Many developers have wanted to create an application that runs fully out of the system tray, maybe an application to help you automatically sort files, or something to monitor the clipboard. Many people have implemented these applications and many textbooks provide instruction on how to create an application such as this, however, none of the books I have found show you the most effective way to create the application.
Read Full ArticleASP.NET 2.0 allows for a very robust user authorization/authentication system with little to no code. One of the added features of the ASP.NET Membership and Profile systems is the ability to have custom user profiles. The ASP.NET Profile system allows you to add additional user profile fields very quickly. I will discuss in this post the methods needed to add simple profile fields (Standard system types), however, remember that you can use complex objects for profile fields as well.
Read Full ArticleC# custom events and delegates can be confusing for developers new to the concept. This article does a deep dive into these concepts and how you can leverage them in your applications.
Read Full Article.NET 2.0 introduces an easy configuration ability for SMTP settings using the web.config file. This is a deep dive into the new features available in the .NET Framework 2.0 for email delivery.
Read Full ArticleSo like many personal development projects, I have a few ASP.NET applications I am working on that have no money backing them and I need to create reports. So for the past week or two, I have been looking for a good free .NET charting component that I can use to create bar and pie charts for my ASP.NET application.
Read Full ArticleIncluded in this entry is sample C#.NET code (1.1 and 2.0 compliant) that can encrypt and decrypt data files. The input elements are byte arrays and it uses a simple key-value that you can substitute for a more advanced value if needed.
Read Full ArticleWith the new SiteMap, functionality wouldn't it be nice for all of your pages that are part of a master page to have a title that references their position in the site map and the values you have provided for the page titles?
Read Full ArticleThis posting explains the use of the BrowserCaps section of the web.config and how you can fix incompatibility errors with ASP.NET 1.1 and FireFox with a simple addition to the web.config file
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