May 2008 Entries
LINQ goes so much further than just SQL and XML. Something like this is just why I love LINQ, a LINQ query on an ASP.NET ListView controls items. 1: Dim items = From lvi In AspNetListViewControl.Items _ 2: Where CType(lvi.FindControl("Drop... DropDownList).SelectedValue = someIntVar _ 3: Select lvi) Getting a ListViewItem's where the selected value of a DropDownList is set to the value I want. So simple, yet so powerful. The observant among you will notice that this is in VB.net, not my...
I was just about to blog about this, then I found this post while scanning the asp.net feed. Guy Barrette does a great job of summarising it. If your in a rush, the home page is: http://blogs.msdn.com/sourc... and you can download it from here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.... While in the link mode; I spotted this at the same time on Charlie Calvert's blog a quick list of keyboard shortcuts for VS2008 Technorati Tags: Microsoft Source...
Although new to all this MOSS stuff I am getting stuck in with the Content Query Web Part (CQWP) and XSL. They are a pretty powerful combination, but pretty soon I could see how this could become slightly wild and considering ListStyles.xsl is an "out of the box" file, getting crazy with custom files could become more of a problem than simply a huge file. Check out these two posts on how to manage custom styles. 1. Liam (Sharepoint MVP here in the UK) posts about editing the ListStyles.xsl, but only...