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Archive for the ‘Visual Web Developer Express’ Category

May 27th, 2008

Setting Up Forms Authentication for ASP.NET Website

Why in the world can I not get the built-in authentication controls to work in my installation of ASP.NET?
I’m running SQL Server 2005 and using the aspnet_regsql command tool to register everything. It appears that the aspnet_regsql works as it should, but when I try to configure the settings through the ASP.net Web Site Administration […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

May 23rd, 2008

Organization and Usage of CSS Styles in Visual Web Developer Express 2008

I’m really trying to develop and rely more on CSS for all of my formatting and colors for pages. I’m still teaching myself more on how to use it for positioning and layout, but I know that will come as I force myself to use it more.
One challenge I came across this morning with […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

May 20th, 2008

Microsoft Help & Support Gets A Facelift

Is it just me or did Microsoft’s Help and Support website get a little bit of a facelift? It’s not a huge change, but I think it looks great. Very clean and organized.
I wish I could say the same thing for Help & Support that’s embedded within most Microsoft software apps. The one […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

May 14th, 2008

Disappearing Web User Control in Design View

My boss experienced an weird problem with his installation of Visual Web Developer Express 2008.
When he tried to view a web user control page in the design mode the application only displayed a blank white page. If he clicked on the “Source” view, all the code was there that was expected. Combing through the […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

May 7th, 2008

Here’s a New Feature Request in Visual Web Developer Express 2008

I made the “professional” switch over to ASP.NET development awhile back and began using Visual Web Developer Express (VWDE) for all my business clients with the day job. I’ve still kept Dreamweaver 8 installed though because I have a few clients that still use it so it’s nice to be able to open and view […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 21st, 2008

What’s In Your Start Menu?

The b5 Tech Channel is having a little them post series and I thought of something that might be pretty interesting to share with everyone and we’ll get some responses back in the comments as well.
What’s in your Start Menu?
You’ve got the ability to pin a program you use frequently to your Start Menu […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

March 14th, 2008

Evaluation Ended for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition

Just tried to pop-open Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition and got this warning message.
DO WHAT?
It’s a free piece of software to download. It’s not a trial. Why am I getting this message?
What’s even more annoying is that when you click “OK” it just closes the program completely. No way to open it and […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

February 25th, 2008

Data Item Spacing Using CSS

Okay, I’m about to drive myself crazy trying to figure out why I can’t get rid of the space between the lines of data above on my web page.
The lines are made-up of three fields stacked directly on top of each other. They are all sitting in a single table cell with no height […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

February 23rd, 2008

Dynamically Assigning Colors to Fields in ASP.NET

I’ve come across another little frustration with Visual Web Developer Express and ASP.NET
I’m trying to figure out how to dynamically assign a background color to a label or text field based on the value of a field in the database.
For example, we’d have a field labeled AlertColor and in that field would be the hexidecimal […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

February 17th, 2008

Interpreting Stack Trace Information on A Server Error

Can someone point me in the direction of how to interpret the Stack Trace (#3)information on a error page in a .NET application.
I’m okay with looking at the actual error and the source line information that’s displayed.
But trying to get anything valuable from the information below has escaped me.

Would love some information on […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

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