Category Archives: ASP.NET

Today I ran into a problem with Visual Studio 2008: It wouldn’t show me the Configuration Manager in the Build menu which caused that I couldn’t easily switch between Debug and Release compilation.
For the exact same source code and the same version of VS2008 a colleague got the right menu item.

Turns out you need to enable configuration manager! Go to Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > General and enable the Advanced Build Configuration option.

The .NET Reflector is a disassembler for .NET libraries with a very nice and usable UI. It allows you to explore code real quick and is available for free at Redgate: .NET Reflactor

If you want to see Reflector in action, check out there demo.

If you ever get this error when accessing a virtual directory:

You want to try out these things:

1. C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -i
2. and if the first command didn’t help: Go into IIS > Right click Properties of webiste > Operators Tab > Click Add > ASPNET account

After running aspnet_regiis -i it worked for my colleague.

Thanks to those who posted on this thread

The Four Pillars of ASP.NET – Paul Litwin’s Blog.

Nützlicher Überblick über die Möglichkeiten Webanwendungen in ASP.NET zu entwickeln.