July 2005 - Posts

Overriding OnLoad vs adding Page_Load eventhandler
Published 07-30-2005 7:17 PM | jokiz
ASP.NET 1.1 is designed to utilize the Page_Load eventhandler automatically added to Webforms by VS by default. I used to prefer to override the On Eventname methods basically because you have a control whether you want to execute your code before the...
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Code Name "Everett"
Published 07-30-2005 6:29 PM | jokiz
I just encountered another post from the Wintellect team referring to "Everett." I first encountered the said code name upon inquiring on Windows Forms Layout when a guy used the term "Everett" Winforms. I immediately searched the net what is it and found...
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Intellisense vs Shadowed functions
Published 07-26-2005 7:42 PM | jokiz
How come Visual Studio intellisense could not resolve shadowed/newed functions, they are still showing the “shadowed” functions.
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Handling Datagrid ItemCommand
Published 07-23-2005 12:12 PM | jokiz
You always want to obtain data on the ItemCommand event of the grid. Usually, you will want the PK of the data you have binded to the grid which is usually passed to the next page. Initially, I found implementations where the ID's are hidden columns of...
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Windows Forms Forums
Published 07-15-2005 9:19 AM | jokiz
I once participated in the windows forms forums particularly the design-time section during my control-development days. I was surprised when I revisited the site here . MS has revamped the site including the log file and the previous posts were already...
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XMLitis
Published 07-02-2005 3:04 PM | jokiz
Sahil Malik has another funny post regarding Bad Application Architect Diseases . I chuckled upon reading the section about XMLitis. Here is an excerpt: XMLitis : This is a dangerous disease that creeps upon you unknowingly. Before you know, you start...
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