Web Developer Tips : VS2008

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 #69: Did you know…The keyboard shortcut for View in Browser?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:27:35 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #68 Did you know… How simple it is to attach an existing style sheet to your web page?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:19:01 GMT

Open an existing web site in VWD. Open the page by double clicking on it in solution explorer to which you want to attach the existing style sheet in your web site. Now, switch to Design View of the page and bring up Select Style Sheet dialog by clicking...(read more)

Tip #61: Did you know… How to create an ASP.Net Dynamic Data Web Site?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:54:22 GMT

If your web site is heavily data driven then here is a quick and easy way for you to create one without writing much code. All you need is Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express SP1 installed on your box. Dynamic Data Web Sites makes...(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 #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 #33: Did you know… How to create Nested Master Pages using VS 2008?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:26:16 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #32: Did you know... How to easily create your own project templates?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:22:00 GMT

Visual Studio makes it very easy to create item and project templates with the Export Template Wizard. Open the wizard by selecting Export Template... from the file menu. Note: For this tip I am using the Jobs Site Starter Kit . After selecting Export...(read more)

Tip # 30: Did you know... Ajax Extender controls UI behaves differently in VS 2008 than in VS 2005

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:12:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #29: Did you know… How to enable Edit and Continue feature for Web Application Projects?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:06:59 GMT

If you want to edit your WAPs while debugging them, here is how you do it: 1. Check the “ Enable Edit and Continue ” checkbox in the Web Properties page. 2. Check the “ Enable Edit and Continue ” checkbox under Tools->Options->Debugging->Edit...(read more)