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jQuery - Resurrect 7/21/2010 All jQuery posts
I ran into a problem when using a wizard type ajax interface where the live() jQuery events would become bound, bound, and then rebound, as you navigated back and forth through the wizard. To ensure that any live events would be properly set you need to call the die() method first and then rebind.
```
$("#myClickableThing").die("click").live("click", function () {
    // do work
});
```
And to add it as a new jQuery function you can try this:
```
jQuery.fn.resurrect = function (eventType, callback) {
    $(this).die(eventType).live(eventType, callback);
};
```
Now you can call resurrect like this:
```
$("#myClickableThing").resurrect("click", function() { 
    // do work
});
```
- jquery
- live()
- die()
- events
Remote Desktop - VPN & RDP Command 3/17/2010 All Remote Desktop posts
If you're always connecting to a VPN for the purpose of RDPing into a machine, try saving this script as a *.cmd and run it
```
rasdial "VPN" /d

rasdial "VPN" username password

route delete AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA

route add AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA mask BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB CCC.CCC.CCC.CCC

mstsc.exe /v:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX /f

exit /b
```
Key
AAA.AAA.AAA.AAAAny route you might need, skip this if you don't need them

BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB, CCC.CCC.CCC.CCCRoute Mask

VPNThe name of your VPN Connection

username, passwordusername and password of your VPN Connections

What this will do is connect to a named VPN, add any routes you need, then call the Microsoft Terminal Services Client. If you've connected to that IP Address via RDP before and saved your credentials you won't have to enter them.
- vpn
- rdp
- cmd

Extensions - Strings 1/22/2010 All Extensions posts

ReplaceEx

Replace a string using an expression.

        public static string ReplaceEx(this string original, string pattern, string replacement)
        {
            int count = 0;
            int position0 = 0;
            int position1 = 0;

            string upperString = original.ToUpper();
            string upperPattern = pattern.ToUpper();

            int inc = (original.Length / pattern.Length) * (replacement.Length - pattern.Length);

            char[] chars = new char[original.Length + Math.Max(0, inc)];

            while ((position1 = upperString.IndexOf(upperPattern, position0)) != -1)
            {
                for (int i = position0; i < position1; ++i)
                    chars[count++] = original[i];
                for (int i = 0; i < replacement.Length; ++i)
                    chars[count++] = replacement[i];
            
                position0 = position1 + pattern.Length;
            }

            if (position0 == 0) return original;
            
            for (int i = position0; i < original.Length; ++i)
                chars[count++] = original[i];

            return new string(chars, 0, count);
        }

TruncateHtml

Truncate a string and remove HTML. This is useful for message boards, articles, etc, where you just want to show a portion of the text and the user would click into it to read more.

        public static string TruncateHtml(this string html, int max)
        {
            string result = Regex.Replace(html, @"<(.|\n)*?>", string.Empty);

            return Truncate(result, max);
        }

Truncate

Truncates a string

        public static string Truncate(this string text, int max)
        {
            string result = text;

            if (result.Length > max) result = result.Substring(0, max - 3) + "...";
            return result;
        }

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jQuery - Resurrect 7/21/2010 All jQuery posts

Remote Desktop - VPN & RDP Command 3/17/2010 All Remote Desktop posts

Extensions - Strings 1/22/2010 All Extensions posts

ReplaceEx

TruncateHtml

Truncate

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