tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108449592024-03-22T07:47:21.480+05:30KoolB's Blogkoolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-36018971249951073582008-05-01T15:50:00.001+05:302008-05-01T15:50:13.320+05:30Hurray!. New Broadband Operator<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><blockquote><a href='http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?nid=1395030754' target='_blank'>Sri Lanka Electroteks to start broadband, voice in May</a> <br/>Electroteks chief B A C Abeywardene says the service will use CDMA<br />(code division multiple access) based technology to provide up to 1Mbps<br />speeds and voice calls priced around 1.50 rupees a minute, which is<br />about half the current tariffs.<br/><br/>ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) services are now priced at<br />just under 20 dollars a month, but Electroteks says it will give higher<br />download speeds.<br/><br/>- LBO<br/></blockquote><br/><br/>According to the above LBO news item <a href='http://www.electroteks.com/services/ndx_services_hbi.htm' target='_blank'>Electroteks</a> will launch its Broadband network in this may. They promised to provide better service using CDMA technology for the same price. <br/><br/>Following are some of my thoughts which need be considered by the new operator when packaging and costing their products.<br/><br/><u>Better QOS<br/></u>Most of the European operators publish their sharing ratio of the bandwidth with their packages(e.g 1:50 or 1:10). This way the customer knows what they are paying for. But in Sri Lanka operators promised to give the sun and the moon but in reality the connections are very slow and you don't know the sharing ratio of the service you are getting.<u><br/></u><br/><u>Opportunity to select packages based on the needs</u><br/>Currently <a href='http://www.sltnet.lk/broadband.html' target='_blank'>SLT </a>and <a href='http://www.dialog.lk/en/broadband/products/broadbandinternet.html' target='_blank'>Dialog </a>only offers DSL connections. In SLT ADSL you don't know your sharing ratio and you don't have the option to go for a better package if you want a good service by paying more(Specially for corporate customers). End of the day you are in the same bandwidth pools(512Mbpspool or 2Mbps pool) what ever your need is.<br/>Same time Dailog broadband offers the maximum of 4Mbps links advertising no quotas. But they shamelessly limit your bandwidth using a <a href='http://www.dialog.lk/en/broadband/images/offersandmain/fair_usage_policy.jpg' target='_blank'>Fair Usage Policy</a>. Quota for a 4Mbps packages is 16GB. They even offer you an IP even to run your own Mail or Web servers. If you divide the quota by 20days, you will get roughly 800MB per day. Whats the purpose of having a 4Mbps link with 800MB quota per day? <br/>The above operator are very unreasonable as they don't offer alternative packages to customers who wants more. Therefore everybody needs to stick to the same package what ever their need is.<br/><br/><u>Lower broadband equipment and setup cost<br/></u>Dialog setup cost is Rs. 5000 which is very unreasonable.<u><br/></u><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-45639941029223017362008-04-26T22:37:00.001+05:302008-04-26T22:37:08.779+05:30eBooster - boost your XP, Sinhala interface<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><b>eBoostr </b>brings the benefits of Windows Vista's ReadyBoost to XP. eBoostr could be perfect for XP users who want a little extra memory but don't want to install RAM, or for laptop users who have no way to increase memory. Following is a comment from the <a target='_blank' href='http://lifehacker.com/352887/get-readyboost-speed-on-xp-with-eboostr'>lifehacker </a>post which proves its performance<br/><blockquote><br/><p class='content'>Ok guys, I just tested my Lenovo T61 laptop with the eBoostr</p><br/>w/Cruzer SanDisk U3 2m memory stick.<br/><br/>For my full system specs, see this:<br/><a href='http://screencast.com/t/i8aJ96O0'>[screencast.com]</a><br/><br/>Here's the benchmark WITHOUT eBoostr:<br/><a href='http://screencast.com/t/gBCDcxoIy'>[screencast.com]</a><br/><br/>Here's the benchmark WITH eBoostr:<br/><a href='http://screencast.com/t/hyfeyZ1n'>[screencast.com]</a><br/><br/>I ran both right after system reboot with no major apps open other than my usual (light) startup list (anti-virus, and a very short list of must-load startups).<br/><br/>As you can see, there is some improvement but it doesn't seem to be major...<br/><br/>what do you think, should I keep it?<br/><br/>author : <cite><a rel='nofollow' title='Comments by avniassa' href='http://lifehacker.com/commenter/avniassa/'>avniassa</a></cite></blockquote><br/>Special thing I noticed was <strong>Sinhala </strong>was available in the language selection box. This is the first software from a international vendor, which I have seen Sinhala in the language selection. This is how it looked when I changed the language to Sinhala ( I was so excited and even took this screenshot even before I restart the PC :-) )<br/><small><small/></small><br/><br/><a title='eBooster - Sinahala' href='http://www.koolbuddhi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ebooster-sinhala-1.png'><img width='493' height='365' alt='eBooster - Sinahala' src='http://www.koolbuddhi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ebooster-sinhala-1.png'/></a><br/><small><small> Sinhala interface</small></small><br/><br/><small><small><img width='497' height='366' style='max-width: 800px;' src='http://www.koolbuddhi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ebooster-english.jpg'/><br/>English Interface<br/></small></small><br/>You can also grab a copy from <a target='_blank' href='http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/2008/04/eboostr-pro-v20417-vista-readyboost.html'>Filenetworks</a></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-32845353934096104852008-04-26T22:35:00.001+05:302008-04-26T22:35:28.442+05:30Introduction to WiMAX<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Here is a very good presentation on WiMAX technology.<br/><br/>Please check the the entry @ my <a href='http://www.koolbuddhi.com/2008/02/05/introduction-to-wimax/'>new blog</a> .<br/></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-25504931402901007102008-04-26T22:32:00.001+05:302008-04-26T22:32:15.246+05:30Here is a way to look professional<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Never thought glasses make that much of difference. Here is a smart advertisement of some glasses manufacturer showing the difference with and without the glasses.<br/><a href='http://imageshack.us'><img width='500' border='0' alt='Image Hosted by ImageShack.us' src='http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/8256/3346ms9.jpg'/></a><br/></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-6599600544799778642008-04-26T22:30:00.001+05:302008-04-26T22:30:04.493+05:30Is it really required to show the User Name and Password in ASP.NET Error Page?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I got the following ASP.NET error when I was browsing a local web site. The error is due to ASP.NET cannot authenticate using the User Name and password in the impersonate tag. Ther real issue is not the windows authentication problem. Because the reason for the error could be the domain server is down or the administrator has used an incorrect user name and password in the web.config.<br/><br/>But is it sill good to show the User Name and Password in the error message? You can argue that the developer has switched on CUSTOM ERROR MESSAGES and he has forgotten to switch it off at the time of deployment. But still is it really required to show the whole user name and password in the error? If the necessary ports are not secured, someone can easily login to the server and mess up the server very easily. (In this case only the port 80 and 21 is open and this user won't have permission for FTP.)<br/><br/><a target='_blank' title='mydaylk-aspnet-error-2.PNG' href='http://www.koolbuddhi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mydaylk-aspnet-error-2.PNG'><img alt='mydaylk-aspnet-error-2.PNG' src='http://www.koolbuddhi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/020308-1048-isitreallyr11.png'/></a><br/></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-53006752577177439412008-04-26T22:27:00.001+05:302008-04-26T22:27:14.842+05:30Sri Lanka - Broadband QOS (Quality of Service)<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I have ADSL connection and Dialog WiMax connection at our work place. ADSL should have speed of 2Mbps, but it has around 800Kbps of real speed at off peak hours and on peak hours it goes down to speeds closer to dialup connection (around 100Kpbs). Dialog WiMax still maintains a good QOS. But still at peak hours it is 800Kbps for a 4Mbps connection and on off-peak hours it is around 1500Kbps. So I had the question whether the <a href='http://www.trc.gov.lk/qos.htm'>regulator</a> of ISPs in Sri Lanka has rules on QOS for Broadband when they issue the operator license to the ISPs. But I couldn't <a href='http://www.google.lk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&as_qdr=all&q=Quality+of+service+site%3Awww.trc.gov.lk&btnG=Search&meta='>find</a> any on the Service or Bandwidth QOC for internet or Broadband in the <a href='http://www.trc.gov.lk'>TRC</a> web site. They only have some QOC Indicators to monitor Telephony services.<br/><br/>I found the following line below the tariffs when I was referring to <a href='http://www.airtel.in/BroadBand_ForYou_Plans.aspx?path=1/9/146&cid=2'>Airtel India</a> web site.<br/>"* Speed indicated are only speed upto our ISP Node and are given on best effort bases as per TRAI guideline on Quality of Service for Broadband Service"<br/>TARI is the Indian regulator. I checked their website on the guidelines they practice in India for Broadband services. I found <a href='http://www.trai.gov.in/regulationpre.asp?id=57'>"TRAI issues Regulations on Quality of Service Standards for Broadband Service"</a> document which explained various indicators of QOS to protect broadband consumers.<br/><br/>I couldn't figure out why the DSL and other broadband services license and tariffs are defined unconditionally in Sri Lanka. As I can understand from the TRC web site, any ISP can market a product indicating a huge bandwidth offering. But the QOS of the Network bandwidth they should offer is not enforced by the regulator. Basically they can share the network bandwidth with any number of customer since there is no minimum bandwidth QOS enforced by the regulator.<br/><br/>So that's how it goes… we will hope someday TRC - Sri Lanka will take necessary actions to protect Broadband consumers.</div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-22898555661265701552008-04-26T22:25:00.001+05:302008-04-26T22:25:12.595+05:30Heroes<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I watched the tv series Heroes by downloading all episodes from the web. There are set of cool drawings which are used in the episodes to show the future. I found a collection of these drawings while I was browsing the web. So if you are also a fan, here there are.<br/><br/><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162090&owner=puredeep'><br/><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162090.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162083&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162083.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162088&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162088.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162177&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162177.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162070&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162070.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162185&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162185.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162070&owner=puredeep'><hr class='jump'/><br/><br/></a><br/><br/><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162094&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162094.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162110&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162110.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162104&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162104.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162100&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162100.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162076&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162076.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162137&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162137.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162141&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162141.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162148&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162148.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162153&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162153.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162155&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162155.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162161&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162161.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162168&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162168.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162171&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162171.jpg'/></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162174&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162174.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162182&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162182.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162203&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162203.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162209&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162209.jpg'/></a><br/><br/><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162217&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162217.jpg'/></a><a target='_blank' href='http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=4162136&owner=puredeep'><img border='0' src='http://preview.shareapic.net/preview/004162136.jpg'/></a></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-27104061576204350632008-04-26T22:24:00.001+05:302008-04-26T22:24:44.799+05:30Prevent RSI<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src='http://www.workrave.org/welcome/gfx/splash.png'/><br/><br/>Are you using computer for a long time? You can be a victim of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Here is a free open source program which will help you to prevent RSI. Its called <a target='_blank' href='http://www.workrave.org'>Workrave</a> and it works on Windows and Linux.<br/><br/></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-74991738922412265992007-08-13T22:05:00.001+05:302007-08-13T22:05:27.522+05:30Popularity of programming languages<p>According to the following blog post Java still is the most popular programming language. Its hard to believe that C# only has 3.9% popularity among other languages.</p> <blockquote> <p>For some time now,<a href="http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index"> Tiber</a> has published on a monthly basis its so-called Programming Community index, measuring the popularity of programming languages. It uses search engines such as Google, MSN and Yahoo to calculate the ratings based on the number of available skilled professionals, courses and third party vendors.</p> <p>The methodology is not without flaws, but the general results are widely acceptable. <p>The dominance of the C family of programming languages and Java is apparent, and this has not changed at all. <p>Java is first with 21.8%, but if C (15.7%) and C++ (10.1%) are combined, they would overtake Java. <p>C is notable, because many other languages including Java are actually derived from it, and other languages including Ruby, Luna, Python, etc are implemented in C. <p>If a young aspiring programmer wants to seriously do programming, I would recommend C.<br>However if the person wants to develop business applications, then Java or .Net would be the choice. <p>VB (VB, VBA, Vibe.Net) has 10.6% about the same share as C++. Then comes PHP (9.7%) and Perl (5.3%), followed by C# (3.9%). <p>The three P's PHP, Perl and Python (2.7%) have not changed much over the years.</p></blockquote> <p><font color="#666666">Read the full post @ <a href="http://10outof10.blogspot.com/2007/08/most-popular-programming-languages-as.html" target="_blank">10outof10.blogspot.com</a> and don't forget to check the <a href="http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index" target="_blank">Programming Community index</a></font></p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-44910591484140881902007-07-16T23:25:00.001+05:302007-07-16T23:25:43.538+05:30Want to find out who is hosting your favorite web site ?<p></p> <p>I always wanted to know the details of the web site if I find it interesting. I used to type <a href="http://www.whois.sc" target="_blank">www.whois.sc</a>/<doman name> to find the domain information and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEO" target="_blank">SEO</a> details. But whois.sc didn’t provide enough information about the Hosting Company. I found this new site which displays the Hosting Providers name for the given web site. <br><img height="264" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" src="http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2950/whoishostingthisro8.png" width="447"> <p>Try it and see, <a href="http://www.whoishostingthis.com" target="_blank">whoishostingthis.com</a></p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-71204640688640340252007-07-11T23:41:00.001+05:302007-07-11T23:47:38.734+05:30I'm Puzzled with Rediffmail<p>You must have seen the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJbCb5KWMQk" target="_blank">advertisements</a> of <a href="http://www.rediffmail.com" target="_blank">Rediffmail</a>. Specially during the Cricket Worldcup season they were advertising about Unlimited Storage on cable TV. They were <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJbCb5KWMQk" target="_blank">advertising</a> this even before the <a href="http://www.yahoomail.com" target="_blank">Yahoo mail</a> announce of their Unlimited Storage offer. So I registered there for use it as my mail backup. But today I got "Your Rediffmail is full" message when I check my other pop accounts in Rediffmail.</p> <p><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/koolb/777768563/"><img height="332" alt="Rediffmail Account is Full :-)" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1191/777768563_adba05ae6d.jpg" width="440"></a></p> <p>So I checked the help section on the account size. There is no indication of any limitations for other POP accounts. But it says..</p> <blockquote> <p><font color="#333333" size="2"></font> </p> <p><b>1. </b><b>What's special About Rediffmail</b> <b>New</b><b>?</b> <p>New! Rediffmail is a free, fast & easy-to-use email. Offering you a storage space of 1 GB. It enables you to send 20 attachments at a time, with a total mail size upto 10 MB. The New Rediffmail has several features that make managing your email simpler, like drag and drop mails, instant preview, quick attach, mail search, easier to access address book, etc. It has powerful spam control and a much richer and more efficient interface. </p></blockquote> <p> So then what's the meaning of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJbCb5KWMQk" target="_blank">Advertisements</a> ? Either the help section is not updated and the message I got is a bug Or they are big liars who can even lie on TV :-)</p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-91861248494844307412007-07-11T13:05:00.001+05:302007-07-11T22:56:16.501+05:30Dialog BroadNet - WiMAX Installation<p>Yestday we got the WiMAX connection to our office from Dialog Broadband. Here are some pics which was taken when its installed.<br /></p><p><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/koolb/774254957/"><img alt="WiMAX Antenna" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/774254957_032161af31_m.jpg" height="180" width="240" /></a></p><p>WiMax Antenna.<br /></p><p><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/koolb/774254963/"><img alt="WiMAX signal strength" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/774254963_f5063e5e67_m.jpg" height="180" width="240" /></a></p><p>Configuration was simple. They connect the laptop to the antenna / control unit using a web browser and Ethernet connection, like how you configure a DSL router. After that they configured the frequency for the cell.<br /></p><p><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/koolb/774254953/"><img alt="WiMAX Antenna installation" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1098/774254953_68fcf4a156_m.jpg" height="240" width="180" /></a></p><p>Even though, WiMAX doesn't need line-ofsight to work, they have to turn it around to get the maximum signal strength. They said even the reflection of the single would also work.<br /></p><h5>Initial speed tests </h5><p>The purchased package was<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><strong>Ultra</strong> which should have speeds of 4000kb/s for download and 1000kb/s for upload (theoretically). These tests were done by connecting a single PC. </p><p><a href="http://www.speedtest.net/"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/152457047.png" /></a> </p><p><a href="http://www.speedtest.net/"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/152427568.png" /></a> </p><p><a href="http://www.speedtest.net/"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/152426898.png" /></a> </p><p>It doesn't have the promised 4Mbps speeds, but currently it has fairly decent speeds. Hope they will maintain the same quality in the future. ( At least half of the promised bandwidth as its shared bandwidth :-( )<br /></p><p>Anyway I got 450Kbps on FlashGet for downloads from download.com using 10 threads</p><br /><p>Here is a presentation from dialog which has the details of the available packages.<br /></p><br /><p><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=76433&doc=dialog-broadnet-brief2902" height="348" width="425"><param name="movie" value="https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=76433&doc=dialog-broadnet-brief2902"></object><br /><br /></p><span style="font-size:78%;">Flash presentation would take some time load. Pls wait or check it @ <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/koolb/dialog-broadnet-brief/1">http://www.slideshare.net/koolb/dialog-broadnet-brief/1</a></span>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-29374479755115235922007-07-04T23:03:00.001+05:302007-07-04T23:44:31.642+05:30Most waited Dialog WiMax is now available.<p></p> <p><a href="http://www.dialog.lk/" target="_blank">Dialog</a> has launched the <a href="http://www.wimaxforum.org/technology/" target="_blank">WiMAX</a> solutions under “<a href="http://www.broadnet.lk/" target="_blank">BroardNet</a>” brand name. You can now get WiMAX installed by contacting <a href="http://www.dialog.lk/en/broadband/" target="_blank">Dialog Broadband</a>. I don’t know why they are not advertising it as their other products. 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border-left-width: medium;<br /> border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext;<br /> border-top-style: none;<br /> border-top-color: inherit;<br /> border-top-width: medium;<br /> border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext;<br /> padding-left: 1px;<br /> padding-right: 1px;<br /> padding-top: 1px;<br />}<br /></style> <table style="width: 455px; border-collapse: collapse; height: 346px;" str="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <colgroup> <col style="width: 67pt;" width="89"> <col style="width: 48pt;" span="4" width="64"></colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" height="17"> <td class="style1" style="width: 259pt; height: 12.75pt;" colspan="5" height="17" width="345"><span style="">Available Packages</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Name</span></td> <td class="style3" style="width: 48pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Speed</span></td> <td class="style4" style="width: 48pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Pro</span></td> <td class="style5" style="width: 48pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Pro +</span></td> <td class="style6" style="width: 48pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Ultra</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Speed</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >1 MB</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >2 MB</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >2 MB</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >4 MB</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >IP Address</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Dynamic</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Dynamic</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Static</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Static</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Mail Box</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >2</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >5</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >10</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >10</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 24.75pt;" height="33"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 24.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="33" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Common Firewall</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span><span class="font6" style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span class="font5" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span><span class="font6" style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span class="font5" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span><span class="font6" style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span class="font5" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span><span class="font6" style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span class="font5" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 24.75pt;" height="33"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 24.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="33" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Virus Protection</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Authentication</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >-</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >-</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Web Space</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >X</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td> <td class="style8" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" width="64"><span style="font-size:85%;">X</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17"> <td class="style1" style="width: 259pt; height: 12.75pt;" colspan="5" height="17" width="345"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Option 1</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 24.75pt;" height="33"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 24.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="33" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Connection Charges</span></td> <td class="style9" style="width: 192pt; text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" colspan="4" num="15000" width="256"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >15,000.00</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Monthly Rental</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="3450" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >3,450.00</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="4900" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >4,900.00</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="10000" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >10,000.00</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="13000" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >13,000.00</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="18"> <td class="style10" style="width: 259pt; height: 13.5pt;" colspan="5" height="18" width="345"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Option 2</span></td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="style2" style="width: 67pt; height: 12.75pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" height="17" width="89"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Monthly Rental</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="4000" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >4,000.00</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="5500" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >5,500.00</span></td> <td class="style11" style="width: 48pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="11000" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >11,000.00</span></td> <td class="style7" style="width: 48pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" num="14000" width="64"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >14,000.00</span></td></tr></tbody></table>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-45231077001305537762007-05-29T23:42:00.001+05:302007-05-29T23:42:38.379+05:30Write once – Run in any OS……<p></p> <p>Seems likes a dream. But California-based startup plans to release an application that will allow Windows, Mac, and Linux users run Linux binaries without any modifications. Check out this intro video. <p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hGiIkceewRA" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed> <p>You can find out more @ <a href="http://www.openlina.com/">http://www.openlina.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:c7388cab-35d9-4c0b-8070-8e52baa40159" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/OpenSource" rel="tag">OpenSource</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Linux" rel="tag">Linux</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Mac" rel="tag">Mac</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Software" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Development" rel="tag">Development</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CrossPlatform" rel="tag">CrossPlatform</a></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-60943524610191398282007-05-27T23:58:00.001+05:302007-05-27T23:58:10.404+05:30Linux GUI Application Development<p></p> <p>It just came to my mind to look for the best cross-platform GUI application development on the web. So I started to find available options on the web. There was some love for Linux <p>deep in my mind from the days I stated programming. Actually it’s after I moved from VB 6 to mature OO development frameworks like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_.NET_Framework" target="_blank">.NET</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/net/basics.mspx" target="_blank">JAVA</a>. I tried some samples on <a href="http://mono-project.com/">Mono</a> platform but I was not that convinced with the development tools available on Linux. Glade and Mono was not been convincing enough to do a commercial projects. Though I found a very successful implementation for healthcare industry called <a href="http://medsphere.org/">OpenVista </a>and many <a href="http://mono-project.com/Companies_Using_Mono#Who_uses_Mono.3F">other products</a>. <p><a href="http://www.xminc.com/linux/wxpython.html">“Linux GUI Application Development for Windows How do you get started?” by Anthony Barker</a> gives a very good starting point to evaluate Linux GUI application platforms even though it was written on 2002. I finally decided that <a href="http://wxpython.org/">wxPython</a> is the best solution form the <a href="http://www.xminc.com/linux/wxpython_chart.html">information I found</a>. You can get some idea of wxPython by referring to <a href="http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=PythonWxPythonBeginnersSeries">ShowMeDo.com videos</a>. Further the best IDE that people were referring was <a href="http://www.roebling.de/info.html">wxDesigner</a>. It is not a free IDE, but it is best developed so far and even it supports C# bindings. <p>I’m not an expert when it comes to Linux based Application development. This is what I have found from my own research. If you are an expert on the subject please guide me to choose the rite path on Linux GUI application development. I’m looking forward to check these platforms and tools in the future. </p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2497013f-6cf6-4dab-b660-e831a78405c0" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Linux" rel="tag">Linux</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/OpenSource" rel="tag">OpenSource</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/GUI" rel="tag">GUI</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Application" rel="tag">Application</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Development" rel="tag">Development</a></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-87211766417600908182007-02-07T23:51:00.001+05:302007-02-07T23:51:50.652+05:305GHz++ CPU<p><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width: 400px; height: 326px" align="middle" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DpQAAAK6RBuuw0y75Yk8pygny-47gzbJykGj4VUoozwwJpW-BT0GcxK1zSEIHr8tG3ttUBFWaPTpWnxRQdEYvlW9cCFS-l3pDpkcFlULQM9QM9GGZ-FH_9r-qwMLej8B8PMPtm1Os6sS2woHTQvGmEtF3jjCS0sJWVkR4erTkPt3Ly4nYPcHp7QEVBUF9Nr1bzbgMS9hBdDrxGW7PlBDOVOQdJJNOp5yoLzLHTH-dCZcFSu-b%26sigh%3DGgDIPXlpoEAnhd3KGjQw8Aw5DWY%26begin%3D0%26len%3D216240%26docid%3D-6995141153960316369&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D3e2bf6bd02badfe6%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1141363203%26sigh%3D6e5D6KRXTmDWt6qRpPnz5g4wRuc&playerId=-6995141153960316369" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" salign="TL" wmode="window" scale="noScale" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="best" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain"> </embed><br \><a href="http://www.videosift.com" border="0">Via: <em>VideoSift</em></a></p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-59459384135047308672007-02-02T00:12:00.000+05:302007-02-02T00:31:31.495+05:30Helping hand<p class="MsoNormal">My friend Rev. Piyala has stared a blog called ‘<a href="http://piyaljaya.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/hello/trackback/">iranawila e-village</a>”. Currently he works as teacher there and he wanted to uplift the knowledge of children in the iranawila village. Please visit his <a href="http://piyaljaya.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/hello/trackback/">blog</a> and help him to build awareness about this to the world.</p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-19302639916928140992007-01-23T14:03:00.001+05:302008-12-11T03:09:17.519+05:30The pursuit of happiness<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOEuvA8Tv-lLOQL1OmKFlPDaIF3aTORdS5gnOn3rNAorjaz7BnO1sB9FQhhVsu3glPRYXP4g7FLwUCoH_OKBAAjlUEDJapsxs4OO_QwYhawj9GjfqMg4IV9invwNZ5iRdL6vk/s1600-h/Film_poster.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023142646142838450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="211" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOEuvA8Tv-lLOQL1OmKFlPDaIF3aTORdS5gnOn3rNAorjaz7BnO1sB9FQhhVsu3glPRYXP4g7FLwUCoH_OKBAAjlUEDJapsxs4OO_QwYhawj9GjfqMg4IV9invwNZ5iRdL6vk/s320/Film_poster.jpg" width="138" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0454921/Ss/0454921/iid_1157686.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0454921"></a><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0454921/Ss/0454921/iid_1157686.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0454921"></a><b>Directed by</b><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0610831/">Gabriele Muccino</a><br /><b>Writing credits</b> <small>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/wga">WGA</a>)</small><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175726/">Steve Conrad</a> (written by)<br /><br /><p><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><p>I watched a good movie after long time. The pursuit of happiness was a great movie and I was inspired after I got to know that it was a true story. I was able to Google <a href="http://www.morganstanley.com/" target="_blank">Dean Witter</a> then <a href="http://www.gardnerrich.com/" target="_blank">Gardner Rich</a>. They were the <b>Chris Gardner</b>s internship company his own company. Then I was able to find <a title="Chris Gardner Survival Guide: extended interview" href="http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/21_20/last-byte/29549-1.html" target="_blank">this interview</a> with the real <strong>Chris Gardner</strong> who is a very inspiring person.<br /><br /><p>You can find out more about pursuit of happiness and the real Chris Gardner from this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gardner">Wikipedia link</a></p></div>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-2678302093496850662007-01-22T13:51:00.001+05:302007-01-22T13:51:12.040+05:30Menu bar missing in Windows Explorer<p>Sometimes you may face the problem of loosing the windows explorer tool bars. You don't have any option to restore them to their original state. What you can do is, run Regedit.exe to edit the registry and find the key "<strong>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar</strong>". Then select the Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer depending on where you faced the problem and delete the "<strong>ITBarLayout</strong>" value. You explorer will be back to normal.</p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-47167403581546695952006-11-30T13:32:00.001+05:302006-11-30T13:56:22.243+05:30ASP.NET 2.0 Validation Controls<p>ASP.NET 2.0 has not introduced any new validation controls but MS has enhanced the existing validation controls a lot</p> <h5><strong>Validation Groups</strong> </h5> <p>Now you can have multiple form areas on the same page by grouping the controls to be validated by using <em>ValidationGroup</em> property of controls. </p> <p>This feature supports server side validations too. In Addition <em>Page.Validate()</em> method has been enhanced and GetValidators() method has been added. Specifically <em>Page.Validate(ValidationGroupPropertyValue)</em> and <em>GetValidators(ValidationGroup)</em> makes your life much easier</p> <h5>Focusing Controls</h5> <p>Validation Controls now have <em>SetFocusOnError</em> property to make the control focused in the case of an error. You can also use the <em>Focus()</em> method of server controls which will add client-side JavaScript to set focus to a particular control on page load</p> <h5>Browser compatibility</h5> <p>MS has used <em>document.getElementById(id)</em> in validation controls making client side validation possible in all the browser which supports JavaScript 1.2 or higher. This has make all the controls to be work in IE, Firefox and Opera. </p> <p><strong>Following are the Base Validation Control Properties from <a title="Base Validation Control Properties" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/2wb34wdb.aspx" target="_blank">MSDN</a></strong></p> <p><a> <p><b></b> <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.controltovalidate.aspx">ControlToValidate</a> <p>The programmatic ID of the input control that the validation control will evaluate. If this is not a legitimate ID, an exception is thrown. <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.display.aspx">Display</a> <p>The display behavior for the specified validation control. This property can be one of the following values: <p><b>None</b> — The validation control is never displayed inline. Use this option when you want to show the error message only in a <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.validationsummary.aspx">ValidationSummary</a> control. <p><b>Static</b> — The validation control displays an error message if validation fails. Space is allocated on the Web page for the error message even if the input control passes validation. The layout of the page does not change when the validation control displays its error message. Because the page layout is static, multiple validation controls for the same input control must occupy different physical locations on the page. <p><b>Dynamic</b> — The validation control displays an error message if validation fails. Space for the error message is allocated dynamically on the page when validation fails. This allows multiple validation controls to share the same physical location on the page. <blockquote> <p>Note <p>Because space for the validation control is created dynamically, the physical layout of the page changes. To prevent the page layout from changing when a validation control becomes visible, the HTML element containing the validation control must be sized large enough to accommodate the maximum size of the validation control.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.enableclientscript.aspx">EnableClientScript</a> <p>Indicates whether client-side validation is enabled. You can disable client-side validation on browsers that support this capability by setting the <b>EnableClientScript</b> property to <b>false</b>. <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.enabled.aspx">Enabled</a> <p>Indicates whether the validation control is enabled. You can prevent the validation control from validating an input control by setting this property to <b>false</b>. <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.errormessage.aspx">ErrorMessage</a> <p>The error message to display in the <b>ValidationSummary</b> control if validation fails. If the <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.label.text.aspx">Text</a> property of the validation control is not set, this text is also displayed in the validation control when validation fails. The <b>ErrorMessage</b> property is commonly used to provide different messages for the validation control and the <b>ValidationSummary</b> control. <blockquote> <p>Note <p>This property does not convert special characters to HTML entities. For example, the less than character (<) is not converted to <b>&lt;</b>. This allows you to imbed HTML elements, such as an <b><img></b> element, in this property's value.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.forecolor.aspx">ForeColor</a> <p>Specifies the color in which to display the inline message when validation fails. <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.isvalid.aspx">IsValid</a> <p>Indicates whether the input control specified by the <b>ControlToValidate</b> property is determined to be valid. <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.setfocusonerror.aspx">SetFocusOnError</a> <p>Indicates whether focus is set to the control specified by the <b>ControlToValidate</b> property when validation fails. <p><b>Text</b> <p>When set, this message is displayed in the validation control when validation fails. If this property is not set, the text specified in the <b>ErrorMessage</b> property is displayed in the control. <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basevalidator.validationgroup.aspx">ValidationGroup</a> <p>Specifies the name of the validation group to which this validation control belongs. <p> <p></a>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-74818703207057504052006-11-29T18:54:00.001+05:302006-11-29T18:54:19.867+05:30ASP.NET 2.0 Problems / Issues with Master Pages<p>I faced hell of a lot of problems when doing Master Pages. Master Pages will work smoothly as Microsoft says if your application is a very simple and all the files are in the same directory. But if your application is bit complex, where you have to use multiple directories for different user roles etc, then you will have face lot of problems implementing Master Pages.</p> <p>I was able to solve almost all of the problems by referring to following posts. So read them and solve your problems too...</p> <p><a href="http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t300671-how-to-link-a-stylesheet-to-a-mastercontent-page.html">http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t300671-how-to-link-a-stylesheet-to-a-mastercontent-page.html</a></p> <p><a title="http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/450.aspx" href="http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/450.aspx">http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/450.aspx</a></p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-70282503867706440452006-11-22T01:11:00.003+05:302006-11-22T01:11:36.209+05:30Looks Like Macs Crash Too<p><embed src="http://embed.break.com/MTU1Mjc2" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></p> <p>This is interesting set of video clips from MAC conference. Seems all are in the same boat :-) ....</p>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-1163006868208791232006-11-08T22:57:00.000+05:302006-11-08T23:09:57.200+05:30ActiveX plug-in from TODO: <File Description> from TODO: <Company name><p></p> <p>Do you install an ActiveX plug-in from Unknown publisher? Or if IE says that it’s from TODO: <company name>? Click on the following screenshot to see what I'm taking about. <p><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/koolb/292375450/" target="_blank"><img height="377" alt="IE add-on TODO: <File Description> from TODO: <Company name>" src="http://static.flickr.com/103/292375450_cf1a6814ff_o.jpg" width="436"></a> </p> <p></p> <p>Source: <a href="http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/scp_v3/viewer/index.php?pid=16685&rn=245724&cl=251051&ch=250972" target="_blank">tv.yahoo.com</a><br>Click on the image to see the message clearly. <p>This is from non-other than <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo</a>. Its good programming practice to put TODO: in your code where you can attend later rather than just keeping them on your mind. But releasing the software without removing them and without checking.....disaster….. koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-1162670288419405562006-11-05T01:22:00.000+05:302006-11-05T01:31:20.540+05:30Microsoft and Novel AgreementMicrosoft and Novell have signed a cooperative technology deal on Nov 2nd, which will make it easier for Novell's Suse Linux distribution and Microsoft Windows to work together.<br />According to news the Mono (open source version of .NET) is free from possible Microsoft patents.<br />Check out more on this @ <a href="http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/">http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/</a> <br /><br />and <br /><br /><a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=novell%2Bmicrosoft%2Bagreement&btnG=Search%2BNews">Google News</a>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10844959.post-1156681501957146422006-08-27T17:55:00.000+05:302006-08-27T17:55:01.960+05:30One Vista Demo...:-)<p><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.veoh.com/multiplayer.swf?type=v&permalinkId=e104891zxXfwgKY&id=234372" width="425" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></p> <p>This video is bit old. But how come something like this could happened?. When you say "Dear Mom" how can it picks up as "Dear Aunt". MS getting screwed big time here :-)</p> <p> </p></embed>koolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146491771267629973noreply@blogger.com0