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  • system.windows.resourcedictionary. source threw an exception wpf c#

    In general this issue is caused when a referenced resource cannot be found. In my specific circumstance, as the xaml above details, this issue was caused by a reference to PresentationFramework.Aero DLL that was not contained in the output bin… Continue reading

  • WPF Quick Reference

    get window handle bring to front common resource dictionaries for skinning (this blog) References wpf get window handle (stackoverflow) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1556182/finding-the-handle-to-a-wpf-window wpf bring to front (stackoverflow) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257587/bring-a-window-to-the-front-in-wpf Continue reading

  • C# Application Not Responding Issue on Long Running Threads

    Undoubtedly many of you have encountered the dreaded “Application Not Responding” message, programmers and non-programmers alike. In general, this is caused by the OS misinterpretation of long delays in form refresh, even though these can easily be caused by a… Continue reading

  • JQuery Grid Themes

    Useful links to JQuery grids utilizing (mostly) standard UI themes and/or very little code. Google! http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/branches/labs/grid/tests/static/grid/default.html Datatables.Net: http://www.datatables.net/styling/themes/smoothness Ke-Cai: http://www.ke-cai.net/2010/01/theme-your-table-with-jquery-ui.html Trirand: http://www.trirand.com/blog/jqgrid/jqgrid.html Stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2613632/jquery-ui-themes-and-html-tables Continue reading

  • JQuery and Partial Postbacks

    I recently came across an issue where JQuery bindings no longer functioned after a partial postback and stumbled upon some code that was helpful in most cases. Javascript (JQuery): And alternatively.. This code will not always work however, as was… Continue reading

  • IIS Application Pool

    A great many documents, blogs and references exist on IIS which cover it comprehensively. This article simply serves to discuss one aspect – the application pool. When configuring IIS in an environment that will contain many websites, there are a… Continue reading

  • JQuery and Frames

    Although there is definitely some room for debate in the web development and design community on where the usage of frames is necessary, there are some situations where they cannot be avoided. Manipulation of data within these frames can be… Continue reading

  • JQuery AJAX Reference

    Keep in mind when using code below if requesting a page that requires login/restricted access, users login session is not carried over. Snippet below is sample code usage illustrating two different methods of achieving similar result. See references for more… Continue reading

  • JQuery Is Not Defined

    This is a common error for users implementing JQuery UI. Usually if you see this message, this could mean a few things: – There is a syntax issue or bad link referencing the JQuery (min/full) JS. Use your debuggers to… Continue reading

  • Programmatically fire an event handler in ASP .NET

    I recently came across a situation which any web application developer may face where an assembly reference containing the code-behind for each ASPX page was deprecated and the original source code was no longer available. Since this code also includes… Continue reading