According to Box Model: If there is only one value, it applies to all sides. If there are two values, the top and bottom margins are set to the first value and the right andleft margins are set to the second. If there are three values, the top is set to the first value, the left and right are set to the second, and the bottom is set to […]
Some people have reported problems with sending mail from PHP. This appears to be particularly prevalent on Windows servers but also on some Linux and other Unix servers. The attached scripts are small PHP programs you can install on your web server to test whether it can send email from PHP (and whether you actually […]
When WordPress is installed, it will only work correctly within the folder that the program was installed in. In order to move WordPress to a different folder within your account, a few modifications to the coding is required. For example, you may need to do this if originally you installed WordPress on yourdomain.com, but later […]
Some people are sticklers for getting the best product/configuration for their money. When it comes to a Macbook Pro; it turns out there is more then one manufacturer that provides LCD screens to apple. The irony is that the best screen happens to be the one that Apple is phasing out due to various legal/competitive […]
Problem: You are building an Intranet web application for your organization, and you want to authenticate the users visiting your site. Specifically, you want to ensure that they are logged in using a valid Windows account on the network, and you want to be able to retrieve each incoming user’s Windows account name and Windows […]
Why we use C# for .NET development In the company where we work, we have a policy of using Java for all major developments. The core reason behind this being that we have a long term aspiration to being vendor and platform independent. Regards the .NET framework the policy is to use VB rather than […]
DateTime.ToString() Patterns All the patterns: 0 MM/dd/yyyy 08/22/2006 1 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy Tuesday, 22 August 2006 2 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 3 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM 4 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy H:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 5 dddd, dd […]
change the current thread culture in your Global.asax file, and override the date format for example: using System.Globalization; using System.Threading; //… protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e) { CultureInfo newCulture = (CultureInfo) System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Clone(); newCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = “dd-MMM-yyyy”; newCulture.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator = “-“; Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = newCulture; }
The Singleton Design Pattern ensures that only a single instance of a given object can exist. It does this by making the class constructor private so that it [the singleton itself] has full control over when the class instance is created. In order to gain access to an instance of a class that implements the Singleton pattern, the […]
This describes how to secure your Asp.Net application if you’re inside an Active Directory environment, and you want to use the integrated sign on, so your users don’t have to remember yet another login/password. How to limit access to your application This explains how to limit access to your application to members of a certain role/group. First […]