Code Slabs

In VB6 we had Me.Forms; what happened? People stopped needing it, I guess. If you do though, here’s a slab to get you through. (more…)

These two methods will allow you to generically locate a collection of Controls on any webform. (more…)

If you want to do your users a service, standardize on displaying certain things on your reports. This slab is a cheat sheet for doing just that. (more…)

After you’re done working on someone’s computer after hours, have you ever wanted to leave them a message? Here’s a Slab-ette that lets ‘em know what they need to know, then goes away. (more…)

Command line arguments are a very handy thing to have around. With them, you change connection strings, run special processing, anything. Here’s a quickie slab to get things rolling. (more…)

Importing into SQL Server from Excel isn’t as trivial as it sounds, but this slab codes straight outta production code. (more…)

SourceSafe.  Love it or hate it, we live with it.  Have you ever wondered what projects you have checked out? Or tried to get code, only to realize that the sloth we fired six months ago still has code checked out?  Here’s a slab that produces the report SS should have! (more…)

If you ever need to recreate production web traffic in a different environment this code slab will come in handy. (more…)

Unfortunately, SQL Server doesn’t have a built in Title Case function.  Roll your own with this slab. (more…)

This custom GridView control extends the functionality of the ASP.NET GridView to implement sorting in a generic fashion.  (more…)