Wallace B. McClure

Knoxville GiveCamp organized by Nathan Blevins in concert with Ann Arbor, MI

Wallym — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT

By Nathan Blevins:

The participants were: Ben Farmer, Dylan Wolf, Jenny Farmer, Joe Simpson, and I(Nathan Blevins). Basically, we took on two projects. Our main project was WonderPuzzle.com. This site is dedicated to those individuals who have children with disabilities that cannot be diagnosed by doctors. It gives them a site to discuss, become more informed, and to share their own stories. Our main job was revamping the site's look as well as porting the current site from dot Net Nuke to Sitefinity CMS. The new site has yet to be pushed live but you can find the current one at the .com address. Also, we assisted the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum Project by acting as a reference for PHP issues. Dylan worked very diligently with them and did an excellent job. Finally, although Mike was unable to participate, he dropped by long enough to give everyone a Best Buy gift card and to thank them for helping out.

Although everything started off pretty rocky, I think everything worked out to a good end.

Pics from the event on Saturday.

Nathan Blevins

Nine Questions with Wally McClure

Wallym — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:17:00 GMT

http://www.blogusmaximus.net/archive/2008/07/08/123658.aspx

Recently, Chris Williams sent me a questionaire for his blog. I had some time on my wya beack from NM and sent it back to him. Here are the answers, for better or worse.

I am Simplex!

Wallym — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:59:00 GMT

http://www.unthinkability.com/?p=200

Scott Fletcher has cast me as Simplex. Read on........

ASP.NET Podcast Show #119 - Using the History (Back) Functionality with the ASP.NET AJAX Web Services in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta 1

Wallym — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT

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Show Notes:

This show is an extension of Show #110 on ASP.NET AJAX and Live Maps.
Back and forward are now enabled.
Data stored on the url.
Upcoming Community Events:

GiveCamp in Ann Arbor, MI. http://www.annarborgivecamp.org. Check for Satellite events.
CodeStock in Knoxville on August 9. http://www.codestock.org.
devLink in Nashville on August 22-23. http://www.devlink.net.
INETA Silverlight Challenge.. http://www.ineta.org/silverlight.

Source Code:

     <asp:ScriptManager ID="sm" runat="server"
        EnableHistory="true"
        EnableSecureHistoryState="true" >
        <Services>
            <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/GetMaps.asmx" />
        </Services>
    </asp:ScriptManager>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
    var Map;
    var userNavigated = false;
    function pageLoad() {
        Sys.Application.add_navigate(onNavigate);

        GetMaps.MapData(SetupMap);

    }

    function onNavigate(sender, e) {
        if (userNavigated) {
            restorePage(e.get_state());
        }
    }

    function restorePage(PageState) {
        var UpperLeftLat = new Number(PageState.UpperLeftLat);
        var UpperLeftLon = new Number(PageState.UpperLeftLon);
        var BottomRightLat = new Number(PageState.LowerRightLat);
        var BottomRightLon = new Number(PageState.LowerRightLon);
        var ZoomLevel = new Number(PageState.ZoomLevel);
        var Lat = (UpperLeftLat + BottomRightLat ) / 2;
        var Lon = (UpperLeftLon + BottomRightLon) / 2;

        if (!(isNaN(Lat) || isNaN(Lon))) {
            Map.LoadMap(new VELatLong(Lat, Lon), ZoomLevel, 'h', false);
            GetMaps.GetPointData(10, UpperLeftLat, UpperLeftLon,
            BottomRightLat, BottomRightLon, GetDataSuccess);
        }
    }

    function SetupMap(result) {
        var Lat = result.Center.Lat;
        var Lon = result.Center.Lon;
        var ZoomLevel = result.ZoomLevel;
        var MapView, TopLeft, BottomRight;
        try {
            Map = new VEMap('MapDiv');
            Map.LoadMap(new VELatLong(Lat, Lon), ZoomLevel, 'h', false);
            MapView = Map.GetMapView();
            TopLeft = MapView.TopLeftLatLong;
            BottomRight = MapView.BottomRightLatLong;
            //TopleftLatLong and BottomRightLatLong return a VELatLong object.
            Map.AttachEvent("onchangeview", MapChangedView);
            SetupHistory();
            GetMaps.GetPointData(10, TopLeft.Latitude, TopLeft.Longitude,
                BottomRight.Latitude, BottomRight.Longitude, GetDataSuccess);
        }
        catch (e) {
            alert("Error: " + e);
        }
    }
    function GetDataSuccess(result) {
        var i = 0;
        var Lat, Lon;
        for (i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
            Lat = result[i].Location.Lat;
            Lon = result[i].Location.Lon;
            var shape = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Pushpin, new VELatLong(Lat, Lon));
            shape.SetTitle("Title: " + i);
            shape.SetDescription(result[i].Description);
            Map.AddShape(shape);
        }
    }

    function SetupHistory() {
        var PageTitle;
        var now = new Date();
        var CurrentTime = now.getHours() + ":" + now.getMinutes() + ":" + now.getSeconds();
        PageTitle = "AJAX History Test Time:" + CurrentTime;
        MapView = Map.GetMapView();
        TopLeft = MapView.TopLeftLatLong;
        BottomRight = MapView.BottomRightLatLong;
        ZoomLevel = Map.GetZoomLevel();
        var PageState =
        {
            "UpperLeftLat": TopLeft.Latitude,
            "UpperLeftLon": TopLeft.Longitude,
            "LowerRightLat": BottomRight.Latitude,
            "LowerRightLon": BottomRight.Longitude,
            "ZoomLevel": ZoomLevel
        }
        userNavigated = false;
        Sys.Application.addHistoryPoint(PageState, PageTitle);
        userNavigated = true;
    }
    function MapChangedView(e) {

        Map.DeleteAllShapes();
        MapView = Map.GetMapView();
        TopLeft = MapView.TopLeftLatLong;
        BottomRight = MapView.BottomRightLatLong;
        SetupHistory();

        GetMaps.GetPointData(10, TopLeft.Latitude, TopLeft.Longitude,
        BottomRight.Latitude, BottomRight.Longitude, GetDataSuccess);

    }

</script>
    <div id="MapDiv" style="position:relative; width:450px; height: 350px;" ></div>

It is with great sadness that I announce..........

Wallym — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:34:00 GMT

that at approximately 4:10 am this morning, I turned 41 years old. I'm tired of running, so I have had my crystal permanently removed. Previous post about my crystal.

Actually, its a really awesome day! We may have picked up a new customer yesterday. I'm suppossed to be off to NM today to start working for a customer that we just got last week. You can follow me on twitter to recieve moment by moment updates of travels today.

INETA Community Champions (Champs) Program

Wallym — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:00:00 GMT

What is the INETA Community Champions (Champs) Program?

INETA has partnered with Microsoft and Community Credit to offer INETA members the Community Champions Program. We want to recognize, encourage and reward the developers who routinely devote their time, expertise and passion to the benefit of the community.

As we all know, volunteers are the heart of INETA and of our user groups. We all benefit from their passion for technology and their dedication to helping others. People like our officers, newsletter contributors, presenters and all those who pitch in to make the meetings run smoothly. Every person makes a difference ... YOU make a difference.

If you take a moment to add it all up, you would be surprised by what it takes to make things happen ... and by how much INETA members are doing every day. That is where the INETA Community Champions program comes in. The Champs program is designed to help recognize what volunteers are doing, including the many tasks that others may not even be aware of. It allows volunteers to record their contributions, to see what others are doing, and to be inspired by the results. The program also provides two very special recognition processes, the Community Champion Award and the Community Excellence Award.

Community Champions Award

Once a quarter, INETA will recognize leading contributors as Community Champions. In addition to claiming this prestigious title for twelve months, awardees also receive a letter of commendation, a certificate of achievement, much deserved online recognition, and a few great prizes. Of course, we want this award to motivate even more involvement, so we encourage everyone, including winners, to record your activities. After all, you are eligible to win every twelve months. Find out more and see what others are doing.

Community Excellence Award

In recognition of their lifetime achievements, INETA is proud to present our most dedicated leaders with the Community Excellence Award. You know the people that we mean, so we are counting on YOU to start the award process by nominating them for this elite honor. These are the outstanding individuals who, year after year, have gone above and beyond to lay the foundation and provide the structure for building our community and to keep it vibrant and growing. They step up when called upon; they are our leaders and mentors; they inspire us to stretch our horizons; and they help provide us with resources along the way. Read about past recipients and find out more about the award.

ASP.NET Podcast Show #118 - Paul on Peer-To-Peer with Windows Communication Foundation

Wallym — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:24:00 GMT

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Understanding PNRP Clounds
http://blogs.msdn.com/p2p/archive/2007/06/12/understanding-pnrp-clouds.aspx
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726971.aspx
Peer-to-Peer Programming with WCF and .NET Framework 3.5
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc297274.aspx
INETA Community Champions Information.
Silverlight Challenge.

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CodeStock (August 9) Registration is now open

Wallym — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Yes, that's right the registration for CodeStock is NOW OPEN! CodeStock will be the biggest software development conference in the world (the weekend of August 9). There will be world class speakers at the event. Jeff Prosise will deliver the keynote. We have speaker's coming from all over the eastern United States. Heck, we even let some blond guy from Knoxville in. I figured we had to since his company provided the MSDN Premium Subscription with Team Suite ($10k value, or so I am told), which will be the grand prize in the giveaway portion of the event. And registration for the event is NOW OPEN!

ASP.NET Podcast Show #117 - Using the History Functionality with the ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta 1

Wallym — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

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The current UpdatePanel functionality with regards to back.
The UpdatePanel with History in .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta1.
EnableSecureHistoryState.
INETA Community Champions Program @ http://www.ineta.org/Champions/CommunityChampionInfo.aspx.

Images:

This is the UpdatePanel with EnableSecureHistoryState set to true

This is the UpdatePanel with EnableSecureHistoryState set to false.

Source Code:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="UpdatePanelHistory.aspx.cs" Inherits="UpdatePanelHistory" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<title>UpdatePanel History Button</title>

</head>

<body>

<asp:ScriptManager ID="scm" runat="server"

EnableHistory="true"

OnNavigate="scm_Navigate"

<div>

<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Click Me!"

onclick="btnSubmit_Click" />

<asp:UpdatePanel ID="upl" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">

<asp:Label ID="lblTime" runat="server" />

</ContentTemplate>

<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="btnSubmit" EventName="Click" />

</Triggers>

</asp:UpdatePanel>

</div>

</form>

</body>

</html>

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Collections.Specialized;

public partial class UpdatePanelHistory : System.Web.UI.Page

{

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

}

protected void scm_Navigate(object sender, HistoryEventArgs he)

{

NameValueCollection pageState = he.State;

string dtS;

if (pageState != null)

{

dtS = pageState.Get("Time");

if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(dtS))

{

lblTime.Text = dtS;

}

else

{

lblTime.Text = String.Empty;

}

upl.Update();

}

protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

string dtS = DateTime.Now.ToString();

lblTime.Text = dtS;

if ((scm.IsInAsyncPostBack == true) && (scm.IsNavigating != true))

{

AddHistoryPoint(dtS);

}

private void AddHistoryPoint(string HistoryPoint)

{

NameValueCollection pageState = new NameValueCollection();

pageState.Add("Time", HistoryPoint);

scm.AddHistoryPoint(pageState, "Time:" + HistoryPoint);

}

ASP.NET Podcast Show #116 - TechEd Developers with Kim Matlock

Wallym — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

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TechEd for Developers.
Kim Matlock.
Area Events.
Come To CodeStock.
Pictures from TechEd.

Final pics from TechEd 2008 Developer Week

Wallym — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:20:00 GMT

My final pics from the Saturday ]inbetween[ weekend are at:

http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/photos/random_pics/tags/TechEd+2008/inbetween/default.aspx

My final pics from TechEd 2008 are at:

http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/photos/random_pics/tags/TechEd+2008/default.aspx

ScriptManager EnableSecureHistoryState

Wallym — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:01:00 GMT

It appears that the History that is saved in .NET 3.5 sp1 beta1 is encoded by default and not human readable. I haven't figured out how secure it is.

Sql Server 2008 RC0 for MSDN Subscribers

Wallym — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:12:00 GMT

If you are an MSDN Subscriber (MVP or otherwise), you can go get the RC0 release of Sql Server 2008.

Interesting findings on History in .NET 3.5 sp1 beta 1

Wallym — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:30:00 GMT

When you encode the parameters to save the page state, you can't use complex objects. You have to save strings or nulls. Complex objects can't be saved out.

You'll need to enable history on the scriptmanager by setting the EnableHistory. This property appears to be set to false by default.

TechEd Pictures from Wednesday and 1 funny story

Wallym — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:40:00 GMT

Based on no particular rhyme or reason, here are the pictures from TechEd on Wednesday. http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/photos/random_pics/tags/TechEd+2008/day+3/default.aspx

Now for the funny story. I got Jeff McWherter's phone and (sober) dialed his mom. She answered! I told her that Jeff was moving back in and to get his Star Wars posters back on the wall. She told me that was great and that she missed Jeff a lot! I couldn't contain my laughing.