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SharePoint 2007 Project Template for Timer Jobs in Visual Studio 2005

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:46:04 GMT

What are SharePoint Timer Jobs? SharePoint timer jobs are tasks executed on a scheduled basis by the SharePoint Timer service. Nobody wants to do all the steps necessary to create such a job for each new timer job. So in order to make it simpler to start a new timer job project, I created a visual studio template containing all the neccessary stuff you need.

Howto savely move a file using C#

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:31:02 GMT

If possible this version uses the special File.Replace on NTFS and gracially falls back on Delete+Move on any other filesystem. Nothing else to comment about here. I am just amazed that this kind of save moving is not supported by the framework itself. Instead the framework's move routine throws an exception if there is an file existing at the target location. Weird. ;)

Creating a transparent Panel in .NET

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:01:02 GMT

Today I wanted to create a transparent Panel-Control in .NET in order to superimpose it on the WebBrowser Control in order to record click events. The goal was to code a simple macro recorder for websites. Unfortunatelly the .NET framework does not allow (in an easy way) to make a control fully transparent. So it was back to the good ol' winuser.h and the extended window styles. Namely 0x00000020L or as it is better known WS_EX_TRANSPARENT.

Creating a transparent Panel in .NET

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:01:02 GMT

Creating a transparent Panel in .NET

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:01:02 GMT

Using SingleTagSectionHandler Instead Of appSettings

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:31:02 GMT

As an alternative to appSettings you can use SingleTagSectionHandler to store settings in a web.config file. Learn how.

Gridview: Where is the Row in RowCommand? DisplayIndex

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:41:13 GMT

Provides solutions to a frustrating issue: GridViewCommandEventArgs doesn't expose the Row that raised the event. Say you need an itemTemplate for a link button to execute deletes.; how do you get a reference to the correct row? While the datagrid's DataGridCommandEventArgs exposed the row through it's Item property & e.Item.ItemIndex GridViewCommandEventArgs only three properties: CommandName, CommandArgument & CommandSource (which provides a reference to the gridview itelf). Wtf?! Solutions provided in story.

Increase Your Productivity With Query Analyzer

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:31:02 GMT

Did you know that you can have CTRL + Number key combinations/shortcuts in Query Analyzer? You can set it up so that CTRL + 5 executes sp_who2 for example. I thought everyone already knew this but apparently not; I showed this to 3 coworkers yesterday and they didn't know about it. So how do you set this up? It is pretty easy, select Tools -->Customize from the toolbar.

Code Better - Use String.Format

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:01:01 GMT

Poorly handled exceptions might speak volumes about someone's coding abilities, but it's string concatenation that's a sure bet to kill a programs readability (thus maintainability). Everyone knows that they should use StringBuilder's for better performance when concatenating a lot, but to improve maintainability, string.format is king!

Click on a tab to close a document window

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:31:02 GMT

How to close a document window in Visual Studio with one click of the mouse.