Simple but Effective ToDoList

I was looking for some ToDoList kind of tool throuhg which i could manage my daily work items and keep it organized, as OutLook seems to be an options but it is an heavy and expensive for Home PC.

After long search i found this ToDoList created by Dan.G, it live beyond my expectation and it is an Open Source project so you will find lot of add-ins in CodeProject.

Check this link for more information.

ViewState Management

Couple of time i had faced issues of Page Loading due to ViewState length.

I could not survive w/o ViewState but i could not retain ViewState length too, so what to do. After so much R&D i found two options first is either Compress viewstate or Change ViewState medium.

Checkout this link which solved my both options into one shot.

Images from SQL Server database in ASP.NET DataGrid

Here it goes...

Create a Table in SQL DB as follows
Images ( imgid int IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL , imgdata image NULL)

Create a asp.net web page with DataGrid and databound with this table results
(make image as template column) add a img tag with this url "imagedatapipe.aspx?id=" Binder... (ID) in page load of this imagedatapipe page..

con.Open()
Dim dr As SqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
dr.Read()
Dim bindata() As Byte = dr.GetValue(1)
Response.BinaryWrite(bindata)

(MAKE SURE imagedatapipe PAGE IS BLANK AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY DATA -
optionaly u can clear response stream and Dont forget to add few data in table :)

SqlWhereBuilder ASP.NET Server Control

A user interface web control for building conditions suitable for use in a SQL statement.

Spell CHecker

SpellCheckers?? i guess everybody have used this handy tool in Word but what if if you can use such a tool in web development, and even using Web Services?? Just check it out this link and enjoy SpellCheck.