DotNetNuke 6 – Creating DotNetNuke styled forms
DotNetNuke 5 and 6 – Removing users permanently in code
I returned to serious DotNetNuke development this year after a gap of more than a couple of years probably. And I must say, I did not see much changes as far as the public API of DotNetNuke is concerned. Yes, there have been good UI changes, some new capabilities but...
Sql Server – Database names seem to be case-sensitive for Query Notification feature
In one of our Enterprise web application, we rely on Sql Server's Service Broker backed Query Notification feature a lot. Basically the database of that application is exposed to many other client-specific apps, and our app needs to respond to changes being made in...
ASP.NET MVC 4 – Convert an existing Web Application Project to Web Api project
I do not have much time to provide the background, suffice it should be to say that I decided to adopt ASP.NET 4.0 MVC Web Api in a major way today after being in evaluation mode for some days (4.0 MVC was still in Beta as I wrote this).And so I needed to convert my...
A simple VB like InputBox/Prompt function for PowerShell
In the last few weeks, I have written a good number of PowerShell scripts that accept input from the user in the form of traditional prompt boxes (e.g. in one situation, I needed the user to enter Sql connection string to execute custom actions against a database)....
Windows – Task Scheduler can start programs at system startup or user logon
Some weeks ago, I had installed BitVise's WinSSHD server on my primary SVN server machine to enable secure remote access. After the installation, I was noticing that WinSSHD's Control Panel would start up automatically when I login to the machine.This was not desired...
DotNetNuke – Allowed file extensions and File Manager module
We had recently upgraded a client site from DNN 4.x to DNN 6.x and refactored the site in a major way during the upgrade. One of the things involved as part of the upgrade was revamping the theme of the site.Some days ago, I got a message from the client requesting to...
CollabNet Subversion – Restricting user access to repositories
I have been using Subversion for version control for a good time now. And I use CollabNet's Subversion server for all in-house SVN repos. It has been only recently that a need arose to restrict access to repositories for my colleagues.Basically I needed to enable...
Connecting to SqlExpress over a secure SSH Tunnel
I am in the process of revamping server setups for my office as a part of which I am establishing different Windows servers for Sql Server Developer 2008, Sql Server Express and Svn Server. Considering that I often work late nights from my home as well as when I am...
Windows Firewall – opening/closing ports via command-line
I was today making some changes to a web application for a client hosted on a dedicated Win 2008 server. When I tried to connect using FTP to upload my changes to the web-server, I got a:Response: 425 Can't open data connection.Error: Failed to retrieve directory...
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