Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Textbox with Capital/Uppercase Letter

To convert the text input into the textbox by the user to be converted to capital/uppercase letter:

Design View
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="sc" runat="server"></asp:ScriptManager>
<div>
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" OnTextChanged="TextBox1_TextChanged" AutoPostBack="true"></asp:TextBox>
</ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
</div>
</form>

Code Behind
protected void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text.ToUpper();

}

Result

Monday, August 12, 2013

DropDownList

Designer View
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Select a colour : "></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"></asp:DropDownList>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Add / bind data into dropdownlist
1. Manual binding
private void BindDropDownList()
{
DropDownList1.Items.Clear();
DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("-SELECT-", "-1"));
DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem("Red", "1"));
DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem("Yellow", "2"));
DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem("Green", "3"));
}

2. Using DataTable
private void BindDropDownList()
{
DataTable tableColour = GetTable();

DropDownList1.Items.Clear();
DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("-SELECT-", "-1"));
DropDownList1.DataSource = tableColour;  //bind the ddp_dataview to dataview
DropDownList1.DataTextField = "Colour";
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "Colour Code";
DropDownList1.DataBind();
}

private DataTable GetTable()
{
DataTable table = new DataTable();
table.Columns.Add("Colour Code", typeof(int));
table.Columns.Add("Colour", typeof(string));

table.Rows.Add(1, "Red");
table.Rows.Add(2, "Yellow");
table.Rows.Add(3, "Green");

return table;
}

Result:

Monday, August 5, 2013

Make People Picker Look Like a TextBox

The default People Picker will look something like this;

So use the following CSS to make it look more like a default TextBox;


.ms-inputuserfield
{
font-size: 8pt;
font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;
}
   
div.ms-inputuserfield a
{
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
   
div.ms-inputuserfield
{
border: 1px solid #a5a5a5;
position: relative;
padding-left: 1px;
padding-top: 2px;
}

As for the the People Picker control:
<SharePoint:PeopleEditor ID="PeopleEditor" CssClass="ms-inputuserfield" Width="360px" runat="server" AllowEmpty="false" MultiSelect="false" />

Exporting DLL from GAC via Command Prompt

To copy or export out a DLL in GAC;
  1. Launch a Command Prompt
  2. Browse to GAC_MSIL folder;
    • cd c:\windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL
  3. Each DLL in GAC will have its own folder, thus to get to the DLL, browse to the DLL folder;
    • cd <the name of the DLL>
  4. Different version of the DLL will be stored in different sub-folders. To check the available sub-folder enter "dir" in the Command Prompt
  5. Once identify the sub-folder, navigate into the sub-folder
    • cd <sub-folder name>
  6. Now you are able to export/copy out the DLL in this folder. To do so, use the following code;
    • copy *.dll C:\<preferred folder>\
  7. Done
Exporting DLL from GAC via Command Prompt