Here is a utility method for returning any embedded resource content as a string: public static partial class Tools { public static string GetEmbeddedContent( string resourceName) { Stream resourceStream = Assembly .GetAssembly( typeof ( Tools )).GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName); StreamReader...

I just posted a blog, and spent too much time trying to get my code to format correctly. At that, it did not turn out well. So, I read [this blog] and found what appears to be an easier way to format code in a blog entry. It it works, the code below should be very easy to read: private void ButtonFillDataGrids_Click...

In a previous blog , I received many comments on various ways I could get the application root. I am thankful for such comments. What most of the commenters did not realize is that I need the resolution of the url in a custom http module, where Control.ResolveUrl is not practical to use. And since I...

On an earlier post, I provided code that would retrieve the value of a control from the HTTP post without the need for an instance of the control . With good feedback, I made some modifications as follows: public static string GetControlValueFromRequest( string controlId) { if (controlId == null ) throw...

I made revisions to my method for comparing strings while ignoring case . This is in light of some good feedback I received. Here is the updated method: public static bool AreEqualIgnoreCase( string firstString, string secondString) { // if references match (or both are null), quickly return if (firstString...

HttpContext.Items is one of my favorite properties in ASP.NET. If I want to communicate a value from the HTTP pipeline to a page and then to a user control, this is my method for doing so. Because the Items property is an implementation of IDictionary, the key/value pair is not strongly-typed. If I am...

ASP.NET 2.0 allows developers to update or insert values into web.config programmatically. This allows senior ASP.NET developers to create an administration or support page to modify values into web.config sections - without tampering with the web.config file directly. If I have a value I would like...

I am not a fan of hard-coding method names in exception or trace messages. Here is a utility method to allow access to method name at runtime: public static void TraceContext( string messageFormat) { Trace .WriteLine( string .Format(messageFormat, new System.Diagnostics. StackFrame (1).GetMethod().Name...

I have often desired the ability to dynamically load a page for processing, much like we do for .asxc controls with LoadControl(pathToASCX). For example, I may want to create a custom HTTP handler or module to dynamically load a page - while allowing me to programmatically change key properties before...

Here is a simple utility method that will take a string argument such as "ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$DropDownList1" and return "DropDownList1" public static string GetFriendlyControlId( string renderedControlId) { // PageIdSeparator is a property returning Page.IdSeparator int indexOfSeparator = renderedControlId...