MorningZ http://www.morningz.com Stuff I got to say Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:54:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Some pics from this weekend http://www.morningz.com/2010/sox_spring_training_weekend/ http://www.morningz.com/2010/sox_spring_training_weekend/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:54:12 +0000 MorningZ http://www.morningz.com/?p=78 My cousins and I attended Saturday’s Red Sox @ Orioles contest and then Today’s Twins @ Red Sox game… here’s some of my favorite pictures from the games (all Pics are here):

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About to smack a 3 run homer

About to smack a 3 run homer

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When is the game going to start?? Gotta check my fantasy stats before then!!

When is the game going to start?? Gotta check my fantasy stats before then!!

Vtek and Wake visit some cancer surviver kids before the game

Vtek and Wake visit some cancer surviver kids before the game

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]]> http://www.morningz.com/2010/sox_spring_training_weekend/feed/ 0 How to get jQuery 1.4.1-vsdoc http://www.morningz.com/2010/how-to-get-jquery-1-4-1-vsdoc/ http://www.morningz.com/2010/how-to-get-jquery-1-4-1-vsdoc/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:37:24 +0000 MorningZ http://www.morningz.com/?p=58 Since this is not available yet on the jQuery home page, here is a way to get the file as it stands today:

1) Download MVC 2 Realease Canditate 2 from here (file name: AspNetMVC2_RC2_VS2008.exe)

2) Copy this file to somewhere “easy” to use with a DOS Prompt, I copied AspNetMVC2_RC2_VS2008.exe to “C:\Temp\MVC2RC2\”

3) Use a program like 7-zip or WinRar to extract the .exe to this folder using the “Extract Here” option (screenshot)

4) Open up a command prompt and type to get to this folder created by the extraction:

cd "C:\Temp\MVC2RC2\mvctoolsvs2008"

5) Type this MS DOS command (referenced from this blog post), when it’s complete, close the command window:

msiexec /a vs2008toolsmvc2.msi /qb TARGETDIR=C:\Temp\MVC2RC2\Extract

6) Back in windows explorer, you should be able to navigate to “C:\Temp\MVC2RC2\Extract\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 2\VisualStudio_PROJ_DIR\CSharp\Web\1033″, where there is a zip file named “EmptyMvcWebApplicationProjectTemplatev2.0.cs.zip”

7) Inside that zip file is “scripts/jquery-1.4.1-vsdoc.js”….

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.morningz.com/2010/how-to-get-jquery-1-4-1-vsdoc/feed/ 1 Some pictures from STS130 – Space Shuttle Endeavor http://www.morningz.com/2010/some-pictures-from-sts130-space-shuttle-endeavor/ http://www.morningz.com/2010/some-pictures-from-sts130-space-shuttle-endeavor/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:30:30 +0000 MorningZ http://www.morningz.com/?p=54 So went up early Sunday morning, Feb 7th, to watch the Space Shuttle Endeavor to go up to the International Space Station, only to have the launch postponed due to low cloud cover. They don’t affect the launch, but they do become a problem in case the Shuttle had to make an emergency landing there. Anyways, despite the lack of launch, I got a few nice pictures :-)

1 second of exposure time shows the Shuttle sitting on her perch

1 second of exposure time shows the Shuttle sitting on her perch

6.5 seconds of exposure time lets the light shine!

6.5 seconds of exposure time lets the light shine!

Later on, some clouds rolled in.... I let 3 seconds of exposure time show the clouds

Later on, some clouds rolled in…. I let 3 seconds of exposure time show the clouds

20 seconds of exposure time resulted in this spectacular shot !

20 seconds of exposure time resulted in this spectacular shot !

Hopefully I’ll get some time to get back up to Titusville for one of the final 4 launches of the Shuttle Program. Having the ability to see one of these in person is really a great benefit of living in Florida

]]> http://www.morningz.com/2010/some-pictures-from-sts130-space-shuttle-endeavor/feed/ 0 Excited for my new iPhoto-Generated Book!! http://www.morningz.com/2009/excited-for-my-iphoto-generated-book/ http://www.morningz.com/2009/excited-for-my-iphoto-generated-book/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:12:23 +0000 MorningZ http://www.morningz.com/?p=19 So it took me forever to get it put together, but it finally paid off! Today I received from Apple my iPhoto-generated hard cover photo book of my Alaska trip in June… I thought I would share what it looks like some :-)

Total time to put together: many hours (but it’s fun to do)
Total cost: $52 shipped

I look forward to getting books together for my previous trips to Europe and China, I can’t wait to share!

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Looking to easily move my contacts from MobileMe directly into Google Apps, I ran across the Mac OSX app “Address Book to CSV Exporter” (link), what a fantastic app! It yanked all my contacts into a CSV that Apps picked right up…..

This was the third program I ran across to do this task btw, but the first one that didn’t require me to install “Rosetta” on my MacBook Air

Win !!!

]]> http://www.morningz.com/2009/going-from-mobileme-to-google-apps/feed/ 0 jQuery Multiple File Upload Plugin + ASP.NET Example http://www.morningz.com/2009/jquery-multiple-file-upload-plugin-aspnet-example/ http://www.morningz.com/2009/jquery-multiple-file-upload-plugin-aspnet-example/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:43:25 +0000 MorningZ http://www.morningz.com/?p=5 So musing around the internet for an ASP.NET example of using this excellent multiple file plugin, I couldn’t find a good simple example to work off, so I spent the half hour and did it myself and thought I’d share….

So let’s get right to the point, let me show the code!!

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<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<script runat="server">
    Dim AllowedFileTypes As Dictionary(Of String, String)
    Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        AllowedFileTypes = New Dictionary(Of String, String)
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("gif", "image/gif")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("jpg", "image/jpeg,image/jpeg,image/pjpeg")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("png", "image/png")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("zip", _
               "application/octet-stream,application/x-zip-compressed")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("rar", "application/octet-stream")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("html", "text/html")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("htm", "text/html")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("txt", "text/plain")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("js", "text/javascript")
        AllowedFileTypes.Add("css", "text/css")
    End Sub
 
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Message.InnerHtml = String.Empty
        Dim FileInputClass As String = String.Empty
        For Each FileType As String In AllowedFileTypes.Keys
            FileInputClass &= String.Concat(FileType, "|")
        Next
        If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(FileInputClass) Then
            File1.Attributes.Add("accept", _
                  FileInputClass.Substring(0, FileInputClass.Length - 1))
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Protected Sub btnUpload_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        'Make sure Windows User "NETWORK SERVICE" has write permissions!
        Dim SaveFolder As String = "C:\Temp\Uploads\"  
 
        Message.InnerHtml = String.Empty
 
        Dim AllFiles As HttpFileCollection = Request.Files
        Dim ThisFile As HttpPostedFile, ValidType As Boolean, ThisFileName As String
        For i As Int32 = 0 To (AllFiles.Count - 1)
            ThisFile = AllFiles.Get(i)
            If ThisFile.ContentLength > 0 Then
                ThisFileName = IO.Path.GetFileName(ThisFile.FileName)
                ValidType = False
                For Each FileTypeList As String In AllowedFileTypes.Values()
                    For Each FileType As String In FileTypeList.Split(CChar(","))
                        If FileType.ToLower().Equals(ThisFile.ContentType.ToLower()) Then
                            ValidType = True
                            Exit For
                        End If
                    Next
                    If (ValidType = True) Then Exit For
                Next
                If ValidType = True Then
                    Try
                        ThisFile.SaveAs(String.Concat(SaveFolder, ThisFileName))
                        Message.InnerHtml &= _
                            String.Format("{0} saved<br />", ThisFileName)
                    Catch ex As Exception
                        Message.InnerHtml &= _
                            String.Format("{0}: <b>{1}</b><br /> _
                            ThisFileName, ex.Message)
                    End Try
                Else
                    Message.InnerHtml &= _
                         String.Format("<b>{0}: Invalid File Type of {1}</b><br />", _
                         ThisFileName, ThisFile.ContentType)
                End If
            End If
 
        Next
 
    End Sub
 
    Protected Sub Page_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Message.Visible = Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(Message.InnerHtml)
    End Sub
 
</script>
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>jQuery Multi Upload with ASP.NET</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/multiple-file-upload/jquery.blockUI.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="http://jquery-multifile-plugin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jquery.MultiFile.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/multiple-file-upload/jquery.MetaData.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
    body {
        font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana;
    }
    #Link {
        padding-bottom: 10px;
    }
    #Message {
        padding: 4px; background-color: #dadada; border: solid 1px red;
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        <div>
            <div id="Link">And example of using the jQuery plugin <a href="http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/multiple-file-upload/" target="_blank">"jQuery Multiple File Upload Plugin"</a> with ASP.NET</div>
            <div id="Message" runat="server" visible="false"></div>
            <div><input id="File1" type="file" name="File1" runat="server" class="multi" /></div>
            <asp:Button ID="btnUpload" runat="server" Text="Upload" OnClick="btnUpload_Click" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

The MIME stuff is tricky as different browsers use different types for certain file types, for example, zip files uploaded via FireFox are “octet-stream” and IE uses “application/x-zip-compressed”…

Anyways, hopefully this helps give you an idea of what to start with if you want to give your site users the ability to upload multiple files at once in your ASP.NET application

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