Archive for February 6th, 2010


Showing the Version for an MVC App

Saturday, Feb 6th, 2010 by karlz | 0 Comments
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Technorati Tags: MVC,ASP.NET,VS 2010
The primary MVC (Model-View-Controller) application that I’m working on is called KarlZMvc resulting in a dll called KarlZMvc.dll. To get the version output on my Site.Master page I need to include the following line:

Code Snippet

<%= typeof(KarlZMvc.MvcApplication).Assembly.GetName().Version.ToString() %>

I tried all sorts of combinations with the GetExecutingAssembly, or calling, etc. But none seemed to [...]

Gentleman’s Smart Key Passive Entry

Saturday, Feb 6th, 2010 by karlz | 0 Comments
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Headline: I enjoy the “Gentleman’s Keyless Entry” that I have with my 2010 Toyota Prius.
What do I mean by Gentleman’s Keyless Entry? First I need to review some history.
Before Remote Locks
There was a day that cars did not have remotes to lock and unlock them. So a driver had two basic choices – [...]