May 31, 2009
Ctrl +Shift+W does the trick for you. This short cut is mentioned under File Menu -> View in Browser . So if you are still using Select File -> Right click for context menu and then selecting View in Browser as shown below, you may want to start...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioCSS and HTMLDevelopmentASP.NETReshmi MangaloreVSTSVisual Studio 2008 SP1Shortcuts
Apr 28, 2009
The Web Site Administration Tool provides a web interface for you to manage different web site configuration settings. To launch the tool, for Web Application Project click Project-> ASP.Net Configuration & for Websites, click Website-> ASP...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008tips and tricksASP.NETDeepak VermaVisual Studio 2008 SP1
Apr 22, 2009
Gridview control has the flexibility to be configured how it's rendered using templates. Following steps show how the control's edit template can be changed in the Visual Studio Designer. I have a GridView hooked up to Sqldatasource using Northwind.products...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008tips and tricksDesignerASP.NETDeepak VermaData
Dec 31, 2008
Master page is a template page that can be used to create a consistent layout for your application. First you create a master page to define the look & feel of the application and then you create the content pages that contains the content. You can...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008tips and tricksASP.NETDeepak VermaMaster Pages
Dec 16, 2008
Here is an example to add intellisense for JS files in VS 2008. So, you have two Javascript files Jscript1.js with the following code function validateForm() { } and Jscript2.js (wherein you want current JScript file to show intellisense including objects...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008tips and tricksVisual StudioASP.NETDeepak VermaAjax
Dec 05, 2008
VS 2008 and VWD 2008 both support Nested Master Pages which means you can have a Base Master page which would cater to the whole site and then you can further customize these Base Master Pages. Here is how you do it: 1. Create a BaseMasterPage.master...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksVisual StudioASP.NETVSTS
Nov 26, 2008
In VS 2005, you can drag and drop an extender control anywhere on the design surface. However, in VS 2008, you can drop an extender only on an ASP control which the extender can extend its functionality. When you drag an extender and hover it over a control...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerASP.NETVSTSAjax
Nov 21, 2008
If you are taking advantage of the App_Code folder to develop an ASP.NET WebSite some times you need to use code files that are written in different .NET languages. For example, you may want to use C# files and VB.NET files in the same web site: To be...
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