How to Create a Date Picker in ASp.NET

Every Article I write is like a story. There are a lot of Companies that provide readymade controls that skinable and make out GUI (Graphical User interface) looks good. Spending time inventing a Wheel is not a Good idea. A lot of Developers or Development houses should look at Infragistics (www.Infragistics.com), ComponentArt and Telerik. There are more of them but these are Microsoft partners and they have made their mark in providing readymade Controls that you can use in your Visual Studio. But there are times where we don't have a Budget and we been Controls like Date Picker. Well if you check the Visual Studio Toolbox, there is no Such Control.

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Author: Vuyiswamb

How to Send an E-mail using Gmail in ASP.Net

There are many ways that an application can use to communicate with users. Some users are used to message box popping up and some users are annoyed because this affect the work flow. Some think it's better to read these messages later. One more thing I saw is that most of the users hate the yellow screen of death. Maybe we need not to show them this message and trap this globally and send this messages t our self.

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Author: Vuyiswamb