VB.Net - FilePaths

For me filepaths have always been kind of complex to me. Microsoft uses \, Linux uses / to denot paths. .\ means from the current directory, ..\ means prior directory. It can get pretty complex and even more complex in the web world. This page focuses on Paths.

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ASP.Net - Validators

You can add validator controls to an asp.net webform. What these do is verify that another control has a value within limits of that validator control. For example the IsRequired validator expects to find a value in a control. If the form is validated and the associated control does not have a value, then an error is thrown.

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ASP.Net - Postback

One interesting characteristic of the ASP.Net Forms architecture is the postback. What happens is anytime you click a button, or trigger other sorts of events, you trigger what is known as a postback. The form is resubmitted back to the server, server side logic is processed, and the entire form is rerendered. This page discusses the postback.

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