Web Developer Tips : Deepak Verma

Tip#97: Did you know… How to Display Hidden Information in Design View

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:20:01 GMT

The design view in Visual Studio can display glyphs and borders for the hidden non - graphic elements (such as div, span, form, and script elements). This feature helps you to see where the elements are and avoid inadvertently deleting the non-graphic...(read more)

Tip #92: Did you know … How to select a master page using 'Select a Master Page' dialog?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:02:20 GMT

Master page for a Web form can always be set manually in the source code, but here is an option to select the master page while create the webform using the 'Select a Master Page' dialog. The path to select a Master page using the 'Select a master page...(read more)

Tip #82: Did you know... How to migrate Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Project to Visual Studio 2008

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:32:56 GMT

Following steps highlight how a Visual Studio 2005 Web application project can be migrated to Visual Studio 2008. Take backup of the original project Open Visual Studio 2008 Click File -> Open Project and browse to the folder to open the project You...(read more)

Tip #75: Did you know…How to maintain scrollposition after post back?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:43:04 GMT

When web pages are posted back to the server, by default user is returned to the top of the page. On a large web page, you might have a requirement to scroll down the user automatically to the last position on the page. MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack...(read more)

Tip #73: Did you know... about IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:40:33 GMT

IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta – is a free toolkit that helps Web developers, hosting providers, and server administrators improve their sites’ relevance in search results by recommending how to make them more search engine-friendly...(read more)

Tip#66: Did you know... how to insert quotes values automatically while typing the attrib values?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:53:34 GMT

It's a nice time saver if you would like the HTML editor to automatically add quotes for the attribute values while you are typing. To set this option select Tools->Options. Check Show all settings. From the left pane select Text Editor -> HTML...(read more)

Tip#62: Did you know… How to add Ajax Control Toolkit to the toolbox?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:58:51 GMT

Steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 3.5 SP1 Steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 2.0 Ajax Control Toolkit for Framework 3.5 SP1 Following are the steps to add Ajax Control Toolkit to the toolbox for ASP.NET 3.5 webs in Visual Studio...(read more)

Tip#57: Did you know… How to manage web site configuration through a web interface

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:37:10 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip # 53: Did you know... How to edit the templates for gridview in VS designer?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:44:04 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #49 Did you know… how to set the editor to always place open braces on new line for functions in JScript?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:24:01 GMT

In Visual Studio, click Tools -> Options. In the Options dialog on the left pane select Text editor -> JScript -> Formatting. Check Place open brace on new line for functions. Deepak Verma SDET | Visual Web Developer...(read more)

Tip #45: Did you know…How to change the DynamicData folder location?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:29:05 GMT

ASP.NET Dynamic Data is a framework that lets you create data-driven ASP.NET Web applications easily. It does this by automatically discovering data-model metadata at run time and deriving UI behavior from it. By default for a Dynamic data Web Application...(read more)

Tip #40: Did you know…How to scope master pages?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:50:08 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #37: Did you know…How to organize usings?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:28:52 GMT

Overtime C# source code files may have unnecessary & unorganized using directives. Visual Studio IDE organize using options can help you to unclutter the source code. To organize the C# code right click anywhere inside the code editor, select Organize...(read more)

Tip #35: Did you know…How to add Intellisense from script libraries for JS files?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:50:08 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #22: Did you know…How to improve performance of Page and Server Control Processing?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:49:47 GMT

Avoid unnecessary round trips to the server - You can use ASP.NET Ajax and partial page rendering. To get more information, see partial page rendering overview and ASP.Net Ajax . Use the Page object's IsPostBack property to avoid unnecessary processing...(read more)