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DropDownList Lookups Failing Due to SQL Char DataType
Here’s today’s episode of “Losing Time on Something Dumb”… In my ASP.NET 3.5 project (using Telerik’s AJAX controls) I filled a RadComboBox with Items and needed to set the selected item to the current value of the object (I’m using Entity Framework)...
Fixing EntityDataSourceWrapper Error in EF (VB Version)
I lost a lot of time today on this error: ‘EntityDataSourceWrapper' does not contain a property with the name …' The project is ASP.NET 3.5 using Entity Framework and VB. I’m using the Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX (a sweet suite!). In my app,...
Solving a Mystery About 'BC30205: End of statement expected'
A reader of my book ran into the strangest problem that had me going around in circles. He was working through one of the ASP.NET 3.5 examples in Visual Web Developer 2008 and was getting weird errors like these: error BC30205: End of statement expected...
Doing CRUD Operations in Silverlight 2 Against ADO.NET Data Services
Many of us have been struggling to create business-oriented (LOB) forms using Silverlight 2 and ADO.NET Data Services. There are plenty of community samples on reading data, but a dearth of real-world content on creating and updating records. The Silverlight...
Blocked by the Silverlight ManagedRuntimeError 4004
For my Silverlight 2 prototype business app, I wanted to try capturing JSON data from a WCF service and caching it in isolated storage. I found a nice example by Tim Heuer that I updated to the RTW version. After setting up the WCF service on a VPC running...
Review: Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET 3.5
Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET 3.5 is a fine resource for ASP.NET developers who want to build high performance, data-driven Web applications with a richer user interface. The introduction of ASP.NET AJAX 2.0 extensions caught many of...
The Joys and Benefits of Being a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
I've received the Microsoft MVP award for the tenth year in a row! The award brings lots of benefits - tangible and intangible: Microsoft provides a free MSDN subscription Direct interaction with top guns like ScottGu and the ASP.NET team A worldwide...
Using the Silverlight Server Control in ASP.NET Pages
Microsoft makes available server controls that help you insert rich media such as Silverlight into your ASP.NET pages. If you’re confused about where to find the latest version of these controls, you’re in good company! Pre-release versions have appeared...
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Released
Important: Run the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=121685&clcid=0x409 . Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe)
Converting VB LINQ to C# LINQ
VB.Net to C# Converter is one of the few conversion tools that knows about LINQ and lambdas and the other 3.5 stuff. I turned to a trial version of the product after going in circles on this VB code conversion: Dim q = From c In dc.Categories, _ p In...
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