Validus Concepts … arrrgh!

27Jan/120

How to display Week numbers in Outlook Calendar

Posted by Joey

Bit of a silly one, but while setting up my new computer at work I forgot how to adjust this setting. So here it is for future reference :)

Go to Options in Outlook
Click Calendar
Scroll down and tick Show week numbers in the month view and in the Date Navigator

26Jan/120

Happy Australia Day

Posted by Joey

Today is Australia Day, so soak up the sun and enjoy a beer & bbq… Continue reading

23Jan/121

DNF Photography

Posted by Joey

New Webby, a friend of mine launched his new website recently. He’s a freelance photographer & video editor in Melbourne, Australia. Check his site out to see his portfolio! He’s currently doing a project for me this year so will post it up too.

For more info, hit up dnf photography

5Jan/120

Back to basics… ColdFusion here I come!

Posted by Joey

It’s official going back to ColdFusion development!
I will still keep up my posts about Apple/iTunes/iPhone (not that I’ve made many…) but I’ll try make them more informative and try do some tutorials. For those who don’t know but Validus Concepts has been just this trial blog thingy that I’ve decided to do, but so far it’s been a great resource for troubleshooting, and I think I’ll keep it that… Continue reading

12Dec/110

DevExpress v2

Posted by Joey

DevExpress last week (I think) released dxv2!

http://devexpress.com/Subscriptions/DXperience/DXv2/announce.xml

The biggest feature here is the touch. You can now develop apps and websites for Mobile devices with touch capabilities. On top of this there are the usual release features and bug fixes.

I’m yet to upgrade to it, possibly over the Christmas break will give it a crack :)Continue reading

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25Nov/110

ASPxGridview – Specified method is not supported

Posted by Joey

I keep getting this error whenever I create a new ASPxGridView with RowUpdating/RowInserting/RowDeleting.

Basically my code behind looks like so:

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Originally when I first create… Continue reading

23Nov/110

How to check for active transactions

Posted by Joey

Debugging an issue today at work, and needed to find if there was any uncommitted transactions or active transactions.

There’s a couple of ways to do this:

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Thanks Pinal Dave – more from his blog post here.

Also you can use dbcc opentran Or SELECT @@TRANSCOUNT

So, if you’re like me and what to see this in action… Continue reading

18Nov/110

c# how do get yesterday’s date

Posted by Joey

Simple one, figured I’d post it anyway.

You may have a scenario where you want to get today, yesterday or tomorrow’s date.

Just a note, I’m not using any date format so by default it’ll do mm/dd/yyyy etc..
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14Nov/110

DevExpress: Remove old toolbox items in Visual Studio

Posted by Joey

This is a common error I’ve had since upgrading to the newest DevExpress Tools, so today I decided enough is enough!
Well actually it was after I had numerous errors after accidentally dragging the wrong ASPxGridView toolbox item. I dragged the v9.3 instead of v11.1.

These are the steps I did to fix this.

Go… Continue reading

6Nov/111

Ergonomic Keyboards, are they any good?

Posted by Joey

Why ergonomic keyboards?

Considering you spend at least half you’re day at work, some of you may spend 80% of that day typing on you’re keyboard. So it’s worth the investment into a good tool that will prevent any work place injuries.

This week I’ve been researching through ergonomic keyboards after going to a conference at Work Safe Week. As part of my secondary role at my company… Continue reading