November 2008 - Posts

• NIMTUG - The Best of the PDC

  The next NIMTUG event has been annouced.. registration for the event can be found using the link below. http://nimtug.org/events/61/default.aspx  Summary Didn’t make it to the PDC in Los Angeles this year? Feeling overwhelmed by all the developments and announcements that went on that week? You’re not alone! Come join NIMTUG for rePDC, and you’ll learn all about the best of the best including Azure, Windows 7, Oslo the modelling platform, the new Silverlight Toolkit, Windows Live Framework announcements, OpenID support, VS2010 and .NET 4.0 and much more. We’ll have a look at what’s available now from the new platforms and where and how to get started. Details Monday, 01 Dec 2008, 19:30 to 21:30 Cost: Free Contact: admin@nimtug.org Note: There will be a reception after the event Location Wellington Park Hotel http://www.wellingtonparkhotel.com 21 Malone Road Belfast BT9 6RU Posted Nov 26 2008, 03:45 by Stuart Manning with no comments Filed under: Belfast, NIMTUG, PDC

• Uploading Large Files - IIS 7

  Haveing a problem with large file uploads on IIS7. Are you finding that regardless of what you do the  <httpRuntime> setting are being ignored? Well I did and here's the anser - thanks to a Telerik article. Note that this does not require the "RadUpload" component to work - as featured in the  original article. http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/upload_uploadinglargefiles.html [Web.config] Web.config settings for 100MB and 1 hour <configuration> ... <system. web>   <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="102400" executionTimeout= "3600" />   ... </system .web> </configuration>   Settings for IIS7 Add these lines in the web.config file: [Web.config] maxAllowedContentLength attribute for IIS7  <system.webServer> ...    <security >      <requestFiltering>        <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1024000000" />      </requestFiltering>    </security> </system.webServer> Open the file C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config and find the line:    Set the overrideModeDefault property to Allow. <section name="requestFiltering" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />     Posted Nov 14 2008, 09:42 by Stuart Manning with no comments Filed under: ASP.NET, upload, large file upload

• Google GeoCoder for ASP.NET C# - Latitude, Longitude, Address & Reverse GeoCode

  Google GeoCoder for ASP.NET C# is a sample code example for look up an address and return the latitude and longitude. Reverse look-up can be achieved by clicking on the map. Demo [using MicrosoftAjax.js] Demo [using JQuery] Download Source @ CodePlex http://www.codeplex.com/GoogleGeoCoder         Posted Nov 07 2008, 02:30 by Stuart Manning with no comments Filed under: AJAX, ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Javascript, Client Side Library, C#, Google Geocoding, Reverse Geocoding