Detecting the Silverlight version installed on a client machine isn’t entirely straightforward. To do so, one has to use Javascript. Unfortunately even though Microsoft ships a Silverlight.js in the Silverlight SDK, this script only has the ability to tell whether a specific version is supported on the client’s machine; it does not support returning the [...]
As the holiday season is close I was looking for a way of sending a simple, yet nice animated Christmas card to friends. I wasn’t looking for one of the many popular sites offering e-card sending, instead I wanted something I could somewhat customize, put on my server and send the link to friends and [...]
As far as I’ve known if the ClientID of a server control looked someting like this: ctl00_WebPartManager1_184c801b_7c67_4967_be37_3ab10406f967_ctl00_linkVote1 . Then the name sent on postback (which identified the control on the server side) was: ctl00$WebPartManager1$184c801b$7c67$4967$be37$3ab10406f967$ctl00$linkVote1 . But since some time the _ to $ conversion is not true any more. Instead the _ signs are randomly [...]
Recently I’ve been in need to create use a tree control that is capable of doing the following: – Displays tree items – Branches can be opened to see children – The tree is dynamically built to minimize server load I was sure that there are plenty of solutions out there that I could use. [...]
