Khaled.Musaied ({"code","is","magic"});

Model2Form on NuGet!

2011-09-04T03:32:00.000-07:00

Just Added Model2Form to NuGet Gallery to make it easier for users to reach and install Model2Form Package.

You can Install Model2Form just by entring the following command:

PM > Install-Package Model2Form

Model2Form Web Control

2010-12-18T04:56:00.000-08:00

Model2Form Web Control makes building web forms very easy for ASP.NET Web Forms Developers. Its similar to binding a GridView with a list of objects but in Model2Form you will bind only a single Model object and the control will auto builds a web form at runtime. You can customize the web form generation by ading attributs to your model properties like caption, validation and hide attributes. You also can handle form generation by handling control. created events.

You can download the source & examples from CodePlex.com also take a look to the documentation.

Introduction to ASP.NET MVC

2010-10-19T13:15:00.000-07:00

A simple Introduction about ASP.NET MVC framework slides given to my colleagues.

You can Download the Power Point Slides from here

Twitter Extender Chrome Extension

2010-10-19T03:32:00.000-07:00

Download from Google Chrome Extension Gallery

Introduction
This extension adds some necessary features to twitter.com the following list shows the currently Implemented

Features:

1- Old Retweet style [v1.1]: You can retweet a tweet with the old "RT" style by clicking on "RT" link.
2- Reply to all [v1.1]: if you participated in a conversation with more than one person you can use reply to all by clicking on "Replay to all".
3- Direct Message: you can send a direct message easily by clicking on "DM" link.
4- Switch Tweet Direction [v1.2]: helpful feature for reading Right-To-Left written Tweets ; Arabic Tweets for example. [COMING SOON IN NEW TWITTER VERSION]
5- Highlight your mentions in timeline [v1.3.3].
6- URL Shorten Service (by @developar) [v1.4]
7- Load Previous tweets if the tweet is a reply.[v1.5] [REMOVED IN NEW TWITTER VERSIONS]

Planned Features:

1- Switch tweet direction (Done) [v1.2].
2- Highlight your mentions in timeline (Done) [v1.3.3]
3- URL Shorten Service (by @developar) (Done) [v1.4]
4- Translate Tweet
5- Expand short links.
6- Allow the user to choose the features he/she needs. (by @Marza )
7- Reload more tweets when you reach the end of the page (by unknown!)
8- Load Previous tweets if the tweet is a reply (done).
9- TwitPic direct from twitter.
10- Integration with http://140it.com
11- add a listing of fast following that can be mentioned (by iPasqualo).
12- add compatibility with Twitlonger (by iPasqualo).
13- add "Mute" feature (by Greg)

Changes in Version 2.0.0:
Update Extension to the new Twitter Interface.

Changes in Version 2.0.1:
Add URL shorting

Changes in Version 2.0.2:
Add highlight mentions

Changes in Version 2.0.2:
Fix slowness issue on new twitter

Do you have an idea , write your idea in the comment section and it will be added to the planned features :)

Follow @iamwebgeek (English) / @Abo_Ans (Arabic) on twitter for updates

[Arabic]
تويتر اكستندر تضيف مميزات أكثر إلى موقع تويتر مثل الرد على الجميع وتغييراتجاه التويتر والريتويت مع التعديل وغيرها الكثير من المميزات

Customize YouTube Theater Chrome Extension

2010-09-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

Install from Google Chrome Extension Gallery

Introduction

If you want to hide the right & bottom panels in Youtube Theater from one place you can use this extension where you can configure Youtube and select which panel should appear and which one should be hidden. Still you will be able to show or hide any panel while watching a video!.

Important Notes:
1- To configure you have to go to "Customize" >> "Extensions" >>  "Options".(screen shot 1) .
2- you can toggle panels while viewing the video by clicking on the icon in the address bar.( screen shot 2).

[Arabic]
هل تزعجك قوائم الفيديو الاضافية (Related,Featured,Channel) في يوتيوب؟
هل تريد أن تتحكم في ظهور واخفاء خذه القوائم بشكل مستمر؟
اذن الحل هو في استخدام هذه الاضافة لكروم والتي تمكنك من اخفاء القوائم نهائيا أو بشكل جزئي بينما انت تشاهد الفيديو على يوتيوب!

Simple Translate Chrome Extension

2010-08-19T11:49:00.000-07:00

Install from Google Chrome Extension Gallery

If you needed a small & simple translator this is it!
This is a simple translator using Google Translate widget.

***** UPDATE *****
NOW You can select the default languages from the OPTIONS pages 

[Arabic]
اضافة ترجمة بسيطة لجوجل كروم

****** تحديث ******
الآن تستطيع اختيار اللغات الافتراضية من صفحة الخيارات

"I am Viewing" Google Chrome Extension is online!

2009-12-17T16:49:00.000-08:00

A few minutes ago I had published a Google Chrome Extension I called it "I am Viewing". This extension adds an icon to the tool bar in Google Chrome Browser to and when you click on the icon it will tweet the current page Title & URL to Twitter.

To Install the Extension go to Google Extension Gallery

Follow Twitter Account @IamViewing for support and updates.

Important Note:

You will note be able to install any chrome extension unless you enable extension on the browser, visit the following references for more information:

Enjoy it!

JQuery Ajax xml request "parsererror"

2009-11-25T15:32:00.000-08:00

I was trying to use JQuery Ajax Request but I faced a error when Ajax Object starts processing the ResponseXml it always show error "parsererror".
this is my JQuery code.

var code = '123';
$.ajax({
                type: 'GET',
                url: 'ajxserv/?code=' + code,
                dataType: 'xml',
                success: function(xml) {
                    alert(xml);
                    alert($(xml).find("Table").text());
                    $(xml).find("Table").each(function() {
                        alert($(this).find("Title").text());
                    });
                },
                error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {

                    alert(textStatus);

                }
            });

I tried to change the url of the request to a local Xml File "test.xml" it work OK but when I change the extension it was not working and shows the "parsererror" exception. after hours of Googling to find a solution I found it on StackOverflow.com.
simply the solution is that you have change the Response MIME type from "text/html" to "text/xml". To do that only you have to add:

Response.ContentType = "text/xml";

before your Response.Write("xml data");

ADOMD.NET 9.0

2009-06-30T06:27:00.000-07:00

I was trying to install the planning server of Preformance Points Server 2007 and it was asking me to install ADOMD.NET 9.0 SP2 as a prerequisit. I googled a lot for it and finlly I found it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=536fd7d5-013f-49bc-9fc7-77dede4bb075

X86 Package (SQLServer2005_ADOMD.msi) X64 Package (SQLServer2005_ADOMD_x64.msi) IA64 Package (SQLServer2005_ADOMD_ia64.msi)

2 tips on fly about Google Chrome

2009-06-19T09:36:00.000-07:00

Tip #1: using incognito mode to login to web application with two users in the same time.

you can login to the same web site (Forms Authentication) with more than one user by doing the following:

1- open chrome.

2- browse to the site.

3- login in normally with userA.

4- press ctrl+shift+N to open incognito mode.

5-browse to the site again.

6-login again with User B.

Tip #2: Reload Page Source (Simply press F5)

When you view the source of any page on Google Chrome you can hit F5 to reload the Page Source. its helpful for developers while tracing and debuging.

by the way you can browse to the page source direct by writing "View-Source:[URL]" in the address bar.

Report Viewer Control is not appearing when running the web form

2009-05-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

Issue:

One day I needed to use a Report Viewer to persent a SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Service) Report hosting at the SQL Server. I did every thing and when I ran the web from the whole report viewer was not appearing in the page?!

Solution:

in case you are trying to view a remote (stored in SQL Server) Report you have to change the value of report viewer "Processing Mode" property to "Remote".

and thats it..

happy magic coding...

SharePoint Site Property Manager Tool (open Source project)

2009-05-24T12:13:00.000-07:00

Share Point Site Property Manager is a simple windows applications helpes you to manage site properties since that there is no direct interface to do that in MOSS.

Currently there is a beta release and I will try to update the application soon.

Project Page on Code Plex

My Application is not loading the new Assembly (dll)

2009-05-18T13:52:00.000-07:00

if you are trying to update (deploy) your application assemblies (bin directory) in production and you faced one of the follwoing issues:

Method Not Found Exception.
Application is loading the old assembly after updating it.
Property Not Found Exception.
Method Paremeters mismatch.

BUT the application is working perfect on your local machine.

Solution:

Check the GAC (Global Assembly Cache) in c:\windows\assembly there you might find that there is an old version of the assembly you are trying to update in your bin folder.

you can do one of the follwoing solutions:

Right Click and uninstall the assembly from GAC and keep the bin assembly.
OR update the GAC assembly by dragging the assembly from bin to the gac folder and release it there.

That it ...

Happy magic coding ....

Disabling Button On Click

2008-11-22T07:18:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you need to avoid multiple submission by clicking the a button multiple times to avoid that add the following javascript code to your page or script file:

function Button_Clicked(btn) {
   if (typeof(Page_ClientValidate) == 'function') {
       if (Page_ClientValidate() == false) { return false; }
       }
   btn.value = 'Please Waite...';
   btn.disabled = true;
   __doPostBack(btn.name, "");
   WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions(new WebForm_PostBackOptions(btn.name, "", true, "", "", false, false))

}

Add the code function name to onclientclick property.

Error: "The type [Assembly] exists in both directories" & App_Code folder

2008-04-22T23:04:00.000-07:00

if you get some error like this:

Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately. Compiler Error Message: CS0433: The type '[Assembly]' exists in both 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\sct_voting\008ce074\503ba4e5\assembly\dl3\b0922f94\4a4d3fb2_07a5c801\'[Assembly]' and 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\sct_voting\008ce074\503ba4e5\App_Code.o9o-qy-r.dll'

This error shows some times when you are using ASP.NET Web Project and you are placing you code files inside "App_Code" folder.

To solve this issue change the name of the "App_Code" folder to something else.

I think that it is a bug in ASP.NET Web Project building an assembly for the project and another assembly for the "App_Code" folder.

Parser Error when using "CodeFile" nested of "CodeBehind" in ASP.NET Web Project

2008-04-09T03:21:00.000-07:00

If you get an error like the this:


Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately. 

Parser Error Message: The base class includes the field 'BeginGreenBox1124', but its type (UserControl1) is not compatible with the type of control (ASP.UserControl1_ascx).

you may check the @Control Directive in your user control if you are write CodeFile="UserControl1.ascx.cs" change it to CodeBehind="UserControl1.ascx.cs" "CodeBehind" will not show in the "InteliSense" but right it.
Note:
This error will show in "Web Projects" NOT in "Web Sites".

Page ViewState and Adding Controls at Run-Time

2008-03-26T02:05:00.001-07:00

In web development it is common to add controls (WebControls,Custom Controls,User Control , Html Controls or CompositeControls) to a Web Page at the run-time. I am doing the same thing But one day I tryed to insert a control on top of the controls collection:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgrs e)
{
   this.Controls.AddAt(0,this.LoadControl("~/UserControl1.ascx");

}

There was no error but after some time I notice that controls does not keep there ViewState after PostBack . After troubleShooting the problem was that what I did above!.

Extra
and PostBack

2008-03-26T00:44:00.001-07:00

I was buliding a website and when I tryed to click a button control in the web page it was not posting back. I checked the validations in the page but there was no validation controls at the end I found another <Form></form> tag in the HTML. I removed the extra Form and then everything went Okay.

String.Trim() removes more than white spaces

2008-03-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

I faced a problem when reader from XML file. The problem was when getting the InnerText property it was including the new line \n, \t and so on becouse the innerText contains this values for example:


    
    1
    
    Test Category

When I was reading it I was using

string innerText = node.InnerText;

and it was giving me the newline character and other unwanted ccharacters.
Solution:
use Trim()

string innerText = node.InnerText.Trim();

Changing the Default IE Source Viewer

2008-02-25T02:11:00.000-08:00

If you want to change the default source viewer of the IE you can do the following steps:

go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor\Editor Name

then change the editor path to your new editor

enjory it!!

Changing Master Page title base on title ContentPlaceHolder

2008-01-28T21:38:00.000-08:00

This is a simple way to change the title of your Master Page according to the a content place holder.

<head><title><%=((LiteralControl)TitlePlaceHolder.Controls[0]).Text%></title></head>

Reading RSS by using XSL and ASP.NET XML Control

2008-01-27T12:39:00.000-08:00

RSS is widely used in the new Web 2.0 websites/applications. In this post I will provide a steps to render RSS 2.0 using asp.net XML control. [Download Source]

Open VS.NET 2005 create a new website.
Add a XML control to the page.
From the mean menu click "Website">>"Add new item", and select "XSL file" rename it to "style.xsl".

Copy and past the following XSL code int it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"

xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/"> <ul>

<xsl:comment>Rendering Feed</xsl:comment>

<xsl:for-each select="rss/channel/item"> <li>

<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">

<a </xsl:text> href="<xsl:value-of

select="link"/>" Title="<xsl:value-of

select="description"/>" <xsl:text disable-output-

escaping="yes"> > </xsl:text>

<xsl:value-of select="title"/> <xsl:text disable-

output-escaping="yes">

</a> </xsl:text> <span style="font-

size:smaller"> by <xsl:value-of

select="author"/> </span> </li> </xsl:for-

each> </ul>

</xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>

in the default.aspx page load past the following code:

XmlTextReader xmlReader = new XmlTextReader("http://codeismagic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss");
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(xmlReader);
Xml1.TransformSource = "style.xsl";
Xml1.Document = doc;Xml1.DataBind();

Press Ctrl+F5 ,

Happy Magic Development,,

Labels/Tags Cloud

2008-01-27T01:54:00.000-08:00

Do you want your labels/tags to appear like my labels/tags?. Since my blog is technical I think tags should be different. the following links gives you the steps to change Tags to Cloud Tags: http://phy3blog.googlepages.com/Beta-Blogger-Label-Cloud.html

Beta HTML 5 is MAGIC!

2008-01-23T08:00:00.000-08:00

HTML became Interactive and dynamic. To see what is now in HTML 5 use the following url: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-diff-20080122/

Forget to declare the property in the Configuration Section Handler class!

2008-01-13T09:21:00.000-08:00

System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Unrecognized attribute 'ReportingServiceUrl'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive. (App.exe.config line 162) If you get the error above you will think that the problem is in the configuration file, but in fact the problem isn't there. To solve this error check the configuration section handler class the property mentioned may not be included in the class.

Mash up API's Directory

2008-01-12T22:21:00.000-08:00

While I was searching in the web for new Mash up API's I found this excellent website which have a list of available API's. http://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory

Want to Mash-up with Google API's then start with Google " .NET Client Library"!

2008-01-11T22:53:00.000-08:00

It really is interesting to use Google API's from your own code try it http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=73921&topic=12022 In the future I will post some samples.

Solution:"reset()" function is not working

2008-01-09T06:30:00.004-08:00

If you are trying to call a javascript function named "reset()" with a small "R" it will not work correctly because it "reset" function name is reserved. To solve this problem change the function name to any thing else or change it to "Reset()" with capital "R". Note that you should not start a function name with a small letter (Best Practices).

About me?

2008-01-04T06:02:00.000-08:00

My Name is Khaled Hood Musaied. I'm Yemeni but I'm living in Saudi Arabia , Riyadh. I have been graduated since 2004 in bachelor of Computer Sciences from The University of Sciences and Technology (UST) in Sana'a, Yemen. Currently I am working at SURE Technology & Consulting as a Senior Developer.

Welcome to Khaled on .NET "World"

2008-01-03T11:16:00.000-08:00

This is my first post in my new blog. In this technical blog I will post to you my technical experiences which is in the following fields: ASP.NET , C# , SQL Server , Source Safe, Ajax , ... and other Softwares , technologies and tools.