Zoom ASP.net

Recently i faced problem in validating Address Control which basically depends on selection of radio button.below is the figure of problem.

Here All controls below Gift to this Address Radiobutton should not fire validation if it is not checked. Asp.net Simply does all validation and shows all errormessage even if Gift to this Address is not selected, so all you have to do is create validation group for left address block called “ADDRESS” by assigning ValidationGroup Property value of “ADDRESS”.

Put this code for Button named “Done”

OnClientClick=”EnableDisableValidation();”

javascript function EnableDisableValidation() looks like below.

function EnableDisableValidation()
{
if($L(’rdbMyAddress’).checked)
{
return Page_ClientValidate(’Address’);
}
else if($L(’rdbAddressGift’).checked)
{
if( Page_ClientValidate())
{ return true;}
else
{ return false;}
}
}

Where $L is replacement of document.getElementById(”);

Page_ClientValidate(’Address’) function Validates All Control having property ValidationGroup =”Address”.

Where as Page_ClientValidate() Blindly validates all validation Controls within page.

I hope now you are clear with idea of customized validation control.

i can share more code with you if still not clear.

feel free to put your comments

happy codding

Ms. Dewey is a
cool interactive search engine. What you see, in the totally flash
based website, is a smart lady Ms Dewey. She prompts you to enter few
keywords in the search box and if you linger she gets impatient and
teases you, with “hellooo, type something here..” kind of sentences.

She will speak on various keywords in her own style. Use the best of
button to see some of the best expressions which will make you smile
atleast once. It is funniest search engine I ever saw. Unfortunately
they haven’t mentioned the contact details of the lady

Answer is No.

Few days before I was trying to send database mail via sql server 2005 Express with SP2.BUt it didn’t Work.
as Procedure [dbo].[sp_send_dbmail] requires a Parameter   @profile_name which is of datatype sysname .

@profile_name               sysname    = NULL, 

@profile_name can be found in table sysmail_profile( select * from sysmail_profile)

but Procedure is not accepting default ProfileName ‘DBMailProfile’

and After a little bit of google i found below article.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165636.aspx

which clearly says that

SQL Server 2005 Features Not Supported in SQL Server Express

The following table lists the additional SQL Server 2005 database features that are not supported in this version of SQL Server Express. It also lists database features from previous versions of SQL Server that are not supported.

Thanks.

    From last many days i was searching for a free script for yahoo contacts importer.. but its freely available only for PHP.
so finally i got a blog post(http://gnillydev.blogspot.com/2007/10/yahoo-contact-import-class-in-c.html) having code to fetch contacts from yahoo. i had implemented it in our project as well i had uploaded it on my website.

You can check this example here
Download Source Code (Asp.net 2.0 , C#)

All Vb.net User can convert their code here

ScreenShot:

If any one having such script for Gmail Please leave a comment.

good news for all web developers is that now thay can debug javascript with a tool called Companion.JS  Developed by http://www.debugbar.com

Download executable @ http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/CompanionJS/HomePage

Companion.JS (pronounced Companion dot JS or CJS) is a Javascript debugger for IE.
The current version is 0.2, adding the following features to IE :

• Detailled javascript error reporting (call stack and real file name where the error occured).
• “Firebug”-like Console API feature.
• Javascript console feature useful to inspect javascript objects at runtime.
• A toolbar icon to open the Companion.JS panel.

Here are some screenshots :

Detailled Error reporting

In the top-left corner the notifying panel which pops-up when an
error occurs in the current page if the Companion.JS panel is not open.
At the bottom of the page…

Google’s social side is more visible every day. A new service called “Shared Stuff” lets you share interesting links with your friends and the entire world. You need to drag a bookmarklet to your browser’s link bar or to click on the “Share” button from a web page (the button can only be found at Google Video right now).

When
you click on the button, a new window pops out and you can choose
between posting the page to your profile, emailing it to your contacts
or bookmarking the page using services like del.icio.us or furl.

A
profile page is public and can include information about yourself, a
photo, links to your sites. You can select the photo from one of your
public Picasa Web Albums. Here’s the profile of Kevin Marks, a former Technorati engineer who now works at Google.

This page lets you see the latest web pages shared by your Gmail contacts:

There’s also a page
that lists all the popular items shared by Google users, but some of
them are questionable (I saw pages that only had a single view):

… and a way to see popular items from a domain or for a tag:

You
can also subscribe to feeds for all of these pages, but it would be
nice to have a special feed for your contacts and gadget that keeps you
up-to-date.

Overall, the service adds the social component to Google Bookmarks
and integrates a lot of ways to share content online. It will be
interesting to see if Google manages to build a community around the
new service and if you can rely on it to find and disseminate what’s
cool on the web. Google will probably allow you to add the “Share”
button to your site so you can replace all the bookmarking/sharing
buttons for del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook etc. and provide a better
experience to your users.

This is probably the first appearance of the Moka-Moka social project
and Google will include shared information from other services (Picasa
Web Albums, public events from your calendar, Google Reader’s shared
items or public Google Docs).

via GoogleBlog
www.storrz.com

For Begginers of web technology this Library is very good. as its Open Source and Perfect validation. LiveValidation is a small open source javascript library built for giving users real-time validation information as they fill out forms. Not only that, but it serves as a sophisticated validation library for any validations you need to make elsewhere in your javascript, it is not just limited to form fields.

The naming conventions and parameters of the validations are similar to those found in the Ruby on Rails framework, and as such is the perfect client-side companion. Don’t worry if you dont use Ruby on Rails though, LiveValidation can be used anywhere you like, is simple to learn, and a joy to use.

simply Obfuscation is Confusion resulting from failure to understand MSIL.

One topic I’m often asked about is obfuscation of managed code. In
the context of software, obfuscation is the process of scrambling the
symbols, code, and data of a program to prevent reverse engineering.

Optimizing C++ compilers for native code tend to produce obfuscated
code by default. In the process of optimizing, the code is often
rearranged quite a bit and symbols are stripped from retail builds. In
contrast, managed code compilers (C#, VB.NET, etc) generate IL, not
native assembly code. This IL tends to be consistently structured and
fairly easy to reverse engineer. Most optimization happens when the IL
is JIT-compiled into native code, not during compilation.

This means it’s pretty easy to take a compiled assembly and de-compile it into source code, using a tool such as Reflector.
While this is a non-issue for web scenarios where all the code resides
on the server, it’s a big issue for some client scenarios, especially
ISV applications. These client applications may contain trade secrets
or sensitive information in their algorithms, data structures, or data.
This is where obfuscation tools come in.

Obfuscation tools mangle symbols and rearrange code blocks to foil
decompiling. They also may encrypt strings containing sensitive data.
It’s important to understand that obfuscators (as they exist today)
can’t completely protect your intellectual property. Because the code
is on the client machine, a really determined hacker with lots of time
can study the code and data structures enough to understand what’s
going on. Obfuscators do provide value in raising the bar, however,
defeating most decompiler tools and preventing the casual hacker from
stealing your intellectual property. They can make your code as
difficult to reverse engineer as optimize native code. 

If you’re interested in obfuscation for your code, I recommend
taking a look at one of the third-party obfuscators that work on
managed code. For example, Visual Studio ships with the community edition of Dotfuscator,
a popular obfuscation package. The community edition only mangles
symbol names, so it’s not doing everything the full-featured editions
do, but it will at least give you an idea of how an obfuscator works.
And there are other third-party obfuscators
that work on managed code as well. Keep in mind that obfuscating your
code may make debugging more difficult or impossible. Many of the
third-party obfuscators have features that help with debugging,
however, such as keeping a mapping file from obfuscated symbol names to
original symbol names.

I’m also asked what is Microsoft’s stance on obfuscation? Do we
obfuscate our own code? The answer for the .NET Framework is no. As a
development platform, it makes more sense not to obfuscate, so we
protect our intellectual property by other means. Some Microsoft
products that use managed code have opted to obfuscate, however, so we
do not have a one-size-fits-all approach within the company.

I’d be interested to hear your opinions of or experience with
obfuscation. Were you able to protect your code? What problems did you
run into?

via

Are You Planning to Switch Job -
You
spend a large percentage of your waking hours at your job. How happy
are you there? Will you be happier in a new job? To switch or not to
switch is the perennial question many of us face today.

If your job isn’t working for you, don’t panic or take it
personally. A large percentage of employees switch jobs in such
conditions. “If you’re not thrilled about your current situation, you
should be actively interviewing with other companies. It’s much easier
– both emotionally, and from a negotiation standpoint,” says Mohit
Kesarwani, 26, a unit manager with ICICI Bank.

But, before you reach that decision, it is important to evaluate certain aspects -

Are you a chronic job-switcher?
“Whether
it’s for a good reason or bad, switching jobs is extremely common
nowadays, especially in some professions — software for example. The
days when people kept only one job throughout their lives are gone.
Today, the average CV usually contains several moves, especially early
on in a career. In fact, it’s even considered unambitious to spend too
many years in one job,” says Manisha Dutt, 29, a manager with a
software firm in Gurgaon.

However,
an extreme case of ‘job hopping,’ such as one every year or even
several times a year, definitely won’t reflect well on your resume,
especially if you are under 30. “This is because a company also spends
a considerable amount on training new employees and is always looking
at reducing employee turnover. In such a case, one look at your resume,
and they may run in the other direction,” says Kesarwani.

Circumstances that demand a job change and those that don’t -

Some
circumstances may warrant a job change, but others can be remedied.
“The reason to get you to switch needs to be big — reasons like lack
of opportunities for growth, a move necessitated for family/ health
reasons, need for a better salary, etc. Alternatively, you may know for
sure that the new company is a great place to work in,” says Pankaj
Sharma, 27, an independent recruitment consultant in Delhi.

Questions to ask yourself -
Ask yourself the following questions regarding where you are at present (and be honest with your answers) -

*
Do I really like my current job?
*
Do I enjoy working with my colleagues?
*
If I stay here, where will I be in two years time?
*
Could I be earning more elsewhere?
*
What are the intangible benefits of working here?
*
Is the technology one that I would like to align myself with in the future?

Answer the questions using these
broad parameters -

*
Job quality (Is this what I want to do?)
*
Growth prospects (Can I stay in this job? Can I move up?)
*

More money (How much is enough?)
*
Mental stimulation
*
The importance of money.

Money is good stuff -
it pays for nice vacations, cool cars, education for your children,
etc. Don’t discount the money factor, especially if others are
depending on you.

“No
matter what any one says, money does buy happiness. When you accumulate
a significant amount as a buffer between yourself and poverty, and stop
living one pay cheque at a time, your life completely changes. You gain
the freedom to pursue other avenues, like your own business, a career
change, a personal project, or a mentally enriching educational
experience. Such freedom is an incomparable source of happiness and
tranquility, and only money can grant it,” says Kesarwani.

However,
if the new place totally rocks, you might consider working there and
even taking a salary cut to jump ship if your current job is indeed a
living nightmare.

Do a cost-benefit analysis -
Let’s
say you take home Rs 30,000 per month. You are offered a 20 per cent
salary hike in the new job and see yourself now taking home Rs 36,000 a
month. What will that extra Rs 6,000 a month (= Rs 72,000 a year) do
for you?

Will you blow it all on a plasma TV, stash it all in savings
for an early retirement, eat out two or three more times a week, or go
partying with your friends?

What is the bottomline impact on
your lifestyle that this raise will give you? How will this raise
impact your work environment? Keeping in mind that you work eight hours
or more a day, are these extras worth the anxiety and the risk involved
in switching jobs? What risks do you have if you stay in your current
job? In short, what is the opportunity cost?

To
cut to the chase, don’t move only for financial reasons unless you’re
going to earn significantly more. Happiness, in terms of liking what
you are doing and feeling that you are accomplishing something, is much
more important. Eventually, the money won’t be motivation enough to
continue with the new job.

Weigh the risks -

Consider this -
you already know what your current job is like and you like it. You
know the people and get along with your colleagues, who are interesting
people. Your boss treats you well.

The new place might be even better and the offer may be 20 per
cent more than what you’re getting now. The people might all be nice,
or there may be a few nut cases and backstabbers there. Your boss may
steal the credit for the work you do.

“Switching is a big risk;
you are going out into the unknown. Chances are, the new place can be worse,” says Sharma, who has experienced this himself.

“Verify
everything the potential boss tells you. Bosses try to make the job
sound attractive in the same way that job applicants try to make
themselves sound good,” says Dutt.

If you don’t really want to quit -

“The
first step is to analyse why, and whether or not you really want to
leave. Is it just because of one thing, such as a low salary or an
interpersonal conflict? If so, you must communicate that to your
manager and HR department. It could be better to first consider options
such as moving to another department, or negotiating a salary hike
rather than leaving the organisation,” feels Dutt.

Most problems at the workplace can be solved if both parties
are willing to solve them. “A three-month trial can be experimented
with to see if the situation can be resolved. Just like problems take
time to develop, their solutions also take time to work,” says
Kesarwani.

Keep your relationship with your colleagues and your company intact -

The
way in which you carry yourself during your transition can have a great
impact on your career. It says as much about you professionally as the
impression you had made on your first day. The people who you work with
will make it a point to note your behaviour. If it is anywhere
inappropriate or negative, the word can spread quickly. Keep in mind
that this group you leave includes potential references.

“Your
last impression is just about as important as your first. It’s vital to
break away without any ill feeling, and leave behind an impeccable
record. It’s a small world and it could just happen that you work with,
or for, the very same people again,” says Sharma.

So, it’s important to leave on positive terms. Display
professionalism. The right attitude is critical to building bridges,
and not burning them, when you are at the threshold of assuming a new
position.

The guilt factor -

“Only
three months into my first job, I landed a new opportunity offering me
30 to 40 per cent more than my current job. I felt really bad leaving
my current job and disappointing the people that gave me a chance to
work there,” says Dutt.

“As for feeling bad about leaving, don’t get all flustered
about it. Everyone needs to grow, and employers themselves are aware of
that,” says Sharma. “The key for you is to determine whether it’s the
wrong job, the wrong employer, or the wrong career. Once you have made
that decision, the ideal scenario is to locate a new job while you are
still employed. Then, if you think what you get is better than your
current job, don’t feel guilty — take it. They’ll understand.