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  Vertical Centering with CSS According to http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center.en.html#vertical CSS level 2 doesn’t have a property for centering things vertically. There will probably be one in CSS level 3. But even in CSS2 you can center blocks vertically, by combining a few properties. The trick is to specify that the outer block is to be formatted as a table cell, because [...]... 03-08-2012, 16:50 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Centering, ClipFlair, CSS, HowTo, Layout, Links, Posts, Vertical

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  ASP.net WebPartZone skins and CSS I was just examining a MonoX portal skin that our designer is authoring for the ClipFlair platform and noticed that in the Default.skin file, there’s a note pointing to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911717 that speaks of an issue with Microsoft’s implementation of WebPartZone skins: There it says: The CssClass property does not affect the following style objects: •The [...]... 03-08-2012, 15:59 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: ASP.net, ClipFlair, CSS, Posts, Skins, Styles, WebPart, WebPartZone

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  HowTo: Remove Babylon search from Mozilla Firefox address bar Babylon Search is one of the most abusive addons for Mozilla Firefox and other web browsers. It installs with other free software (most probably profiting from tracking your searching habits) and then it is quite hard even for experienced users to completely uninstall it. While maintaining other computers in the past I’ve used a combination [...]... 03-08-2012, 15:07 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Addon, Babylon, Fix, HowTo, Posts, Privacy, Search, Security

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  How to transfer a domain name from Network Solutions registrar Some time ago I gave up on OneStop.net (after their support fell into zombie status and they managed to let my domain name expire) and eventually managed to arrange with the Network Solutions registrar that they were using under the hood to renew my expired domain name (there is some time before it is available [...]... 26-07-2012, 14:47 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: DNS, HowTo, Network Solutions, Posts, Registrar, Transfer

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  Privacy Policy Generator For those of you that built Windows 8 applications one thing you’ll find out (probably the hard way as I did) is that you’ll need a Privacy Policy in order to publish your app to the Windows 8 app store. So if you don’t currently have those legal documents Termsfeed will come very handy as [...]... 23-07-2012, 12:25 από Κ# on Cloud στο K# Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Great Sites, Windows 8

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  Icons for metro UIs If you’re into metro development (windows phone or Windows 8) I’m sure you’ll appreciate another set of cool mono-colored very simplistic yet beautiful icons. iconmonstr offers a set which includes over 600 items with multiple variations for almost each element. Icons are mostly focused for web apps as most of them are actions, charts, badges [...]... 23-07-2012, 11:54 από Κ# on Cloud στο K# Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows 8, WP7, WPF

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  Gotcha: Silverlight’s Uri class constructor eats up part after last slash Via trial and error, I recently found out that when creating a Uri combining another Uri and a suffix part (tried at Silverlight, but I guess it’s a .NET issue in general), it eats up the last part of the (first) Uri if it doesn’t end with "/". That is, if you combine http://test.com/a with [...]... 22-07-2012, 22:54 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, ClipFlair, Gotcha, Posts, Silverlight, Uri, URL, Workarround

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  Using THROW statement in SQL Server 2012 In this post I would like to demonstrate with a hands-on example how to use the new THROW statement available to us for error handling in SQL Server 2012. Well, most of you know that we have TRY-CATCH statements for exception handling since SQL Server 2005.I have blogged about error handling and exceptions in this post. ( read more )... 20-07-2012, 22:39 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Looking into new and enhanced DMVs and DMFs in SQL Server 2012 In this post I would like to demonstrate with a few examples how to use the new DMOs (Dynamic Management Objects – DMVs & DMFs) that are available to us with the RTM version of SQL Server 2012.Some of them were present in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 but I do not know how many people have noticed their existence. ( read more )... 20-07-2012, 16:39 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Using Page Restore in SQL Server 2012 using SSMS In this post I would like to provide you with a hands-on example on how to perform a Page Restore using the SSMS in SQL Server 2012.We could perform page restores in SQL Server 2005/2008 (with T-SQL ) but in SQL Server 2012 we have SSMS UI support for the Page Restore operation.The Page Restore operation is intended for repairing isolated damaged pages. ( read more )... 19-07-2012, 13:11 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Stored procedure compilation and caching In this post I will explain when the actual caching (the stored procedure is placed in the procedure cache ) takes place. Many people think that the execution plan of a stored procedure is cached in the procedure cache when the stored procedure is created. That is a mistake.( read more )... 17-07-2012, 05:13 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Using T-SQL Functions in the WHERE clause of query In this post Ι would like to demonstrate with a hands-on example the negative performance implications when using built-in or user defined functions in a WHERE statement of a SQL query. ( read more )... 16-07-2012, 21:54 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Using SQL Space Map In this rather short post , I would like to talk about a very handy and easy to use tool (SQL Space Map) that makes it very easy to identify space utilisation for a particular database in our SQL Server instance. ( read more )... 16-07-2012, 19:11 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Using SQL Server 2012 Performance Dashboard Reports In this post I would like to talk about various reports ( SQL Server 2012 Performance Dashboard Reports ) that are available to us (through Microsoft Download) and their purpose is to give us an overview of the overall performance of an SQL Server instance.Basically they can help us identify where bottlenecks (CPU,IO) can be found.These reports identify where blocking occurs (waits-latches).You do not have to install SQL Server Reporting Services in order to use these reports.They retrieve all the data they present us through DMVs. ( read more )... 16-07-2012, 19:10 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Fast Multidimensional Filtering for Coordinated Views Crossfilter is a JavaScript library for exploring large multivariate datasets in the browser. Crossfilter supports extremely fast (<30ms) interaction with coordinated views, even with datasets containing a million or more records; Since most interactions only involve a single dimension, and then only small adjustments are made to the filter values, incremental filtering and reducing is [...]... 16-07-2012, 16:25 από Κ# on Cloud στο K# Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Tools, Web

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  Looking into Concat string function in SQL Server 2012 I will be writing a new series of posts about the new T-SQL functions that are available to us in SQL Server 2012. In this rather sort post I will demonstrate with hands-on examples how to use the new string function,CONCAT(). ( read more )... 16-07-2012, 03:03 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Looking into the new conversion functions in SQL Server 2012 I will be writing a new series of posts about the new T-SQL functions that are available to us in SQL Server 2012. In this rather sort post I will demonstrate with a hands-on examples how to use 3 new conversion functions in SQL Server 2012, PARSE, TRY_CONVERT and TRY_PARSE.( read more )... 15-07-2012, 04:01 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Looking into IIF and CHOOSE SQL Server 2012 logical functions I will be writing a new series of posts about the new T-SQL functions that are available to us in SQL Server 2012. In this rather sort post I will demonstrate with a hands-on examples how to use 2 new logical functions in SQL Server 2012, CHOOSE and IIF. ( read more )... 15-07-2012, 00:16 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Fix: The tag ‘TimeUpDown’ does not exist in XML namespace (Silverlight Toolkit) If you use TimeUpDown control from Silverlight Toolkit in your XAML like below (copy pasting from CaptionGrid at ClipFlair source): <ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" > <DataTemplate x:Key="StartTimeCellTemplate"> <TextBlock Margin="4" Text="{Binding Begin}" /> </DataTemplate> <DataTemplate x:Key="StartTimeCellEditTemplate"> <!-- <TextBox Margin="4" Text="{Binding Begin, Mode=TwoWay, ValidatesOnExceptions=True, NotifyOnValidationError=true}" /> --> <input:TimeUpDown Format="hh:mm:ss" Value="{Binding Begin, Mode=TwoWay, ValidatesOnExceptions=True, NotifyOnValidationError=true}" /> </DataTemplate> … </ResourceDictionary> [...]... 14-07-2012, 19:59 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, ClipFlair, Controls, DLL, Errors, Fix, Posts, Reference, Silverlight, TimeUpDown, Toolkit, XAML

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  Ιnstalling a named instance of SQL Server 2012 In this post I will demonstrate how to install SQL Server 2012 in your machine. I had no intention of writing such a post but I installed SQL Server 2012 Developer edition a few weeks back in my Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 laptop and it worked just fine.Then I thought it would be a good idea to write a post like that since a lot of people install the latest version of SQL Server. ( read more )... 14-07-2012, 16:47 από το μέλος nikolaosk στο Dot Net Rules

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  Set default document for IIS via web.config at Silverlight Web project When you tell the Visual Studio IDE to generate a web project (instead of just using an autogenerated page) for a Silverlight project, it creates a project named SilverlightAppName.Web with a SilverlightAppNameTestPage.aspx (ASP.net) and an SilverlightAppNameTestPage.html. Either one can be served from a web server (obviously the .aspx one from IIS or any web server [...]... 13-07-2012, 16:29 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, ClipFlair, Configuration, HTTP, IIS, Launch, Posts, Silverlight, Web

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  How to crash Visual Studio 2010 via (Silverlight) XAML recursion bug Following up on a note about Visual Studio 2010 crashing at my previous post, this is the XAML that crashes VS2010 when opened up in a Silverlight project: <UserControl x:Class="SilverlightApplication1.MainPage"   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"   xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"   xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"   xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"   mc:Ignorable="d"   d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">   <UserControl.Resources>     <ResourceDictionary>        <Style x:Key="MyStyle" TargetType="StackPanel">          <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,5,0,5" [...]... 12-07-2012, 16:42 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, ClipFlair, Errors, Fail, Posts, Recursion, Silverlight, Styles, VisualStudio, XAML

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  How to space StackPanel items in XAML (has no Padding property) While adding some properties to the back panels of ClipFlair windows, I came upon the issue of how to space items in a StackPanel. A Padding property is missing from multiple item containers (only single content controls have such), but a nice solution is described at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/932510/how-do-i-space-out-the-child-elements-of-a-stackpanel Sergey Aldoukhov suggested there (WPF example): Use Margin [...]... 11-07-2012, 13:34 από George Birbilis @zoomicon στο George Birbilis' blog Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, ClipFlair, HowTo, Layout, Margin, Padding, Posts, Silverlight, StackPanel, WPF, XAML

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  Welcome to a more beautiful web ... 10-07-2012, 13:43 από Κ# on Cloud στο K# Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Internet Explorer

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  TechEd 2012 wrap up Last week I attended TechEd Europe 2012 held in Amsterdam. This was my 6th TechEd but my first time in Amsterdam and the experience was, as always, great. Although there weren’t any announcements (the announcements were made earlier this month) most of the content presented had something new to teach, a small surprise for every [...]... 09-07-2012, 00:07 από Κ# on Cloud στο K# Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Events, Microsoft, TechEd