Blake Website and Blog on Programming & Business Intelligence

Getting the cursor row and column position in a UWP TextBox

Posted by Blake on 4/1/2019 in C# .Net Framework UWP Windows Universal

UWP TextBox Wrapping: System.ArgumentException: 'The parameter is incorrect.

Posted by Blake on 3/24/2019 in C# .Net Framework UWP Window Store Windows Universal

StreamReader - Error: Evaluating the function 'System.IO.StreamReader.EndOfStream.get' timed out and needed to be aborted in an unsafe way

Posted by Blake on 2/15/2019 in C# .Net Framework

ASP.Net Core–502 Bad Gateway / Invalid Response

Posted by Blake on 2/14/2019 in ASP.NET Core

UWP: Open a Page as New Window

Posted by Blake on 2/6/2019 in C# UWP Window Store

ASP.Net Core - HTTP Error 502.5 - ANCM Out-Of-Process Startup Failure

Posted by Blake on 1/22/2019 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core NuGet

Minecraft Bedrock Server Setup Tips for Ubuntu Linux

Posted by Blake on 1/6/2019 in Linux Ubuntu Minecraft Bedrock Server

Dropbox on Ubuntu: OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Posted by Blake on 1/4/2019 in Linux Dropbox Ubuntu

The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)

Posted by Blake on 12/28/2018 in C# .Net Framework

ASP.Net Core returns a 500 server error from a FileStreamResult

Posted by Blake on 12/28/2018 in C# .Net Framework ASP.NET Core

'IConfigurationSection' does not contain a definition for 'Get'

Posted by Blake on 12/27/2018 in C# .Net Framework ASP.NET Core

This version of Microsoft.AspNetCore.App is only compatible with the netcoreapp2.2 target framework

Posted by Blake on 12/21/2018 in .Net Framework Visual Studio Azure ASP.NET Core

Bootstrap–Additional Styles in the Jumbotron

Posted by Blake on 11/4/2018 in css Bootstrap

Blackbaud StoredProcedureSpec - The EXECUTE permission was denied

Posted by Blake on 10/29/2018 in SQL Server Blackbaud

SQL Server - Row counts for all tables via a single query

Posted by Blake on 10/26/2018 in SQL Server

ASP.NET Core - Checking a user against a policy in Razor

Posted by Blake on 8/30/2018 in C# ASP.NET Core

/etc/rc.local in Ubuntu 18.04

Posted by Blake on 8/20/2018 in Linux

ASP.NET Core–Obtain the requirements/roles from a Policy programmatically

Posted by Blake on 6/25/2018 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

Read the contents of a spreadsheet with C# and OpenXml.

Posted by Blake on 5/11/2018 in C# Excel .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

ASP.Net Core - Render a View to a String

Posted by Blake on 5/10/2018 in C# MVC ASP.Net Core

ASP.Net Core - Cookie Authentication Timing Out

Posted by Blake on 5/8/2018 in C# ASP.Net Core

Unable to load DLL 'SQLite.Interop.dll'

Posted by Blake on 3/1/2018 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core sqlite

System.Data.SqlClient, Version=4.2.0.1 issues with Asp.Net Core

Posted by Blake on 1/17/2018 in C# ASP.NET Core

ASP.Net Core - Ability to Restart Your Site Programatically (Updated for 2.0)

Posted by Blake on 9/18/2017 in ASP.Net Core

How to return non escaped HTML content from a ViewComponent

Posted by Blake on 9/14/2017 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

ASP.Net Core - Storing objects in TempData

Posted by Blake on 8/4/2017 in C# ASP.Net Core

ASP.Net Core - Ability to Restart Your Site Programmatically

Posted by Blake on 6/9/2017 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

ASP.Net Core - Serve All Static Files

Posted by Blake on 6/8/2017 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

Get a users remote IP Address in ASP.Net Core

Posted by Blake on 6/4/2017 in C# ASP.NET Core

Visual Studio 2017–“Waiting for parse to complete”

Posted by Blake on 5/24/2017 in Visual Studio

InvalidOperationException: Unable to resolve service for type 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.IHttpContextAccessor'

Posted by Blake on 5/23/2017 in C# ASP.Net Core

Visual Studio Publish to File System NuGet Feed

Posted by Blake on 5/23/2017 in .Net Framework Visual Studio NuGet

HTTP Error 502.5 - Process Failure after ASP.NET Core Publish

Posted by Blake on 4/24/2017 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

The command “bower install” exited with code 9009.

Posted by Blake on 4/24/2017 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

The VSIX manifest must contain element 'Prerequisites'

Posted by Blake on 4/17/2017 in C# .Net Framework Visual Studio

Can not find runtime target for framework '.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0' compatible with one of the target runtimes: 'win10-x64, win81-x64, win8-x64, win7-x64

Posted by Blake on 3/1/2017 in C# ASP.NET ASP.NET Core

How to change the title bar’s color in a UWP app

Posted by Blake on 1/31/2017 in C# UWP Window Store

Functions to Convert ARGB/RGB to a Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.Brush

Posted by Blake on 1/19/2017 in C# .Net Framework UWP

Overriding Environment Variables in ASP.NET Core

Posted by Blake on 11/28/2016 in C# ASP.Net Core

Skype for business pops up focused in the foreground

Posted by Blake on 11/4/2016 in Microsoft Office

ASP.NET Core - Dependency Injection and custom classes

Posted by Blake on 10/31/2016 in C# .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

Deleting a directory with a trailing space in Windows 10

Posted by Blake on 10/11/2016 in Windows

How to target x86/x64/Any CPU in .Net Core

Posted by Blake on 7/19/2016 in .Net Framework ASP.Net Core

Accessing the Session in ASP.NET Core 1

Posted by Blake on 1/27/2016 in C# ASP.NET Programming .Net Framework

How to get the current route in a view with ASP.NET 5 / MVC 6

Posted by Blake on 12/30/2015 in ASP.NET .Net Framework

Debugging not working in Visual Studio 2015

Posted by Blake on 11/30/2015 in C# VB.Net Visual Studio

ASP.NET MVC - Sharing a Session between controllers

Posted by Blake on 11/13/2015 in C# ASP.NET MVC

Html button handler fires twice on ServerClick

Posted by Blake on 9/15/2015 in ASP.NET .Net Framework

ASP.Net 4.5.1 LinkButton - The value of the property '__doPostBack' is null or undefined, not a Function object

Posted by Blake on 9/3/2015 in JavaScript ASP.NET .Net Framework

SQL Server - Get all computed columns with table names

Posted by Blake on 8/24/2015 in Programming SQL Server

SQL Server - Set all null values to blank

Posted by Blake on 8/13/2015 in SQL Server

VB.Net/C# - How to add a single file to a ZIP with SharpZipLib

Posted by Blake on 7/31/2015 in C# Programming VB.Net .Net Framework

Slow ASP.Net Web Site Compliation when using Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2013 & VS2015

Posted by Blake on 7/27/2015 in ASP.NET Crystal Reports

How to change working directory in Visual Studio for a C/C++ app

Posted by Blake on 6/11/2015 in C Muds Rom 2.4

Visual Studio 2012/2013 - Failed to add Service Reference 'Servicereference1.reference' Error: Unable to check out the current file.

Posted by Blake on 4/9/2015 in Visual Studio Git

"PInvokeStackImbalance occurred" and Windows API methods from .Net

Posted by Blake on 4/7/2015 in C# Programming VB.Net .Net Framework

VB.Net - How to read in an embedded resource in an assembly

Posted by Blake on 3/31/2015 in VB.Net .Net Framework Mono

VSIX - This extension cannot be installed because the following references are missing: Visual Studio MPF 12.0

Posted by Blake on 3/23/2015 in Programming .Net Framework Visual Studio

Debugger Visualizer for Visual Basic

Posted by Blake on 3/17/2015 in VB.Net .Net Framework Visual Studio Visual Basic

CSV to DataTable in VB.Net or C#

Posted by Blake on 3/4/2015 in C# Programming VB.Net .Net Framework Visual Basic

Raspberry Pi - Having a script execute on boot

Posted by Blake on 2/24/2015 in Uncategorized

Activator.CreateInstance throwing a MissingMethodException

Posted by Blake on 2/23/2015 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Mono Linux Raspberry Pi Visual Basic

Raspberry Pi/Rasbian Linux - Bash script to check and maintain the WIFI network connection

Posted by Blake on 2/19/2015 in Linux Raspberry Pi bash

Mono SmtpClient - Message could not be sent

Posted by Blake on 2/11/2015 in VB.Net .Net Framework Mono Linux Raspberry Pi

Error : VBNC2017: The library 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll' could not be found.

Posted by Blake on 2/9/2015 in VB.Net .Net Framework Mono raspberry pi

VB.NET/C# Extension Method to Click and Element in a WebBrowser control

Posted by Blake on 2/4/2015 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

AddWithValue Extension Method for SqlCommand (VB/C#)

Posted by Blake on 1/14/2015 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

Changing column lengths in SQL Azure

Posted by Blake on 1/12/2015 in Programming SQL Azure SQL Server

Visual Studio - error connecting to undo manager of source file

Posted by Blake on 1/6/2015 in Visual Studio

Install-Package : The current environment doesn't have a solution open.

Posted by Blake on 1/5/2015 in Uncategorized

Convert JSON to a DataTable with C# or VB.Net

Posted by Blake on 1/3/2015 in JavaScript C# ASP.NET Programming VB.Net .Net Framework

Visual Studio 2013 browserlink locks up Internet Explorer

Posted by Blake on 12/21/2014 in ASP.NET .Net Framework Visual Studio

Remove HTML from a string (VB.Net & C#)

Posted by Blake on 12/21/2014 in C# Programming VB.Net

Excel - Run-Time Error '424' Object Required

Posted by Blake on 12/17/2014 in Excel

jQuery - Call an ashx web service and delete the current row if it succeeds

Posted by Blake on 12/17/2014 in JavaScript C# ASP.NET Programming VB.Net jQuery

SQL Server 2014 Installation - An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.VC80.ATL,version="8.0.50727.6229"

Posted by Blake on 12/10/2014 in SQL Server

SQL Azure Error - 'Filegroup reference and partitioning scheme' is not supported in this version of SQL Server.

Posted by Blake on 12/8/2014 in Azure

ASP.Net - Avoid ThreadAbortException on Response.Redirect

Posted by Blake on 12/8/2014 in C# ASP.NET VB.Net .Net Framework Web Forms

Azure SQL - Transaction rate per hour Explained

Posted by Blake on 12/4/2014 in SQL Azure SQL Server

Selecting a random row from a SQLite table

Posted by Blake on 12/3/2014 in sqlite

Gmail Exception - The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required

Posted by Blake on 12/1/2014 in Uncategorized

SQLite - System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException - database is locked

Posted by Blake on 11/25/2014 in C# ASP.NET VB.Net .Net Framework ASP.NET Core sqlite

ASP.NET–How to avoid a ThreadAbortException on a file download

Posted by Blake on 11/24/2014 in C# ASP.NET VB.Net

Resize an Image and keep it’s proportion

Posted by Blake on 11/22/2014 in Uncategorized C# VB.Net

ASP.NET - How to clear your friendly URL routes

Posted by Blake on 11/17/2014 in C# ASP.NET VB.Net

Visual Studio Error Publishing - Applying transformations to web.config failed

Posted by Blake on 11/17/2014 in Visual Studio

VB.Net/C# code to calculate a MOD10 check digit

Posted by Blake on 11/17/2014 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

Wordpress SQL Query to get post meta data

Posted by Blake on 11/13/2014 in SQL WordPress

MySql - cryptographic failure while signing assembly

Posted by Blake on 11/11/2014 in MySql

VB.Net/C# function to read a specific line from a file

Posted by Blake on 11/10/2014 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

VB.Net/C# Extension Method to Shrink SQLite Database

Posted by Blake on 11/6/2014 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework sqlite

ASP.Net - How to get an HttpContextBase object

Posted by Blake on 11/4/2014 in C# ASP.NET VB.Net .Net Framework

Gmail/The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required

Posted by Blake on 11/3/2014 in Programming

SQLite database locked by ASP.Net

Posted by Blake on 9/6/2014 in ASP.NET .Net Framework sqlite

How to convert a Portable Class Library Project (PCL) to a Full .Net Framework Project

Posted by Blake on 5/29/2014 in .Net Framework Visual Studio

VB.Net/C# Function to efficiently check if a file is a SQLite database

Posted by Blake on 1/13/2014 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework sqlite

WinForms - Setup a HotKey in a UserControl

Posted by Blake on 1/9/2014 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

SQLite Schema Class for VB.Net and C#

Posted by Blake on 12/13/2013 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework sqlite

Blackbaud CRM – Error retrieving the metadata for the data form instance: GUID: The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized.

Posted by Blake on 12/12/2013 in Blackbaud

NAudio – How to get the volume level of what is playing through the current default device

Posted by Blake on 12/3/2013 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Windows

ASP.NET – How to retrieve an argument manually wired up with GetPostBackClientHyperlink

Posted by Blake on 11/19/2013 in C# ASP.NET VB.Net .Net Framework

ASP.Net - CalendarExtender CSS Fix

Posted by Blake on 11/19/2013 in ASP.NET .Net Framework

GitHub - error failed to publish this branch

Posted by Blake on 11/12/2013 in Git

Blackbaud CRM - Unable to load catalog item. Unable to load assembly [Assembly Name]. This assembly must be located in the bin folder of the web application directory. Could not load file or assembly [Assembly Name] or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the specified file.

Posted by Blake on 10/18/2013 in .Net Framework Blackbaud

Crystal Reports for .Net Compile Problem – Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Posted by Blake on 10/8/2013 in ASP.NET .Net Framework Crystal Reports Web Forms

ASP.Net - Request is not available in this context

Posted by Blake on 10/8/2013 in ASP.NET .Net Framework IIS

The database has been placed in a state by user 'Admin' on machine '[machine name]' that prevents it from being opened or locked

Posted by Blake on 9/25/2013 in Microsoft Office

VB.Net – How to make a borderless WinForm draggable

Posted by Blake on 9/16/2013 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

Tutorial - Outlook archive macro to save email as text, format the filename and then delete the message.

Posted by Blake on 9/10/2013 in Microsoft Office

What size do you use for varchar(max) in a SqlCommand parameterized SqlCommand object?

Posted by Blake on 9/9/2013 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework SQL Server

Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {DE88C160-FF2C-11D1-BB6F-00C04FAE22DA} failed due to the following error: 80040154.

Posted by Blake on 9/7/2013 in .Net Framework WinForms

NReadability Sample with VB.Net and C#

Posted by Blake on 9/6/2013 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

SQL Server - Take a database offline and detach it, then re-attach it and bring it online

Posted by Blake on 9/4/2013 in SQL Server

MySql - How to toggle any value

Posted by Blake on 8/13/2013 in MySql

Oracle.DataAccess – System.BadImageFormatException

Posted by Blake on 8/6/2013 in .Net Framework Oracle

SQL Server Compact is not intended for ASP.NET development

Posted by Blake on 8/3/2013 in ASP.NET .Net Framework SQL Server

NAudio Loopback Record (record what you hear through the speaker)

Posted by Blake on 7/26/2013 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

HtmlAgilityPack Extension: GetElementsByClass

Posted by Blake on 6/16/2013 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

Crystal Reports – Fields are not displayed when a multiple column sub report (or report) is being used.

Posted by Blake on 6/11/2013 in Crystal Reports

ItemCommand event not firing from a Repeater’s sub control

Posted by Blake on 6/4/2013 in ASP.NET VB.Net .Net Framework Web Forms

The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an exception.

Posted by Blake on 5/15/2013 in Crystal Reports IIS

Vizio E500I-A1 WIFI won’t connect with WPA2

Posted by Blake on 5/14/2013 in Uncategorized

Simple trick to Trim the last character off of a StringBuilder

Posted by Blake on 4/30/2013 in C# .Net Framework Visual Basic

Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in '/$metadata'

Posted by Blake on 4/23/2013 in Programming

Oracle asks, “got CLOB?”

Posted by Blake on 4/22/2013 in Oracle

Crystal Reports – Last Page is Blank

Posted by Blake on 4/8/2013 in Crystal Reports

IE10 – Internet Explorer could not install this Accelerator

Posted by Blake on 4/6/2013 in Windows

Right align values in an ASP.NET DataList (WebForms)

Posted by Blake on 3/18/2013 in ASP.NET .Net Framework Web Forms

Oracle - How to search for a field name with a query

Posted by Blake on 3/6/2013 in Oracle

ODP.Net – Attempted to read or write protected memory.

Posted by Blake on 3/5/2013 in .Net Framework Oracle

MySql - Authentication with old password no longer supported, use 4.1 style passwords

Posted by Blake on 2/27/2013 in MySql

Setup has deteremined that one or more Visual Studio.NET applications are running

Posted by Blake on 2/26/2013 in Visual Studio

Printer shows as “Offline” in Windows 8 (Workaround)

Posted by Blake on 1/29/2013 in Windows

CSS cellspacing equivalent

Posted by Blake on 1/28/2013 in css

VB.Net and C# methods to programtically obtain the DropBox folder

Posted by Blake on 1/22/2013 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

Parameterized Queries and varbinary(max) problems (and fixes)

Posted by Blake on 1/22/2013 in VB.Net .Net Framework SQL Server

ASP.NET – Bind a Name/Value Pair to a label

Posted by Blake on 1/18/2013 in ASP.NET .Net Framework Web Forms

How to enable the .Net Framework 3.5 in Windows 8

Posted by Blake on 1/9/2013 in .Net Framework Windows

The request channel timed out while waiting for a reply

Posted by Blake on 12/31/2012 in ASP.NET .Net Framework

Hover menu’s utilizing mm_menu.js fail in IE10 and greater

Posted by Blake on 11/27/2012 in JavaScript

Redirects not working in IIS with ASP.Net

Posted by Blake on 11/26/2012 in ASP.NET IIS Web Forms

HtmlAgilityPack Extension to Load a Uri/Url that handles redirects

Posted by Blake on 11/20/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework

TimeSpan Extensions to Multiply and Divide

Posted by Blake on 11/8/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework

"Cannot read property '_notified' of null" with ASP.NET Ajax with WebKit based browsers

Posted by Blake on 10/22/2012 in ASP.NET .Net Framework Web Forms

Windows Store (WinRT) – How to display a message box in a Windows Store application.

Posted by Blake on 10/18/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework Window Store

Updated: Unable to activate Windows Store app. The process started, but the activation request failed with error 'The app didn't start'.

Posted by Blake on 10/15/2012 in .Net Framework Window Store

WinRT–Set an Image Source to an Asset via XAML / Set a tiled background

Posted by Blake on 9/4/2012 in .Net Framework Windows Phone

Windows Store (WinRT/Metro)–Network Helper Methods

Posted by Blake on 8/31/2012 in .Net Framework Windows Phone

Windows Store (WinRT/Metro) - File Helper Methods

Posted by Blake on 8/31/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

WinRT (Metro)– Extension Methods to Encode/Decode HTML and URL’s

Posted by Blake on 8/31/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

ASP.Net/JavaScript to upper case a text input field onblur

Posted by Blake on 8/27/2012 in JavaScript ASP.NET .Net Framework Web Forms

Get the selected text from a WebBrowser control (WinForms)

Posted by Blake on 8/21/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

Fix: CSS hover not working

Posted by Blake on 8/20/2012 in css

Format a DateTime for Oracle (to a String)

Posted by Blake on 8/13/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

AddWithValue Extension Method

Posted by Blake on 8/13/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

A random color extension method for VB.Net and C# (System.Drawing)

Posted by Blake on 7/29/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

ODP.Net / ora-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected

Posted by Blake on 6/21/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework Oracle

FileNotFound Exception with Server.MapPath

Posted by Blake on 6/15/2012 in ASP.NET VB.Net .Net Framework

Oracle.DataAccess–AccessViolationException was unhandled, Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

Posted by Blake on 6/12/2012 in ASP.NET .Net Framework Oracle

How to show error information with ASP.NET on IIS7

Posted by Blake on 5/24/2012 in ASP.NET .Net Framework IIS

Could not load file or assembly ‘Oracle.DataAccess’ or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

Posted by Blake on 5/24/2012 in .Net Framework IIS Oracle

Slow Loading/Exporting Crystal Reports

Posted by Blake on 5/22/2012 in Crystal Reports

Crystal Reports Extension Methods

Posted by Blake on 5/22/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Crystal Reports

VB.Net & C# ReplaceFirst and ReplaceLast Extension Methods

Posted by Blake on 5/17/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

How to see who can see your Outlook Calendar

Posted by Blake on 5/17/2012 in Microsoft Office

WinRT WebView.InvokeScript–Could not complete the operation due to error 8080000c

Posted by Blake on 4/30/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework UWP

“Server Application Unavailable”

Posted by Blake on 4/25/2012 in ASP.NET .Net Framework

Crystal Reports IDE to Crystal Reports .Net SDK Version

Posted by Blake on 4/18/2012 in .Net Framework Crystal Reports

Fill in a WriteableBitmap with a solid color (Windows 8 Metro, WinRT)

Posted by Blake on 4/11/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework UWP

Execute JavaScript after a PostBack (VB and C#)

Posted by Blake on 4/3/2012 in JavaScript ASP.NET .Net Framework

Excel Formula to Subtract Hours

Posted by Blake on 4/3/2012 in Microsoft Office

Windows Script Host Error: Invalid Syntax (800401E4)

Posted by Blake on 3/28/2012 in Programming Windows

ASP.NET Error BC30456 = ‘Insert Method’ is not a member ‘Your Class’

Posted by Blake on 3/23/2012 in ASP.NET

Crystal Reports 2010: Unknown Database Connector Error

Posted by Blake on 3/14/2012 in Crystal Reports

Connecting to Oracle with Crystal Reports

Posted by Blake on 3/12/2012 in Crystal Reports Oracle

WP7 File Helpers

Posted by Blake on 3/7/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

Crystal Report for Visual Studio Error CS0433

Posted by Blake on 3/6/2012 in Visual Studio Crystal Reports

Windows 8 Consumer Preview: A DVD driver your PC needs is missing

Posted by Blake on 3/1/2012 in Windows

Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0… runs on the 2.0 CLR

Posted by Blake on 3/1/2012 in .Net Framework Crystal Reports

Crystal Reports 2010 Errors

Posted by Blake on 3/1/2012 in .Net Framework Visual Studio Crystal Reports

Crystal Reports rendering different between two workstations

Posted by Blake on 2/29/2012 in Crystal Reports

VB.Net parameterized query example and why you should care

Posted by Blake on 2/28/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework SQL

File or assembly name CrystalDecisions.Shared, or one of its dependencies, was not found.

Posted by Blake on 2/28/2012 in .Net Framework Crystal Reports

SQL Server: How to perform an Update Statement with an Inner Join

Posted by Blake on 2/27/2012 in SQL SQL Server

How to have Windows Phone 7 read a text message to you

Posted by Blake on 2/27/2012 in Windows Phone

Excel, Word: The file is corrupt and cannot be opened (maybe)

Posted by Blake on 2/24/2012 in Microsoft Office

Windows Live Writer: Picture Upload Not Supported by Blog

Posted by Blake on 2/22/2012 in Uncategorized

Internet Explorer Error: SCRIPT5009: ‘JSON’ is undefined

Posted by Blake on 2/21/2012 in JavaScript jQuery

WP7 - Using Microsoft Advertising/How you get paid

Posted by Blake on 2/17/2012 in Windows Phone

VB.Net - Simple Function to do an nslookup

Posted by Blake on 2/15/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework

Internet Explorer crashes when a phone number is displayed on a page

Posted by Blake on 2/15/2012 in Windows

“No Device Connected” - Windows doesn’t recognize your Windows Phone 7 device is plugged in

Posted by Blake on 2/14/2012 in Windows Windows Phone

A few Wordpress SQL queries

Posted by Blake on 2/13/2012 in SQL WordPress

How to remove a network drive from Windows Explorer when it doesn’t want to go away.

Posted by Blake on 2/12/2012 in Windows

Visual Studio–Publishing precompiled site but the old files magically re-appear on the server side

Posted by Blake on 2/10/2012 in .Net Framework Visual Studio

VB.Net–Multiple Methods to Pause your Application

Posted by Blake on 2/10/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

MySql Query to view unique categories in your WordPress database

Posted by Blake on 2/8/2012 in MySql

'dr' is a 'variable' but is used like a 'method'

Posted by Blake on 2/8/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

C# Equivalent of VB’s IsDBNull

Posted by Blake on 2/8/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

Using JavaScript to simulate a form post

Posted by Blake on 2/7/2012 in JavaScript

Return all QueryString and Form elements (C# / VB.Net)

Posted by Blake on 2/7/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Web Forms

JavaScript to simulate redirect and/or clicking on a link

Posted by Blake on 2/7/2012 in JavaScript

VB.NET/C#–Excel Column Mapping Enums

Posted by Blake on 1/27/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

SQL Server - Table variables and temp tables.

Posted by Blake on 1/27/2012 in SQL Server

Infragistics.Excel–Set the format to dollars on a cell, column or row.

Posted by Blake on 1/27/2012 in Uncategorized

Infragistics.Excel–Merge Cells

Posted by Blake on 1/27/2012 in VB.Net .Net Framework

VB.Net and C# Functions to Get Bitmaps of All Screens

Posted by Blake on 1/24/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

MySql–Get the Size of your Database

Posted by Blake on 1/24/2012 in MySql

C# Extension Method shortcut for Format

Posted by Blake on 1/23/2012 in C# .Net Framework

The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client

Posted by Blake on 1/18/2012 in .Net Framework Oracle

Windows 8 – Network drives won’t stay mapped (Solution included)

Posted by Blake on 1/10/2012 in Windows

SQL Server, Oracle, MySql, OleDb, Parameterized Queries and ADO.NET

Posted by Blake on 1/9/2012 in .Net Framework SQL Server Oracle MySql

Connecting to Oracle via VB.Net/C# 2.0/3.5/4.0

Posted by Blake on 1/4/2012 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Oracle

WP7–How to change an images source from code via a string property

Posted by Blake on 12/29/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

Windows Phone Silverlight App Crashes on Startup - A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in Microsoft.Phone.dll

Posted by Blake on 12/29/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

VB Methods to Truncate Files in a directory

Posted by Blake on 12/27/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

Shared functions to sort a directories files by last write time, last access time or created time

Posted by Blake on 12/26/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

Databinding a System.Drawing.Image in WPF with VB.Net

Posted by Blake on 12/22/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework WPF

Open source libraries every Windows Phone Developer should be aware of.

Posted by Blake on 11/29/2011 in .Net Framework Windows Phone

WP7 - Common Language Runtime detected an invalid program. Microsoft.Xna.Framework.TitleContainer.OpenStream

Posted by Blake on 11/22/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

Windows Phone 7 (WP7) - Playing Sound Effects

Posted by Blake on 11/22/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

Unspecified error [ 5,sqlcese40.dll ] at System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection.ProcessResults(Int32 hr)

Posted by Blake on 11/17/2011 in ASP.NET .Net Framework SQL Server

WP7–ChildWindow & Handling the Hardware Back Button

Posted by Blake on 11/3/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

DBNameValueCollection Class

Posted by Blake on 10/7/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

How to get the user selected text from a WebBrowser control

Posted by Blake on 9/23/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

HtmlTableReader Class for VB.Net (Using HTML Agility Pack)

Posted by Blake on 9/14/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework HTML

Outlook Add-In: How to add a menu item to an existing tab on a read mail message

Posted by Blake on 9/8/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Microsoft Office

Creating a Jira Issue from VB.Net with Web Services

Posted by Blake on 8/16/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

How to show a progress message while writing a file to the response stream as an attachment

Posted by Blake on 8/11/2011 in ASP.NET .Net Framework Web Forms

IE9: couldn't be downloaded

Posted by Blake on 8/10/2011 in Windows

The case of the changing WinForm handle

Posted by Blake on 8/1/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

Visual Basic: SafeLeft/SafeRight Help Extensions

Posted by Blake on 7/29/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

Type.GetType(“System.Integer”) returns null value (Nothing)

Posted by Blake on 7/25/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Visual Basic

Crystal Reports – The request could not be submitted for background processing

Posted by Blake on 7/15/2011 in ASP.NET Crystal Reports

Things to check when your SQL Server Compact Database won’t work on a production server.

Posted by Blake on 7/12/2011 in ASP.NET .Net Framework SQL Server

How to find in whose logged into an Active Directory workstation + How to see whose using a shared Access Database

Posted by Blake on 7/12/2011 in Windows Microsoft Office Active Directory

RichTextBox does not display full contents of a file or string if Chr(0) (Null Character) is found

Posted by Blake on 6/30/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

WinForms TextBox that splits at a specified interval

Posted by Blake on 5/5/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

WP7 App - Countdown

Posted by Blake on 4/22/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework Windows Phone

Windows Phone 7: Zune software is not installed. Install the latest version of Zune software.

Posted by Blake on 3/21/2011 in .Net Framework Visual Studio

IsNumeric, Left, Right and FormatCurrency Extensions for Windows Phone 7

Posted by Blake on 3/21/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

Disappearing/Reappearing Backbround Image in Div tag in IE8

Posted by Blake on 3/10/2011 in ASP.NET css HTML

Microsoft Outlook Stops Receiving New Messages

Posted by Blake on 3/9/2011 in Microsoft Office

A ReadOnly ASP.Net TextBox that can PostBack data

Posted by Blake on 3/3/2011 in ASP.NET .Net Framework

Coalesce for VB.Net

Posted by Blake on 2/28/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

AForge.NET Framework and a custom Screenshot Video Source

Posted by Blake on 2/7/2011 in VB.Net .Net Framework

SQL Server–Calculate Age with DateDiff/Rounding

Posted by Blake on 1/25/2011 in SQL Server

is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level

Posted by Blake on 1/12/2011 in .Net Framework Visual Studio WinForms

Crystal Reports–Show Label if no data exists

Posted by Blake on 1/7/2011 in Crystal Reports

Visual Studio 2010 (Pre SP1)–How to change the ASP.NET Port Number

Posted by Blake on 12/30/2010 in ASP.NET Visual Studio

Referenced Assembly could not be resolved because it has a dependency

Posted by Blake on 12/29/2010 in .Net Framework Visual Studio Oracle

Visual Studio - Intellisense not updating when property added

Posted by Blake on 12/24/2010 in Visual Studio

absmiddle with CSS

Posted by Blake on 12/22/2010 in ASP.NET Visual Studio css

Visual Studio 2010 – Intellisense not working with Enums

Posted by Blake on 12/17/2010 in Visual Studio

.Net Framework 4.0 - MethodAccessException was unhandled by user code

Posted by Blake on 12/16/2010 in VB.Net .Net Framework

Failed to find or load the registered .Net Framework Data Provider

Posted by Blake on 12/12/2010 in ASP.NET .Net Framework

ASP.Net ImageButton firing twice

Posted by Blake on 12/10/2010 in ASP.NET Web Forms

BackwardFileReader - VB.Net and C# Source

Posted by Blake on 11/29/2010 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

SourceGear Vault Problems and Fixes

Posted by Blake on 10/27/2010 in Uncategorized

Visual Studio 2010 Crashes on startup after installing Productivity Power Tools

Posted by Blake on 10/22/2010 in Visual Studio

SQL Server Management Studio 2005 – Unable to cast COM object… IServiceProvider, etc.etc.

Posted by Blake on 10/22/2010 in SQL Server

Re-Register DLL/OCX files in the c:\windows\system32 directory

Posted by Blake on 10/22/2010 in Windows

Causing an ASP.Net PostBack from one control to another on the client side :)

Posted by Blake on 10/20/2010 in ASP.NET Web Forms

Faulting application name: crw32.exe, version: 10.0.5.1223

Posted by Blake on 10/8/2010 in Visual Studio Crystal Reports

ASP.Net Elastic TextBox with jQuery

Posted by Blake on 10/8/2010 in ASP.NET VB.Net jQuery

Crystal Reports, Changing the Database Connection from .Net, SubReport links and the case of the "Missing parameter values"

Posted by Blake on 9/17/2010 in VB.Net .Net Framework Crystal Reports

Crystal Reports: Updating the database connection information at runtime

Posted by Blake on 9/10/2010 in C# VB.Net Crystal Reports

ASP.Net Ajax / File Upload Control

Posted by Blake on 8/12/2010 in C# ASP.NET VB.Net

Visual Studio 2010 not displaying Intellisense for custom library

Posted by Blake on 7/7/2010 in .Net Framework Visual Studio

Easily Create an ASP.Net User Control Library

Posted by Blake on 5/3/2010 in ASP.NET VB.Net Visual Studio

Crystal Reports 2008 / .Net DataTable with Spaces in Column Names

Posted by Blake on 12/30/2009 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Crystal Reports

How to Create a Windows Right Click Menu to Mass Convert Videos to other formats with Handbrake

Posted by Blake on 11/27/2009 in Windows

Creating an Aero Info/Navigation Panel in VB.Net & C#

Posted by Blake on 7/25/2009 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework

VB.Net - How to put a WinForm in a Namespace

Posted by Blake on 7/7/2009 in VB.Net .Net Framework WinForms

ASP.Net Ajax - Maintain Scroll Position of DIV on Async PostBack

Posted by Blake on 6/25/2009 in JavaScript ASP.NET

ASP.Net Ajax - HoverMenuExtender Flicker Fix

Posted by Blake on 6/23/2009 in ASP.NET

System.Type.GetType vs. System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType

Posted by Blake on 5/11/2009 in ASP.NET VB.Net .Net Framework

Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" and "Latin1_General_CI_AI" in the like operation.

Posted by Blake on 4/5/2009 in SQL Server

WPF - Setting ContextMenuItem.Icon

Posted by Blake on 3/12/2009 in VB.Net WPF

Crystal Reports 2008 / 'crdb_fielddef.dll' could not be loaded

Posted by Blake on 10/10/2008 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Crystal Reports

Crystal Reports 2008 / ASP.NET / IIS

Posted by Blake on 10/9/2008 in ASP.NET Crystal Reports IIS

SQL Server Cache Manager

Posted by Blake on 11/14/2007 in VB.Net SQL Server

How smart is the average spam bot?

Posted by Blake on 9/22/2007 in Uncategorized

Crystal Reports - How to display a message that a report contains no data

Posted by Blake on 5/22/2007 in Crystal Reports

VB.Net & C# Impersonation Library

Posted by Blake on 3/22/2007 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Visual Basic Classic ASP

The cube either does not exist or has not been processed.

Posted by Blake on 1/29/2007 in C# VB.Net .Net Framework Analysis Services

Add a user to an Active Directory group with VB.Net

Posted by Blake on 12/12/2006 in VB.Net Active Directory

IErrorInfo.GetDescription failed with E_FAIL(0x80004005)

Posted by Blake on 12/4/2006 in SQL Microsoft Office Access

NotifyIcon & DestroyIcon

Posted by Blake on 11/21/2006 in VB.Net Visual Basic Windows

Connecting to an Analysis Services cube from an ASP.Net Sharepoint WebPart

Posted by Blake on 10/18/2006 in Uncategorized

MDX & the .Net Framework with Visual Studio 2003 via Sharepoint

Posted by Blake on 10/17/2006 in Visual Studio SQL Server Analysis Services

MDX, ADOMD, VB.Net & SQL Server Analysis Services

Posted by Blake on 10/16/2006 in SQL Server Analysis Services

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