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Get Radio Buttons by GroupName (ASP.NET) [Get Radio Buttons by GroupName (ASP.NET)]

sbc — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:51:02 GMT

I add radio buttons to a page with the same group name:

<asp:RadioButton GroupName="Field_MyRadioGroup" Value="Foo" runat="server" />
<asp:RadioButton GroupName="Field_MyRadioGroup" Value="Bar" runat="server" />
<asp:RadioButton GroupName="Field_MyRadioGroup" Value="Baz" runat="server" />

How do I then get the value of the radio button that was selected?

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Microsoft invites Firefox development team to Redmond [Microsoft invites Firefox development team to Redmond]

sbc — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:54:46 GMT

http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/8/21/5065

Will 4 days be enough? Maybe if they manage to get the information they need.

As someone has stated in the comments, a possible downside (for some, but an upside for Microsoft), is that Vista API's would be used and thus require people to upgrade from XP.

Or is it just a PR stunt?

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Linux under Virtual PC [Linux under Virtual PC]

sbc — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:02:18 GMT

Anyone running Linux under Virtual PC? I can run (but not sure how to install) Damn Small Linux under it, but I'm looking for something that is also lightweight but contains other web browsers (like Konqueror). Basically a distribution with the minimum required for testing web sites (but with a good selection of browsers).

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USPTO: Broadest Claims Forgent Asserts Against JPEG Standard Invalid [USPTO: Broadest Claims Forgent Asserts Against JPEG Standard Invalid]

sbc — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:18:25 GMT

USPTO: Broadest Claims Forgent Asserts Against JPEG Standard Invalid

Don't you just hate companies that are just about 'intellectual property' and go around suing people for royalties rather than actually release products? Especially those that effect so many (like Unisys with GIF (to be fair they do things other than hoard patents) and Eolas with embeded content in web pages).

There should be something in patent law that stops this happening (i.e. 'you must use this patent in a shipping product (or prototype) within a year or it will be placed in the public domain'). Even better, you should show something that implements a patent, before you can be granted it.

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Run Console App as ASP.NET user [Run Console App as ASP.NET user]

sbc — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:46:00 GMT

The console application is written in C# and queries the database sending emails to various people depending on certain circumstances (document has expired or is to be reviewed soon).

I want to run it as a scheduled account, but it uses a trusted connection (so uses my credentials, which has access to the database). However, as passwords change every few months it would mean editing the task when I change my password.

How can I set a scheduled task to use the ASP.NET account instead? The server is Windows 2000 Advanced.

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SQL View question [SQL View question]

sbc — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:49:31 GMT

Say I have a table of departments:

departments
-----------
DepartmentID    DepartmentName
------------------------------
1               Department 1
2               Department 2

And a table as follows:

contacts
--------

ContactID   ContactName     MainDepartment   SecondDepartment
-------------------------------------------------------------
1           Fred Bloggs     1                2
2           Bob Smith       2                2

How would I create a view with the names for both MainDepartment and SecondDepartment?

contactview
-----------

ContactID   ContactName     MainDepartmentName   SecondDepartmentName
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1           Fred Bloggs     Department 1         Department 2
2           Bob Smith       Department 2         Department 2

I tried CROSS JOIN but that did not work (1 entry in contacts resulted in one row in the view, but 2 entries resulted in 8)

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Folders and directories [Folders and directories]

sbc — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:38:26 GMT

Hope its not a daft question, but why are the two registry entries for what (I think) are the same thing:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ - in File Types "File Folder"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ - in File Types "Folder"

On a related note, what are the properties you can use in Info Tips (i.e. is there a site that lists them)?

e.g.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory]
"InfoTip"="prop:DocComments;Owner"

Will add the directory (file folder) owner to the Info Tip (in addition to what it already has).

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What (PC) games do you play? [What (PC) games do you play?]

sbc — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:22:19 GMT

If I have time (I have work and Open University commitments and play a bit of Tennis), I play Guild Wars and City of Heroes / Villains mostly. Rise of Nations (plus Thrones and Patriots) and CivIV are also installed (although haven't played them that much recently).

Not really a fan of FPS and Sports Games but instead like RPG's (not World of WarCraft - seems like you need to do a lot of 'grinding' to level up and looks too 'hack and slash' to me) and strategy games - those that require some kind of brain activity rather than button mashing or super fast reflexes.

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Get Response Headers (ASP.NET) [Get Response Headers (ASP.NET)]

sbc — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:46:12 GMT

I am attempting to get the response headers (specifically the Last-Modified one). However, all I get is Connection and Host.
[code language="c#"]
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://channel9.msdn.com/rss.aspx?forumid=15);
request.Method = "HEAD";
try
{
    request.GetResponse();
    Response.Write(request.Headers);
    Response.End();
}
catch(WebException ex)
{
    Response.Write(ex.ToString());
}
[/code]
Results in:

Connection: Keep-Alive Host: channel9.msdn.com

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Modifying UserControls' properties (ASP.NET) [Modifying UserControls' properties (ASP.NET)]

sbc — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:20:25 GMT

I have a UserControl on my page:
<%@ Register TagPrefix="MyControls" TagName="MyControl" Src="MyControl.ascx" %>

Added to page:
<MyControls:MyControl id="ControlID" runat="server" />

What I want to do is alter the properties of the control in the code behind:
FindControl("ControlID").Posted = DateTime.Now;

However, I then come up with an error:
'System.Web.UI.Control' does not contain a definition for 'Posted'

I guess the error is because FindControl returns a Control object. So I thought casting it would work:
((MyControl)FindControl("ControlID")).Posted = DateTime.Now;

But that just resulted in an error:
CS0246: The type or namespace name 'MyControl' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Then I tried casting using
((typeof(FindControl("ControlID")))FindControl("ControlID")).Posted = DateTime.Now;

But that just comes up with a compiler error (which complains about a missing ')' even though there isn't):
CS1026: ) expected

I then added a reference to the page and tried the two above methods again:
<%@ Reference Control="MyControl.ascx" %>

Which still doesn't fix it.

How do I alter the properties on my user controls from code? Note I don't have Visual Studio, so the compiling is done by the ASP.NET runtime. i.e.
<%@ Control Language="C#" src="MyControl.ascx.cs" Inherits="MyNamespace.Controls.MyControl" %>

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Prevent Invalid_Viewstate error [Prevent Invalid_Viewstate error]

sbc — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:29:15 GMT

How can you catch this error or stop it occuring? It only happens occasionally (after compilation of an assembly), possibly due to use of static properties (which shouldn't really be static, but would require a rewrite of code).

Would something like the following work:
[code language="c#"]protected override void LoadViewState(object savedState)
{
    try
    {
       base.LoadViewState(savedState);
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
       HandleException(e);
    }
}
[/code]

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Portable Backup Software [Portable Backup Software]

sbc — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:35:23 GMT

Is the any backup software available that can save to a password protected archive (like 7z or zip).

Backup based on extension (so you can backup images to one archive and videos to another), and splitting (so you can save archives to multiple CD/DVD's for example, and each part is a standalone archive file (i.e. you don't need to have all the parts if the file you want is on CD 1 for example)).

Plus work off external hard drive.

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BC30560: 'mycontrol_ascx' is ambiguous in the namespace '_ASP' [BC30560: 'mycontrol_ascx' is ambiguous in the namespace '_ASP']

sbc — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:02:17 GMT

Anyone ever got this error before and know how to fix it?

It just started happening to me for no apparent reason. All I did was edit the file. It is not compiled by Visual Studio, but dynamically:

<%@ Control Language="C#" src="mycontrol.ascx.cs"
    Inherits="MyNamespace.MyStuff.MyControl" %>

Even though it is used on several pages, it only occurs on one of them. It has been in use for several years (so I know the code works).

Someone else had this problem with .NET 1.0 (I am using 1.1): error generated while debug is off, but no one answered. When debug is set to 'true' it works, when removing (or setting to 'false') the error occurs. Restarting the server is not an option (I did restart IIS, but that didn't work).

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Drag / Drop with console app (C#) [Drag / Drop with console app (C#)]

sbc — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:01:36 GMT

I want to get the filename when you drag a file onto a C# console application. How can you do that?

Basically I want to:

1) Drag file onto exe and process the text inside it, generating an output file (checking that it is not a binary file).

2) Run from the command line to do the same (i.e. MyApp "file.html")

I've done #2, but can't figure out how to do #1

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Re: Google Linux [Re: Google Linux]

sbc — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:01:52 GMT

There is no indication of where they got that information from (nothing on Google's blogs/sites). Until Google confirms/denies this, it is just speculation.

If there was a distribution to take on Windows, it would probably be one based on Ubuntu IMHO. RedHat/SuSE/Mandriva could have done it by now, but they just lack the appeal of Ubuntu. At least when looking at DistroWatch, which shows Ubuntu by far being the most popular. It helps that they give away free CD's and it is funded by a billionaire.

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Google is the Help Menu [Google is the Help Menu]

sbc — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:24:47 GMT

Google is the Help Menu

article wrote:
It seems to me that the best "help file" for your software is no help file at all. It's a GoogleMSN Search query.
Local help simply can't compete with internet search. I'll go even further-- if you are building local help files for your application, you're wasting your time. And more importantly, you are wasting your users' time.
Smart developers will stop wasting time on useless local help and build community around their product on the internet.

As most people are web enabled now, it is better to find help by searching online. In my experience, I find no one uses the help feature in Office, and those that do are ones that are already quite proficient in it. New/unexperienced users ask people who know (either in person, or online).

Like he says, wiki's / forums would be very useful for helping people to find out how to do something and will be more up to date than an offline version. For those that may have to work offline, perhaps the wiki could be downloadable (as a PDF or CHM).

Even the developer documentation (e.g. the .NET SDK) is not as good as it could be. Why can it not be updated automatically? Documentation should evolve over time, not be static.

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Assembly load error in ASP.NET [Assembly load error in ASP.NET]

sbc — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:22:59 GMT

A frequent error occurs when I copy a dll into the bin folder of a running web app (using command line copy). The strange thing is that it is a permission error with a different assembly to the one I am replacing (and it is not always the same one). Resetting permissions sometimes works, other times I have to click the modify checkbox in the security tab for ASP.NET Machine Account.

It is incredibly annoying and I don't know why it happens. My YSOD:

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Access is denied: 'HolmokRssFetcher'.

Source Error:

Line 256:                <add assembly="System.EnterpriseServices, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
Line 257:                <add assembly="System.Web.Mobile, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
Line 258:                <add assembly="*"/>
Line 259:            </assemblies>
Line 260:

Source File: c:\winnt\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\Config\machine.config Line: 258

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'HolmokRssFetcher' could not be loaded.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = HolmokRssFetcher
 (Partial)
LOG: Appbase = file:///F:/websites/intranet
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = bin
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: HolmokRssFetcher
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINNT/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/118c847b/2d6484ec/HolmokRssFetcher.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINNT/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/118c847b/2d6484ec/HolmokRssFetcher/HolmokRssFetcher.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///F:/websites/intranet/bin/HolmokRssFetcher.DLL.
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: HolmokRssFetcher, Version=1.0.1432.28116, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032

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Download / backup blog [Download / backup blog]

sbc — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:08:06 GMT

Are there any tools available to download an entire blog in one go? As in the posts, not the actual pages (i.e. authenticate, then download each post).

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Some Safety and Reliability Questions About DRM [Some Safety and Reliability Questions About DRM]

sbc — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:37:07 GMT

Some Safety and Reliability Questions About DRM, by Victor Yodaiken

article wrote:
Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies are supposed to protect digitized “content”, like movies and musical performances from being illicitly copied or used. DRM technology is sometimes described as security technology when it is really licensing technology –- something very different. In fact, DRM may decrease security and reliability.

Anyone disagree with that? DRM compromises security of a system (as shown by the rootkit issue with Sony BMG) and can also slow it down.

What if a pirated song was detected (perhaps sent via email), would the system shut down thus causing problems? What if you were behind a firewall, how would the DRM work (some work by a remote machine accessing the file to see if the user has permission to play it). Some actually require you to turn your firewall off before playing the song.

DRM built into hardware could also be an issue, perhaps more so than software DRM.

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PiggyBank, turns Firefox into a semantic browser [PiggyBank, turns Firefox into a semantic browser]

sbc — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:12:03 GMT

Something w3bbo may like.
http://simile.mit.edu/piggy-bank/index.html

example scenario wrote:
Scenario 1: You’re meeting up with a friend for lunch before working together on a business plan. You’d like to locate a restaurant serving some particular cuisine that’s close to a coffee shop of your favorite chain that you know offers free wireless service. Unfortunately, although you can locate restaurants by cuisine using one Web site and coffee shops in another, there is no single Web site by which you can map both restaurants and coffee shops of your favorite chain together.

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Modify <head> content from a UserControl [Modify <head> content from a UserControl]

sbc — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:40:29 GMT

I am trying to add items to the head content of a page, but not sure how to do so. e.g. Added a UserControl to a page, with an ID of UserControlID. The output is:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Page content</p>
<form name="_ctl0" method="post" action="add.aspx" id="_ctl0">
<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="ghFGDFSHfhFDSGDgdfsdgsF=" />
<input name="UserControlID:Date" type="text" id="UserControlID_Date" />
<input type="submit" name="UserControlID:btnDelete" value="Add" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

I then want to change the content that is output by the page, done from within the controls code behind, e.g.

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/init.js"></script>
</head>
...

Is this even possible with ASP.NET?

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Gamecube outsells Xbox 360 in Japan [Gamecube outsells Xbox 360 in Japan]

sbc — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:18:01 GMT

Now that can't be good. They really don't like Xbox in Japan. Poor launch titles (at least not the types of games that appeal to the Japanese) don't help much.

DS Outsells all hardware in Japan, Gamecube sells 6x Xbox 360 last week

Dec 19 - 21

4. GCN - 36,646
7. Xbox360 - 5,674

I think the Revolution will outsell the Xbox 360. If the Gamecube can, Revolution will have no problem. Plus as the Revolution will be under $299 it will be far cheaper than the PS3 and Xbox 360 - plus Nintendo will actually make money on the console (as they always have done).

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Xbox 360 not designed to play games in vertical position? [Xbox 360 not designed to play games in vertical position?]

sbc — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:58:57 GMT

Xbox 360 not designed to play games in vertical position?
Xbox 360 Scratches Discs When Vertical

So despite many pictures of the Xbox on its side in ads you are not meant to play games like that.

The games were scratched without moving the console, so it is a flaw in the console. I can imagine more lawsuits in the future.

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Smash My XBox 360 [Smash My XBox 360]

sbc — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:06:23 GMT

Don't watch the video if you are desperate for an Xbox 360. PS3 fans (who are convinced the PS3 is far superior, or have a dislike of Microsoft) may like this.

http://smashmyxbox.com/

They could have done it in front of more people for a bigger reaction.

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del.icio.us now part of Yahoo! [del.icio.us now part of Yahoo!]

sbc — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:15:43 GMT

Great Tastes That Go Great Together

They have Flickr, Konfabulator (both obtained earlier this year) and now del.icio.us

What next?

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