How to take a screen shot with the iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch

by Colin Graham 21. October 2010 19:54
  1. To make a screenshot with the iPad/iPhone, simply pressing the power button down and then press the Home button. Then the screen shot is made, and in the photo app to find. The process is actually exactly the same as it is with an iPad or iPod Touch.
  2. Click the Power button on the top right corner of your iPad, and while holding it down, click the button iPad.
  3. You will see white click and hear a camera flash on the screen. Now, open the application photos on your IPAD.
  4. You the screenshot you just took the form of thumbnails. Click on picture to see the screenshot.
  5. The best way to transfer a screenshot to your PC or Mac is the e-mail to yourself. To do this, press the arrow button on the top right corner of the screen while you see the screenshot.
  6. Email Photo Select.
  7. Mail automatically opens with the image attached to a message. Simply fill out the address you want to send, give the email a subject and enter the information you want in the message body. Then click sending.

 

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Advantages and Disadvantages of SQL Express - Database Building

by Colin Graham 20. October 2010 13:31

From time to time we get asked the question " Why do we use SQL Express rather than full SQL Server for our databases ? "

Well to be honest its a valid question and one that has many answers - in short however there are a few main reasons.


1) SQL Express is free of charge as opposed to its bigger brothers and sisters - therefore making it the preferred choice for most websites. The bottom line is that if your website needs a bigger database then quite frankly you should be getting the traffic that will give you the financial muscle to purchase a larger database.

2) We develop using microsoft technologies and we can interact between SQL & Visual studio seamlessly - avoiding those large numbers of open windows and third party programs that are just annoying. In short it is a more efficient build for us to use Microsoft Technologies.

3) There is a limit to the data storage capacity of 4GB but in reality this is ample for most websites. Only the larger Ecommerce sites will need more than this but again we can migrate to the larger engine when required  - keeping startup costs low for the customer.

4) Again there is a limit to the number of CPUs that Express Edition can use on a server but again for most websites this is not an issue.

5) The reality is that if we feel you need a larger database based on previous traffic reports for your website or expected traffic then we are more than happy to put you onto a full copy of SQL Server.

6) Later you can upgrade it easily to standard/enterprise edition and take advantage of features like Replication, Mirroring, Log Shipping, Clustering, Database Partioning, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS.

7) We also have extensive experience in MS Access and MYSQL so if you have a query about these other databases we are more than happy to offer advice.

Find Current Page Name In Code - Asp.Net VB

by Colin Graham 19. October 2010 14:21

For those who need a function to find the current website page name using ASP.Net then this is a possible solution.

 

Private Function sub_FindPageName() As String

Dim strScriptName As String

Dim intPos As Integer

strScriptName = Request.ServerVariables("script_name")

intPos = strScriptName.LastIndexOf("/")

Return Right(strScriptName, Len(strScriptName) - intPos - 1)

End Function

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ASP.Net | Visual Basic VB

 

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