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Tip#97: Did you know… How to Display Hidden Information in Design View
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 Read More...
Tip #95: Did you know… That Web Application Projects and Class libraries are now available in Express edition?
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 Read More...
Tip #92: Did you know … How to select a master page using 'Select a Master Page' dialog?
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' Read More...
Tip#85: Did you know… You can now do Multiple Selection of controls in your Designer with VS 2008 SP1?
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 Read More...
Tip #82: Did you know... How to migrate Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Project to Visual Studio 2008
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 Read More...
Tip #67: Did you know the list of ASP.Net MVC shortcuts?
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) Read More...
Tip#65: Did you know...How to quickly create a GridView that is hooked up to a SQL table?
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, Read More...
Tip#64:Did you know … How to convert a GridView column from asp:BoundField to asp:TemplateField in Design View?
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 Read More...
Tip#62: Did you know… How to add Ajax Control Toolkit to the toolbox?
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 Read More...
Tip #61: Did you know… How to create an ASP.Net Dynamic Data Web Site?
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 Read More...
Tip #50: Did you know…How to absolute position the controls in Visual Studio Designer?
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. Read More...
Tip #49 Did you know… how to set the editor to always place open braces on new line for functions in JScript?
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 Read More...
Tip #45: Did you know…How to change the DynamicData folder location?
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 Read More...
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