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• 301 Redirects in .NET 4.0

  I posted in the past how to do a simple search engine friendly redirect using the 301 HTTP status code .  I thought this was always something that needed to be included in the framework and it looks like it finally will be in .NET 4.0.  I saw... Posted Aug 28 2009, 09:46 AM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: Cutting Edge, ASP.NET, .NET 4.0

• Compilation Error with Generic Handler in Visual Studio 2008

  Anyone else out there notice that if you add an generic handler to your project that it won’t compile?  It appears to be an issue with the template included in Visual Studio and it may have been resolved in a service pack but currently I don’t think... Posted Jul 27 2009, 05:04 PM by CoreyRoth with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2008

• Troubleshooting the DelegateControl

  I’ve have been using SharePoint’s DelegateControl a lot again lately.  If you are not familiar with it, it allows you to drop a placeholder on a page and then later specify what control goes in it by activating a feature.  You can effectively... Posted Apr 02 2009, 12:28 PM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, ASP.NET

• Introduction to SharePoint Development: Deploy a User Control in SharePoint

  A common question I get with new SharePoint developers is "How do I deploy my user control in SharePoint?". Many times they know of the SmartPart or even how to make their own , but its the matter of deploying things that may not be clear. Before... Posted Nov 18 2008, 02:07 PM by CoreyRoth with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: SharePoint, ASP.NET, Deployment

• Updating Data with LINQ to SQL and GridViews when using a View

  Look! It's a post that isn't about SharePoint! Today, I want to talk about some of the issues I have run into when trying to update data using a GridView when bound to a LinqDataSource. This data source has an EnableUpdate property, but unfortunately... Posted Oct 07 2008, 01:27 PM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: LINQ to SQL, ASP.NET, C# 3.0

• How to: Use LINQ to SQL without using the Object Relational Designer

  LINQ to SQL has already proved to be extremely easy to use to create object relational mappings when you have an existing database schema using the Object Relational Designer. This designer is good, but you may not want something that is autogenerating... Posted Mar 17 2008, 07:54 PM by CoreyRoth with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: LINQ, LINQ to SQL, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2008, C# 3.0

• How to: Hack a Class Library Project into a Web Application Project

  Kind of a weird tip here, but I have ran into a situation where I have needed to do this. Basically, I have had an existing class library (for SharePoint development) and for some reason, I have decided I need to add ASP.NET file types to it (i.e. User... Posted Feb 22 2008, 02:09 PM by CoreyRoth with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008

• SPSqlDataSource: This control does not allow connection strings with the following keywords: ‘Integrated Security’, ‘Trusted_Connection’.

  I ran into this one again lately when deploying. We are folowing best practices with our connection strings by using Integrated Security. We have several controls on the web site making use of SqlDataSource controls. However, at runtime, we are left when... Posted Feb 11 2008, 10:28 AM by CoreyRoth with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: SharePoint, Error, ASP.NET

• Binding a GridView to a Generic List of Primitives

  I have often bound GridViews to my own custom objects. However today, I needed to bind a GridView to a List<string>. I needed to customize the columns a bit and I soon realized I did not know what to specify as a DataField. I tried Item and just... Posted Sep 21 2007, 03:00 PM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: ASP.NET

• How to expand a TreeView to the current page when using a SiteMapProvider

  Ok, well I started writing this post yesterday and somehow I accidently closed my browser and lost the entire contents of the post, so here I am at it trying it again. Lately, I have been working with a TreeView to handle hierarchical naviagation. Specifically... Posted Jul 25 2007, 08:59 AM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: ASP.NET

• Hate Repeaters? Try a ListView!

  Repeaters have always been a necessary evil. They are simply the only practical way to do custom formatting when binding to lists of data. Oddly enough, it turns out that not everyone just wants to display a grid of data. In the past, by using the repeater... Posted Jul 02 2007, 12:31 PM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: Cutting Edge, ASP.NET