Justin Cooney

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

  • How to get an Outlook.com Email Address

    Yesterday (August 1 2012) I wrote a post about how to upgrade your old Hotmail account to Microsoft’s new Outlook.com this article also covered how to get your new MyEmail@outlook.com webmail address. However, I put the steps for upgrading your email address last in the article which isn’t very visible to people interested in upgrading. So in the interest of clearly explaining to people how to get your Outlook.com email address, here are the steps again:

    How to get an Outlook.com Email Address

    Microsoft has made it very straightforward for existing Hotmail users to upgrade their accounts to Outlook.com. Likewise they have also made getting your new outlook.com email address as painless as possible.

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  • Hotmail Rebranding to Outlook.com & You Can Get a New Outlook.com Email Address!

    Microsoft announced recently (July 30 2012) that it is deprecating its Hotmail.com email service in favor of  a new version called Outlook.com. This is part of Microsoft’s continued push to make its products more Web-based and integrated.

    The best part is that you can now get an example123@Outlook.com email address to replace your old Hotmail address.

    So What’s in Store?

    Microsoft will continue to explore integrating social media with its products including Outlook.com email accounts. It’s my guess that this may involve more integration of Outlook.com with Microsoft’s experimental So.cl social media platform.

    I’m a fan of the new Outlook.com service since Outlook has been Microsoft’s professional email software platform for many years now. So integrating the Web-based email service with the Outlook name just makes a lot of sense. As another plus, Microsoft intends to keep its new Outlook.com service free.

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  • Set up a Multi-Line Editable GridView Disassociated from a DataSource

    Multi-Line Editable Gridview Control
    Multi-Line Editable Gridview Control

    GridView controls are versatile multi-purpose ASP.NET widgets. I like the default functionality when hooked up to a data source, but depending on a project’s requirements I also like the ability to tweak the default functionality to make the GridView behave in different ways.

    For example, in past projects  users have asked me to create a more Excel-like interface for viewing and managing their data. This is certainly possible with a GridView control. To take things one step further, in some cases the GridView can even be used as a UI-specific widget that runs disassociated from a DataSource.

    Basically the GridView control can be adjusted to act like a tabular widget on a Web page which allows the user to add/remove/edit multiple rows of information at once. I have not been able to find a front-end only widget of the same calibre that has similar behavior, and coding it completely from scratch using JavaScript and HTML tables seems like overkill.

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