.NET 1.1

Validating a GUID Value with Regular Expressions 

I am sure that most readers of this site have at one point or another noticed my RegularExpression articles.  Well this past week I was looking for a very specific regular expression and thought I would share it with you.  The following regular expresion is used to validate a GUID value for user input.  You can use this to ensure tha...

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Logging ASP.NET Application Restarts 

Like many ASP.NET programmers I utilize a third party hosting company to host all of my sites. We have all ran into situations where we have been loosing sessions and other oddities and it would be very helpful to find out exactly what caused the application to restart. Well thanks to this post on DotNetNuke.com by Frankt I have found a way to track this information. In this entry I will provide you with code that can obtain this information

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Sending E-mail .NET 1.1 and 2.0 - Including Sending Login Information 

This posting is an overview document that provides examples of sending SMTP e-mail from .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0. It covers the differences between each of the .NET versions as well as the methods needed to send SMTP messages using an authenticated SMTP server. Please see the full posting for detailed information!

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Using Regular Expressions (Part 2) 

This is the second part of my Regular Expression overview.  In the first article I discussed the basics of creating Regular Expressions and provided a link to test expression patterns using the .NET Framework RegEx classes.  In this article I will discuss the various actions that can be taken to match values in a string using regular expressions.  I will also discuss how you can implement a SQL CLR UDF to allow regular expression validation from your database to provide a strong level of input validation at the database level.

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Using Regular Expressions (Part 1) 

I have created this two part article series to provide a quick and practical introduction to using regular expressions..  Regular expressions can be used for many things; however, they are typically used for input validation or to perform advanced searches on text in supporting applications.  This first article will explain how to create a regular expression pattern; the expression defines what is considered a match.  The second article will provide details on how to implement regular expressions in .NET applications.

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Free .NET Charting Component 

So like many personal development projects, I have a few ASP.NET applications I am working on that have no money backing them and I need to create reports.  So for the past week or two I have been looking for a good free .NET charting component that I can use to create bar and pie charts for my ASP.NET application.So far, I have found one free...

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Encrypting Files 

Included in this entry is sample C#.NET code (1.1 and 2.0 compliant) that can encrypt and decrypt data files. The input elements are byte arrays and it uses a simple key value that you can substitute for a more advanced value if needed.

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