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Learn how object-based JavaScript can be used to clone and fix the position of a grid header, handling runtime changes in the associated grid's appearance.

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Tabbed dialogs come handy when you have too many controls on your web form. If all the controls are placed at once in front of the user the page may look cluttered. Instead you can logically group the controls using a tabbed user interface making it neat and easy to use. One way to develop such a tabbed user interface is to use MultiView and View server controls. However, being server controls these controls require a post back while switching between the tabs. ASP.NET AJAX and HTML tags can be put to use in developing a client side tabbed dialog. This article is going to show you just that.

Can't wait for C# 3.0 and LINQ? Well you don't have to! Dynamically query SQL databases today in LINQ: no more struggling with antiquated SQL. Download LINQPad and kiss goodbye to SQL Management Studio: LINQPad supports LINQ to objects, LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML—in fact, everything in C# 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5. LINQPad is also a terrific learning tool for experimenting with this exciting new technology.

Most blog, forum and Wiki applications use an HTML editor as the primary authoring tool for site content. With this type of control, an online user can create and edit an HTML document. The user is able to modify the text -- including its format, fonts and colors -- as well as add links and images. Often, they may also view and/or edit the HTML source.

UPDATE 2:  No more problems at the moment since I installed the latest control panel from NVidia, cross fingers!

Cool, Developers.ie, the Irish user group is please to announce two great speakers coming to Dublin in October:

Vista SP1 is still work in progress but finally the Vista team has blogged about the expectations for the most awaited service pack.

Microsoft's recent release of it's new web development technology, Silverlight, has generated a lot of interest. Originally code-named "WPF/E" (Windows Presentation Foundation / Everywhere), it was intended to be an online version of WPF. Silverlight certainly did a great job of that, and currently offers a wide selection of built in element and a number of classes seen in WPF, along with ones exclusively for Silverlight. In this article, the author demonstrate how to take advantage of a number of Silverlight features to create a real-world application: a video player.