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I’ve recently been using a lot of the jQuery tablesorter plugin across many tables containing many different types of data. It’s a great plugin, but occasionally its documentation can be a little lacking in parts. One of the first useful things you might want is the list of inbuilt data types that it handles. Most of the time these will be auto detected, however sometimes you’ll need to specify them manually (either in your jQuery, or by adding some markup to your table header, i.e. <th class="{sorter: false}"> ). Here’s the list of built in data types: ...
Firebug Lite 1.3.0 beta for Google Chrome is making it easier for me to live without Firefox. It’s still missing a few features, but it’s a start! Firebug Lite is not a substitute for Firebug, or Chrome Developer Tools. It is a tool to be used in conjunction with these tools. Firebug Lite provides the rich visual representation we are used to see in Firebug when it comes to HTML elements, DOM elements, and Box Model shading. It provides also some cool features like inspecting HTML elemements with your mouse, and live editing CSS properties....
It's coming up to the 2 year mark since I resigned from my full time job and went into freelancing / owning my own businesses. After many years of working as an employee, a contractor and doing small bits of freelancing on the side I probably thought that switching to freelancing would be a bit easier than it ended up being, which is part of why I wanted to write a little about my experiences. There's plenty of material out there offering freelancers helpful tips or things to avoid - this post is similar to many of those, but it's...
“'WebForm_PostBackOptions' is undefined” is one of those errors which can have a variety of causes. Here’s another one to add to that list – it’s pretty obvious, but easy to overlook if you’re in a rush. Firstly, check your httpModules, as custom modules can often cause this issue. However in my case I didn’t have any custom modules, in fact I’d just removed a couple – ripping out Intelligica’s ReWriter to replace it with the stock functionality provided by System.Web.Routing.. which of course was where the problem lies. I’d forgotten to add the StopRoutingHandler for all *.axd calls....
In an interesting move, Internet Explorer 7 is now available to users not running a genuine copy of Windows. Previously IE7 required the Windows Genuine Advantage validation process be completed before download. This could easily be a strategy tactic in the ongoing browser wars. Having a single (larger) number for one browser is going to look a lot healthier than having 2 smaller numbers. It could also be something that Microsoft are doing for the general good of the Internet community, which is certainly the tone that the blog post tries to convey - however you can make your...
I've had a load of tabs open in my browser for the last week, all of which are useful and interesting, but none of which justify a full post. Here they are: Scott Guthrie talking about the asp:Listiew Control which is coming in ASP.NET 3.5 - I've been working with GridViews and Repeaters over the past couple of weeks, and doing so is making me really look forward to the ListView! As welcome as the control will be, you have to think that it's been a loooong time in coming (thanks for the link Doug, even if I did forget...
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This weekend I was working on some basic ASP.NET input forms inside an existing application. The forms can be opened for read mode, or for edit mode - as you might expect from a form! There was some C# code which was setting the textboxes to be enabled or disabled (but still visible) depending on the appropriate edit mode, and I naievely figured it'd be pretty easy to throw in some css to simply remove the textbox borders when the form was being viewed, which would make the data look like labels.
Labels being what should have been used in this...
Recently I had a need to add some simple tooltip text to a header of a Gridview. Nothing fancy, just a quick sentence explaining the column headers as they all contained abbreviated text. My searches all turned up overly complex dhtml samples, involving large chunks of JavaScript. These were all fine, but I was really after something a lot more simple than that. It's easy to achieve using some basic HTML with the GridView, so here it is for anyone who wants to do something similar.
After the simple example, I'll show you how you can make things...
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My name is Ross Hawkins and I'm a Developer, Consultant and Writer based in Auckland,
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SQL Server, and a mix of other Microsoft development technologies.
I also have about 14 years of experience with IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and associated technologies. While Notes/Domino
is no longer my primary focus I still like to dabble and keep my skills up to date.
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Troubleshooting WebResource.axd
The .NET 2.0 framework changed the way clientside JavaScript is
delivered to the browser. Previously, ASP.NET 1.1 used the
aspnet_client directory whereas now 2.0 uses WebResource.axd.
Published on October 8, 2006
Microsoft AJAX Extensions: Sys.Debug is null or not an object
One of the breaking changes which was made with
the 1.0 release of the Microsoft Ajax Extensions was the renaming
of the 'Debug' class to 'Sys.Debug' for reasons of compatiability
with other frameworks. Breaking changes like this can often be a source of frustration..
Published on May 22, 2007
Simple ASP.NET Character Counter
A textbox character counter is a pretty simple piece of functionality, and there's a lot of different ways to apply one to your application. The following method is nice and simple, and can be done using only clientside JavaScript if required, or combined with server side code in order to create a more dynamic effect
Published on December 4, 2006
Adding Tooltips to Gridview Headers
As the title says, this is a very simple but dynamic way of achieving tooltip text on a header column. It's not overly flash, but it's lightweight and quick to implement.
Published on April 15, 2007
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