XML/XSD Validator
A very useful tool for validating XML against a XSD schema. http://tools.decisionsoft.com/schemaValidate/
Could not write lines to file xxx.FileListAttribute.txt Access Denied
Using Visual Studio Team System Edition, you may come across this error when trying to build a solution “Could not write lines to file xxx.FileListAttribute.txt. Access is denied.” Simple solution..delete the files from the obj directory, reload your solution and attempt to build. Rember: Dont add obj/bin folders to your source safe, and these change [...]
The custom tool ‘MSLinqToSQLGenerator’ failed. Unspecified error
I kept getting this error “The custom tool ‘MSLinqToSQLGenerator’ failed. Unspecified error. For me, this was caused when I was using partial classes and had several using statements at the top of the file: using System.Data.Linq; using System.Data.Linq.Mapping; using System.Data; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Reflection; using System.Linq; using System.Linq.Expressions; using System.ComponentModel; using System; {namespace} {code} To [...]
Match Whole Words Regular Expressions
Example: Dim regExp As New Regex(String.Format(“\b{0}\b”, keyword), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) This is the same as doing the following: note.note_content.StartsWith(InputKeyword & " ") OR _ note.note_content.EndsWith(" " & InputKeyword) OR _ note.note_content.Contains(" " & InputKeyword & " ") References: http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/217-how-to-match-whole-words-with-a-regular-expression/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/810078/search-for-whole-word-with-linq-to-sql
Bluehost wont allow gmail SMTP connections
According to bluehost, you cannot send emails through SMTP connections from web applications hosted on bluehost. They only allow sending through their own SMTP servers. The problem I had was trying to send emails in Magento using GMAIL (Google Apps) using the code from this forum: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/1073/ The work around is that I setup a [...]


