I usually setup a new solution so that it contains multiple projects. There's a project for web files, data files, services, utilities and so on. When I downloaded and setup Entity Framework through Nuget I installed it into my Project.Web (where all my views/controllers are) and...
If you're using Entity Framework you might have noticed that your decimal values are defaulting to 2 decimal places in your database when it's being built. Sometimes you'll want to store more than 2 decimal places for things like GPS co-ordinates. Let's...
I really like using Outlook 2013 but there was one niggly little issue that was annoying me. Everytime I viewed an email and it displayed in the Viewing Pane the email was still marked as unread. To mark it as read I had to either right click on it to...
This morning I wasted about 4 hours on a bug that turned out to be a browser issue rather than a code one. When using Chrome I noticed that my datetime validation in MVC was failing. This validation was working perfectly in Internet Explorer and Firefox. So what was going...
At present there are a lot of Twitter Bootstrap nuget packages. Some of these include sample projects. Some of them are just the basic Bootstrap JavaScript and CSS files. Most of them are not setup to make it easy to write 'Bootstrap' HTML out of the box. I...
In a previous post I mentioned how I was using the StarTech USB 3 Dual Monitor Dock to run 2 displays from my Macbook Air (which is running Windows 8). Both of my monitors are 1080p 24" screens. One is a Samsung LCD display and one is a LG...
I've been writing this blog since 2008. Previously I was using BlogEngine.net to power my blog but lately I've been on the lookout for something a bit different. I love Wordpress and the ease of use that brings, especially when upgrading or installing modules. At...
If you ever see this exception error message it might be worth checking out that you're validating the files you're reading into your system to confirm that they are the correct file type. Wasted too much time on this error just now, oy!...
Are you trying to see the email headers for an email someone sent you? I had some issues finding this option in Outlook 2013. Turns out it is there....it's just hidden out of plain sight! To view the email header double click on the email to open...