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Improved logging using Castle DynamicProxy and StructureMap with log4net

In the previous post I explained how to improve logging abilities of your application using AOP abilities of Microsoft Policy Injection Application Block, but you can do the same using different frameworks. In this post I will explain how to intercept calls to methods of your class using Castle Dyna…

Improved logging with Microsoft Policy Injection Application Block

Microsoft Policy Injection Application Block allows developer to intercept calls to methods, wrap that calls to proxy object and return proxy back to calling class. Later when some methods of the class are called, calls are made to proxy object, and inside the proxy, calls can be made to wrapped cla…

How to call WCF services from JavaScript jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX

First we have to create a webapplication and add to it Ajax enabled WCF service. Change default DoWork method to accept parameter

First add on the page input text control and two buttons.

First we will call this method with jQuery. So reference jQuery library and add this javascript function for c…

Show publish version in ClickOnce WPF or WinForms application

When deploying ClickOnce application to the client, usually there is a requirement to display application version. It’s possible to hardcode application version in configuration file, or use assembly version. But when deploying ClickOnce application Visual studio can generate publish version and aut…

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  Alex Shapovalov

• Monday, March 30, 2020 6:57 PM

Create a windows service using PowerShell

Window PowerShell provides a number of helpful CmdLets for managing windows services, such as

New-Service
Get-Service
Restart-Service
Resume-Service
Set-Service
Start-Service
Stop-Service
Suspend-Service

And create a new Windows Service using PowerShell "New-Service" CmdLet is very easy. The paramet…

Dependency injection design pattern

Usually, when designing some parts of the application, one class always depends on other classes. For example, business logic classes (BL) depend on data access classes (DAL). This dependence can be in very different ways; for instance, BL can call static methods of DAL, or create an instance of DAL…

Facebook C# SDK how to post on wall

We used the Facebook C# SDK for one of our clients to post messages on the Facebook wall. The API is easy to use and understand, and in this article, we are going to describe all steps to post on the Facebook wall using Facebook API. Facebook provides Graph API for all features, including posting on…

Open new window from code behind in ASP.NET

In the application I am working on, I have a task: open a new window from code behind code when the user clicks in the calendar.

This is a straightforward task and can be done with target="_blank" property of the link. But the calendar is server control, so if the user clicks on some date, there is …

jQuery.log(), Logging plugin for jQuery

For the people who work with JavaScript, logging is essential for debugging. Before I start using the Firebug plug-in for Firefox, I used the alert function. It worked in all browsers, and it's easy to use. But for big applications where you are working with kilobytes of JavaScript code, it's not th…

Eval vs Bind in ASP.NET

When you start working with ASP.NET, sometimes it’s difficult to understand what is the difference between Eval and Bind for data binding controls in ASP.NET.

If you need to display data on the screen from DataSource, it’s enough to use Eval. It’s something like a read-only method from DataSource.

B…