By Nannette Thacker
When developing, client specifications often include a requirement to support not only the Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser, but also Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). If you have IE7 installed on your PC and you try to find a version of IE6 to install, good luck with a successfull installation. I don't know how they do it, but the folks over at http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE have created a great program called Multiple IE's that installs not only IE6, but also optionally IE5, IE4, and IE3.
This is donation-ware and I do highly encourage you to donate if you use this program, for after all, the "laborer is worthy of his hire."
Installation is quite simple. Download. Click the EXE. Select which IE versions you want to install. You're done. The icons are on your desktop ready to use.
Note, the installer does not work with Windows Vista. But this blog post explains how to make IE6 work in Vista.
May your dreams be in ASP.net!
Nannette Thacker
In this tutorial by Nannette Thacker, we will create a VB or C# project from scratch. We will create DataSets, TableAdapters, a WebForm and Controls, a File Upload, and import and view an Excel Spreadsheet, and more! We'll also learn about intellisense and other features of Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer. This project may be used in both VS or VWD 2005 or 2008. Zip files with the complete source code in either C# or VB, Excel Spreadsheet, and .mdf SQL Server Database is available for download. You may easily modify this tutorial to use an existing database as well.
I have written this tutorial with step by step instructions and screen shots on how to do each point. If you are learning ASP.NET, please don't simply download the source code and plunk it into your project, the best way to learn is to walk through the tutorial from scratch and do each step yourself.
Download the ZIP files:
C#: ShiningStarCExcel.zip
VB: ShiningStarVBExcel.zip
Learning a new technology can be intimidating when first starting out. You want to learn it in 5 minutes, and in some cases, you feel pressured that you must learn it in 5 minutes! I remember first learning C programming in college years ago, and lying on the bedroom floor in tears, crying and pleading with God to teach me. I felt I was struggling, but through His grace, He helped me earn one of only two A's in the course which had over 100 students.
I encourage you, don't give up, and pray for God's help. He will be there for you, as long as your project is one that is not contrary to His will.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
May your dreams be in ASP.NET!
Nannette Thacker
By Nannette Thacker
In the final installment of this tutorial, we look at importing the uploaded Excel spreadsheet into the application database tables using the DAL.
The article series hosted on 4guysfromrolla.com continues with Importing an Excel Spreadsheet Using Typed DataSets and TableAdapters: Importing the Excel Spreadsheet.
Download the Application in ZIP Format
May your dreams be in ASP.NET!
Nannette Thacker
By Nannette Thacker
In the fourth installment of this tutorial, we create the Data Access Layer (DAL) used to communicate with the application database during the import process.
The article series hosted on 4guysfromrolla.com continues with Importing an Excel Spreadsheet Using Typed DataSets and TableAdapters: Creating a Data Access Layer (DAL).
Download the Application in ZIP Format
May your dreams be in ASP.NET!
Nannette Thacker