Archive for category .NET 3.5
IE: scrollTop Not Working As Expected
I banged my head on this one for a couple of days. Still got a defect out of the deal, but finally got it working. I had an ajax tabcontainer with several tabs. In some of these tabs was GridView. I had overflow set on a DIV that the GridView was placed in so that [...]
.NET Serialization: Binary, SOAP, and XML (VB)
In .NET when you need to shrink an object into a more portable format you have 3 choices. Binary, SOAP, or XML. The process of shrinking and expanding the object is called serialization and deserialization. Each option has it’s own advantages which I will explain. Binary You can serialize an object into binary format quite [...]
Cross-thread operation not valid: .NET Cross Threading To Update Form Control
Posted by Eric in .NET 2.0, .NET 3.5, Code Snippets on September 3, 2009
So you get the “Cross-thread operation not valid” error because you are trying to update an object on your form from a thread. I am not going to try to “glamor” you (True Blood reference) with fundamentals of delegates, threading, etc. If that is what you are looking for, search Google and you will find [...]
E-manage Mobile Portal
Posted by Eric in .NET 3.5, ASP.NET, MS SQL, Web Applications, Web Services on August 18, 2009
Background: E-manage is a business management application. It is capable of managing customer databases (CRM) as well as projects, invoices, purchase orders, and inventory to name a few. The e-manage client application runs on a users desktop and uses Microsoft .NET as foundation along with a Microsoft SQL Server as the back-end. Problem: Getting information [...]



