How to fix problems with jquery data tables and a list of objects from ASP.net Web API
The main problem is that data tables does not expect a list of objects, instead it wants a differently formatted json object, something like data: {“Property”: Value} etc Instead it’s getting a pure list, like this [ {“Name”:”Value}, {“Name”:”Value}, {“Name”:”Value}, {“Name”:”Value}, {“Name”:”Value}, ] Solution – list out the values in the columns property of the […]
How to fix problems with conflicting version of Newtonsoft.Json in your visual studio projects
The root problem seems to be in the version of Newtonsoft.json – if you set it to version 11.0.1 all of the problems magically disappear
How to fix the entity framework problem with System.Data.Entity.Migrations.Utilities.DomainDispatcher not found.
After much searching and repair, I could not find a good way – the error does seem to be documented on Github – so at least there’s that. My solution to the problem, after trying several other ways, was to downgrade Visual Studio as described here – note – you really do have to run […]
The simple way to force redirect to https in web config files
There are two things: 1. Just insert this code in the web.release.config <system.webServer xdt:Transform=”Insert”> <rewrite> <rules> <rule name=”Force HTTPS” enabled=”true”> <match url=”(.*)” ignoreCase=”false” /> <conditions> <add input=”{HTTPS}” pattern=”off” /> </conditions> <action type=”Redirect” url=”https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}” appendQueryString=”true” redirectType=”Permanent” /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite> </system.webServer> 2. Then make sure that the Url Rewrite module is installed in IIS – if […]
How to fix the directory name is invalid IIS problem
Just restart the app pool and the problem goes away.
How to fix the problems with the package manager console in Visual Studio 2017
So – you’re getting the following problem The following error occurred while loading the extended type data file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core, C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\types.ps1xml(3763) : Error in type “System.Management.Automation.FormatViewDefinition”: Exception: The getter method should be public, non void, static, and have one parameter of type PSObject. For some reason this just started happening after the last Visual Studio 2017 […]
How to fix the The type initializer for Emgu.CV.CvInvoke threw an exception problem when deploying to azure web apps
I’ve been doing a little Facial Recognition lately – then came across the following error “The type initializer for ‘Emgu.CV.CvInvoke’ threw an exception.” after I deployed to azure web apps. Everything was working fine locally. After doing more digging I realized that the actual .exe files for open cv were not being included in the […]
How to fix the System.InvalidOperationException: The property ‘PropertyID’ is part of the object’s key information and cannot be modified problem
Often times when you are using Entity Framework and trying to update objects using the handy db.Entry(useableProperty).CurrentValues.SetValues(property); Method you will encounter the error InvalidOperationException: The property ‘PropertyID’ is part of the object’s key information and cannot be modified problem After lots of thought I came across the remarkably simple answer, to wit – the PropertyID […]
How to fix an odd problem with autonumeric.js
So, you’re using the standard autonumeric.js jquery plugin on your html 5 site – you set up the initialization properties and nothing happens – what is wrong? First check to make sure that your textbox is of type “text” and not type “number” – that threw me for about ten minutes today.
How to use query strings in framesets with asp.net mvc 5 routing
The problem – I was working on a project that required frames – and I was trying to pass a querystring value to the frameset, as in /FramePage/?page=/SomePageOffSite.aspx – my first thought was to just pass the url of one of the frames to the frameset page as a string. I made the model for the […]