Well this message can be a direct/indirect attack on those who thing Microsoft is up again only making $$$ and not services. Well guys you are wrong, check this website out. You will find PHP and hence any software made on PHP works fine on Windows server and that to with easy. I am using PHP on Windows from IIS 5.5 and it always work fine for me, but with IIS 7 and MS WEB it is really getting much easier to install PHP and any application on it.

I like the concept and idea, love to see same thing from Apache when they start support for .NET framework ?

this file format is based on one idea, Create a XML of Data and formatting in file, zip it and save it. Simple and easy. This file format is not limted to MS Office, but OpenOffice.org understand it very well.

In my project I need to create an Excel file such that my user can generate a summary report in Excel fileformat on button click. All I need to do is add 10 more lines (Except data retrivel logic) in my software, include few library and I am done.

Thanks to http://simpleooxml.codeplex.com/ which make my work easy, this is wrapper highlevel class based on Microsoft OpenXML Format SDK. which include some .NET assembly. This wrapper make it easy for you write Excel of Word document in few lines. A sample for ASP.NET is included from author, though I use it for Windows Application and it works like charm.

But today I thought to experiment a bit. I simply create a Class file in my application, import ZedLibrary in that class file. Create an object of ZedGraph Control within my class, Set all values that are set in my old application’s initilizecomponent function, and create disk graph as I do previously. And it works!!! i know this sound “obvious” thing to whom that know a control cannot be used without making its instance on form. But for those who are not very mature like me, they might not know this. Also, some controls are graphic bound (due to bad coding only). But seriously ZedControl is perfect in that manner. 

I learn a new thing today in .NET framework, that really tells why it is true object oriented and what we see on screen is only CODE at the end of day, so there is nothing to worries about the display if you can control it through property and methods. 

Now let me finish my project first .

You can go to ZedGraph Wiki, or can ask question on its sourceforge forum which still is somewhat active and people are posting there.

This is really a good project and I will stick with it as I modify its source as well for one of very own custom requirement and hence I know its source architecture to us it in future as well.

http://forums.asp.net/p/1002747/1324414.aspx#1324414

It mainly suggest to use TemplateField column with imagebutton, as Imagebutton is not quite compatible with ButtonField. Rest you can read above for details on it.

http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesche/archive/2007/09/30/running-asp-net-in-a-shared-hosting-environment.aspx

 Hope it helps

 http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/VB.NET/Executing-LongRunning-Tasks-with-the-Progress-Bar-in-ASPNET/

This article suggest a method on how to show progress bar in your web application.

And what is best to get a Forum Software that is been in used by Microsoft itself, yes I am talking about CommunityServer (http://www.communityserver.org) its free for non commerical personnel use (my brother forum compliant to that need) so I can install it. And does that, Its easy , fast and give me extra edge as it has Photo gallery, File downloads that my brother needs as well, but doesn’t ask me as he knows that PHP software don’t have those by default.

Now me and my brother are both happy to have it. Will give you link of it when we are finally done with Modification of site.

As any other ASP.Net developer, I was not feeling comfortable with only one form concept that ASP.Net has (not sure about v2.0 as never work on it). Also, when you have to put something like google Search or other such service on your Site and place for such “explicit” forms are in middle of your Only “Runat Server form” how will you put the other forms …

Well what I did is simply use IFrame, capabilities of web browsers. I simply make a HTML page of Google search, and using IFrame call that page. now since it load explicit HTML page, you don’t have to worry about nested form, but simply about how it looks.

though It has a disadvantage that , on older browser your site might not be viewable, but who cares about old stuffs … every body you should get new browser after all browser are free

Sumit Gupta