The .Net Framework provides an easy way to log messages using the System.Diagnostics.Trace class. By using Trace the user can configure where and what to log in the config file.

Below are two simple ways to log a message to a text file. Read the rest of this entry »


I’ve decided to release phreplace as open source software in order to continue it’s development, I no longer have the time to give it the attention it deserves.

The VB6 source code will be released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), in my understanding this means that anyone can use phreplace and even include the library in a greater works (e.g. PSPad), however if they modify the code it must be released under a similar open source library, in order that everyone will benefit from the changes.

The source code is available at Assembla, feel free to send any code changes to me to be included in the project. Read the rest of this entry »


While testing an ASP validation control in Internet Explorer I found that the validation wasn’t triggered if I selected an item from the autocomplete list for a text box, this was the same in Safari for Windows, but worked fine in Mozilla Firefox. What?!

IE form autocomplete feature

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