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August 2006 - Posts

Great UI patterns site

This site has some nifty UI patters for web stuff as well as windows GUIs. Interesting way to spend a few minutes. Read More
posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:37 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Type safe session state

I think I've already mentioned this on here somewhere, but making your session object typesafe is one of the coolest things you can do. It now appears I'm not the only person that likes this idea. Read More
posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:44 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Databinding in Winforms 2.0

It's a bit of a BAS day today. There are a couple of nifty articles up on MSDN that I'd like to keep a track of. It's all about databinding. I can remember when it was a bad thing to do... Read More
posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:38 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Working with Windows Services at runtime

I've seen techniques similar to this in the past, and I know I'm going to "wish I could remember where I saw the code" at some stage in the future, so here it is for the BAS.Thanks, Ayende. Read More
posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:35 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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An interesting master page trick

I didn't know you could do this (courtesy of Eric Wise from CodeBetter.com). Apparently, you can get the original, unmangled control ID using the ClientID property of the control. Read More
posted Friday, August 04, 2006 3:13 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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ScottGu's tips and tricks

I'm only really making this entry so I can keep the link in the BAS (Blog Attached Storage), but both of you might be interested in having this around. Read More
posted Friday, August 04, 2006 9:45 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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LUA admin console

I try to run as a limited user for the obvious reasons. But as a dev it can cause a bit of havoc every now and then. That was until someone in the office put me onto Superior SU. Read More
posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:35 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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When the cat's away...

I'm on a client site in Sydney for this week, so the blogging will be even lighter than usual. I have internet access here at the moment, but I'm a little on the busy side. Read More
posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:34 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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