The very next day after I wrote my original post on using 3rd-party controls, the EntitySpaces team announced that they would no longer continue the framework and would make it open source by the end of 2012. Yikes! Now what? I have 2 choices - do nothing with my existing code and continue to use … Continue reading Should You Use 3rd-Party Controls and Frameworks? – Follow-Up
Author: Jim McMullen
Should You Use 3rd-Party Controls and Frameworks?
When you first start programming in a language, be it .NET, PHP, JAVA, or whatever, you tend to stick with the built in functions and controls. This makes sense, because you are learning how it works, what its strengths are, and where its limitations will trip you up. But every programmer at some point will … Continue reading Should You Use 3rd-Party Controls and Frameworks?
How To Edit a Record in an ASPxGridView Bound to EntitySpaces’ esDataSource that Uses a Join
The Situation: You get an error when you try to save edits to a record in a DevExpress ASPxGridView. The grid view is bound to an EntitySpaces esDataSource, which is populated using EntitySpaces dynamic query functionality. The ES dynamic query syntax allows you to use joins between entities like this (actual code from one of … Continue reading How To Edit a Record in an ASPxGridView Bound to EntitySpaces’ esDataSource that Uses a Join
How to get the value from a GridView column on RowDeleting
The Situation: You need to get the value of one of the columns in the row you are deleting in a GridView to do some processing before the row is deleted. A Solution: When using the RowDeleting method, you cannot use e.Row.Cells[1].Controls[1] to get the control in that cell like you can in the RowCreated … Continue reading How to get the value from a GridView column on RowDeleting
How to Get the Name of the Current Folder from the URL
The Situation: You need to get the name of the current page request folder from the URL. A Solution: Use this method:
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