If you need to check at Runtime if your User belongs to a Security group. Here's how to do it - Assuming the IIS Application has Authentication set to "Windows Authentication". The Request object of HttpContext has the Logged in users Identity which...

The best way to know a Javascript library is to pry open the javascript file and look at the details. This release has a lot of powerful features which I will discuss here. 1. Sys.Observer – Ajax 4.0 includes an implementation of Observer Pattern....

I have been part of the team working on the latest version ASPNET RssToolkit, originally created by Dmitry Robsman . We enhanced this awesome Toolkit and have just released version 2.0 of the Toolkit. Please check out Codeplex to download this toolkit...

Here is how you can translate a Text using Google's "Unofficial" API's. The URL for Google Translate is - http://www.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&ie=UTF8&text={0}&langpair={1} "text" is your input string which needs to be translated...

If you get this error when loading a Web Application project on Visual Studio 2005 running on Vista and IIS 7 - "Unable to read the project file 'xxx.csproj'. The Web Application Project xxx is configured to use IIS. To access local IIS Web sites,...

If you are starting into writing LINQ queries or you are stuck in writing a query here is a link which I'm sure will help you - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336746.aspx

Judging by ATOM's rising popularity, see Atom compared to RSS , and its public endorsement by Google. Atom may be the future of Feed Syndication. Here is a quick way, courtesy of Google, to convert any Feed type to Atom. Google provides a nice REST...

Web syndication is a way to make content of your website or application available for others to use. Rss/Atom/Rdf are specifications, which websites use for this purpose. However to consume such formats in your website, you need to know a little programming...

I created a Vista Gadget with the help of my Lead Jon Gallant . This gadget helps you find Videos on MSDN. You can select from existing categories or you can search for videos. It shows the Video links at the bottom. When you hover over the video links...

JSON (Javascript Object Notation) – is a light weight data interchange format. It essentially is composed of key-value pairs. For Example – XML < rss version = " 2.0 " > < channel > < item > < link > http://test...

.Net framework has an entire namespace for compression - System.IO.Compression. GZipStream is the class used for Compression and Decompression. .Net Framework 2.0, exposes a new class called PageStatePersister. This class is used to override and customize...

If you need to share Master Pages across applications and you don't want to create a ton of virtual directories, below is a way to do that. You can embed the Master Page as a Resource in your Dll and use VirtualPathProvider mechanism to call the Resource...