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Tracing at application and page level in ASP.NET applications
When we debug our applications we need to have as much information as possible at our disposal. There are a lot of techniques and ways to achieve that. One way to get lots of debugging information is to use Tracing. We can enable Tracing at the Page Level and Application Level. We can view the viewstate information and the events chain when a page is executing, among other things.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1181&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

JQuery and ASP.Net – How to access all textboxes using JQuery
I am going to start a series of posts on ASP.Net and JQuery that will explain a lot of common tasks that can be accomplished using this fantastic open source Javascript library.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1175&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Change the master page depending on the client’s browser
In one of my seminars on ASP.Net, I was asked a question from a student regarding master pages and the various browser appications. He basically asked if it was possible to have a different master page depending on the client's browser.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1164&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Tableless menu control in ASP.Net 4.0
One of the issues I really like to read and learn is client side technologies. I am an ASP.Net guy at heart but I find CSS particular useful and I have been blogging about CSS in my other blog. Have a look here if you want to have a look at some interesting posts on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1153&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Hidden Div elements in ASP.Net 4.0
This is a very short post for a new feature that ships with VS 2010 and ASP.Net 4.0. It is about the hidden fields in ASP.Net 4.0. We do know that ASP.Net is using hidden fields as a state control mechanism. It is used to preserve viewstate and control state. They are usually included in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1148&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

301 permanent redirects and ASP.Net 4.0
We can permanently redirect traffic to the new pages without losing page rankings by using the 301 permanent redirect. RedirectPermanent help us to achieve that.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1142&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

ASP.Net 4.0 and session state compression
The important setting that was added in ASP.Net 4.0 is the last setting, compressionEnabled="true".<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1139&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Maintaining scroll position in ASP.Net applications
How to maintain the scroll position-location when a postback occurs in an ASP.NET application<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1132&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

How to deploy Asp.Net applications in retail mode
I have this friend of mine who is responsible of a team of asp.net developers that develop applications for people from all walks of life. One of his main concerns were that he had to check the deployment stage of every application very carefully and constantly had to correct common mistakes in the web.config file. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1129&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Set the focus on an asp.net server control
It is a very common request when designing an asp.net application, to set the focus on an asp.net control.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1127&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Becoming an ASP.NET MVP for 2010
Hello again, I want to wish all a very happy new year and let’s all forget 2009 which has been a very difficult year for most people around the globe. I have received some very good news from Microsoft. They have presented me with an ASP.NET MVP. This is a big honor and a big [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1122&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Create an Asp.Net web user control with C#
User controls are reusable controls that can be defined once and used whenever we need them, in any of the .aspx pages of our application<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1110&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Creating an ASP.NET Dynamic Data Web Site with VB.Net
In this post I will show you how to create an ASP.NET Dynamic Data Web Site with VB.Net<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1078&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

ASP.NET 4.0,SEO and meta tags
In this post I will talk about ASP.NET 4.0 and SEO. I will demonstrate how to add meta tags using the Page class or the Page directive<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1070&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

ASP.NET 4.0 Entity DataSource and GridView
Recently I had the time to examine thoroughly my blog stats. From that it was evident people liked a lot the posts regarding the new features in .Net 4.0. So in this post I am going to discuss the new Entity DataSource which is similar to the LINQ to SQL DataSource, except it allows you to use your Entity Framework data object model instead. I will also demonstrates the new features of the GridView control<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1061&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Using the ASP.Net Calendar Control
In this post I will be looking into the ASP.Net calendar control.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1047&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

ASP.NET 4.0 and ClientID Mode
In ASP.NET 4.0 it is possible to set the name of your controls ClientID attribute. This is possible thanks to the ClientIDMode property<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1039&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Building an ASP.Net application with C# and Entity Framework
In this post I will show you a step by step example on how to build an ASP.NET application with C# and Entity Framework. First let's try to define what EF is and why it is going to help us to create easily data-centric applications.Entity Framework is an object-relational mapping (ORM) framework for the .NET Framework.EF addresses the problem of Object-relational impedance mismatch.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1019&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Viewstate management and ASP.Net 4.0
In this post I will talk about Viewstate management in ASP.NET 4.0. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=1009&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

VB 10.0 new features and Visual Studio 2010 IDE enhancements
In this post I will try with a step by step example to highlight the new features of VB 10.0. I will also highlight some of the new enhancements on VS 2010 IDE.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=972&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Lambda Expressions with VB.Net
Another idea-concept that is tightly linked with LINQ is LAMBDA expressions. Lambda expressions are shorthand for anonymous delegates . Basically delegates allow you to create a variable that “points” to a method. We can use this variable at any time to invoke the method.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=979&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Object Oriented Programming Concepts with C#3.0
In this post I will try to explain Object Oriented programming model-paradigm.Some of the topics-concepts, I will try to cover topics like Classes ,Properties , Methods ,Fields ,Members ,Enums,Structures, Abstraction , Encapsulation ,Interfaces ,Static classes, Constructors ,Method overloading,Inheritance ,Overriding methods,Virtual methods,Abstract classes ,Polymorphism ,Delegates ,Events <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=904&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Building a simple application with Blend and Visual Studio
differences between wpf and window forms. A small example using xaml, expression blend and visual studio.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=887&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Create an XML file using LINQ and import XML data into an Excel spreadsheet
In this post I will try to create an excel file and populate the rows and columns with XML data that I read from a relational database table. I will use Visual Studio 2008,vb and in particular XML Literals and LINQ to SQL classes.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=866&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Create a simple data-centric WPF application
I have been asked from some people to write a simple post regarding the younger and more flashy brother of window forms. WPF is about 1 years old now and gaining ground on developers for building next generation window applications.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=838&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

A thorough Introduction to Integration Services
SSIS is an automation tool-component that is part of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. It replaces DTS which has been a set of tools that were useful to DBAs to import, export, and transform data. DTS was included in all previous versions of SQL Server up to 2000.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=823&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Introduction to creating, modifying, executing stored procedures
In this post I am going to talk about stored procedures in conjuction with an SQL Server database<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=813&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Manipulating the HTML DOM of an asp.net page with Javascript
Manipulating the HTML DOM of an asp.net page with Javascript<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=804&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

LINQ TO SQL and Stored procedures
In this post, I will go back to the issue of LINQ. I am going to show with an example how to use LINQ and stored procedures to insert,update and delete records from a particular table.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=782&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Using the Process Component to launch applications from our .Net application
In this post I will show with a simple example how to use the Process control to launch applications from a windows form application (vb version). With this control that was shipped with the .Net 2.0 version you can launch very easily all sort of applications.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=773&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Manage files,folders, special folders with VB.Net and window forms
In this post I will show you how to implement file,folder related tasks, by merely using the classes and methods that are already written for us in the FCL in .Net and reside in the System.IO namespace.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=762&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Writing from a windows form to microsoft word 2007 using VSTO
In this post I would like how easy it is to use Visual Studio Tools for Office. If you have never heard before of VSTO just google it. In a few words it is a component of Visual Studio(since Visual Studio 2005) that provides a robust, .NET-based environment for building business applications using classic Office programs like Word and Excel. So that means you do not have to learn the specific Office object models, and of course you do need VBA anymore.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=751&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Working with DAL (data access layer), BLL(Business Logic Layer) in asp.net web applications
Creating a data access layer(DAL) and a business logic layer(BLL) for a simple asp.net web application<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=703&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Using the FileUpload web server control in your asp.net website
I will try to demonstrate,as always with an example, how to upload one file and how to upload multiple files using the FileUpload control<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=684&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Using the wizard control in asp.net pages
Using the wizard control in asp.net pages to create step by step navigation schemes for data collection<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=676&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

The AdRotator web server control
The AdRotator web server control is a control we can use in our asp.net pages to display to the user ads of our choice<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=656&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

XML Literals and Visual basic 9.0
In this post I would like to demonstrate with some examples a new feature of Visual Basic 9.0 which is XML Literals<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=638&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

How to monitor and debug LINQ to SQL queries
How to monitor and debug LINQ to SQL queries<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=613&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Nullable data types in Visual Basic 9.0
Nullable data types allow you to create data types like integers and initialize them to nothing.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=605&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

.Net 4 Framework poster
Brad Adams has created a very nice and cool poster with the new features in .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 and .Net Framework 4.0. For more information click here The poster is available in pdf version and in DeepZoom version. Posted in .NET Tagged: .NET, .Net 4, poster<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dotnetstories.wordpress.com&blog=1661705&post=598&subd=dotnetstories&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />