A common task in N-tier .NET web application development is compiling components. You can compile components in several different ways, either using commands executed at the DOS command prompt or by using methods available through the Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment. In this tutorial, you'll walk through these methods for compiling components developed in Microsoft® Visual Basic .NET.
Learn how to serialize .NET classes to Xml at runtime using System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer. Then, use SQL Server's OPENXML functionality to bulk load hundreds of records across multiple tables in a single stored procedure call.
Recently, I had a requirement to put together a website that deals with taking somewhat elaborate financial surveys. While the questions and answers themselves are good candidates for being database driven, there were a large number of nuiances ranging from UI items, business rules, and calculations that just didn't fit into a database driven strategy. With this in mind, my initial strategy was to create version specific classes and reference them in version specific ASP.NET pages. Of course, this accomplished the initial requirement. However, whenever a new version needs to be implemented, I had to copy all of the ASP.NET pages and modify the references to the appropriate version specific class name. Refactoring provides a better alternative and here's how:
Demonstrates how to use custom validation on a form by checking to see if a string in a TextBox is not the same with a string from an array (or database), case in which it displays 'This name is already taken'.
Take advantage of inheritance in the .NET Framework to extend ASP.NET classes to make them generate ASP.NET code that is fully accessible to people with disabilities.
Shows and explains you how to make an ASP .NET Web Service, an ASP .NET Web Application and how to consume the Web Service with the ASP .NET Web Application.
We probably all remember how agonizing it is to create client-side cookies using JavaScript. HttpCookie class offers an easier way to accomplish the task and with minimal fuss. This article takes a close look at HttpCookie class and how to use it to store cookies on the client machine.
This article explains how to use the .NET XmlTextWriter class to create a custom RSS feed. I have decided to write this article in 2 parts. In this part, I will focus on creating the RSS feed and how to consume it from an asp.net page. In part 2, I will focus on creating a dynamic RSS feed with ADO.NET.
In this article, we will look at some of the architectural and design decisions that may affect ASP.NET application scalability. In addition, you will leanr how you can use Enterprise Services and MSMQ to reduce the effect of those scalability problems.
Microsoft's .NET Framework 1.1 does not provide proper utilities to communicate with the serial ports on a Windows machine. The RS232 library and this quick tutorial will have you talking to a COM port on your machine in no time.