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Tip#97: Did you know… How to Display Hidden Information in Design View

The design view in Visual Studio can display glyphs and borders for the hidden non - graphic elements (such as div, span, form, and script elements). This feature helps you to see where the elements are and avoid inadvertently deleting the non-graphic elements from your page while editing. To enable it in designer click on View -> Formatting Marks -> Show Now you will start seeing the hidden elements on the designer surface. Hope this helps, Deepak Verma SDET | Visual Web Developer...( read more ) Read More...

Tip #92: Did you know … How to select a master page using 'Select a Master Page' dialog?

Master page for a Web form can always be set manually in the source code, but here is an option to select the master page while create the webform using the 'Select a Master Page' dialog. The path to select a Master page using the 'Select a master page' dialog is different for a Web application project than for a Web site. For a Web Application project: Right click solution explore. Select Add and then select New Item From the Add new Item dialog select Web content form and click on Add button. Select...( read more ) Read More...

Tip #82: Did you know... How to migrate Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Project to Visual Studio 2008

Following steps highlight how a Visual Studio 2005 Web application project can be migrated to Visual Studio 2008. Take backup of the original project Open Visual Studio 2008 Click File -> Open Project and browse to the folder to open the project You will receive the following conversion wizard to help you convert the solution or project to the current version. Click Next. Select Yes on this screen if you want the wizard to help you to take the backup, otherwise select No and Click Next. Be sure...( read more ) Read More...

Tip #75: Did you know…How to maintain scrollposition after post back?

When web pages are posted back to the server, by default user is returned to the top of the page. On a large web page, you might have a requirement to scroll down the user automatically to the last position on the page. MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack page property can be used to achieve this in one of the following ways. Application level: To set the property by default for all pages in the website, open web.config and add the attribute to the pages node. <pages maintainScrollPositionOnPostBack...( read more ) Read More...

Tip #73: Did you know... about IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta

IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta – is a free toolkit that helps Web developers, hosting providers, and server administrators improve their sites’ relevance in search results by recommending how to make them more search engine-friendly. The SEO Toolkit Beta is available for installation via the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta . The IIS SEO Toolkit can: · Improve the volume and quality of traffic to Web site from search engines · Control how search engines access and display...( read more ) Read More...

Tip#66: Did you know... how to insert quotes values automatically while typing the attrib values?

It's a nice time saver if you would like the HTML editor to automatically add quotes for the attribute values while you are typing. To set this option select Tools->Options. Check Show all settings. From the left pane select Text Editor -> HTML -> Format and check the insert attribute value quotes when typing checkbox. Now as soon as you hit "=" for the attrib value, editor will insert a pair of quotes and show the intellisense for the values accepted. Select a value from the intellisense...( read more ) Read More...

Tip#62: Did you know… How to add Ajax Control Toolkit to the toolbox?

Steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 3.5 SP1 Steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 2.0 Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 3.5 SP1 Following are the steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit to the toolbox for ASP.NET 3.5 webs in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Download Ajax Control toolkit from here (you can download AjaxControlToolkit-Framework3.5Sp1-dllonly.zip this would contain the dll only). Extract the content of the zip file downloaded in steps 2 above. Launch Visual Studio 2008 Create...( read more ) Read More...

Tip#57: Did you know… How to manage web site configuration through a web interface

The Web Site Administration Tool provides a web interface for you to manage different web site configuration settings. To launch the tool, for Web Application Project click Project-> ASP.Net Configuration & for Websites, click Website-> ASP.Net Configuration Visual Studio launches the tool in a browser window. You can use the tabs on the top to navigate & change various settings. You can read more in detail for the various settings that can be managed using the tool here . Deepak Verma...( read more ) Read More...

Tip # 53: Did you know... How to edit the templates for gridview in VS designer?

Gridview control has the flexibility to be configured how it's rendered using templates. Following steps show how the control's edit template can be changed in the Visual Studio Designer. I have a GridView hooked up to Sqldatasource using Northwind.products. I have selected Generate Insert, update and delete statements while configuring the sql data source (by clicking the Advanced button) Click on smart task for grid view & select Enable Editing check box for the grid view Now to convert a column...( read more ) Read More...

Tip #49 Did you know… how to set the editor to always place open braces on new line for functions in JScript?

In Visual Studio, click Tools -> Options. In the Options dialog on the left pane select Text editor -> JScript -> Formatting. Check Place open brace on new line for functions. Deepak Verma SDET | Visual Web Developer...( read more ) Read More...