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Using passwordFormat with ASP.NET Membership

ASP.NET 2.0’s new membership provider allows for three different ways to protect user’s passwords via the passwordFormat attribute: Clear: passwords are stored in clear text. Fine for non-sensitive applications. Encrypted: […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- March 1, 2006
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Newer machineKey program

I made some updates to the machineKey generation program I mentioned in my machineKey generation post. It now returns a complete machineKey tag for ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0 that you can […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- March 1, 2006
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"Visual Studio .NET has detected Web server is not running ASP.NET 1.1" or Unexpected Error when starting a web on your development machine

If you’re getting the above error when loading your Visual Studio project, you should first ensure that the web server on your PC is running. Then confirm that .NET is […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- February 16, 2006
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Invalid_Viewstate or "Unable to validate data" error

On one of my projects, the client noted getting occasional errors when filling out forms. The errors were something like “Unable to validate data” or HttpException: Invalid_Viewstate. After some research, […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- February 14, 2006
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Subversion now supports* ASP.NET

Subversion 1.3 was released a few days ago with a number of enhancements. The biggest news for me is the official support for the Windows _svn hack. In a nutshell, […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- January 6, 2006
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Sending Emails with .NET 2.0 SMTP Classes

It’s often handy to have your web site or application send emails. “Thanks for registering.” “Thanks for your order.” “Hey tech support, the web site is down.” .NET 2.0 provides […]

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Written by Ben Strackany -- October 19, 2005