Category Archives: Controls and Components

VistaDB 3.0 – Final release date announced!

Attention .NET, Compact Framework and Mono developers! VistaDB 3.0 is now just 3 days away from official release! A reminder that that you have until Feb 24th to take advantage of our pre-release offer and get $100 off VistaDB 3.0. … Continue reading

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ASP.NET Control Gallery: Moved, not Deleted

The Control Gallery at ASP.NET still exists, it’s just not on the menu anymore.  It has been moved to the Resources Page, along with Hosts, Community Sites and Case Studies.  VWDE, Starter Kits and The Sandbox are on the Downloads page. Alex … Continue reading

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Using Output Parameters With Enterprise Library 2.0

I couldn’t find a quick example when I was looking for one, so here’s mine. First, create your stored procedure with an output parameter: CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[MySproc](@MyParameter varchar(50) OUTPUT) And in your sproc, set your parameter to a value set … Continue reading

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Web Application Settings in ASP.NET 2.0

My latest ASP Alliance article has been published: ASP.NET 2.0 brought about a number of improvements in the way configuration settings are stored and accessed. Several new configuration sections have been added to the web.config schema, settings can be updated … Continue reading

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EZWeb Quick Start

If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably the IT manager for for family and circle of friends.  The trick to being the IT manager for this group is to maximize their benefit, while minimizing your own pain.  In such a … Continue reading

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Flash-based Photo Gallery

Another little gallery app I used recently is ThumbGallery from FlashRelief.  It’s $20, but that’s really cheap considering how nice this gallery is.  You don’t need Flash at all–they provide you with a pre-compiled Flash control which you embed into … Continue reading

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Still Getting Mileage From nGallery

nGallery was a great application on its own, but Community Server is just far too much overhead when all you need is a simple gallery app.  Even though it haven’t been updated in a while, nGallery is still one of … Continue reading

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