Visual Studio 2010 versus COM-Object fails
I spent ages trying to find a solution to this issue after upgrading to VS2012. This link solved the problem and stopped me returning to VS2005. Why Microsoft, why? Thank…
Launch the Debugger Automatically
The following is taken directly from msdn :How to: Launch the Debugger Automatically Sometimes, you may need to debug the startup code for an application that is launched by another…
Close a Parent Form from Child Form
From a child form I wanted to close the parent form after a button was clicked, the following is the code I used:// In the child form, create an event…
Rich ajax applications that do not break if javascript is disabled.
This is a great solution for dealing with checking whether the clients browser has JavaScript enabled/disabled, and then coping with either scenario:Rich ajax applications that do not break if javascript…
“System.OutOfMemoryException: Out of memory” When using Image.FromFile(imageFile)
When I was populating an System.Drawing.Image object from a folder of images I revceived the following error message:"System.OutOfMemoryException: Out of memory"At first I thought I had a very large image…
Cross Browser Support for DOM Events
Firefox follows the DOM standard and passes an event object to each event listener, however has the global event: windows.event.Problem:I wanted to fire a piece of javascript after the user…
Multiline TextBox Maximum Character Validation
Maximum character validation on asp.net TextBox controls do not work, therefore a RegularExpressionValidator has to be used to make sure the maximum number of characters are not exceeded e.g.<asp:TextBox ID="tbAbstract"…
Strip HTML Tags from a String using Regular Expressionsâ
Whilst writing some code to search forum posts I had the reason to remove all HTML tags from the forum posts before I could do a valid phrase search. I…
Examples of Regular Expressions
Trim string in JavaScriptvar trimre='^s+|s+$'; // replace whitespacevar trimmedstring = string.replace(trimre,"");Check for a valid date format in JavaScriptvar re='^(d{1,2})/(d{1,2})/(d{4})$'; // dd/mm/yyyyif (!datestring.match(re)){ alert("Date" + datestring + " not in valid…
Creating a Banned Words Filter
I have a website with a user forum and content management system, where certain users (or anyone in the case of forums) can post to. I therefore had to create…