I do it this way:0) Create a base page class, and store the current page's url (you can do this any number of ways, so I'll leave it to your imagination):public class MyBasepage : System.Web.UI.Page{ public string CurrentUrl { get; set; } }1) Store the page's Url to a...

.NET

ASP.NET

Exception Handling - Not Just a Good Idea

20 Dec 2011 by #realJSOP

You have everything you need to do your job as a developer. You just need to use them.

.NET

Ad-Hoc Expression Evaluation

25 Jul 2012 by #realJSOP

Evaluating epressions in an ad-hoc condition.

C#4.0

.NET

Dev

Get the Nth Instance of a Weekday in the Specified Month

12 Nov 2012 by #realJSOP

Presenting a DateTime extension class that allows you to determine the actual date of the specified instance of the specified weekday within the specified month/year.

.NET

Dev

Who Are You Running From?

10 May 2013 by #realJSOP

Determine the nature of the entry assembly

Determine Fiscal Date

27 Oct 2014 by #realJSOP

Extension method to determine fiscal date

C#5.0

.NET

Documenting SQL Stored Procs in C# Code

5 Oct 2015 by #realJSOP

Yes, you CAN document your stored procs in C# code.

Optional Parameters that Aren't (optional, that is)

13 Sep 2016 by #realJSOP

This came as a mild surprise

.NET

Dev

US Federal Holidays (C#)

31 Jan 2017 by #realJSOP

A DateTime extension method to determine if a given DateTime is one of the ten US federal holidays, using C#.

.NET

Dev

How to Learn a language/platform

2 Oct 2017 by #realJSOP

An answer and an example for the question, "What's the best way to learn a language or platform?"

.NET

Core/Razor Pages - The Bleeding Edge of MVC

25 Jan 2019 by #realJSOP

Sharing files between multiple web apps in a single solution.

Automatic Versioning - How I Do It

3 Jun 2022 by #realJSOP

A half-hearted approach to automatically versioning your projects

.NET

Dev

versioning

Talk about System.Object Equals and GetHashcode

14 Mar 2013 by 李建兴

If two objects are equal, they would better have the same HashCode.

.NET

Dev

Using 64-bit Shortcuts from a 32-bit Application

9 Jun 2015 by 0xC0000054

A C# library that resolves 64-bit shortcuts from a 32-bit application

Simple WPF MVVM Concepts

30 Jun 2015 by 1sumitanand

This tip is for newbie developers.

Types Of Validation with AutoComplete TextBoxes

14 Aug 2015 by 1sumitanand

AutoComplete Textbox with Validations

C#3.5

.NET

Dev

Use Intel C++ compiler with C++/CLI

23 Mar 2013 by 8MX

Quick and easy way to use the Intel C++ compiler with C++/CLI.

IIS Express (8.0) x Handler Mappings!

30 Jan 2014 by @donis2014

How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings

Application Login through Active Directory (LDAP)

21 May 2013 by _Amy

Validating the client using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

.NET

LDAP

directory

Verifying MSMQ is Working Fine for IIS Based Web Applications

22 Apr 2019 by _Asif_

Access rights issue over MSMQ could lead to hours and hours of investigation

Conditional Sum for Rdlc (aka ReportViewer)

13 Jul 2010 by _Groker

Code for summing by group in a RDLC report

.NET

Visual-Studio

Dev

Centralise a Form on the Current Screen

5 Jul 2016 by _Matt_Wilkinson_

How to centralise a Form when using multiple screens

.NET

WinForms

Dev

Interesting Features of Web Development with ASP.NET 5

16 Feb 2016 by _mayowa

The new ASP.NET 5 and its MVC provides us with some interesting features that change the approach to web development.

ListBox and Panels in WPF

26 Sep 2013 by _Noctis_

This tip shows the different results of using a ListBox in different panels, and the effects on scrolling.

Quick Introduction to DatePicker, Tricks and MVVM Thoughts

4 Oct 2013 by _Noctis_

Showing how to use and tweak the DateTimePicker control

Button Tip - IsDefault / IsCancel (and other usability tips)

9 Oct 2013 by _Noctis_

Quick tip for forms/windows/views where save/insert/cancel buttons are used

Using a TabControl for easy prototyping / testing

2 May 2014 by _Noctis_

Use a project with a TabControl to quickly test theories, questions, problems

How to Easily Insert A New Row (on Top) in WPF (VS & Sublime)

12 Apr 2014 by _Noctis_

How to use Sublime text editor to help with your VS development

Bridging the Gap between Linqpad and Visual Studio (with JSON and Extension Methods)

8 May 2015 by _Noctis_

This will allow you to integrate your linqpad code easily to Visual Studio

Using `Environment.SpecialFolder` to Maximize Portability

26 Apr 2016 by _Noctis_

How to avoid some hardcoded paths with the uses of Environment.UserName

.NET

LINQ

FileIO

Safely expose your methods for Unit Testing

26 Jul 2014 by _Noctis_

How to Unit Test private methods using wrappers and preproccesor directives

How to NLog (4.2) with Visual Studio 2015

11 Nov 2015 by _Noctis_

This will let you start logging quickly with VS2015 and NLog 4.2.

How to register and use Multiple Classes Implementing Same Interface in AutoFac?

28 Jan 2015 by _Rizwan_Khalid_

Here I will show you how we can register and use multiple classes implementing same interface when Autofac is used as dependencies registrar.

WCF Custom Binding

21 Feb 2013 by A Mahesh

In WCF, you can easily create custom bindings using configuration and custom implementations.

context enabled bindings and wcf durable services

21 Aug 2011 by A Mahesh

wcf durable services

.NET

WCF

Implementing IComparable and IEquatable safely and fully

22 Jun 2012 by A. Ganzer

Using snippets to create a full and correct implementation of complex interfaces

32-Bit or 64-bit OS ??

20 Sep 2010 by a_pess

To check 64Bit Operating system in VB.NET,Public Shared Function is64BitOPeratinSystem() As Boolean Return (Marshal.SizeOf(IntPtr.Zero) = 8)End Function

C++

.NET

Disable Child Controls Recursively

13 Nov 2010 by a_pess

Alternative For VB.NET Windows Forms Private Sub ControlEnabled(ByVal ctrl As Control, ByVal isDisable As Boolean) Me.ControlEnabled(ctrl, isDisable, True) End Sub Private Sub ControlEnabled(ByVal ctrl As Control, ByVal isDisable As Boolean, ByVal allowRecurse As...

Check the File Format of an Image.

15 May 2014 by a_pess

Image File Format

VB12

.NET

GDI+

Extract Resources from an Assembly

18 May 2014 by a_pess

Demonstrates how to retrieve resources from a .NET Assembly in Visual Basic .NET

VB12

.NET4

.NET

Detect Image is Upside Down

2 Jun 2014 by a_pess

Check image is upside down in VisualBasic.NET

VB12

.NET4.5

.NET

MySQL Database Replication Procedure

4 Sep 2012 by Aadhar Joshi

Database replication procedure is to replicate data from different databases of MySQL.

Create job to export Stored Procedure daily

27 Nov 2012 by Aadhar Joshi

Creating job in sql server which automates taking backup of all stored procedures and functions in physical drive.

BusyIndicator with a Cancel-Button

26 Nov 2014 by Aaginor

Add a Cancel-Button to the BusyIndicator (WPF Toolkit)

.NET

WPF

Dev

Logical / Visual Tree Walking in WPF

15 Feb 2016 by Aaron Amberman

Advanced custom logical and visual tree walking methods

Prevent Visual Studio Crash When Debugging MVC Web Applications

28 Aug 2014 by Aaron L. Hall

Here is a tip for making sure that debugging your MVC website does not cause Visual Studio to crash when using IIS7 to host the site in your development environment: Don't use more than one worker. process in your Application pool.

Serialize objects into XML strings

31 Mar 2014 by Abdallah Al-Dalleh

C#3.5

.NET

serialization

Postioning Data Field (Arabic) in Image Template

12 Jul 2013 by Abdelrahman Ismaeel Hegazy

Save image map portions for any image for later using in web or in printing using an image.

.NET

GDI

Conveniently Remove a List of Items From Another List

14 Aug 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun

Convenient way to remove items from list when items exist in second list.

.NET

How to use StringBuilder in recursive procedure in VB.NET.

3 Jul 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun

A Switch Board Program

23 Jul 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun

This article explains why a well organized pattern is required to develop a robust software application.

.NET

Dev

How do I start a .NET WCF Windows Service automatically soon after the setup installation is complete

23 Jan 2012 by Abey Thomas

Start a .NET WCF Windows Service automatically soon after the setup installation is complete.

My Experiences with the 'Sys is undefined' Javascript error

17 Aug 2012 by Abey Thomas

This is an issue which can happen for a variety of reasons - but how do you find the right one?

How to Bind Derived Type in MVC View

9 May 2013 by Abhay@Accenture

How to bind Derived Type in MVC View

EXT.Net - Working with Cascading Dropdown

10 Sep 2015 by Abhay@Accenture

This will help developer to implement the chained combo-box using EXT.Net framework

.NET

Dev

Entity Framework 5.0 - Performance Tuning Using SqlBulkCopy

22 Jul 2016 by Abhay@Accenture

Performance tuning using SqlBulkCopy

How To Get An Extension Attribute from AD

19 Dec 2016 by Abhay@Accenture

Get an extension attribute from AD using Principal Extensions in System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest Api

5 Oct 2014 by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API and Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)

Creating an Issue with Multiple Attachments in Jira using Rest API

19 Oct 2014 by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

This is an alternative for "Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API". This is an upgraded version as it contains a way of sending attachments with the issue. This version doesn't use MSXML as it is not recommended by Microsoft.

Building Adaptive UI in UWP

25 Oct 2015 by Abhilash Raja

Building adaptive layout in a windows 10 app with relative panel and adaptive triggers

.NET

XAML

UWP

Find IP address in a Metro app (Windows 8)

18 Mar 2013 by Abhinav Sultania

How to find IP address of machine in metro App(Windows 8)

GZIP Compression Java vs .NET

18 May 2013 by Abhishek Kumar Goswami

This tip compares GZIP compression facility provided by Java and .NET.

Java

.NET

compression

Property Change Notification with Compile Time Safety

9 Dec 2014 by Abhishek Shrivastava

Simple trick to provide compile time safety for client side classes using INotify to notify when property changes (used generally by XAML bindings)

Consuming SAP PI Web Service without WSDL

19 Feb 2016 by Abhishek Shrotriya

This tip gives the very basic/simple implementation to interact with SAP PI webservice for authorized recipients.

Text Comparator Utility using jQuery

22 Dec 2017 by Abhishek Shrotriya

Develop the text comparator utility using jQuery plug-in, which internally uses Google's diff_match_patch.js library

Comparision between Response.Redirect, Response.RedirectParmanent and Server.Transfer

10 Sep 2009 by Abhishek Sur

It is to be noted, .NET has lately introducedResponse.RedirectParmanent() after a long await. The main motive of this is tohave permanent response redirection to the Search Engines.Response.RedirectParmanent() is an extension function introduced in .NET 4.0.Themain motive of it is to indicate

Common issues to ASP.NET input controls for Enabled / Visible / ReadOnly Properties

13 Dec 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Hi Guys,It is common behavior of ASP.NET that if a control is set to Visible = "false", the response stream doesn't contain the definition of it. Therefore, if you want to make the control visible during runtime from Javascript always put display = none in styles attribute.Say you have a...

.NET

ASP.NET

Using AngularJS with .NET MVC 5

13 Jun 2015 by Abid Rashid

Using AngularJS with .NET MVC application

.NET

AngularJs

MVC

Linq, Lambda and Expressions

12 Dec 2015 by aboubkr90

A way around "The LINQ expression node type 'Invoke' is not supported in LINQ to Entities"

Comparison Chart for Two Different Time Frames in SSRS

22 Jan 2015 by Abu Zafor Khairuzzaman

Comparison Chart for Two Different Time Frames in SSRS

Custom Snipping Tool using C# WinForms

6 May 2015 by Acharya Raja Sekhar

This tool helps a lot while capturing more number of snapshots. Example: Developers can use this tool to capture the UTR and save all snaps at the end to a Word document or save as individual images.

GenericUpDown Control

7 Sep 2013 by Adam Zgagacz

WinForms extension of NumericUpDown control to allow user provided edit control

How to make REST requests with C#

21 Nov 2012 by AdamNThompson

A reusable component for makeing REST service requests using C#

SharePoint 2013 Razor View WebPart

6 Mar 2014 by Adel Refaat

A SharePoint WebPart that hosts Razor files (.cshtml, .vbhtml)

How to Get a File's Encoding with C#

21 Feb 2018 by Adi Eduard

This article describes how to get a file's encoding with C#

.NET

encoding

Gulp Configuration in ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0 Application

19 Aug 2016 by Adi_Mag

Step by step guide to configure gulp in ASP.NET MVC core 1.0

.NET

VS2015

ASP.NET

Integrate Serilog (Logging Framework) with ASP.NET Core

3 Dec 2016 by Adi_Mag

Integrate Serilog with ASP.NET Core application

Utilizing Debug class in .NET

4 Apr 2011 by Adil Mughal

Demonstrate the functionality provided by Debug class in .NET

.NET

debugging

Table Value Parameters, SQL Server 2008, and ASP.NET

17 Dec 2013 by Adittya Gupta

Table Value Parameters in SQL Server 2008 with ASP.NET.

SQL

.NET

ASP.NET

Implementing Azure Information Protection in MS Office documents and PDFs programmatically

20 Jun 2021 by Aditya-Sharma0712

How to set classification label to an Excel/Word/PDF file at the time of its creation during runtime programmatically

Microsoft Band- Basic App for Understanding II

28 Feb 2016 by adityasahver

In this article, we will learn how to create an Tile/Page in the MS Band and trigger the details on the associated device

IoT Hub with X.509 authentication

28 Sep 2017 by adityasahver

This article is for the developers who are developing IoT hub applications and are looking for authenticating the Communication Channel between the Device and IoT hub.

Client Certificates in Azure Websites

29 Sep 2017 by adityasahver

In this tip, we will learn how to enable the Certificates in the Azure Web Sites

DbEnum

9 May 2017 by Adriaan Booysen

This is the DbEnum that is used with the EntityFrameworkCore Seeding article

.NET

Dev

Architect

EnumHelper for DbEnum

9 May 2017 by Adriaan Booysen

Just an EnumHelper class for re-use in DbEnum

.NET

Dev

Making a simple RadioList with CheckBoxes

4 Apr 2012 by Adrian Calinciuc

How to make/use a simple RadioList displaying an "n" state value with checkboxes.

.NET

WPF

Dev

For Vs Foreach - Benchmark 2013

25 Jan 2013 by adriancs

Performance Comparison of For Loop and Foreach Loop

.NET

VS2010

performance

ExHtmlEditor - Express WYSIWYG HTML Visual Editor

14 Aug 2013 by adriancs

A program/application for learning and writing HTML. Get instant visual effect side by side with your code as you type. Support HTML5, Javascript and CSS3 elements.

Yet Another Color Picker for C#, VB.NET WinForm

17 Aug 2013 by adriancs

An Office 2010 Style Color Picker for .NET WinForm.

Reflected Image in C# with GDI and Unchecked Code

11 Apr 2022 by AdventureDriver

Creating a optionally sheared mirrored image from a source image in a collage

Reading Streams, The Exact Length Way

30 Jul 2021 by Adérito Silva

A demonstration about how to read an exact number of bytes from Stream objects

.NET

stream

32-Bit or 64-bit OS ??

19 Sep 2010 by Aescleal

In C++ you can use the size of a pointer to work out what sort of process you're running in:bool is_64_bit(){ return sizeof(void *) == 8;}This has got the advantage of being portable and you don't have to call any OS functions.You can do something similar in C - just return...

C++

.NET