With the forums flooded with questions of opening a popup window, passing values to the popup window and then return values back to the parent page using both Internet Explorer and Firefox, I decided to take a plunge into the subject and experiment with an easy implementation. This article explains how to transfer values between the Parent page and a Pop-up window. The code has been tested against IE7 and Firefox. Internet Explorer(IE)...
Monday, March 24, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
March 20, 2008
PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008 is now available for free download, along with source code and a readme document. PowerCommands, is a set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio 2008 adding additional functionality to various areas of the IDE. The source code, which requires the VS SDK for VS 2008 installed, can be used to modify the exisitng PowerCommands functionality or to use as a reference sample for creating additional...
March 20, 2008
When you need to exclude a file in a project from source control, you can select that file in the Solution Explorer window, then go to File > Source Control > Exclude [filename] from Source Control. A red icon should appear to the left of that file in the Solution Explorer window to tell you that it's excluded from source control. This option doesn't show up in the context menu of the file, just as other options that only show up in File...
Monday, March 17, 2008
March 17, 2008
With few exceptions, developers like using the latest tools and technologies, but are often constrained by the development or production environment. There are many reasons organizations are unwilling or slow to adopt new technology, and these can range from financial to cultural or political. A good developer can survey the landscape, put the success of the project and customer above his own interests, and know when to campaign for change and...