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A potentially dangerous Request value was detected from the client

Issue: Due to an upgrade from .Net 2, 3.0 or 3.5 to .Net 4.0 or you are starting a new .Net 4.0 project, you may run into this message: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client Or A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client Environment: .Net 4.0 MVC 3 (could be MVC 2 also because of the controller/action action filters that are available) Fix: Lets tackle the first issue: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client...
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Posted On Friday, August 26, 2011 8:02 AM | Feedback (1)

Knockout with ASP.Net MVC2 - HTML Extension Helpers for input controls

Goal: Defining Knockout-style input controls can be tedious and also may be something that you may find obtrusive, mixing your HTML with data bind syntax as well as binding your aspx, ascx files to Knockout. The goal is to make specifying Knockout specific HTML tags easy, seamless really, as well as being able to remove references to Knockout easily. Environment considerations: ASP.Net MVC2 or later Knockoutjs.js How to: public static class HtmlExtensions { public static string DataBoundCheckBox(this...
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Posted On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:42 PM | Feedback (0)

Upgrade from Asp.Net MVC 1 to MVC 2 - how-to and issues with JsonRequestBehavior

Goal Upgrade your MVC 1 app to MVC 2 Issues You may get errors about your Json data being returned via a GET request violating security principles - we also address this here. This post is not intended to delve into why the Json GET request is or may be an issue, just how to resolve it as part of upgrading from MVC1 to 2. Solution First remove all references from your projects to the MVC 1 dll and replace it with the MVC 2 dll. Now update your web.config file in your web app root folder by simply...
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Posted On Thursday, December 30, 2010 5:11 PM | Feedback (0)

Combine and compress javascript and css files in ASP.Net MVC

Goal: When loading js or css files, combine all the js files into one and all css files into one file respectively when rendering to improve on performance. Also compress if need be on the fly. In this example we use many css files and even more js files to organize the ASP.Net Mvc web app into manageable pieces. The reason for the separation is mainly because it gives the team the ability to work on different part of the web app by working on the affected css or js files. It also helps to decide...
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Posted On Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:00 PM | Feedback (0)

Restructuring a large ASP.Net Mvc app

So the issue is, you have a very large ASP.Net MVC app with many controllers and actions and don't know (or do) on how to restructure it for better maintenance. This article contains some thoughts around what my experiences were with building a large scale app with 10K+ lines of jQuery and 266 Actions dispersed over 98 Controllers. In the beginning: Yes God created .... no I created a relatively small scale Mvc app based on a very limited set of requirements, more like a XP or Agile experience or...
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Posted On Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:33 AM | Feedback (2)

jQuery AutoComplete in ASP.NET MVC Framework

Goal: jQuery AutoComplete in ASP.NET MVC Framework with callback to customize result Platform/Environment: Asp.Net Mvc version 1 jQuery 1.3.2 Autocomplete - jQuery plugin 1.0.2 Quick Solution: Here I am simply returning a list of account names: $('#Name').autocomplete( $('#ajaxListMatchingAccount... { delay: 10, minChars: 3, matchSubset: 1, matchContains: 1, cacheLength: 10, autoFill: true, mustMatch: false, selectFirst: true, max: 15 } ); ajaxListMatchingAccountName... - this is a...
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Posted On Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:06 AM | Feedback (2)

ASP.NET MVC with jQuery Grid

Incorporating the jQuery Grid With ASP.NET MVC Scenario: You have an ASP.NET MVC application and don't want to custom build smart controls like the ASP.NET GridView, ListView, etc, that support sorting and paging, as well as filtering and searching for data, and all of this using Ajax. Solution: The jQuery Grid plug-in. What tools/plug-ins do I need? jQuery version 1.3 and up jqGrid version 3 and up (this post references version 3.4.4) A strong cup of coffee In the past you had to also add the jQuery...
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Posted On Friday, July 17, 2009 7:48 AM | Feedback (22)

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