I liked the approach the author used and it clearly works great for scenarios where you want to display a single 'something is happening' message to the user while the page is being updated. However, after the operation completes and the indicator disappears, it is still up to the user to figure out where on the screen (i.e. what control was updated?) to look for the new changes. If your screens are relatively...
Sunday, June 29, 2008
For a better user experience you would your users to see please wait message while browser render the page completely. Here is the one solution to the same problem. Let’s create a master page called Site.master and a web content form as demo.aspx. view plaincopy to clipboardprint <title>Loading Demo</title> ...
Many times we are faced with heavy or slow processing pages in our projects. If we cannot improve performance, how do we display some sort of information in the browser while the page is processing? I used to have this problem when accessing slow databases or retrieving a large amount of information from it. Sometimes, the queries lasted for 30 seconds or even more and it's not very user-friendly to just sit there waiting. Many impatient users...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
A series of articles on ASP.NET's membership, roles, and profile functionality. · Part 1 - learn about how the membership features make providing user accounts on your website a breeze. This article covers the basics of membership, including why it is needed, along with a look at the SqlMembershipProvider and the security Web controls. · Part 2 - master how to create roles and assign users to roles. This article shows how to setup...
These days, the biggest threat to an organization’s network security comes from its public Web site and the Web-based applications found there. Unlike internal-only network services such as databases—which can be sealed off from the outside via firewalls—a public Web site is generally accessible to anyone who wants to view it, making application security an issue. As networks have become more secure,...
One of the most useful registry hacks I use on a regular basis is one Robert McLaws wrote, the “ASP.NET 2.0 Web Server Here” Shell Extension. This shell extension adds a right click menu on any folder that will start WebDev.WebServer.exe (aka Cassini) pointing to that directory. I recently had to repave my work machine and I couldn’t find the .reg file I created that would recreate this shell extension. When I brought up Robert’s page, I noticed...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The sql injection that has came up is affecting several ASP and ASP.NET applications. Although the only way to prevent an attack is validate the code, hopefully these posts will provide some direction. I included some links that discuss this more. http://forums.iis.net/p/1149068/1868206.aspx (Post by Bill Staples) http://forums.iis.net/t/1148917.aspx?PageIndex=1 (almost a million views, definitely worth...
For those supporting a Classic ASP and ASP.NET application, you probably have noticed an increase in sql injection attempts. Microsoft has released an updated URLScan 3.0. Here is the link to download URlScan version 3 beta for 32 bit or 64 bit. You can read about on the blogs by Wade Hilmo and Nazim security blog.. http://blogs.iis.net/wadeh/archive/2008/06/24/urlscan-v3-0-beta-release.aspx...