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Getting a MIME type from a file extension in ASP.NET 4.5

February 14, 2013 Feb 14, 2013 02/14/13
Jim Wang (WEB)
If you've ever implemented a file upload or download scenario in ASP.NET, you've likely come across the situation of having to provide a MIME type based off of a file extension. IIS does this automatically when it serves files, but it seems like in ASP.NET there isn't a good way to provide this functionality. Searches on the web might point ...

Knockout Intellisense in ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 RC

December 13, 2012 Dec 13, 2012 12/13/12
VKichline
WTE (Web Tools Extension) 1.2 RC is part of the ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 RC and it’s available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=36053. Knockout Intellisense is an exciting new feature in WTE 1.2 RC.  Knockout is a declarative JavaScript MVVM system for client-side data binding. ...

Visual Studio 2012 RC Web Tooling Extensions update

July 12, 2012 Jul 12, 2012 07/12/12
Web Development Tools Microsoft
If you have been following our blog and twitter accounts then you most likely have heard that some of the Web components of Visual Studio 2012 are now “Out of Band”. What that means is that we can update those components separately from Visual Studio itself. Because of this we will be posting updates on a regular basis. Today marks the ...

VS Publish dialog Update Database dialog disabled

June 14, 2012 Jun 14, 2012 06/14/12
Web Development Tools Microsoft
If you have tried out our new Web Publish experience in Visual Studio you may have noticed that the Update Database checkbox is disabled. See the image below. (image) The intended behavior of this checkbox is to enable you to incrementally publish your database schema from the source (the connection string in web.config) to the destination...

We are Hiring!!

June 10, 2011 Jun 10, 2011 06/10/11
Web Development Tools Microsoft
(image) Do you want to work in a challenging, fun and growth oriented environment leading Microsoft transition to the Cloud? Are you passionate about Web development? Do you want to work with key technologies like ASP.Net, MVC, Razor, JavaScript, Azure, Mobile? Do you want to see how your work can directly impact our customers? If you answer ...