Option Strict : Cory Isakson

SiteFinity, Discount ASP, and INETA

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:18:44 GMT

I am thrilled to announce that INETA user groups now have an open invitation to use SiteFinity and the offer is complete with free hosting from Discount ASP. Check it out at http://www.sitefinity.com/product/features/free-offer.aspx Also, take a look at the NETDUG site. We have taken full advantage of this offer and we are very happy with SiteFinity and Discount ASP.

Overcome FireFox DefaultButton Challenges with .NET 3.5 Extension Methods

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:51:41 GMT

The ASP.NET 2.0 DefaultButton property on Form and Panel allows IE to fire a button or link when the user hits the enter key while in a form field. The LinkButton control does not fire when the users browser is FireFox. Several people have found creative ways to solve this problem. I chose to take advantage of .NET 3.5 support for Extension Methods and just wrap the needed fixes into a method right on my form object. Here is the code for you to drop into your own library. Perhaps I will do the same for Panel when the need arises.

public static class BrowserHelper
    {
         public static void DefaultLinkButton(this HtmlForm form, LinkButton defaultButton)
        {
            // Inspired by: http://kpumuk.info/asp-net/using-panel-defaultbutton-property-with-linkbutton-control-in-asp-net/

            // Wire-up the Link Button default supported in ASP.NET
            form.DefaultButton = defaultButton.UniqueID;

            // Script to wireup a click event for FireFox
            string _addClickScript = "addClickFunction('{0}');";

            string _addClickFunctionScript =
                @" function addClickFunction(id) {{
            var b = document.getElementById(id);
            if (b && typeof(b.click) == 'undefined') b.click = function() {{
                var result = true; if (b.onclick) result = b.onclick();
                if (typeof(result) == 'undefined' || result) {{ eval(b.href); }}
            }}}};";

            form.Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(typeof(LinkButton), "addClickFunctionScript", _addClickFunctionScript, true);

            // Execute the script when the Page loads
            string script = String.Format(_addClickScript, defaultButton.ClientID);
            form.Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(typeof(LinkButton), "click_" + defaultButton.ClientID, script, true);
        }
    }

Premiere Elements 4 Crashes on Vista

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:40:47 GMT

My son has a school video project and when I tried to load my copy of Pinacle 10 on Vista it warned me of incompatibility issues. I decided to pursue something Vista compatible and Adobe Elements looked like a nice option. Unfortionately it crashes so much that we can't even use it. I am going to try it on XP, but if that doesn't do it for us then we may be forced to live with Pinnacle 10 on Vista for a bit. I dont feel like dumping more money into products at this point. Surely it has to work better than Premiere 4! I expected better from Adobe. How could this product pass QA?

Code Trip

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:40:08 GMT

Some Microsoft employees have really cool jobs. Some fo the Developer evangelist types are planning a Code on the Road trip for 2008. Can you say geek out!

Keeps tabs at thecodetrip.com

December 6th 2007 Visual Studio 2008 Install Fest

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:57:26 GMT

Registration link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032360765&Culture=en-US

Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:00 PM - Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:00 PM

Overland Park Cinemas
7051 Overland Road
Boise, Idaho 83709
United States

Audience: Developer.

Event Overview ATTENTION DEVELOPERS! Are you ready to be one of the first to get their hands on Visual Studio 2008? Join Microsoft, the Boise .NET Developers User Group (NETDUG), and the Boise Software Developers Group (BSDG) for a Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest and Holiday Party on December 6th, 2007 at the Overland Park Cinemas in Boise. Visual Studio 2008 is HERE and this event is your opportunity to get your hands on the released version before anyone else. Every person that installs Visual Studio 2008 on their computer at the event will receive a FREE fully licensed copy of Visual Studio 2008 Professional in the mail shortly after public release. Don't miss out a great evening of food, fun, and your very own copy of Visual Studio 2008 Professional! Space is limited so register today.

Getting thumbnails for Google Videos

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:25:46 GMT

When hosting Google Video's on your site it can be handy to pull back the thumbnail for the video image. Currently there is no API for doing this so I wrote a method to do it for me. First I retrieve the RSS feed for the video. Then I pull out the thumbnail path from that feed.

        private static string GetGoogleThumnailPath(string contentID)
        {
            string path = null;
            // Fetch the RSS for the video
            WebRequest req = HttpWebRequest.Create("http://video.google.com/videofeed?docid=" + contentID);
            req.Method = "GET";
            WebResponse response = req.GetResponse();
            XmlTextReader stream = new XmlTextReader(response.GetResponseStream());
            XPathDocument doc = new XPathDocument(stream);
            XPathNavigator nav = doc.CreateNavigator();
            XmlNamespaceManager manager = new XmlNamespaceManager(nav.NameTable);
            manager.AddNamespace("media", "http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/");
            XPathNodeIterator iterator = nav.Select("/rss/channel/item/media:group/media:thumbnail/@url", manager);
            while (iterator.MoveNext())
            {
                path = iterator.Current.Value;
            }

            return path;
        }

We used this code on the Pets Best Community site. By the way if you are interested in Pet Insurance you can use my Promo Code: CISAKSON5 for a 5% discount. If you do not see the box to enter it on the Get a Quote page then it probably has automatically been applied through one of my links.

Round trip vouchers on Alaska/Horizon

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:42:21 GMT

I am leaving the country and will not be able to use my 2 airline vouchers. If you can use them throw a bid at them over on EBay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140038192577

Moving to Germany soon, new blog

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:20:58 GMT

For those who are friends or family or just plain curious we are moving to Germany in a couple of weeks. I have setup a new website and blog for sharing stories and photos about our life and experiences. It is a family site and several of us will be making use of it. If you are curious you can check out the new blog at: http://www.isaksonfamily.net/Blogs/tabid/53/BlogID/5/Default.aspx.

I now have 3 blogs. Option Strict for my techie life, the new family blog, and my Jesus blog for sharing thoughts on the Church and spiritual life. I decided to aggregate all of my blogs on a single page with a single feed over on the new family site for anyone who cares to follow all 3 in one place.

Come see us in Germany. We look forward to making new friends and seeing old ones while we are there.

PageFlow Kit not ready yet

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:35:53 GMT

Some of you are requesting example applications that are using the PageFlow tools. Please be patient. I am working out bugs in the project on a real world rewrite of the Pets Best enrollment process. Until I have it working well enough a robust example application is not possible. There are still some aspects of workflow that are not completely clear and thus result in some challenges in the toolkit. It is mostly working. The page flow aspects are working great to drive navigation. I am now pushing through the remaining challenges with sending objects (data) from a workflow back to the application in a way that will work consistently with persisted workflows.

Leaving country, must sell

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:52:42 GMT

In a few weeks I will be starting a new job in Germany. As a result I have a couple large items I need to sell. Contact me if you are interested.

1997 Suburban 1500 : 82,500 miles - $7750 (Boise)

See photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14596724@N00/sets/72157594301357769/detail/

Excellent Condition
Seats 9
4WD shift on the fly
Electric everything
Rear air/heat!
CD / Cassette

Beautiful 2066 sq. ft. house : $229,000

MLS ID: 98263218

4+ bedrooms
3 full bathrooms
excellent neighborhood
walk to schools / parks
cheap utilities

3668 N. Tee Ave, Boise, ID 83704