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__doPostBack not available?

In trying to implement some new functionality to our product, I came across the need to create a postback myself through javascript. This is not new to our application, so I used a similar javascript function to prompt the user and fire a postback if required. However, I was getting some javascript null [...]

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No more “shoot first” development…

Prior to my current position, most of the development I did was of the “shoot first, ask questions later” style. In other words, people would request a feature with no detail other than “I think it should do this.” I would go off on my merry way and code the feature: design specifications [...]

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New look, same old content.

I like the simplicity of the new theme for this site. The name is WinterDay by Kristin K. Wangen. Despite the three column layout, there are three sidebar setups instead of two. The first sidebar sits atop the two other sidebars, creating some real estate for my twittering feed and side blog [...]

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Theme hunting

I have little to no desire to keep the look of this site consistent. Granted, I’ve been using my current theme for at least a year. But I’ve found some interesting new services in twitter and imified that really makes me want to add more “live” content to this blog in the form [...]

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I’ll need to see some ID please.

I’ve been working on creating a copy of one of our windows dialogs in our web application. The dialog is fairly complex, with a tree on the left that controls the navigation of panels on the right. For the web, our implementation choice was essentially a tree control on the left and an [...]

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