Receive VSTricks Notifications via SMS on your Phone

January 16, 2009 by

Did you know the Visual Studio Video tricks are mobile enabled.

Try it — Browse to http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/002 on your phone, and see what happens. It’s actually a different video that plays, with a really nice zooming and panning effect, so it’s nicely formatted for the small screen.

Now you can start getting notifications on your mobile phone (100%) when Visual Studio tricks are posted.

Just send a text message to 40404 with the phase: Follow VSTricks

That’s it. When I announce new visual studio tricks, you will get a message on your phone, with a link to play the video, right on your phone. This is great for commuters.

Be forewarned that Video and SMS are charged extra from your carrier, so use this feature carefully.

This service is sent to you from Twitter. If you already have a twitter account great, if not, that’s great also. You will not need to sign up for anything online, or do any accounts, or anything. Just send a text message to 40404 with the phase: Follow VSTricks and it’ll start working from that point forward. You will not get all the old messages that were already sent out.

Expect to receive 5-10 tricks a week, and you can stop at anytime by sending Leave VSTricks to the same number 40404.

Filed Under: VSTricks

Windows 7 In Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Machine Additions

January 15, 2009 by

I just installed my 3rd version of Windows7 (this time into a VPC Image) and I remember hearing online that there was a problem with Win7 running in VirtualPC2007. Something about the Virtual Machine Additions causing a blue screen on startup.

A quick search found this post, and in the comments I noticed the solution.

Update Virtual PC2007 to SP1. I didn’t even know there was an SP1 for Virtual PC, and maybe you didn’t either. I was running 6.0.156.0 (the old version). Check your VPC Version (Help|About) and make sure you’re updated to 6.0.192.0, and the Virtual Machine Additions should load and run fine in your Windows 7 VPC.

 

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Filed Under: Technology

Presenting AJAX Client Templates from ASP.NET v4 Preview

January 15, 2009 by

Tonight (Jan 13, 2008 5:30-8pm) at the Arizona.net User Group, I’ll be presenting AJAX client templates currently available in the ASP.NET v4 Preview hosted on CodePlex.

Below is a quick code sample to wet your appetite.

C# / Service – Not really relevant to the call, but it’s where the data comes from

   1: [WebMethod]
   2: public List<Product> GetProducts()
   3: {
   4:     return GetProductsByOrderId(0);;
   5: }
   6:  
   7: [WebMethod]
   8: public List<Product> GetProductsByOrderId(int orderId)
   9: {
  10:     var productList = new List<Product>();
  11:     using (var adapter = new ProductsTableAdapter())
  12:     {
  13:         Northwind.ProductsDataTable products = null;
  14:         products = orderId > 0 ? adapter.GetDataByProductId(orderId) : adapter.GetData();
  15:         
  16:         foreach (var row in products)
  17:         {
  18:             productList.Add(new Product() { 
  19:                 Name = row["ProductName"].ToString(), 
  20:                 Id = (int) row["ProductId"]
  21:             });
  22:         }
  23:     }
  24:     return productList;
  25: }

ASPX Page

   1: <%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Common/WebSiteMaster.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="A_Templates.aspx.cs" Inherits="ScottCateAjax2008.Lesson10.A_Templates" %>  
   2: <asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">  
   3:   
   4: <asp:ScriptManager id="SM1" runat="server">  
   5:     <Scripts>  
   6:         <asp:ScriptReference ScriptMode="Debug" Path="~/Common/Scripts/ASPNET4Preview3/MicrosoftAjaxTemplates.js"  />  
   7:         <asp:ScriptReference Path="~/Lesson10/A_Templates.aspx.js" />  
   8:     </Scripts>  
   9:     <Services>  
  10:         <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/Services/NorthwindService.asmx" />  
  11:     </Services>  
  12: </asp:ScriptManager>  
  13:     
  14:     <h1>ASP.NET 4.0 - Templates</h1>  
  15:   
  16:     <table id="products" border="1" class="sys-template">  
  17:         <tr>  
  18:             <td>{{ Id }}</td>  
  19:             <td>{{ Name }}</td>  
  20:         </tr>  
  21:     </table>  
  22:   
  23: </asp:Content>

JavaScript

   1: function pageLoad() {   
   2:     ScottCateAjax2008.Services.NorthwindService.GetProducts(goGetProducts_Callback, errorCallback);   
   3: }   
   4:   
   5: function goGetProducts_Callback(results) {   
   6:     var products = $create(Sys.UI.DataView, {}, {}, {}, $get("products"));   
   7:     products.set_data(results);   
   8: }   
   9:        
  10: function errorCallback(error) {   
  11:     alert(error);   
  12: }

Outcome

imageArizona.net User Group, I’ll be presenting AJAX client templates currently available in the ASP.NET v4 Preview hosted on CodePlex.

Below is a quick code sample to wet your appetite.

C# / Service – Not really relevant to the call, but it’s where the data comes from

   1: [WebMethod]
   2: public List<Product> GetProducts()
   3: {
   4:     return GetProductsByOrderId(0);;
   5: }
   6:  
   7: [WebMethod]
   8: public List<Product> GetProductsByOrderId(int orderId)
   9: {
  10:     var productList = new List<Product>();
  11:     using (var adapter = new ProductsTableAdapter())
  12:     {
  13:         Northwind.ProductsDataTable products = null;
  14:         products = orderId > 0 ? adapter.GetDataByProductId(orderId) : adapter.GetData();
  15:         
  16:         foreach (var row in products)
  17:         {
  18:             productList.Add(new Product() { 
  19:                 Name = row["ProductName"].ToString(), 
  20:                 Id = (int) row["ProductId"]
  21:             });
  22:         }
  23:     }
  24:     return productList;
  25: }

ASPX Page

   1: <%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Common/WebSiteMaster.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="A_Templates.aspx.cs" Inherits="ScottCateAjax2008.Lesson10.A_Templates" %>  
   2: <asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">  
   3:   
   4: <asp:ScriptManager id="SM1" runat="server">  
   5:     <Scripts>  
   6:         <asp:ScriptReference ScriptMode="Debug" Path="~/Common/Scripts/ASPNET4Preview3/MicrosoftAjaxTemplates.js"  />  
   7:         <asp:ScriptReference Path="~/Lesson10/A_Templates.aspx.js" />  
   8:     </Scripts>  
   9:     <Services>  
  10:         <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/Services/NorthwindService.asmx" />  
  11:     </Services>  
  12: </asp:ScriptManager>  
  13:     
  14:     <h1>ASP.NET 4.0 - Templates</h1>  
  15:   
  16:     <table id="products" border="1" class="sys-template">  
  17:         <tr>  
  18:             <td>{{ Id }}</td>  
  19:             <td>{{ Name }}</td>  
  20:         </tr>  
  21:     </table>  
  22:   
  23: </asp:Content>

JavaScript

   1: function pageLoad() {   
   2:     ScottCateAjax2008.Services.NorthwindService.GetProducts(goGetProducts_Callback, errorCallback);   
   3: }   
   4:   
   5: function goGetProducts_Callback(results) {   
   6:     var products = $create(Sys.UI.DataView, {}, {}, {}, $get("products"));   
   7:     products.set_data(results);   
   8: }   
   9:        
  10: function errorCallback(error) {   
  11:     alert(error);   
  12: }

Outcome

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Filed Under: Technology

GraffitiCMS Tip – Sorting Posts in a Category

January 10, 2009 by

I’m not sure if this is the only way – but I just figured out that Posts are displayed by a published date, which is not necessarily the order you enter them.

If you’re posts aren’t in the order you want them – look into modifying the published date.

Filed Under: Technology

https://scottcate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sc1.png

January 9, 2009 by

Thanks to a new Mobile theme, and a Mobile Theme selector from the GraffitiCMS Extras project on CodePlex, you should be able to hit this site, and read it pretty easily on your mobile device.

This is helpful, because I commonly post links back to the site from twitter, which you may be reading on your mobile phone.

Filed Under: Technology
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