Evolution Is Inevitable

Empowerment

2008-03-13T21:36:00.003+05:30

Recently I was engaged in a conversation on empowerment with representation from people from various roles & responsibilities.Here are the thoughts I shared with the group and a few points I wanted to write on...Empowerment @ Wiki means increasing the strength of individuals & communities. I remember the leadership conference I attended @ Disney and some of the things Disney do to empower their

Delegation

2007-06-16T00:31:00.000+05:30

This is my first post on management practice and the topic is suggested by my peer manager Rahul.DELEGATION is NOT (a)1. An excuse to pass on work on us/excuse to pass on failure....2. Planned approach to ensure I do not meet expectations and be at mercy....3. Delegation or Containment in .NET :)It is (b)A tool for motivating and training an employee to realize their full potential...(a) is an

Windows Mobile - Application Remote Control

2007-06-15T02:31:00.000+05:30

This tool is built as a proof of concept to demonstrate how desktop applications can be remotely controlled using windows mobile. At this time the tool will control PowerPoint presentation by providing a facility for the speaker to see a thumbnail of the slide, slide number and conduct a presentation by referring to speaker notes all controlled by the device. NOTE: This sample is provided "AS IS"

Add value to your email - Updated

2007-06-15T01:43:00.000+05:30

The following code is evolution of what I wrote in 2004. The only change in the folliwing code is it will replace the word AEtip with the content, everything else including the content storage is just the same.h)o.style.height=h;" sel=1 selold=1> Code Copy HideScrollFull Option Explicit Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean) 'Author : Amith

The next phase of evolution

2007-01-05T07:45:00.000+05:30

Today when I look back at the posts I have on the blog I realize my personal development has been extremely swift with no/minimal time to consolidate and hence no posts on my learnings.In these 3 years a lot has changed on my professional front, I am associated with the software support function and manage the support business for a range of products. At this time I am planning to spend my next

AS/400 iseries in ASP.NET

2004-10-17T17:00:00.000+05:30

Issue Connecting to AS/400 from ASP.NET, following are the options available: 1. rfrompcb.exe Fails with no error message but the following output: IBM iSeries Access for WindowsVersion 5 Release 2 Level 0Transfer data to iSeries(C) Copyright IBM Corporation and Others 1984, 2002. All rights reserved.U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosurerestricted by GSA ADP

2004-10-17T16:32:00.000+05:30

Many a times asp.net code fails with or without an error but if the same is tried manually, it works! Example: Open Browser and type a URL; you are able to visit the site but when you try to do the same in ASP.NET using webrequest.create method, it fails with an error The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect to the remote server.Run a batch file that utilizes network resources;

SQL Server Custom Paging

2004-09-14T04:49:00.000+05:30

You can use a query of the following form to retrieve records by row number from Microsoft SQL Server: SELECT * FROM (SELECT TOP {0} * FROM (SELECT TOP {1} * FROM {2} ORDER BY {3}) AS t1 ORDER BY {3} DESC) AS t2 ORDER BY {3} Replace: {0} with the page size (the number of records displayed on each page), {1} with the page size * page number (1-based), {2} with the name of the table you wish to

Undocumented SQL SP's

2004-08-20T04:18:00.000+05:30

Every MS product has features beyond exploitation and more beyond documentation Here is one such stored procedure, which is undocumented but is very useful for developers: sp_MSforeachtable (T-SQL) Syntax sp_MSforeachtable[@command1 =] 'sql_command' [, [@replacechar =] 'replacement_character'] [, [@command2 =] 'sql_command'] [, [@command3 =] 'sql_command'] [, [@whereand =] 'sql_command'] [, [

Meta Reunion

2004-06-29T01:07:00.000+05:30

It was sunday the 27th of June 2004 late evening and i thought of cleaning my office filing cabinet, when i found a sheet of white paper which was no more white ;). This sheet has brought some significant change in life and made me feel more stronger and confident. This sheet had the names, phone nos and email'ds of all my team from good old days of Meta Infotech . I sent a mail to all of them in

Break through firewall

2004-06-22T03:27:00.000+05:30

Bypass firewalls to chat with your friends and download files. Works with Kazaa, iMesh, Messenger, ICQ and any other application that supports the SOCKS protocol. No configuration hassles, no techie-talk or geek-speak. Not only does hopster configure itself, it even knows how to configure Kazaa, MSN Messenger and many others - so you don't need to. Once installed, hopster operates silently in

Visio to anything

2004-06-09T02:35:00.000+05:30

Problem statement: Couple of weeks back i got myself actively involved with the design team and realized that most of the time was spent in getting the class diagrams from Visio (modelling tool) and stored procedures documented as per the custom design document template. Technologies Visio, .NET Office Extensibility Add-in, MS Word, VBA, XMI, XSL, CSSApproach:Visio does provide a reporting

Custom Datagrid

2004-06-09T02:21:00.000+05:30

This datagrid custom webcontrol will provide out of the box functionalities for the following features:CAT Stylesheet for HeadingItemStyle, EditItemStyle, SelectedItemStyleInline of Page Redirect on EditCaptions for Edit, Update, Cancel & Delete buttons can be either text or graphicOn double click of any row, editcommand, pageredirect of the row will be performedOn single click of any row,

Blink in IE

2004-05-21T01:15:00.000+05:30

Add this script to your page