Comments by DrABELL (Top 200 by date)

Can you recommend any practical solution based on PayPal API?

Thanks!

Thank you!

Many thanks for your note/vote!

Thank you for your note/vote!

Many Thanks for your note/vote.

Many Thanks!

Many Thanks for your vote/note!

Many Thanks! I plan a series of full-size articles on this topic to be published in the near future. My best-AB

Thanks!

Actually the solution works pretty fast in demo implementation, though obviously there is the room for performance improvement. For example, global var could be assigned to the "previous" row to deselect it on click instead of looping through the row set.

Thanks.

Please refer to the Source Code section. Thanks.

Many Thanks!

I have pointed to that option earlier in comments thread (see .addClass()/.removeClass() jQuery methods). Thanks and regards-AB

Many Thanks!

Many Thanks!

Many thanks!

You are very welcome! Likewise, thanks for your note.

See the reference section for the code, there is a plenty of it. Also, think beyond the code: this is a valuable infographics and stats pertinent to the highly important YouTube video sharing site. And, also, please do not try to impose your own opinion on entire IT community: there are plenty of positive feedback to my post. Regards-AB

Thanks for the note. It is a demo of new CSS feature - see the comments: /*** fancy text effect: 180 degree ***/

Many Thanks! :)

Many thanks!

Thanks!

Many thanks!

Sorry, but I did not understand your message.

See the references/links to the code.

Jules, thanks for your vote, but the message is misplaced: instead of comment thread it appears as alternative section )). My best - Alexander Bell

Multiple articles have been already published on this topic (YouTube API for ASP.NET) with code samples (see the following):

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/153135/YouTube-Video-Playback-customization
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/YouTube.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/web-image/YouTube_API.aspx

I would recommend you to re-consider your voting practice. Rgds - AB

Multiple articles have been published on this topic (YouTube API for ASP.NET) with code samples (see the following):
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/153135/YouTube-Video-Playback-customization
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/YouTube.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/web-image/YouTube_API.aspx

Many thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thank you!

...continued) and here is a source code for Browser capability detection feature I've posted on CodePlex: http://browserdetection.codeplex.com/

You are welcome, Dennis! You took a reasonable approach adding that feature to your site: the server side coding indeed is quite simple. As FYI, here is a link to my old (kinda ancient :) article on Examiner regarding the info that server could provide to the browser about the client's computer: http://exm.nr/BROWSE (You can see the working Demo on my site - the button located next to IP). Just one sentence to add - there is a way to get that external IP info if you check your Router settings, but this topic goes far beyond just the coding technique :)

Dennis, sometimes ping or tracert (at DOS prompt) could do the job, but in case of using home network router (rather typical situation) things get more complicated. The easiest way IMHO is to call one of websites mentioned above (btw, webinfocentral.com is mine, so I would probably add free IP detection web service for the folks to use :). Also, regarding your question: the external IP detection is done on server side, then the result has been sent to the browser, that's how it works internally. My best - Alex B.

Brian, I am not talking about the joke per se, but rather of questionable practice of embedding "the unnecessary comedy component into business" and ridiculing the voting and ratings process. Jokes are OK until they start interfering with the main goal of this valuable community-generated technical content. On a serious note, going beyond your personal dislike of Justin Bieber, what else do you dislike in my application, which provides rather useful stats on utmost popular content website? Regards- Alex

Thanks! The use of .addClass()/.removeClass() is a valid approach and could be recommended going forward. In the past these methods had some reported deficiencies, prior to jQuery version 1.4.2. My best - AB

You are welcome. You could use jQuery "$(document).ready" to Select/Play the first video item on page load, like shown in code snippet below (in actual player SetTimeout() is used to insert small delay):
$(document).ready(function () {
// start the first item after small delay
setTimeout('PlayRowItem()', _initDelay);
});
});

Yes, Brian, I probably should :) Thanks for your input. - My best - AB

You're very welcome! Best regards - Alex

Dennis, Thanks for your valuable input! I have a question for you - did you try to use the website I've recommended (http://webinfocentral.com)? If so, what was the result? Your comments invited. Thanks and regards - Alex B.

You are very welcome!

Well, you can call it in different ways, but the "triple-click" title is good enough to communicate the idea clearly. This triple-click feature is also present in various text editors, including MS Word. Regards- AB

You are welcome!

Thanks!

Many Thanks! Regards-AB

Frankly speaking, it's a bit confusing: why did you rate my solution with the LOWEST possible value of 1? Some explanation would be helpful. Regards - Alex

You are very welcome! Best regards/wishes - AB

Yes, it should. Thanks for your input! Kind regards - AB

Many Thanks!

Thank you!

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent, thanks for sharing!

Aria,
In that highly-hypothetical case that JavaScript is disabled (JavaScript became de-facto standard feature in all major Browsers), then server side can do the final validation, exactly as I stated. Still, even in that case the question remains regarding the original code - why to limit the validation to just integers, while majority of real-life applications operate with float/double/currency numeric data types? Validation, IMHO, should take into account those types either.
Thanks and regards-AB

Thanks a bunch! :)

Reason for my vote of 3
Validation should be performed first on the client side; it could be also accompanied by server side validation like this. I would also recommend to use a Label control instead of TextBox2.

Reason for my vote of 4
Validation should be performed first on the client side; it could be also accompanied by server side validation like this. I would also recommend to use a Label control instead of TextBox2.

Thanks!

Thanks! :)

Hi Steve,
Thanks a bunch for your comments! Occasionally you put in Alternative section :) It's OK, things happen: I will take care of it. Best of luck with HTML5, it's really good!
Kind regards - Alex

Thanks!

Thanks, Walt!

You are very welcome, Brian! Regards - AB

Brian,
Though I appreciate your kind attention, but your voting practice based on your musical preferences is quite inappropriate in this case. This site/article is neither a musical contest, nor comedy show, thus please take your vote seriously.
Regards,
Alex

Many Thanks!

You are welcome!
My best - AB

Sobiyang,
You are welcome! It seems you've mistakenly added your comments as alternative. I would suggest to delete it and re-post at comments section.
Kind regards,
Alex

Thanks!

Reason for my vote of 5
Solution makes sense!

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent! Would be really nice to have an additional DB-to-Outlook contact export feature as well. 5*

I would totally agree with Walt and Adrian

I would totally agree with Walt and Adrian

Thanks!

Reason for my vote of 5
Good one!

Thanks!

Reason for my vote of 5
I would totally agree with Steve: using var keyword should be allowed only in case of absolute necessity, otherwise use strong data typing and explicit type casting. The programing paradigm of modern days is "code for readability and clarity", thus avoiding any ambiguous coding technique is a must! 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Very good, practical example of using new keyword to implement the desirable polymorphic behavior, 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Totally agree with John! Using SELECT* is also a bad practice from the performance prospective. Thanks for sharing this useful tip/use case!

Many thanks!

LOL :)

Reason for my vote of 5
Interesting tip! There is actually the discussion on this topic published online at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxbcl/thread/6eabe54d-b715-4e48-b8d2-c8f54153a2c0, but this solution and business logic seems to be different. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Very interesting solution, nice to have in a code snippets repository. Thanks for sharing, 5*

... in addition to my previous post; the working demo of Browser detection module (upgraded version) is available at: http://webinfocentral.com/ . Click on the "Check Browser" button to see the result.

Reason for my vote of 5
Many thanks, Walt, for pointing out to these important issues. long time ago I have published an article: How to Detect Browser Capabilities in ASP.NET, available on CodeProject, though it's dealing with .NET framework and, therefore, coded in C#

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent tip; very simple and practical solution to the common problem! 5*

Thanks a bunch, ASP-DOT-NET-DEV-U-THE-BEST! :) Actually, I thought it's been attached to the communication thread with Walt, but one more time, thanks for taking care of proper-propagation-of-my message(s) :)
Have a great day.
Best. Alex (the Great :)

Hi Alex,
You are absolutely right: this very robust yet simple method did not get sufficient coverage in educational textbooks. As FYI: there is a reference [1] in my article on statistical Outliers to the NIST handbook, describing this method.
Thanks and regards,
Alex Bell

Hi Walt,
Thanks for your note. Let's me clarify couple things:
1. This tip is based on Modified Z-score and Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) computation. The theory behind is going far beyond the boundary of single Tip, which mostly describes a practical thing to do. You could refer to my article on Examiner.com for more details: http://exm.nr/Outlier
2. Using Standard Deviation and statistical Mean (average) is another valid alternative to detect outliers (so-called Z-score); but in many cases (particularly for small sample sizes) the use of Median/MAD values provide more robust statistical detection of outliers (see the reference 1 to NIST publication in my article on Examiner).
Thanks and regards,
Alex

You are very welcome! Likewise, thanks for visiting and voting. My best, Alex

I agree, Frank! My best, Alex

Likewise, thank you, Sir!

Thanks a bunch! Have a great weekend. My best, Alex.

Thanks, Ashish!

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent tip, thanks for sharing!

Many thanks!

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent solution! I would recommend the same approach for mapping Database fields to Enum. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Interesting! I am going to try it. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Frank,
Thanks for sharing this very practical solution. I would probably extend it with additional pop-up dialog implementing "OK/Cancel" buttons. Also, as FYI: recently I have published the Tip on CodeProject describing similar functionality but implemented with pure CSS: http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/170049/Pure-HTML-5-CSS-3-Modal-Dialog-Box-no-JavaScript
Kind regards,
Alex B.

Reason for my vote of 5
Very practical solution!

Thanks!

Thanks a bunch!

You're welcome! Have a nice weekend. Best, Alex

Additional note: this algorithm could be further extended by adding the underscore-to-whitespace conversion, e.g. "My_Private_Property_in_Manhattan" to "My Private Property in Manhattan" (string.replace() method could do the job)

Reason for my vote of 5
Practical and elegant solution, 5*! Btw, there has been rather intensive discussion on CodeProject in regards to various string conversion algorithms: http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/162540/Letter-Case-Conversion-Algorithms-Title-Case-Toggl

Hi Rakesh,
Thanks for your note! You are absolutely right: sure thing we could do event-binding in client script (in jQuery it will take the same single line of code :). But mostly for didactic purpose I presented this version in C# to make .NET folks feel more comfortable :).
Have a great weekend.
My best,
Alex

Thanks a bunch! Have a great weekend! Best, Alex B.

Hi Gary,
Very interesting technique, thanks for sharing!
My best,
Alex

Thanks a bunch, Ed! I am totally agree with you. And, btw, as I've explained to that gentleman (brutuscat): the documentation he's mentioned describes the embedded player: I am pretty much familiar with that technique :) - you could see sample links to my design provided above. This particular tip is focused on the customization of the URL (i.e., link) without any embedding, thus it's very different approach. Thanks again for your post. Have a great day! Best regards, Alex

Many thanks, Prasanta! Best regards, Alex.

Many thanks, Luis! Kind regards, Alex

Hi Bill,
Thanks for posting. Just for the clarity purpose: double-click is a well-known feature implemented practically in any major browser; it will cause a single word selection. Triple-click will select the entire paragraph.
Kind regards,
Alex

Thank you!

Many Thanks, Monjurul!

Thanks a bunch!

Many thanks!

Excellent tip, thanks for sharing! 5*

Interesting solution! Typically I tend to use CCS/jQuery client scripting in order to achieve identical result, but the server side technique provides another valid alternative. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Very nice, practical solution!

Hi Manish,
Sorry, but your comments are a bit confusing: what "double-inverted-commas" are you referring to?
Please clarify.
Regards,
Alex

Thanks, Ravi! :)

Hi,
Thanks a lot for your thoughtful comments! You are absolutely right: the solution could be extended with some server-side scripting in order to simplify the routine coding task. There is a reason why the current one is presented in such way: it serves both practical and didactic purpose, so for the best readability, clarity and flexibility it's encapsulated in a single .htm file (btw, editable with just Notepad app :). And so true, the anchor tag can do a lot of tricks :)
Good luck with your endeavor!
Kind regards,
Alex Bell

Very interesting solution!

Thanks!

Great!

Reason for my vote of 5
Elegant and practical solution, well done!

Well done! Proper handling of the null is utmost important in data-centric applications. 5*

Sehr Gut! :)

Very interesting solution, thanks for sharing!

Cool!

Reason for my vote of 5
Very elegant and practical solution! 5*

It's OK :-). Take it easy. My best, Alex B.

Hello;
FYI: IE8 IS NOT HTML 5 compatible. IE9 is just partially compatible, though it does not render properly some new features of HTML 5 (as mentioned in this article-tip). Rgds, Alex

Thanks a lot, Deeksha! Kind regards, AB

Many thanks Deeksha for your time and efforts! Best regards, Alex B

Yeah, this quite useful feature has been heavily overlooked! Kind regards, AB

Many Thanks!

Many thanks, folks! Best regards, Alex

Thanks!

This simple solution provides a good deal of validation on a single-character level. Further validation could be achieved on the entire textBox content by applying, for example, isFinite() and parseFloat() Javascript functions and providing some visual response (e.g. changing the textBox background color to red) in case of !isNaN. Regards, Alex

This simple solution provides a good deal of validation on a single-character level. Further validation could be achieved on the entire textBox entry level, for example, by applying isFinite() and parseFloat() Javascript functions and sending some visual response (e.g. changing the background color) to the user in case of !isNaN. Regards, Alex

Hi Naerling,
Thanks for your message. Please find my comments following:
1. This is a Javascript code snippet (indicated by the tag "script type:)
2. The solution provides the client side validation and does not require "round trip" to server
3. It does not check for multiple decimal points or negative sign appeared in the middle of the string
4. || operator in Javascript is similar to the one in C#, though some differences could be found due to strict OOP nature of C# and a bit more relaxed rules in Javascript (regarding type casting, handling null, etc.)
Kind regards, Alex

Hi Naerling,
Thanks for your message. Please find my comments following:
1. This is a Javascript code snippet (indicated by the tag "script type:)
2. The solution provides the client side validation and does not require "double trip" to server
3. It does not check for multiple decimal points or negative sign appeared in the middle of the string
4. || operator is pretty much the same as in C#, though some differences could be observed due to strict OOP nature of C# and a bit more relaxed rules in Javascript (regarding type casting, handling null, etc.)
Kind regards,
Alex

Reason for my vote of 5
Very elegant and practical solution!

Thanks. I probably missed something, but looks like the link to external web page (i.e. "I want to ride my bicycle" by Queens) is working fine as well. Also, you could use thead tag, or a bit older th tag: CSS should recognize them both.

In regards to IE9: some CSS3 properties are not rendering properly. You could read on this topic in my other articles: http://bit.ly/SlideShowCSS3 and http://bit.ly/PopUpCSS

My best, Alex

Hello,
Technology works just fine in all major Browsers mentioned above; it's just a file got corrupted during the upload (thead and tr tags were all messed up). I've corrected the tags and now it should work properly.
Thanks and regards,
Alex

Reason for my vote of 5
Perfetto! Very practical, production quality solution, details oriented and well documented. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Elegant solution, though not as transparent as the original one. Also, performance comparison would be handy. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Useful technique, especially in algorithm-centric type of applications with multiple nested classes and methods overriding. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Very clean code; would be nice to have email attachment option.

Reason for my vote of 5
Very useful developer notes, 5*

Thank you, Deeksha!

Many thanks!

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent article, which IMHO should be combined with Alternate 3, describing the VB implementation, in order to provide flexible, universal .NET solution pertinent to the topic. 5*

I have already voted 5 for this solution, which is the most flexible so far. Couple thoughts to extend it further:
1. Adding additional hierarchical level: Continent
2. Adding attribute: Date
3. To each country add the List (sub elements) of state languages
4. To each country add the main Currency attribute
Regards, A.Bell

Reason for my vote of 5
This is exactly the solution, which I was thinking/talking about: very flexible, using external XML file easy to update/edit. Good job, 5*!

Reason for my vote of 5
The original solution is good, but this Alternate 1 is even better, adding more portability to non-asp web pages. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Very practical solution, though the Alternate 1 adds more flexibility as it is applicable to non-asp web pages as well. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Even though the MFC technology is tracing back about 2 decades, but the solution is practical and the goal is clearly defined. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
This probably would be the best solution pertinent to the case, provided that the list of countries is all-inclusive (someone reported missing countries from the list, please elaborate). Anyway, 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Very useful, practical tip. Though I would prefer to store the list in external/editable XML file and then data-bind drop-down control to that data source, but this one still provides the better performance on-load. 5*

Reason for my vote of 5
Interesting findings regarding bindings (sounds like hi-tech poetry :); keep us posted! 5*

This single search query points to the solution, duplicating just a small portion of my original post. Obviously, collaborative development resources (articles, tips) are not just a collection of Google search queries, so this single-line Alternate should not be qualified as a valid one and should not be posted. Regards, AB

To the member "brutuscat"-
1. I am giving you a second warning: stop this abusive, unethical online behavior and derogatory speech towards other members. Also, do not try to hide your malicious intentions behind the demagogic rhetoric and flattering statements.
2. Correct your vote/attitude or face the consequences of your malicious actions.
3. In regards to your Alternate post: it points to the solution duplicating just a small portion of my original one. Obviously, collaborative development resources (articles, tips) are not just a collection of Google search queries, so this single-line Alternate that you have suggested should not be qualified as a valid one.

To the member "brutuscat"-
1. You are wrong on your assumption of "not adding value": this is just your personal baseless opinion, which is in obvious contradiction to other members votes and assessments.
2. You are misleading the readers pointing to the docs, which do not describe all the feature in my post; those docs you are referring are pertinent to "YouTube Embedded Player Parameters", while my post covers mostly "linked" YouTube playback customization via web query parameters added to the URL, not to the embedded object (hopefully you understand the difference as the most readers do). As FYI: customization of the embedded players is covered in my other articles, rather popular as well.
3. As per my investigation, you personal account records on CodeProject indicates that you have: 0 Articles, 0 Tips posted, and your only activity is limited to just 4 comments and 2 messages regarding other members work in mostly negative way (vote of 1). Such unfriendly, fruitless practice in conjunction with very little positive personal contribution to the common good should not be welcome/tolerated in any collaborative web forums/resources. Therefore, unless you adhere to the basic ethics of online collaboration and correct your attitude toward other members' work, the proper action could be requested, applicable to your account.
4. In the meantime, I would recommend you to re-consider your vote or to remove it entirely.
Regards,
A.Bell

What is the point of your message and the reason for such unfair vote? Please clarify it.

Reason for my vote of 5
Interesting solution, though associated with lot of risk: warning statement probably should be typed with bold typeface.

Many thanks! Kind regards/wishes, Alex

Btw, LCase/UCase functions exist in VB/VBA for almost 2 decades (and also are present in many other languages), but this is just a technical nuances because the core statement made by Hans is absolutely/universally correct regardless of language implementation...firm 5*!

Thanks a bunch, Christian!

Thanks!

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent advise, Hans! Digital ethics is indeed the important issue, 5*.
Just as FYI: there are several practical Letter Case conversion algorithms, described in CodeProject Tip: http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/162540/Letter-Case-Conversion-Algorithms-Title-Case-Toggl.aspx
Kind regards, Alex

Reason for my vote of 5
Excellent article and very practical solution, 5*!

My only recommendation is to use the tag for Images rather that href, so Images will be displayed inline for better readability (see my Tips as an example: http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/170049/MODAL-DIALOG-BOX-IMPLEMENTED-AS-PURE-HTML5-CSS3-SO.aspx).

Kind regards, Alex

Hi Mr. James,

Thanks for this clarification. In order to reach the specified rate of updates the interval should be set to 333 msec either in setTimeout() or setInterval(). Both functions are widely used, though I try to avoid the unbound recursion pertinent to setTimeout() solution. Using setInterval() is recommended for the repetitive actions, resulting in essentially more robust code. Though I did not explore all intrinsic details, but possibly it implements some logic aimed to stop the execution of the previous cycle prior to starting the next one. But in this particular case both solutions are equally valid.

Best regards, Alex

Hi Mr. James,
Thanks for this clarification. In order to reach the specified rate of updates the interval should be set to 333 msec either in setTimeout() or setInterval(). Both functions are widely used, though I try to avoid the unbound recursion pertinent to setTimeout() solution. Using setInterval() is recommended for the repetitive actions, resulting in essentially more robust and. Though I did not explore all intrinsic details, but possibly it implements some logic aimed to stop the execution of the previous cycle prior to starting the next one. But in this particular case both solutions are equally valid.
Best regards, Alex

Reason for my vote of 5
Interesting app! :)

Hi Dave,
Thanks for you note. Any programmatic solution has it pros and cons. This particular one implements darkbox/lightbox effect in plain CSS without any use of javascript/jquery: you could apply it just to a single div containing various elements (images, text, controls, etc.). Slide show demonstrates another CSS technique, which could be quite handy in case of Javascript disabled on the client platform.
Kind regards,
Alex

Many thanks!

Thanks a lot!

Reason for my vote of 5
This is Uber! 5*

You should seriously re-consider your voting practice

Many thanks! :)