I’ve seen a lot of posts on boards of people inquiring how to utilize an image in a hyperlinkcolumn.  I found those posts, because I was trying to do the same thing.  In my codebehind, I had some custom things going on for the link, and really...

In my opinion, one of the coolest .net controls is the DataGrid.  There is sooo much you can do with this puppy.  One of the things I like most about it is how you can choose to control or not control how data is rendered.  Which brings...

To determine how many records are in a dataset, you can use the Count method of the Rows in a table (last line in code).         // New DataSet         DataSet dbSet = new DataSet ...

To get the date and time for a datetime value in SQL Server, use the GetDate method.  It will return the current system date and time in the SQL Server standard internal format for datetime values. This is a pretty useful function if you need to...

To open a windows registry key using C#, the code would look something like this: RegistryKey rk = Microsoft.Win32. Registry .LocalMachine.OpenSubKey( "Software\\TWC\\Applications" , true ); The RegistryKey object has lots of methods on it to...

Follow these 2 simple steps and you will be debugging JavaScript with ease. 1.    Clear the “disable script debugging” checkbox in Internet Explorer’s advanced properties. 2.    Add the keyword “debugger” somewhere within...

using System; class SwappinStrings {     static void SwapStrings( ref string s1, ref string s2)     // The string parameter x is passed by reference.     // Any changes on parameters will affect the original...

I recently had an ImageButton in a DataGrid, and for whatever reason it wouldn’t fire the DataGrid.ItemCommand event.  After beating my head on the keyboard for an entire day, I finally found the problem. When you are binding the grid (or calling...

Ever find a tutorial or code sample that will resolve your current issue…. and Argh!  It’s in VB.  It’s happened to me a thousand times. This experimental web app can convert that foreign language for you:  http://www.developerfusion.co...

I was recently working on a project at work where the actual development was being outsourced.  When the 3rd Party sent their builds over for deployment - the code never worked.  The constant complaint was that there were files set to Read Only...