Date Time Field for ExtJs Modern toolkit
Feels so good to be back here. Last time I blogged on my site, it was what, like 2015 :-oHave written intermittently on Imbibe's blog since but really looking forward to writing and sharing more here again. Meanwhile if you noticed, this site got a face-lift. A big...
Using your Gmail account for sending automated SMTP emails
Blogging just tad short of a full year, oh well...Anyways, I today came back to the admin section of my website after a loooong time and noticed automated email alerts from the site (for example comment notification emails) have been failing for sometime. The site...
Crystal Reports – Accessing default value for a parameter using .NET SDK
We have been using Crystal Reports for our Travel CRM with good results for a few years now. We use a completely custom ExtJs based experience for Report viewing which includes a custom user interface for entering report parameters (see screenshot below for an...
DNN – Implementing IUpgradeable for a module’s business controller class
I have to acknowledge, it has probably been more than a couple of years since I have done any real DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) development. Quite a few things seem to have changed in this time, especially with DNN 7.x.One of those changes I got stumped on recently...
A PowerShell based FTP runner for TeamCity builds
This blog post can be seen in continuation of my last post proposing a deployment strategy for Drupal installations, or an independent post in itself. The objective is to create a Build Runner for TeamCity builds that can upload/push (all or selectively) files/folders...
A deployment strategy for Drupal sites
Oh well, what do you call a system log that has no entries; a malfunctioning system, right. So what would you call a supposedly web log (blog) that has no entries for almost a year and a handful in a couple years ?Despite deeply wanting to keep writing, I...
MEF – Ordering multiple parts imported using ImportMany attribute of Managed Extensibility Framework
Hello World :)It's been so long since I last blogged, it essentially feels to be blogging like first time. A lot has happened all this time, and I hope I would be able to share some of my learnings more frequently going forward.Switching to the topic of the current...
Debugging issues with payment gateway integrations in development environments
Today's the end of a financial year (atleast here in India), so I thought I should write a post related to this sector. Now considering that I have a hardcore technical background, it shouldn't come as a surprise if the post rather gets techno-financial. So here's how...
Drupal 7 – Exposing date/time fields in custom tables to Views 3
Finally I am back blogging after half an year. Its been some good time since my last blog entry, but here I am and let's get down to business without much fanfare 🙂 So this week came along an interesting problem. The Centre for...
Digitally sign and verify PDF documents in C# using iTextSharp 5.3.x library
While working on a project, we recently came across a requirement to be able to digitally sign pdf documents in C# code using a public/private key pair and later be able to verify the signature. Basically we were working on an online e-Tendering portal for a...
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