“The specified directory service attribute or value does not exist” If you’ve come across this problem while trying to use Active Directory, you may well be dancing the double-hop. This issue can occur when you switch on “Integrated Windows Authentication” in IIS and then try to get some information from Active Directory for the logged-inContinue reading “The Specified Directory Service Attribute or Value Does Not Exist”
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JavaScript and Noisy HTML
I was answering a question on a popular coding forum and it once again highlighted the age old problem of terribly bad JavaScript. This was the HTML code in question: <a id=”image1″ href=”#”><img src=”image.png”></a> And there was a bit of JavaScript adding an onclick event to the anchor tag. An innocent looking example. An anchorContinue reading “JavaScript and Noisy HTML”
JavaScript Namespacing
This is just a quick article to demonstrate a quick bit of JavaScript namespacing. Why would you do this? Well, this allows you to put functions and variables inside of an identifier. It acts like a “box of stuff” and prevents variable and function name conflicts. It also supplies a neat way to organise andContinue reading “JavaScript Namespacing”
TransactionScope and WCF Services
The problem I encountered was that, while I had started a TransactionScope in my calling method (and could even see a current transaction in my services) – an error in a second WCF service call was NOT rolling back the changes made in a previous WCF service call. The behaviour was as if each serviceContinue reading “TransactionScope and WCF Services”
Microsoft Expression Super Compare
Revised, July 2014. I have no idea what became of this product – I think it got rolled into a premium version of the Expression suite, but can’t find any references to it. Original article below… Microsoft have just released a really cool new tool for comparing websites in different versions of the Internet ExplorerContinue reading “Microsoft Expression Super Compare”
HTML5 Browser Test
Revised, July 2014 – Please see my update on dropping the HTML5 shim. Having managed to get the HTML5 website working in all the popular browsers, I ran a test on a larger number of browsers and operating systems with the following result: If you are running the latest version of any major browser –Continue reading “HTML5 Browser Test”
Fenton JavaScript Ethos
When JavaScript was first created (hurriedly) by Brendan Eich, the idea was to allow people to add a bit of interaction to a web page. Since its inception, JavaScript has grown into a massive part of the Internet and, like all technologies, it has sometimes been used in a bad way. Here’s the thing aboutContinue reading “Fenton JavaScript Ethos”
Google Uses Image Sprites
I happened be using the worlds most popular browser (sic) and I noticed a strange appearance on Google… If you look really closely, below the logo there are three strange lines. I very quick investigation revealed the result, which is the use of sprites on web pages. A sprite is, essentially, all of the imagesContinue reading “Google Uses Image Sprites”