I ran into a strange case this evening. Rendered text can not be copied to the clipboard after posting back a page containing an UpdatePanel. Here’s a simple use case: User enters client name and clicks button to request phone number. Page posts back and displays phone number. User selects the phone number, CTRL+C and [...]
I typically cringe when online reporting is included in a web application’s feature list. It may just be me, but I’ve always found building professional, print-friendly reports to be very difficult, very time consuming and error prone. Notwithstanding, I have produced my fair share of dynamic PDF reports over the years and with very few [...]
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Along with the SQL Server, Database, Username and Password, don’t forget to include the Application Name in your connection string. It’s an optional parameter, but it can be a lifesaver. Data Source=myServer; Initial Catalog=myDB; User Id=myUsername; Password=myPassword; Application Name=myApp; Consider this example: There are multiple .NET applications running on a single web server. Each application [...]