A few months ago I wrote a simple Javascript beautifier, which suited my needs at the time. But since then while dissecting longer AJAX-centric scripts in various websites, I found some things that…

I’ve been looking into a new notebook lately and while “some” of the hardware configurations should make it Aero Glass compatible and potentially pass the Vista Upgrade Advisor muster, there’s just…

.Net Directory Services Programming – C# - Part 3

Removing Forms-based-authentication (FBA) from Internet Presence Web Site (TopNavFlyouts.master) and adding Windows Authentication.

In an earlier post I described how Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 2 can be made to work on Windows 2003 Server even though it’s intended to run on Windows XP only. Tricks like that one are not required…

I've recently noted a trend on the Mercury Interactive support forums of late. Here's an example:

So on a lark, I threw my hat into the ring for, I didn't expect to get accepted, there were already a few sessions on unit testing and nunit but I figured, what the heck, let's gear it for beginner…

It was a requirment in one of my projects, that we have to show sort images alongwith header text, so I googled the problem and find a solution, but solution was not generic, so I did some tweaks w…

I've posted a few code snippets and some people noticed that there are references to unresolved methods.I am using a few helper classes. This post describes my StringHelper class. By the way, I (in…

I've always thought it was cool to be able to find out what happened in history on a particular day. This used to be limited to encyclopedias and birthday cards, but in the "information age" this t…

I just got a call from 666-666-6666 (which was creepy enough). An automated voice that sounded like the old Apple text to speech guy stammered sputnik at me for a bit then called me a f\\kstick and…

Yesterday I got the task to do a “quick” POC to test a call to a service (without SOAP) using a client certificate. First of all please do not ask why we want to do it without SOAP. That is a very …

BizTalk 2006: Accessing flat file content in orchestration messages

Updated: June 12, 2006 - I had some debug code in there, basically a sleep for a second statement - doh! - I've removed it and Zip file updated

I keep getting asked over and over again what are the best reasons for using Windows XP 64bit (mainly my fault for have a 64bit computer I guess.) Microsoft and hugh amounts of people have publishe…

I have been a fan of Egypt since I was a kid. I taught myself (some) hieroglypics, went on excavations in the backyard, and even had plans to be mummified. So when I saw King Tut was back in the st…

Last Thursday's out of cycle update from Microsoft

Note: The assumption is being made that previous tutorials have already been completed and that a project is available and in a state to make the changes to be laid out in the current tutorial. Tha…

I presented a session on WPF at the Arizona .NET User's Group last night, and today have been getting email and calls from several people who wished they could have been in attendance, and wanted t…

There are lost of discussion on the internet about the Interface vs Abstract class. Also, as base class whether we have to use interface, abstract class or normal class.