Tips and Tricks For ASP.NET and .NET programming

1. Code Indentation

Visual Studio IDE Supports CTRL-K+CTRL-D keyborad command to indent the code. This is very useful to check the HTML web-formedness.

When you do CTRL-K+CTRL-D on the HTML code (note: in HTML view of Web FORM) , it tries to indent the HTML. if everything is OK then it just keep one HTML tag in a line.

So if there are unnecessary / unmatched HTML tags then that are put in the same line.

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Building Email Tracking System

(http://forums.asp.net/t/1183750.aspx#2013978)

1. You cant track easily if mail is received.

2. To Track that mail is opened ... Use HTML Image ... In the mail add the

Tag for HTML image with your track page... such as <Img src='http://www.xyz.com/track_mail_opened.aspx?mailid=12&contact_id=23'

3. To track that URL is clicked Or not ... scan the mail format before send .. for

each URL in the mail .... replace that URL with tracking URL .. such as

Original URL .. <a href='http://www.fotosplatter.com'>fotosplatter</a>

...

Replaced URL . . <a href=''http://xyz.com/trackUrl.aspx?contact_id=10&url=http://www.fotosplatter.com

/>

NOTE:

- Use HTMLEncode / HTMLDecode ..

- Use MSHTML for mail scanning and replacing

Create Datagrid with RowSpan

In some applications we need to create Datagrid to rowspan. But Datagrid doesn't support this feature directly. Following code will create a DataGrid with RowSpan when Values in the First Column (Cell) are same. NOTE: Datasource Should be Sorted with Field you are using RowSpan.

Please Set DataGrid's OnItemDataBound Event to Following function. For the Gridview set Rowdatabound event.

protected void grd1_ItemCreated(object sender, DataGridItemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
{
TableCell preCell = null; // Last Row Cell

if (e.Item.ItemIndex > 0)
{
preCell = grd1.Items[e.Item.ItemIndex - 1].Cells[0];
}

if (preCell != null) // Our logic make sense when last row has any Cells!
{
TableCell cell = e.Item.Cells[0]; // Current Row Cell
if (preCell.Text == cell.Text)
{
if (preCell.Visible == false) // Row Span is already Started ....
{
//currentKeyCell contains current Key value Cell.
currentKeyCell.RowSpan = (currentKeyCell.RowSpan == 0 ? 1 : currentKeyCell.RowSpan) + 1;
}
else
{
//Set Last row Cell's RowSpan ..
preCell.RowSpan = (preCell.RowSpan == 0 ? 1 : preCell.RowSpan) + 1;
//Set New Key value Cell
currentKeyCell = preCell;
}

// Set Current Row Cell Visibility to false.
cell.Visible = false;
}
}
}
}

TableCell currentKeyCell; // Current Key Cell