If you ever install SharePoint 2010, it is recommended to alway’s use the “Server Farm” configuration unless you want to install a test/development server. This is because the “Standalone” install everything by itself, including the SQL Express 2008R2. If you want to configure everything properly (user accounts, services,  database, etc.) you must choose the “Server Farm”.

Here’s the article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138354

It also works into windows Xp.

It gives an easy css solution to display thumbnails properly on a web page (ie7 bug).

It use the JQuery.ajax to post the data to the server using a stringnify method.

http://encosia.com/2009/04/07/using-complex-types-to-make-calling-services-less-complex/

var Math = {
	Add: function(Number1, Number2) {
		///
		///		Addition function.
		///
		/// Return the total of two number (n1 + n2).
 
		Code here.
	},
	Sub: function(Number1, Number2) {
		///
		///		Substract function.
		///
		/// Return the total of two number (n1 – n2).
 
		Code here.
	},
	...
}

To call your function, you can simply call it by doing “alert(Math.Add(12,12));”. It is also possible to create object where you need to do a new to instantiate it. To learn more about the JSON, you can go on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb299886.aspx.
If you want to instantiate an object that does some init stuff, I strongly suggest using something like the following:

var Math = function {
	init stuff here
	...
	Create function directly inside the function (anonymous type)
	function Sub(Number1, Number2) {
		///
		///		Substract function.
		///
		/// Return the total of two number (n1 – n2).
 
		Code here.
	}
}
function Math.prototype.Add (Number1, Number2) {
		///
		///		Addition function.
		///
		/// Return the total of two number (n1 + n2).
 
		Code here.
	}

It actually looks more like a class that you need to instantiate. By example to use the previous code, you need to do:

var myMathObj = new Math();
var addResult = myMathObj.Add(10,14);
var subResult = myMathObj.Sub(15,10);

Here’s a link to a good tutorial about the prototype: http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/proto.shtml.

When I work I actually have a source control (Team Foundation Server) application inside my Visual Studio 2008. I wanted to have some JavaScript file to be compressed when I was publishing my application on the web server. To do so, I actually added a new JavaScript file containing nothing to the solution under my script folder and I checked in my stuff. After that, I also added my JSTrim somewhere in the project with it’s config file.

After I went inside the project properties (right click on the project/properties). I went inside the build event (Post Build event command line) and added those lines:

cd $(SolutionDir)Web\Script\
attrib -r myCompiledJS.js
JSTrim.exe -m high --config JSTrim.config
attrib +r myCompiledJS.js

The $(SolutionDir) is actually a system variable or macro, so that you can export those settings on different computer without having problems. The Web\Script\ is the folder inside your solution where you can find your JSTrim.exe. The attrib -r myCompiledJS.js is actually a windows command line executable that allow you to remove the read-only and then put it back using the +r feature. Any Windows system or dos system should be able to run that line. Concerning the JSTrim possible attributes, I suggest you to do JSTrim -h to get all parameter information.

So, by adding those lines inside the post-build, whenever you have a successfull build, it will regenerate the compiled JavaScript file. What I personally do, I use the compiler current mode (debug, release, etc.) to use the proper JavaScript file. When I’m in debug mode, I always keep the non compiled JS files and when I publish or run as “Release” I use those compiled files. The major reason to do that is because you may want to debug your JavaScript more easily.

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Thanks to Yvan C.

First of all, you will need Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. Once you’ve created a web site project or an web site application project, you need to add to the solution a “Web Service” page. You can call that web service “Test.asmx”. By default you will see an “Hello World” test function. To try out that fabulous function press “F5″ to compile and run from the test.asmx page. By doing that, it will display you the available function for your Web Services. Click on it to see how to call that function by soap or HTTP post. You also have in that screen a button to invoke your web method inside your service. If you had any primitive parameters (Ex.: string, int, bool, …), you would see the inputs to call your method. In your case, only click on the button “Invoke”. The result displayed on your browser should be an “Hello World” text.

Let’s get back to the “Test.asmx” and replace the hello world function by “GetXMLDataSetData”. Don’t put any arguments at the moment. Inside that function, put the following code:

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[WebMethod]
public XmlDocument GetXMLDataSetData() {
	XmlDocument myXmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
	DataSet myDataSet = new DataSet("MyDataSetName");
	DataTable myDataTable = new DataTable("MyDataTableStuff");
 
	myDataSet.Tables.Add(myDataTable);
 
	myDataTable.Columns.Add("FirstName", typeof(string));
	myDataTable.Columns.Add("LastName", typeof(string));
	myDataTable.Columns.Add("FullName", typeof(string), "LastName + ', ' + FirstName");
	DataRow dtrow = myDataTable.NewRow();
	dtrow["FirstName"] = "Nordes";
	dtrow["LastName"] = "Lamarre";
 
	myDataTable.Rows.Add(dtrow);
	myDataTable.AcceptChanges();
 
	myXmlDocument.LoadXml(myDataSet.GetXml());
    return myXmlDocument;
}

The result given by clicking the invoke button will be the following:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MyDataSetName>
  <MyDataTableStuff>
    <FirstName>Nordes</FirstName>
    <LastName>Lamarre</LastName>
    <FullName>Lamarre, Nordes</FullName>
  </MyDataTableStuff>
</MyDataSetName>

What you could also do is calling a stored procedure that is returning you a dataset. From that DataSet, you only return the tables you need with the appropriate data.

The content of the IFrame content load after the current page is loaded or after the “src” attribute change. So we are not able to have the IFrame content height or width until the data is rendered. It exist an event handler called “onload” that trigger once the content is loaded, but it is not possible to get the content body height, in fact it will alway’s return 0. By googling, I’ve found a lot of solutions, but none of them was working properly or at least working like I wanted. Because of that, I’ve written my own solution.

My solution is to use a “setTimeout” until the IFrame content is fully rendered on the page and after that, we are able to get the iframe content height and set it to the IFrame itself. In the following solution I actually use JQuery. If you need to convert it to normal JavaScript, it should be pretty easy.

Write this into your HTML:

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<iframe id="iframeId" name="iframeId" onload="sizeIFrame(this.id);" style="width:100%;">
</iframe>

Write this in your javascript (header or JS file):

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function sizeIFrame(frameId) {
	var myIFrame = $("#" + frameId);
	var innerDoc = (myIFrame.get(0).contentDocument) ? myIFrame.get(0).contentDocument : myIFrame.get(0).contentWindow.document;
 
	try {// will throw an exception if the body is not fully loaded.
		myIFrame.height(innerDoc.body.scrollHeight + 35);
	} catch (e) { }
 
	if (innerDoc.body && innerDoc.body.scrollHeight == 0) {
		setTimeout(function() { sizeIFrame(frameId); }, 100);
	}
}

If you are having any problem please leave a comment.

This solution have only been tested on Internet Explorer 6/7

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body.ClassName /* Page nested in the IFrame */
{
    background-color:transparent;
}

But, that code doesn’t work with IE. The thing is, when you have an IFrame inside IE, it automatically add the style attribute “background-color:#ffffff”. To remove that IFrame background-color, you need to add the following attribute on your iframe.

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<iframe id="myIframe" allowtransparency="true" src="../myproject/page">
</iframe>

You first need to create your enum if it doesn’t already exists in your actual project:

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private enum MyEnum
{
	POSSIBLE_VALUE_1 = 1,
	POSSIBLE_VALUE_2 = 2,
	DEFAULT_VALUE = 1
}

After, in your page load or wherever you need it, you can do as follow to convert your string to your enum. That way, it will be more useful inside your project.

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MyEnum test;
 
try
{
	test = (MyEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), Request.QueryString["MyQueryStringItem"].ToString(), true);
}
catch (Exception)
{
	// Possible exception: 
	//	The query string does not exist : NullReferenceException
	//	The query string value is not in the enum: ArgumentException
 
	test = MyEnum.DEFAULT_VALUE; // Or you can throw your own exception here.
}

You now see how easy it is to convert a simple string to an enum type. After that conversion, it will be more usable across your project. You will also be able to do switch with a more robust case. In case you change your enum list and you remove an item. At compile time, it will tell you that the enum value selected does not exists. That way your code stay clean.