Let’s see this with an example.  I have the following html code on my page. Now if I format the document by selecting Edit –> Format document (or Ctrl K, Ctrl D) The document becomes I want the content inside td should remain on the same line after formatting the document. Following steps would...

Themes are a way to define properties of pages and controls, and can be used to provide consistent look across pages. There are several different levels of applying a theme to an individual control, a page, or an application. Control Level Define a named skin (an entry in a .skin file having the...

You can enable ASP.NET tracing either at an Application level or at a page level; see Tip# 77: Did you know… How to enable Page Level Tracing for your ASP.NET pages? for more information. With the tracing enabled, you can view the trace output in a trace viewer by navigation to trace.axd from the...

The design view in Visual Studio can display glyphs and borders for the hidden non - graphic elements (such as div, span, form, and script elements). This feature helps you to see where the elements are and avoid inadvertently deleting the non-graphic elements from your page while editing. To enable...

Creating a Web Application Project was possible only in VS standard SKU and above in VS 2008. But with VS 2008 SP1 we went ahead and added support for WAP and class libraries in Visual Web Developer Express edition SP1. You can now create WAPs by going to File –> New Project. Reshmi Mangalore SDET...

Master page for a Web form can always be set manually in the source code, but here is an option to select the master page while create the webform using the 'Select a Master Page' dialog. The path to select a Master page using the 'Select a master page' dialog is different for a Web application project...

Visual Web developer 2008 SP1 supports multiple selection of controls on your designer using Ctrl+Click . You can see that the designer: Displays the primary selected control with a white tab. Button3 in the image below. Enable you to set property for the selected controls using Property Grid. Note that...

Following steps highlight how a Visual Studio 2005 Web application project can be migrated to Visual Studio 2008. Take backup of the original project Open Visual Studio 2008 Click File -> Open Project and browse to the folder to open the project You will receive the following conversion wizard to...

Add Controller (Ctrl-M Ctrl-C) Add Controller is a simple dialog box that lets you quickly add controllers to ASP.Net MVC Applications. Right-Click the 'Controllers' folder or simply press Ctrl-M Ctrl-C to invoke this dialog. Add View (Ctrl-M Ctrl-V) The Add View is the easiest way to add...

In Tip#64, we showed you how to convert a GridView's bound fields into template fields. In this tip, we will show you how to quickly create a GridView that is hooked up to a SQL table. Typically, if you want a GridView then you need to add it to the page, and then add the datasource and hook the two...

Assume that you already have a data source SqlDataSource1 that binds to a simple query returning some details from the Customers table. <asp:SqlDataSource ID= "SqlDataSource1" runat= "server" ConnectionString= "<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyConnectionString %>"...

Steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 3.5 SP1 Steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 2.0 Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 3.5 SP1 Following are the steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit to the toolbox for ASP.NET 3.5 webs in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Download Ajax Control toolkit from here...

If your web site is heavily data driven then here is a quick and easy way for you to create one without writing much code. All you need is Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express SP1 installed on your box. Dynamic Data Web Sites makes use of a mechanism called Scaffolding. When Scaffolding...

Absolute positioning control(s) in the designer can seem confusing at first until you learn the visual cues. You can do one of the following two possible actions by dragging the control in the designer. Re-parent the control Change the controls position. When you drag the body of the control, you are...

In Visual Studio, click Tools -> Options. In the Options dialog on the left pane select Text editor -> JScript -> Formatting. Check Place open brace on new line for functions. Deepak Verma SDET | Visual Web Developer

ASP.NET Dynamic Data is a framework that lets you create data-driven ASP.NET Web applications easily. It does this by automatically discovering data-model metadata at run time and deriving UI behavior from it. By default for a Dynamic data Web Application the dynamic data folder is created in the root...