Some casing problems I experienced.

As far as I understand, the settings for the code format are in the following Visual Studio menu:

Tools -> Options ->Text Editor

There you have the ability to change things.
I was having some problems reguarding the way my markup is formatted (few of the tags are made lowercase when I hit CTRL + K + D (format whole document)).
So I think the settings for this should be under the HTML -> Format, or the whole path for the menu should be :

Tools -> Options ->Text Editor -> HTML -> Format

I then checked the "Server Tag:" dropdown. It says "Assembly definition", the other options are "As entered", "Lowercase", "Uppercase" but I don't like them :).
Now the issue comes when I have a radGrid with <ClientSettings> or <PagerStyle> sections. To me they must be in Pascal notation (as all other sections and properties), but when I hit CTRL + K + D they are re-formatted to be lowercase.
The issues may be in
1. The telerik assembly itself.
2. Some AddIn conflicts.

It is not a big issue, just decided to share with you.
Please share your thoughts if you faced such issues.

5 minutes C# - get windows special folders path

Just a two lines of code in order to retrieve the path to a special folder of your choice (My Documents, ApplicationData etc):

string strAppData = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
DirectoryInfo diMyDocuments = new DirectoryInfo(strAppData);

Here is the Environment.SpecialFolder Enum:

Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData - the data which some applications store about the current user (mostly used for personalized settings), this is for roaming users.
Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData - Application data which is common for all users.
Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonProgramFiles - "The directory for components that are shared across applications"
Environment.SpecialFolder.Cookies - The folder where the user cookies are stored.
Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop - The logical desktop.
Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory - this is the directory which is used to store file objects on the desktop.
Environment.SpecialFolder.Favorites - Current user favorite items.
Environment.SpecialFolder.History - Current user Internet History.
Environment.SpecialFolder.InternetCache - Internet cached files.
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData - As the first one but for non-roaming users.
Environment.SpecialFolder.MyComputer - I'll let you figure this out ...
Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments - I'll let you figure this out too ...
Environment.SpecialFolder.MyMusic - ... and this one ...
Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures - ... and this one ...
Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal - this one is more important, this directory is used as a repository for documents...
Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles - this one is clear, I believe
Environment.SpecialFolder.Programs - Contains user program groups.
Environment.SpecialFolder.Recent - Users most recently used documetns.
Environment.SpecialFolder.SendTo - This directory is used for the Send To > item in the context menu. By adding folders here, they will appear in the Send To -> item when you click on a file or folder.
Environment.SpecialFolder.StartMenu - Contains the Start Menu items.
Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup - The Startup group (Start Menu -> All Programs -> Startup).
Environment.SpecialFolder.System - The system directory (%Windir%\System32)
Environment.SpecialFolder.Templates - Document templates repository.


Hope I helped a bit.
Have a great coding.

telerik radGrid - select a row without using select links / buttons and allow it to postback

I was in a need to enable the user to select a row by clicking on it (not by clicking on some Select link or image or button).
I also wanted this click to postback so I can do some processing on the server side.

It is not so hard to achieve, but I was puzzled for quite a while so I decided to share it.

In order to allow the grid to select a row by clicking on the row, you need to add the ClientSettings to the radGrid and configure the following:

<ClientSettings EnablePostBackOnRowClick="true">
<Selecting AllowRowSelect="true" />
</ClientSettings>

AllowRowSelect is the property to enable / disable row selection.
EnablePostBackOnRowClick will tell the grid to post back on row selection. It is really strightforward when you think of it, but checking so much properties / section to find out if the radGrid has the one you need is annoying sometimes.

Anyway, I am glad that the radGrid has this functionality built-in.