There's an odd issue when you try to use Passport on Windows Server 2003 - basically, the default 'Secure Level' of Passport is 10, unfortunately if you don't use SSL this means Passport won't work correctly for you. In .NET this manifests itself as the…
This looks to be very useful indeed. Found it on the Devhawk blog. Here's some blurb from the page: Summary: If you are involved in designing and developing applications, you probably need to control how users interact with your applications on a case-by-case…
A very common question in the ASP.NET Forumsis "How do I nest one Repeater (or DataList or DataGrid) inside of another?"; well, my usual stock answer used to be to use the OnItemDataBound event then use a FindControl() to find the Repeater inside the template…
Just noticed that Winamp is giving away a free copy of Spitting Games by Snow Patrol, so you just download the bunde! I bought the Snow Patrol album, Final Straw when it was first released a few months ago - looks like it's now getting re-released with a…
Well, still at it (20 hours after starting - yes, the time on this post is correct!). Really fustrating mostly, but one of those times coding where hours and hours of pain (literally in this case - flu and splitting headaches were involved) were followed by a…
Deadlocks...I hates the little buggers! Just spent the day trying to fix an 'issue' with a site I developed for a client. This is slightly annoying as it's a 'theoretical' issue. Essentially, the client has chosen to do something that I never normally do, load…
So annoying...many nights at around midnight, my connection just seems to freeze. Helpfully, my provider says 'well just restart your router'...hmm...so, I apologise if you're having problems connecting, it's even more fustrating for me!
Noticed a post on Robert McLaws' weblog about Hard-links...go and read the post it'll all make sense... Now, I've recently been working on a project where a requirement existed for an 'uploads' directory to be synchronised between two Web Servers...to cut a…
Nice article on CodeProject on generating fractal snow...and a nice screensaver (which now works on multiple monitors) by Thomas Petricek who has also written a couple of other pretty nice articles and he's only in High School - makes you feel old doesn't it!
One of the most common problems with using CDOSYS (which is the underlying class used by System.Web.Mail) is the lack of authentication for sending mail via SMTP, Darren Jefford posted a method to do this, I've reproduced it below since it's currently hosted…