Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Boot Strap Search Box with glyphicon glypicon-search

Adding to Code Library OPEN SOURCE

<div class="row">
    <div class="container">
        <div class="col-md-offset-3 col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                <div class="input-group">
                  <span class="input-group-btn">
                      <input type="text" id="txtGlobalSearch" class="form-control" placeholder="Search Site..." onkeypress="return submitglobal(this, event);"/>
                      <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" runat="server" onclick="GlobalSearch(); return false;"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span></button>
                  </span>
                </div><!-- /input-group -->
          </div><!-- /.col-md-12 -->
        </div><!-- Container -->
</div><!-- Row -->

Monday, July 06, 2015

Caching --- How to ensure you optimize

IIS, Optimising Performance, 304 status codes, and one stupid browser…

How to prevent 304 responses and be sure to know that Chrome acts different with DEV tools --- Great article by Terry Brown... http://idisposable.co.uk/2011/03/iis-optimising-performance-304-status-codes-and-one-stupid-browser/#comment-2119464518

Note when use the Chrome Developer tools looks at two columns ---

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

What is the difference between ByVal and ByRef?

Xiaoyun Li MSFT answers ---

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/vstudio/en-US/07b9d3b9-5658-49ed-9218-005564e8209e/what-is-the-difference-between-byval-and-byref

When you write a subroutine or function, you can pass variables from your main code to that subroutine or function.

If you want to pass the value of the variable, use the ByVal syntax. By passing the value of the variable instead of a reference to the variable, any changes to the variable made by code in the subroutine or function will not be passed back to the main code. This is the default passing mechanism when you don’t decorate the parameters by using ByVal or ByRef.

If you want to change the value of the variable in the subroutine or function and pass the revised value back to the main code, use the ByRef syntax. This passes the reference to the variable and allows its value to be changed and passed back to the main code.

For more information about passing Arguments by Value and by Reference, please refer to MSDN document:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ddck1z30.aspx

C# ---

.NET Coding: Argument as ByRef (ref in C#) or ByVal (default in C#)

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Delete Cookies in Chrome

Go to - chrome://settings/cookies

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

HTML 4 - HTML DOC TYPE

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

Thursday, June 04, 2015

Time Span Check for Store Hours to show... Using a .NET Literal Control

I have done this countless times, but senior moments are happening.

Const timeHourOpen As Integer = 8
Const timeHourClosed As Integer = 16 'Set one hour less because at 5:00 the store will close

If (timeHourOpen <= DateTime.Now.Hour AndAlso DateTime.Now.Hour <= timeHourClosed) Then
   'Account for greater than 17 hundred hours aka 17:01
                            callCenterOpen.Visible = True
                        Else
                            callCenterOpen.Visible = False
                        End If

That is all for today....

Now I will always refer back to the My Blog to review...

I like how the conditional logic is written

LowerBound <= Value <= Upper Bound

AndAlso for short circuiting

Till Next Post.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Auto load content on scroll down

First Special Thanks to --- Adam Khoury @ www.DevelopPHP.com - https://www.developphp.com/video/JavaScript/Scroll-Load-Dynamic-Content-When-User-Reach-Bottom-Ajax

I extended this a bit to include some back to top feature.

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="JavaScripAutoScroll.aspx.vb" Inherits="JavaScripAutoScroll" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>JavaScript Auto Populate the page | MMWebs.biz</title>

    <style type="text/css">
        div#status{ position: fixed;font-size: 24px;}
        div#wrap{ width: 800px; margin: 0 auto}
        div.newData{ height: 1000px;background: #09F;margin: 10px 10px;}
        .back-to-top {
                        position: fixed;
                        bottom: 2em;
                        right: 0px;
                        z-index: 999;
                        text-decoration: none;
                        color: #000000;
                        background-color: rgba(235, 235, 235, 0.80);
                        font-size: 12px;
                        padding: 1em;
                        display: none;
                    }
 
.back-to-top:hover {    
                        background-color: rgba(135, 135, 135, 0.50);
                    }
    </style>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function yHandler() {
            var wrap = document.getElementById('wrap');
            var contentHeidht = wrap.offsetHeight; // Gets page content height
            var yOffset = window.pageYOffset; //Gets the vertical scroll position
            var y = yOffset + window.innerHeight;
            if (y >= contentHeidht) {
                wrap.innerHTML += '<div class="newData"></div>';
                // Ajax call to get more dynamic data goes here
            }
            var status = document.getElementById('status');
            status.innerHTML = contentHeidht + " | " + y;
        }
        window.onscroll = yHandler;
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <a href="#" class="back-to-top">Back to Top</a>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <div id="status">0 | 0</div>
        <div id="wrap"><img src="framework/images/tempMatrix.gif" width="800px" height="1200px" /></div>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var offset = 220;
    var duration = 500;
    jQuery(window).scroll(function () {
        if (jQuery(this).scrollTop() > offset) {
            jQuery('.back-to-top').fadeIn(duration);
        } else {
            jQuery('.back-to-top').fadeOut(duration);
        }
    });
 
    jQuery('.back-to-top').click(function (event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, duration);
        return false;
    });
</script>

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Web site performance - Keys to running a high performance Web site

So you have built your site and lets say it is an eCommerce site which displays tens of thousands of static images and gets 500,000 session per month.

TEST PERFORMANCE
http://www.webpagetest.org/ (Best performance tester on the Web)

However, you are seeing poor performance from servers around the world. How do you fix this. Well in the coming weeks I will tell you. Right now I am doing research on this very thing and I will return to let you know the results.

Test 1 --- Servers hosted in NC and the site being hit from OR--- Currently the site I am supporting has a first hit load time of 6.226 seconds, but with caching this is reduced to 2.750 seconds on the second hit. However the 6.226 seconds is still way to long.

Test 2 --- Servers hosted in NC and the site being hit from NY --- Currently the site I am supporting has a first hit load time of 4.053 seconds, but with caching this is reduced to 1.319 seconds on the second hit. However the 4.053 seconds is still way to long.

Test 3 --- Servers hosted in NC and the site being hit from VA --- Currently the site I am supporting has a first hit load time of 5.211 seconds, but with caching this is reduced to 3.428 seconds on the second hit. However the 5.211seconds is still way to long.

"F" --- Currently the key issues are the First Byte Time --

First Byte Time	Applicable Objects	Time to First Byte for the page (back-end processing + redirects)
First Byte Time	What is checked	The target time is the time needed for the DNS, socket and SSL negotiations + 100ms. A single letter grade will be deducted for every 100ms beyond the target.

The second issue is Cache of static content, however I cannot cache this content as this is an eCommerce site and you have to be sure you follow PCI rules https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/

How do you decrease this 6.226 seconds issue --- My attempts will be to use Content Delivery Network (CDN) aka EDGE SERVERS.

In the coming weeks I will be updating this blog to give the results.

My work will be to off load the Images, JavaScript Files (JS), and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), to increase performance of the site.

I will be very curious to see if that 500,000 sessions will increase once we implement CDN to increase the sites performance.

More to come.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

7 things to check to resolve “A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server…” by Donabel Santos, edited by Moojjoo

If you get the following SQL Server Error:

“A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) ”

Things to check:

1. Make sure your database engine is configured to accept remote connections

2. Check the SQL Server service account

• If you are not using a domain account as a service account (for example if you are using NETWORK SERVICE), you may want to switch this first before proceeding

3. If you are using a named SQL Server instance, make sure you are using that instance name in your connection strings in your ASweb P.NET application

• Usually the format needed to specify the database server is machinename\instancename
• Check your connection string as well

</connectionStrings>

4. You may need to create an exception on the firewall for the SQL Server instance and port you are using

• Start > Run > Firewall.cpl
• Click on exceptions tab
• Add the sqlservr.exe (typically located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\MSSQL\Binn, check your installs for the actual folder path), and port (default is 1433)
• Check your connection string as well

5. If you are using a named SQL Server instance, make sure you are using that instance name in your connection strings

6. Check SQLBrowser; check that it is running. You may also need to create an exception in your firewall for SQLBrowser.

7. Check that you have connectivity to the SQL Server.

Note what you are using to connect: machine name, domain name or IP address? Use this when checking connectivity. For example if you are using myserver
• Start > Run > cmd
•netstat -ano right click on the window title and use find 1433
•telnet myserver 1433
•ping -a myserver

Check what ports are IP addresses are being returned.

If you still can’t get any connection, you may want to create a SQL account on the server, a corresponding SQL user on the database in question, and just use this username/password combo in your web application.

Friday, February 13, 2015

SQL Server How to Drop Connections

ALTER DATABASE dbname
 SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
GO

ALTER DATABASE dbname
 SET MULTI_USER
GO

Friday, January 16, 2015

IIS 7.5 FTP and Virtual Directory not displaying in FileZilla - 550 Keyset does not exist

Software -

Windows 2003 R2 - IIS 7.5 using FTP
FileZilla (Protocol=FTP; Encryption=Require explicit FTP over TLS; Logon Type:=Normal; UserName=****; Passwword=****** Currently there are 3 virtual drives and when I connect via FileZilla they all display fine, however when I try to configure a 4th virtual directory it will not display in FileZilla.

I am actually getting a sporadic failure all together after the directory is created:

Command: LIST Error: GnuTLS error -110: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated. Status: Server did not properly shut down TLS connection Error: Transfer connection interrupted: ECONNABORTED - Connection aborted Response: 550 Keyset does not exist Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

If I delete the Virtual Directory the directories will display again. What is wrong, all the permissions are identical. Is there something with the SSL that has to be configured on the directory? Any assistance would be great.

SOLUTION

Navigate on the Windows Server 2008 R2 using Windows Explorer

1. %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys

2. Right Click on Machine Key = 76944fb33636aeddb9590521c2e8815a_GUID

3. Granted the FTP Account -- Read & Execute; Read Access... Problem resolved.

I hope this helps someone. Give me a 1+ if it does, because it stumped me for a good 2 days.

Friday, January 02, 2015

Force Kill Process - MSDN

Working on some Windows 2008 R2 FTP issues and the services got hung. After some Goolge searching I found the following article to KILL THE Services Process that was hung.

In this case it was the ftpsvc process.

1) Open Task Manger
2) Go to the Services Tab
3) Take note of the PID

taskkill /pid #### /f

/f forces --- Problem solved yes I was sweating bullets.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725602.aspx

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Backend Programmer learning new tricks

http://sciactive.com/pnotify/

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Get httpPostedFileBase FileName only code or extract last portion of file director path

var httpPostedFileBase = Request.Files.Get("DocumentFileName");
               var myFileName = string.Empty;
               if (httpPostedFileBase != null)
               {
                   int position = httpPostedFileBase.FileName.LastIndexOf('\\');
                   myFileName = httpPostedFileBase.FileName.Substring(position + 1);
               }

Friday, October 24, 2014

Zip Code

[RegularExpression(@"^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$", ErrorMessage = "Invalid Postal Code")]

Location of Nuget Packages - (I am getting older so I have to blog this stuff to remember ha ha)

Web Layer - packages.config

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Reading Keys from Web.config file.

Try using the WebConfigurationManager class instead. For example:

C# string userName = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["PFUserName"];

OR

VB.NET Dim userName as String = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings("PFUserName")

Read file using FileStream - Reference - http://www.csharp-examples.net/filestream-read-file/

Read file using FileStream

First create FileStream to open a file for reading. Then call FileStream.Read in a loop until the whole file is read. Finally close the stream.

[C#]

using System.IO;

public static byte[] ReadFile(string filePath)
{
  byte[] buffer;
  FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
  try
  {
    int length = (int)fileStream.Length;  // get file length
    buffer = new byte[length];            // create buffer
    int count;                            // actual number of bytes read
    int sum = 0;                          // total number of bytes read

    // read until Read method returns 0 (end of the stream has been reached)
    while ((count = fileStream.Read(buffer, sum, length - sum)) > 0)
      sum += count;  // sum is a buffer offset for next reading
  }
  finally
  {
    fileStream.Close();
  }
  return buffer;
}

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

jQuery $.ajax call add functions you will need to call after the html is rendered.

I am adding the following blog post because I spent a good amount of time working on figuring the following out.

Using the jQuery function $.ajax I learned that you need to be sure to add all the functions you want to perform actions on after the $.ajax loads the new content to the page.

CORRECT CODE

$("#addItem").click(function () {

$.ajax({

url: this.href,

cache: false,

success: function (html) {

$("#editorRows").append(html);

$("a.deleteRow").on("click", function () {

$(this).parents("div.editorRow:first").remove();

return false;

});

}

});

return false;

});

</script>

This makes 100% sense because if you code it as follows it will never work because the .append(html) is not on the page currently when the jQuery loads.

BAD CODE

$("#addItem").click(function () {

$.ajax({

url: this.href,

cache: false,

success: function (html) {

$("#editorRows").append(html);

}

});

return false;

});

//Following will not be called --- because it is not on the page currently

$("a.deleteRow").on("click", function () {

$(this).parents("div.editorRow:first").remove();

return false;

});

</script>

Hope this helps. Have fun coding.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

pragmatic - Word of the day

prag·mat·ic

pragˈmatik/

adjective

dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

SSL Chrome

SSL certificate technology is always improving to stay ahead of hackers. We regularly update to the most current and effective standards. We recently switched from using SHA-1 certificates to the more secure SHA-2 algorithm for new certificates.

Google Chrome is a very popular internet browser. Starting in November, they'll begin displaying errors on the padlock icon for any website using SHA-1 SSL certificates. Learn more here.

The following SSL certificate(s) are still using the SHA-1 algorithm. Re-key them to update to SHA-2 and avoid problems in November.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Determine .NET Version - Shared by Walt Daniels

Run this from a Command prompt (not a powershell prompt) … it takes a minute, be patient.

wmic /namespace:\\root\cimv2 path win32_product where "name like 'microsoft%.NET%'" get name, version

Friday, May 09, 2014

jQuery Lightbulb

If you want to learn jQuery, which is a hot tech skill these days head over to www.codecademy.com

The following statement had the light bulb go off:

VERY IMPORTANT ---

You know a lot about jQuery events already, but it never hurts to review the basics.

The setup almost always looks like this:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('thingToTouch').event(function() {
        $('thingToAffect').effect();
    });
});

where "thing to touch" is the HTML element you'll click on, hover over, or otherwise interact with, and "thing to affect" is the HTML element that fades away, changes size, or undergoes some other transformation.

Sometimes these elements are one and the same—you might hover over a <div> to change its opacity. Other times, you might interact with a separate element; for example, you might click on a button to resize a <div>.

Sometimes if you want an effect to occur right away, without an event like .click() or.hover(), you'll skip the second line in the above:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('thingToAffect').effect();
});

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Reset Visual Studio Windows if Windows Start opening in different panes

Windows: ALT + W, R
Menu: Window | Reset Window Layout
Command: Window.ResetWindowLayout
Versions: 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013

Monday, March 10, 2014

LINQ Queries OR SQL checking Nothing or Null Values

You need to check if it's Nothing first and use the AndAlso keyword to stop it from evaluating the latter statement. Also, when checking if the and object is null, you should use the Is or IsNotoperator rather than =. This should work

Dim otherRecords As List(Of Objects) = listOf.Where(Function(x) _
                                                        (x.ID_NUM = newID) AndAlso _
                                                        (x.Codes IsNot Nothing) AndAlso _
                                                        (x.Codes.Contains(ddlPrimaryCode.SelectedItem.Text.Trim()))).ToList()

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Stored Proc Place holder to be filled later example

SELECT

Field1,
Field2,
Field3,
' ' AS FieldName,
FROM tbl_name
WHERE field = @param

Later fill this with the data you need.

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

TFS MSBuild Workflow Toolbox

Do you still have the Team Foundation Build Activities tab? If not, you probably deleted it. To get it back, you can right-click on the toolbox and select "Reset Toolbox". This will get it back to the default, which should contain the lost tab.

You could also add them by right-clicking on the toolbox, then "Choose Items", then "Browse" and select C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.dll.

Monday, January 06, 2014

LAWS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1. No major project is ever installed on time, within budget, or
with the same staff that started it. Yours will not be the
first.

2. Projects progress quickly until they become 90% complete,
then they remain at 90% complete forever.

3. One advantage offuzzy project objectives is that they let
you avoid the embarrassment of estimating the
corresponding costs.

4. When things are going well, something will go wrong.
• When things just cannot get any worse, they will.
• When things appear to be going better, you have
overlooked something.

5. If project content is allowed to change freely, the rate of
change will exceed the rate of progress.

6. No system is ever completely debugged. Attempts to debug
a system inevitably introduce new bugs that are even harder
to find.

7. A carelessly planned project will take three times longer to
complete than expected; a carefully planned project will
take only twice as long.

8. Project teams detest progress reporting because it vividly
manifests their lack of progress.

Monday, December 30, 2013

Family, Friends and fellow Developers

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope everyone is prosperous and joyful in the coming 2014 year. In 2013 we have have lost and gained Family and Friends. God Bless everyone.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered (RBD comment - but can be), it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.