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Pro .NET 2.0 XML

My book titled Pro .NET 2.0 XML just got released. The book is authored solely by me and covers XML features of .NET 2.0 in detailed. The book consists of 12 chapters and 3 appendixes. The brief ta...

Should I become certified?

During my training programs developers often ask me this question. Somewhere in mind they seem to be unsure about the benefits of certification. My answer has always been - Yes. If possible be certif...

Vote for DotNetBips.com

DotNetBips.com has been nominated in the Community Resource section of asp.netPRO Readers' Choice Awards 2007. It is listed on the second page. You can vote for us here....

ASP.NET AJAX and RewritePath

Sometimes rushing immediately to new technologies makes your life difficult. Recently it happened to me. In one of my web site I was using RewritePath for URL re-writing. Everything was working fine....

Good old skills back again

As a trainer I come across people with varying technical backgrounds. During classic ASP days ASP, HTML and JavaScript used to be the core skill set of developers. Additionally VB6, COM used to be "...

Web Site File Manager

I just finished writing a cool AJAX enabled tool - Web Site File Manager. It is a web based tool for managing files and folders of your web site. Just include the FileManager.aspx in your web site an...

Problem with BoundField of GridView

Asking for a confirmation before deleting a record from GridView is a common requirement. In ASP.NET 1.x developers did this by handling ItemDataBound event and Attributes collection. However, GridVie...

BinaryIntellect Code Generator (BETA) released

One of the things I like about software development is the ability to automate monotonous tasks. Few weeks back I needed a free code generator for generating typical insert, update, delete, select a...

Installing Windows Vista

Ok. So finally Microsoft released mush awaited and delayed Windows Vista. One of my friend called me to check if I can help him out with installing Vista on his machine. I wholeheartedly accepted hi...

TechEd 2006 India

Microsoft India will be having TechEd during June 12 and 13 in Mumbai (Hotel Renaissance, Powai). They are full day events (and yes tea and lunch included). In addition to technical sessions they hav...

Who am I - understanding nature of bodies.

Since the time immortal the man is seeking answer to this question - Who am I? Those who engage themselves only in the material world identify themselves with some or the other non-permanent thing. ...

The six accomplishments

The ancient Indian texts talk about six-fold wealth or accomplishments. With this wealth the spiritual seeker remains self-content. He never needs to depend on external factors to be happy. Whatever...

Using TreeView of ASP.NET 2.0

Read my second article at Developer.com that explains the use of TreeView control of ASP.NET 2.0 Read the complete article here.... (read complete post here.)...

Microsoft releases source code for inbuilt providers

Microsoft recently released source code for inbuilt providers. Of course it is in C#. More details can be found at Scott Gu's Blog. Cool stuff! I feel Microsoft is.... (read complete post here.)...

My article published in asp.netPro magazine

I am writing a column called CodeTalk in asp.netPro magazine which will illustrate real world use of various ASP.NET 2.0 features. I started off with a three part article - Build Your .... (read compl...

My article on Developer.com

Sometimes I do write for third party web sites :-) Recently my article titled "Storing Session State in a SQL Server Database" got published on Developer.com. The article explains how out of proce...

Two new web sites launched!

We are pleased to announce launch of two new web sites. BinaryIntellect.net :: The .NET Code Gallery While DotNetBips.com will continue to focus on ASP.NET articles and tutorials binaryintellect.net...

FireFox Problem

In the last few weeks some visitors of DotNetBips.com pointed me to the fact that the article pages are not rendering properly in FireFox. After checking the resultant HTML I found that there is some ...

BinaryIntellect DatabaseHelper released

I released my DatabaseHelper component today. It's an open source class library that simplifies your job of data access. It uses factory classes of ADO.NET 2.0. You can download source code in C# an...

BinaryIntellect.com and Bipin Joshi.com goes live on ASP.NET 2.0

Today on the occasion of Diwali BinaryIntellect.com went live with ASP.NET 2.0. There are many enhancements, especially for our customers and participants. ASP.NET 2.0 made the development very easy. ...

Attaching database in SQLEXPRESS

I just migrated some of my applications to August CTP of VS.NET 2005. While running the pages it started giving errors on login pages because of some schema changes to membership related tables/st. pr...

Atlas beta web site is live!

Today Microsoft released the beta site for Atlas (AJAX for ASP.NET). Here is the URL: http://atlas.asp.net Also available are QuickStarts and Hands On Labs..... (read complete post here.)...

Fifth limb of Raja Yoga - Pratyahara

After the practice of Pranayama comes the next step - Pratyahara. Pratyahara refers to controlling the sense organs from going outwards. Normally we all engage in pleasures brought by sense organs. ...

Now Google Talk

After GMail, Groups now it's time for IM from Google. Google Talk can be downloaded at http://www.google.com/talk/ I am wondering when finally they will come out of Beta phase :-) .... (read complet...

Strange networking problem on Windows XP

Currently I am facing a strange problem on one of the client machines. There are two machines (let's call them A and B). Both have Windows XP professional edition installed. Till yesterday both of the...

AJAX model for ASP.NET (code named Atlas)

Got this interesting link from ScottGu's web log. With Atlas coming into picture we can hope to see even more richer web sites. Read complete post at Atlas Project .... (read complete post here.)...

Where does ConfigurationManager reside

In last couple of weeks I saw this question being asked on two mailing lists. So, thought of mentioning it here. In ASP.NET 1.x you use ConfigurationSettings class to read appSettings section. In AS...

Installing SQL Server sample databases in SQL Server Express

Recently I formatted my laptop and installed Visual Web Developer Beta 2 on it. As a part of the installation I also installed SQL Server Express. With ASP.NET 1.x my practice was to use SQL Server ...

DotNetBips.com is Runner Up

DotNetBips.com is Runner Up for asp.netPRO Reader's Choice award 2005 for the Best Community Resource. Thanks to all the visitors fo.... (read complete post here.)...

Export Template ruined my VS.NET 2005

Today I was just playing with Export Template feature on my Feb CTP. Using this feature you can create project templates or even project item templates and then use them as base projects for new proje...

Change MSDE to use SQL Server Authentication

Today morning I installed MSDE on a new machine. I was about to set up one of my application there for testing but realized that MSDE by default expects Windows Integrated Authentication. Rather tha...

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