative markup!

Hope to share more soon ;-)

Publish them... we're in for a good laugh.

I post it om my blog and I go off on a rant :)

Springfield : DOH ! ;-))

Kansas City is only 150 miles north :).

Say hi to Apu for me. Have a safe trip:)

<b>test</b>

That what I thought. Why no bold or italics or href's in the comments?

I have to agree with it not being the people charging. As for emails well that one is a big topic. Your more gentle on them than I am. If I can answer the issue right on the spot then I generally do otherwise I try to point them to a good list or two. The biggest problem I find with people sending emails for help is that they have spent no effort to actually find the answer them self. They don't know the answer and expect someone to write the code for them instead of just taking the concepts and working from there. Guess that's just a pet peve of mine. Anyway, love the site and love the blog (just found it from a link on someone elses blog).

.Avery Blog

Julia Lerman Blog

JPerry - Blog of the Mundane

Jason Tucker's Blog

"Texas Yankee"

I thought the cake was great. Rich, but not too sweet. Ya'll chicks just want it all sweet!

I agree, I didn't care for the mock-raspberry center too much. Nothing says lovin' like some twinkee's and ho-ho's though..

I agree too, the cake was pretty bad. Reminds me of a rasberry flavored ho-ho, and not in a good way.

I loved the cake. I totally agree with Paul Wilson on this one.

Terrible cake. I can still taste it. Yuck. :)

I was sitting at the table with Marice when she took a bite of that cake. I didn't believe her, but that cake was CRAP. Thank god for all the other goodies Microsoft provided :)

SUCKED!!
Sorry

Datagrid Girl

To tell the truth, I very rarely use datagrids - basically only when I need a templated column. I tend to almost exclusively use Repeaters with OnItemDataBound modification where necessary. I find that the Paging functionality for DataGrids at present is clunky - I tend to use Repeaters with T-SQL stored procedures - it's much faster and a lot more scalable. Can't wait until the V2 stuff comes around, expecially looking forward the the SQL responsive ASP.NET caching stuff which is planned.

I don't take exams at TechEd because I focus on learning as much as possible, networking and not burning out. I get pretty burned out taking exams, so the 50% discount isn't compelling for me.

I gotta get me some DataGridGirl buttons. I have three Geek Chicks at home (they don't wanna be called geeks, but the oldest codes HTML directly because "its easier than using FrontPage...").

Also, they should have a future session on blogging with .Net. I'm running Blogger and MoveableType and would run .Net if I had a road map...

The cake smelled like Krylon.

I was afraid to taste it, but my buddy said it tasted worse.

One of they guys I'm here with said it was OK if you pulled the chocolate-plastic covering and rasberry goo out; I thought that was too much work.

A disabled checkbox is a nice way to display a boolean column.

Say hi to Amy for me - Long time no see!

Beautifully succinct! Thanks for the link, Marcie. If only the legal types would approve that...

Kent Sharkey's blog

Hi:

Just wondering why all your blogs are prepared using Unicode vs. Windows (ISO) encoding. Makes for some strange characters appearing in some news aggregators. Thanks and you can drop a note to the email below if you want.

jimp@mvps.org

I mostly meant that it rocked to have wireless connectivity.... but on the whole, if I stay in the lounge areas, I've had fast enough connections to pull a SQL database across on the first day and do a bunch of remote desktop stuff on all of the other days....

Thank god someone is telling it like it is -- all of the blogs I've read so far is "wireless rocks" with extra exclamation points for emphasis. I say, thanks for trying, but there's still a long way to go.

More beanbags, please.

I think it's the escalators that are making it suck (the wireless, that is).

I was in a 3xx level MSF session that asked "is everyone familiar with the framework?"; about three people raised their hands and we spent an hour going over the circle of death...they shouldn't even ask a question like that.

It wasn't just the wireless network that had problems. It was frustrating to use the wired systems in the Internet Cafe as well, with big blocks of time where you couldn't get outside the conference network. DNS seemed to be a big problem yesterday afternoon (at least for me). Thankfully the wireless connection and DHCP issues seemed to go away after a couple days.

The wireless and wired networks at MEC last year in Anaheim seemed much more stable. Of course, a lot more people have portable devices now than last year, so I'm sure that didn't help.

those who use blogrolling.com find it very handy, I believe. I use the daily crawl script, which runs on my server -- does being hosted limit what you can do?

"do you really care who I read" -- those who you read might care that you are reading them. I added a blogroll to my page because I realized that, though I read many weblogs, they might not know it since I was using Dan Sanderson's blogtracker.

So didn't you run into me?
Just checking....
Ben.

Are you serious about speaking at any user group that provides cake? :-) We can facilitate!

Ok. That does it. I'm selling my Datagrid Girl Button on ebay.

(Julie needs to buy one anyway).

:)

Hey, that was me :)

Glad I could make someone smile.

Does anyone happen to remember what products & prices were being sold at the "Wireless Store"? IIRC it was a Cisco 350 card and a Cisco ??? AP... but the details are fading fast. Sadly, I returned home to find my current AP failed so I need a replacement.

Awww, come on! When you say Datagrid Girl, it rolls off the tongue like Alphabet Man, Dr. GUI, or Captain XmlReader! Hey I like that name...maybe I'll use it. Or should it be The Amazing XmlReader? :D

I suppose it's better than WonderGrid Woman...

I ran into you too :)

Did I actually write 'Alphabet Man'? Whoops! Of course, I meant Letter Man, as in 'faster than a rolling O'. I bet he could sort strings faster than System.Array.Sort() too!

Paul

Same for me. This feature is really changing my blog reader's experience. It was decisive in my choice to switch from Syndirella.

Hi Mrs. Robillard, I think that "Filter" is better than "Search" cause its a filter indeed. It allows you to filter on the content. But "Search" is not so bad ;-)

Have a nice day

Huh. Reading that post again, I was a bit too harsh. I should have mentioned that I totally love the show, just that episode was a bit um, redundant.

Mark figured out that he was talking about Jorge's show. I missed that.

We are always open to criticism. That's totally ok with us. In fact, we invite it! Controversy makes for more interesting shows!

Our blogs are coming!

Nice one!
I've used their older wireless mouse(which looks a bit similar to yours) a few years ago.
Very cool. I've been a logitech fan ever since.
You won't find any MSFT mouse on my desktop.
In fact, on my blog picture, if you look closely, you'll see I use the Logitech Optical MouseMan+, which was *the* mouse a couple of years ago, and still works just as good as the day I bought it.
*kudos* on a great choice.

Some people have too much money...

Gonna have to change your moniker to DataGadgetGirl...

:)

I can relate to both of you. I work all day on my computer and still enjoy it at night.

Faster Than a Rolling 'O'
Stronger Than Silent 'E'
It's A Word, It's A Plan
It's...

David Letterman!

So...

Who do you think would win in a fair fight DataGrid Girl OR Wonder Woman?

DGG vs. Wonder Woman:
I think Wonder Woman would win a fist fight; however, I would rather have DGG on my team if I were trying to take over the world.

Take Over The World:

No way...that is absolute HORSE HOCKEY! DGG would definitel be kicking ass and taking names!

First of all, Wonder Woman must be at LEAST 156 years old by now. Think about it man! I mean, Osteoperosis has all but calcified her skelatal structure to the point of paralysis. Even with the braclets AND the plane (no weapons) she couldn't possibly overcome the sheer tenacity of a hard-line coder.

Of course...

The Lasso of Truth has various interesting possabilities in-and-of itself.

I think this question has been raise in other blogs, but it is worth further debate:

Who would win in a no holds barred code off between datagrid girl and the blonde asp girl (http://www.aspforblondes.com/)?

what language(s)?

That's too scary to be funny :)

you know he's gay, right?

C'mon Andy--you know it's funny :)

sirshannon--You think I care? :)

dgg

*sigh*

Sorry Marcie, I really didn't want to start a thread that lead to an image of Datagrid Girl in a catfight with Wonder Woman. In my post, I was trying to make a statement about superheroes existing outside of comic books (e.g., Dr. GUI), not compare you to a comic book character dispite what you said.

Paul

Datagrid Girl

YA' KNOW GREG...

Since Paul is being such a wussy. Who do you think would win in an all out fight, DataGrid Girl or Wussy Man?

Hello!
I Think you are a gooz girl;) DataGrid Girl...
:D i have lots of problems with you!!! :D become DataSet!!! Have fun

Sounds quite common, I've done it before too. ^^;;;

There was this time I was working on a website and the only real way of keeping myself awake was to IM people...

I was up until 1:30 last night and I actually turned on i.m. to see if you were up!!

Kirk Allen Evans' Blog

WELL ROBALOB...

Being a woman, DataGrid Girl has the power of birth behind her. As such, she would definitely have much more fortitude than an emasculated Gelding such as Wussy Man. Furthermore, this assumes Mr. Daddy-Day-Care actually has the time to take-off his apron and leave the kitchen (those dishes need cleaning).

Of course, this assume that Wussy Man is actually male (transgendered maybe?).

Come on, guys, give DGG a real challenge.

What about a match with Ace & Gary aka The Ambiguously Gay Duo? They have a love that transcends all obstacles and a phallic-shaped car that flies.

And think about it... Both DGG and The Ambiguously Gay Duo can put a GUI on your desktop.

Ten rounds in Las Vegas? I'm there!

I think Miladkdz just has problems in general... :)

How do I get on this sell Paul gravy train? ;-)

Bourbon works for me

Ugh, why does everything have to have a seedy motive. I've seen the extensive source Paul's put out and it's a great buffet of random odds and ends that have a lot of usefulness. And I'll also vouch for Marcie's just being good-natured, helpful soul. :)

Thanks for raising my exposure!

Of course, its also really gotten Wally a little perturbed, so its really worth it.

Yes, and both DGG and The Ambiguously Gay Duo are SUPERHEROS.

Ummm... I think I meet those critia!! ;-)

OK, do my spelling skills count against me?? :-)

Critia = Criteria

Cool. Not often we here of people coming down to New Zealand.

See you down here.

When TechEd Dallas ended, I didn't really think doing the other locations would work, but I'm starting to get more ideas on how to handle the other locations as well as requests from people to cover their location. So here we go!

What we will probably do is combine the remaining TechEds into one list (archiving the Dallas and Europe into their own). We'll provide some indication of which TechEd(s) the blogger is attending. Should be fun!

If you have any ideas let me know. This is all being driven by requests and comments from the IT/Developer community, which is great!

> and don't really know anyone in that
> hemisphere

Not to worry, Marcie. Aussies are soooooo welcoming that you won't feel left out. Trust me. That stated, keep an eye out for any of the following individuals while you're in Australia:

Adam Cogan (SSW, Sydney .NET User Group, RD) - Sydney
Damien Watkins (Project 42, Guru) - Melbourne
Dan Green (Monash.NET, SDNUG, Guru++) - Sydney
Dr. David Bennett (Monash.NET, Guru) - Melbourne
Charles Sterling (Microsoft, Totally cool dude) - Sydney
Chris Hewitt (Monash.NET) - Melbourne
Mitch Denny (Monash.NET, MDNUG, Totally nice guy) - Melbourne
Nick Weinholt (SDNUG, Guru++) - Sydney
Nigel Watson (Microsoft, Super nice guy) - Melbourne
Pf. Christine Mingins (Monash.NET, Guru) - Melbourne

Each and every one of these people are big-time .NET experts and are super, super nice.

--

MDNUG = Melbourne .NET User Group
SDNUG = Sydney Deep .NET User Group

While they're at it, they should get RUUUUUUUBENNNNNNN, too! :)

Gravy chain is my favorite Cat Steven's song. No, wait, that's Peace Train.

Hello here,

just to say that is mostly why I prefer Repeater control or my own derived from BaseDataList (because I don't like the <%#DataBinder....()%> that is huge when I work with custom entities).

I think the viewstate issue is only due to the proliferation of the public properties of each control instanciated within the DataGrid as well of DataBoundLiteralControls that are instanciated much times. Remember that Viewstate is used to remember every public properties of the control tree (talking about the controls in System.Web.UI namespace)

PS: I suppose that now if we type "datagrids suck!" in google, this post is ranked #1 ;)

PPS: there is an option in vs.net to allow the html editor to not destroy your markup every time you switch in design mode, there is even an option 'Lower case' for attribute and element names, I can tell it REALLY worth the setting!

ISerializable

HumanCompiler

Jim Meeker

you bet! It's a loooooong number, but they're numbered! :)

Are you buying?

Yes!

What part of Illinois?

Datagrid Girl

I feel a lot better *now* :)

Good, I was getting worried about you :)

No, sorry, I don't name my computers! ;)

> Anyone game for writing such an app??
Why don't you write it?

Why are people suddenly so stubborn about typing text all day? If you look at how many typo's you make in a day, you can only come to the conclusion that it would be great if you could have another method of creating sourcecode, or better: telling the computer what to do, because sourcecode is just another state of functionality. Developers shouldn't think in sourcecode, but in functionality, then it will be clear that code generators eventually will evolve in generators of ready-to-roll executable programs.

Perhaps my memory is a bit rusty...
care to refresh it?

I IM'ed James Avery the same thing.
But he is back now, so if the pattern holds he will be gone again in a couple of weeks. Damn MS!

-Scott

Well, if you look at it in context, Dave took his site down on purpose and put up a "poor me" letter to try to make himself feel better. Dave was trying to make everyone realize how bad the world would be without him. THAT's the egomaniacal part.

The difference in other situations is that, if your website stopps working on accident, your world DOES fall apart. It's an important thing. No one else may care, but it's important to you.

what is fasinating to me is his anger at Aaron Swartz and saying how he has treated him poorly.

Its seems like whatever pronoun is at the end of his sentence gets the blame :-)

I think Marcie (and Scott) are referring to another prominent community member who used a similar tactic. Those who were around know who they're talking about, and those who weren't...let's just say it ain't worth getting into all over again.

On the subject of ego and websites, well...I'm not nearly egomanical enough to think that very many people cared when all my sites were down most of this month thanks to my DSL fiasco, but it's still a bummer to me, since I keep hoping that one of the sites might occasionally bring someone to me who's looking to have some work done. Not that I'm desperate for work or anything, but it would be just my luck that someone with a major need to fill would arrive at my site just in time for a major outage. ;-)

It amazes me how conceited and self-centered people think they are. It's mind boggling how some people can think they're THAT important. Shit, realize that 100 years from now you, nor ANYONE you know will be alive. And who will remember you, but your family? And in another 100 years probably no one at all.

http://www.houseoffusion.com/hof/body/asp.cfm
http://www.swynk.com/friends/murphy/ironic_isnt_it.asp
http://www.nwfusion.com/reprints/1123rev.html

Here's your answer for TextPad. Go to Configure -> Preferences. Expand Document Classes, expand Default and then click Font. Don't forget to download syntax definition files (document classes) from TextPad's web site. TextPad rules ;)

I believe the blogs from MS guys are only aiming to give some human touch. That's IMHO the next way to sell products to the masses. No information on the blogs should be taken for granted, though.

The built in DataGrid absolutely stinks in WindowsForms today and there are many 3rd party ones that rock...that being one of them! :D

I was wondering if you have looked at the grids from ComponentOne and Infragistics and what you thought of them. Specficially, which features you feel makes the GridEx a better grid. I have used the ComponentOne FlexGrid since VB6 and have really liked although there .NET version seems a bit ported. The Infragistics Grid does not have support for unbound mode so it's a loser until they fix that. I'm curious just because I have looked into them all and I find that ComponentOne offers the most wide ranging support of features that I need although maybe not all of the GUI look and feel that Janus does. Thanks.

Steve Presley

I've had the 2003 beta for a while - it's actually worth something. The HTML still can't compete with dreamweaver (a lot better than before), but it's great for management and general stuff (updates, a new page here & there, etc)!

--Brian Desmond

Well said. I took the required trip to meet the ASP.NET team last October and they made me feel like I belonged even though the rest of the group consisted of well-known speakers and authors and such. It just blows me away to see the level of community involvement that these guys really really want and that they give back themselves.

LOL. Facial hair. That's cool.

Hey Marcie,

There's only one "c" in my last name ;)
Very good points :).

-Robert

Doh! Sorry about that!

you could try it out on your web site photo... paint a soul patch then take a poll. :)

I agree it is a good idea to include your name in your blog title. I even have it in my blog URL. ;-)

Thanks for the geek link love ;)

Jerry Dennany's Occasional Clue

Good luck! I will be taking the test in the next couple of months as well, but on my companies dollar.

Since you've got your VB6 MCSD, you can automatically get a voucher for 70-300. That lowers the price by $125. Details are on the MCP Secured site.

I just take all the tests while they are in beta, usually easy if you are already a certified MCSD, which makes it free and then you are the first one certified too!

Can you recommend a good site that just simply explains how to export data from a datagrid in VB.net to an excel file from a command button?

I'll attend if you teach a 5-day class on the REPEATER! Just kidding :) Congrats on doing DotNetRocks.

Thanks for the kind words! And if anyone out there DOES purchase one of the Training Guide books (70-305, 70-306, or 70-310) drop me a line for a copy of the errata. It'll save you some hair-pulling.

Cool. I had lunch recently with Mark -- he seems like a great guy. I'm in Atlanta if you're looking for a lunch when you're down south.

Excellent, congratulations, Marcie! :)

Well, marcie, upon thinking about this post, I feel better about being one of the older folks at an event like the one at Microsoft a couple of weeks ago. Sure enough, while I might have been outnumbered by much younger people, you, Dana, Terri and Rachel were at least as outnumbered by males.

I wonder why that is? There is a thread on a newsgroup I am on about whether you ever feel like a fake - that is, inadequate, like folks will find you out as an imposter at the techical area you are supposed to be an expert. Someone posted this on that thread:

<quote>As some of you know cuz I told you 4000 times... my roommie is a psychologist. She told me once that a study was done and the top number one fear of women was "fear of being found out". </quote>

Perhaps this explains some of the difference between the percentage of women in IT and the percentage that show as speakers at conferences (personally, perhaps even 5% is a bit higher than I have seen...).

Good luck in Australia!

hmmmmm....

Julia Lerman Blog

For what it is worth, I enjoyed hearing Kate Gregory at TechEd this year, I thought she was a much better presenter than %50 of the men I heard from.

I'm not a woman, so I wouldn't really know what would help, but it seems to me like it's a confidence thing. Seems like most women don't think they coudl compete or really make it doing that sort of thing.

I think that's total crap! ;) From my standpoint, I don't give a rats ass who's speaking up there in front of myself (and many others). I only care about a good presentation, given by a knowledgable and good speaking person.

Anyone that wants to get into it really should! Glad you (and others) have! Good luck in Australia!

Amanda Silver of Microsoft's VB.Net team and Kimberly Tripp the DB authority are high on my list of speakers.

I'm glad to hear that Kate Gregory is getting a lot of praise. I had been fortunate to hear her many times before my move south when she spoke regularly at Canadian MSDN events. I got used to her presentations and have to say that many speakers I have heard since do not measure up! Does she blog?

l just got my tablet and got the crossword app, but it doesn't work! What a bummer!

xL8 - Grant Carpenter

Congratulations! I can't say I am surprised you made it...

Congrats!

Awesome, congrats! :) Study tips? ;)

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Congrats Marcie. Why didn't you take the exams during their beta periods? They were all free and I passed 5 exams in about 9 months. You had to be an MCSD already but, that was about the only requirement.

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!

Hey! Good job! We're starting an MCAD certification SIG at the Boise .NET user group and Portland .NET user group. Hopefully there will be a lot of people who want to follow in the footsteps of DataGrid Girl! :-)

Congrats. I had the same observation about that test. Much of the stuff they covered was not so much on the obscure side, just stuff I wouldn't normally come across. I'm on to the WebService exam next.

Congrats! :)

HOP...HOP...HOP... this is the Datagrid kangaroo ;-)

Enjoy your Aussie trip !

Have fun! Make sure to give Mitch Denny and crew my regards!

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! :-P

Break a leg.

Enjoy your time in the Land of Oz!

Good luck...you'll do well! :D

Best of luck Marcie. You'll love it down-under. My parents and sister live near Brisbane which is heaven-on-earth! Just don't expect people to be hyper like Americans; they are SO laid back!

I asked one shopkeeper what time they opened in the morning and was told that it depended on how the surf was. "Probably by ten" was the best I could get..

Wow James, sounds like my kind of place! :D

Late, but I should officially thank Marcie for not publicly slamming me and my complete lack of ability to hook up with some of my old MVP pals who were around for this.

That's showbiz for you :-)

Now don't miss us out. We are looking forward to your talks in NZ as well.

I'm sure both the Aussies and Kiwis will enjoy your sessions.

Heya Marcie,

I was really looking forward to your talk, but I've been told that I have to attend another session in the same time-slot :(

I've booked in a one-on-one for lunch the following day, hopefully you can make it!

Cheers,

Tim.

The whether in Brisbane has been great lately. Unfortunatley I can't attend Tech-Ed year (because I have a project that is nearly due) but I will be attending the "preview" on Sunday. I resent the generalization that people in Brisbane are all laid back. It's 11:00 AM and I've had 2 cans of Red Bull already, with 2 more in the fridge for "later" (which is twice the reccomended daily limit). The way I figure it, they don't count if you finish them before you get back to your desk :) .

Hey, Marcie, speaking of snacks, did you ever see this?

http://www.microsoft.com/net/business/msuses_snack.asp

HI

It shouldn't be that hard to find it, since I remember reading somewhere that most people in Auckland got their wallets back. =)

Ah, that's a relief :)

Yup, generally a fairly honest bunch in NZ :) Tho I'm not overly biased :)

Marcie, I can call the lost-and-found at auckland airport if you like - and either get them to hold on to it (if its been returned) or I can get it courierd out to work (or something like that)

Nic, fellow TechEd NZ speaker.

Righto - just called the airport, got put thru to the police - they said about 3 black wallets got handed in on friday, but they couldn't find your name in any of them.

The guy suggested going up to them anyway - I beleive they are just out of the "your in the country now" door (ie, after you've cleared customs and had the little dogs sniffing at you...), somewhere down by McD's.

HEre's a map:
http://www.auckland-airport.co.nz/Maps/arrivals_map.html

Just ask the nice guys in the Canadian Mountie-looking hats where the police lost and found is :)

And, when your at TechEd, drop into the Orbiz stand and ask for Nic :)

Nic.

Say Hi to Wayne Small [fellow SBS MVP] who is at/speaking at Tech Ed.

You should demo an RSS feed into DataGrids, just an idea, or an XSLT vs. DataGrid :) (just kidding). Good luck with your presentation.

Hope your presentation goes well!

Well I'm new to blogging, but I've signed up for Tech Ed Bloggers in NZ.

See you next week.

yes yes more females in more places, that's how it was meant to be! And ASP.NET is for women! so i'm going to attend TechEd now!

Yes...

I agree you're a procrastinator, but then so's Eli ;)

TTFN - Kent

Interesting rules. I read a number of them, and while some are very good, I disagree with a few (but I guess anyone's bound to find a few out of ~60 rules they disagree with).

An RSS feed would be nice, assuming he's going to keep updating them.

Don't worry, Marcie. You won't throw up. You might *feel* like you're going to throw up, but you'll get over that. ;-)

You'll do great.

Go DGG Go! :D

LOL too funny :-)
Thanks, DGG, I'm sure you'll do great! I'm hoping to finish early, actually, so I can catch the end of your talk. Good luck!

I'll be there DGG

Any idea what line to use for Dim myRow when are are binding from a ListDictionary?

jraezer@yahoo.com

Guess what - she didn't throw up. Heard she did a fine job, too. :-)

Why are they called nosebleed seats?

And congrats on pulling off your talk. :-)

Well, I did a little searching for the origins of the term, and found this: http://www.wordwizard.com/clubhouse/founddiscuss.asp?Num=4657

Oh I see, thanks DGG!

We don't normally get exposed to those kinds of slang over here in Singapore. :-)

Congratulations, Marcie! :-):-):-)

See? I *told* you you wouldn't throw up.

:-D

Now you get to feel the same thing *next* week, too! Woohoo, isn't it fun speaking? (the answer, of course, is you bet!).

Awesome, Marcie...congratulations! :)

Hi Marcie, you are sure right about Brisbane being a beautiful city.

I worked in Brisbane for a couple of years in the tall white building to the right of the tallest blue-ish building in that picture. (The blue-ish building is where the Microsoft offices are.)

{Still looking at that picture } I used to catch the morning bus to SouthBank and take the bridge across the river to where you can see those trees there. There's a great walking path through there that leads you through a mangrove swamp-like area. From there you can walk up through the Botanical gardens, past Microsoft and into work.

It was a great way to start the day off; it was novel seeing all of the wealthy stockbrokers arriving to work on their boats :-)

We spent our honeymoon in Australia(Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.) It is definitely a country which you can fall in love with. We would go more often if it was not so far away.

Really lovely to have heard you and met you. A real URL personality without a web cam! wow!

You have inspired me to look long and hard at datagrids if I can get past Infopath!

Glad you had a nice time. Come again.

David.

Nice pictures! =) If everything goes well, I'll be going to Sydney next year for a debating tournament, and will drop by Brisbane and Perth on the way there.

(I'm just curious why this post isn't in pink though like the others! &lt;g&gt;)

Good job killer. Too bad you won't be in KL next week.

Oh stay away from Adam, he is bad news. :)

whoa... this is a VERY strange looking post when the RSS is viewed in SharpReader.

Isn't it a good sign if the one and only authority in DataGrid controls is referring to my article ;)

Thanks a lot, Marcie!

"somebody" reads your blog? Marcie, you're my hero;)

Great pictures, thanks for posting.

"stop whining and learn to read another language. It will be good for your soul, and your career.”

Could go both ways.

Could go both ways for many people on dotnetweblogs

That's the whole point--BOTH C# and VB people should be able to read the other language, it just makes life so much simpler.

IMO, using a behavior for this is pretty lame, as is just hard coding it in your HTML every time and it isn't going to work outside of IE. Here is an improvement:

1. Create a custom web control class ScrollablePanel
2. override OnPreRender to register the onScroll script / onLoad script via RegisterClientScriptBlock
3. override CreateChildControls method and add your hidden field.
4. override your control's render method to output your custom DIV tag.
5. add ScrollPosition property
6. implement IPostBackDataHandler / LoadPostData.

Now you have a .NET control that you can reuse to your heart's content.

> That's the whole point--BOTH C# and VB people should be able to read the other language, it just makes life so much simpler.

Well sort of. The whole point is that 90% of the syntax in *either* language is BCL or CLR stuff so the CLR language is irrelevant. I have been saying this for over 2 years now and people just don't want to get it. If you can read VB.NET you can read C# and vise versa because most of the code is BCL calls (like System.Console.WriteLine for instance). Its WriteLine no matter what the CLR language is. When people get to "Its the Runtime Stupid" and finally accept that, then they will get somewhere.

Hi Jesse, in my case using an IE behavior wasn't "lame", as it's for an IE-only application.

This just shows a difference in philosophies I guess. Generally, I spend my time building libraries, so I am always in code reuse mode. Here at the office, we have at least one assembly that is referenced in the majority of the projects we are working on. It contains utility classes such as this as well as other common web controls (such as listview and treeview) that aren't part of the .NET framework (another assembly is also reused in 90% of our projects which contains our custom authentication / profile / security classes). Although the first time around, the benefits aren't immediately realized, it saves quite a bit of time in the long run.

Anyway, you are still better off not using a behavior, even with an IE only application. First off, it takes about the same amount of work to do it either way (maybe 5 extra minutes of coding to create the control version). Secondly, using a behavior makes reuse of your scrollable div a pain (you can't package in a reusable dll). Third, if you have more than one scrollable grid in your application, you are going to be duplicating a lot of code (not to mention that you can use a scrollable panel for any scrollable content area, not just a grid). Fourth, even if THIS application was an IE only application, there is no gaurentee that your next project will be. And finally, as this functionality is pretty generic, not doing things right the first time around will only cause you extra work the second time around.

I guess everyone has a different oppinion on how important reuse is though... Some people like getting paid to write the same code over and over again :-). In any case, as I noted previously, this is all IMO. Everyone is free to disagree.

It's good to see that Marcie's taste in articles is as good as her taste in husbands. [grin].

I readily acknowledge the criticism against HTC's, but I also will point out that I specifically stated in the article that the htc could be a limitation.

Re: a "lame" approach and I should have created a custom web control, I fully agree that this kind of thing is an excellent candidate for a custom control. However, my purpose wasn't to write a treatise on web controls, but to show how to solve the scrolling problem. Now that the technique has been shown, I freely grant permission to anyone who wishes to incorporate it into a custom control and write an article that shows how to do it. But for myself, I have found that StrengthTechnologies excellent "SmartScroller" has already done that.

Say "hello" for me. I am from Tulsa originally (though, haven't lived there in almost 10 years).

Cool! I'll tell Tulsa you said "hi" :)

Thanks :) As if they know/remember me. Back then, I was doing straight C/C++ (in DOS and early Windows, no less!).

To put it in context, however, that article is at least a year old (it's (c) is 1998-2002) and some of the links contained therein are from 1998 (5 years old!)

That's a long time for things to change.

That's not to say the article isn't rediculous (it is), or that it isn't misleading. Just trying to point out that it's an old viewpoint.

Mike,
The website (http://www.kmfms.com) seems to be somewhat regularly maintained (march 6, 2003), hence the article most likely reflect the authors current views. It's sad...

And thanks a lot for posting this link, Marcie! Now I'm bound to lay awake the night through, composing "killer arguments" against the article in my head. Blah! ;-)

Yes, some of the stuff is 5 years old ... but nothing has changed at Microsoft... I still crash constantly (rarely with non-MS software, interestingly enough)... when my kid is out of school I will be giving away all MS based software/hardware, buy Linux and NEVER use/work with a Microsoft product again, I would rather starve than spend the rest of my like working with this crap....

Congrats!

Coolness!
Congratulations :)

Congrat Marcie! It's cool!

Marcie...I've been sending the URL to your article to my friends the last few days. I really liked the article - good job!

Strange, I constantly hear these complaints about MS software not working, and for the most part I don't see it. I have used Windows for years now and don't have the issues with it that others seem to. Maybe I am using it incorrectly . . . ;P

Dear Marcie

I am quite interested in applying for this job, but I am currently based in Melbourne, Australia. I am looking at moving to the US.

I have about 6 yrs experience as a Software Engineer and IT Architect. I have been doing a lot of work in ASP.NET, WebServices and WinForms for the past 2-3 yrs.

If this position is open to overseas candidates, I would really appreciate if you could pass on my contact to the relevant recruiter.

Contact Details:
Nitesh Khanna
nitesh_khanna@yahoo.com
(+61) 412 802 940

By the way, I love your website and have got a good information from it over the years. Thanks for the help :-) .. Keep it up !

Regards,
Nitesh

You should add this to the DataGridGirl.com Web site FAQ list, if you haven't already.

Cheers.

Good idea, Scott, I think I will.

I'm an on-the-fence kind of guy. There is no black or white, absolute right or wrong, only tastes great or only less filling.

Does Microsoft use some underhanded techniques to become rich and powerful? Yep. Is that the way the capatalist free market economy is set up to reward? Yep. I don't blame them for becoming rich and powerful, I applaud them!

...and use Linux and PHP. While Microsoft has put out some good, userfriendly product (say what you will about Linux being better, but until RedHat 8 a couple of years ago, Windows has been the most userfriendly OS/GUI out of the box since the early 90's. That's good business,) they could be doing it more fairly and with better quality.

And the best way to encourage that, is to have good quality competition. BeOS and Linux have finally started to become competition in the MAINSTREAM everyday Joe-blow user market, which while I like being an elitest geek, the mainstream market is where the money and power's at...for a business...which Microsoft is.

Are you not setting the className on the first table element in the page - which is not necessarily your DataGrid?

Another approach might be:

<asp:HyperLink onclick='javascript:ShowDoc(this);' NavigateUrl='javascript:void(0);' ...

and
function ShowDoc(src)
{
// A -> TD -> TR
src.parentNode.parentNode.className = 'ClickedClass';
}

Great suggestion! "parentNode" makes that much cleaner--thanks.

I don't know why people pick so much in Microsoft. If there are really that many people that don't like Microsoft products, how come its apps are still the ones used in a majority of businesses anfd homes. If the "free" software/ apps are as good as people said they are, how come those are not the ones being used by the masses.

Just my point of view.

People pick on Microsoft because we grew up on Star Wars and despise empires. If you're rich and powerful, you must be evil.
HOWEVER, what most people don't know is there IS truth to Microsoft using very strong-armed tactics to force itself onto the harddrives of every new PC up until a couple of years ago.
They use rather shady tactics to gain market share for their applications, and buy out or crush most of their competition so that they're the only name you think about for OS's and Office applications.
Again, that's capatalism, and bully for them for using the free market system to become rich and powerful.

But until recently, that's the big reason you haven't seen alternatives is because of their draconian business practices. The masses aren't using things like Linux because until recently no one's marketed to the masses, and even if they did, the masses wouldn't be able to use it. RedHat 8 was really the 1st desktop user-friendly OS. And now you are finding Linux as an OS option on new PC's and on shelves of Best Buy...places where until a couple of years ago Microsoft has been able to control through economic force.
And I gaurentee you that with more press, RedtHat 10 and Open Office will start to become competition now that competition is being grugingly allowed by MS.

Congrats and have another great year!

-Scott

Congrats!; yet I am curious about the "logistical issues" ...?

Congratulations! Many more...

Congrats on your first. See you in Atlanta soon.

I love that area. Its especially nice at night when they light up the cliffs. You wouldn't happen to have any you could post could you? :)

Hey, I was just in Tulsa this last week, and attended the OK City .NET Users Group to see Carl Prothman speak. Keep it up girl.

Congratulations, Robilliards!

-Christopher

I have a strange problem with the datagrid I'm using. I have created my datagrid Non-dynamically, and it works. The only problem is that when I'm in VB.NET, and I have the aspx file open, if I click on the "Design" tag, and then go back to the "HTML" tag, all my HTML and ASP code dissapears! My entire datagrid just goes up in smoke, the code just isn't there anymore.

Why would VB.NET do that? Any idea?
(trueneutral@hotmail.com)

The one you posted has been a long time favorite. Load it up every morning. I also use the JScript Reference:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/js56jslrfjscriptlanguagereference.asp

and the XML4 Reference:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk/htm/sdk_intro_6g53.asp

I sometimes use xml to drive/intialize a DHTML component.

The HTC reference is also good:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/components/htc/reference/htcref.asp

The best DHTML (and web for that matter) I have found is the o'Reilly book by Goodman.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596003161/webservices-20?dev-t=D2GDY97IW83U8S%26camp=2025%26link_code=sp1

So, does this year get the AlternatingItemStyle??? Congrats :)

Wow, I can't believe it's now been a year. Here's hoping the next is even better than the first!

how do you spell ?.......(pafait)

Try DevGuru.com. Great stuff :)

Using Infopath as my blog editor of choice now - but it has taken a bit of script to fulfill the the dream.

Some things that looked like they should 'just work' didn't e.g. posting Rich Text Content to an Xml Web Service receiving XmlNode parameters.

Infopath SDK helped and Joel Alley in PSS rocks!

Dear Datagrid Girl,
Thank you for your advice. My thinking on this is that I want to create one basic set of generic asp.net functions that will render pages for me based on database query results. I have a table structure in which I define the controls and where they belong and what their display options are. If it is a listbox or combobox or table data then I fill in the data according to a subquery defined in the database. This all works great. I want to do this so that I can create applications faster by defining the application interfaces in the database. Toss in my handy dandy generic aspx and aspx.vb code and voila, new web interface to my database. Then all I need to do is focus on the queries I need. I have a working version of this technique from vb6 and it has been very good to me. Generic coding is a real time saver. And to get there with asp.net I will need to be able to load my controls, including the datagrid, dynamically if possible. Now if I could only get the datagrid events to fire... :)

Hi Marcie,

I'm a big fan of yours. (Only work related, I know you are married ;-)

I've been visiting your website regularly, since I listened your intgerview on dotNetRocks. I was really interesting and I already bought some of the books you recomended.

I have a couple of questions: first, how did you get your our blog site inside weblogs.asp.net? I don't seem to find a way to enroll myself. Do I need to contact someone?

Regarding the Certification Exam 70-305, what training method did you use? I'm going to guess you trained yourself, so I'd like to know what books and related material did you use.

Congrats on passig the 70-305 test!!!

Thanks in advance.

Lisandro

check out www.dynamicdrive.com

<sniff>....once upon a time I WAS the DHTML reference :-(. We used to call that site the "Web Workshop" and, being on the Internet Explorer Client Development support team, we had great times discussing margins vs spacing, and various other interpretations of those HTML specs. Ah, those were the days.....

And personally, I always reccomended WROX...back then they were still great resources.

ilove your porty i love to read it every day

are you there

6AM and jogging. 2 things that most definitely don't belong together :)

Congrats to you both. I wish you both a long and happy marriage.

Stanley

You know I hear things about how microsoft does not play fair and uses "Strong-armed tactics" and "shady tactics" to further it's market shares, but what no one wants to answer is:
What major coroporation does not use "Strong-armed tactics" and "shady tactics"? Are you saying that Citi, Cisco, Intel, McDonalds, etc all play fair? Do none of these or any other corporations not do the same things? But I'll bet you still purchase things from them or use their services. The list above is just a small list of places I pulled off the top of my head. There are thousands more that play the same way.

Think about cable companies. When you move into an area that has say Time Warner cable you pay for the hook-up and watch their channles. But who else can you get to provide your service for cable? No one. You could of course get Satellite but then you have to make sure you can put up the dish and if your in an apartment you can't. But if you push the cable company they will eventually tell you that you can get service from anyone you wish. Oh but one fact they don't tell you is that that company can't use their lines.

But then no ones bitches about the cable company until their network connection is down or their cable goes out. It's not a monopoly until it affects you, right?

Yeah but when are you coming down to Tampa, FL?

i think this snippet of code would be a lot more helpful if you more of the code, including declaration of delegates and how to iterate through the items in your item_created eventhandler. arrRec is never defined and it's difficult to understand why you're doing that without more information.

thanks!

Fellow Programmers,

Do not spend/waste your time in this discussion. These criticisms are totally biased.

No body ever questioned sun for bringing OMG into picture when OSF/DCE already exists.
No body bothered about copycat naming conventions such as JSP, JDBC, JDO etc.

Those who know even a bit of statistics and finance, do not dare to criticize charities of Gate's foundation as tricks to increase its marketing.

All these companies play political/litigious tricks and follow the age old rubbish rule: If you can not become an angel, be a devil so that you can be noticed.

In case you really are wondering about the chicken/egg issue, the egg came first.

How much Robert paid you for some some nice advertising ;-)

Oh my gosh! You said something nice about Robert? Could this be the end of the popularity of the DatagridGirl? This and other news at 5!

its has helped me lot in my project

>>In case you really are wondering about the chicken/egg issue, the egg came first.

Then how egg comes?

Making it a custom control is not as easy as you might think. It's actually pretty darn complicated. At least it is if you want to break the header out of the table.

Thank you!! I ate up a ridiculous amount of time trying to resolve the DataReader error you refer to.

Hi,
Wow!, You have a nice blog

Watch it Forte or I will tell all what you got up to in Malaysia :-)

Well......I wish my girlfriend was a programmer. Heck....That´d be a cool thing in common. "Hey babe, im too tired......please finish my final project, ill go to bed now".

Anyways, congratulations on your first year.

I want inplace editing of HTML documents stored in my database in memo fields.

Why doesn't datagrid have inplace editig of HTML documents?

Just a matter of time before a 3rd party vendor comes up with one.

Just a note to Damit, Perth isn't exactly on the way to Sydney or Brisbane. Melbourne is a lot closer, and is an incredible city.

I use the repeater like most. I found that the styles to dont work for the datagrid regardless of what tags you use.

Seriously how hard can it be to put the rows in a Iframe ???

Though $10 Dollars is cheap these days.

heyyyy

I luv ya

the time is up. give me your defence translator device.

hi.

i need to speak to girl

Hey! i was searching 4 Portugeuse Water dogs (Porty's) What are you talking about?

Thanx for the info, thats just what I needed. And price is low indeed! nice pick :)

Like ya dudet!!

I used to be a forum moderator at DHTML Central but have become to busy to do that. Thomas Brattli's dynamic scripts are inceredible.

DHTMLCentral all the way! Come and join the community forums guys.

Congratulations! Glad to hear you're moving back home. The CodeProject guys rock! Say Hi to Chris Maunder for me.

Congratulations.

Awesome!! I can't wait to see the things you come up with, and I am sure CodeProject will be all the better with your involvement.

-James

Congrats Marcie!

Will the CP people/site be expaning beyond their original C++ base?

Congrats, what a great job CP is one of the best sites around. Awesome :D

Hi Sam! Yes, CP already has a *lot* of .NET articles, and they're (we're?) looking to expand quite a bit in that area.

Congrats! We were wondering where you had disappeared to...

Lots of luck being an honest-to-god FTE :)

Congratulations, Marcie! It sounds like a great gig.

Congratulations Marcie ! Hope it turns out to be a mutually beneficial relation!!

Congrads! And some of the vets like me and a few others are still waiting on our free CP shirts :-P its justifible to the marketing budget right? :P

Very cool! Congradulations! Hopefully you will help them get with the times and move their site to ASP.NET! :-)

Congrats! Looks like I am one of the first Code Project editors to post on this but definately not the last. I see may CPians have already posted. Welcome aboard!

-Nick

Congrats Marcie! You r00l!:)

Welcome Marcie! I'm glad your'e part of the team now. :) You gotta brush up on your Halo skills now though, seeing as how they seem to play constantly. ;)

Congratulations. Have fun in Winterland ;)

Welcome to the family, Marcie! You'd best bring along your electric socks from what we hear from Chris. He never tires of whining about the chill, poor lost Aussie that he is...

They are lucky to have you, Marcie. !Congratulations and wishing you much happiness in your new endeavor :-)

Congrats Marcie, and make CodeProject pink ;-)

Congrats Marcie, Wish you all the best

Congratulations, wondered where you were the last month or so...!!! And enjoy!

A ja uwazam ze gud. Jestem z polski Polacy to moi ziomale.

Congratulations, Marcie! CodeProject will certainly be a better place :-)

Congrats. Codeproject is a very good site and also a good community. I bet it will be a very fun place to work except for that cold cold weather Chris incessantly complains about ;-)

Funny! The stairs at my office are actually labeled "Areas of Rescue Assistance", not "Stairs". It took me a week to figure out what they were.

Hey Marcie! Congrats on the new gig! It's a great site and they're lucky to have you.

I've always enjoyed sites that produce their own content AND feature the best from the community.

As for tips, I didn't easily find RSS links or the little XML logos...is such available at the moment? Or, is that even a relevant question?

Also, how about recommending related articles while the user is browsing on one a la Amazon.com?

Also, maybe sub-categorizing the content, to the point of being able to drill down into organized folders, like:

ASP.NET ==> GDI+
ASP.NET ==> Databases ==> SQL Server
ASP.NET ==> XML ==> XSLT

Just a couple of thoughts. But again, CONGRATS! Kick ass and take names!

Jas

How do I center text in an Excel Spreadsheet using VB.net from a regular form. I have the data being populated from my datagrid but am unable to center it or give it a decimal or currency format.

Any help is greatly appreicated.

Sincerely,
Dan Abramson
danvbman@aol.com

I don't really like this, but it works.

Someone found it on the web and uses it with ASP 3.0 pages frequently:

//Calendar Control////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var weekend = [0,6];
var weekendColor = "#e0e0e0";
var fontface = "Verdana";
var fontsize = 8; // in "pt" units; used with "font-size" style element

var gNow = new Date();
var ggWinContent;
var ggPosX = -1;
var ggPosY = -1;

Calendar.Months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];

// Non-Leap year Month days..
Calendar.DOMonth = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];
// Leap year Month days..
Calendar.lDOMonth = [31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];

function Calendar(p_item, p_month, p_year, p_format) {
if ((p_month == null) && (p_year == null)) return;

if (p_month == null) {
this.gMonthName = null;
this.gMonth = null;
this.gYearly = true;
} else {
this.gMonthName = Calendar.get_month(p_month);
this.gMonth = new Number(p_month);
this.gYearly = false;
}

this.gYear = p_year;
this.gFormat = p_format;
this.gBGColor = "white";
this.gFGColor = "black";
this.gTextColor = "black";
this.gHeaderColor = "black";
this.gReturnItem = p_item;
}

Calendar.get_month = Calendar_get_month;
Calendar.get_daysofmonth = Calendar_get_daysofmonth;
Calendar.calc_month_year = Calendar_calc_month_year;

function Calendar_get_month(monthNo) {
return Calendar.Months[monthNo];
}

function Calendar_get_daysofmonth(monthNo, p_year) {
/*
Check for leap year ..
1.Years evenly divisible by four are normally leap years, except for...
2.Years also evenly divisible by 100 are not leap years, except for...
3.Years also evenly divisible by 400 are leap years.
*/
if ((p_year % 4) == 0) {
if ((p_year % 100) == 0 && (p_year % 400) != 0)
return Calendar.DOMonth[monthNo];

return Calendar.lDOMonth[monthNo];
} else
return Calendar.DOMonth[monthNo];
}

function Calendar_calc_month_year(p_Month, p_Year, incr) {
/*
Will return an 1-D array with 1st element being the calculated month
and second being the calculated year
after applying the month increment/decrement as specified by 'incr' parameter.
'incr' will normally have 1/-1 to navigate thru the months.
*/
var ret_arr = new Array();

if (incr == -1) {
// B A C K W A R D
if (p_Month == 0) {
ret_arr[0] = 11;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year) - 1;
}
else {
ret_arr[0] = parseInt(p_Month) - 1;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year);
}
} else if (incr == 1) {
// F O R W A R D
if (p_Month == 11) {
ret_arr[0] = 0;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year) + 1;
}
else {
ret_arr[0] = parseInt(p_Month) + 1;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year);
}
}

return ret_arr;
}

function Calendar_calc_month_year(p_Month, p_Year, incr) {
/*
Will return an 1-D array with 1st element being the calculated month
and second being the calculated year
after applying the month increment/decrement as specified by 'incr' parameter.
'incr' will normally have 1/-1 to navigate thru the months.
*/
var ret_arr = new Array();

if (incr == -1) {
// B A C K W A R D
if (p_Month == 0) {
ret_arr[0] = 11;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year) - 1;
}
else {
ret_arr[0] = parseInt(p_Month) - 1;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year);
}
} else if (incr == 1) {
// F O R W A R D
if (p_Month == 11) {
ret_arr[0] = 0;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year) + 1;
}
else {
ret_arr[0] = parseInt(p_Month) + 1;
ret_arr[1] = parseInt(p_Year);
}
}

return ret_arr;
}

// This is for compatibility with Navigator 3, we have to create and discard one object before the prototype object exists.
new Calendar();

Calendar.prototype.getMonthlyCalendarCode = function() {
var vCode = "";
var vHeader_Code = "";
var vData_Code = "";

// Begin Table Drawing code here..
vCode += ("<div align=center><TABLE BORDER=1 BGCOLOR=\"" + this.gBGColor + "\" style='font-size:" + fontsize + "pt;'>");

vHeader_Code = this.cal_header();
vData_Code = this.cal_data();
vCode += (vHeader_Code + vData_Code);

vCode += "</TABLE></div>";

return vCode;
}

Calendar.prototype.show = function() {
var vCode = "";

// build content into global var ggWinContent
ggWinContent += ("<FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' ><B>");
ggWinContent += (this.gMonthName + " " + this.gYear);
ggWinContent += "</B><BR>";

// Show navigation buttons
var prevMMYYYY = Calendar.calc_month_year(this.gMonth, this.gYear, -1);
var prevMM = prevMMYYYY[0];
var prevYYYY = prevMMYYYY[1];

var nextMMYYYY = Calendar.calc_month_year(this.gMonth, this.gYear, 1);
var nextMM = nextMMYYYY[0];
var nextYYYY = nextMMYYYY[1];

ggWinContent += ("<TABLE WIDTH='100%' BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BGCOLOR='#e0e0e0' style='font-size:" + fontsize + "pt;'><TR><TD ALIGN=center>");
ggWinContent += ("<A HREF=\"javascript:void(0);\" " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='Go back one year'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"Build(" +
"'" + this.gReturnItem + "', '" + this.gMonth + "', '" + (parseInt(this.gYear)-1) + "', '" + this.gFormat + "'" +
");" +
"\"><img src='/common/images/calendar/downGrey.gif' alt='->' border='0' />&nbsp;Year</A></TD><TD ALIGN=center>");
ggWinContent += ("<A HREF=\"javascript:void(0);\" " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='Go back one month'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"Build(" +
"'" + this.gReturnItem + "', '" + prevMM + "', '" + prevYYYY + "', '" + this.gFormat + "'" +
");" +
"\"><img src='/common/images/calendar/downBlack.gif' alt='->' border='0' />&nbsp;Month</A></TD><TD ALIGN=center>");
ggWinContent += " </TD><TD ALIGN=center>";
ggWinContent += ("<A HREF=\"javascript:void(0);\" " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='Go forward one month'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"Build(" +
"'" + this.gReturnItem + "', '" + nextMM + "', '" + nextYYYY + "', '" + this.gFormat + "'" +
");" +
"\">Month&nbsp;<img src='/common/images/calendar/upBlack.gif' alt='->' border='0' /></A></TD><TD ALIGN=center>");
ggWinContent += ("<A HREF=\"javascript:void(0);\" " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='Go forward one year'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"Build(" +
"'" + this.gReturnItem + "', '" + this.gMonth + "', '" + (parseInt(this.gYear)+1) + "', '" + this.gFormat + "'" +
");" +
"\">Year&nbsp;<img src='/common/images/calendar/upGrey.gif' alt='->' border='0' /><\/A></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>");

// Get the complete calendar code for the month, and add it to the
// content var
vCode = this.getMonthlyCalendarCode();
ggWinContent += vCode;
}

Calendar.prototype.showY = function() {
var vCode = "";
var i;

ggWinContent += "<FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' ><B>"
ggWinContent += ("Year : " + this.gYear);
ggWinContent += "</B><BR>";

// Show navigation buttons
var prevYYYY = parseInt(this.gYear) - 1;
var nextYYYY = parseInt(this.gYear) + 1;

ggWinContent += ("<TABLE WIDTH='100%' BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BGCOLOR='#e0e0e0' style='font-size:" + fontsize + "pt;'><TR><TD ALIGN=center>");
ggWinContent += ("[<A HREF=\"javascript:void(0);\" " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='Go back one year'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"Build(" +
"'" + this.gReturnItem + "', null, '" + prevYYYY + "', '" + this.gFormat + "'" +
");" +
"\"><<Year<\/A>]</TD><TD ALIGN=center>");
ggWinContent += " </TD><TD ALIGN=center>";
ggWinContent += ("[<A HREF=\"javascript:void(0);\" " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='Go forward one year'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"Build(" +
"'" + this.gReturnItem + "', null, '" + nextYYYY + "', '" + this.gFormat + "'" +
");" +
"\">Year>><\/A>]</TD></TR></TABLE><BR>");

// Get the complete calendar code for each month.
// start a table and first row in the table
ggWinContent += ("<TABLE WIDTH='100%' BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 style='font-size:" + fontsize + "pt;'><TR>");
var j;
for (i=0; i<12; i++) {
// start the table cell
ggWinContent += "<TD ALIGN='center' VALIGN='top'>";
this.gMonth = i;
this.gMonthName = Calendar.get_month(this.gMonth);
vCode = this.getMonthlyCalendarCode();
ggWinContent += (this.gMonthName + "/" + this.gYear + "<BR>");
ggWinContent += vCode;
ggWinContent += "</TD>";
if (i == 3 || i == 7) {
ggWinContent += "</TR><TR>";
}

}

ggWinContent += "</TR></TABLE></font><BR>";
}

Calendar.prototype.cal_header = function() {
var vCode = "";

vCode = vCode + "<TR>";
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='" + this.gHeaderColor + "'><B>Sun</B></FONT></TD>";
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='" + this.gHeaderColor + "'><B>Mon</B></FONT></TD>";
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='" + this.gHeaderColor + "'><B>Tue</B></FONT></TD>";
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='" + this.gHeaderColor + "'><B>Wed</B></FONT></TD>";
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='" + this.gHeaderColor + "'><B>Thu</B></FONT></TD>";
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='" + this.gHeaderColor + "'><B>Fri</B></FONT></TD>";
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='16%'><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='" + this.gHeaderColor + "'><B>Sat</B></FONT></TD>";
vCode = vCode + "</TR>";

return vCode;
}

Calendar.prototype.cal_data = function() {
var vDate = new Date();
vDate.setDate(1);
vDate.setMonth(this.gMonth);
vDate.setFullYear(this.gYear);

var vFirstDay=vDate.getDay();
var vDay=1;
var vLastDay=Calendar.get_daysofmonth(this.gMonth, this.gYear);
var vOnLastDay=0;
var vCode = "";

/*
Get day for the 1st of the requested month/year..
Place as many blank cells before the 1st day of the month as necessary.
*/
vCode = vCode + "<TR>";
for (i=0; i<vFirstDay; i++) {
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(i) + "><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "'> </FONT></TD>";
}

// Write rest of the 1st week
for (j=vFirstDay; j<7; j++) {
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j) + "><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "'>" +
"<A HREF='javascript:void(0);' " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='set date to " + this.format_data(vDay) + "'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=' '; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"document." + this.gReturnItem + ".value='" +
this.format_data(vDay) +
"';ggPosX=-1;ggPosY=-1;nd();nd();\">" +
this.format_day(vDay) +
"</A>" +
"</FONT></TD>";
vDay=vDay + 1;
}
vCode = vCode + "</TR>";

// Write the rest of the weeks
for (k=2; k<7; k++) {
vCode = vCode + "<TR>";

for (j=0; j<7; j++) {
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j) + "><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "'>" +
"<A HREF='javascript:void(0);' " +
"onMouseOver=\"window.status='set date to " + this.format_data(vDay) + "'; return true;\" " +
"onMouseOut=\"window.status=' '; return true;\" " +
"onClick=\"document." + this.gReturnItem + ".value='" +
this.format_data(vDay) +
"';window.scroll(0,ggPosY);ggPosX=-1;ggPosY=-1;nd();nd();\">" +
this.format_day(vDay) +
"</A>" +
"</FONT></TD>";
vDay=vDay + 1;

if (vDay > vLastDay) {
vOnLastDay = 1;
break;
}
}

if (j == 6)
vCode = vCode + "</TR>";
if (vOnLastDay == 1)
break;
}

// Fill up the rest of last week with proper blanks, so that we get proper square blocks
for (m=1; m<(7-j); m++) {
if (this.gYearly)
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j+m) +
"><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='gray'> </FONT></TD>";
else
vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j+m) +
"><FONT FACE='" + fontface + "' COLOR='gray'>" + m + "</FONT></TD>";
}

return vCode;
}

Calendar.prototype.format_day = function(vday) {
var vNowDay = gNow.getDate();
var vNowMonth = gNow.getMonth();
var vNowYear = gNow.getFullYear();

if (vday == vNowDay && this.gMonth == vNowMonth && this.gYear == vNowYear)
return ("<FONT COLOR=\"RED\"><B>" + vday + "</B></FONT>");
else
return (vday);
}

Calendar.prototype.write_weekend_string = function(vday) {
var i;

// Return special formatting for the weekend day.
for (i=0; i<weekend.length; i++) {
if (vday == weekend[i])
return (" BGCOLOR=\"" + weekendColor + "\"");
}

return "";
}

Calendar.prototype.format_data = function(p_day) {
var vData;
var vMonth = 1 + this.gMonth;
vMonth = (vMonth.toString().length < 2) ? "0" + vMonth : vMonth;
var vMon = Calendar.get_month(this.gMonth).substr(0,3).toUpperCase();
var vFMon = Calendar.get_month(this.gMonth).toUpperCase();
var vY4 = new String(this.gYear);
var vY2 = new String(this.gYear.substr(2,2));
var vDD = (p_day.toString().length < 2) ? "0" + p_day : p_day;

switch (this.gFormat) {
case "MM\/DD\/YYYY" :
vData = vMonth + "\/" + vDD + "\/" + vY4;
break;
case "MM\/DD\/YY" :
vData = vMonth + "\/" + vDD + "\/" + vY2;
break;
case "MM-DD-YYYY" :
vData = vMonth + "-" + vDD + "-" + vY4;
break;
case "YYYY-MM-DD" :
vData = vY4 + "-" + vMonth + "-" + vDD;
break;
case "MM-DD-YY" :
vData = vMonth + "-" + vDD + "-" + vY2;
break;
case "DD\/MON\/YYYY" :
vData = vDD + "\/" + vMon + "\/" + vY4;
break;
case "DD\/MON\/YY" :
vData = vDD + "\/" + vMon + "\/" + vY2;
break;
case "DD-MON-YYYY" :
vData = vDD + "-" + vMon + "-" + vY4;
break;
case "DD-MON-YY" :
vData = vDD + "-" + vMon + "-" + vY2;
break;
case "DD\/MONTH\/YYYY" :
vData = vDD + "\/" + vFMon + "\/" + vY4;
break;
case "DD\/MONTH\/YY" :
vData = vDD + "\/" + vFMon + "\/" + vY2;
break;
case "DD-MONTH-YYYY" :
vData = vDD + "-" + vFMon + "-" + vY4;
break;
case "DD-MONTH-YY" :
vData = vDD + "-" + vFMon + "-" + vY2;
break;
case "DD\/MM\/YYYY" :
vData = vDD + "\/" + vMonth + "\/" + vY4;
break;
case "DD\/MM\/YY" :
vData = vDD + "\/" + vMonth + "\/" + vY2;
break;
case "DD-MM-YYYY" :
vData = vDD + "-" + vMonth + "-" + vY4;
break;
case "DD-MM-YY" :
vData = vDD + "-" + vMonth + "-" + vY2;
break;
default :
vData = vMonth + "\/" + vDD + "\/" + vY4;
}

return vData;
}

function Build(p_item, p_month, p_year, p_format) {
gCal = new Calendar(p_item, p_month, p_year, p_format);

// Customize your Calendar here..
gCal.gBGColor="white";
gCal.gLinkColor="black";
gCal.gTextColor="black";
gCal.gHeaderColor="darkgreen";

// initialize the content string
ggWinContent = "";

// Choose appropriate show function
if (gCal.gYearly) {
// and, since the yearly calendar is so large, override the positioning and fontsize
// warning: in IE6, it appears that "select" fields on the form will still show
// through the "over" div; Note: you can set these variables as part of the onClick
// javascript code before you call the show_yearly_calendar function
if (ggPosX == -1) ggPosX = 10;
if (ggPosY == -1) ggPosY = 10;
if (fontsize == 8) fontsize = 6;
// generate the calendar
gCal.showY();
}
else {
gCal.show();
}

// if this is the first calendar popup, use autopositioning with an offset
if (ggPosX == -1 && ggPosY == -1) {
overlib(ggWinContent, AUTOSTATUSCAP, STICKY, CLOSECLICK, CSSSTYLE,
TEXTSIZEUNIT, "pt", TEXTSIZE, 8, CAPTIONSIZEUNIT, "pt", CAPTIONSIZE, 8, CLOSESIZEUNIT, "pt", CLOSESIZE, 8,
CAPTION, "Select a date", OFFSETX, 20, OFFSETY, -20);
// save where the 'over' div ended up; we want to stay in the same place if the user
// clicks on one of the year or month navigation links
if ( (ns4) || (ie4) ) {
ggPosX = parseInt(over.left);
ggPosY = parseInt(over.top);
} else if (ns6) {
ggPosX = parseInt(over.style.left);
ggPosY = parseInt(over.style.top);
}
}
else {
// we have a saved X & Y position, so use those with the FIXX and FIXY options
overlib(ggWinContent, AUTOSTATUSCAP, STICKY, CLOSECLICK, CSSSTYLE,
TEXTSIZEUNIT, "pt", TEXTSIZE, 8, CAPTIONSIZEUNIT, "pt", CAPTIONSIZE, 8, CLOSESIZEUNIT, "pt", CLOSESIZE, 8,
CAPTION, "Select a date", FIXX, ggPosX, FIXY, ggPosY);
}
window.scroll(ggPosX, ggPosY);
}

function show_calendar() {
/*
p_month : 0-11 for Jan-Dec; 12 for All Months.
p_year : 4-digit year
p_format: Date format (mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yy, ...)
p_item : Return Item.
*/

p_item = arguments[0];
if (arguments[1] == null)
p_month = new String(gNow.getMonth());
else
p_month = arguments[1];
if (arguments[2] == "" || arguments[2] == null)
p_year = new String(gNow.getFullYear().toString());
else
p_year = arguments[2];
if (arguments[3] == null)
p_format = "MM\/DD\/YYYY";
else
p_format = arguments[3];

Build(p_item, p_month, p_year, p_format);
}
/*
Yearly Calendar Code Starts here
*/
function show_yearly_calendar() {
// Load the defaults..
//if (p_year == null || p_year == "")
// p_year = new String(gNow.getFullYear().toString());
//if (p_format == null || p_format == "")
// p_format = "YYYY-MM-DD";

p_item = arguments[0];
if (arguments[1] == "" || arguments[1] == null)
p_year = new String(gNow.getFullYear().toString());
else
p_year = arguments[1];
if (arguments[2] == null)
p_format = "MM\/DD\/YYYY";
else
p_format = arguments[2];

Build(p_item, null, p_year, p_format);
}

//\//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//\ overLIB 3.50 -- This notice must remain untouched at all times.
//\ Copyright Erik Bosrup 1998-2001. All rights reserved.
//\ THIS IS A VERY MODIFIED VERSION. DO NOT EDIT OR PUBLISH. GET THE ORIGINAL!
var INARRAY=1;
var CAPARRAY=2;
var STICKY=3;
var BACKGROUND=4;
var NOCLOSE=5;
var CAPTION=6;
var LEFT=7;
var RIGHT=8;
var CENTER=9;
var OFFSETX=10;
var OFFSETY=11;
var FGCOLOR=12;
var BGCOLOR=13;
var TEXTCOLOR=14;
var CAPCOLOR=15;
var CLOSECOLOR=16;
var WIDTH=17;
var BORDER=18;
var STATUS=19;
var AUTOSTATUS=20;
var AUTOSTATUSCAP=21;
var HEIGHT=22;
var CLOSETEXT=23;
var SNAPX=24;
var SNAPY=25;
var FIXX=26;
var FIXY=27;
var FGBACKGROUND=28;
var BGBACKGROUND=29;
var PADX=30;// PADX2 out
var PADY=31;// PADY2 out
var FULLHTML=34;
var ABOVE=35;
var BELOW=36;
var CAPICON=37;
var TEXTFONT=38;
var CAPTIONFONT=39;
var CLOSEFONT=40;
var TEXTSIZE=41;
var CAPTIONSIZE=42;
var CLOSESIZE=43;
var FRAME=44;
var TIMEOUT=45;
var FUNCTION=46;
var DELAY=47;
var HAUTO=48;
var VAUTO=49;
var CLOSECLICK=50;
var CSSOFF=51;
var CSSSTYLE=52;
var CSSCLASS=53;
var FGCLASS=54;
var BGCLASS=55;
var TEXTFONTCLASS=56;
var CAPTIONFONTCLASS=57;
var CLOSEFONTCLASS=58;
var PADUNIT=59;
var HEIGHTUNIT=60;
var WIDTHUNIT=61;
var TEXTSIZEUNIT=62;
var TEXTDECORATION=63;
var TEXTSTYLE=64;
var TEXTWEIGHT=65;
var CAPTIONSIZEUNIT=66;
var CAPTIONDECORATION=67;
var CAPTIONSTYLE=68;
var CAPTIONWEIGHT=69;
var CLOSESIZEUNIT=70;
var CLOSEDECORATION=71;
var CLOSESTYLE=72;
var CLOSEWEIGHT=73;
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if(typeof ol_bgcolor=='undefined'){var ol_bgcolor="#333399";}
if(typeof ol_textcolor=='undefined'){var ol_textcolor="#000000";}
if(typeof ol_capcolor=='undefined'){var ol_capcolor="#FFFFFF";}
if(typeof ol_closecolor=='undefined'){var ol_closecolor="#9999FF";}
if(typeof ol_textfont=='undefined'){var ol_textfont="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica";}
if(typeof ol_captionfont=='undefined'){var ol_captionfont="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica";}
if(typeof ol_closefont=='undefined'){var ol_closefont="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica";}
if(typeof ol_textsize=='undefined'){var ol_textsize="1";}
if(typeof ol_captionsize=='undefined'){var ol_captionsize="1";}
if(typeof ol_closesize=='undefined'){var ol_closesize="1";}
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if(typeof ol_border=='undefined'){var ol_border="1";}
if(typeof ol_offsetx=='undefined'){var ol_offsetx=10;}
if(typeof ol_offsety=='undefined'){var ol_offsety=10;}
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if(typeof ol_background=='undefined'){var ol_background="";}
if(typeof ol_close=='undefined'){var ol_close="Close";}
if(typeof ol_hpos=='undefined'){var ol_hpos=8;}
if(typeof ol_status=='undefined'){var ol_status="";}
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if(typeof ol_snapx=='undefined'){var ol_snapx=0;}
if(typeof ol_snapy=='undefined'){var ol_snapy=0;}
if(typeof ol_fixx=='undefined'){var ol_fixx=-1;}
if(typeof ol_fixy=='undefined'){var ol_fixy=-1;}
if(typeof ol_fgbackground=='undefined'){var ol_fgbackground="";}
if(typeof ol_bgbackground=='undefined'){var ol_bgbackground="";}
if(typeof ol_padxl=='undefined'){var ol_padxl=1;}
if(typeof ol_padxr=='undefined'){var ol_padxr=1;}
if(typeof ol_padyt=='undefined'){var ol_padyt=1;}
if(typeof ol_padyb=='undefined'){var ol_padyb=1;}
if(typeof ol_fullhtml=='undefined'){var ol_fullhtml=0;}
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if(typeof ol_aboveheight=='undefined'){var ol_aboveheight=0;}
if(typeof ol_caption=='undefined'){var ol_capicon="";}
if(typeof ol_frame=='undefined'){var ol_frame=self;}
if(typeof ol_timeout=='undefined'){var ol_timeout=0;}
if(typeof ol_function=='undefined'){var ol_function=Function();}
if(typeof ol_delay=='undefined'){var ol_delay=0;}
if(typeof ol_hauto=='undefined'){var ol_hauto=0;}
if(typeof ol_vauto=='undefined'){var ol_vauto=0;}
if(typeof ol_closeclick=='undefined'){var ol_closeclick=0;}
if(typeof ol_css=='undefined'){var ol_css=51;}
if(typeof ol_fgclass=='undefined'){var ol_fgclass="";}
if(typeof ol_bgclass=='undefined'){var ol_bgclass="";}
if(typeof ol_textfontclass=='undefined'){var ol_textfontclass="";}
if(typeof ol_captionfontclass=='undefined'){var ol_captionfontclass="";}
if(typeof ol_closefontclass=='undefined'){var ol_closefontclass="";}
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if(typeof ol_heightunit=='undefined'){var ol_heightunit="px";}
if(typeof ol_widthunit=='undefined'){var ol_widthunit="px";}
if(typeof ol_textsizeunit=='undefined'){var ol_textsizeunit="px";}
if(typeof ol_textdecoration=='undefined'){var ol_textdecoration="none";}
if(typeof ol_textstyle=='undefined'){var ol_textstyle="normal";}
if(typeof ol_textweight=='undefined'){var ol_textweight="normal";}
if(typeof ol_captionsizeunit=='undefined'){var ol_captionsizeunit="px";}
if(typeof ol_captiondecoration=='undefined'){var ol_captiondecoration="none";}
if(typeof ol_captionstyle=='undefined'){var ol_captionstyle="normal";}
if(typeof ol_captionweight=='undefined'){var ol_captionweight="bold";}
if(typeof ol_closesizeunit=='undefined'){var ol_closesizeunit="px";}
if(typeof ol_closedecoration=='undefined'){var ol_closedecoration="none";}
if(typeof ol_closestyle=='undefined'){var ol_closestyle="normal";}
if(typeof ol_closeweight=='undefined'){var ol_closeweight="normal";}
if(typeof ol_texts=='undefined'){var ol_texts=new Array("Text 0", "Text 1");}
if(typeof ol_caps=='undefined'){var ol_caps=new Array("Caption 0", "Caption 1");}
var otext="";
var ocap="";
var osticky=0;
var obackground="";
var oclose="Close";
var ohpos=8;
var ooffsetx=2;
var ooffsety=2;
var ofgcolor="";
var obgcolor="";
var otextcolor="";
var ocapcolor="";
var oclosecolor="";
var owidth=100;
var oborder=1;
var ostatus="";
var oautostatus=0;
var oheight=-1;
var osnapx=0;
var osnapy=0;
var ofixx=-1;
var ofixy=-1;
var ofgbackground="";
var obgbackground="";
var opadxl=0;
var opadxr=0;
var opadyt=0;
var opadyb=0;
var ofullhtml=0;
var ovpos=36;
var oaboveheight=0;
var ocapicon="";
var otextfont="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica";
var ocaptionfont="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica";
var oclosefont="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica";
var otextsize="1";
var ocaptionsize="1";
var oclosesize="1";
var oframe=self;
var otimeout=0;
var otimerid=0;
var oallowmove=0;
var ofunction=Function();
var odelay=0;
var odelayid=0;
var ohauto=0;
var ovauto=0;
var ocloseclick=0;
var ocss=51;
var ofgclass="";
var obgclass="";
var otextfontclass="";
var ocaptionfontclass="";
var oclosefontclass="";
var opadunit="px";
var oheightunit="px";
var owidthunit="px";
var otextsizeunit="px";
var otextdecoration="";
var otextstyle="";
var otextweight="";
var ocaptionsizeunit="px";
var ocaptiondecoration="";
var ocaptionstyle="";
var ocaptionweight="";
var oclosesizeunit="px";
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var oclosestyle="";
var ocloseweight="";
var ox=0;
var oy=0;
var oallow=0;
var oshowingsticky=0;
var oremovecounter=0;
var over=null;
var ns4=(document.layers)? true:false;
var ns6=(document.getElementById)? true:false;
var ie4=(document.all)? true:false;
var ie5=false;
if(ie4){
if((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5')> 0)||(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 6')> 0)){
ie5=true;
}
if(ns6){
ns6=false;
}
}
if((ns4)||(ie4)||(ns6)){
document.onmousemove=mouseMove
if(ns4)document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE)
}else{
overlib=no_overlib;
nd=no_overlib;
ver3fix=true;
}
function no_overlib(){
return ver3fix;
}
function overlib(){
otext=ol_text;
ocap=ol_cap;
osticky=ol_sticky;
obackground=ol_background;
oclose=ol_close;
ohpos=ol_hpos;
ooffsetx=ol_offsetx;
ooffsety=ol_offsety;
ofgcolor=ol_fgcolor;
obgcolor=ol_bgcolor;
otextcolor=ol_textcolor;
ocapcolor=ol_capcolor;
oclosecolor=ol_closecolor;
owidth=ol_width;
oborder=ol_border;
ostatus=ol_status;
oautostatus=ol_autostatus;
oheight=ol_height;
osnapx=ol_snapx;
osnapy=ol_snapy;
ofixx=ol_fixx;
ofixy=ol_fixy;
ofgbackground=ol_fgbackground;
obgbackground=ol_bgbackground;
opadxl=ol_padxl;
opadxr=ol_padxr;
opadyt=ol_padyt;
opadyb=ol_padyb;
ofullhtml=ol_fullhtml;
ovpos=ol_vpos;
oaboveheight=ol_aboveheight;
ocapicon=ol_capicon;
otextfont=ol_textfont;
ocaptionfont=ol_captionfont;
oclosefont=ol_closefont;
otextsize=ol_textsize;
ocaptionsize=ol_captionsize;
oclosesize=ol_closesize;
otimeout=ol_timeout;
ofunction=ol_function;
odelay=ol_delay;
ohauto=ol_hauto;
ovauto=ol_vauto;
ocloseclick=ol_closeclick;
ocss=ol_css;
ofgclass=ol_fgclass;
obgclass=ol_bgclass;
otextfontclass=ol_textfontclass;
ocaptionfontclass=ol_captionfontclass;
oclosefontclass=ol_closefontclass;
opadunit=ol_padunit;
oheightunit=ol_heightunit;
owidthunit=ol_widthunit;
otextsizeunit=ol_textsizeunit;
otextdecoration=ol_textdecoration;
otextstyle=ol_textstyle;
otextweight=ol_textweight;
ocaptionsizeunit=ol_captionsizeunit;
ocaptiondecoration=ol_captiondecoration;
ocaptionstyle=ol_captionstyle;
ocaptionweight=ol_captionweight;
oclosesizeunit=ol_closesizeunit;
oclosedecoration=ol_closedecoration;
oclosestyle=ol_closestyle;
ocloseweight=ol_closeweight;
if((ns4)||(ie4)||(ns6)){
oframe=ol_frame;
if(ns4)over=oframe.document.overDiv
if(ie4)over=oframe.overDiv.style
if(ns6)over=oframe.document.getElementById("overDiv");
}
var c=-1;
var ar=arguments;
for(i=0;i < ar.length;i++){
if(c < 0){
if(ar[i]==1){
otext=ol_texts[ar[++i]];
}else{
otext=ar[i];
}
c=0;
}else{
if(ar[i]==1){otext=ol_texts[ar[++i]];continue;}
if(ar[i]==2){ocap=ol_caps[ar[++i]];continue;}
if(ar[i]==3){osticky=1;continue;}
if(ar[i]==4){obackground=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==NOCLOSE){oclose="";continue;}
if(ar[i]==6){ocap=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==9 || ar[i]==7 || ar[i]==8){ohpos=ar[i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==10){ooffsetx=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==11){ooffsety=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==12){ofgcolor=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==13){obgcolor=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==14){otextcolor=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==15){ocapcolor=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==16){oclosecolor=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==17){owidth=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==18){oborder=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==19){ostatus=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==20){oautostatus=1;continue;}
if(ar[i]==21){oautostatus=2;continue;}
if(ar[i]==22){oheight=ar[++i];oaboveheight=ar[i];continue;}// Same param again.
if(ar[i]==23){oclose=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==24){osnapx=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==25){osnapy=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==26){ofixx=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==27){ofixy=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==28){ofgbackground=ar[++i];continue;}
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if(ar[i]==30){opadxl=ar[++i];opadxr=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==31){opadyt=ar[++i];opadyb=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==34){ofullhtml=1;continue;}
if(ar[i]==36 || ar[i]==35){ovpos=ar[i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==37){ocapicon=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==38){otextfont=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==39){ocaptionfont=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==40){oclosefont=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==41){otextsize=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==42){ocaptionsize=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==43){oclosesize=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==44){opt_FRAME(ar[++i]);continue;}
if(ar[i]==45){otimeout=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==46){opt_FUNCTION(ar[++i]);continue;}
if(ar[i]==47){odelay=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==48){ohauto=(ohauto==0)? 1 : 0;continue;}
if(ar[i]==49){ovauto=(ovauto==0)? 1 : 0;continue;}
if(ar[i]==50){ocloseclick=(ocloseclick==0)? 1 : 0;continue;}
if(ar[i]==51){ocss=ar[i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==52){ocss=ar[i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==53){ocss=ar[i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==54){ofgclass=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==55){obgclass=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==56){otextfontclass=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==57){ocaptionfontclass=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==58){oclosefontclass=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==59){opadunit=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==60){oheightunit=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==61){owidthunit=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==62){otextsizeunit=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==63){otextdecoration=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==64){otextstyle=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==65){otextweight=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==66){ocaptionsizeunit=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==67){ocaptiondecoration=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==68){ocaptionstyle=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==69){ocaptionweight=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==70){oclosesizeunit=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==71){oclosedecoration=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==72){oclosestyle=ar[++i];continue;}
if(ar[i]==73){ocloseweight=ar[++i];continue;}
}
}
if(odelay==0){
return overlib350();
}else{
odelayid=setTimeout("overlib350()", odelay);
if(osticky){
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
}
}
function nd(){
if(oremovecounter >=1){oshowingsticky=0};
if((ns4)||(ie4)||(ns6)){
if(oshowingsticky==0){
oallowmove=0;
if(over !=null)hideObject(over);
}else{
oremovecounter++;
}
}
return true;
}
function overlib350(){
var layerhtml;
if(obackground !="" || ofullhtml){
layerhtml=ol_content_background(otext, obackground, ofullhtml);
}else{
if(ofgbackground !="" && ocss==CSSOFF){
ofgbackground="BACKGROUND=\""+ofgbackground+"\"";
}
if(obgbackground !="" && ocss==CSSOFF){
obgbackground="BACKGROUND=\""+obgbackground+"\"";
}
if(ofgcolor !="" && ocss==CSSOFF){
ofgcolor="BGCOLOR=\""+ofgcolor+"\"";
}
if(obgcolor !="" && ocss==CSSOFF){
obgcolor="BGCOLOR=\""+obgcolor+"\"";
}
if(oheight > 0 && ocss==51){
oheight="HEIGHT=" + oheight;
}else{
oheight="";
}
if(ocap==""){
layerhtml=ol_content_simple(otext);
}else{
if(osticky){
layerhtml=ol_content_caption(otext, ocap, oclose);
}else{
layerhtml=ol_content_caption(otext, ocap, "");
}
}
}
if(osticky){
oshowingsticky=1;
oremovecounter=0;
}
layerWrite(layerhtml);
if(oautostatus > 0){
ostatus=otext;
if(oautostatus > 1){
ostatus=ocap;
}
}
oallowmove=0;
if(otimeout > 0){
if(otimerid > 0)clearTimeout(otimerid);
otimerid=setTimeout("cClick()", otimeout);
}
disp(ostatus);
if(osticky){
oallowmove=0;
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
}
function ol_content_simple(text){
if(ocss==CSSCLASS)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING="+oborder+" CELLSPACING=0 class=\""+obgclass+"\"><TR><TD><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 class=\""+ofgclass+"\"><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT class=\""+otextfontclass+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>";
if(ocss==CSSSTYLE)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING="+oborder+" CELLSPACING=0 style=\"background-color: "+obgcolor+";height: "+oheight+oheightunit+";\"><TR><TD><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 style=\"color: "+ofgcolor+";background-color: "+ofgcolor+";height: "+oheight+oheightunit+";\"><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT style=\"font-family: "+otextfont+";color: "+otextcolor+";font-size: "+otextsize+otextsizeunit+";text-decoration: "+otextdecoration+";font-weight: "+otextweight+";font-style:"+otextstyle+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>";
if(ocss==CSSOFF)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING="+oborder+" CELLSPACING=0 "+obgcolor+" "+oheight+"><TR><TD><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 "+ofgcolor+" "+ofgbackground+" "+oheight+"><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE=\""+otextfont+"\" COLOR=\""+otextcolor+"\" SIZE=\""+otextsize+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>";
set_background("");
return txt;
}
function ol_content_caption(text, title, close){
closing="";
closeevent="onMouseOver";
if(ocloseclick==1)closeevent="onClick";
if(ocapicon !="")ocapicon="<IMG SRC=\""+ocapicon+"\"> ";
if(close !=""){
if(ocss==CSSCLASS)closing="<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF=\"/\" "+closeevent+"=\"return cClick();\" class=\""+oclosefontclass+"\">"+close+"</A></TD>";
if(ocss==CSSSTYLE)closing="<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF=\"/\" "+closeevent+"=\"return cClick();\" style=\"color: "+oclosecolor+";font-family: "+oclosefont+";font-size: "+oclosesize+oclosesizeunit+";text-decoration: "+oclosedecoration+";font-weight: "+ocloseweight+";font-style:"+oclosestyle+";\">"+close+"</A></TD>";
if(ocss==CSSOFF)closing="<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF=\"/\" "+closeevent+"=\"return cClick();\"><FONT COLOR=\""+oclosecolor+"\" FACE=\""+oclosefont+"\" SIZE=\""+oclosesize+"\">"+close+"</FONT></A></TD>";
}
if(ocss==CSSCLASS)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING="+oborder+" CELLSPACING=0 class=\""+obgclass+"\"><TR><TD><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD><FONT class=\""+ocaptionfontclass+"\">"+ocapicon+title+"</FONT></TD>"+closing+"</TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 class=\""+ofgclass+"\"><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT class=\""+otextfontclass+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>";
if(ocss==CSSSTYLE)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING="+oborder+" CELLSPACING=0 style=\"background-color: "+obgcolor+";background-image: url("+obgbackground+");height: "+oheight+oheightunit+";\"><TR><TD><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD><FONT style=\"font-family: "+ocaptionfont+";color: "+ocapcolor+";font-size: "+ocaptionsize+ocaptionsizeunit+";font-weight: "+ocaptionweight+";font-style: "+ocaptionstyle+";\">"+ocapicon+title+"</FONT></TD>"+closing+"</TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 style=\"color: "+ofgcolor+";background-color: "+ofgcolor+";height: "+oheight+oheightunit+";\"><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT style=\"font-family: "+otextfont+";color: "+otextcolor+";font-size: "+otextsize+otextsizeunit+";text-decoration: "+otextdecoration+";font-weight: "+otextweight+";font-style:"+otextstyle+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>";
if(ocss==CSSOFF)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING="+oborder+" CELLSPACING=0 "+obgcolor+" "+obgbackground+" "+oheight+"><TR><TD><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD><B><FONT COLOR=\""+ocapcolor+"\" FACE=\""+ocaptionfont+"\" SIZE=\""+ocaptionsize+"\">"+ocapicon+title+"</FONT></B></TD>"+closing+"</TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 "+ofgcolor+" "+ofgbackground+" "+oheight+"><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT COLOR=\""+otextcolor+"\" FACE=\""+otextfont+"\" SIZE=\""+otextsize+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>";
set_background("");
return txt;
}
function ol_content_background(text, picture, hasfullhtml){
if(hasfullhtml){
txt=text;
}else{
if(ocss==CSSCLASS)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+owidthunit+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 HEIGHT="+oheight+oheightunit+"><TR><TD COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT="+opadyt+opadunit+"></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="+opadxl+opadunit+"></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="+(owidth-opadxl-opadxr)+opadunit+"><FONT class=\""+otextfontclass+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH="+opadxr+opadunit+"></TD></TR><TR><TD COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT="+opadyb+opadunit+"></TD></TR></TABLE>";
if(ocss==CSSSTYLE)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+owidthunit+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 HEIGHT="+oheight+oheightunit+"><TR><TD COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT="+opadyt+opadunit+"></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="+opadxl+opadunit+"></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="+(owidth-opadxl-opadxr)+opadunit+"><FONT style=\"font-family: "+otextfont+";color: "+otextcolor+";font-size: "+otextsize+otextsizeunit+";\">"+text+"</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH="+opadxr+opadunit+"></TD></TR><TR><TD COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT="+opadyb+opadunit+"></TD></TR></TABLE>";
if(ocss==CSSOFF)txt="<TABLE WIDTH="+owidth+" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 HEIGHT="+oheight+"><TR><TD COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT="+opadyt+"></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="+opadxl+"></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="+(owidth-opadxl-opadxr)+"><FONT FACE=\""+otextfont+"\" COLOR=\""+otextcolor+"\" SIZE=\""+otextsize+"\">"+text+"</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH="+opadxr+"></TD></TR><TR><TD COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT="+opadyb+"></TD></TR></TABLE>";
}
set_background(picture);
return txt;
}
function set_background(pic){
if(pic==""){
if(ie4)over.backgroundImage="none";
if(ns6)over.style.backgroundImage="none";
}else{
if(ns4){
over.background.src=pic;
}else if(ie4){
over.backgroundImage="url("+pic+")";
}else if(ns6){
over.style.backgroundImage="url("+pic+")";
}
}
}
function disp(statustext){
if((ns4)||(ie4)||(ns6)){
if(oallowmove==0){
placeLayer();
showObject(over);
oallowmove=1;
}
}
if(statustext !=""){
self.status=statustext;
}
}
function placeLayer(){
var placeX, placeY;
if(ofixx > -1){
placeX=ofixx;
}else{
winoffset=(ie4)? oframe.document.body.scrollLeft : oframe.pageXOffset;
if(ie4)iwidth=oframe.document.body.clientWidth;
if(ns4)iwidth=oframe.innerWidth;// was screwed in mozilla, fixed now?
if(ns6)iwidth=oframe.outerWidth;
if(ohauto==1){
if((ox - winoffset)>((eval(iwidth))/ 2)){
ohpos=7;
}else{
ohpos=8;
}
}
if(ohpos==9){// Center
placeX=ox+ooffsetx-(owidth/2);
}
if(ohpos==8){// Right
placeX=ox+ooffsetx;
if((eval(placeX)+ eval(owidth))>(winoffset + iwidth)){
placeX=iwidth + winoffset - owidth;
if(placeX < 0)placeX=0;
}
}
if(ohpos==7){// Left
placeX=ox-ooffsetx-owidth;
if(placeX < winoffset)placeX=winoffset;
}
if(osnapx > 1){
var snapping=placeX % osnapx;
if(ohpos==7){
placeX=placeX -(osnapx + snapping);
}else{
placeX=placeX +(osnapx - snapping);
}
if(placeX < winoffset)placeX=winoffset;
}
}
if(ofixy > -1){
placeY=ofixy;
}else{
scrolloffset=(ie4)? oframe.document.body.scrollTop : oframe.pageYOffset;
if(ovauto==1){
if(ie4)iheight=oframe.document.body.clientHeight;
if(ns4)iheight=oframe.innerHeight;
if(ns6)iheight=oframe.outerHeight;
iheight=(eval(iheight))/ 2;
if((oy - scrolloffset)> iheight){
ovpos=35;
}else{
ovpos=36;
}
}
if(ovpos==35){
if(oaboveheight==0){
var divref=(ie4)? oframe.document.all['overDiv'] : over;
oaboveheight=(ns4)? divref.clip.height : divref.offsetHeight;
}
placeY=oy -(oaboveheight + ooffsety);
if(placeY < scrolloffset)placeY=scrolloffset;
}else{
placeY=oy + ooffsety;
}
if(osnapy > 1){
var snapping=placeY % osnapy;
if(oaboveheight > 0 && ovpos==35){
placeY=placeY -(osnapy + snapping);
}else{
placeY=placeY +(osnapy - snapping);
}
if(placeY < scrolloffset)placeY=scrolloffset;
}
}
repositionTo(over, placeX, placeY);
}
function mouseMove(e){
if((ns4)||(ns6)){ox=e.pageX;oy=e.pageY;}
if(ie4){ox=event.x;oy=event.y;}
if(ie5){ox=event.x+oframe.document.body.scrollLeft;oy=event.y+oframe.document.body.scrollTop;}
if(oallowmove==1){
placeLayer();
}
}
function cClick(){
hideObject(over);
oshowingsticky=0;
return false;
}
function compatibleframe(frameid){
if(ns4){
if(typeof frameid.document.overDiv=='undefined')return false;
}else if(ie4){
if(typeof frameid.document.all["overDiv"]=='undefined')return false;
}else if(ns6){
if(frameid.document.getElementById('overDiv')==null)return false;
}
return true;
}
function layerWrite(txt){
txt +="\n";
if(ns4){
var lyr=oframe.document.overDiv.document
lyr.write(txt)
lyr.close()
}else if(ie4){
oframe.document.all["overDiv"].innerHTML=txt
}else if(ns6){
range=oframe.document.createRange();
range.setStartBefore(over);
domfrag=range.createContextualFragment(txt);
while(over.hasChildNodes()){
over.removeChild(over.lastChild);
}
over.appendChild(domfrag);
}
}
function showObject(obj){
if(ns4)obj.visibility="show";
else if(ie4)obj.visibility="visible";
else if(ns6)obj.style.visibility="visible";
}
function hideObject(obj){
if(ns4)obj.visibility="hide";
else if(ie4)obj.visibility="hidden";
else if(ns6)obj.style.visibility="hidden";
if(otimerid > 0)clearTimeout(otimerid);
if(odelayid > 0)clearTimeout(odelayid);
otimerid=0;
odelayid=0;
self.status="";
}
function repositionTo(obj,xL,yL){
if((ns4)||(ie4)){
obj.left=xL;
obj.top=yL;
}else if(ns6){
obj.style.left=xL + "px";
obj.style.top=yL+ "px";
}
}
function opt_FRAME(frm){
oframe=compatibleframe(frm)? frm : ol_frame;
if((ns4)||(ie4 ||(ns6))){
if(ns4)over=oframe.document.overDiv;
if(ie4)over=oframe.overDiv.style;
if(ns6)over=oframe.document.getElementById("overDiv");
}
return 0;
}
function opt_FUNCTION(callme){
otext=callme()
return 0;
}

Microsoft has a calendar control that uses behaviors. Obviously IE5+ only but I've worked with and its pretty nice. You can download it from here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/internet/default.asp?url=/downloads/samples/internet/behaviors/library/calendar/default.asp

Mark

There is a cool JS calendar that I've used in one of my projects here. All done in JS and DHTML, very customizable.

Get it at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jscalendar/

--Alexandre

We're using this one on a few projects, very nice.

http://www.eworldui.net/CustomControls/CalendarPopup.aspx

Yup, th eworld ones are excellent, Matt (http://weblogs.asp.net/mhawley) is really responsive if you have any problems. Currently on V1.9, an they're the best I've seen. (oh and they're free)

Wow, guess you guys beat me to the punch for throwin my control out there :) Very awesome to see everyone is happy with what I can provide for free to the community.

What's more revolting is that you make a lovely couple.

:-)

Congratulations, and see you both in Seattle!

Have a look at the post http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele/archive/2004/02/05/68135.aspx

for text format use
mso-number-format:"\@";

for currency format use
mso-number-format:"\0022$\0022\#\,\#\#0\.00";

to center text use
text-align:center;

For example, to center and format ALL cells to text
following line should be added using response.write() at top of the page.

<style> td {mso-number-format:"\@"; text-align:center;} </style>

Hopefully that should give you an idea.

GK

www.petersdatepackage.com if you're willing to spend money - can't beat the price, quality, or features.

I didn't quite type what I was intending. Let me try this again:

Peter's Date Package if you're willing to spend the money - can't beat the price, quality, or features - www.peterblum.com

Here is another javascript one:
// written by Tan Ling Wee
// last updated 23 June 2002
// email : fuushikaden@yahoo.com

var fixedX = -1 // x position (-1 if to appear below control)
var fixedY = -1 // y position (-1 if to appear below control)

function SetPozy(Xval, Yval){
fixedX = Xval // x position (-1 if to appear below control)
fixedY = Yval // y position (-1 if to appear below control)
}

var startAt = 1 // 0 - sunday ; 1 - monday
var showWeekNumber = 1 // 0 - don't show; 1 - show
var showToday = 1 // 0 - don't show; 1 - show
var imgDir = "/tools/images/" // directory for images ... e.g. var imgDir="/img/"

var gotoString = "Go To Current Month"
var todayString = "Today is"
var weekString = "Wk"
var scrollLeftMessage = "Click to scroll to previous month. Hold mouse button to scroll automatically."
var scrollRightMessage = "Click to scroll to next month. Hold mouse button to scroll automatically."
var selectMonthMessage = "Click to select a month."
var selectYearMessage = "Click to select a year."
var selectDateMessage = "Select [date] as date." // do not replace [date], it will be replaced by date.

var crossobj, crossMonthObj, crossYearObj, monthSelected, yearSelected, dateSelected, omonthSelected, oyearSelected, odateSelected, monthConstructed, yearConstructed, intervalID1, intervalID2, timeoutID1, timeoutID2, ctlToPlaceValue, ctlNow, dateFormat, nStartingYear

var bPageLoaded=false
var ie=document.all
var dom=document.getElementById

var ns4=document.layers
var today = new Date()
var dateNow = today.getDate()
var monthNow = today.getMonth()
var yearNow = today.getYear()
var imgsrc = new Array("drop1.gif","drop2.gif","left1.gif","left2.gif","right1.gif","right2.gif")
var img = new Array()

var bShow = false;

/* hides <select> and <applet> objects (for IE only) */
function hideElement( elmID, overDiv )
{
if( ie )
{
for( i = 0; i < document.all.tags( elmID ).length; i++ )
{
obj = document.all.tags( elmID )[i];
if( !obj || !obj.offsetParent )
{
continue;
}

// Find the element's offsetTop and offsetLeft relative to the BODY tag.
objLeft = obj.offsetLeft;
objTop = obj.offsetTop;
objParent = obj.offsetParent;

while( objParent.tagName.toUpperCase() != "BODY" )
{
objLeft += objParent.offsetLeft;
objTop += objParent.offsetTop;
objParent = objParent.offsetParent;
}

objHeight = obj.offsetHeight;
objWidth = obj.offsetWidth;

if(( overDiv.offsetLeft + overDiv.offsetWidth ) <= objLeft );
else if(( overDiv.offsetTop + overDiv.offsetHeight ) <= objTop );
else if( overDiv.offsetTop >= ( objTop + objHeight ));
else if( overDiv.offsetLeft >= ( objLeft + objWidth ));
else
{
obj.style.visibility = "hidden";
}
}
}
}

/*
* unhides <select> and <applet> objects (for IE only)
*/
function showElement( elmID )
{
if( ie )
{
for( i = 0; i < document.all.tags( elmID ).length; i++ )
{
obj = document.all.tags( elmID )[i];

if( !obj || !obj.offsetParent )
{
continue;
}

obj.style.visibility = "";
}
}
}

function HolidayRec (d, m, y, desc)
{
this.d = d
this.m = m
this.y = y
this.desc = desc
}

var HolidaysCounter = 0
var Holidays = new Array()

function addHoliday (d, m, y, desc)
{
Holidays[HolidaysCounter++] = new HolidayRec ( d, m, y, desc )
}

if (dom)
{
for (i=0;i<imgsrc.length;i++)
{
img[i] = new Image
img[i].src = imgDir + imgsrc[i]
}
document.write ("<div onclick='bShow=true' id='calendar' style='z-index:+999;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;'><table width="+((showWeekNumber==1)?250:220)+" style='font-family:arial;font-size:11px;border-width:1;border-style:solid;border-color:#a0a0a0;font-family:arial; font-size:11px}' bgcolor='#ffffff'><tr bgcolor='#0000aa'><td><table width='"+((showWeekNumber==1)?248:218)+"'><tr><td style='padding:2px;font-family:arial; font-size:11px;'><font color='#ffffff'><B><span id='caption'></span></B></font></td><td align=right><a href='javascript:hideCalendar()'><IMG SRC='"+imgDir+"close.gif' WIDTH='15' HEIGHT='13' BORDER='0' ALT='Close the Calendar'></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:5px' bgcolor=#ffffff><span id='content'></span></td></tr>")

if (showToday==1)
{
document.write ("<tr bgcolor=#f0f0f0><td style='padding:5px' align=center><span id='lblToday'></span></td></tr>")
}

document.write ("</table></div><div id='selectMonth' style='z-index:+999;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;'></div><div id='selectYear' style='z-index:+999;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;'></div>");
}

var monthName = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")
if (startAt==0)
{
dayName = new Array ("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat")
}
else
{
dayName = new Array ("Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat","Sun")
}
var styleAnchor="text-decoration:none;color:black;"
var styleLightBorder="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#a0a0a0;"

function swapImage(srcImg, destImg){
if (ie) { document.getElementById(srcImg).setAttribute("src",imgDir + destImg) }
}

function init() {
if (!ns4)
{
if (!ie) { yearNow += 1900 }

crossobj=(dom)?document.getElementById("calendar").style : ie? document.all.calendar : document.calendar
hideCalendar()

crossMonthObj=(dom)?document.getElementById("selectMonth").style : ie? document.all.selectMonth : document.selectMonth

crossYearObj=(dom)?document.getElementById("selectYear").style : ie? document.all.selectYear : document.selectYear

monthConstructed=false;
yearConstructed=false;

if (showToday==1)
{
document.getElementById("lblToday").innerHTML = todayString + " <a onmousemove='window.status=\""+gotoString+"\"' onmouseout='window.status=\"\"' title='"+gotoString+"' style='"+styleAnchor+"' href='javascript:monthSelected=monthNow;yearSelected=yearNow;constructCalendar();'>"+dayName[(today.getDay()-startAt==-1)?6:(today.getDay()-startAt)]+", " + dateNow + " " + monthName[monthNow].substring(0,3) + " " + yearNow + "</a>"
}

sHTML1="<span id='spanLeft' style='border-style:solid;border-width:1;border-color:#3366FF;cursor:pointer' onmouseover='swapImage(\"changeLeft\",\"left2.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#88AAFF\";window.status=\""+scrollLeftMessage+"\"' onclick='javascript:decMonth()' onmouseout='clearInterval(intervalID1);swapImage(\"changeLeft\",\"left1.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#3366FF\";window.status=\"\"' onmousedown='clearTimeout(timeoutID1);timeoutID1=setTimeout(\"StartDecMonth()\",500)' onmouseup='clearTimeout(timeoutID1);clearInterval(intervalID1)'>&nbsp<IMG id='changeLeft' SRC='"+imgDir+"left1.gif' width=10 height=11 BORDER=0>&nbsp</span>&nbsp;"
sHTML1+="<span id='spanRight' style='border-style:solid;border-width:1;border-color:#3366FF;cursor:pointer' onmouseover='swapImage(\"changeRight\",\"right2.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#88AAFF\";window.status=\""+scrollRightMessage+"\"' onmouseout='clearInterval(intervalID1);swapImage(\"changeRight\",\"right1.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#3366FF\";window.status=\"\"' onclick='incMonth()' onmousedown='clearTimeout(timeoutID1);timeoutID1=setTimeout(\"StartIncMonth()\",500)' onmouseup='clearTimeout(timeoutID1);clearInterval(intervalID1)'>&nbsp<IMG id='changeRight' SRC='"+imgDir+"right1.gif' width=10 height=11 BORDER=0>&nbsp</span>&nbsp"
sHTML1+="<span id='spanMonth' style='border-style:solid;border-width:1;border-color:#3366FF;cursor:pointer' onmouseover='swapImage(\"changeMonth\",\"drop2.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#88AAFF\";window.status=\""+selectMonthMessage+"\"' onmouseout='swapImage(\"changeMonth\",\"drop1.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#3366FF\";window.status=\"\"' onclick='popUpMonth()'></span>&nbsp;"
sHTML1+="<span id='spanYear' style='border-style:solid;border-width:1;border-color:#3366FF;cursor:pointer' onmouseover='swapImage(\"changeYear\",\"drop2.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#88AAFF\";window.status=\""+selectYearMessage+"\"' onmouseout='swapImage(\"changeYear\",\"drop1.gif\");this.style.borderColor=\"#3366FF\";window.status=\"\"' onclick='popUpYear()'></span>&nbsp;"

document.getElementById("caption").innerHTML = sHTML1

bPageLoaded=true
}
}

function hideCalendar() {
crossobj.visibility="hidden"
if (crossMonthObj != null){crossMonthObj.visibility="hidden"}
if (crossYearObj != null){crossYearObj.visibility="hidden"}

showElement( 'SELECT' );
showElement( 'APPLET' );
}

function padZero(num) {
return (num < 10)? '0' + num : num ;
}

function constructDate(d,m,y)
{
sTmp = dateFormat
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("dd","<e>")
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("d","<d>")
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("<e>",padZero(d))
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("<d>",d)
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("mmm","<o>")
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("mm","<n>")
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("m","<m>")
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("<m>",m+1)
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("<n>",padZero(m+1))
sTmp = sTmp.replace ("<o>",monthName[m])
return sTmp.replace ("yyyy",y)
}

function closeCalendar() {
var sTmp

hideCalendar();
ctlToPlaceValue.value = constructDate(dateSelected,monthSelected,yearSelected)
}

/*** Month Pulldown ***/

function StartDecMonth()
{
intervalID1=setInterval("decMonth()",80)
}

function StartIncMonth()
{
intervalID1=setInterval("incMonth()",80)
}

function incMonth () {
monthSelected++
if (monthSelected>11) {
monthSelected=0
yearSelected++
}
constructCalendar()
}

function decMonth () {
monthSelected--
if (monthSelected<0) {
monthSelected=11
yearSelected--
}
constructCalendar()
}

function constructMonth() {
popDownYear()
if (!monthConstructed) {
sHTML = ""
for (i=0; i<12; i++) {
sName = monthName[i];
if (i==monthSelected){
sName = "<B>" + sName + "</B>"
}
sHTML += "<tr><td id='m" + i + "' onmouseover='this.style.backgroundColor=\"#FFCC99\"' onmouseout='this.style.backgroundColor=\"\"' style='cursor:pointer' onclick='monthConstructed=false;monthSelected=" + i + ";constructCalendar();popDownMonth();event.cancelBubble=true'>&nbsp;" + sName + "&nbsp;</td></tr>"
}

document.getElementById("selectMonth").innerHTML = "<table width=70 style='font-family:arial; font-size:11px; border-width:1; border-style:solid; border-color:#a0a0a0;' bgcolor='#FFFFDD' cellspacing=0 onmouseover='clearTimeout(timeoutID1)' onmouseout='clearTimeout(timeoutID1);timeoutID1=setTimeout(\"popDownMonth()\",100);event.cancelBubble=true'>" + sHTML + "</table>"

monthConstructed=true
}
}

function popUpMonth() {
constructMonth()
crossMonthObj.visibility = (dom||ie)? "visible" : "show"
crossMonthObj.left = parseInt(crossobj.left) + 50
crossMonthObj.top = parseInt(crossobj.top) + 26

hideElement( 'SELECT', document.getElementById("selectMonth") );
hideElement( 'APPLET', document.getElementById("selectMonth") );
}

function popDownMonth() {
crossMonthObj.visibility= "hidden"
}

/*** Year Pulldown ***/

function incYear() {
for (i=0; i<7; i++){
newYear = (i+nStartingYear)+1
if (newYear==yearSelected)
{ txtYear = "&nbsp;<B>" + newYear + "</B>&nbsp;" }
else
{ txtYear = "&nbsp;" + newYear + "&nbsp;" }
document.getElementById("y"+i).innerHTML = txtYear
}
nStartingYear ++;
bShow=true
}

function decYear() {
for (i=0; i<7; i++){
newYear = (i+nStartingYear)-1
if (newYear==yearSelected)
{ txtYear = "&nbsp;<B>" + newYear + "</B>&nbsp;" }
else
{ txtYear = "&nbsp;" + newYear + "&nbsp;" }
document.getElementById("y"+i).innerHTML = txtYear
}
nStartingYear --;
bShow=true
}

function selectYear(nYear) {
yearSelected=parseInt(nYear+nStartingYear);
yearConstructed=false;
constructCalendar();
popDownYear();
}

function constructYear() {
popDownMonth()
sHTML = ""
if (!yearConstructed) {

sHTML = "<tr><td align='center' onmouseover='this.style.backgroundColor=\"#FFCC99\"' onmouseout='clearInterval(intervalID1);this.style.backgroundColor=\"\"' style='cursor:pointer' onmousedown='clearInterval(intervalID1);intervalID1=setInterval(\"decYear()\",30)' onmouseup='clearInterval(intervalID1)'>-</td></tr>"

j = 0
nStartingYear = yearSelected-3
for (i=(yearSelected-3); i<=(yearSelected+3); i++) {
sName = i;
if (i==yearSelected){
sName = "<B>" + sName + "</B>"
}

sHTML += "<tr><td id='y" + j + "' onmouseover='this.style.backgroundColor=\"#FFCC99\"' onmouseout='this.style.backgroundColor=\"\"' style='cursor:pointer' onclick='selectYear("+j+");event.cancelBubble=true'>&nbsp;" + sName + "&nbsp;</td></tr>"
j ++;
}

sHTML += "<tr><td align='center' onmouseover='this.style.backgroundColor=\"#FFCC99\"' onmouseout='clearInterval(intervalID2);this.style.backgroundColor=\"\"' style='cursor:pointer' onmousedown='clearInterval(intervalID2);intervalID2=setInterval(\"incYear()\",30)' onmouseup='clearInterval(intervalID2)'>+</td></tr>"

document.getElementById("selectYear").innerHTML = "<table width=44 style='font-family:arial; font-size:11px; border-width:1; border-style:solid; border-color:#a0a0a0;' bgcolor='#FFFFDD' onmouseover='clearTimeout(timeoutID2)' onmouseout='clearTimeout(timeoutID2);timeoutID2=setTimeout(\"popDownYear()\",100)' cellspacing=0>" + sHTML + "</table>"

yearConstructed = true
}
}

function popDownYear() {
clearInterval(intervalID1)
clearTimeout(timeoutID1)
clearInterval(intervalID2)
clearTimeout(timeoutID2)
crossYearObj.visibility= "hidden"
}

function popUpYear() {
var leftOffset

constructYear()
crossYearObj.visibility = (dom||ie)? "visible" : "show"
leftOffset = parseInt(crossobj.left) + document.getElementById("spanYear").offsetLeft
if (ie)
{
leftOffset += 6
}
crossYearObj.left = leftOffset
crossYearObj.top = parseInt(crossobj.top) + 26
}

/*** calendar ***/
function WeekNbr(n) {
// Algorithm used:
// From Klaus Tondering's Calendar document (The Authority/Guru)
// hhtp://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html
// a = (14-month) / 12
// y = year + 4800 - a
// m = month + 12a - 3
// J = day + (153m + 2) / 5 + 365y + y / 4 - y / 100 + y / 400 - 32045
// d4 = (J + 31741 - (J mod 7)) mod 146097 mod 36524 mod 1461
// L = d4 / 1460
// d1 = ((d4 - L) mod 365) + L
// WeekNumber = d1 / 7 + 1

year = n.getFullYear();
month = n.getMonth() + 1;
if (startAt == 0) {
day = n.getDate() + 1;
}
else {
day = n.getDate();
}

a = Math.floor((14-month) / 12);
y = year + 4800 - a;
m = month + 12 * a - 3;
b = Math.floor(y/4) - Math.floor(y/100) + Math.floor(y/400);
J = day + Math.floor((153 * m + 2) / 5) + 365 * y + b - 32045;
d4 = (((J + 31741 - (J % 7)) % 146097) % 36524) % 1461;
L = Math.floor(d4 / 1460);
d1 = ((d4 - L) % 365) + L;
week = Math.floor(d1/7) + 1;

return week;
}

function constructCalendar () {
var aNumDays = Array (31,0,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31)

var dateMessage
var startDate = new Date (yearSelected,monthSelected,1)
var endDate

if (monthSelected==1)
{
endDate = new Date (yearSelected,monthSelected+1,1);
endDate = new Date (endDate - (24*60*60*1000));
numDaysInMonth = endDate.getDate()
}
else
{
numDaysInMonth = aNumDays[monthSelected];
}

datePointer = 0
dayPointer = startDate.getDay() - startAt

if (dayPointer<0)
{
dayPointer = 6
}

sHTML = "<table border=0 style='font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;'><tr>"

if (showWeekNumber==1)
{
sHTML += "<td width=27><b>" + weekString + "</b></td><td width=1 rowspan=7 bgcolor='#d0d0d0' style='padding:0px'><img src='"+imgDir+"divider.gif' width=1></td>"
}

for (i=0; i<7; i++) {
sHTML += "<td width='27' align='right'><B>"+ dayName[i]+"</B></td>"
}
sHTML +="</tr><tr>"

if (showWeekNumber==1)
{
sHTML += "<td align=right>" + WeekNbr(startDate) + "&nbsp;</td>"
}

for ( var i=1; i<=dayPointer;i++ )
{
sHTML += "<td>&nbsp;</td>"
}

for ( datePointer=1; datePointer<=numDaysInMonth; datePointer++ )
{
dayPointer++;
sHTML += "<td align=right>"
sStyle=styleAnchor
if ((datePointer==odateSelected) && (monthSelected==omonthSelected) && (yearSelected==oyearSelected))
{ sStyle+=styleLightBorder }

sHint = ""
for (k=0;k<HolidaysCounter;k++)
{
if ((parseInt(Holidays[k].d)==datePointer)&&(parseInt(Holidays[k].m)==(monthSelected+1)))
{
if ((parseInt(Holidays[k].y)==0)||((parseInt(Holidays[k].y)==yearSelected)&&(parseInt(Holidays[k].y)!=0)))
{
sStyle+="background-color:#FFDDDD;"
sHint+=sHint==""?Holidays[k].desc:"\n"+Holidays[k].desc
}
}
}

var regexp= /\"/g
sHint=sHint.replace(regexp,"&quot;")

dateMessage = "onmousemove='window.status=\""+selectDateMessage.replace("[date]",constructDate(datePointer,monthSelected,yearSelected))+"\"' onmouseout='window.status=\"\"' "

if ((datePointer==dateNow)&&(monthSelected==monthNow)&&(yearSelected==yearNow))
{ sHTML += "<b><a "+dateMessage+" title=\"" + sHint + "\" style='"+sStyle+"' href='javascript:dateSelected="+datePointer+";closeCalendar();'><font color=#ff0000>&nbsp;" + datePointer + "</font>&nbsp;</a></b>"}
else if (dayPointer % 7 == (startAt * -1)+1)
{ sHTML += "<a "+dateMessage+" title=\"" + sHint + "\" style='"+sStyle+"' href='javascript:dateSelected="+datePointer + ";closeCalendar();'>&nbsp;<font color=#909090>" + datePointer + "</font>&nbsp;</a>" }
else
{ sHTML += "<a "+dateMessage+" title=\"" + sHint + "\" style='"+sStyle+"' href='javascript:dateSelected="+datePointer + ";closeCalendar();'>&nbsp;" + datePointer + "&nbsp;</a>" }

sHTML += ""
if ((dayPointer+startAt) % 7 == startAt) {
sHTML += "</tr><tr>"
if ((showWeekNumber==1)&&(datePointer<numDaysInMonth))
{
sHTML += "<td align=right>" + (WeekNbr(new Date(yearSelected,monthSelected,datePointer+1))) + "&nbsp;</td>"
}
}
}

document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = sHTML
document.getElementById("spanMonth").innerHTML = "&nbsp;" + monthName[monthSelected] + "&nbsp;<IMG id='changeMonth' SRC='"+imgDir+"drop1.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='10' BORDER=0>"
document.getElementById("spanYear").innerHTML = "&nbsp;" + yearSelected + "&nbsp;<IMG id='changeYear' SRC='"+imgDir+"drop1.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='10' BORDER=0>"
}

function popUpCalendar(ctl, ctl2, format) {
var leftpos=0
var toppos=0

if (bPageLoaded)
{
if ( crossobj.visibility == "hidden" ) {
ctlToPlaceValue = ctl2
dateFormat=format;

formatChar = " "
aFormat = dateFormat.split(formatChar)
if (aFormat.length<3)
{
formatChar = "/"
aFormat = dateFormat.split(formatChar)
if (aFormat.length<3)
{
formatChar = "."
aFormat = dateFormat.split(formatChar)
if (aFormat.length<3)
{
formatChar = "-"
aFormat = dateFormat.split(formatChar)
if (aFormat.length<3)
{
// invalid date format
formatChar=""
}
}
}
}

tokensChanged = 0
if ( formatChar != "" )
{
// use user's date
aData = ctl2.value.split(formatChar)

for (i=0;i<3;i++)
{
if ((aFormat[i]=="d") || (aFormat[i]=="dd"))
{
dateSelected = parseInt(aData[i], 10)
tokensChanged ++
}
else if ((aFormat[i]=="m") || (aFormat[i]=="mm"))
{
monthSelected = parseInt(aData[i], 10) - 1
tokensChanged ++
}
else if (aFormat[i]=="yyyy")
{
yearSelected = parseInt(aData[i], 10)
tokensChanged ++
}
else if (aFormat[i]=="mmm")
{
for (j=0; j<12; j++)
{
if (aData[i]==monthName[j])
{
monthSelected=j
tokensChanged ++
}
}
}
}
}

if ((tokensChanged!=3)||isNaN(dateSelected)||isNaN(monthSelected)||isNaN(yearSelected))
{
dateSelected = dateNow
monthSelected = monthNow
yearSelected = yearNow
}

odateSelected=dateSelected
omonthSelected=monthSelected
oyearSelected=yearSelected

aTag = ctl
do {
aTag = aTag.offsetParent;
leftpos += aTag.offsetLeft;
toppos += aTag.offsetTop;
} while(aTag.tagName!="BODY");

crossobj.left = fixedX==-1 ? ctl.offsetLeft + leftpos : fixedX
crossobj.top = fixedY==-1 ? ctl.offsetTop + toppos + ctl.offsetHeight + 2 : fixedY
constructCalendar (1, monthSelected, yearSelected);
crossobj.visibility=(dom||ie)? "visible" : "show"

hideElement( 'SELECT', document.getElementById("calendar") );
hideElement( 'APPLET', document.getElementById("calendar") );

bShow = true;
}
else
{
hideCalendar()
if (ctlNow!=ctl) {popUpCalendar(ctl, ctl2, format)}
}
ctlNow = ctl
}
}

document.onkeypress = function hidecal1 () {
if (event.keyCode==27)
{
hideCalendar()
}
}
document.onclick = function hidecal2 () {
if (!bShow)
{
hideCalendar()
}
bShow = false
}

init()

WOW, thanks for all the help.

Gotta love the power of the blog! Thanks everybody for all of the tremendous input here!

Marcie

Seems to be a great control , excellent effort.

Works fine with the sample application proveded - where data source is read from an xml file.

I m using SQL db(northwind ) and tried it for tabels [Parent as] 'customer' and [Child as] 'order' (relation of field 'customerid')

In the child child template file i have a simple asp.net datagrid control and to bind this child contorl i use the code as said, but unfortunately get following error when typecasting the (..dgi..)datagriditem to data set:

"Specified cast is not valid."
i m pasting the code i m using to bind the datagrid in the child template

Dim dgi As DataGridItem = CType(Me.BindingContainer, DataGridItem)
Dim ds As DataSet = CType(dgi.DataItem, DataSet)
dg.DataSource = ds
dg.DataMember = "orders"
dg.DataBind()
----------------------

Your DataGridItem should most likely be cast to DataRowView, rather than DataSet

DGG

Doing things the hard way with RSS Bandit leads to some interesting statistics; Stuff for my Boss and co-workers; SOA and Joe Developer -- Phillip gets it right (again); Bits on Reporting Services; Wake up and smell RSS.NET; htmlArea (drool); InfoPath duh; McD's

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/calendarpopup/

hi marcie,

thank you for promoting my article.
wish you lot of fun @codeproject.

Alex

I know that my question is not related to this article but I faced with a problem. Can you help me ?
I make a page with a datagirid on it, after fiiling it, I want to place the contrnt of one cells in a Label Box But each time thr Label is Empty I dont know why.

Here is The Code I used :

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
DataBind()' Here Fills DataGrid1
Label2.Text = DataGrid1.Items.Item(t).Cells(1).Text
End If

End Sub

Congratulations Marcie! I wish you good luck, and have fun!!
(i'll be searching for pink spots on cp... :-)))

ciao

pleas send me soon
to this address
bakhtiar_nahid@yahoo.com
I know you are busy, but please do it very soon

I posted an article about Collection Serialization in ASP.NET Web Services on my blog. Check it out: http://www.markrichman.com/blog

Hey Marcie, it has been translated in Italian too :)

http://www.microsoft.com/italy/msdn/library/default.asp?url=/italy/msdn/library/net/aspnet/creatingcustomcolumns.asp?frame=true

Your post did not have enough pink in it due to the heavy use of links. :)

Thanks for the link Daniele, way cool!!!

Sorry about that Paul, I'll try to do better next time :)

Marcie

Who is the founder of Girl Power and what made them start this club

www.peterblum.com

I'd like to see an article related to this subject - how to sort a dataGrid when headers exist outside of the dataGrid (with and without making a round trip back to the database).

Keep up the good work Marcie

Really interesting read.
Thanks, Marcie.

you also may want to look at this free RSS reader and search:
http://www.pluck.com/

It runs off of IE with virtually no impact on the machine. It's pretty cool.

marko

The toast popups are available now. I see them in SharpReader, Trillian, MSN Messenger, and Chris Sells Ghengis API has them too.

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/genghis/

Yep, I use SharpReader too. I just meant that they'll be part of the OS going forward.

I use Intravnews because I like all of my email and feeds available in one place.

The popup does bother me - sometimes I just want it to go away!

You can reset an errored out feed by going into the subscriptions, and right clicking - reset schedule. That does the trick for me.

I haven't had the issue with it not remembering my subscriptions yet. Thank God - I have almost 50 subscriptions!

I'm cheap too - so I'll stick with Intravnews!

You don't find too many C++ programmer's who use HTML that much. I'm sure whoever posted the job requirements goofed somewhere.

I liked RSS Bandit (http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/archives/000049.html) when I was considering SharpReader alternatives. Free, too.

The problem is that your site navigation is predominantly orange so putting it anywhere in the normal navigation places is going to make it 'invisible'. So you need to put it against a white background, preferably near the top. Anywhere in that first area that starts "Your place etc".

Marcie, I tried IntraVnews but it was too buggy for me. I certainly loved the full download capabilities since I was able to view graphics and screenshots while blogging on the train, but the infrastructure was simply too unstable for me.

I went for NewsGator and have loved it ever since. It's integration is rock solid. It's performance does't impact the machine, ever, and the "Summary Page" which serves as one-stop shopping for all my feeds is where I spend my long train rides home from the city.

There is another brilliant commercial news aggregator: FeedDemon (http://www.feeddemon.com)

I've been using it for ages and wouldn't change it for the world - one thing it can do which no other aggregator does is it can display a "newspaper" of all items in an RSS "Channel". Brilliant.

hi
i think it should be placed in the "Latest Best Picks" line. And maybe it should be with another background color, maybe like this one:
http://www.dotnetgerman.com/blogs/aspxintra.net/images/rssButton.gif

Hi Marcie,

I had a look, and I still can't find it! Anyway, I'd vote for top right have corner, just above or below the ad (dundas at the moment....), just above "The Lounge". Thats where I usually expect to find these things.

While you (codeproject) are at it, do to borders and get a couple of Jakob Nielsen's books - Homepage Usability and Designing Web Usability (www.useit.com) - I think the homepage one would help you (CP) out a lot :)

Content: great. Homepage: confusing.

Nic.

Damn, it must be late.... how about "go to borders", not "do to borders"..... urgh. :)

One error not to make : mimic MSDN dev centers, and thus add more than one RSS icons and links on the same page. Couldn't be more confusing.

Where should it be? at the bottom of the page, near the privacy and other links.

codeproject is heavily cluttered btw. There's just too much content on the home page. In fact, it has never categorized well out of its core (codeguru) MFC control repository.

It's really a bit difficult to catch the Rss link in the actual homepage: using an orange button on an orange background, somewhere in the middle of the page, it's just misleading.

Try to put the orange button on a white background, just to show it up and stress the difference with the other graphical elements of the home page. I would choose the white space at the top of the home, just near or above the logo. The user would find it at a glance, without the necessity of scrolling the page.

Even if I'm not so fond of usability, I think that the home of the site could be better reorganized, just to help the user find the piece of information he's interested in.

Is the main page for the sections in the left menu really necessary? I find it a useless click, since the subsections are already visible and accessible from the home page.

bye :)

Also, make sure you support auto-discovery. Basically, it is just a <link> element in your header. I imagine you should be able to just add it to your templates.

For example, if you view the source of any of your blog's pages, you should see:

<link title="RSS" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" href="http://weblogs.asp.net/datagridgirl/rss.aspx">

This allows applications to find your Rss feed, regardless of a hyerlink.

-Scott

I prefer "RSS" instead of "XML".

Regarding its position I think after "Options" section (top left of the page) would be nice because it's something at which you subscribe.

I guess as someone mentioned the orange background is making it difficult to locate the RSS feeds.
1. I'd suggest that it should go against the white background.
2
a. I should locate the main rss feed without scrolling the main page, there should be enought space for this little icon somewhere in the top right.
b. There can be a page which lists the rss feeds available (I do not know if we already have this) similar to amazon(yes they did it, amazon now has feeds...waaahoo :)

I'll have to go with Nic's suggestion - top right hand corner.
And I prefer 'RSS'.

top left of the screen under the ads, on a piece of white background ( top right isn´t seen in all browsers) and PLEASE, REDESIGN THE SITE THINKING IN USERS (read a List Apart).If your site were well designed you won´t have this problem. Good wills & Peace. Ed

Did u solve the problem or u dont know how ?

I think it makes sense where it is now. But it would probably help to add a link possibly on the bottom of the page or on the right section as a RSS section (right below your ad).

Scott's suggestion about the link element is also important since then you can just type http://www.codeproject.com into SharpReader and it will find the feed for you.

Just an FYI you missed the "O" in Toronto
http://www.torontoug.net/

Whoops! Fixed. Thanks Tom...

I think it should be placed in the title of each list -as it does now for the latest updates- that you have on the site. You should not have a single RSS, instead every listing should be made available as RSS and one can choose which listings they want to subscribe to, the main one being Latest Updates.

My 2 cents:

Put it as a text link in the top right alongside "FAQ", "What's new".

Who knows. Maybe they are trying to get everyone to call in so they can use it as an upsell or cross-sell opportunity. It's obvious that Microsoft either 1) doesn't care about their customers because they're working on the "next big thing", or 2) some people care, but are powerless to make a difference.

Marcie - why not bring this up on the DotNetRocks show?

I may be wrong, but I think this problem exists only in the 1.0 version of the .NET Framework. I believe it is fixed with 1.1

Ok folks so it says this:

"For computers that have .NET Framework SP2 installed, this hotfix is included in the following hotfix rollup:
328546 INFO: Post-Service Pack 2 .NET Framework Hotfix Rollup Package 3"

so this is fixed in sp2.

and note the detail:
1.0.3705.299 System.Web.dll
1.0.3705.299 Aspnet_isapi.dll
1.0.3705.299 Aspnet_wp.exe
1.0.3705.299 Aspnet_perf.ini
1.0.3705.299 Aspnet_regiis.exe

1.0.3705.xxx so this is 1.0 not 1.1

the footnotes also say:
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 SP1
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Professional Edition
---
and

Last Reviewed: 9/12/2003 (3.0)

so is someone having a problem with 1.1 ?

and is the url absolute or relative
as that makes a difference with the ssl messages in other cases.

href="foo/this.aspx"
vs.
href="www.domain.com/foo/this.aspx"

Those authors have a couple of other great marketing books - 'Positioning' & 'Marketing Warfare'.

This is an ongoing debate. The issue is that they're called QFEs, which stand for quick fix engineering for a reason. QFEs aren't tested as well as a SP or release, and, if a bug is found in a QFE, MS needs to be able to let people who have it know about the issue. This is my understanding of the problem at hand, at least.

In any case, when you call PSS, there's a menu option for QFEs, and pretty often, the call router can actually email it to you, and you don't even have to hold for a tech support person.

I'm looking forward to see you!

-Klaus

Any thoughts on how to get the results to display in a new browser window (pop-up style)?

thanks!

js

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/tutorials.aspx?tutorialid=323

No, you're not. I can't stand "team blogs". Blog = one voice. Blog != lots of voices.

hi,
my problem is that size of the scroll bar is not increasing or decreasing with the increase in size of the table.kindly resolve this problem.

True - although aggregated blogs work well.

Glad you like FetchLinks :)

Very good! Very funny!

What the heck is he thinking &raquo; DataGrid Girl wonders about the name &#8220;blog&#8221;

I really think it's widespread enough that most people know what it is. It's a bit too late to change. Of course, she's probably thinking about "clogged" toilets...

Uh, do we really need more people starting a blog? I'm spending WAY too much time keeping up as it is. If more people related them to toilets, maybe I'd get some work done! ;)

Yep, when I told a friend about my blog, she laughed pretty hard. "Blog" really doesn't roll off the tongue. It's better to use "Web log".

In England we use "bog" as a slang term for toilet. Of course a bog also refers to "wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel".

I look forward to meeting you too!

Great!

--Marcie

That's also the same reason why I refuse to use the number 2. :)

I also don't like to use the term blog. But mainly it's because I've been doing it since long before the term was used for that.

I'm with you. I'm planning to meet a ton of people. I'm not strickly seeking to gain technical knowledge. I am planning to have a blast. If it stayed too technical, it would seem like work or something!
-Eric.

You'd better register www.datacubegirl.com quick!!!

You know, that data grid and repeater effects are pretty far out there and might be useful for something or another, however... they don't seem to work at all on FireFox, so I'm guess they won't work for other non-IE browsers either.

It's a shame that so many .NET web controls are targeted specificly for IE and don't tend to implement down-level behavior or similar behaviors for non-IE browsers.

It works ok for me in Firefox, but I use the User Agent Switcher extension so I can try to convince these sites that I am IE6.

But I agree with you, and I look forward to the day when FireFox is not considered "down-level".

Marcie

That is the problem. Firefox CAN handle it but the page doesn't send the correct information to the browser and sends out a dumbed-down version instead, making it appear as if the browser were "downlevel" and can't handle the functionality.

I'm assuming the main point is to show what can be done. I don't know if their main intention was to make this work on all browsers. That's an exercise for the rest of us, I'd think.

It's pretty darn cool either way.

I think it is great

Does Firefox handle any other pages on that site correctly? especialy the Blocktech pages.
Maybe we can do a 'if its not IE, but its Firefox' sort of a base page class, it wont be a problem? Where do I find out (best) about Firefox?
Theres a lot more 3D Databound display controls around here to.

Thanks for responding! The other pages seem to work ok for me. You may be able to modify your machine.config to allow FireFox to be considered "uplevel", but don't quote me on that :)

For more about FireFox, go to http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Take care!
Marcie

Who'd you choose? Not Q9, right? RIGHT?!

...

Gah. I just left Toronto, but I've had experience with all the DC's. Love to help you out if it's not too late (finding the best one for you)...

Just out of curiosity, why did they choose to move in the middle of the day?

I addd some more funcionality to that 3D Datagrid. Now you can drag pages around by the header, and page and bring to the top by clicking a pages header. The rest of the code (comming shortly) re-stacks, splays, sorts and searches pages, like in the RP3D Repeater control. You'l most likeley have to ctrl refresh (IE) to get the new client code to make the page work. Downloaded firefox and will give it a whirl. I wonder if the control itself can force the right code to firefox?
Greg

while talking into terms of promotions it is the alternate way to promote your site through blogs, as blog sites are used to crawled by spiders frequently. So proper use of blogs can make you on higher rankings.

What you guys say about it ????

Oh, I'm definitely fond of blogs, just not necessarily fond of the *name* "blog" for them.

Marcie

Hi Greg, the Datagrid works great! On the Repeater page, the arrow keys in FireFox work the browser scrollbar instead of interacting with your Repeater.

Marcie

Nope, not Q9, the move was to Telus :)

Marcie

Databinding with nested child/parent Web Controls would be interesting.

Do you mean, such as nesting one Datagrid inside another, or nesting other web controls inside one of the databound controls?

Thanks!
Marcie

Wow, that's spooky...I have just (like 20 minutes ago) visited the tea encryption article...then you go and post the like...so freaked out right now ;-)

LOL, cool!!

Thanks for the info, Marcie.

Can we also get some info on what goes on behind the scenes at CodeProject?
There must be funny stories about life at your new job. :-p

Well, many a blogger prefers the little anonymity that's left when publishing on the web. I think a consistant pseudonym would do just as well as a real name.

SharePoint is mostly used in intranets. In it's current incarnation, it's not suitable for the Internet, although I think bCentral.com does SharePoint hosting.

Microsoft internally uses SharePoint (and SharePoint Portal Server - a very separate product). It really is a nifty collaboration tool.

At Cisco, the team I'm on is using TWiki, which has similar broad goals as SharePoint (collaboration), but goes about it in a vastly different way.

SharePoint is heavily dependent on fast connections using DHTML. TWiki is pretty bland by comparsion. Both systems could learn a lot from each other.

Marcie,
So did you get a better understanding of the Sharepoint from reading my article?

I was not quite sure from the read.

Thanks, Maxim

[www.ipattern.com do you?]

Whoops, yes I did, I should have made that clearer! Your article was very helpful to me, and the diagram. I've added you to my blogroll as well :)

Thanks! --Marcie

zzzzz......me too :)

I've finished yesterday the book and it is very good to read ;-)

-Klaus

Marcie,
Thanks! I need to get blogroll going on my site as well.

Maxim

[www.ipattern.com do you?]

just what i have been after

I always wondererd what happened to remote scripting. It was kind of slick. In a recent project I tried to find the .NET eqivelent and couldn't but found that I could perform something very similar with web service behaviors and it worked out well.

Check out the (free) Rocketinfo RSS Reader - web-based, lightning fast, easy to use, supports RSS & Atom. Create your own search-based feeds.

Got Firefox (finaly, its hard to download stuff here). The javascript window is great. Will try to get the 3D Datagrid going in it. Cant figure out how the zindex works in Firefox though. I added another asp.net control (HiddenPanel) to the grid. Its a funny sort of thing, like a popup menu where you can drag the popped up details off, clone and persist them. Needs more code to be able to close them and zindex on mouseover. Would appreciate your opinion.

Greg

The best ones I've seen combine ASP.NET and Flash...pretty seamless and really quick downloads...e.g., http://demo.gx-design.net/gx%2Ddesign.net/demo/

Hi Marcie,

Salman <http://weblogs.asp.net/Sahmed> is making his own one recently: http://www.csharpfriends.com/demos/chatserver

ChattyWays <http://www.topxml.com/code/default.asp?p=3&id=v20030414093011> kind of funky/cool - primarily uses web services instead of remoting and does client side calls as well.

* nesting one Datagrid inside another.
* databinding custom bound columns
* web control nesting and nested repeaters.
* OnItemDataBound
* Performance impacts of data binding
* DataBinder.Eval internals

Hi!!

I just want to say that i'll be waiting for that article!

I'm trying to order a report with datagrid filled programatically (with %) and i think that view state it's the solution, but i don't know how, yet.

The Brent Ashley method of RS is very out dated now. Would have been a better bet for the author to go the XMLHTTP route which is very well supported now by Safari, IE, Gecko, Opera et al.

Great library (XMLExtras) exists @ http://webfx.eae.net

The link http://codeproject.com/useritems/NeoIsJustARumor.asp seems to be broken.

Cheers,
Vikram.

Page not found...

Alas, one of our editors (not me) seems to have deleted it. Sorry about that...

--Marcie

To me the word "blog" sounds like a 1960's sci fi movie....The Blog that ate Seattle

still talking about the DataGrid??? I think it's time to move on to something new, don't you think?

Nah, it's my specialty, and I'm sticking to it :) Besides, it's the area that conference organizers ask me to speak about (surprise, surprise). This conference does begin to cover Whidbey topics, so I'll also cover a bit about the future of databinding, including the GridView control.

--Marcie

Try this solution if the application fails in the web.config file at this line <authentication mode="Windows"/>. In the IIS console make sure you have the directory created as an application. This can be accomplished by right-clicking the directory in the "Default Web Site" window, then properties. On the directory tab in the application setting section click create.
Creating the directory as an application gives the folder permission for running scripts through the web server.

I suppose CodeProject isn't a Wiki ;-)

LOL, afraid not :)

please

Too bad it is deprecated in asp.net 2.0.

I think that datagrid is a control that must be totally reviewed in future... it's one of the most important control but it's difficult and limited to customize.

Not really deprecated, more like revised, GridView has most of the functionality...but of course DataGrids still work

Hey Marcie - Thanks for the linkage. But really, is there some reason that everybody wants to talk about datagrids? I mean when I look at most real world business forms they do not lend themselves to a grid layout. If the customer is willing to let you redesign the forms, GREAT, most people I have dealt with want to see the same thing on the screen and on the form (report), and getting them to see it any other way is a tough sell.

Marcie Robillard responds to my question about Datagrids. Apparently my plan for world domination is well under way, ehhhxcellent... --Datagrid Girl Any my comment on her website. Hey Marcie - Thanks for the linkage. But really, is there some reason

Hi Dewayne!
For web applications, I can't think of too many apps where you wouldn't at some point want to take data, and put it into an HTML < table >. The ASP.NET Datagrid just makes that process easier.

I definitely agree with you about not taking an existing design that is NOT grid-shaped, and forcing it into a grid layout, very inappropriate.

--Marcie

Lots of good stuff on Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server <A href="http://www.msd2d.com">here</A>

If by "read 50 books/year" you mean "buy 50 books and occasionally carry one or more of them between the car and my cube" then I am IN!

Books I'm currently "reading":

Essential .Net Vol 1
Design Patterns in VB.Net

Can't wait to begin carrying around my copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735619484/104-5860834-5947922?%5Fencoding=UTF8">Test Driven Dev in .Net</a>

vinnie

Sure Vinnie, that'll count too :)

--Marcie

You specialize in datagrids? it's a simple contorl, even for doing "comp[lex" things, how can you ever specialize on it? Everything you can learn about DataGrid you can learn from 2-3 articles, that you can read in a couple of hours....and that would could much much much less than attending to a conference such as vslive...I wonder if there are actually people that attend a talk like that...

Looking forward to seeing all of you!!

Seanod@microsoft.com
WW Director, MVP Program
Microsoft

Finally a service for people like me... :|

I've signed up and reported several people that have invited me to Orkut to the Department of Homeland Security -- excellent.

this is old news. CF is now vers 6.1 and is quite neat.
what do I miss from the ASP world? ADO and ADO.NET's extra features - that's all

Hey guess u'r a corporate... try to give a read on the comical corporate books (Ex: Dr, Dilbert's). You can also see that, Ur facial/tummy muscles are toned up, as well as counting on more than 50 books on the mark. ! Sure to workout !

<shameless plug>
They've got my latest book - Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours - as their "beginnner book of the month". http://www.dotnetbookclub.org/Default.aspx?tabid=29
</shameless plug>

I'm not sure what to say about this Marcie. I'm very glad you found a .NET book club, but I hope you really remain focused on what counts: datagrids and annoying books. This .NET club sounds suspiciously like something else that seems to be detracting from your true passions lately.

PS - Is it against Blog (eewwwww) - cancel that - Weblog etiquette to include inside-ish jokes in the Feedback area?

Thanks for the Plug! I launched the site last Thursday (after the idea was mentioned on Wednesday) so we aren't really discussing the book until April. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Can you explain to me why I am unable to retrieve the ViewState values for the controls I am dynamically creating in this DataList? I am re-creating the controls in my Page_Load, but I cannot see the values that were set by the user on the web page.

ASCX Code:

<table id="table1" runat="server" width="950" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>
<div
style="BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(Images/greybar_20.gif); MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1px solid; WIDTH: 950px; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 20px">
<asp:Label ID="labTitle" Runat=server Font-Name="Arial" Font-Size="8pt" Font-Bold=True ForeColor="Navy">
Select Survey Types
</asp:Label>
</div>
<asp:Panel id="panSearch" runat="server" BorderStyle="Outset" BorderWidth="2px" height="55" Width="950" HorizontalAlign="Left" BackColor="lightgoldenrodyellow">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="MARGIN: 5px 5px 5px 5px;">
<tr>
<td>
<asp:CheckBoxList id="cklSurveys" runat="server"
RepeatDirection="Horizontal"
RepeatColumns="5"
Font-Size="8pt"
ForeColor="maroon"
Font-Bold="True"
AutoPostBack="True">
</asp:CheckBoxList>
</td>

<td width="25"></td>

<td>
<asp:Button ID="btnCalcPrice" Runat="server" CssClass="StdText" ForeColor="DarkGreen" Text="Calculate Price"></asp:Button>
<asp:Button ID="btnSelectActivities" Runat="server" CssClass="StdText" ForeColor="navy" Text="Select Activities"></asp:Button>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</asp:Panel>
</td></tr>

<tr><td style="WIDTH: 950px; HEIGHT: 10px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"></td></tr>

<tr><td>
<div style="BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(Images/greybar_20.gif); MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1px solid; WIDTH: 950px; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 20px">
<span id="spanGridTitle" runat="server" style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:8pt;COLOR:navy;FONT-FAMILY:Arial">
Answer Survey Questions</span><span id="spanGridCount" runat="server" style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:8pt;COLOR:maroon;FONT-FAMILY:Arial"></span></div>

<asp:Panel id="panGrid" runat="server" BorderStyle="Outset" BorderWidth="2px" Width="950" BackColor="lightgoldenrodyellow" style="OVERFLOW: auto">
<asp:DataList ID="lstQuestions" Runat="server"
RepeatColumns="2"
RepeatDirection="Vertical" RepeatLayout="Table" GridLines="Horizontal" BorderColor="whitesmoke"
ForeColor="Black" Font-Size="8pt" Font-Name="Arial" BackColor="White" BorderWidth="1px" EnableViewState="True">
<AlternatingItemStyle BackColor="White" ForeColor="navy"></AlternatingItemStyle>
<ItemStyle BackColor="white" ForeColor="navy"></ItemStyle>
<HeaderStyle ForeColor="Black" BackColor="LightGrey" HorizontalAlign="Left" Font-Size="10pt"></HeaderStyle>
<HeaderTemplate>
<span style="WIDTH: 175px; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Question</span>
<span style="WIDTH: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Answer</span>
<span style="WIDTH: 175px; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Question</span>
<span style="WIDTH: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Answer</span>
</HeaderTemplate>
<AlternatingItemTemplate>
<span id="altQuestion" runat="server" style="WIDTH: 175px"></span>
<span id="altAnswer" runat="server" style="WIDTH: 250px"></span>
</AlternatingItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<span id="itemQuestion" runat="server" style="WIDTH: 175px"></span>
<span id="itemAnswer" runat="server" style="WIDTH: 250px"></span>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
</asp:Panel>
</td></tr>

<tr><td style="WIDTH: 950px; HEIGHT: 10px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"></td></tr>


</table>

****** CODE-BEHIND: ********
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
_LoadControls();
_LoadQuestions();
}

private void _LoadQuestions()
{
string serviceList = "";
foreach(ListItem item in cklSurveys.Items)
{
if (item.Selected == true)
{
serviceList += "-" + item.Value;
}
}
if (serviceList.Length > 0) serviceList = serviceList.Substring(1);
ArrayList qList = _questions.GetQuestionList(serviceList);
lstQuestions.DataSource = qList;
lstQuestions.DataBind();
}


private void lstQuestions_ItemDataBound(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
{
DataRow qRow = _questions.GetQuestion(e.Item.DataItem.ToString());
e.Item.Controls[1].Controls.Add( new LiteralControl( qRow["desc"].ToString() ) );
e.Item.Controls[3].Controls.Add( _GetQuestionControl(qRow) );
}
}

private Control _GetQuestionControl(DataRow qRow)
{
switch(qRow["type"].ToString())
{
case "txt" :
TextBox txt = new TextBox();
txt.CssClass = "StdLabel";
txt.ID = qRow["id"].ToString();
txt.Width = Unit.Pixel( Convert.ToInt32( qRow["width"].ToString() ) );
return txt;

case "ddlb" :
DropDownList cmb = new DropDownList();
cmb.CssClass = "StdLabel";
cmb.ID = qRow["id"].ToString();
cmb.DataSource = _questions.GetQuestionOptions(qRow["id"].ToString());
cmb.DataTextField = "desc";
cmb.DataValueField = "id";
cmb.DataBind();
return cmb;

}
return new LiteralControl("");
}

Other way to reduce the viewstate size and to have all postback events is keeping enableviewstate ON at datagrid level but disabling viewstate at datagrid item level.I have explained about this in this article,

http://www.extremeexperts.com/Net/Articles/ViewState.aspx

See Also:

http://weblogs.asp.net/vsdata/archive/2004/03/30/104577.aspx

Take Outs for 1 April 2004

Hey Marcie,

Thought I'd return the favour... ;)

You have a small formatting issue in the heading of your blog entries... if they are too long and wrap, the second line overlaps the first and makes it difficult to read.

Cheerio
Andrew

Ha ha! :p

Awesome, this has been around for awhile. This is also something that should be put into ASP.NET 2.0...I mean, come on! It's not that hard!

Take Outs for 3 April 2004

Good for you. CodeProject is brilliant. I use it all the time!

Re: Stop's comments

"You specialize in datagrids?"
-Where you been? Why do you think she's named herself the Datagrid girl?

" it's a simple contorl, even for doing "comp[lex" things, how can you ever specialize on it? Everything you can learn about DataGrid you can learn from 2-3 articles, that you can read in a couple of hours....and that would could much much much less than attending to a conference such as vslive..."

-Yes, it's a simple contorl. But as Marcie's shown in her many articles and blogs it can do comp[lex things, and she shows people what they are.

"I wonder if there are actually people that attend a talk like that... "
-If I can convince my boss to let me go, I'm there -- May 5, 3:15p.m. -- with my bells on.


Datagrid girl....Sorry no suggestions..