.NET Development

Creating free shaped windows in WPF

WPF Allows for transparent windows which can help shape our desktop program to anything we can drew. In a few simple steps we can make a triangular program window. Here is how: In the main application window, set two values: Background = "Transparent...

Published 28 Aug 2010 1:57 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: WPF

Having some fun with the ListView control in ASP.NET

The ListView control is a natural progression of the GridView. It displays data by using user-defined templates instead of row fields, allowing for layout flexibility. Paging, sorting, inserting and editing records are all built into a ListView, and,...

Published 25 Jul 2010 4:11 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: LINQ, ASP.NET, listView

Eliminating the duplicate String Connection in a Custom Rewrite Provider for URL Rewrite Module

I was reading a tutorial from Ruslan Yakushev titled Developing a Custom Rewrite Provider for URL Rewrite Module on iis.net the other day and decided to give it a try. I downloaded the samples and rewrote the DB Provider with my own logic. The result...

Published 19 Jun 2010 4:04 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: IIS7, Rewrite

Write your own OutputCacheProvider

What is output caching? Output caching is a way of caching the generated HTML created from your ASP.NET pages. Output caching can cache an entire page or fragments of a page. The first request to a page is served dynamically, and then any subsequent requests...

Published 6 Jun 2010 4:53 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: ASP.NET, .NET 4.0, OutputCacheProvider

Convert an int array to a byte array and back

I recently needed to convert an array of integers to an array of bytes in order to work with an existing database design. I looked online and couldn’t find a function to convert between the two types so I wrote my own. Convert int[] to byte[]: public...

Published 26 May 2010 6:20 AM by Gal Ratner

Partial object deep copy with extension methods

Deep copy is the process of cloning a complete object into new object of the same type. All of the member values are being copied into new memory addresses and the clone will not be effected by any changed to the original object. If you need to perform...

Published 6 May 2010 6:40 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#

A quick lap around .NET 4.0’s parallel features.

What is parallelism and why should I care? As computers today are reaching the practical limits of clock speeds, you are likely to find your program running as fast, or as slow, on newer machines, as they are on your older box. CPU manufacturers have...

Published 24 Apr 2010 6:59 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: Parallel, PLINQ, TPL

How to detect a mobile device in ASP.NET

If you have a mobile version of your site, you probably need to detect and redirect users on mobile devices that navigate into the main site. It’s easy in ASP.NET you can just call Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice Or Request.Browser["IsMobileDevice"...

Published 4 Mar 2010 7:54 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: ASP.NET, Mobile

Application.StaticObjects is empty in an ASP.NET precompiled website

Application.StaticObjects holds all of the objects that have been defined using <object runat="server" scope="Application"> </object> tags in Global.asax. I defined my own object and used it in the Application_OnStart(...

Published 25 Feb 2010 4:56 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: ASP.NET

Get SQL Parameters From an Object Revisited.

I have my own custom data layer adapter. Its pretty slick and you probably know it by now if you read my blog post Move a DataReader to an Object with reflection Revisited . If you downloaded and are using the file ObjectHelper.cs you probably noticed...

Published 24 Feb 2010 6:35 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: ADO.NET, Data Access Layer

Create a faster Repeater

A Repeater, as we all know is the fastest of the data bound controls. It does not include any UI elements or even paging. This allows it to be light and fast. What happens if even the Repeater is too heavy for our app? It’s simple, let’s write...

Published 23 Feb 2010 6:26 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#, Repeater, Custom Controls

Add a GridView EmptyDataTemplate style to a Repeater

A Repeater is one of the lightest data bound controls in ASP.NET. It’s certainly faster than heavier controls like a GridView, however, its performance comes with a price. Its missing most of the functionality you can find in other controls. There...

Published 13 Feb 2010 6:48 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: Itemplate, Repeater

Bind a generic dictionary to a RibbonDropDownButton in a WPF Ribbon Control

RibbonDropDownButton can show a list of items inside a Ribbon button. You can hard code the items by adding a collection of menu items like so: < r : RibbonDropDownButton Command ="me:AppCommands.OtherReports"> < MenuItem Header ="Cash...

Published 28 Jan 2010 6:31 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: WPF, Ribbon

How to create sub menu items in the WPF Ribbon control

The WPF Ribbon control can be downloaded from the Office UI Licensing site. One of its most interesting features is its application menu. You can create menus and sub menus to match the look of an office 2007 application. Simply add a new RibbonApplicationMenuItem...

Published 17 Jan 2010 8:18 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: WPF

How to start and stop windows services on local and remote computers

ServiceController is a usfull class located in System.ServiceProcess namespace. We can use ServiceController to get a list of services running on your local, or remore comuters. We can start, stop, pause and continue services from your code. Getting a...

Published 4 Dec 2009 5:40 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#, ServiceController

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