I came across this (in an asp.net page) last week:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {

    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons buttons = System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.YesNo;

    System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult result;

 

    result = System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Test Message", "Test Caption", buttons);

}

 

I can't tell you how many times I have struggled with where to store a data item in a Check Box control. I typically need to do this when dynamically generating a series of check boxes on a page that correspond to a data item. I have used the tool tip which works ok but exposes your data to the use when the hover over the control. I have seen others manipulate part of the control ID to contain a data item but this seems problematic. Then it came to me:

using System;

 

namespace Utility {

 

    public class CheckBox: System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox {

 

        public CheckBox() { }

 

        public object Data {

            get { return ViewState["Data"]; }

            set { ViewState["Data"] = value; }

        }

    }

}

Download a sample solution.

I am guessing that like most other blogs, people come across my piece of cyber space through a search engine. Just validating this theory.

Also thinking that I will try to post more frequently now that I have a really unique name!

 

-Andy

http://www.netgear.com/Products/CommunicationsVoIP/Skype/SPH200D.aspx

I bought a Netgear / Skype phone and just love it. The real test will be if Jennifer is willing to use it over the long term. She tried it a couple of times over the weekend and I am guessing that it will all work out. $15 for the Skype plan and $150 or so for the phone.

I looked at a few of the Linksys phones but it just seemed silly to me that I needed to be logged on to my computer and running Skype to use the phone. That requirement was only slightly better than just using my headset and microphone. The Linksys 802.11 phone was an option but I didn't want a cell phone sized phone. That would have certainly caused it to fail the Jennifer test.

I also like that the Netgear phone uses standard AAA NiMh batteries. The sounds quality seems good. No noticlable echo or delay, only a bit of background static.

-A

int? i;
object o;

// this is ok:
if (i.HasValue)
    o = i;
else
    o = DBNull.Value;

// This fails to compile. Error 1 Type of conditional expression cannot be determined
// because there is no implicit conversion between 'int?' and 'System.DBNull'
o = i.HasValue ? i : DBNull.Value;

// these also fail for the same reason
o = i == null ? DBNull.Value : i;
o = i.HasValue ? i : "ABC";

// but these works:
o = i.HasValue ? (object)i : DBNull.Value;
o = i.HasValue ? (object)i : (object)DBNull.Value;
o = i.HasValue ? i : (object)DBNull.Value;

I am getting very excited about LINQ! I love diving into new technologies and feel that LINQ is going to be a big one for .NET and a big one for me.

For a while, I thought that AJAX would play a big role in my bag of tricks but I never made the leap. This doesn't mean that AJAX won't be used in my applications but I just don't see myself becoming a strong resource on AJAX.

As for LINQ, I exchanged a comment or two with Scott Guthrie and while I am reading a lot into it, it looks like Orcas will RTM this year and I am guessing that we will see some stable betas soon and go lives mid year. I am currently playing around with the Jan 07 CTP.

-A

Aaron is getting a lot of mileage out of this one:

Aaron had his first ear infection. Not a big deal but we were really glad that we took him in for a quick doctors visit last week. Initially, we were pretty sure he didn't feel well and Jennifer had been sick for a few days but we never suspected an ear infection. I love that Madrona has hours until 9:00 pm!

We got a weight on Aaron. We were guessing abouth 20 lbs but he officially hit the 18 lb mark at 16.5 weeks. The doctor thought he should make it to about 28-30 lbs at one year. Good thing we bought the "on the large size" (Britax Marathon) car seat. I think that Britax makes some rally nice stuff. Aaron has out grown his "zero to one year" convertable seat at 4 months. I traded the Subaru for a Highlander and am now thinking the Audi is on the chopping block. (Jennifer loves the Audi and doesn't really want to think about it. Reality will set in at some point.)

I am downloading and installing Oracle XE for a quick proof of concept for a job that I am working on. I haven't used and Oracle product since working for a company that was contracted to do a port of Oracle v5 to the Wang VS. A short time later I did some work for my father's company and came up with a contact management system using Oracle v6 and Apples HyperCard. Fast forward 15 years and I have a job that requires some data transfer with an Oracle Database. Thought I would give their express edition a try. All I can say is that the registration and download process was one of the most confusing processes that I have gone through in a long time. Click on the "accept lisence" button, select a download link, hit the browser back button and you are in UI hell. "You must accept the license agreement" only it is already selected. This was only the begining. I can't wait to see what the install throws at me?

The world would be in an uproar if Microsoft put out junk like this.

Update (Dec 6): It only got worse. Good thing I installed XE on a virtual pc. It made it very easy to just delete the whole thing. Hope my bias isn't too strong, but I feel good about continuing with MS SQL. Oracle might be a good product but it has a significant learning curve and I simple don't see a compelling reason to invest the time to get up to speed on it right now.