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How To- Images: From Database to Grid to Browser
In my years of web development, there's always been one sticky point - Images. Each time I being writing an application, I can't help but think - there must be a better way than this. I've found many different ways over the years, but none of really stuck out as "better". The problem really breaks down to - how do you work with dynamic images in a databound web application? In order to find the best solution for this, we need to break this question down into two smaller questions.
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Charting: No File, No Session, No problem.
Whenever working with an image generator in an ASP.NET applications, you have difficult tradeoffs that you must face. Usability Vs. Scalability. Application Security Vs. Information Security, etc. With the Infragistics WebChart many of these scenarios are taken care of with options to use Session State or the File system to temporarily store images before they are streamed out to the browser. However, there comes a time when neither of these options will work.
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Dev Connections recap - Wow, that was quick!
I can't believe Dev Connections is already over. Perhaps it was the self induced memory loss that's saving me from remembering my horrible luck in the casino, but the show did seem to speed by. All in all, I thought it was a good show - good, but not the best. I'm not docking points for technical content, I thought that was all superb. It was the peripherals that I've seen done better in the past. My biggest gripe was the lack of available refreshments. Manning the booth for most of the conference, you quickly get a dry throat and there usually wasn't a bottle of water in sight. When I went to TechEd orlando, it seemed that there were more water coolers there than people. I would suggest making water available for dev connections. And what was with the air in that hotel? I've never before had such a dry throat and chapped lips hit so suddenly! I guess it's the extra oxygen pumped in the air to keep everyone alert.
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Live from Dev Connections
Viva Las Vegas, or so they say. I'm here at Dev Connections thru Wednesday; I'll be spending most of my time at the Infragistics booth, so if you're at the show stop by the vendor area and introduce yourself.