phplist – Enabling batch processing of emails
Working alone has its own share of challenges. You are expected to master anything out there in the wild.So, this time I was asked to enable batch processing of emails for an existing phplist installation. Well, I hadn't managed a phplist installation before, and so...
ASP.NET – HttpContext.Current is null in EndXXX method of asynchronous web methods pair
Well, I am in a bit of a hurry, so if you are not aware of what asynchronous web-methods in ASP.NET web-services are, or why and how to use them, check out this article on MSDN.Essentially, you split your regular web-method (let's say XXX) to a pair of web-methods...
Ext.Net DirectMethods and ASP.NET asynchronous pages
A couple of days ago, I was asked to figure out if it's possible to integrate Ext.Net DirectMethods with the ASP.NET asynchronous pages to achieve scalability with long running DirectMethod calls. For the starters, if you are not aware of asynchronous pages in ASP.NET...
A quick comparison of web-based Charting libraries for data visualization
I have been using HighCharts for sometime now, for reporting and data visualization in an enterprise application I am working upon for one of my clients. And I was pretty satisfied with what HighCharts offers.We decided to use HighCharts in pretty haste earlier when...
Ext.Net – Unexpected IndexOutOfRangeException on PostBack
Its so strange that just when you begin to feel like that you know a framework or toolkit in-depth, something from the same pops-up to surprise you and force you to rethink. I recently had a similar situation with the Ext.Net toolkit, that I have been using for...
Scroll Lock key on contemporary Laptops and Leaptops
I recently had a very strange and interesting situation. I regularly use TeamViewer to provide Remote Help & Support to clients from my Windows 7 laptop. During one such recent Remote Session, the client had a wide-TFT display with resolution of 1768 x 992 pixels,...
Replacing images in a Flash movie
I recently purchased a WordPress template from TemplateMonster for use on a client website. The template was recommended by the client himself to me, and he was pretty happy with the template applied to is site after some customizations to the design of the...
Ext.Net – Ajax File Upload using Web Service
I spent the better part of yesterday trying to Ajax upload a File using a Web Service and Ext.Net (formerly Coolite). Let me first explain the situation I was working in.I had a Page that renders to the browser. This page then loads appropriate UserControls from the...
Maintaining Component References in ExtJs/Ext.Net applications – Part II
In the first of this series of couple of blog posts (available here), I have discussed the problem of maintaining reference to ExtJs components on the client-side in javascript, and the motivation for creating a new solution to it, than what ExtJs/Ext.Net provide...
Maintaining Component References in ExtJs/Ext.Net applications – Part I
This is one issue that almost all developers of ExtJs/Ext.NET applications face, maintaining client-side references for the Javascript components. The seriousness of the managing the issue effectively manifests manifold, when working on large applications in modular...
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