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• The CheckedListBox Control: A Microsoft Blunder

  I'm developing a new .NET 3.5 winform application and in a preferences dialog there is a group of options that will be selected with checkboxes. I opened up the toolbox and started the cursor towards a GroupBox control when I noticed the newer CheckedListBox... Posted Oct 21 2009, 08:27 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Software, Code, .NET, Microsoft

• MS SQL Check If Column Exists

  The following SQL script checks if a certain column exists in a certain table, then prints some text to the output window. I'm getting into the best practice habit of creating SQL scripts that can be re-run without any errors and this is useful in... Posted Jul 08 2009, 10:38 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Script, Software, Code, SQL, Query

• SQL Replace Function on NTEXT Data

  Today I've made some changes to my hosted environment. I've decided to enforce my websites URL as always 'http://www.bunkerhollow.com' instead of 'http://bunkerhollow.com'. This will keep the URL the same whether I'm inside... Posted Jun 07 2009, 04:39 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Error, Script, Code, SQL

• Batch File (*.bat) Hide Console Window

  This won't work for all scenarios but it's quite easy and works well for what I need accomplished at the moment. All I need is a simple batch file to launch an application, like this: LaunchChrome.bat C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome... Posted Jun 05 2009, 01:39 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Windows, Script, Command, File, Code, Batch, Bat, Console

• AddThis Shares Your Content Quickly and Easily

  Check it out! AddThis allows you to add those nifty bookmark and share buttons to your website. The ones that allow you to publish content on Del.icio.us, Digg, Technorati, SlashDot, Google Bookmarks etc. So how great would it be to be able to copy and... Posted Jun 03 2009, 09:25 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Share, Web, Code, Development, Content

• WPF Application Hyperlink Examples

  WPF Browser Application Hyperlink <TextBlock> <Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://www.google.com">Click here!</Hyperlink> </TextBlock> WPF Application Hyperlink (must handle RequestNavigate if hyperlink is not in a page control... Posted May 10 2009, 08:41 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Software, Code, .NET, C#, WPF

• Automatically Reboot Comcast Cable Modem Script

  My Comcast cable modem freezes sometimes. If I lose internet access I'll take a look at the modem and usually the 'Send' light is flashing steadily and/or the 'Online' light is out. Rebooting the modem fixes the issue. The real problem... Posted May 02 2009, 10:12 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Comcast, Script, Software, Code, Linux, Cable, Bash, Shell, Ubuntu, Modem

• .NET Get Assembly Information (Title, Version, etc)

  I'm working on a new WPF application and I've started with the basics as usual; a menu bar, file, exit, help, and an about dialog box. But it's not going quick and easy, I'm surprised at how difficult it is to access the assembly information... Posted Apr 29 2009, 04:35 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Code, .NET, C#, Class, WPF

• File Append

  Lately I've been writing a ton of SQL scripts. I like to keep them separate for clarity but every release cycle I need to compile them into a single script for deployment. So far I've been doing it manually, but my latest release involved 20+... Posted Apr 24 2009, 01:48 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Software, Code, C#, Source, Open, WPF, Open Source

• MS SQL Loop Through Table Scripts

  At some point you may want to loop through every row in a table and perform operations based on the fields in each row. After a bit of investigation, I've found the 2 most common ways of doing it. Loop Through All Rows of a Table Using a Counter This... Posted Mar 10 2009, 10:24 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Script, Software, Code, SQL, Programming, Microsoft

• C# Strategy Pattern Custom Exception Class

  After implementing the Singleton pattern in my last post, I've gotten all jazzed up about software design patterns. I went out and purchased Head First Design Patterns and it's been a great read. So I've been looking for problems to implement... Posted Jan 24 2009, 05:00 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Code, C#, C, Sharp, Source, Patterns, Design, Strategy, Diagram, Class, Pattern

• C# Singleton Pattern Example

  The singleton pattern is a computer programming design pattern to limit the instantiation of a class to a single object. I've found this pattern useful just recently when creating a utility object to access codes, lists, and filters common to all... Posted Jan 07 2009, 02:48 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Software, Code, C#, Programming, Patterns, Design

• Free ASP.NET Tools

  I just found a great resource and I wanted to preserve the link for future reference. I'll be downloading and testing the ASP.NET Membership Control tonight and I might try out the CAPTCHA some other time. http://peterkellner.net/download-manager... Posted Aug 04 2008, 06:10 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Code, ASP.NET

• CSS Broken HyperLink Style Mystery Solved

  CSS A:HOVER STYLE MUST BE LAST! Stuff like this just kills me. This is the sort of thing will someday cause someone a serious meltdown . If you're creating custom CSS classes with hyperlink styles like this: .MyLink a:link { color:Green; text-decoration... Posted Jul 12 2008, 07:12 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Code, CSS

• HTML Re-Direct Code Snippet

  I needed to re-direct users automatically to a virtual directory when they connected to the root so I saved the following HTML as index.htm and placed it in the root folder: <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;... Posted Nov 13 2007, 12:36 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Code, HTML, Snippet