We recently had a WEBDEV project that is being used in an extremely security conscious industry. And they flagged our app because it was using JQuery 3.1.1, which has a few know vulnerabilities. It should be noted these vulnerabilities are low to medium risk and mitigated other ways via server configuration etc., but the client … Continue reading Fixing the outdated JQuery Library
Category: WEBDEV
More fun with the JQuery UI Date Picker
I have written about the JQuery UI date picker before, be sure to check out that article if you haven't seen it. Today we got a request from a client that need the ability to allow the user to clear the date. So I had to put on my thinking (googling) cap and come up … Continue reading More fun with the JQuery UI Date Picker
AWS 2019 Server WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service Errors
We have been battling an issue for several months, it seems to only effect Amazon AWS servers running Windows Server 2019. We have had 5 servers exhibit this behavior. So what exactly is the issue? Suddenly the server will no longer be able to establish outgoing connections. Websites, etc. all still function fine, unless you … Continue reading AWS 2019 Server WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service Errors
Apache Strips off Basic Authorization Header
I shared this in Dallas, with my Webservices presentation, but hadn't gotten around to making a blog post. Today we had someone that was running into this problem. What exactly is the issue? When you do a REST request and include a User and Password in the standard parameters that is turned into a Basic … Continue reading Apache Strips off Basic Authorization Header
A more attractive slider control is in range with JQuery UI Slider Pips
That's right I got dad jokes for miles 🙂 We have been having some issues with the slider control on a project. What is happening is some times the Cursor (the ball portion) of the slider doesn't show up at all, other times it shows up on the wrong plane, I haven't managed to reproduce … Continue reading A more attractive slider control is in range with JQuery UI Slider Pips
WEBDEV Date Entry got you down? Try jQuery UI DatePicker instead
There isn't a lot to like about the WEBDEV Date Entry control. In fact there isn't a lot to like about the WINDEV one either, but that is a different conversation. There are a few issues with it. We are going to solve them by using the jQuery UI DatePicker Widget First unless the user … Continue reading WEBDEV Date Entry got you down? Try jQuery UI DatePicker instead
Are you still there?
No this isn't a test of the blog, or the beginning of some creepy horror movie. It's about session management and connection timeout. Over the years we have tweak and improved our process considerably and shared bit and pieces in previous post and videos. But this will be a complete writeup and includes a sample … Continue reading Are you still there?
Upgrading an existing WAS server to v25 and OS User Account issues
Andy has already done a video concerning the WAS install and update. And he touched on the issue with OS accounts, this blog article is my take on it along with the work around I have some up with. There may be a better way but this is what has worked for me so far. … Continue reading Upgrading an existing WAS server to v25 and OS User Account issues
So you want a Material Design Combobox …
There was a recent conversation on our Facebook Group, concerning creating combo boxes that match the Material Design Style edit boxes, you know the type with the caption above the entry but inside the input area. Although PCSOFT has made it pretty easy to get exactly what we want for edit controls, combo boxes haven't … Continue reading So you want a Material Design Combobox …
A better way to use Font Icons?
This is a post that has been on my todo list since we first got Font Icons in v23 (I believe). They are great and allow you to use images instead of words for buttons etc. which is especially great when working on a multi-lingual site. And since they are font-based you don't take the … Continue reading A better way to use Font Icons?
