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• Handling unexpected exceptions and tracing

  How to catch unhandled ASP.NET errors globally with Application_Error, log them via trace listeners, and stop leaking YSOD details to users.

  Donn Felker – April 1, 2007

• ASP.NET HOWTO: Enable Default Enter Button in ASP.NET 2.0

  How to make the Enter key submit an ASP.NET 2.0 form: set the HtmlForm's DefaultButton property instead of writing custom JavaScript.

  Donn Felker – March 29, 2007

• Overcomplicating simple things – ASP.NET AJAX Confirmation Button Extender

  The ASP.NET AJAX ConfirmButtonExtender does the same job as a one-line OnClientClick confirm() call, just with a lot more overhead.

  Donn Felker – March 28, 2007

• error CS0030: Cannot convert type (Login.master)

  CS0030 'cannot convert type' error after precompiling? Don't name your master page code-behind class Login - it collides with ASP.NET's own class.

  Donn Felker – March 27, 2007

• IIS 7 – This configuration section cannot be used at this path.

  Fixing IIS 7's 500.19 configuration lock error by changing overrideModeDefault to Allow in applicationHost.config, or unlocking it via appcmd.

  Donn Felker – March 26, 2007

• Using Excel to help with Data formatting (SQL Scripts)

  How to use Excel's LEFT, MID, RIGHT, and SEARCH functions to turn messy copy-pasted address data into ready-to-run SQL INSERT scripts.

  Donn Felker – March 23, 2007

• HOWTO: Build a Store Locator in ASP.NET

  A full ASP.NET store locator: geocoding addresses with the Google Maps API, a SQL distance calculation, and downloadable source code.

  Donn Felker – March 17, 2007

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  HOWTO: Debugging JavaScript using “debugger;”

  How to debug JavaScript inside Visual Studio using the debugger keyword, plus the Internet Explorer settings you need to flip to enable it.

  Donn Felker – March 15, 2007

• Notepad++ Shortcuts – Vista 64bit Update

  My old XP registry trick for launching Notepad++ by typing n broke on Vista x64, so here's the updated reg file plus shell integration.

  Donn Felker – March 14, 2007

• C# Google Geocode (Latitude and Longitude) Class

  A free C# class for geocoding US, Canadian, and European addresses into latitude and longitude using the Google Maps API, with code and download.

  Donn Felker – March 13, 2007

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  aspnet_wp.exe could not be started?

  Getting aspnet_wp.exe could not be started with error 80070545? Check which .NET Framework version is actually configured to run the app pool.

  Donn Felker – March 12, 2007

• Open Source .NET Wiki

  ScrewTurn Wiki is a GPL, medium-trust-friendly open source .NET 2.0 wiki that needs just IIS and one writable folder, no SQL Server required.

  Donn Felker – March 11, 2007