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Cushy CMS - A Truly Simple Content Management System

2012-01-04T01:43:00.000-08:00

Cushy CMS is a fast, easy and free content management system which allows the users to safely edit the content which does not require any software installation or programming knowledge. It will take few minutes to setup with easy steps.

We can create unlimited sites and pages with localization. There is a paid version is available with additional options like branding, advanced controls and support.

Screencast for How to install and edit with CushyCMS in under 5 minutes

Demo: http://www.cushycms.com/en/static/demo

Features: http://www.cushycms.com/en/static/pricing

Now Listen Posts From Srikanth Portal

2011-11-25T00:35:00.001-08:00

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2011-11-24T23:16:00.001-08:00

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Semantic technology to a Project Manager: Quick working processes modification

2011-10-26T05:32:00.000-07:00

I have already written about Comindware and semantic technology-based solution for business process automation in this post a month ago. As I got many questions upon what exactly the semantic technology means and what benefits it gives to a project manager, I decided to write another article on the subject, while we are all waiting for the upcoming release of Comindware Tracker.

There is a number of ways a Project Manager can choose to build his strategy. Nevertheless it doesn’t matter what way you choose, it’s delivering the final result on time that matters. For this, you definitely need to plan and then control what’s going on.
The traditional PM methods suppose that you carefully plan everything in advance: calculate, give out roles, start the process and then thoroughly stick to your plan. In the reality elements of your perfect scheme may fail and it cannot be planned: suppliers may fail, deliveries may not meet deadlines, people may fall ill. And when it happens, the carefully calculated scheme is ruined and the PM spends more time to explaining the delays instead of going ahead.

As the traditional methods had substantial vulnerability, new PM generation started to search for new ways to avoid risks. One of possible solutions was suggested by agile adepts. Agile PM divides the project time into parts and each part becomes a small project itself, a cycle: when the cycle is done, corrections may be brought to the project and to the way it is being done, taking to consideration new circumstances. Thus, a more flexible method helps to reduce risks and bring necessary corrections into the project when it’s already started.

Everything is perfectly well from the point of view of theory. It would be perfectly logical if business software gave the necessary flexibility to a PM in optimizing the processes while it’s being executed. It sounds simple and the idea of it comes natural. But, unfortunately, it hasn’t previously been possible. The existing software gives indeed powerful tools to automate the process, to control its performance and provides the manager with well-done analytical tools. Yet whenever you need to bring any changes into your process, you get stuck. This takes long time and this is far too complicated. You make a clone of the existing process (to be more exact, not even you, but special professionals invited on this occasion), bring modifications into it, then turn off the running process and turn on the new scheme.And this is the easiest way provided by few solutions available on market. More commonly, to bring changes you need either to switch off the running process for the time necessary to modify it, or you need to build an absolutely new process to replace the existing one. All this is painful, you cannot do it yourself, and, what is worse, you have to face limitations: not any changes can be made.

New generation of business software uses semantic technology that totally eliminates this inconvenience. New core logic of this technology makes it possible to bring changes on the fly, with almost no restrictions. Once you notice the process may run in a more efficient way if you change something, you open the visual workflow builder and drag and drop a new element to the scheme. That is all. No time thinking what button to press or trying to understand the software logic, no time spent waiting for the professionals to bring your design to life, no time spent in restarting the process after rebuilding it. Once you have added a new element to the scheme, the process adapts the new flow in no time.

You will be able to test the semantic technology soon, for this I have already subscribed to get Comindware Tracker 1st edition right after it appears.

Mobile UI Patterns

2011-10-25T05:24:00.000-07:00

User Interface Design Patterns are very important when we design or develop something. It might be a web application, desktop application or mobile application. This is to maintain the consistency throughout the application for making an application more user-friendly.

If you are new to mobile application development then this article may help you to find some good design ideas.

mobile-patterns is website with a huge collection of UI patterns in several categories like Navigation, SignUp, Settings, User Profiles, Lists, Notifications, Maps and etc.

Source: http://mobile-patterns.com

Date and Time Picker For Mobile - Mobiscroll

2011-10-23T23:36:00.000-07:00

Mobiscroll is a customizable date and time picker for mobile devices which can be supported on iOS, Android and every major Desktop browser.

Use it with one of the pre-defined styles and behaviour (default, Android, Sense UI and iOS), or customize it.

It integrates well with existing javascript frameworks, like jQuery Mobile.

Source: http://mobiscroll.com/
Demo: http://demo.mobiscroll.com/
Download: https://github.com/acidb/mobiscroll

Comindware - Online Project Tracking Tool

2011-09-12T07:54:00.000-07:00

A new IT company, Comindware®, is coming up to the marketwith enterprise collaboration software.In October, when the release is due, the developers’ team promises to show twoproducts: Comindware Tracker™ and Comindware Task Management™.

“Just another tracker”, was my first thought when I found itout. Yet, after a closer study, it appears that the guys have managed to createsomething new for issue tracking and task management. Here arethe main features that differentiate Comindware Tracker™ from other trackers.

First of all, this is issue tracking software for anyfunctional area in your organization. Usually, when we say ‘tracker’ we mean‘bug tracker’, an application common for QA services to track software bugs.There are also helpdesk solutions for IT. Some trackers are designed for acertain industry and cannot be used anywhere else. Comindware Tracker™ comeswith a pre-set templates library for some industries (yet, until the release,the exact set of the industries they picked is kept secret, so I can only guessthis might be HR, marketing and the same old requests, bugs, support ticketsfor IT). Still, even if your industry or department is not on the list yet, thetracker can be customized rather quickly to your specific needs and basicallyyou can start using the tracker right away.

Possibility to work inside MS Outlook makes the tracker a‘non-tracker’. Actually, I am rather lazy to learn how to use a newapplication. Call me old fashioned or conservative, but I don’t like to spendtime trying to figure out how it works. If you are like me, you will be glad toknow, that you don’t even have to see the Comindware Tracker™ interface aswith the help of a plug in it can be integrated into MS Outlook interface andall the work can be done in MS Outlook. I find it useful, since we all know howto use MS Outlook.

‘Any time custom’, if I may call it so, means that allsettings can be changed on the fly at any moment. Usually this option intrackers is either not available at all, or you can only change few settings. Comindware Tracker™ gives you almostabsolute freedom to change everything, including items and item fields. This issomething new and rather interesting to me.

So, when I hear ‘tracker’ I get bored, when I hear ‘ComindwareTracker’ I start looking forward to the release day to see it. I want to touch this,because I am more visual, and only then will I believe that this is real.Meanwhile the pre-registration for the release has already started onComindware official website and I have already signed up.

Airpush - Push Notification Ad Network for Android

2011-05-12T00:02:00.000-07:00

User Defined Data Types In SQL Server

2011-04-29T04:11:00.000-07:00

User defined data types is useful to maintain the data type consistency in the database design. For example Phone Number is a field in several tables. These tables are may be created by several people in the team. All are may be use nvarchar as data type for Phone Number but length may be vary..to overcome these kind of issues we can use this feature.

Example:

Create Type [dbo].[PhoneNumber] from [nvarchar](12) NULL

Create table Employees (

Email nvarchar(50),
Phone PhoneNumber

)

In the above example PhoneNumber is a user defined data type.

US Phone Number With Optional Extension Regular Expression

2011-04-18T22:02:00.000-07:00

Are you looking for validation expression for US phone number with optional extension.

Here it is:

^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}(-\d{2,4})?$

It accepts the following

123-456-7890-9999
123-456-7890-999
123-456-7890-99

Minimum Extension length is 2 and Maximum is 4 and it is optional.

We can change the minimum and maximum lengths by simply replacing the values of MIN and MAX.

^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}(-\d{MIN,MAX})?$

Making Phone Calls and Sending Instant Messages Using JQuery Plugin

2011-03-08T01:11:00.000-08:00

Phono is a jQuery plugin and JavaScript library which turns any web browser into a phone and capable of making phone calls, sending instant messages. You can also connect to SIP clients. All these are possible with a simple API.

Now make and receive phone calls directly in your browser with a few lines of code using Phono JQuery Plugin.

You can try making of calls on Phono home page. they also provide Documentation and Demos for developers.

Free Agile Project Management - Gravity

2011-03-04T04:40:00.000-08:00

Gravity is a powerful tool to manage Agile Projects. The plus point of this tool is its simple and clean interface. No need to registration, simply sign in with your Google, Yahoo, or openid account.

All accounts are secured by SSL. By using its Develope API, easily integrate Gravity into your existing tools.

Gravity is free for user accounts with some limitations. You can create one private project and 5 private participants. But you can create as many as public projects and participants.

There are some paid packages with low cost for start-ups or small companies. Check the following page for pricing:

https://www.gravitydev.com/pricing

Mikogo - Free Web Conferencing and Desktop Sharing Tool

2011-03-03T23:24:00.000-08:00

Mikogo is a free desktop sharing tool full of features to assist you in conducting the perfect online meeting or web conference. Up to 10 people can participate simultaneously for online meeting or web conference. It is an easy-to-use cross-platform desktop sharing tool, ideal for web conferencing, online meetings or remote support.

Product Features:

1. online meetings
2. web conferences
3. product demonstrations
4. web presentations
5. remote support
6. webinars

Download Link: http://www.mikogo.com/download/windows-download/

CSS Menu Generator

2010-12-29T21:29:00.000-08:00

CSS Menu generator is used to create custom menus with some set of pre-defined templates. You can choose template either Horizontal or Verical. Easily create menus without full knowledge of HTML and CSS. Moreover it supports cross browser compatibility.

Demo:

Signin Dropdown Box Like Twitter Using JQuery

2010-12-29T21:02:00.000-08:00

Signin box in the Twitter website is something new and unique, Once we click on the signin button, it will open the login form in dropdown, this design is very useful for space utilization in the webpage as well as better look and feel and unique. We can develop the same kind of sigin forms using JQuery.

Check the following article for the detailed explanation.

Perfect signin dropdown box likes Twitter with jQuery

Screenshot of the login form as follows:

Free jQuery plugin - Easy Accordion

2010-12-17T05:51:00.000-08:00

Easy Accordion is a opensource accordion jQuery plugin, Which is highly flexible horizontal slider able to show any kind of content like divs, text, images, lists, etc.

Features:

Easily create a nice and smooth accordion effect
Decide whether or not automatically animate your slider
Set the active slide when the user loads the page
SEO friendly
Totally customizable via CSS

You can see demo here.

CV Maker Online

2010-12-10T01:53:00.000-08:00

Create beautiful, professional resumes in minutes for free using CVMaker online Software. Simply Signup and fill in your details to generate beautiful PDF Resumes.

Sample Resumes:

Executive (pdf) Elegant (pdf)

Open Source Project Management Application by TeamLab

2010-12-09T02:56:00.000-08:00

TeamLab is an open-source application for business collaboration and project management with great features includes Projects, Milestones, Tasks, Reports, Events, Blogs, Forums, Bookmarks, Wiki, Instant Messenger, and more.

TeamLab Website: http://www.teamlab.com/
Opensource Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamlab/

How to Migrate a SharePoint 2007 Site to SharePoint 2010 Using Database Attach

2010-12-07T05:30:00.000-08:00

Using the database attach method, we can migrate a site/site collection to SharePoint 2010 following some basic steps:

Create a web application in SharePoint 2010 with blank site collection
Backup the content database of SharePoint 2007 site.
Copy the content database backup to the SharePoint 2010 SQL server.
Mount that content database to the SharePoint 2010 server.
Update the user interface.

Check the following source link for more detailed explanation with pictures:
How to Migrate a SharePoint 2007 Site to SharePoint 2010 Using Database Attach

Programmatically Press F11 Key on Button Click Event to View Browser in Full Screen Mode

2010-12-02T09:30:00.000-08:00

Clicking on F11 key will change the browser view mode into full screen mode. To implement it programmatically use the following code.

Add following Javascript code between <head></head> tags.

<script type=""type/javascript>

function maxwin() {

var wscript = new ActiveXObject("Wscript.shell");

if (wscript!=null)

wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");

}

<asp:Button ID="Button1" OnClientClick="maxwin();" runat="server" Text="Button"
onclick="Button1_Click" />

Free Tabs Generator Online

2010-12-01T04:21:00.000-08:00

Do you need fast and cool tabs? Here is a great tool Tabs Generator

Using this tabs generator tool, You can select size, colors, corners and more options, generate tab with your design automatically, then download and use in your css style sheet!

Screenshot of the Tabs Generator tool below

Enjoy using tabs generator!

Opening PDF Files in Browser Without Toolbar

2010-11-26T23:21:00.000-08:00

Normally, When we try to open PDF in browser, it will display PDF along with toolbar on the top. We can display the PDF without toolbar by simply adding a tag at the end like

For Example:

http://www.srikanthportal.com/doc.pdf#toolbar=0

Same thing is apply for statusbar, navpans and etc.

We can pass more than one parameter at the same time by using '&' symbol

For Example:

http://www.srikanthportal.com/doc.pdf#toolbar=0&navpans=0

Check the following link for more details on this.

Parameters for Opening PDF Files

Free Web 2.0 Logo Designs

2010-11-24T02:33:00.000-08:00

Are you looking for good logo for your website, then here is a great website for you that is logoinstant. It provides great collection of web 2.0 logos to download. You are free to modify and customize them to suit your needs. As specified in the source website, You don't have to spend big bucks anymore for a custom logo designer, because Logo's are 100% free

Export ASP.Net GridView to PDF using iTextSharp

2010-11-13T05:45:00.000-08:00

Many users facing an issue with Export asp.net gridview to PDF that iTextSharp ignores the GridView column widths.

To avoid that, we have to create Tables with ITextSharp library and specify the column width and height as per our requirements. Thus we can create an ITextSharp table with same number of rows and columns as our GridView and specify the column widths for that ITextSharp table. This ensures that the custom column widths that we specify are not ignored in the generated PDF.

Check the Source article at aspsnippets.com

Check the Live Demo here

Free Website Thumbnail Generator

2010-11-13T02:09:00.000-08:00

It's a free website screenshot tool which lets you take thumbnail screenshots of any page on the web. No sign-up required, Just enter URL and press thumb it and you can download them into your PC. There is an option to set custom width.

Thumbalizr :

Sticky Footer for ASP.NET pages

2010-11-12T06:21:00.000-08:00

Add the following code on each page inside a form tag or in master page for Sticky Footer.

html, body, form, #wrap {height: 100%;}

Ajax Upload; A multi select file upload script with progress-bar, drag-and-drop.

2010-11-04T03:07:00.000-07:00

This plugin uses XHR for uploading multiple files with progress-bar in FF3.6+, Safari4+, Chrome and falls back to hidden iframe based upload in other browsers, providing good user experience everywhere.

Features:

Multiple file select, progress-bar in FF, Chrome, Safari
Drag-and-drop file select in FF, Chrome
Uploads are cancellable
No external dependencies
Doesn't use Flash
Fully working with https
Keyboard support in FF, Chrome, Safari
Tested in IE7,8; Firefox 3,3.6,4; Safari4,5; Chrome; Opera10.60;

Demo and Source:

http://valums.com/ajax-upload/

Free Silverlight Multi File Uploader

2010-11-04T03:00:00.000-07:00

The Silverlight Multi File Uploader is a free Silverlight 4 application. It can be used to upload multiple files simultaneously to your website. Includes a JavaScript interface and also supports PHP.

Features:

Select multiple files to upload
Upload multiple files at the same time
Cancel a single upload, or clear the full list
Shows the overall progress

Demo Video:

Download:

http://slfileupload.codeplex.com/

Source:

http://www.michielpost.nl/Silverlight/MultiFileUploader/

Google AdSense Optimization Tips – Presentation

2010-10-27T06:25:00.000-07:00

AdSense Tips

Check the following website www.labnol.org for more on this

Base SDK Missing Solution - iPhone Development

2010-10-12T06:02:00.000-07:00

Base SDK missing error is commonly occurred, when we upgraded the iPhone SDK and trying to open older apps in newer one.

1. Open application in xcode
2. Go to projects
3. Edit project settings
4. Click on build tab
5. Change the value in the base SDK option
6. Go to projects again
7. Edit active target
8. Click on build tab
9. Change the base SDK option as the same

Hope Coding...

jQuery Essentials Presentation

2010-09-21T07:19:00.000-07:00

Royalty Free PowerPoint templates and PowerPoint Backgrounds

2010-09-08T06:25:00.000-07:00

Check out the following link for Visually Stunning Templates for PowerPoint.

Templates for PowerPoint

Outstanding Admin Panels for Your Web Applications

2010-09-08T04:15:00.000-07:00

An admin panel is a must have part for web applications. Check the following link for 34 Amazing administration panel designs.

Outstanding Admin Panels for Your Web Applications

You Really Love It...

Medical Billing Work Flow

2010-09-07T23:53:00.000-07:00

How to truncate table which is being referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint?

2010-08-27T01:37:00.000-07:00

DELETE FROM [table name];
DBCC CHECKIDENT([table name],RESEED,0);

Retrieving SQL select table rows as a single row comma separated

2010-08-25T05:08:00.000-07:00

Try Following Query to retrieving SQL select table rows as a single row comma separated.

DECLARE @vResult VARCHAR(MAX)

SELECT @vResult = COALESCE(@vResult + ',', '') + CAST([Column Name] AS VARCHAR)
FROM [Table Name]

SELECT @vResult

Eg:

Select LastName from tblUsers

Above Query Will returns:

Srikanth
Gupta
Parmesh

DECLARE @vResult VARCHAR(MAX)

SELECT @vResult = COALESCE(@vResult + ',', '') + CAST(LastName AS VARCHAR)
FROM [Table Name] tblUsers

SELECT @vResult

Above Query Will returns:

Srikanth,Gupta,Parmesh

Happy Coding!!!

Free Icons for Web Development

2010-07-21T04:16:00.000-07:00

Download bunch of icons for FREE from the following URL which are useful for web development. No need to add back links.

iconpot

We can find following categories of icons:

Website Button Icons
Free Animated Icons
Buddy Icons
Circular Icons
Mono Icons
BrightMix Icons
Shiny Icons
Diagram Icons
Primo Icons
Quartz Icons
LED Icons
Flavour Icons
OneBit Icons
Hand Icons
Project Icons
Origami Icons
Web Injection Icons
Siena Icons
Tango Icon Library
Free Web Design Icon Set
Web Control Icons
Pixel Twitter Icons
Splashy Icons
Developpers Icons
MiniPixel
50Icons
On-Stage Icon Set
Simplicio Icon Set
32px Mania
eCommerce Icons
GoSquared (5 Colors)
IcoJoy
Sizicons
Xiao Icons
Vaga
Weby
Kombine Free Toolbar Icons
Milky
Bright!
Fresh (Financial)
Web Application Icons Set
Function Icon Set
Blogging Icon Set

and many more

Source: iconpot

Cool Animated Navigation Menus with CSS and jQuery

2010-07-21T02:32:00.000-07:00

jQuery is an great JavaScript library that makes it easy to create web applications. it's a wonderful tool for web development.

check the following links for beautiful Navigation Menus

10 Incredible JQuery Navigation Menus

Create a Cool Animated Navigation with CSS and jQuery

Jing for Screen Casting - Capture Images and Videos

2010-07-17T01:22:00.000-07:00

Jing is a tool to snap a picture of your screen, Record video of on screen action and Share over the Web, Email, IM and social networking websites.

Windows Version and Mac OS X version is available to download from JingProject

For Jing Pro vs Free Version Feature Comparison click here

Source: JingProject

MonoTouch - iPhone application Development Tool

2010-07-17T00:54:00.000-07:00

MonoTouch allows developers to create C# and .NET based applications that run on Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices, while taking advantage of
the iPhone APIs and reusing both code and libraries that have been built for .NET, as well as existing skills.

Features:

1. C# and .NET on the iPhone
2. .NET Bindings to Native APIs
3. Distribute on the Apple App Store
4. Enterprise deployable
5. MonoDevelop and XCode Integration
6. Interface Builder Integration
7. Automatic Memory Management

A New release MonoTouch 3.0.8 version supports IOS4 version.

MonoTouch requires a Mac, Apple's iPhone SDK and you must be part of Apple's iPhone Developer Program to test and deploy your software on a device and to redistribute your code.

Trail Version of MonoTouch Avilable from monotouch.net

Requirements:

1. iPhone SDK 3.2 or higher
2. An Intel Mac computer running Leopard or Snow Leopard
3. The latest release of Mono for OSX

Mono Develop is an IDE for development.

MonoDevelop is avilable from http://monodevelop.com/Download.

Need to install the latest version of Mono and MonoTouch to up running the monodevelop IDE.

Source: monotouch

Test Cross Browser Compatibility of Your Websites

2010-07-16T23:59:00.000-07:00

Web designers or web developers make sure to check the Cross Browser Compatibility of their web pages before going to publish on web. It's not possible to install all the versions of browsers in single machine like IE8, IE7, IE6 in the same machine.

Here you find some great solutions, check the following

1. Microsoft Expression Web 3 Super Preview

2. CrossBrowserTesting

3. IETester

4. Cloud Testing

5. Browsershots

6. Spoon

7. Virtual Machines

Enabling SSL Using Self-Signed Certificates on IIS 7.0

2010-07-11T04:20:00.000-07:00

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) provides security for communications over Internet. It prevents eavesdropping and tampering. Specially it is used for login pages and other sensitive information web pages.

Self-signed certificate is one of the method for enabling Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

To Enable the Self-signed certificate for a website on IIS 7.0 check the following tutorial

Enabling SSL on IIS 7.0 Using Self-Signed Certificates

Configuring https on Windows Server 2008 IIS7

To avoid Warnings while testing SSL in IE Browser, Download the certificate and import it to Trusted Root Certification Authorities section.

To import certificate into Trusted Root Certification Authorities section in IE Browser, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Content -> certificates -> Trusted Root Certification Authorities -> Import the certificate.

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

2010-07-07T07:05:00.000-07:00

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is also known as Sea Surf, one-click attack, XSRF and session riding. It's one of the website attack.

Check the following videos for more details:

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Quick Overview :

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) High-Profile Victims :

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Protection Against CSRF :

Smartphone Revolution

2010-07-01T04:54:00.000-07:00

Smartphone is a mobile device, which offer advanced computing capabilities. There are several smartphones in the market like iPhone, Blackberry, Android, HTC, Samsung and many more. Each one of it having their own share in the market and have their own platform, Developers will create applications for smartphones with that accordingly.

Now another smartphone platform released by Samsung called "Samsung bada". Samsung Wave is the first bada smartphone in the market.

For Users/Customers :

http://www.samsungapps.com

For Developers :

http://developer.bada.com/apis/index.do

another interesting information for developers, There is an bada Developer Challenge is going on. Anyone can participate around the globe. Develop applications and win prizes!!! All the best :)

HTML 5 - Next Level of Web Development

2010-07-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

HTML5 is introduced for next level of web development.

HTML 5 = HTML + CSS + JS APIs

Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5

HTML 5 Quick Demo: http://apirocks.com/html5/html5.html

HTML 5 Reference: http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/

Building an iPhone App Combining Tab Bar, Navigation and Tab

2010-06-22T05:36:00.000-07:00

Saving/Retrieving Data Using NSUserDefaults

2010-06-17T06:41:00.000-07:00

In general, Every custom iPhone app may contains some user settings which is set by the user as required. We need some storage medium or some mechanism to store these settings.

NSUserDefaults is one of the Best solution to store settings in the iPhone. Check the following Video for implementation.

NSCFString Vs NSString String Comparison in Conditional Statements

2010-06-17T06:39:00.000-07:00

Recently I have come across with a problem of string (NSString/NSCFString) comparison in a IF Condition.

I got a solution and check the solution below.

I have declared a Variable of type NSString and tried to retrieve some value to this which is returning NSCFString.

NSString *retVal;

retVal = //Some routine which will return NSCFString.

You will not get any build and runtime errors as the variable is "NSString" and return value is some thing different "NSCFString" but if you use this returned value in conditional statements it will not work.

For suppose retVal is "Enabled".

if(retVal == @"Enabled"){

//Enabled }

else {

//Disabled }

In the above case even retVal is "Enabled" it will not go to the Enabled Section

To resolve the above issue we need to follow the following code snippet,

if([retVal isEqualToString: @"Enabled"]){

//Enabled}

else {

//Disabled]; }

Installing iPhone 3.2.3 SDK along with good old SDKs 3.2, 3.1.3 and etc

2010-06-16T05:22:00.000-07:00

Recently I have installed Xcode 3.2.3 with iPhone SDK 4 (Seed) on OSX snow leopard 10.6.3 there is no SDK 3.2, 3.1.3 and etc to run my old applications. For resolving this issue you have to install both of these SDKs in different folders.

For example, Create a folder called SDks_Old, and change the path from default to this newly created folder at the time of installation.

After Installation is completed, if you search for xcode, in the spotlight search box, you can find two Xcode icons with the text like

1. Xcode - SDK_Old
2. Xcode - Developer (Developer is the default location for installation)

Xcode - SDK_Old: It is for running and developing apps with Old SDKs 3.2, 3.1.3 and etc

Xcode - Developer: It's used for running and developing apps with New SDK 3.2.3

How to change the icon of an iPhone app?

2010-06-16T02:32:00.000-07:00

To change the icon of an iPhone app, Prepare an icon which should be a 57 x 57 pixel png image without any shine or round beveling effects.

Drag the prepared image to the resource folder in Xcode.

you can find [projectname].-info.plist file in the resource folder to edit the properties.

Click on the empty field with "Icon file" property, and type the file name of the image.

Save the file and Click Build and Go, you can find the updated icon in the Simulator.

iPhone OS 4.0 Launch Event: Steve Jobs explains the iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking

2010-06-03T00:20:00.000-07:00

ASP.NET Programming Models

2010-06-03T00:04:00.000-07:00

ASP.NET is a platform to build rich web applications. There are two ASP.NET programming models to choose for developement.

1. ASP.NET WebForms
2. ASP.NET MVC (Model View Contoller)

ASP.NET WebForms:

If you are coming from a client application developement background or you are familiar with UI controls and event handlers then you will find comfotable programming model in ASP.NET WebForms

1. Familiar Control and event based progamming model
2. Controls encapsulate HTML, JS and CSS
3. Rich UI controls included - datagrids, charts, AJAX
4. Browser diffrences handled for you
5. SharePoint builds on WebForms

ASP.NET MVC: (Model View Contoller)

ASP.NET MVC is a lower level web programming model. It's not provide higher level abstractions like controls. If you are coming from a traditional web developement background, ASP.NET MVC probably feel comfortable to you.

1. Feels comfortble for many traditional web developers
2. Total control of HTML markup
3. Supports Unit Testing, TDD and Agile methodologies
4. Encourages more prescriptive applications
5. Extremely flexible and extensible

We can also use the Hybrid model using both the models ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC means some URLs process using Webforms and some by MVC.

There is a video presented by Microsoft's Scott Hanselman, Which gives you the information you need to decide if ASP.NET Web Forms or ASP.NET MVC is right for you.

.NET Code Converter

2010-05-05T23:33:00.000-07:00

Code Converter is a very commonly used tool by the developers. Recently I found the Free .NET Code Converter utility and I feel it's good and accurate.

csharp to vb converter

vb to csharp converter

Happy Coding!!!

Choosing An Appropriate Technology For Accessing Data In .NET Applications

2010-05-04T04:44:00.000-07:00

There are several options to access the data in .NET applications. Now Most of the developers are using ORM (Object-relational mapping) tools to access the data. Following are the various options:

1. ADO.NET Data Access Code
2. LINQ to SQL
3. NHibernate
4. ADO.NET Entity Framework

ADO.NET Data Access Code:

A typical traditional data access layer in a .NET application will use ADO.NET Connection, Command, Parameter and Data Reader objects to execute stored procedures against a database connection.

LINQ to SQL:

LINQ to SQL provides code generation of data access objects using a command line tool called sqlmetal, which is integrated into Visual Studio 2008.

NHibernate:

NHibernate enables you to map your own entities to the database model using XML mapping files. Normally one mapping file is created per entitiy.

ADO.NET Entity Framework:

The ADO.NET Entity Framework is an ORM that maps the structural model of a database schema to a conceptual (object) model.

Which is perfectly suited for your application is clearly explained by Simon Evans in the following article.

guidance on choosing an appropriate technology for accessing data in net solutions

Tutorial: Visual Studio 2008 Obfuscating with Dotfuscator

2010-03-02T02:59:00.000-08:00

Why Obfuscate?

Obfuscating can make code very difficult to understand or even reverse engineer. Programs written in .NET or Java are easy to decompile to full source code as though the cracker is looking at the original code you wrote in your IDE. These reverse engineering programs are freely available on the Internet making it easy for anyone to see your entire source code. While still readable, obfuscating makes the code harder to read creating some security for your applications.

Click Here for the tutorial.

Design your own Twitter Background

2010-02-19T06:41:00.000-08:00

Are you looking for changing the twitter template? Here you can personalize your Twitter background images with the help of freetwitterdesigner . It's easy to use and free!!!

Free Adobe Flex Builder 3 Software and Free Online Training

2009-12-22T06:19:00.000-08:00

Now is the perfect time to get a head start on 2010 with free Adobe® Flex® 3 software training and free Adobe Flex® Builder™ 3.

Free Adobe Flex Builder 3.
If you're currently unemployed or a student and qualify, we'll send you a free Flex license.

Free online training.
Take advantage of free, online video training and you can learn Flex in as little as five days. No need to qualify for the free license to take the training. Just download the trial.

Education Videos

2009-12-14T23:25:00.000-08:00

There is a website Videoz Corner which contains bunch of Educational videos for ASP.net, Silverlight, MOSS, SQL Server, Software Development and etc. Check out Videoz Corner for more videos.

Capitalize first letter of words in a string

2009-12-02T01:26:00.000-08:00

 
string strName = "srikanth portal"
strName =System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(strName.ToLower());
Response.Write(strName);

Update an .edmx File when Database Changes Occures

2009-12-02T00:56:00.000-08:00

Open .EDMX file, right click on it and choose an update model from database. but it is not always works in case of modifications in table(s). For that we need to follow some other way like first we need to

1. Delete the table from the model,
2. Switch to XML form EDMX,
3. Delete the related XML entity elements,
4. Switch back to EDMX from XML.
5. Finally right click on it and choose an update model from database.

Happy Coding!!!

Replace Apostrophe

2009-11-22T02:07:00.000-08:00

When we pass string to Java script which contains apostrophe, we will get a problem. to resolve that see the following line of code:

lnkBtnSave.Attributes.Add("onclick", "alert('" + lblMsg.Text.ToString().Replace("'", @"\'\") + "'");

Acquire the ID of last inserted row using Entity Framework

2009-11-21T05:09:00.000-08:00

Acquiring the ID of last inserted row (Primary and auto increment column) using Entity Framework is as follows:

 
    Entities oEntities = new Entities();
    tblSample ts = new tblSample();
    ts.Description = "some Description Here!!!";
    oEntities.InsertToSample(ts);
    oEntities.SaveChanges();

    lblMessage.Text = ts.SampleID;

Free Hosting

2009-11-05T22:20:00.000-08:00

For any web site from a small business brochure, pictures of a tropical holiday, to powerful dynamic websites for a gaming clan etc, Free Site Web Hosting has the right services for you and at the right price... $0.00!

With MySQL, PHP, FTP, VistaPanel (specially designed control panel) and other features, you can host heaps of scripts with no worries. Adding your own domain registered at any domain registrar is just a few clicks and is hosted on your Free Site Web Hosting account!

Free Hosting Plan Summary:

300 MB disk space
Vista Panel
Web mail
10 GB Monthly transfer
PHP Flags manager
POP email accounts
7 MySQL databases
Automatic installer (over 20 scripts)
Password protected folders
5 Add-on domains
FTP account
Php MyAdmin
Sub domains or you.co.cc or you.cz.cc domains
File manager (browser upload)
Clustered servers

Free Hosting Plan:

Along with all this, they provide free FTP, PHP 5, MySQL and very popular feature: The Automatic Script Installer (Like Fantastico) You can install many popular scripts such as PHPbb2 and PHPbb3, Wordpress, Zen-Cart, osCommerce, MyBB, UseBB, MyLittle Forum, 4images, Coppermine, SMF, Joomla, e107, XOOPS, PHP Wind, CuteNews, Mambo, WikiWig and many more! No need to wait a long time uploading files, Automatic Script Installer deploys your files in seconds! You can find Automatic Script Installer in the Vista panel.

Best Screen Sharing Tools

2009-10-29T00:07:00.000-07:00

There are several screen sharing tools are available in the internet, some of those listed below, have a look

TeamViewer:

It's solution for easy and friendly desktop sharing. You can remote control a partners desktop to give online assistance, or you can show your screen to a customer - all without worrying about firewalls, IP addresses and NAT.

Features

1. Remote administration of unattended servers
2. File transfer
3. Highest security standard
4. Online status display
5. Remote support without installation
6. Remote presentation of products, solutions and services
7. Works behind firewalls
8. Browser based access
9. Optimized Performance

Foldershare:

Windows Live Sync from Microsoft. Keep important files up to date on all your computers, PC or Mac. Use shared folders to sync files with friends or coworkers. Sign in to the Sync website for remote access to any computer where you’ve installed Sync.

Features

1. Sync your files
2. Share your work
3. Access from anywhere

LogmeIn:

Personal Use - Access and back up your home or work computer from anywhere with an Internet connection. Even access your desktop from your iPhone or the dash of your Ford truck. It's fast, easy and secure.

Business Use - Support, access and manage Windows PCs, Macs, and smartphones, including BlackBerry devices. Back up to your own devices for total protection of the data that makes your business run.

GoToMeeting:

It is a Web conferencing tool that allows you to meet online rather than in a conference room. It’s the easiest and most cost-effective way to organize and attend online meetings.

Microsoft SharedView:

Microsoft SharedView is a fast, easy way to share documents and screen views with small groups of friends or coworkers; anytime, anywhere. Use SharedView to put your heads together and collaborate - create, convey, and communicate…across physical boundaries, through firewalls, and down to the smallest details.

Happy Diwali

2009-10-15T23:25:00.000-07:00

Hi All...Diwali Fever started.,!!!!

Wishing you an Advance Happy Deepawali

* * * HAPPY DIPAWALI * * *

Beautiful Login Page / Form Designs

2009-10-06T03:03:00.000-07:00

Login page design is play a key role in design of the home page of any website.

I believe that the following points should be consider before going to design a Login form.

1. Layout design should be either horizontal or vertical.
2. Should it be login, log in, log-in or sign in.
3. Forgot password position
4. Remember me on this computer
5. Separate Page or in Home Page.

Visit the following links for the best login form designs:

Interface Design Inspiration | 36 Beautiful Login Page / Form Designs

Login Forms (74 examples)

HL7 Tool

2009-09-30T23:16:00.001-07:00

Iguana is an HL7 integration engine that allows for communication between database tables and HL7 messages. Iguana runs as a standalone service in Windows, or daemon in Unix-based operating systems, and can be easily used to perform the following functions:

* Parse HL7 messages directly into a database;
* Generate HL7 messages directly from a database;
* Route and filter HL7 messages to multiple target systems;
* Transform HL7 data into another flavor of HL7; and
* Translate HL7 data to/from XML.

Iguana Includes:

* Chameleon
* HL7 Message Browser
* HL7 Simulator
* HL7 Listener

HL7 Demo Videos

Beautiful Twitter Icons And Buttons

2009-09-18T05:02:00.000-07:00

Following one’s Twitter tweets are as good as subscribing to the RSS feeds. Not only it feeds you the latest updates, it’s also a perfect medium for communication and networking. Realizing how Twitter can potentially help to increase readerships, more and more bloggers/webmasters are massively promoting their Twitter account through blogs and websites.

Here’s a compilation of 100+ Remarkably Beautiful Twitter Icons And Buttons you can apply on your site.

Automatic Page Refresh in ASP.NET

2009-09-18T02:52:00.000-07:00

Refresh a page automatically at a time of interval is pretty simple, using META tags.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="30">
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="30;url=Sample.aspx">

In case of Master Pages, if you use META tag then all pages that use this master page will be refreshed, which is not desired, to accomplish this, add the following c# code in code behind page, the particular page you want to refresh:

Response.AppendHeader("Refresh", 30 + "; URL=Sample.aspx");

Where, 30 is the time interval in seconds.

There are many other ways of doing this, like using JavaScript, but this is simplest.

Ajax Loading Images

2009-09-15T23:38:00.000-07:00

In an AJAX enabled website, when you click on a button or some server side control, the entire page is not going to get posted back, instead there will be a partial rendering of the page. To show that some activity is going on, we need show some processing image. Visit the below urls, they are providing some dynamically generated loading images, they might be helpful.

http://preloaders.net/en/
http://www.ajaxload.info
http://www.loadinfo.net
http://www.webscriptlab.com

Gmail and Facebook Style jQuery Chat

2009-09-02T05:59:00.000-07:00

Everyone loves the gmail and facebook inline chat modules. This jQuery chat module enables you to seamlessly integrate Gmail/Facebook style chat into your existing website.

Features
1. Gmail style bottom right display of chat boxes
2. Keeps chat boxes open and stores state (data) even when pages are browsed/refreshed similar to Facebook
3. Displays "Sent at…" after 3 minutes of inactivity
4. Displays "X says…" & blinks chat boxes when window is not in focus
5. Minimize and close chat boxes
6. Auto-resize of text input box
7. Auto-scrolling of chat text
8. Auto-back-off polling policy (hits the server less-often when chat activity is low)
9. Extremely simple to integrate into existing site

Browser Compatibility

1. Firefox 2+
2. Internet Explorer 6+
3. Safari 2+
4. Opera 9+

Demo:
http://anantgarg.com/chat/samplea.php

Original Source:
http://www.ajaxupdates.com/gmail-and-facebook-style-jquery-chat/

Tips and tricks for a successful Website

2009-09-01T04:13:00.000-07:00

HOW DO I GET TRAFFIC TO MY SITE? Look Here for implementation

Keyboard Shortcuts in JavaScript

2009-08-31T08:45:00.000-07:00

Shortcuts in win32 applications are common, they are used for quick operations like opening help or saving a file. You can have shortcut keys in web applications also, we need to use JavaScript to implement them. Shortcuts in web applications are also helpful in quick interaction.

Visit the following url for the implementation:

http://ksrinivas81.blogspot.com

ASP.NET 2.0 Deployment

2009-08-31T06:29:00.000-07:00

Here we see that how we can make use of add-on in building an MSI that also sets the configuration settings.

ASP.NET 2.0 Deployment Guidelines

Interview Questions

2009-08-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

Here you can find good Interview Questions.

ASP.NET 2.0
ADO.NET
CSharp

A large collection of very good web 2.0 demos

2009-08-11T23:17:00.000-07:00

For good Ajax examples, javascript scripts and web 2.0 demos in action, Check the following website www.ajaxdaddy.com

Keep the PASSWORD field values during postback

2009-08-11T03:09:00.000-07:00

if there is any post back activity after the password field entry in a asp.net form, It will clear the password text. It's not a good feature to the user to re-enter. To avoid that, write a single line of code in page_load event.

 
txtPassword.Attributes["value"] = txtPassword.Text;

Differences between .Net Framework 2.0 and 3.5

2009-08-10T23:49:00.000-07:00

This post reviews new features and diffrences in .Net Framework 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5. Major advancements have arrived in latest frameworks.

Click Here to see the Differences between .Net Framework 2.0 and 3.5

10 beautiful Sliding Panel with jQuery Tutorials

2009-08-03T23:06:00.000-07:00

jQuery is an great JavaScript library that makes it easy to create web applications. it's a wonderful tool for web development. Here we can find 10 beautiful Sliding Login Panels with jQuery.

http://www.dreamcss.com/2009/04/10-beautiful-sliding-panel-with-jquery.html

Round Panels and Shadow Boxes

2009-08-03T23:02:00.000-07:00

Check the following URL for the implementation of HTML round boxes for web site content. You can find more than 20 modals here.

http://www.xtractpro.com/articles/Round-Panels.aspx

Happy Coding...

How to Enable Sessions in Sharepoint 2007

2009-07-28T07:27:00.000-07:00

Change the following settings in web.config file:

<pages enableSessionState="true" enableViewState="true" enableViewStateMac="true" validateRequest="false"/>

App_Code Folder in Sharepoint

2009-07-24T06:36:00.000-07:00

In Asp.net, We can have all classes in App_Code. Similarly we can use the same feature in Sharepoint. For that You have to Create a Folder named App_Code in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\(Port Number of your Webapplication)\

Happy Programming...

Allow Coding Blocks in Sharepoint 2007

2009-07-24T05:51:00.000-07:00

Add the Following tag to web.config for allowing Code Blocks in Sharepoint 2007

<PageParserPaths>
<PageParserPath VirtualPath="/*" CompilationMode="Always" AllowServerSideScript="true" IncludeSubFolders="true" />  
</PageParserPaths>

Create Page Layout in Sharepoint

2009-07-23T07:17:00.000-07:00

Steps to Create a Simple Page Layout:

Step 1:

Site Actions --> Site Settings --> Modify All Site Settings --> Master Page and Page Layouts --> New --> Page Layout.

Content Type Group - Page Layout Content Types
Content Type Name - Welcome Page
URL Name - Sample.aspx
Title - Sample Page

Click Ok to finish creating the Page Layout.

Step 2:

Go to Site Actions --> Site Settings --> Modify All Site Settings --> Master Page and Page Layouts and click on the Sample.aspx and CheckIn --> Major Version (Publish) --> Click OK.

Step 3: Go to Site Actions --> Site Settings --> Modify All Site Settings --> Master Page and Page Layouts and click on the Sample.aspx and Approve/Reject --> Approved --> Click OK.

Open Sample Page Layout in Share point Designer (_Catelogs/MasterPages/Sample.aspx) and do the necessary changes and you can use this for your pages.

Create a Minimal Master Page For Sharepoint

2009-07-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

Before you start developing a sharepoint site. we need to create a master page. Every master page should contain some controls to maintain the sharepoint features rather than normal masterpage.

For Minimal Master Page, have a look in to the following URL:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa660698.aspx

Back up and Restore Sharepoint Site

2009-07-23T07:01:00.000-07:00

There are some methods to take a back up and restore the sharepoint site. One of the best utility is as follows:

For Back up:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>stsa
dm -o backup -url http://server1/sites/sitename -filename c:\backup.dat

For Restore:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN>stsa
dm.exe -o restore -url http://server2/sites/sitename -filename c:\backup.dat -o
verwrite

Happy Programming...

SharePoint Server 2007 Courses

2009-07-13T06:18:00.000-07:00

Check the following Microsoft website: (Very Good Articles)

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR102146081033.aspx

Document Management in MOSS 2007

2009-07-09T23:48:00.000-07:00

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261933.aspx

SharePoint Web Services

2009-07-09T23:38:00.000-07:00

Here is the link for Talk to SharePoint Through its Web Services

http://www.csharphelp.com/archives4/archive602.html

ASP.NET Page Life Cycle

2009-07-08T00:18:00.000-07:00

Check it out

http://ksrinivas81.blogspot.com/2009/06/aspnet-page-life-cycle.html

22 New Features of Visual Studio 2008 for .NET Professionals

2009-07-06T05:47:00.001-07:00

Check out

http://msdotnetsupport.blogspot.com/2007/11/22-new-features-of-visual-studio-2008.html

Health Tips - Benefits of Water

2009-06-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

Good Freelance Websites

2009-06-28T12:12:00.000-07:00

Here is the list of some good freelance websites:

www.guru.com
www.scriptlance.com
www.rentacoder.com

Work with SharePoint Master Pages with SharePoint Designer

2009-06-28T12:08:00.001-07:00

Yoga for Obesity by Baba Ramdev

2009-06-28T11:51:00.000-07:00

Good Telugu Site for English, Telugu Novels and lot more

2009-06-28T11:46:00.000-07:00

www.mallepoolu.com
www.bharatadesam.com

Have a fun...

Disable browser's Back button

2009-06-28T11:32:00.000-07:00

In a web application, which is non-static. We always wanted the end user not to go back by clicking the browser's Back button, for that we need to disable it.

Disabling the browser's Back button is not possible, so to accomplish that we can use JavaScript to make the user stay on the same page even he clicks on the Back button.

Include the following JavaScript in all pages or in the Master page of the application, after the user logs in: