Jon Gallant's Blog

How to Export RSS Feeds to an OPML File in Outlook 2010

jongallant — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:19:41 GMT

For some reason this feature is hidden in Outlook 2010. 1) Click the Office Button in the upper left hand corner. 2) Click “Open” and then “Import” 3) Import and Export Wizard Dialog Appears. Select “Export RSS Feeds to an OPML file”....(read more)

How To Highlight Rows Based on a Cell Value in Excel

jongallant — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:30:37 GMT

Here’s how to highlight rows based on a cell value in Excel 2007 and Excel 2010. Reference this page for previous versions of Excel 1) Select the table you want to apply the custom formatting to 2) Go to the Conditional Formatting ribbon...(read more)

Microsoft will Donate 8 Meals to Feeding America for Every IE8 Download

jongallant — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:04:19 GMT

Microsoft will donate 8 meals to Feeding America for every IE8 download. Very creative way to get people fed. Browser For The Better explains the program in detail....(read more)

FreeRice.com – Synchronously Learn for free and feed the hungry

jongallant — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:11:42 GMT

I stumbled upon FreeRice.com today and had to share. The site has quiz software that tests you on Math, Language, Art, Chemistry, English and Geography. For each question you answer correctly 10 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World...(read more)

Dimecasts.net – A great Video Based Learning Resource for Developers

jongallant — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:54:09 GMT

I love short and sweet learning. That is exactly what Dimecasts.net provides. Videos that are 10 minutes or less (hence the “dime” in the name) and cover many dev topics, such as design patterns, LINQ, C# and MVC. Check them out here: www.dimecasts.net...(read more)

How To Create a New Category in Outlook

jongallant — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:47:37 GMT

Creating a new category in Outlook isn’t very intuitive. 1) Right click on the item you want to categorize 2) Select “Categorize” 3) Select “All Categories” 4) Click the “New…” button 5) Enter the Name of the Category 6) Click “OK” Hope that helps. Jon...(read more)

Solution to the “You tried to assign the Null value to a variable that is not a Variant data type.” Exception

jongallant — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:15:00 GMT

By default the DataSource wizard passes parameters for AutoNumber primary keys. If you are getting this error: You tried to assign the Null value to a variable that is not a Variant data type. Then you need to remove that default parameter. This is what...(read more)

Solution to the “Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0.” Exception

jongallant — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:09:00 GMT

You are probably using the wrong DbConnection class. If you are using Access then make sure you use OleDbConnection, not SqlConnection…and vice versa. Alternatively you could be referencing your MDB file wrong. Here’s the proper way: <connectionStrings>...(read more)

How to watch ABC.com shows on Windows 7

jongallant — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:33:00 GMT

For some reason ABC.com does an OS check when loading the MoveNetworks player. If you are using Windows 7 you’ll see an error like this: Oops Our new video player is only available for: Windows XP/Vista - Internet Explorer, Firefox Mac - Firefox, Safari....(read more)

Solution to “Operation must use an updateable query” Exception when writing to an Access Database from ASP.NET

jongallant — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:58:00 GMT

Could be a couple of things: The file is marked as read-only. Right click on file, uncheck “read only”. The application pool identity doesn’t have write permissions to the folder that contains the MDB. Find the identity of the application pool (using...(read more)

Mobile Browser Detection in ASP.NET

jongallant — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:10:18 GMT

Before last week the only two viable Mobile Browser Detection options were: WURFL – Great for non-.NET solutions. .NET APIs lack support DeviceAtlas – Great for .NET solutions, but it’s starts at $99/server/year. DeviceAtlas claims to have...(read more)

Mobile Web Design Book References

jongallant — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:46:00 GMT

I just finished Cameron Moll’s “ Mobile Web Design ” book. Not only is it a great book…short, sweet and comprehensive, but it has a lot of great references. I figured I’d help others find the references by bookmarking them on delicious.com (with Cameron’s...(read more)

Solution to “To install the software, you must log on as a member of the Administrators group.” error when installing a Canon Printer

jongallant — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:50:56 GMT

I had to install my Canon MP980 software on to my new Windows 7 laptop and even though my domain account is in the Administrators group I was getting this error: “To install the software, you must log on as a member of the Administrators group.” I tried...(read more)

How to copy tables from one Access database to another

jongallant — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:58:30 GMT

It’s simple. Use the import function. Open the destination database. Right click in the table pane. Select Import. Choose the origination database. Choose the tables you want to import. Select to copy structure and/or data. Done....(read more)

Access Database Membership, Profile, Role and Personalization Providers for ASP.NET

jongallant — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:44:30 GMT

ASP.NET doesn’t ship with Membership, Profile, Role or Personalization providers out of the box. Imar Spaanjaars has a great article on how to setup a site using the “Sample Access Providers” provided by Microsoft. http://imar.spaanjaars.com/ http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=404...(read more)