Date: 09/15/06 (C Sharp)    Keywords: software, html, asp, microsoft

The public beta version of the best profiler for .NET applications was released today.

You can download it and and try out here: http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler/beta.html. The download includes a full-functionality license that will allow you to use the software until October 31, 2006.

The most important new feature in dotTrace 2.0 beta is Memory Profiling. Now you can see what happens with the memory used by your .NET applications to optimize how your app uses memory. You can capture snapshots of memory to analyze in nine informative views, each tuned to a specific aspect of memory usage. You can also take a snapshot of the application’s memory state at two key points to compare them and locate memory leaks.

Notable enhancements in performance profiling include "Quick Info" for any function, the ability to compare performance snapshots of the same application, new filtering options and collapsing recursive calls. Among other useful features and improvements are the integration with Microsoft Visual Studio and the ability to profile Windows services.

Information on new features is available at http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler/features/newfeatures.html.

We think you’ll find that dotTrace 2.0 is now a comprehensive and robust profiling solution for .NET applications that stands up to the most demanding profiling requirements. Give it a try and let us know what you think!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/csharp/75876.html

Date: 09/18/06 (Security)    Keywords: asp, security, microsoft

A senior security expert at the networking giant says that aspects of Microsoft's new operating system are worrying.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116823.html

Date: 09/24/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software, asp, virus, web, spyware, google

*cross-posted*

So I'm trying to reinstall iTunes and I'm having a lot of problems with it.

All the support sites for the software point back to eachother. Here's what the error message is that I'm getting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/enflamedphoenix/1.png

So I googled that and saw that it's an issue with installshield. So I go to the installshield site at http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q110641 and see how to fix the problem. So I go to the place where you fix the problem and follow the instructions at http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108322.

Ironically enough, that causes the original error again. After the first error in iTunes shows up, I get this error: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/enflamedphoenix/2.png

I've uninstalled iTunes and Quicktime. I've used spybot and adaware and antivir to check for spyware or viruses. I've registered files per the installshield website. I've used Windows Installer to delete any quicktime or itunes installer files. I just can't seem to get it to work. I don't know what else to do. I would like to be able to use my ipod haha

If anyone has any advice for me to try?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/690778.html

Date: 09/27/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: asp

I just bought a new 24 inch iMac. I bought it for the purposes of being able to edit on it. I even upgraded everything to what I could: 2.33ghz processor, 2gb mem, the better video card, etc.

I'm a film student and my school wants us to edit on Avid but Avid currently does not work on intel Macs. So I got thinking and would Avid work on my mac if I used boot camp to run WindowsXP on it? Would you even recommend trying that?

Here are the specs for avid: http://www.avid.com/products/xpresspro/specs.asp

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/983399.html

Date: 09/28/06 (Web Technology)    Keywords: asp

Adults-only take on classic Chinese novel denounced as blasphemy by China's Net surfers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6120620.html

Date: 10/02/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: database, asp

I am currently working in ASP, but this might also be an issue with other types of server-side scripting, so if anyone has suggestions in another language, feel free to let me know!

Currently, I have several forms and I'm trying to consolidate/condense the way the form data is handled and written to a database. I like the idea of using a for...next loop to loop through the form fields instead of multiple 'request.form' statements in order to display the form field values on a confirmation page (before submitting to the db).

The code I'm using is similar to this:

For each inputField in Request.Form
For each inputValue in Request.Form(inputField)
response.write inputField & " = " & inputValue & "
"
Next
Next

However, I'm encountering a couple of issues:

1. The output seems to appear in a completely random order, which isn't very user friendly. e.g. in the form the order might be: name, address, telephone, comments; but the loop output shows it as: name, comments, telephone, address (or something similarly random). the values are all displayed, just in the wrong order.

2. While looping through the form eliminates the need to grab each form field value individually, there are some form field values that I DON'T want displayed on the confirmation screen. Is there any way to set this up without a lot of extraneous 'if' statements?

I thought maybe I need to add the form field values in an array, but I'm not even sure if that is at all useful, i.e. how do I manipulate them afterwards?

Thanks for any help.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/357805.html

Date: 10/04/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, css, html, asp, java, web

tasha's post was interesting to me, because I'm coming at learning web design from the opposite end; I've got a decent grasp of working with the back end (X/HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, etc.) but haven't had a graphic design course since high school. I was also considering the Art Institute because I've heard it mentioned in this group a lot. But I also notice that a lot of people say degrees are "a nice extra" at most. And right now I'm working full-time and won't have the means financially to go to school for at least a year. So my question is this: do any of you have recommendations for how to learn the aesthetic side of web design on my own time with a limited budget?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1172512.html

Date: 10/08/06 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: asp

I am trying to debug an asp.net vb.net project on an XP machine.

When I start to debug I get this error:

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the server. You do not have permissions to debug the server.

Verify that you are a member of the 'Debugger Users" group on the server.


I am certain that I am a member of the Debugger Users group. I am also a member of the Administrators group (as Help suggests).


Does anyone have any suggestions ?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/aspdotnet/77659.html

Date: 10/15/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: asp, spam

Hey everyone,

Have been finding that I am getting a lot of spam via FormMail on sites lately. I've been using FormMail as opposed to JMail (Yes, ASP)

I want to use CAPTCHA with the contact form so I can get rid of these spambots, but have not used one of these scripts before.

Form -> FormMail.asp -> Thanks.asp

Form is the form (duh)
FormMail.asp processes the form
Thanks.asp acknowledges the form entry

SpamBot should be unable to get the form processed if they do not enter the CAPTCHA code on the form.

Any insight as to where to put things where is appreciated. I've come across a few free CAPTCHA scripts for ASP but they have examples of "This is a valid entry" and "This is not a valid entry", which does nothing for me.

I think the logic for what I am trying to do is:

If CAPTCHA="right code"
Then Process Form
Else Don't process form

If anyone can help with this, it would be appreciated. I am sure there's others out there with the same problem.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1178389.html

Date: 10/24/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: asp, microsoft

Why, Microsoft? WHY?

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35193

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/992783.html

Date: 10/25/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: html, technology, asp

AMD recommends Core 2 Duo
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35329

Catch the rest of the hilarity here:

Overdrive Core2.X-Fire
http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/promotions/overdrivecore/

[Note: While the promo price of three thousand dollars for Overdrive Core2.X-Fire is steep, it is half the original price of six thousand dollars...]

Gateway FX510XT
http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/promotions/gateway/

Velocity Micro Raptor DCX
http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/promotions/velocitymicro/index.html

I expect these pages to disappear quickly.

x-post intel_core

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/993442.html

Date: 10/26/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: asp, spyware

i'm in the process of removing a trojan that was on my computer and all of my shortcuts have been replaced with 52k clones in a \data\resources\ folder

for example winamp's shortcut instead of going to c:\program files\winamp\winamp.exe goes to c:\program files\winamp\data\resources\winamp.exe

is there an easy way to fix all the shortcuts on my system automatically? rather than having to go through the startmenu/quick launch manually removing the /data/resources/ links?

thank you

and if you're really hardcore and want to fix me with the spyware, i've posted a combofix and a hijackthis log here:
http://www.wilcob.com/Wilco/Pastecode/3688/showpaste.aspx

thanks muchly!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/993599.html

Date: 10/31/06 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: database, asp

I have a question. I have created a class (DBClass) to act as a handler for interactions with a database. Creating an instance of that class opens a connection to the database, and the object then has a number of methods for handing transactions with the database.

Initially, my thought was to include the class definition file (which also creates a single instance of the object, called DB) at the beginning of each document. Then, I thought, I'd be able to reference the DB object anywhere in the page to interact with the database.

So, this is (a simplified version of) what my main page looks like:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="inc" TagName="title" Src="title.ascx" %>

 
  
 
 
  
 

The dbclass.aspx file contains the code that defines the DBClass class and creates a single instance of that class called DB.

Now, the title.ascx file defines a User Control that prints the title of the page, by looking up the URL of the page in a database and retrieving the corresponding title. That look-up in the database is handled by the DB object:

<%@ Control Language="VB" ClassName="TitleControl" %>
   

<% 
    Response.Write( DB.GetNameFromUrl( Request.ServerVariables("URL") ) )
%>
   

But when I run the main page, it gives a compilation error then trying to compile the Title Control, because I reference the DB object without declaring it inside that file (title.ascx).

Any idea how I can get the user control to be "aware" of the main DB object I've defined in the calling page?

Thanks for any help or insight..

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/aspdotnet/78710.html

Date: 11/03/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: asp

I was wondering if you might have some insight for this request: a co-worker has asked for recommended reading/visual material on books about graphics and the world of visual design, mostly focusing on color theory aspects as well as the usability aspects of interfaces. No books have directly influenced me and I can't think of any one in particular at all. Edward Tufte gets tossed around a bit... any help in this regard? I appreciate your kind input and recommendations - for myself also :) x-posted a little...

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/366871.html

Date: 11/08/06 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: asp, web

This may be useful for someone: www.aspneticons.com — icons for web applications written on ASP.NET (three hundred or so).

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/aspdotnet/78923.html

Date: 11/09/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: asp, web

I'm hoping some of you might be able to give me some advice and I'm really hoping I'm posting this in the right place.

I'm helping someone with their website and I did a free analysis on Scrub the Web that mentioned two very glaring problems with regards to getting properly indexed by the search engines. One of them was that the main page has a redirection on it (goes from the regular url to the url with index.aspx at the end) and the other is that it's apparently missing a proper robots.txt file.

Can someone enlighten me a bit more on these two things? Will they really affect search engine performance? And while I know how to go about fixing the robots.txt issue...I'm not sure what to do about the redirection. I personally have no control over whether or not the site gets redirected. So, I pose this question. If the URL is: http://www.mysitehere.com and is redirecting to http://www.mysitehere.com/index.aspx which URL is best to submit to the search engines (or is it better to remove the redirection altogether.

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/367452.html

Date: 11/14/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: asp, web

I'm looking for a script to create thumbnails that doesn't involve installing something on the web server and is also free or cheap (under $50). Lot to ask for it seems. I've tried looking at Aspin.com but can't really find anything suitable. Does anyone know of anything?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/369745.html

Date: 11/16/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: asp

A few bits of dark chocolate a day can have the same benefit as aspirin in reducing blood clots and preventing heart attacks, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine concluded in a study of chocolate lovers. “What these chocolate ‘offenders’ taught us is that the chemical in cocoa beans has a biochemical effect similar [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dark-chocolate-works-like-aspirin-to-prevent-heart-attacks/

Date: 11/20/06 (Open Source)    Keywords: technology, asp, linux, microsoft

Users are in an uproar but, according to Groklaw, the threat is real, at least in regards those Linux users who also use Microsoft's .Net. Such enterprises will only be able to use the "open source" aspects of Microsoft's technology if they also switch to SUSE.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/51728130/

Date: 11/24/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: asp

I pay $32/mo for 5gigs of storage and 50gigs of bandwidth on reliable ASP.NET servers. Is this reasonable?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/372193.html