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Catch Xamarin XAML Errors @ Compile-Time

The compilation is disabled by default. In order to enable it, modify the Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs file.

using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml;

[assembly: XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]

Published on 04 Mar 2019

Database Health Checks

Backing up your database may not be enough to ensure you can respond to a Disaster Recovery incident.

For the purposes of this article, we'll use MS SQL Server without replication, as our working example.

Backing Up Your Databases

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Published on 26 Feb 2019

Handle Session Variables Without Using Magic Strings

Public Class Sessions

    Private Sub New()

        blnPriceListActive = false

    End Sub


    Public Shared ReadOnly Property Current As Sessions

    Get

Published on 25 Feb 2019

Show a dismissable Bootstrap style alert

Bootstrap is a front-end framework and only supports activation of user interface elements from JavaScript. How can we show dismiss-able Bootstrap style alert messages from code-behind in a Web Forms project?

Steps:

Write a VB module (attache

Published on 22 Jan 2019

Generate a simple PDF from a Web Forms application using iTextSharp library

ASP

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="GeneratePdf.aspx.vb" Inherits="SampleApp.GeneratePdf" %>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title&

Published on 18 Dec 2018

Set up custom error handling to log errors in SQL Server

1. Create an error table.

2. Set up a Stored Procedure to manage the error handling in your database.

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[uspLogError] 
    @ErrorLogID [int] = 0 OUTPUT  -- Contains the ErrorLogID of the row inserted
  &

Published on 12 Dec 2018

Charts.js and ASP.NET Example

Using an AJAX call and a web service method.

Code behind method to get objects;

In the web service, a GET endpoint retrieves this data in JSON format;

On client-side, a successful AJAX GET request (to the above method) calls the function which uses the

Published on 14 Nov 2018

RADGRID selecting multirow without Ctrl key

Telerik's RadGrid requires that users hold the Ctrl key for selecting multiple rows, similar to Windows Explorer. Enable multi row selection without holding the Ctrl key programmatically using the following approach.

ASPX

<telerik:RadGrid ID="Ra

Published on 24 Oct 2018

Reseeding a SQL Server Table

If you are using Identity Specification to auto increment the primary key on your table, you may want
to reset the starting increment number because you have emptied the table. This is called reseeding and can be done with the following code.

Open the

Published on 03 Oct 2018

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