My debugging method of choice is the ASP.Net trace feature. In web config, I set the trace options:

    <trace enabled=”true” pageOutput=”true” localOnly=”true” />

This will dump a bunch of information at the bottom of the page. (WARNING: Do not do this on a publicly accessible machine. It will compromise security.)

In my web part, I include a call to Context.Trace.Write at the beginning of each routine. In the catch blocks, I call Context.Trace.Warn(ex.ToString). This puts the entire exception into the trace output. Plus, it avoids the WSS error page (“The [Name] Web Part appears to be causing a problem.“)

If you run SharePoint on your LAN, you may not notice that the pages are a bit large (when you include the script files). If you have external partners, or perhaps run SharePoint on a hosted server, you should read Maurice Prather's write-up.

Soon after receiving the PDF file from the marketing/design consultants, I was given a deadline of August 2nd!  So, the blogging didn't work out as expected.

The demo went well, and the site goes live next week. I'll try to get some comments about my experience posted.

As I mentioned, I am working on an upgrade to a web site. In an effort to be standards-compliant, I need to correct some DHTML scripts.

A great resource is the Mozilla Web Developer documentation: Using Web Standards in Your Web Pages

This sounds interesting: IISPassword - HTTP Authentication for Microsoft Internet Information Server.

Posting here for future reference.

Chris Sells recently put out a call for a VPC image of Longhorn. And someone on the blogs.msdn.com site mentioned something similar. This got me thinking, wouldn't it be nice if MSDN downloads had .vhd files?

I can see how it might not be helpful during an OS beta, since not everyone is running the same hardware. And there probably would need to be some changes to the installation process, so the activiation/license code could be entered before the first use instead of before the file copy.

Sure would be sweet...

I'm working on an ASP.Net application that requires the entry of a date and time. The user interface needs to resemble Outlook's appointment form, where the date is entered separately from the time. The date box has a button to display a pop-up calendar, and the time has a dropdown that displays the work day in half-hour increments. Both boxes can be entered manually.

Matt Hawley of Excentrics World has just what I need: a Calendar pop-up and a Time Picker. Thank you Matt!!

A word of caution, however. The time picker returns the users entry/selection as a date data type. This included both the date and time. The date part is today's date, which may not be what you want...

Best Practices for Developing Web Parts for SharePoint Products and Technologies

MS has a page to help find information in their blogging community. (Microsoft Community Blog Portal).

This is huge.

Thanks to a co-worker (no blog) for this one.