Category Archives: Programming

Wordwrapping Crystal Text Fields

Posted on January 21, 2009 by dale

Puting this up so that I don’t have to do as much head scratching next time around. To make a text field in a Crystal report wrap, Right Click the field, Select Format Object then tick the “Can Grow” field … Continue reading →

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AJAX Loading Gif Creator

Posted on January 20, 2009 by dale

If you use any AJAX based sites you’ve probably seen the spinning “loading” icons people use to indicate something is loading (like the one on the right). I’ve been looking for somewhere I can get one for a website I’m … Continue reading →

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Fog Creek’s new Offices.

Posted on January 16, 2009 by dale

I’m a long time reader of Joel on Software, going on +/- 5 years. I don’t always agree with his ideas and I don’t follow his every word, but he writes well and he does have a very successfull company … Continue reading →

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GridView DataFormatString not working in ASP.NET

Posted on January 15, 2009 by dale

Was scratching my head for a few minutes when a bound column in a grid in my ASP.Net page didn’t format correctly, for future reference and in case it can help some one here is the solution: Set your DataFormatString … Continue reading →

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XPathMania

Posted on January 15, 2009 by dale

Richard @ Owl Says Woot has a post about a tool called Visual XPath. I found a tool a while back called XPathMania its a plugin to Visual Studio 2005 (Don’t know if there is a 2008 version out yet.) … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio 2008 – Custom Tool Error with a Dataset in a Web Project

Posted on January 14, 2009 by dale

I’m busy tearing my hair out, I’ve got this problem in Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition (Not sure if it’s SP1 or not.). I’ve got a web project that I’ve created a dataset in and now want to add a … Continue reading →

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More demand for PHP Developers?

Posted on January 13, 2009 by dale

It’s interesting that it appears there are more jobs for Freelance PHP developers in Cape Town than there are for Freelance C# developers. I’m surprised by this because I assumed (incorrectly it appears) that there would be more PHP developers … Continue reading →

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What happens when the framework vanishes?

Posted on January 13, 2009 by dale

This is a response/comment to Richard’s blog entry about 3 Things to Learn from LINQ to SQL How many times have you done work based on a particular technology only to have it vanish or be completely incompatible in the … Continue reading →

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Owl Says Woot?

Posted on January 13, 2009 by dale

So this is a shout out post to some friends of mine… Richard (a friend in the UK at the moment) left a post on this site with a link to a website… I was curious, clicked it and suddenly … Continue reading →

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Writing WordPress Plugins

Posted on December 16, 2008 by dale

I’m currently working on a little side project that involves doing lots of customisations to WordPress. (What exactly I’m up too will have to remain a secret for the moment, sorry customers orders.) I’ve been working today on writing a … Continue reading →

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