WebDev Date Entry Control Template

Date entry controls are ugly. Popup Calendars are cumbersome. Date entry controls are confusing when dealing with Multi-Language, where the format may be MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY. Now that we got that out of the way, let’s talk about this week’s upcoming article and webinar. I adding my latest date entry to the mix of methods … Continue reading WebDev Date Entry Control Template →

Using jQuery to work around a WebDev Bug

This week I found a bug in v20 of WebDev. To be fair it is a bug that require a number of conditions to be met before it is an issue. First you Web Page has to use some form of Anchoring by Height (I almost always have mine stretch to fill the browsers), Next … Continue reading Using jQuery to work around a WebDev Bug →

Breadcrumbs 3 Ways

This weeks article and webinar is titled “Breadcrumbs 3 Ways”. No you haven’t tuned into my cooking blog, I am talking about website navigation links. In our continuing series on extending WebDev via CSS and JQuery this week we will be looking at 3 different styles of Breadcrumb links that you can use for you … Continue reading Breadcrumbs 3 Ways →

WebDev Look and Feel Tweaks #1 – Using CCS Files for Private Branding

WebDev is definitely a great environment for developing Web based business applications. But as with any environment, there is a limit to what can be achieved out of the box. This week we will review a few methods that I have used on projects to push the Look and Feel envelop of WebDev. We will … Continue reading WebDev Look and Feel Tweaks #1 – Using CCS Files for Private Branding →

Using an XML Config File

First M$ wanted us to store all of our settings in an INI file. That didn’t work well! Then M$ wanted us to store all of our settings in the Registry. That REALLY didn’t work well! Well now they want us to store them in a Config.XML file. I know what your thinking, isn’t that … Continue reading Using an XML Config File →

Printing Multiple Reports in WebDev

I have shown you code before for printing reports in WebDev, so that the report opens as a PDF in a separate tab of the browser. Which is an important feature to include, especially on a WebDev dynamic site, otherwise the user will lose their "place" in your site. Recently I had a project where … Continue reading Printing Multiple Reports in WebDev →

Setting PDF Filename when using Print Preview

Normally when I want a PDF generated from a report I do so by using the iDestination function, similar to this: The generated PDF will have the name specified by the variable PDFFileName. But recently a Client had a report that we were using the Print Preview for, however when the user saved the report as … Continue reading Setting PDF Filename when using Print Preview →

.NET Permission Issues

I spent part of my morning in .NET hell, a situation that I try to avoid as much as possible. That is the reason I use WX in the first place! I use a .NET library to convert JSON data to XML data, which will be the topic of a future webinar. But today's topic … Continue reading .NET Permission Issues →

Work arounds for XSD issues in the Authorize.net WebService WSDL

Working with the Authorize.net WebService I ran into some XSD issues. This is because WebDev is more restrictive with the XSD definition than PHP. Technically it isn’t a bug, but since most WebServices are targeted and tested on PHP it can definitely cause issues. In this weeks Webinar and Article, I will show you how … Continue reading Work arounds for XSD issues in the Authorize.net WebService WSDL →

Changing the Looper Background as you hover over rows

While working on integrating the Stripe API into pcReminder.com, I notice that the look and feel of their FAQ section was really nice and clean. So I "liberated" it for another site I was working on. The only challenge in duplicating the interface was getting the looper rows to highlight as the mouse moves over … Continue reading Changing the Looper Background as you hover over rows →