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An enumeration is a special type in the .NET Framework that is comprised of a number of named constants. While you might not have created an enumeration type yourself, you have likely used enumerations many times in day-to-day programming. For example, the rows in a GridView have a RowType property that returns an enumeration of […]

Introduction Welcome to this installment of the .NET Nuts & Bolts column! This particular column harkens back to the style of some of my early columns where I took a problem faced in my every day project work and shared the solution with the masses. In this case, the problem at hand is how to […]

Introduction Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a powerful technology when it comes to graphics and rich user interfaces. Imaginary Screen Transitions are no longer out of reach. WPF would define Animation as the sequence of steps that are followed to change the values of a dependency property over time. This article helps you start with […]

Introduction The .NET Framework architecture got a drastic change with the invention of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Before we delve into WPF shapes, we need to define an important aspect of WPF elements–the UIElement. The UIElement is the core base class for building presentations on WPF. UIElements define the key rendering behavior of presentation elements. […]

Introduction Crystal Report was the most recommended reporting tool used with ASP.NET web application before SQL server reporting service (SSRS) was first introduced in 2004 as an add-on to SQL server 2000 by Microsoft. An enhanced version of this SQL server reporting service was released with SQL server 2005 and the latest version of SSRS […]

Chances are, there are several different URLs that point to the same content on your website. For example, the URLs http://yoursite.com, http://yoursite.com/default.aspx, http://www.yoursite.com, or http://www.yoursite.com/default.aspx are all likely valid URLs that results in the same content, namely the homepage for yoursite.com. While having four different URLs reference the same content may not seem like a […]

Introduction Over the past few years, Silverlight, formerly known as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), has quickly become the technology of choice for developing the next generation of cross-browser, cross-platform Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Silverlight is a browser plugin that promotes a collaborative development environment of rich online media content that enables developers and designers alike […]

Introduction A kiss on the lips may be quite continental but diamonds are a girl’s best friend. –Jule Styn ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first general-purpose computer. ENIAC was developed to calculate artillery firing information. That’s ironic in a way because that seemed to be what we were learning to […]

Introduction When the first Windows Mobile versions hit the market ten years ago, Microsoft had a clear direction: bring a familiar Windows environment to people on the go. For many years, Windows Mobile phones looked much like a miniature version of Windows. However, especially in the latest two versions, the look started to gradually shift […]

Introduction Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 in February, 2010 at Mobile World Congress in Spain. It became immediately apparent that the new announcement was a big one: not only a new version of the Windows operating system, but a complete rebranding with new hardware and development technologies. In a word, the upcoming Windows Phone 7 […]

Search engine optimization, or SEO, is the practice of improving a website’s position in search engines’ results using unpaid techniques. The driver behind SEO is that a better (higher) position in the search results will, most likely, lead to more click throughs, increasing the website’s visibility, audience, and profit. A previous article here on 4Guys, […]

What’s a Context Menu ? A context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and popup or pop-up menu) is a list of menu items that appear or visually represented in the form of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) that execute a behavior or action when invoked. A context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and popup or […]