http://www.msdnmagazine.com Thank You for subscribing to our RSS Feed. en-us © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:17:36 GMT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:17:36 GMT 1440 "http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/images/tnlogo.gif" http://www.msdnmagazine.com http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55920751-7ff3-4fd1-89a8-0db650c72ed8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55920751-7ff3-4fd1-89a8-0db650c72ed8 November 2009<br/><br/>Over the past few years, federated security models and claims-based access control have become increasingly popular. Platform tools in this area have also come a long way. Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) is a rich identity model framework designed for building claims-based applications and services and for supporting active and passive federated security scenarios. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/984028e0-c901-453e-aa0a-d5693a348ceb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/984028e0-c901-453e-aa0a-d5693a348ceb November 2009<br/><br/>This article explains how you can use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 to claims-enable Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services and browser-based applications. The focus is on the token issuance functionality in AD FS 2.0. You’ll find out how to use AD FS 2.0 as an identity provider; set up an AD FS 2.0 security token service (STS) to interact with WCF; federate AD FS 2.0 with your custom STS or another AD FS 2.0; enable Web single sign-on and federation with WS-Federation and SAML 2.0 protocols; and externalize authentication logic through Visual Studio. You’ll come away appreciating how AD FS 2.0 and Windows Identity Foundation make programming identity solutions in Windows less of a chore. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/863e93fd-7c81-42f9-ab0b-ed4273ea7126 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/863e93fd-7c81-42f9-ab0b-ed4273ea7126 November 2009<br/><br/>This article is an overview of digital signature practices and user considerations necessary to write applications in compliance with ISO/IEC 15408 Common Criteria security. Signing categories are described, including those that are a potential risk to the implied trust association that goes with a digital signature. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3fc94394-227a-4781-a4aa-6ca95ff0107a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3fc94394-227a-4781-a4aa-6ca95ff0107a November 2009<br/><br/>This article is the third in a series about n-tier programming with the Entity Framework, specifically about building custom Web services with the Entity Framework and WCF. This article looks at features coming in the second release of the Entity Framework (EF4) and how you use them to implement the Self-Tracking Entities and Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) n-tier patterns. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e9139d4-5a8b-4176-bae6-00d385217a17 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e9139d4-5a8b-4176-bae6-00d385217a17 November 2009<br/><br/>In this article, the author covers the new features in SharePoint 2010 geared for workflow developers and then walks the reader through a couple of new user scenarios. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46d3319f-1f30-482d-968b-4f8faa63d65a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46d3319f-1f30-482d-968b-4f8faa63d65a November 2009<br/><br/>The challenge in SharePoint development has always been the balance between creating and deploying solutions that you can trust not to damage or impair a SharePoint farm. A new feature in SharePoint 2010, called Sandboxed Solutions, enables farm administrators to feel comfortable that the SharePoint farm is safe, gives site collection administrators the authority to manage applications in their site collection, and provides developers with the flexibility to create solutions they know will be deployed in a safe and rapid manner. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/03465b3c-c9e3-450e-a0fd-450e78e45927 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/03465b3c-c9e3-450e-a0fd-450e78e45927 November 2009<br/><br/>Howard Dierking talks about the recent changes and updates to the MSDN Web sites and the MSDN Subscriptions program. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b00b475b-1b06-4f7b-9e3c-c7bdead3a07e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b00b475b-1b06-4f7b-9e3c-c7bdead3a07e November 2009<br/><br/>In this month's column, Scott explores one-click database documentation, covers an API for pre- and post-conditions, takes a look at an interesting blog, and reviews the latest book about the ASP.NET MVC Framework. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e75546c-416a-44e1-8462-e39205fb942a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e75546c-416a-44e1-8462-e39205fb942a November 2009<br/><br/>The .NET Framework 4 introduces many updates to the .NET security model that make it much easier to host, secure and provide services to partially trusted code. This article dives into the many features and benefits of the .NET security model. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e1c87211-cde4-4994-ae7a-0d6f2b164a55 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e1c87211-cde4-4994-ae7a-0d6f2b164a55 November 2009<br/><br/>Last month, Dino covered the basics of the new DataView client control and the binding techniques most commonly used. In this article, he goes one step further and covers conditional template rendering. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aacb4658-3dd1-4b64-a5d6-3e734e3d86ad http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aacb4658-3dd1-4b64-a5d6-3e734e3d86ad November 2009<br/><br/>This article reviews what makes XML vulnerable to denial of service attacks and how to mitigate these attacks. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4fdccf14-c769-46a4-9720-e4173cf0d359 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4fdccf14-c769-46a4-9720-e4173cf0d359 November 2009<br/><br/>In this article, the author shows you three new arrivals on the SQL Server spatial visualization scene: the map control in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services (SSRS), the ESRI MapIt product, and the MapPoint Add-In for SQL Server 2008. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9bc2e690-5d5e-46c6-893a-093e81a111b3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9bc2e690-5d5e-46c6-893a-093e81a111b3 November 2009<br/><br/>This month’s column describes how to use WCF for communication between a workflow and a host application in Windows Workflow Foundation 3. This knowledge should help developers with their efforts using WF3 and prepare them for WF4, where WCF is the only abstraction over queues (referred to as “bookmarks" in WF4) that ships with the framework. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08aea9aa-ca88-46e8-bed8-bb64f97ff45e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08aea9aa-ca88-46e8-bed8-bb64f97ff45e November 2009<br/><br/>With the introduction of the Windows Web Services (WWS) API, C++ developers no longer have to think of themselves as second-class citizens in the world of Web Services. In this article, the author explores the features and benefits that the WWS API has to offer. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/091229ef-eadb-4af0-9f42-4ff7c7ce099b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/091229ef-eadb-4af0-9f42-4ff7c7ce099b November 2009<br/><br/>In this column, Ambrose Little and Charlie Kreitzberg discuss best practices, design patterns, and other considerations related to implementing a search feature. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4cfa4870-b515-4979-85ba-253338e403f6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4cfa4870-b515-4979-85ba-253338e403f6 November 2009<br/><br/>This article discusses how to write a library or framework that uses the Dependency Injection pattern and how the change in focus affects the usage of the pattern. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ November 2009<br/><br/>Cover Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ November 2009<br/><br/>Masthead Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f3fe475-8dc9-4ed9-b0e1-9072a285c570 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f3fe475-8dc9-4ed9-b0e1-9072a285c570 October 2009<br/><br/>This article provides a first look at tools in Visual Studio 2010 designed to support development and deployment of SharePoint 2010 solutions. The article provides an example of designing and deploying a visual Web part. Steve Fox Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7aba0ba-aff2-4efc-b612-8e6123fd6366 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7aba0ba-aff2-4efc-b612-8e6123fd6366 October 2009<br/><br/>This article describes how to generate documents that contain data stored in SharePoint lists. The example demonstrates how OpenXML content controls can be defined to capture list data in a Word document and how LINQ to XML can be used to query the lists. The documents are generated from a SharePoint Web Part. Eric White Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a09b9907-303a-45ac-a8de-c91b3780ed62 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a09b9907-303a-45ac-a8de-c91b3780ed62 October 2009<br/><br/>In Part 2, the authors cover core OS Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) events as well as present simple scripts to demonstrate a few basic accounting techniques on some of the OS events introduced. Alex Bendetov, Insung Park Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54805167-ee97-4eb3-b11c-3370e9d7421e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54805167-ee97-4eb3-b11c-3370e9d7421e October 2009<br/><br/>Schema- first contract-first modeling of Web Services gives you the ability to model your contracts with an XML-centric mindset. This process keeps you focused on universally acceptable types and the hierarchical data structures that can be represented in XML. Christian Weyer, Buddhike de Silva Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8641b08f-c9f0-4a0a-a22d-c80e9cd7fe87 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8641b08f-c9f0-4a0a-a22d-c80e9cd7fe87 October 2009<br/><br/>This month’s issue of MSDN Magazine takes a look at some of the new features and tools in Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 that will continue improving the experience of creating business applications that run on the Microsoft Office platform. This is an area of software development that holds tremendous potential in terms of solving the right problems—those being the business problems. To get to the next step of really transforming the manner in which business is conducted, highly domain-specific functionality must be developed below the metaphorical surface—and thus can only be meaningfully implemented by you. Howard Dierking Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4ee58138-f9e1-4c11-ac44-eb9e5f02ed5a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4ee58138-f9e1-4c11-ac44-eb9e5f02ed5a October 2009<br/><br/>This column covers common user interface groupings, configuring NHibernate using C#, and a look at interesting books and podcasts. Scott Mitchell Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5ddea4c8-08c3-4068-8279-d0caaa1c764f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5ddea4c8-08c3-4068-8279-d0caaa1c764f October 2009<br/><br/>In this article, the authors complete the picture for Garbage Collected (GC) heap related memory issues by providing step-by-step instructions on using the CLR Profiler for .NET GC heap memory investigations. Subramanian Ramaswamy, Vance Morrison Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20724a48-88d7-4370-8d7c-7c20c05479da http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20724a48-88d7-4370-8d7c-7c20c05479da October 2009<br/><br/>Collection Initializers are a great addition to the language and allows concise syntax in order to initialize both framework and user defined collection types. Spotty Bowles Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/780d2e55-fe3d-4fa1-9389-9a79c1c346d6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/780d2e55-fe3d-4fa1-9389-9a79c1c346d6 October 2009<br/><br/>In this article, the author reviews the pillars of real-world AJAX development as supported in ASP.NET AJAX 4.0. It focuses on client-side templates and data binding but won’t ignore other goodies, such as ADO.NET Data Services proxy classes and programming facilities. John Papa Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1511995-82ce-4ec5-802f-8d2eddb607e0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1511995-82ce-4ec5-802f-8d2eddb607e0 October 2009<br/><br/>In this article, Dino reviews the pillars of real-world AJAX development as supported in ASP.NET AJAX 4.0. In doing so, he mostly focuses on client-side templates and data-binding but doesn’t ignore other goodies, such as ADO.NET Data Services proxy classes and programming facilities. Dino Esposito Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/879c949e-5be3-416d-a883-483d72f3eeda http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/879c949e-5be3-416d-a883-483d72f3eeda October 2009<br/><br/>This article examines how the new support for functional programming techniques in .NET 3.5 can developers make code more declarative, reduce errors in code, and write fewer lines of code for many common tasks. Jeremy Miller Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5eec7ab-461f-4f17-a7df-0ecf6c84e598 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5eec7ab-461f-4f17-a7df-0ecf6c84e598 October 2009<br/><br/>Team Foundation Server’s work iIem tracking system provides a number of advanced customization options.This article explores custom control support that lets you link to date, enhance the user experience, present data, and more. Brian A. Randell Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1958fcd0-aba7-4da9-a66a-92fe90e703de http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1958fcd0-aba7-4da9-a66a-92fe90e703de October 2009<br/><br/>This column presents an approach to Antirandom (AR) testing the author calls partial AR string testing, which can be used to test a wide range of software systems. James McCaffrey Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c46c3ca1-0651-4e87-a66e-9590696dde9a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c46c3ca1-0651-4e87-a66e-9590696dde9a October 2009<br/><br/>This column how to build clients applications based on the REST architecture using HTTP AP1s. The article describes how to address the question of autogenerated types and code. Jon Flanders Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d49fabcf-1da1-4303-9567-319efc5a77b3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d49fabcf-1da1-4303-9567-319efc5a77b3 October 2009<br/><br/>This article describes aspects of using routers with the .NET service bus, especially their use in a message-based architecture. Juval Lowy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca563b4a-4dff-4056-9518-359209156a31 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca563b4a-4dff-4056-9518-359209156a31 October 2009<br/><br/>This article describes how to integrate the new parallel computing libraries in the Visual Studio 2010 Beta into existing C++ projects. Based on four common scenarios, the column explains a few of the ways developers can use the APIs and classes that are part of the Parallel Pattern Library (PPL), Asynchronous Agents Library, and Concurrency Runtime. Rick Molloy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3919ead9-46cb-4417-9495-729db70181a6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3919ead9-46cb-4417-9495-729db70181a6 October 2009<br/><br/>This article explores techniques developers can use to gather information about and incorporate their users' mental models in their software designs. Ambrose Little, Charles B. Kreitzberg Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d89230e7-b81a-4ddc-b24d-d8df9fdd1a84 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d89230e7-b81a-4ddc-b24d-d8df9fdd1a84 September 2009<br/><br/>This article describes an approach to using accelerometers with Windows Mobile to control Windows Media Player Mobile. Chris Mitchell Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3288f6c-30b8-4c00-86ed-ebc7eca7eafc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3288f6c-30b8-4c00-86ed-ebc7eca7eafc September 2009<br/><br/>As more and more multi-threaded software applications get developed, software development professionals need to adopt new tools, techniques and metrics that can deal with multi-threaded software. Synchronization coverage is a simple, practical way to do this and this article covers a prototype synchronization coverage tool for .NET, called Sync Cover. Chris Dern, Roy Tan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1336018e-c296-4770-84b8-2022d1d04285 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1336018e-c296-4770-84b8-2022d1d04285 September 2009<br/><br/>In Visual C++ 10 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, Microsoft is introducing new libraries and runtimes to significantly ease the process of expressing parallelism in your code base, together with new tool support for performance analysis and debugging of parallel applications. In this article, you will learn about debugging support in Visual Studio 2010, much of which is focused on task-based programming models. Stephen Toub, Daniel Moth Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c606fb22-93a3-4853-a1f1-d1eb6474d1f8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c606fb22-93a3-4853-a1f1-d1eb6474d1f8 September 2009<br/><br/>In the first article of a two-part series, the authors present a high-level overview of the ETW technology and core OS instrumentation. Alex Bendetov, Insung Park Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df975da6-369e-41d6-8125-520731cbc246 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df975da6-369e-41d6-8125-520731cbc246 September 2009<br/><br/>Message Orientation: Decouple Applications with SQL Server Service Broker John Charles Olamendy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aea75f8b-63ac-40cf-9574-56238c280da4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aea75f8b-63ac-40cf-9574-56238c280da4 September 2009<br/><br/>This month, Howard Dierking explores the value of maintaining a few discrete technology interests in order to avoid being swept away in a sea of buzzwords and new technologies. Howard Dierking Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/344ec59e-2736-4c94-9da6-1ae4600d43ba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/344ec59e-2736-4c94-9da6-1ae4600d43ba September 2009<br/><br/>This column covers Web application performance with distributed caching, a utility for object-object mapping, and a look at interesting blogs. Scott Mitchell Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b40630f6-e82c-48c8-a798-9f8f209666bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b40630f6-e82c-48c8-a798-9f8f209666bd September 2009<br/><br/>Just about everyone who uses Microsoft .NET uses the Base Class Libraries (BCL).When we make the BCL better, almost every managed developer benefits. This column will focus on the new additions to the BCL in .NET 4 beta 1. Justin Van Patten Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de407d5b-fc71-4b00-a954-4ecf90e08da0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de407d5b-fc71-4b00-a954-4ecf90e08da0 September 2009<br/><br/>The upcoming ASP.NET 4.0 platform has the same foundation as the latest 3.5 SP1 version, but it provides further refinement in the areas of Web Forms, Dynamic Data controls, and ASP.NET AJAX. In this article, Dino takes a look at what’s new and improved in the Web Forms model. Dino Esposito Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c0335672-03fd-47fd-8f67-fcb8cc03d147 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c0335672-03fd-47fd-8f67-fcb8cc03d147 September 2009<br/><br/>Axum is not a general-purpose language like C# or VB, but one aimed squarely at the problem of concurrency, designed from the outset to be part of a suite of languages that collectively cooperate to solve a business problem. Ted Neward Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b9fda57-6694-4a34-9ecb-11595a16f787 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b9fda57-6694-4a34-9ecb-11595a16f787 September 2009<br/><br/>This article explores the use of threat modeling to address security concerns in your applications. Michael Howard Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e5698bf-783c-4a56-835e-75a367c5875b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e5698bf-783c-4a56-835e-75a367c5875b September 2009<br/><br/>In this article, the author takes a look at SEO practices that the reader can apply when using the latest Microsoft Web technologies. Scott Allen Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d85071f-b8cc-4643-a2b2-51796c142bc8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d85071f-b8cc-4643-a2b2-51796c142bc8 September 2009<br/><br/>For WPF programmers, one major revelation about the power of the DataTemplate comes with a demonstration of how XAML can turn business objects into bar charts. This column explores how to use DataTemplates to create different types of charts. Charles Petzold Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82687519-fe5e-49b0-8439-233d182ca687 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82687519-fe5e-49b0-8439-233d182ca687 September 2009<br/><br/>In this article, the author shows you how to draw with Direct2D by introducing Direct2D’s color structure and its various types of brushes. Kenny Kerr Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17741258-fa30-4bc6-b46b-dc5bb762e163 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17741258-fa30-4bc6-b46b-dc5bb762e163 September 2009<br/><br/>Many commercial phone models, including Windows phones, come with a VPN client. This article covers some of the basics of the technology behind IKEv2 and MOBIKE and how to use them to create and manage a VPN for a mobile phone. Ramon Arjona Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ec4295e2-cbde-427e-9056-aefd330cd2ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ec4295e2-cbde-427e-9056-aefd330cd2ab September 2009<br/><br/>This article describes methods for designing screens in a user interface and the technology frameworks that support screen design. Ambrose Little, Charles B. Kreitzberg Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d07e6ad0-b539-4cfc-97c7-f3eca7a12701 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d07e6ad0-b539-4cfc-97c7-f3eca7a12701 August 2009<br/><br/>Having the capability to draw pictures usually isn’t enough for a good information visualization platform. The key to building a visualization platform is capabilities such as interactivity, generating metadata, and overlaying related data. You need a level of flexibility that lets you render any data in any way at any time. Laurence Moroney Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/acc3017a-9ec8-4c0e-81e3-db9099e7e4e4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/acc3017a-9ec8-4c0e-81e3-db9099e7e4e4 August 2009<br/><br/>This article examines n-tier patterns for success and some of the key APIs and issues specific to the Entity Framework. It also provides a sneak peak at features coming in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 that should make n-tier development significantly easier. Daniel Simmons Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2846e11d-84f2-4286-befe-4f920ae22fd9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2846e11d-84f2-4286-befe-4f920ae22fd9 August 2009<br/><br/>In this article, we’ll go through the reasons to (and not to) employ the domain model pattern, the benefits it brings, as well as provide some practical tips on keeping the overall solution as simple as possible. Udi Dahan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c0e5c83a-c15d-48e9-82f6-7008014eef06 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c0e5c83a-c15d-48e9-82f6-7008014eef06 August 2009<br/><br/>Developers deploy a wide variety of development philosophies and architecture styles. This article explores three common perspectives on application development and describes how the Entity Framework can be employed in each. Specifically, the article looks at the forms-centric, model-centric, and code-centric development styles and their relationship to the Entity Framework. Tim Mallalieu Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6930bc98-a91a-4ea5-8b83-c35b9279ef21 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6930bc98-a91a-4ea5-8b83-c35b9279ef21 August 2009<br/><br/>This article shows you the new face of SQL Data Services, explores its architecture, and shows how it is truly an extension of SQL Server in the cloud. David Robinson Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/78B98DB5-6D0B-4219-8C02-F2D1B69AED78 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/78B98DB5-6D0B-4219-8C02-F2D1B69AED78 August 2009<br/><br/>This is Part 3 of a multipart article series on Windows 7. Part 3 covers the Windows 7 multitouch capabilities. Yochay Kiriaty Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb83351a-d788-4f83-aa65-bfbcdddb1725 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb83351a-d788-4f83-aa65-bfbcdddb1725 August 2009<br/><br/>Editor's Note: Editor's Note Howard Dierking Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abb2f8ae-19d6-4aee-852a-2e2941f2da31 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abb2f8ae-19d6-4aee-852a-2e2941f2da31 August 2009<br/><br/>If you want to save, organize, and annotate snapshots of your database data, find an easy way to install and configure Subversion, and automate the organization of your source code, then you'll want to read more about these latest tools. Scott Mitchell Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7004772f-b6df-4e7d-9061-5af1a44cf165 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7004772f-b6df-4e7d-9061-5af1a44cf165 August 2009<br/><br/>This article will share some of the best practices that the Base Class Libraries (BCL) team devised as they added the code contract libraries and started to take advantage of them in their own code. Melitta Andersen Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a60b7bf7-9325-4bd1-b231-d69505240159 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a60b7bf7-9325-4bd1-b231-d69505240159 August 2009<br/><br/>In this month’s column, the author shows how binary encoding works, the effect it has on an application’s performance, and how it behaves by demonstrating it in action. John Papa Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4210e993-13c7-4679-bfca-4afc3fc7cdfa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4210e993-13c7-4679-bfca-4afc3fc7cdfa August 2009<br/><br/>After a brief refresher on procedural and object based patterns for organizing the business logic layer, the author focuses on data transfer objects and the impact they have on the development of the software project. Dino Esposito Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc62b960-dcb5-42ef-90cd-98c779315a11 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc62b960-dcb5-42ef-90cd-98c779315a11 August 2009<br/><br/>The end goal of software projects is to deliver value to the customer. Software design is a major factor in how successfully a team can deliver that value. The best designs are a product of continuous design rather than the result of an effort that tries to get the entire design right up front. This approach lets you strive to apply lessons learned from the project to continuously improve the design, instead of becoming locked into an erroneous design developed too early in the project. Jeremy Miller Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a8de8cf9-399e-41d9-9ce5-5df356c90c22 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a8de8cf9-399e-41d9-9ce5-5df356c90c22 August 2009<br/><br/>Even if you use only the most secure algorithms and the longest key lengths, there’s no guarantee that the code you write today will remain secure. A better alternative is to plan for agility from the beginning. Rather than hard-coding specific cryptographic algorithms into your code, use one of the crypto-agility features built into the Microsoft .NET Framework. This article shows you how. Bryan Sullivan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/737dfee0-cdd4-43a8-a11b-c60c2d115257 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/737dfee0-cdd4-43a8-a11b-c60c2d115257 August 2009<br/><br/>In this article, the author delves into some commonly used ways of writing data access code and looks at the effect they can have on performance. Bob Beauchemin Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea4d7c59-5357-4813-b34c-15c3a09f834e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea4d7c59-5357-4813-b34c-15c3a09f834e August 2009<br/><br/>Design patterns provide a common, repeatable approach to solving software development tasks, and many different patterns can describe how to accomplish a certain goal in code. When developers begin working with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), they often ask about how to accomplish common tasks with the technology. This month's column discusses several design patterns used in WF. Matthew Milner Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a5e73d2-378a-42c6-9242-0a3143849b9f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a5e73d2-378a-42c6-9242-0a3143849b9f August 2009<br/><br/>Exceptions in .NET are the fundamental mechanism by which errors and other exceptional conditions are communicated. This month’s column provides information about how to aggregate exceptions to help manage a variety of scenarios in which multiple exceptions might result from one operation, including scenarios involving parallelism and concurrency. Stephen Toub Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b7143419-da12-44f2-bd94-810637049cc8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b7143419-da12-44f2-bd94-810637049cc8 August 2009<br/><br/>This article discusses the Project Linker tool and other techniques to create applications that target both WPF and Silverlight from a single code base. Erwin van der Valk Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0e93951b-ccce-49af-9c16-8f374639c8b5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0e93951b-ccce-49af-9c16-8f374639c8b5 July 2009<br/><br/>This article reviews the Prism project developed by the Microsoft patterns & practices group and demonstrates how to apply it to composite Web applications using Silverlight. Shawn Wildermuth Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cbb4089a-bad4-4510-bb3b-37ecc8d9b2bb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cbb4089a-bad4-4510-bb3b-37ecc8d9b2bb July 2009<br/><br/>This article describes how to use XHTML and ASP.NET MVC to implement REST services. Aaron Skonnard Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/180b4c84-1525-4ae1-b945-eefbbdb42287 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/180b4c84-1525-4ae1-b945-eefbbdb42287 July 2009<br/><br/>Developers frequently face issues related to scalability bottlenecks when they have applications that need to handle a lot of load. This article describes the role of a distributed cache in building scalable applications. Iqbal Khan Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0915adf4-b472-4075-9b0e-253d792bf886 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0915adf4-b472-4075-9b0e-253d792bf886 July 2009<br/><br/>This is Part 2 of a multipart article series on Windows 7. The focus of Part 2 is the Windows 7 taskbar. Yochay Kiriaty & Sasha Goldshtein Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7788fcf-2100-48a6-b6ba-b9075c10f4e8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7788fcf-2100-48a6-b6ba-b9075c10f4e8 July 2009<br/><br/>Testable MVC: Building Testable ASP.NET MVC Applications Justin Etheredge Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5cddc12-4ca4-4a80-b50e-52049e0857ac http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5cddc12-4ca4-4a80-b50e-52049e0857ac July 2009<br/><br/>Editor's Note: Viva la Evolution! Howard Dierking Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73f774a8-e901-42d0-9980-d7a85010b3a5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73f774a8-e901-42d0-9980-d7a85010b3a5 July 2009<br/><br/>If you want to apply static analysis to your databases, connect to remote computers, find out more about the Entity Framework, or just check into some cool podcasts for your daily commute, then you'll want to read more about these latest tools and resources. Scott Mitchell Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a8db67f0-4a3c-4835-9643-a49a959cdc66 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a8db67f0-4a3c-4835-9643-a49a959cdc66 July 2009<br/><br/>This month's column describes the benefits and methodologies of usability testing. Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fa7dd8e5-5962-473c-bb42-acb97eea9999 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fa7dd8e5-5962-473c-bb42-acb97eea9999 July 2009<br/><br/>In this column, the author lays out some guiding principles that you should follow when working with the ASP.NET MVC framework. Matt Ellis Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4d03262d-5406-4b6c-bc61-355c321c2470 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4d03262d-5406-4b6c-bc61-355c321c2470 July 2009<br/><br/>Error corrections are an essential part of the Visual Basic coding experience. This article explores the many error correction features offered by Visual Basic and provides a glimpse at the future release of Visual Studio 2010. Dustin Campbell Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/01935c52-6543-4f82-ba00-660edf640849 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/01935c52-6543-4f82-ba00-660edf640849 July 2009<br/><br/>In this month's column, we’ll explore the pros and cons of both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC. Dino Esposito Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8f99844f-b1b6-4b72-af68-ef2b4acadcc3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8f99844f-b1b6-4b72-af68-ef2b4acadcc3 July 2009<br/><br/>This month we show you how to use F# to perform HTTP request-response testing for ASP.NET Web applications. James McCaffrey Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/72fd8a49-f0a9-45fe-81d5-c012903fab6d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/72fd8a49-f0a9-45fe-81d5-c012903fab6d July 2009<br/><br/>This month's column answers frequently asked questions about implementing REST. Jon Flanders Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf21ec69-f3b5-46c2-9741-9390bc92122a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf21ec69-f3b5-46c2-9741-9390bc92122a July 2009<br/><br/>In this column, the author lays out some guiding principles that you should follow when working with the ASP.NET MVC framework. Scott Allen Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74a51afe-fd30-4dff-8db4-2b8d57774d95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74a51afe-fd30-4dff-8db4-2b8d57774d95 July 2009<br/><br/>With the help of Silverlight Deep Zoom and a remarkable control named MultiScaleImage, you can create scenes with many levels of zoom. Jeff Prosise illustrates with what else but the Mandlebrot set. Jeff Prosise Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4e5152a-10e2-421a-b1bd-f15fe9ca3e97 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4e5152a-10e2-421a-b1bd-f15fe9ca3e97 July 2009<br/><br/>This column shows you how to secure the .NET Services Bus and also provides some helper classes and utilities to automate many of the details. Juval Lowy Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f568ac83-785c-4896-8985-cfdb5332e962 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f568ac83-785c-4896-8985-cfdb5332e962 June 2009<br/><br/>Use Test-Driven Development with mock objects to design object oriented code in terms of roles and responsibilities, not categorization of objects into class hierarchies. Isaiah Perumalla Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9ea378e4-549c-4065-b53a-bd11822c525a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9ea378e4-549c-4065-b53a-bd11822c525a June 2009<br/><br/>Danny Simmons explores some anti-patterns you should look out for when building n-tier applications with the Entity Framework. Daniel Simmons Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abc0d6e7-5b69-4cbe-84eb-641f8d50b8ed http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abc0d6e7-5b69-4cbe-84eb-641f8d50b8ed June 2009<br/><br/>Microsoft Velocity exposes a unified, distributed memory cache for client application consumption. We show you how to add Velocity to your data-driven apps. Aaron Dunnington Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e40e5289-785b-4a8e-afc9-3e66e54d1f34 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e40e5289-785b-4a8e-afc9-3e66e54d1f34 June 2009<br/><br/>We demonstrate creating a peer-to-peer processing platform where multiple players function together for a common purpose: getting your work done. Matt Neely Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15fb1349-84df-4ed9-941c-fc1671166f75 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15fb1349-84df-4ed9-941c-fc1671166f75 June 2009<br/><br/>This is Part 1 of a multipart article series on Windows 7. This article is about the new user profile storage concept in Windows 7, called Libraries. Yochay Kiriaty Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74fad3cd-45b8-4464-ab56-c27fb7ee84f6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74fad3cd-45b8-4464-ab56-c27fb7ee84f6 June 2009<br/><br/>This month the authors show you how to treat the user experience as an essential dimension of the development process while retaining the advantages of Agile. Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0a39f426-8ccf-42d8-a4f1-b22f70bcb2a8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0a39f426-8ccf-42d8-a4f1-b22f70bcb2a8 June 2009<br/><br/>Editor's Note: Architecture and Aggregates Howard Dierking Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18aec8bc-8fbd-4b9b-962a-758ee22c95e7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18aec8bc-8fbd-4b9b-962a-758ee22c95e7 June 2009<br/><br/>Now that you're even managing projects in the cloud, you'll need some tools to help. This month we illustrate one, discuss UX design patterns, a book by Anders Hejlsberg, and more. Scott Mitchell Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/72b155de-f8b0-4ad5-827c-5be46c57fb2a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/72b155de-f8b0-4ad5-827c-5be46c57fb2a June 2009<br/><br/>Memory usage can have a direct impact on how fast an application executes and thus is important to optimize. In this article we discuss the basics of memory optimization for .NET programs. Subramanian Ramaswamy and Vance Morrison Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0baffc04-f18b-429b-97f1-162e150bc989 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0baffc04-f18b-429b-97f1-162e150bc989 June 2009<br/><br/>Silverlight 2 applications are restricted to running inside a browser. However, Silverlight 3 applications can run inside the browser or out. Here we build a social networking app as a standalone Silverlight 3 application. John Papa Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/876615df-0158-410a-9a91-22a3861e2350 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/876615df-0158-410a-9a91-22a3861e2350 June 2009<br/><br/>This month we examine forms in the context of AJAX applications and look at various approaches to implementing features such as auto-saving, just-in-time validation, and submission throttling. Dino Esposito Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ae65c7a-edde-4d67-8887-53d0533390b8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ae65c7a-edde-4d67-8887-53d0533390b8 June 2009<br/><br/>Jeremy Miller continues his discussion of persistence patterns by reviewing the Unit of Work design pattern and examining the issues around persistence ignorance. Jeremy Miller Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b35bba96-07b5-42f3-962b-6267d6672f95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b35bba96-07b5-42f3-962b-6267d6672f95 June 2009<br/><br/>This month we demonstrate how easy it is to use IronPython to test .NET-based libraries. James McCaffrey Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cd15ee4c-934b-4ebd-bce5-aeb7ff74b6ea http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cd15ee4c-934b-4ebd-bce5-aeb7ff74b6ea June 2009<br/><br/>Cobra, a descendant of Python, offers a combined dynamic and statically-typed programming model, built-in unit test facilities, scripting capabilities, and much more. Feel the power here. Ted Neward Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8793a6d9-58b8-4f25-a753-c7b616b068c5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8793a6d9-58b8-4f25-a753-c7b616b068c5 June 2009<br/><br/>Late last year Microsoft released Calendar and DatePicker controls for WPF in the WPF Toolkit. We’ll show you how they work, and how you can customize them. Charles Petzold Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a22ca2ac-c0ca-4155-8078-dc9b46ddfcf5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a22ca2ac-c0ca-4155-8078-dc9b46ddfcf5 June 2009<br/><br/>We use the new Asynchronous Agents Library in Visual C++ 2010 to solve the classic Dining Philosophers concurrency problem. Rick Molloy Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/09c94f7b-ee9b-4a84-9344-6c777146ec47 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/09c94f7b-ee9b-4a84-9344-6c777146ec47 June 2009<br/><br/>If you want to develop high-performance and high-quality commercial applications, you’ll still look to C++ and native code. Direct2D will help you deliver the graphics power you need. Kenny Kerr Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48347dd5-ffba-4516-80f4-e5394021331c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48347dd5-ffba-4516-80f4-e5394021331c June 2009<br/><br/>{End Bracket}: Think Before You Speak Steven M. List Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e85702c4-160a-4577-9668-43c8d57b8351 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e85702c4-160a-4577-9668-43c8d57b8351 May 2009<br/><br/>.NET RIA Services provides a set of server components and ASP.NET extensions such as authentication, roles, and profile management. We’ll show you how they work. Jonathan Carter Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6c2a74f-e15f-4f6b-875b-4288caabe041 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6c2a74f-e15f-4f6b-875b-4288caabe041 May 2009<br/><br/>Here we examine the typical cloud platform architecture and some common architectural patterns, along with their implementation on the Windows Azure offering from Microsoft. Joshy Joseph Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/171909a3-cb53-4ab1-ba17-923d44b92a7b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/171909a3-cb53-4ab1-ba17-923d44b92a7b May 2009<br/><br/>In this article the author looks at two versions of the same application--one consuming an on-premise Data Service, and one consuming an Azure Table Data Service to illustrate data access in the cloud. Elisa Flasko Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2486b35d-8d9f-4ccf-bc1b-f1fed4296711 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2486b35d-8d9f-4ccf-bc1b-f1fed4296711 May 2009<br/><br/>By using Managed Services Engine service virtualization technology, you can begin participating in the cloud by simply configuring virtual service endpoints and operations that integrate with the .NET Service Bus. Aaron Skonnard Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fba9e0c7-fa4c-4da8-9906-b86fcf557f10 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fba9e0c7-fa4c-4da8-9906-b86fcf557f10 May 2009<br/><br/>This month Editor-in-Chief Howard Dierking comes down from Cloud 9 when he realizes that employing cloud services is less about magic and more about planning. Take a few tips from his recent experiences. Howard Dierking Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87f8535d-cdc7-4039-80f7-c13f1d14e70b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87f8535d-cdc7-4039-80f7-c13f1d14e70b May 2009<br/><br/>If the responsibility for creating, managing, and executing routine backups is yours, these tools will make it easier. Also see how you can browse folders and files from inside Visual Studio. Scott Mitchell Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/42c7702f-0ea5-4fc4-b24e-72b8e5309513 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/42c7702f-0ea5-4fc4-b24e-72b8e5309513 May 2009<br/><br/>XML comments provide an easy and effective way to document your code. We’ll show you how to use and customize XML comments in your Visual Basic projects. Lisa Feigenbaum Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b27c3050-70d1-4853-a140-b534aa24b2d9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b27c3050-70d1-4853-a140-b534aa24b2d9 May 2009<br/><br/>In this article, we cover some of the best practices for assembly binding and loading using the CLR. Aarthi Ramamurthy and Mark Miller Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3da0d05-40b7-490a-aa1e-a319a2fcc985 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3da0d05-40b7-490a-aa1e-a319a2fcc985 May 2009<br/><br/>In this month's installment we build modal and modeless dialog boxes in jQuery and explain how to post data from them to the Web server. Dino Esposito Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/542db189-5840-4cbd-a2d1-1c609e4000f2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/542db189-5840-4cbd-a2d1-1c609e4000f2 May 2009<br/><br/>Here the author dissects the ASP.NET MVC framework and looks at how controllers work. He then explains how the framework interacts with your controllers and how you can influence those interactions. Scott Allen Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/323c1781-56e1-474f-b1c8-7b2ca6eb2d31 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/323c1781-56e1-474f-b1c8-7b2ca6eb2d31 May 2009<br/><br/>Developers often struggle with versioning workflows and their related classes. Matt Milner discusses the core issues related to workflow versioning and provides recommendations for making changes to workflow definitions, activities, and workflow services. Matthew Milner Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6846071-b1ef-4453-93c7-d4aa58c184a5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6846071-b1ef-4453-93c7-d4aa58c184a5 May 2009<br/><br/>Mike Calligaro shows you the basics of using XNA Game Studio 3.0 to write games for Zune. Mike Calligaro Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f4576349-674f-4c75-be82-dbc21a82012b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f4576349-674f-4c75-be82-dbc21a82012b May 2009<br/><br/>Custom field types provide a powerful way to define a reusable SharePoint column definitions. Ted Pattison Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6047236a-d938-4df7-9cef-b40ee43f9c6a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6047236a-d938-4df7-9cef-b40ee43f9c6a May 2009<br/><br/>Listen in on a chat between a developer and security pro that delves into some of the major Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) requirements we impose on product teams here at Microsoft Michael Howard Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56d5f16b-b714-40fa-af3e-0084441ff2a1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56d5f16b-b714-40fa-af3e-0084441ff2a1 May 2009<br/><br/>There's always been disagreement about whether large blobs, such as document and multimedia items, should be stored in the database or file system. In SQL Server 2008 you don't have to choose; filestream storage provides the best of both approaches. Bob Beauchemin Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21ecb8ae-1b44-435d-a81a-19206d1c076a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21ecb8ae-1b44-435d-a81a-19206d1c076a May 2009<br/><br/>This month we in introduce a new column that takes you inside the Microsoft patterns & practices group. This first installment focuses on ways groups inside Microsoft have implemented the Dependency Injection pattern in Microsoft products and tools. Alex Homer Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ed1553ed-d507-4dfa-a633-f7ab0ac9f7cc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ed1553ed-d507-4dfa-a633-f7ab0ac9f7cc May 2009<br/><br/>In this month's installment, learn how to achieve the most important outcome of all UI design: ensuring that your software is useful, useable, and desirable. Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fd1bea37-3e24-4c0b-ab4e-b3b6fe5aecf1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fd1bea37-3e24-4c0b-ab4e-b3b6fe5aecf1 May 2009<br/><br/>This month the author takes us on a tour of the unconference and other unconventional get-togethers. Learn how these unique approaches to conferences are being widely adopted. Steven M List Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d63af76e-71d8-4d1f-80e3-1c4aaa171be9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d63af76e-71d8-4d1f-80e3-1c4aaa171be9 April 2009<br/><br/>Udi Dahan explains how his team identified and overcame unforeseen problems while developing a large-scale software + services trading application. Udi Dahan Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80a425c9-b939-4eb6-8143-f7fd346cb609 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80a425c9-b939-4eb6-8143-f7fd346cb609 April 2009<br/><br/>Flow documents offer enormous flexibility in arranging text layout and pagination, but they don’t support data binding, so you can’t dynamically change content. Here we build a component to solve that problem. Vincent Van Den Berghe Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e300b6b-6eef-4b20-93e1-63e9946aa986 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e300b6b-6eef-4b20-93e1-63e9946aa986 April 2009<br/><br/>We show you how .NET Services within the Azure Services Platform makes it easy to bring workflow apps to the cloud. Aaron Skonnard Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f2c58065-7c57-4fd1-90c7-5e8005e204f0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f2c58065-7c57-4fd1-90c7-5e8005e204f0 April 2009<br/><br/>In this article, we show you how to integrate a Windows Services-based solution with SharePoint. The results enable you to provision, start, stop, and remove service instances through SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration. Pav Cherny Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/493f2d66-e225-4d27-99d2-67647d06a1a6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/493f2d66-e225-4d27-99d2-67647d06a1a6 April 2009<br/><br/>Synchronization Services for ADO.NET provide a set of tools to help you synchronize data between two database sources, synchronize files between machines, and synchronize with an RSS or ATOM feed. Learn more here. James Yip Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d029055-f280-4f6c-a47e-ab06c1033392 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d029055-f280-4f6c-a47e-ab06c1033392 April 2009<br/><br/>From fat to thin to fat again--Howard Dierking chronicles the dieting habits of a Web client and the technologies that continue to fuel the shifts. Howard Dierking Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d527be5e-c4af-4301-89d1-151599c00082 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d527be5e-c4af-4301-89d1-151599c00082 April 2009<br/><br/>In this installment we look at the Microsoft Chart Controls; Snippet Designer, a free, add-in for Visual Studio 2008 for creating and editing Code Snippets; refactoring SQL applications; and this month’s favorite blog. Scott Mitchell Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19c207d5-0763-4e96-be93-e4b4c2d9429a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19c207d5-0763-4e96-be93-e4b4c2d9429a April 2009<br/><br/>See the changes the CLR team made to the CLR .for NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and the improvements you’ll get running your existing CLR 2.0-based apps against this service pack. Surupa Biswas Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cd979095-74ec-46bc-931e-f5595265e939 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cd979095-74ec-46bc-931e-f5595265e939 April 2009<br/><br/>ADO.NET Data Services and Silverlight make a powerful combination, but to make them work well together, there are a few things you need to understand. Here, John Papa explains. John Papa Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d068a608-e2c4-4f3c-8a41-f96ec5fcbf30 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d068a608-e2c4-4f3c-8a41-f96ec5fcbf30 April 2009<br/><br/>Achieving cross-browser compatibility for events is no easy task. The jQuery event handling API addresses the differences in event handling across browsers, allowing you to write more predictable JavaScript. Dino Esposito Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7f4528c1-a52d-454e-af38-bdbbff8c1155 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7f4528c1-a52d-454e-af38-bdbbff8c1155 April 2009<br/><br/>Here we examine data persistence patterns to help you determine which best suits your needs. We look at a number of patterns, including the Active Record, the Data Mapper, the Repository, the Identity Map, the Lazy Loading, and the Virtual Proxy. Jeremy Miller Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02f3e58a-caca-40d3-a583-d03b58981836 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02f3e58a-caca-40d3-a583-d03b58981836 April 2009<br/><br/>Jon Flanders demonstrates creating and consuming Web feeds with Windows Communication Foundation and AtomPub. Jon Flanders Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a7c0fe3-c30c-4b1f-b382-14c9413f534a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a7c0fe3-c30c-4b1f-b382-14c9413f534a April 2009<br/><br/>The .NET Services Bus is arguably the most accessible, powerful, and useful piece of the new Windows Azure Cloud Computing initiative. See how it manages cloud communications. Juval Lowy Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d1b6bba1-bdcd-433e-9b7b-bf4665e0c035 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d1b6bba1-bdcd-433e-9b7b-bf4665e0c035 April 2009<br/><br/>This month we look inside the Windows 7 beta to examine the Virtual Disk API and the Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format. Kenny Kerr Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/51d7f282-2725-47e5-ae35-6cd0a5235a46 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/51d7f282-2725-47e5-ae35-6cd0a5235a46 April 2009<br/><br/>In this month’s installment, Stephen Toub examines some techniques for enforcing dependencies in the running order of asynchronous operations and builds a DependencyManagement class to help. Stephen Toub Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/274cefe1-c86f-4d0a-99c6-37f22a5d6178 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/274cefe1-c86f-4d0a-99c6-37f22a5d6178 April 2009<br/><br/>A persona is a description of a fictional person representing an amalgamation of traits found in a segment of your users. Emplolying personas arms you with a powerful foundation on which to base design decisions. Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/045fc8ff-8dad-4205-bd39-ce93463af8fe http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/045fc8ff-8dad-4205-bd39-ce93463af8fe April 2009<br/><br/>This month we examine the Microsoft translation Web service and show you how you can incorporate translation services into your own Web application. Sandor Maurice & Vikram Dendi Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2aedec75-d809-4419-9e94-fc55be75dc45 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2aedec75-d809-4419-9e94-fc55be75dc45 March 2009<br/><br/>Internet Explorer 8 sports some exciting new features including Web Slices, Accelerators, and search suggestions along with AJAX navigation and DOM storage. Daron Yöndem Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/57bf3667-2ccb-4703-8dbd-05f882670188 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/57bf3667-2ccb-4703-8dbd-05f882670188 March 2009<br/><br/>In this article, you’ll learn how to avoid problematic tight coupling by applying the Model-View-ViewModel pattern in Silverlight 2. Shawn Wildermuth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1e30ac4-63e3-4791-abb5-aed0b4b9b93b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1e30ac4-63e3-4791-abb5-aed0b4b9b93b March 2009<br/><br/>Here we summarize a number of best practices for developing SharePoint solutions. E. Wilansky, T. Stojecki, P. Olszewski and S. Kowalewski Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb822a53-4965-4466-8a63-3cf93b99610b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb822a53-4965-4466-8a63-3cf93b99610b March 2009<br/><br/>This article describes features introduced in the GDR for Visual Studio Team Server Database Edition. Jamie Laflen and Barclay Hill Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20d10b8e-1777-42e5-8c47-fbda1bc629d4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20d10b8e-1777-42e5-8c47-fbda1bc629d4 March 2009<br/><br/>Acceptance testing verifies that the system under development meets the customer’s requirements. Learn the benefits here. Ben Hall Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/189b496f-7755-42ae-b263-e27bcfa7b96e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/189b496f-7755-42ae-b263-e27bcfa7b96e March 2009<br/><br/>Find out here how you can use MSBuild to better manage and control large build projects in Visual Studio. Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bef43fea-1e80-4b5c-a782-7ed303c37d94 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bef43fea-1e80-4b5c-a782-7ed303c37d94 March 2009<br/><br/>An economic downturn is no time to stop moving forward. Remember the core goals of your business and forge ahead. Howard Dierking Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa76f64c-cd80-4cb7-9564-0d79edd8a8f5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa76f64c-cd80-4cb7-9564-0d79edd8a8f5 March 2009<br/><br/>This month we look at rich data Web controls for AJAX, HTTP traffic analysis, and more. Scott Mitchell Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a11fe01-d1c4-4116-9e3f-2373be6e7352 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a11fe01-d1c4-4116-9e3f-2373be6e7352 March 2009<br/><br/>See how to get the most out of isolated storage in Silverlight to keep your applications safe. Justin Van Patten Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a2d9e20-3448-40b3-a730-ad749946e694 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a2d9e20-3448-40b3-a730-ad749946e694 March 2009<br/><br/>Thanks to selectors and function chaining, jQuery allows you to write compact, cross-browser code. Dino Esposito Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/159b58b3-f1df-4df6-bfa1-5448369b8c28 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/159b58b3-f1df-4df6-bfa1-5448369b8c28 March 2009<br/><br/>See why you need to be a polyglot programmer and what mixing and matching languages can do for your projects. Ted Neward Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3bffd9d7-1d30-4a8a-9cd2-76aaf2aa2ad1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3bffd9d7-1d30-4a8a-9cd2-76aaf2aa2ad1 March 2009<br/><br/>This month we describe techniques for automating UI testing in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. James McCaffrey Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6c8f5dd-5ac9-444c-baf2-110e2aaf682c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6c8f5dd-5ac9-444c-baf2-110e2aaf682c March 2009<br/><br/>Learn the numerous ways in which you can rewrite URLs to defend against common Web vulnerabilities. Bryan Sullivan Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb598272-8d01-4d21-8e59-dbfae1bbf249 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb598272-8d01-4d21-8e59-dbfae1bbf249 March 2009<br/><br/>The combination of the ASP.NET Chart Control and the data querying power of LINQ lets you build flexible charts. Learn how here. K. Scott Allen Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40ebbf07-ad1c-4e7c-ab0f-d8fb8a7e9c50 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40ebbf07-ad1c-4e7c-ab0f-d8fb8a7e9c50 March 2009<br/><br/>As a Web platform, Silverlight should be fast. Don’t keep your users waiting by not heeding these performance tips. Jeff Prosise Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/22524f5c-a889-48c6-92e3-f78dce4eaedc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/22524f5c-a889-48c6-92e3-f78dce4eaedc March 2009<br/><br/>See how to modify the default behavior of Team Build, extend your builds with custom tasks, and make use of the enhancements in Team Build 2008 SP1. Brian A. Randell Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8eb4cf91-94f8-4a4b-95af-15f1b5ed6180 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8eb4cf91-94f8-4a4b-95af-15f1b5ed6180 March 2009<br/><br/>Here Charles Petzold explains several techniques for improving the performance of ItemsControls. Charles Petzold Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94832512-acb1-4cf3-a21d-9768b8f0ef90 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94832512-acb1-4cf3-a21d-9768b8f0ef90 March 2009<br/><br/>Good navigation makes for happy users, and happy users are good for your business. See what makes users happy this month. Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/da24c2f8-c6cc-406f-a6a9-1931006cca04 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/da24c2f8-c6cc-406f-a6a9-1931006cca04 March 2009<br/><br/>Why is good API design so difficult when all you really need is perfection? Intrigued? Read on. James Waletzky Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d00228c9-71c5-4b16-aae6-896903490ddd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d00228c9-71c5-4b16-aae6-896903490ddd February 2009<br/><br/>We give you a gentle introduction to designing and evolving rich domain models as part of integrating Domain-Driven Design (DDD) into your coding efforts. David Laribee Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60ff298f-89fe-40c3-96b5-ed6e3de8752b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60ff298f-89fe-40c3-96b5-ed6e3de8752b February 2009<br/><br/>See how IronRuby lets you employ the straightforward Ruby language to create acceptance tests that interoperate with .NET-compliant code. Ben Hall Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94d0328c-dee2-4198-93b2-a077dd17ad7c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94d0328c-dee2-4198-93b2-a077dd17ad7c February 2009<br/><br/>We introduce you to “Oslo” and demonstrate how MSchema and MGraph enable you to build metadata-driven apps. We’ll define types and values in “M” and deploy them to the repository. Chris Sells Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/76c6b405-83fd-4cbb-9d13-213693a4bb2a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/76c6b405-83fd-4cbb-9d13-213693a4bb2a February 2009<br/><br/>In this article we explain just how simple it can be to build a WPF application the right way using the MVVM Pattern. Josh Smith Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/22d578ef-b538-480e-b4cc-c83acabd1ed9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/22d578ef-b538-480e-b4cc-c83acabd1ed9 February 2009<br/><br/>Here we wrap up the call center client application we began last month. The techniques we illustrate will help you build real-world enterprise solutions using Silverlight. Hanu Kommalapati Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e81392f-0928-4f8f-a046-70f4cbdb1d73 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e81392f-0928-4f8f-a046-70f4cbdb1d73 February 2009<br/><br/>This article describes some basic practices and techniques that you can use in MSBuild to better manage and control your build projects in Visual Studio. Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bef166c0-40d1-45af-8bb0-26bf7b29e13a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bef166c0-40d1-45af-8bb0-26bf7b29e13a February 2009<br/><br/>Howard Dierking concludes that the business domain must drive software design—even if the natural paradigm is not what is most comfortable. See how he got there. Howard Dierking Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea45201c-d155-4b1b-b445-7d01edfbe220 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea45201c-d155-4b1b-b445-7d01edfbe220 February 2009<br/><br/>This month we look at implementing the Active Record Pattern in your .NET application and how aspect-oriented programming yields separation of concerns. Scott Mitchell Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/002015fb-915a-4d55-a04d-04e9f47215ca http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/002015fb-915a-4d55-a04d-04e9f47215ca February 2009<br/><br/>There’s a danger in using one-size-fits-all exception handling, and you need to know how to avoid it by being as specific as possible about how you handle errors. Andrew Pardoe Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/29d14a93-8777-44d6-b767-793bbe29b749 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/29d14a93-8777-44d6-b767-793bbe29b749 February 2009<br/><br/>Here we build a syndicated news reader application to illustrate the use of isolated storage and data syndication in Silverlight. John Papa Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75325c17-d4db-41cd-bf1e-0b97135986ad http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75325c17-d4db-41cd-bf1e-0b97135986ad February 2009<br/><br/>This month Dino continues his look at managing dynamic Silverlight content by discussing caching and isolated storage. Dino Esposito Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c9ce963-982e-4dd5-bf99-9621df7ae83d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c9ce963-982e-4dd5-bf99-9621df7ae83d February 2009<br/><br/>We look at some techniques you can adopt to reduce the amount of housekeeping code you write so you can focus on the essence of the application. Jeremy Miller Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4285eca8-d81f-481c-a053-f49a7cc25dde http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4285eca8-d81f-481c-a053-f49a7cc25dde February 2009<br/><br/>New spatial data support in SQL Server 2008 opens the door to mapping and querying geometric and geographic data, allowing you to build exciting new applications. Bob Beauchemin Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62fefac8-c994-43b0-81d2-fc6db592727e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62fefac8-c994-43b0-81d2-fc6db592727e February 2009<br/><br/>Workflows often define long-running processes and an unhandled failure usually means termination. Avoid this scenario by handling exceptions properly. Matt Milner Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d8c670be-3967-4ae9-9205-8cdd37f54f73 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d8c670be-3967-4ae9-9205-8cdd37f54f73 February 2009<br/><br/>The Parallel Patterns Library allows you to more easily take advantage of parallelism. See what this and other Visual C++ 2010 features are in store. Kenny Kerr Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d5456dc-d307-43b0-b9bf-2194c0fe7e74 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d5456dc-d307-43b0-b9bf-2194c0fe7e74 February 2009<br/><br/>This month we demonstrate how you can use the ThreadPool to support ordered execution without having to build custom thread pools yourself. Stephen Toub Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/52538d2c-4431-48bb-b531-f24e4eadd816 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/52538d2c-4431-48bb-b531-f24e4eadd816 February 2009<br/><br/>OMA Device Management (OMA-DM), based on a dialect of XML called SyncML, can be used to provision and manage mobile devices in an enterprise scenario. We'll show you how. Ramon Arjona Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/acd19e3a-0920-4868-b4d8-c32925b28bdf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/acd19e3a-0920-4868-b4d8-c32925b28bdf February 2009<br/><br/>Stack Trace: Working With An Incomplete Or Invalid IRP Bob Golding and David Butler Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74b1ce10-635d-44a4-b853-167ea7ab94bb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74b1ce10-635d-44a4-b853-167ea7ab94bb February 2009<br/><br/>Stack Trace: What Are These System PTEs? Bob Golding and David Butler Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0a4a9eea-dd16-41d0-a37c-1c196b33549a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0a4a9eea-dd16-41d0-a37c-1c196b33549a February 2009<br/><br/>Having that next great innovative idea is only half the battle—getting it heard is the real challenge. Eric N. Bush Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/41b10bf0-ce75-4320-9c70-73abf5ad168a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/41b10bf0-ce75-4320-9c70-73abf5ad168a January 2009<br/><br/>We explore some of the key new WCF and WF features in .NET Framework 4.0 as well as the new application server capabilities provided by the “Dublin” extensions. Aaron Skonnard Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fff51a01-70c2-482c-90d8-ad2e2a3c1a64 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fff51a01-70c2-482c-90d8-ad2e2a3c1a64 January 2009<br/><br/>A Security Token Service, or STS, acts as a security gateway to authenticate callers and issue security tokens carrying claims that describe the caller. See how you can build a custom STS with the “Geneva” Framework. Michele Leroux Bustamante Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abd3500c-0c3d-49be-885e-16d876f8bb04 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abd3500c-0c3d-49be-885e-16d876f8bb04 January 2009<br/><br/>Take a walk through the creation of a call center client application to learn how to build real-world enterprise solutions using Silverlight. Hanu Kommalapati Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b949d087-1898-40a0-a2d6-9078e6ad1fc6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b949d087-1898-40a0-a2d6-9078e6ad1fc6 January 2009<br/><br/>We show you how to build a location-aware task list application for Windows Mobile devices that uses GPS to remind you of a task when and where it’s appropriate. Christopher Mitchell Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15491de0-2abb-4833-b69b-c36d8229100a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15491de0-2abb-4833-b69b-c36d8229100a January 2009<br/><br/>Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010 introduces product backlog and iteration backlog workbooks and reports that will help agile teams plan and manage releases and iterations. Ajoy Krishnamoorthy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3685e341-a040-4937-8d6c-1e273aa8dced http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3685e341-a040-4937-8d6c-1e273aa8dced January 2009<br/><br/>Integrating workflow into ASP.NET applications means communicating with activities via a workflow queue and hosting the runtime in the global application class. We’ll show you how. Michael Kennedy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b96363b9-a754-4be0-b74b-8c54ab000fce http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b96363b9-a754-4be0-b74b-8c54ab000fce January 2009<br/><br/>Here’s a look at a year’s worth of coverage and changes at MSDN Magazine in response to reader requests. Howard Dierking Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/221005a0-dadc-4f1c-a32a-b7d63d0584c1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/221005a0-dadc-4f1c-a32a-b7d63d0584c1 January 2009<br/><br/>Writing your JavaScript code in C# and having it converted, Eric Lippert’s programming blog, and reading up on T-SQL 2008. Scott Mitchell Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13aa8445-b1ef-41c5-a843-ee4936092233 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13aa8445-b1ef-41c5-a843-ee4936092233 January 2009<br/><br/>There are many factors to consider when building your app with both managed and native code. Find out how to employ interop and how to choose the interop that’s right for you. Jesse Kaplan Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f38a9d3-ce61-40f8-bc82-c42f0f3b4ef7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f38a9d3-ce61-40f8-bc82-c42f0f3b4ef7 January 2009<br/><br/>Reflection is useful for debugging and logging and otherwise providing the type information you need. Here you’ll see how to use reflection on COM types. Lucian Wischik Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3e8de032-b8d2-4fe1-ac84-c17a96692b7a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3e8de032-b8d2-4fe1-ac84-c17a96692b7a January 2009<br/><br/>This month Dino tackles the problem of large download size for Silverlight applications, explaining when to use streaming, when to divide the download, and other techniques for better performance over the wire. Dino Esposito Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/397cd64e-961e-4918-860f-f0ba754a858a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/397cd64e-961e-4918-860f-f0ba754a858a January 2009<br/><br/>Here James McCaffrey uses some statistical methods and a technique he calls PERIL to estimate risks to software projects involving timing, costs, and other potential resource shortfalls. Dr. James McCaffrey Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c19f96bf-98cf-49c8-8052-b8ac6d502af8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c19f96bf-98cf-49c8-8052-b8ac6d502af8 January 2009<br/><br/>We discuss some of the basic tenets of REST as well as present an implementation of a RESTful service using WCF. Jon Flanders Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac6b7254-9500-4148-b01b-c5a697350a97 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac6b7254-9500-4148-b01b-c5a697350a97 January 2009<br/><br/>The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) threat modeling tool helps you develop great threat models as a backbone of your security process. We'll show you how it works. Adam Shostack Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ce0dcc8-5ece-43ad-92fd-7b11a8a11626 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ce0dcc8-5ece-43ad-92fd-7b11a8a11626 January 2009<br/><br/>See how to get the benefits of rerouting while alleviating the risks with this in-depth look at URL rewriting in ASP.NET. Scott Allen Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dbd9e367-9c4a-499f-b3bb-311d5ed8a600 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dbd9e367-9c4a-499f-b3bb-311d5ed8a600 January 2009<br/><br/>Managing state and error recovery using transactions is the topic of this month’s installment of Foundations. Juval Lowy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a0ce98f5-276f-4c08-ae23-9e9ad213c816 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a0ce98f5-276f-4c08-ae23-9e9ad213c816 January 2009<br/><br/>Stephen Toub shows you how to add round-robin scheduling support on top of the ThreadPool for more granular processing control. Stephen Toub Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/92109da0-36a1-402d-a49b-bab61368de97 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/92109da0-36a1-402d-a49b-bab61368de97 January 2009<br/><br/>This month our usability experts explain what it takes to create informative, useful error messages. Dr. Charles Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a93b652-b837-4753-a3ec-8ce6662308f8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a93b652-b837-4753-a3ec-8ce6662308f8 January 2009<br/><br/>Vikram Dendi looks at how machine translation is poised to change the world and why it is so important to deliver information in multiple languages. Vikram Dendi Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bfdb822-ce5f-432a-95eb-a0e4a5887a01 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bfdb822-ce5f-432a-95eb-a0e4a5887a01 December 2008<br/><br/>See how you can streamline your team projects using Process Templates in Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) Brian A. Randell Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d68df79f-d8c8-4e38-80db-024408f2effc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d68df79f-d8c8-4e38-80db-024408f2effc December 2008<br/><br/>The heart of Windows Workflow Foundation is its declarative programming model. Here are some best practices to consider when using WF to realize software solutions in the real world. Josh Lane Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80d3aa4a-c7c9-4214-bc6a-fc572cfdc8db http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80d3aa4a-c7c9-4214-bc6a-fc572cfdc8db December 2008<br/><br/>To introduce you to VSTO Power Tools Office interop API extensions, we’ll walk through the development of an application that automates Outlook, Excel, and Word. Andrew Whitechapel, Phillip Hoff, and Vladimir Morozov Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4aa279e-6402-4eb1-9aa4-212029732ebd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4aa279e-6402-4eb1-9aa4-212029732ebd December 2008<br/><br/>Building a data access layer using LINQ to SQL and the ADO.NET Entity Framework allows you to decouple your application from the persistence technology you're using. Anthony Sneed Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/791d1b7e-26d5-4455-9525-c9dc884dfbe3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/791d1b7e-26d5-4455-9525-c9dc884dfbe3 December 2008<br/><br/>Here we introduce Microsoft Code Name “Geneva,” the new framework for building claims-based applications and services, and federated security scenarios. Michele Leroux Bustamante Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7930f72a-d99d-48eb-833a-e2b269f1d681 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7930f72a-d99d-48eb-833a-e2b269f1d681 December 2008<br/><br/>At an open spaces conference in Austin, Texas, Editor-in-Chief Howard Dierking realizes that software development and business goals can both coexist and benefit each other. Howard Dierking Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f23d73b-ab80-465b-ada0-a8880ce7238b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f23d73b-ab80-465b-ada0-a8880ce7238b December 2008<br/><br/>This month we take a look at FxCop and other tools that enforce your design rules, along with jQuery. Scott Mitchell Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/add76b76-d904-407f-9a8f-1f5b45a77333 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/add76b76-d904-407f-9a8f-1f5b45a77333 December 2008<br/><br/>Getting the performance you want in concurrent applications is not as straightforward as you might think. See how common threading issues can affect your application. Erika Fuentes and Eric Eilebrecht Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba3a8da7-4c4c-4e5d-8cb7-3a467fc8f655 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba3a8da7-4c4c-4e5d-8cb7-3a467fc8f655 December 2008<br/><br/>Ken Getz shows how the CollectionChanged event lets you reflect changes to your underlying data source in your bound data controls. Ken Getz Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79e2e1e5-ddd9-4c69-abae-b34fa21fe6f1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79e2e1e5-ddd9-4c69-abae-b34fa21fe6f1 December 2008<br/><br/>Choosing the right design pattern for your ASP.NET Web application can help you achieve the separation of concerns between your presentation layer and the layers beneath it. Dino Esposito Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb7574f6-98cd-4dc6-9492-ef2a61d60ac5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb7574f6-98cd-4dc6-9492-ef2a61d60ac5 December 2008<br/><br/>Designing testability into your app means smaller tests that are cheaper to create, easier to understand, faster to run, and much simpler to debug. Jeremy Miller Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bccbc043-e426-4d4d-aad4-0ab1e3f64fe7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bccbc043-e426-4d4d-aad4-0ab1e3f64fe7 December 2008<br/><br/>Because Virtual Server is built upon a set of COM modules, you can automate the creation and testing of virtual machines. Here we use Windows PowerShell to run the tests. Dr. James McCaffrey and Paul Despe Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ce3ad2b2-2544-4183-a368-1b14908c2998 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ce3ad2b2-2544-4183-a368-1b14908c2998 December 2008<br/><br/>With Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) you can lay out text on a path, then animate the individual points defining the path and watch the characters bounce around in response. Charles Petzold Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c832861c-7e09-4bdf-8a16-2f2b0f86e6d1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c832861c-7e09-4bdf-8a16-2f2b0f86e6d1 December 2008<br/><br/>This month we explain how pseudo variables and format specifiers provide a wealth of information for use in debugging. Kenny Kerr Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b30665fc-1341-462d-b7a9-a949d36a39ba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b30665fc-1341-462d-b7a9-a949d36a39ba December 2008<br/><br/>Marcus Perryman explains the correct use of Connection Manager when a Windows Mobile application requires network data. Marcus Perryman Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/81150bf0-de36-4323-9be8-97d86255d6b8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/81150bf0-de36-4323-9be8-97d86255d6b8 December 2008<br/><br/>A great user experience is more than just a pretty face. In this new column we’ll look at some of the subtleties of building great user experiences. Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b648306f-f7b7-4403-8916-f09838530518 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b648306f-f7b7-4403-8916-f09838530518 December 2008<br/><br/>In this month's installment, James McCaffrey talks about the qualities and skills he looks for when searching for great software testers. Dr. James McCaffrey Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b3dcba1-8bee-44e8-9159-505caa1c180d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b3dcba1-8bee-44e8-9159-505caa1c180d November 2008<br/><br/>Our security experts present 10 vulnerable pieces of code. Your mission is to find the holes (a.k.a. bad security practices) in the code. Michael Howard and Bryan Sullivan Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ab061cd1-e11f-408a-86d1-5cc09e360ef0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ab061cd1-e11f-408a-86d1-5cc09e360ef0 November 2008<br/><br/>Bryan Sullivan discusses the new SDL for Web applications and Agile projects with more compressed release cycles. Bryan Sullivan Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0bdd9ee2-99ce-4dc7-871e-a061a4b193bf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0bdd9ee2-99ce-4dc7-871e-a061a4b193bf November 2008<br/><br/>Understanding the ACLs that govern permissions and rights before an operation is allowed to proceed is critical to enhancing security. John R. Michener Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0e70cc2-ced0-433d-8c7d-7a92492977c8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0e70cc2-ced0-433d-8c7d-7a92492977c8 November 2008<br/><br/>Download Visual Round-trip Analyzer (VRTA) to uncover the root of your Web page loading problems and identify these 12 common ailments. Jim Pierson Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7009cdd2-c2c1-434b-af35-a64eb40707e1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7009cdd2-c2c1-434b-af35-a64eb40707e1 November 2008<br/><br/>Find out how to integrate SharePoint and Silverlight by creating a Silverlight media player and deploying it as a SharePoint Web Part. Steve Fox and Paul Stubbs Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3213ea3f-bb60-40fd-aba8-fba267dacaf1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3213ea3f-bb60-40fd-aba8-fba267dacaf1 November 2008<br/><br/>Security measures are highly context driven and change with circumstances. This month Howard Dierking spins a few security yarns to illustrate. Howard Dierking Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/afd972dd-1ef2-430a-a796-035c9b932594 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/afd972dd-1ef2-430a-a796-035c9b932594 November 2008<br/><br/>This month Scott looks at improving development skills, writing regular expressions, a web scheduling control and a SQL tips blog. Scott Mitchell Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7cefa684-a6e7-4d1b-a03f-4171293c0d2b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7cefa684-a6e7-4d1b-a03f-4171293c0d2b November 2008<br/><br/>The CLR team takes a look inside the System.Globalization namespace to explain how to handle data formats for proper localization and globalization. Melitta Andersen Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3280050-b45c-4aa4-85ad-bb966d020ac0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3280050-b45c-4aa4-85ad-bb966d020ac0 November 2008<br/><br/>John Papa tackles questions about calling services from Silverlight 2 applications. John Papa Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c59ef0d0-461b-4526-85ab-7ae9cf3096f7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c59ef0d0-461b-4526-85ab-7ae9cf3096f7 November 2008<br/><br/>This month Dino Esposito explains how the browser interoperability layer in Silverlight addresses a number of your Silverlight / Web page interaction needs. Dino Esposito Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d11c7e2-9e26-458e-b6be-38c2f28a0236 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d11c7e2-9e26-458e-b6be-38c2f28a0236 November 2008<br/><br/>Using threat models to drive your security engineering process helps prioritize the code review, fuzz testing, and attack surface analysis tasks. Michael Howard Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bb736a5-ceae-4805-91a1-ad25e0f99128 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bb736a5-ceae-4805-91a1-ad25e0f99128 November 2008<br/><br/>There is a large body of research on group techniques to determine the best alternative from a set of options. Dr. James McCaffrey outlines five of them. Dr. James McCaffrey Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19d18337-0f94-4298-8dd9-ae25cfe08ebf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19d18337-0f94-4298-8dd9-ae25cfe08ebf November 2008<br/><br/>Silverlight is powerful enough to let you easily build an image magnification feature for you web site with very little code, most of which is XAML. Find out how. Jeff Prosise Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0a9acf8-da8d-4e41-8fec-e74e8c3a908f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0a9acf8-da8d-4e41-8fec-e74e8c3a908f November 2008<br/><br/>Matt Milner takes a look at some of the challenges and techniques related to testing Windows Workflow Foundation activities, workflows, and associated components. Matt Milner Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e3b06bb-84a9-4581-aee2-d104a9c895db http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e3b06bb-84a9-4581-aee2-d104a9c895db November 2008<br/><br/>Brian Randell introduces you to Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Build (Team Build). Then he creates and runs a team build. Brian A. Randell Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48126089-34b6-4630-a37a-2f7b24821a6b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48126089-34b6-4630-a37a-2f7b24821a6b November 2008<br/><br/>Writing is good exercise for developers and software engineers. Richard Ward explains how writing can help you focus your thoughts and communicate more precisely. Richard Ward Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c3506f10-4f93-43f6-8e16-83ef0d47b770 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c3506f10-4f93-43f6-8e16-83ef0d47b770 October 2008<br/><br/>This article presents an overview of the motivation behind new techniques that decompose problems into independent pieces for optimal use of parallel programming. David Callahan Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e2da69c9-4384-4937-a5e9-421f1977342b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e2da69c9-4384-4937-a5e9-421f1977342b October 2008<br/><br/>We take a look at planned support for parallel programming for both managed and native code in the next version of Visual Studio. Stephen Toub and Hazim Shafi Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7326cf9-1e9d-4f3e-8e88-43edf8523bde http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7326cf9-1e9d-4f3e-8e88-43edf8523bde October 2008<br/><br/>Here we describe some of the more common challenges to concurrent programming and present advice for coping with them in your software. Joe Duffy Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ca8a587-6b48-4e92-8ec3-6e2b6f77a62a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ca8a587-6b48-4e92-8ec3-6e2b6f77a62a October 2008<br/><br/>Here is an ASP.NET AJAX data-driven Web application that takes the best features from server- and client-side programming to deliver an efficient, user-friendly experience. Bertrand Le Roy Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/550a25ec-9c9a-4cbd-8b59-43f09104a582 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/550a25ec-9c9a-4cbd-8b59-43f09104a582 October 2008<br/><br/>In this article, the author explores how the F# language helps you create asynchronous function libraries that can be called seamlessly from any other .NET-compliant language. Chance Coble Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd0ee78e-5aa5-437c-856e-73ce566cd720 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd0ee78e-5aa5-437c-856e-73ce566cd720 October 2008<br/><br/>Introducing the issue, Howard Dierking points out that you can't simply parallelize your code blindly if you expect to truly reap the benefits that parallelism promises. Howard Dierking Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b14becac-a7ac-4160-963d-7c0480e68a48 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b14becac-a7ac-4160-963d-7c0480e68a48 October 2008<br/><br/>This month Scott shows how to generate realistic test data, visits Dare Obasanjo's blog, and demonstrates color coding code for better readability. Scott Mitchell Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc7b7510-eeb0-4b91-b572-5025e5e4ecf3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc7b7510-eeb0-4b91-b572-5025e5e4ecf3 October 2008<br/><br/>Andrew Dai of the CLR team discusses the Transparency model, which creates a strong isolation boundary between privileged and unprivileged code for Silverlight apps. Andrew Dai Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9aa856a7-0201-4393-8985-a3cac728fd1d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9aa856a7-0201-4393-8985-a3cac728fd1d October 2008<br/><br/>Learn how to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), XAML, and the deep XML support in Visual Basic to generate user interfaces dynamically. Beth Massi Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8d9721a8-3b37-4922-8b0a-be673514f1dc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8d9721a8-3b37-4922-8b0a-be673514f1dc October 2008<br/><br/>There’s a strong similarity between Web-based Silverlight 2 applications and desktop WPF applications. Enabling easy code reuse between the two is Dino’s focus here. Dino Esposito Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6cff5c56-3b3c-47db-9856-b8f9f44bc892 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6cff5c56-3b3c-47db-9856-b8f9f44bc892 October 2008<br/><br/>Here are some design patterns that allow you to achieve higher cohesion and looser coupling for more flexible, reusable applications. Jeremy Miller Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d951b28-25c7-4753-af73-a7610c8df670 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d951b28-25c7-4753-af73-a7610c8df670 October 2008<br/><br/>Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides an easy role-based system and a more powerful and complex claims-based API for implementing authorization in services. Dominick Baier and Christian Weyer Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/251dbfd7-9704-4019-8d25-ee514f69b747 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/251dbfd7-9704-4019-8d25-ee514f69b747 October 2008<br/><br/>This month Juval Lowy tackles questions such as when to keep proxies and services in memory for better state management in long-running workflows. Juval Lowy Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d708833-4b65-48f6-a14a-cd52dc8f7c3e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d708833-4b65-48f6-a14a-cd52dc8f7c3e October 2008<br/><br/>See how you can gain efficiency in surprising ways by looking closely at your algorithms, the data they operate on, and the hardware you’re designing for. Kenny Kerr Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08d229fd-3b12-479d-be25-f44af369c2f4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08d229fd-3b12-479d-be25-f44af369c2f4 October 2008<br/><br/>We show you how to create ink-enabled apps quickly with the Tablet PC SDK and the InkEdit and InkPicture ActiveX controls. Gus Class Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38bbfebc-7872-4fb3-ab3e-f74313279ee3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38bbfebc-7872-4fb3-ab3e-f74313279ee3 October 2008<br/><br/>This month: memory access issues in multi-core systems and diagnosing and avoiding false sharing in your parallel computing applications. Stephen Toub, Igor Ostrovsky, and Huseyin Yildiz Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebb78ff3-95c8-415b-93f6-7a5f99dc78ac http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebb78ff3-95c8-415b-93f6-7a5f99dc78ac October 2008<br/><br/>With today's processing power at your disposal, Josh Phillips recommends speculative computation—performing operations ahead of time even if you may never need the results. Josh Phillips Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8ca73273-a862-48c9-9cea-d72f35fe0b00 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8ca73273-a862-48c9-9cea-d72f35fe0b00 September 2008<br/><br/>Here we explain how the new hierarchyID data type in SQL Server 2008 helps solve some of the problems in modeling and querying hierarchical information. Kent Tegels Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b69efa2-512c-4353-8aa8-f00c8b53387e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b69efa2-512c-4353-8aa8-f00c8b53387e September 2008<br/><br/>We introduce you to the benefits of building composite applications with the Composite Application Guidance for WPF from Microsoft patterns & practices. Glenn Block Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a573193-cc5e-44f9-9049-09c61575a665 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a573193-cc5e-44f9-9049-09c61575a665 September 2008<br/><br/>ADO.NET Data Services provide Web-accessible endpoints that allow you to filter, sort, shape, and page data without having to build that functionality yourself. Shawn Wildermuth Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2e86b8df-abc9-486a-8c74-53af90c58f89 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2e86b8df-abc9-486a-8c74-53af90c58f89 September 2008<br/><br/>See how routed events and routed commands in Windows Presentation Foundation form the basis for communication between the parts of your UI. Brian Noyes Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6b2940f-5ac7-4842-a876-5f540506095d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6b2940f-5ac7-4842-a876-5f540506095d September 2008<br/><br/>Technology changes at a lightning-fast pace. This month Howard Dierking considers how the rapid changes affect developer priorities and magazine focus. Howard Dierking Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00dc9c83-69e3-4d1b-8abf-8e14050fc3f5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00dc9c83-69e3-4d1b-8abf-8e14050fc3f5 September 2008<br/><br/>This month Toolbox provides help with error logging, finds an app that helps you write LINQ queries, and explores the non-technical side of development. Scott Mitchell Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/50e45fe3-37df-448b-af08-4fd8bb9f35aa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/50e45fe3-37df-448b-af08-4fd8bb9f35aa September 2008<br/><br/>In this installment of CLR Inside Out Gaurav Khanna explains everything you need to know about unhandled exception processing in the .NET Framework. Gaurav Khanna Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/88f592a6-c11e-4008-958d-011d66faf157 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/88f592a6-c11e-4008-958d-011d66faf157 September 2008<br/><br/>Here John Papa demonstrates how to build a Silverlight 2 user interface that communicates through WCF to interact with business entities and a database. John Papa Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8592480-c8d8-47b3-b273-73ec7f469f13 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8592480-c8d8-47b3-b273-73ec7f469f13 September 2008<br/><br/>This month Ken digs deeper into the System.Linq.Enumerable class and shows readers how to perform some magic data operations using System.Linq.Enumerable. Ken Getz Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3adb39e0-052b-45f7-98dc-19150b9cb8c2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3adb39e0-052b-45f7-98dc-19150b9cb8c2 September 2008<br/><br/>Learn how to enable an auditing solution for Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 with customized control pages in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. Ted Pattison Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6a577aa-9a89-45f2-9b78-9e6f3ea9b4b6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6a577aa-9a89-45f2-9b78-9e6f3ea9b4b6 September 2008<br/><br/>This month Dino builds a service layer that authenticates users of Silverlight 2 and ASP.NET AJAX services to prevent illegal access to sensitive back-end services. Dino Esposito Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/408a136e-87ed-4ead-980b-bcf0424f8894 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/408a136e-87ed-4ead-980b-bcf0424f8894 September 2008<br/><br/>This time James McCaffrey sets up a virtual environment to use for configuration testing to introduce you to software configuration testing with Microsoft Virtual Server Dr. James McCaffrey Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/810ea350-a519-48aa-86fb-c1e57cf6d48e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/810ea350-a519-48aa-86fb-c1e57cf6d48e September 2008<br/><br/>In this installment we introduce you to new Web-oriented security guidance and tools straight from the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) team at Microsoft. Bryan Sullivan Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/043f3676-7613-4cf3-a02f-e5d502e0c600 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/043f3676-7613-4cf3-a02f-e5d502e0c600 September 2008<br/><br/>Windows Presentation Foundation dependency properties don’t always play well with others. Learn how you can compensate for their lack of notification events. Charles Petzold Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/055e0281-19f8-47c8-b2fb-dd7a47184da1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/055e0281-19f8-47c8-b2fb-dd7a47184da1 September 2008<br/><br/>The ESP simulation engine, the basis for Microsoft Flight Simulator, handles visual rendering, physics, sound, and other virtual world capabilities. Take a look inside. Todd Landstad Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48862ea5-3a07-4311-b9e5-2b7bbaf014eb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48862ea5-3a07-4311-b9e5-2b7bbaf014eb August 2008<br/><br/>The goal of the ADO.NET Data Services Framework is to create a simple REST-based framework for exposing and consuming data-centric services easily. Elisa Flasko and Mike Flasko Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/751a39bc-0c04-4f54-b34c-74d28df1319e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/751a39bc-0c04-4f54-b34c-74d28df1319e August 2008<br/><br/>We introduce you to the EDI functionality within BizTalk Server 2006 R2, illustrating schema creation, document mapping, EDI delivery and transmission, and exception handling. Mark Beckner Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18be7a57-a99f-41dc-a774-7d3878440d91 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18be7a57-a99f-41dc-a774-7d3878440d91 August 2008<br/><br/>In this excerpt from his upcoming book, Laurence Moroney explains the basics of Silverlight animation and the animation tools available in Expression Blend. Lawrence Moroney Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a5a42e6-409c-4427-96c9-37f2c6ebf4bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a5a42e6-409c-4427-96c9-37f2c6ebf4bd August 2008<br/><br/>We build a Silverlight 2.0 application using the InkPresenter to let users annotate a pre-defined collection of images, perform handwriting recognition, and save the annotations and recognized text into a server-side database. Julia Lerman Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c69a89d4-80ff-4311-817f-c91eeed8dc75 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c69a89d4-80ff-4311-817f-c91eeed8dc75 August 2008<br/><br/>If you're unfamiliar with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), building that first Silverlight custom control can be a daunting experience. This article walks through the process. Jeff Prosise Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0b04cd06-4cfd-4614-bd00-30eb7a123599 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0b04cd06-4cfd-4614-bd00-30eb7a123599 August 2008<br/><br/>Complete freedom in creating the user experience can be a double-edged sword, but a little bit of artistry can transform an application's usability. Howard Dierking Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6dbfb04-f43b-4482-925c-797f59644332 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6dbfb04-f43b-4482-925c-797f59644332 August 2008<br/><br/>Serialize and Deserialize Fixed Length and Delimited Files, Scott Allen's blog, inspecting Web Pages, and more. Scott Mitchell Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e50a31e2-7279-4213-a99e-22e0028acb2d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e50a31e2-7279-4213-a99e-22e0028acb2d August 2008<br/><br/>The CoreCLR provides the perfect set of CLR classes and functionality for the Web. Andrew Pardoe Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/678651e7-463f-44f5-9d1c-4478b2466302 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/678651e7-463f-44f5-9d1c-4478b2466302 August 2008<br/><br/>Jared Parsons demonstrates a technique to achieve maximum performance from LINQ queries on large sets of data in order to create a responsive user interface. Jared Parsons Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a2ddc9ad-1102-4bb7-b23d-d5b5861b33c8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a2ddc9ad-1102-4bb7-b23d-d5b5861b33c8 August 2008<br/><br/>Dino Esposito compares the use of AJAX patterns and DOM manipulations to the use of the ASP.NET partial rendering engine. Dino Esposito Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65cf290a-722b-4d15-8547-f996b2fbac73 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65cf290a-722b-4d15-8547-f996b2fbac73 August 2008<br/><br/>Object role stereotypes can help you better understand and clarify the responsibilities of the objects in your application. Jeremy Miller Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c873753f-247e-4ea3-bd3f-52568e03528d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c873753f-247e-4ea3-bd3f-52568e03528d August 2008<br/><br/>Brian Randell introduces you to some crucial Power Tools for getting the most out of Team System. Brian Randell Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aeb6b10d-2c33-44b9-ab1f-76f1585e5427 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aeb6b10d-2c33-44b9-ab1f-76f1585e5427 August 2008<br/><br/>Matt Milner addresses reader requests for information about safely sharing a persistence database across applications and using lesser-known parts of the framework such as ChannelManagerService. Matt Milner Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/086e4f01-f8cb-4340-956d-2a58488c9549 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/086e4f01-f8cb-4340-956d-2a58488c9549 August 2008<br/><br/>This month's column explains how to use Windows HTTP Services, or WinHTTP, the new, powerful API for implementing HTTP clients. Kenny Kerr Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a4bf938-8f51-4b63-9f18-742b5ddbfd33 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a4bf938-8f51-4b63-9f18-742b5ddbfd33 August 2008<br/><br/>Jeffrey Richter shows you some additional cool features of his AsyncEnumerator class. Jeffrey Richter Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0c003c3-ab77-44c4-9a53-2b0e4c6998a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0c003c3-ab77-44c4-9a53-2b0e4c6998a3 August 2008<br/><br/>Learn about mobile device programming through WiMo, a Windows Mobile-powered robot. Mike Calligaro Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/396de837-1f25-4c71-a9b9-6e0158b7ca3d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/396de837-1f25-4c71-a9b9-6e0158b7ca3d August 2008<br/><br/>With the annual Imagine Cup student competition, competitors were asked to imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment, just as Microsoft is doing in its own business practices. Mitch Irsfeld Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02a430f2-7d02-46e3-974e-a8421355f607 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02a430f2-7d02-46e3-974e-a8421355f607 July 2008<br/><br/>Here the author introduces SQL Server Data Services, which exposes its functionality over standard Web service interfaces. David Robinson Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d138dd4e-ddce-4105-83f8-02c9d2042c1d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d138dd4e-ddce-4105-83f8-02c9d2042c1d July 2008<br/><br/>Here the author answers questions regarding the Entity Framework and provides an understanding of how and why it was developed. Elisa Flasko Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2e4bfba-cf2e-40bd-a2cf-184128c69b54 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2e4bfba-cf2e-40bd-a2cf-184128c69b54 July 2008<br/><br/>Here we present techniques for programmatic and declarative data binding and display with Windows Presentation Foundation. Josh Smith Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/657a99fe-b98e-474d-84b9-e7475ede2ade http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/657a99fe-b98e-474d-84b9-e7475ede2ade July 2008<br/><br/>Systems that handle failure without losing data are elusive. Learn how to achieve systems that are both scalable and robust. Udi Dahan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4e0daf76-9c48-487f-97b7-0681d87f4ca4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4e0daf76-9c48-487f-97b7-0681d87f4ca4 July 2008<br/><br/>Learn how you can peer-enable business applications by allowing them to share state in a serverless peer network. Kevin Hoffman Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/063f98b0-e77c-414b-80b3-0dfa733f2a89 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/063f98b0-e77c-414b-80b3-0dfa733f2a89 July 2008<br/><br/>Filling in for Editor-in-Chief Howard Dierking, Ted Neward lends some insight into the state of data collection and manipulation. Ted Neward Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6cce603-b8e6-4457-8f47-8f94bc30e16e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6cce603-b8e6-4457-8f47-8f94bc30e16e July 2008<br/><br/>Host a wiki the easy way, get the screen shots you need and mark them up, and read about LINQ this month in Toolbox. Scott Mitchell Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4b79a53-1592-4908-b6da-a5fa6c2f5817 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4b79a53-1592-4908-b6da-a5fa6c2f5817 July 2008<br/><br/>See how Windows Forms applications can be adapted to use the new .NET Add-in framework (System.AddIn) this month. Mueez Siddiqui Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69dd7fbb-d8b3-4761-91c4-cea8ae6ce671 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69dd7fbb-d8b3-4761-91c4-cea8ae6ce671 July 2008<br/><br/>Here we build a solution that fits the Entity Framework into an n-tier architecture that uses WCF and WPF and the MVP pattern. John Papa Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7d35f3a-b727-454f-ad06-bffdb591021d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7d35f3a-b727-454f-ad06-bffdb591021d July 2008<br/><br/>Presented here is the LINQ Enumerable class, which allows you to manipulate data in any class that implements IEnumerable(Of T). Ken Getz Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7316f0f-4aeb-498e-99bf-d22ffb1b2e92 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7316f0f-4aeb-498e-99bf-d22ffb1b2e92 July 2008<br/><br/>Here's a custom branding solution for SharePoint sites that integrates Master Pages and CSS files at the level of the site collection. Ted Pattison Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d52c636-7e9b-42b7-8f7f-0ddfb30a019a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d52c636-7e9b-42b7-8f7f-0ddfb30a019a July 2008<br/><br/>In this installment, the author provides an enhanced implementation of the BST pattern and compares it to HTM solutions. Dino Esposito Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65cab7db-56d9-4678-a1dc-a47bf5e00469 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65cab7db-56d9-4678-a1dc-a47bf5e00469 July 2008<br/><br/>This month James McCaffrey builds a test harness for WCF applications that really puts them through the paces. Dr. James McCaffrey Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/229f296d-79e9-430f-a8d7-9e2c10f8c6be http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/229f296d-79e9-430f-a8d7-9e2c10f8c6be July 2008<br/><br/>In this column the author outlines some approaches to threat modeling that can be employed by development teams of any size. Adam Shostack Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6220406-ce61-414a-8cfe-c8292939ca3b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6220406-ce61-414a-8cfe-c8292939ca3b July 2008<br/><br/>This month's column continues the discussion around code access security in WCF and partially trusted services. Juval Lowy Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45969d14-6868-44fe-9523-b639b18983b1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45969d14-6868-44fe-9523-b639b18983b1 July 2008<br/><br/>In this month’s installment of .NET Matters, columnist Stephen Toub answers reader questions concerning asynchronous I/O . Stephen Toub Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39b76bf7-0749-4805-a68f-6c12c0428ea2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39b76bf7-0749-4805-a68f-6c12c0428ea2 July 2008<br/><br/>Chris Gray discusses custom applications he’s developed for Windows Home Server and explores applications for energy savings. Chris Gray Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13bcc435-310e-4698-9b4b-d0bf97f00fa9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13bcc435-310e-4698-9b4b-d0bf97f00fa9 June 2008<br/><br/>In this article we introduce you to BizTalk Services, new technology that offers the Enterprise Service Bus features of BizTalk Server as a hosted service. Jon Flanders and Aaron Skonnard Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5663126-ddb1-4668-9970-74baad73be64 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5663126-ddb1-4668-9970-74baad73be64 June 2008<br/><br/>Efficient parallel applications aren’t born by merely running an old app on a parallel processor machine. Tuning needs to be done if you’re to gain maximum benefit. Rahul V. Patil and Boby George Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58b969a2-db02-4310-a0fc-da25ef69d545 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58b969a2-db02-4310-a0fc-da25ef69d545 June 2008<br/><br/>Microsoft Robotics Studio is not just for playing with robots. It also allows you to build service-based applications for a wide range of hardware devices. Sara Morgan Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38add0de-1251-4062-99f1-5bfa4a28b4c9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38add0de-1251-4062-99f1-5bfa4a28b4c9 June 2008<br/><br/>Learn how to create a workflow that uses InfoPath forms and other office documents for passing data to targeted activities and for use in Office documents. Rick Spiewak Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/019dc9c8-3355-497f-b8e5-cae76c8dbb6e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/019dc9c8-3355-497f-b8e5-cae76c8dbb6e June 2008<br/><br/>In this article, author John Torjo presents a guide to his C++ GUI library called eGUI++ and explains how it makes user interface programming easier. John Torjo Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b4974610-99a7-47a4-a0f4-eaaf846ff20f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b4974610-99a7-47a4-a0f4-eaaf846ff20f June 2008<br/><br/>Find out what's new for MSDN Magazine, including a print redesign and the introduction of virtual labs on our web site so you can experiment with our code. Howard Dierking Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6dfc7539-30bd-4ad2-82a8-f09278511720 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6dfc7539-30bd-4ad2-82a8-f09278511720 June 2008<br/><br/>This month test your web site on many platforms and browsers without setting up a test environment, use mock objects for unit testing, and visit Raymond Chen. Scott Mitchell Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ec44c4f1-762a-46aa-bc7b-e97b04828511 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ec44c4f1-762a-46aa-bc7b-e97b04828511 June 2008<br/><br/>This month CLR Inside Out reveals the secrets behind the Large Object Heap—what’s there, when it’s released, how the garbage collector handles the objects there. Maoni Stephens Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b891c60f-8ea0-4f1d-9e88-91825083b506 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b891c60f-8ea0-4f1d-9e88-91825083b506 June 2008<br/><br/>AJAX is meant to go beyond mere partial page rendering. Find out where Dino Esposito thinks dynamic pages are headed in the future with ASP.NET AJAX. Dino Esposito Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1b5b7e52-a263-43a5-b42d-60120d2fbbbd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1b5b7e52-a263-43a5-b42d-60120d2fbbbd June 2008<br/><br/>Extending an existing codebase can be as productive and frustration-free as writing all new code when you employ the Open Closed Principle. We'll show you how. Jeremy Miller Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/89fa01f8-ded5-4a49-97ef-ce64364f749b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/89fa01f8-ded5-4a49-97ef-ce64364f749b June 2008<br/><br/>Here we present a deep look into the workings of Windows Communication Foundation routers, exploring the details of pass-through router implementations. Michele Leroux Bustamante Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ef47b6c-db39-4034-84c1-5fac80b599bc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ef47b6c-db39-4034-84c1-5fac80b599bc June 2008<br/><br/>Charles Petzold takes an inside look at the flexible bitmap pixel formats offered by the retained-mode graphics features of Windows Presentation Foundation. Charles Petzold Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85ee54dd-6639-48be-abd4-724b611b702a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85ee54dd-6639-48be-abd4-724b611b702a June 2008<br/><br/>In this month's installment, Kenny Kerr sings the praises of the new Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack, which brings modern conveniences to Visual C++. Kenny Kerr Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2585b0f3-8ac0-40e4-9c3a-e8161932ba95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2585b0f3-8ac0-40e4-9c3a-e8161932ba95 June 2008<br/><br/>Here Jeffrey Richter introduces his AsyncEnumerator class, which drives an iterator so that different thread pool threads can execute the same code at different times. Jeffrey Richter Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/819235a2-f6f5-468a-a278-5948a29bc394 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/819235a2-f6f5-468a-a278-5948a29bc394 June 2008<br/><br/>We show you the techniques for building adaptable applications that can make the best use of different screens and capabilities on Windows Mobile devices. Michael Saffitz Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43e96714-0a40-4ed3-9d62-329cca3de46a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43e96714-0a40-4ed3-9d62-329cca3de46a June 2008<br/><br/>Surprisingly, cryptography can be applied to the electoral process to allow every individual voter to check the integrity of an election tally. Find out how here. Josh Benaloh Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f5c2fe9b-f973-4c8a-9cc6-e1e764806896 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f5c2fe9b-f973-4c8a-9cc6-e1e764806896 May 2008<br/><br/>See how to build a document-level Visual Studio Tools for Office customization and integrate it with a content type in SharePoint. Steve Fox Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/57bed2e1-41a2-438d-b2ad-a14f570eafb6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/57bed2e1-41a2-438d-b2ad-a14f570eafb6 May 2008<br/><br/>Learn how to automate custom SharePoint application deployments, use the SharePoint API, and avoid the hassle of custom site definitions. E. Wilansky, P. Olszewski, and R. Sneddon Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d205bab8-b27d-4f7b-9371-5bedd7cb2c11 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d205bab8-b27d-4f7b-9371-5bedd7cb2c11 May 2008<br/><br/>Kenny Kerr sings the praises of the new Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack, which brings modern conveniences to Visual C++. Kenny Kerr Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39c89a6d-3a27-4db9-a0f2-238ba46a4ca4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39c89a6d-3a27-4db9-a0f2-238ba46a4ca4 May 2008<br/><br/>One-time passwords offer solutions to dictionary attacks, phishing, interception, and lots of other security breaches. Here's how it all works. Dan Griffin Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d4b2471-3bec-4154-bc86-ff683c959dcb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d4b2471-3bec-4154-bc86-ff683c959dcb May 2008<br/><br/>Here we present a rundown of the various language paradigms of CLR-based languages via short language introductions and code samples. Joel Pobar Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58fa2d9b-8138-49fe-8b0b-23b7b45bdc76 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58fa2d9b-8138-49fe-8b0b-23b7b45bdc76 May 2008<br/><br/>Editor-in-Chief Howard Dierking explains why it's wise to consider Microsoft Office a development platform, even though developers typically don't. Howard Dierking Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9dda81f-269f-4235-89ea-14df955f1334 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9dda81f-269f-4235-89ea-14df955f1334 May 2008<br/><br/>This month the Toolbox column takes a look at database logging, Joel Spolsky's blog, printing code projects, and ASP.NET reading. Scott Mitchell Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7aff66be-b7f5-43ab-bddc-c4c097eb9ba0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7aff66be-b7f5-43ab-bddc-c4c097eb9ba0 May 2008<br/><br/>In the second of a two-part series, Vance Morrison delves into the meaning of performance measurements, explaining what the numbers mean to you. Vance Morrison Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6c458a9-c020-463d-b6d6-bee3a56803a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6c458a9-c020-463d-b6d6-bee3a56803a3 May 2008<br/><br/>The Entity Framework is a hot topic, but how do you know when to use EntityClient, Object Services, Entity SQL, or LINQ? Find out here. John Papa Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/63f34dab-e181-4292-a313-55e68b46c9d0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/63f34dab-e181-4292-a313-55e68b46c9d0 May 2008<br/><br/>This month we begin a look at the Single Page Interface (SPI) model and some design patterns for designing AJAX applications. Dino Esposito Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c42cb1be-efee-48b2-95fd-48d2922fcfaa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c42cb1be-efee-48b2-95fd-48d2922fcfaa May 2008<br/><br/>Did you know you can use Windows PowerShell to perform lightweight request/response testing for an ASP.NET Web app? Here's how. Dr. James McCaffrey Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/23bfa49b-871c-4dbd-9a0f-7348fefaad3b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/23bfa49b-871c-4dbd-9a0f-7348fefaad3b May 2008<br/><br/>See how to use Word to capture a VBA macro and use Visual Studio Tools for Office to wrap it up into a deployable Word add-in. Robert Bogue Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79a58e6f-9ae5-41ee-9ce4-0c036abfc4d7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79a58e6f-9ae5-41ee-9ce4-0c036abfc4d7 May 2008<br/><br/>As we'll show, with just a few lines of JavaScript you can build a general-purpose framework for incorporating page turns into Silverlight 1.0 apps. Jeff Prosise Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e381518-6186-46ca-911a-958464882815 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e381518-6186-46ca-911a-958464882815 May 2008<br/><br/>When building workflows, you must consider the developer experience, available tools, long-term maintenance, and future versioning. Matt Milner Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/42f89fab-6c8b-48fd-afcb-8ea2eda3d420 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/42f89fab-6c8b-48fd-afcb-8ea2eda3d420 May 2008<br/><br/>In this installment of Security Briefs, James Whittaker explains the rules and the pitfalls of penetration testing so you'll know how to avoid them. James A. Whittaker Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/edd030ee-f748-4ab2-9fc9-a123acb760ec http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/edd030ee-f748-4ab2-9fc9-a123acb760ec May 2008<br/><br/>Use the Team Foundation Server EventService to create and manage event subscriptions or create a Web service to receive and process events. Brian A. Randell Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a241ec0b-13fb-4d79-94e5-deabb392a068 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a241ec0b-13fb-4d79-94e5-deabb392a068 May 2008<br/><br/>Rich or reach, rich or thin, thick or fat? Thus went the battle over how much functionality a client should have. Here's how it all turned out. Terry Crowley Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6bc5eb3-6303-44c3-badb-ff06d3760c78 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6bc5eb3-6303-44c3-badb-ff06d3760c78 April 2008<br/><br/>Speech Server 2007 lets you create sophisticated voice-response applications with Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio tool integration. Here’s how. Michael Dunn Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b76e6e7a-0d95-4ffa-94d9-048ec1a5c2df http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b76e6e7a-0d95-4ffa-94d9-048ec1a5c2df April 2008<br/><br/>Performance problems can creep into your Web app as it scales up, and when they do, you need to find the causes and the best strategies to address them. Richard Campbell and Kent Alstad Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/878b0228-7a09-4e1b-9917-088898cc8e9f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/878b0228-7a09-4e1b-9917-088898cc8e9f April 2008<br/><br/>Animating with Silverlight is easier than you think. Here we create a 3D app that folds a polyhedron using XAML, C#, and by emulating the DirectX math libraries. Declan Brennan Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9cbb1a09-fd59-463b-86b7-309695cc6877 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9cbb1a09-fd59-463b-86b7-309695cc6877 April 2008<br/><br/>Howard Dierking talks to the inventor of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, about language zealots, the evolution of programming, and what’s in the future of programming. Howard Dierking Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/568c6c57-fbfd-4fba-80f7-2acd0840321f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/568c6c57-fbfd-4fba-80f7-2acd0840321f April 2008<br/><br/>Here the author uses Document Information Panels in the Microsoft 2007 Office system to manipulate metadata from Office docs for better discovery and management. Ashish Ghoda Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54d7d6f7-eebb-4fce-a675-dee129f9e357 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54d7d6f7-eebb-4fce-a675-dee129f9e357 April 2008<br/><br/>Here is what Howard Dierking has to say about the differences between services and distributed applications and how he has approached services in his projects. Howard Dierking Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f0a196f-fd56-43a8-adcc-c162493a9bf8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f0a196f-fd56-43a8-adcc-c162493a9bf8 April 2008<br/><br/>See how to log Web application errors for better health monitoring, what to read if you’re thinking about LINQ, and which blog Scott recommends reading this month. Scott Mitchell Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1942ce9b-e356-4d8c-bb18-4af0aef2ca53 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1942ce9b-e356-4d8c-bb18-4af0aef2ca53 April 2008<br/><br/>For the 2008 Imagine Cup, students have been challenged to use technology to enable a sustainable environment. Finalists in the U.S. competition recently presented their solutions in Los Angeles, and MSDN Magazine was there to see the innovative ideas participants have come up with. Mitch Irsfeld Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/71dd33f2-fdf7-4206-ac5c-383e6159ff93 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/71dd33f2-fdf7-4206-ac5c-383e6159ff93 April 2008<br/><br/>In this month’s column, get the inside scoop on how to build performance into your apps from the start, rather than dealing with the fallout after you deploy them. Vance Morrison Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a00256f2-b694-48f8-9018-b23f0b0c3902 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a00256f2-b694-48f8-9018-b23f0b0c3902 April 2008<br/><br/>In this month’s column, learn how to integrate your own My Namespace extension into the Visual Basic development environment using the My Extensibility feature. Matthew DeVore Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7cea04af-fdb6-4d3b-933d-0d4caf31739c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7cea04af-fdb6-4d3b-933d-0d4caf31739c April 2008<br/><br/>This month, use nested ListView controls to create hierarchical views of data and extend the eventing model of the ListView by deriving a custom ListView class. Dino Esposito Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/018110a6-9dbe-41f1-835f-ec8ffdae6fa3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/018110a6-9dbe-41f1-835f-ec8ffdae6fa3 April 2008<br/><br/>Here we discuss code-access security in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and present a solution for enabling partially trusted clients for WCF services. Juval Lowy Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c34b3576-9707-4f5c-b23f-f8388552988d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c34b3576-9707-4f5c-b23f-f8388552988d April 2008<br/><br/>Language Integrated Query makes lots of things easier. Here we put LINQ, or more specifically the LINQ to SQL provider, to use testing SQL stored procedures. Dr. James McCaffrey Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cd683c22-71e8-41e4-9ae0-ef20c893e1ca http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cd683c22-71e8-41e4-9ae0-ef20c893e1ca April 2008<br/><br/>Here we take a look at WCF clients and services, and explain how to tweak the addressing and message filtering behaviors so you can route services between them. Michele Leroux Bustamante Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9c2432a-ee9a-48f1-9a47-ea4be73bea3f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9c2432a-ee9a-48f1-9a47-ea4be73bea3f April 2008<br/><br/>Windows Imaging Component (WIC) is an extensible framework for encoding, decoding, and manipulating images. See how to use WIC to encode and decode different image formats. Kenny Kerr Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/67670f85-e2c5-48a6-809c-f481f94daf6b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/67670f85-e2c5-48a6-809c-f481f94daf6b April 2008<br/><br/>Learn how you can set up every mobile device in your company with a few lines of code and some XML--thanks to the provisioning APIs in the Windows Mobile SDK. Mike Calligaro Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61b7901c-0e6b-44ba-88f3-e5db02ed954d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61b7901c-0e6b-44ba-88f3-e5db02ed954d April 2008<br/><br/>Are the transparent computer screens in the movie Minority Report or the flashy fingerprint analysis software programs used on CSI closer than we think? Maybe so. Julia Lerman Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:18 GMT 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cfabf5a6-7f1b-43be-b5e0-d67af3bf9a3f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cfabf5a6-7f1b-43be-b5e0-d67af3bf9a3f March 2008<br/><br/>Chris Tavares explains how the ASP.NET MVC Framework's Model View Controller pattern helps you build flexible, easily tested Web applications. Chris Tavares Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/76a8ab3c-c3ed-4de3-a93a-08aaf3a3cb61 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/76a8ab3c-c3ed-4de3-a93a-08aaf3a3cb61 March 2008<br/><br/>James Kovacs explains the dark side of tightly coupled architectures, why they're hard to test and how they limit adaptation. He then proposes a number of solutions. James Kovacs Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d92444d8-af8d-492a-994d-033733d3005d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d92444d8-af8d-492a-994d-033733d3005d March 2008<br/><br/>Jay Flowers demonstrates how to set up and use a Continuous Integration server using both discrete tools and the more comprehensive CI Factory solution. Jay Flowers Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46df19eb-3e1f-4cc0-86b7-7d557342a4b5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46df19eb-3e1f-4cc0-86b7-7d557342a4b5 March 2008<br/><br/>We will introduce you to the Visual Studio Profiler by walking through a sample performance investigation, pinpointing code inefficiencies in some sample applications. Hari Pulapaka and Boris Vidolov Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d04626d-2f12-4cea-a120-0763638e9acc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d04626d-2f12-4cea-a120-0763638e9acc March 2008<br/><br/>OBA solution patterns help architects and developers build Office Business Applications (OBAs). This article introduces the seven core OBA solution patterns and applies one to a real-world problem. Steve Fox Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61040be0-213b-43b1-bc64-26473f1bfd48 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61040be0-213b-43b1-bc64-26473f1bfd48 March 2008<br/><br/>This month Howard Dierking cautions against designing applications in a vacuum with no connection to reality. Howard Dierking Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c72e3ec-9bb5-4204-90c8-19260ebb9f18 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c72e3ec-9bb5-4204-90c8-19260ebb9f18 March 2008<br/><br/>This month, a better design-time experience for Web apps, Scott Guthrie's blog, extending Extend Lutz Roeder's Reflector, and more. Scott Mitchell Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54dd77f2-9be8-4ec9-b372-5ea01ea791f2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54dd77f2-9be8-4ec9-b372-5ea01ea791f2 March 2008<br/><br/>Application startup performance matters to users, and there's plenty you can do to improve it. Here's a look at where to begin. Claudio Caldato Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b233aa58-3389-45a5-990c-c9690ef228e8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b233aa58-3389-45a5-990c-c9690ef228e8 March 2008<br/><br/>LINQ to Objects and LINQ to Entities have an arsenal of Standard Query Operators that operate on sequences to perform a wide variety of operations. John Papa Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62c87eac-7671-448d-a7e3-8f72f635f97d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62c87eac-7671-448d-a7e3-8f72f635f97d March 2008<br/><br/>LINQ to XML and the Microsoft SDK for Open XML Formats simplify access to the parts of a 2007 Office system Open XML document when retrieving or modifying data, resulting in shorter, less complex code. Ken Getz Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e45a15d3-8f72-47d6-9e9d-d04e3e0a5600 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e45a15d3-8f72-47d6-9e9d-d04e3e0a5600 March 2008<br/><br/>Ted Pattison shows how to use a new STSDEV utility to set up and deploy SharePoint development projects in Visual Studio in an easy and repeatable manner. Ted Pattison Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a58d9c3-dd81-4de1-b72e-79f6607a8486 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a58d9c3-dd81-4de1-b72e-79f6607a8486 March 2008<br/><br/>Here we show you how to use Windows PowerShell to create quick and easy UI test automation for ASP.NET and classic ASP Web applications. Dr. James McCaffrey Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dbde18bb-ca07-472c-87e7-5101fb22644c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dbde18bb-ca07-472c-87e7-5101fb22644c March 2008<br/><br/>Michael Howard outlines some of the buffer overrun defenses available in Visual C++ 2005 and beyond. Michael Howard Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16e3c15b-c896-4973-ad08-450c494237bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16e3c15b-c896-4973-ad08-450c494237bd March 2008<br/><br/>Fritz Onion demonstrates how the ListView control in ASP.NET 3.5 makes data-binding tasks easier with support for styling with CSS, flexible pagination, and a full complement of sorting, inserting, deleting, and updating features. Fritz Onion Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5729dae7-08dc-43f1-a840-236e16a28b8d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5729dae7-08dc-43f1-a840-236e16a28b8d March 2008<br/><br/>The System.Windows.Shapes namespace is Charles Petzold's namespace of choice for rendering two-dimensional vector graphics in WPF. Here he explains why. Charles Petzold Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a704e50-dfe7-44fe-bebd-bee14f104ab7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a704e50-dfe7-44fe-bebd-bee14f104ab7 March 2008<br/><br/>This month Stephen Toub discusses asynchronous stream processing. Stephen Toub Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dc85ee7b-531a-4e9d-82ef-06c2b4fd8d65 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dc85ee7b-531a-4e9d-82ef-06c2b4fd8d65 March 2008<br/><br/>Jeremy D. Miller explains the motivation behind the ALT .NET movement. Jeremy D. Miller Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d79853e9-481b-4529-b79d-a959f1379c97 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d79853e9-481b-4529-b79d-a959f1379c97 Launch 2008<br/><br/>The .NET Compact Framework 3.5 provides a subset of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) functionality that you can harness to communicate between Windows Mobile devices and desktop PCs. We'll show you how. Andrew Arnott Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dfba7085-50e2-4c03-88c2-8bbb25a68ab6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dfba7085-50e2-4c03-88c2-8bbb25a68ab6 Launch 2008<br/><br/>Mike Volodarsky demonstrates the IIS 7.0 extensibility model by extending the Response Modification into a configurable Web server module and a custom management page for IIS Manager. Mike Volodarsky Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad6b30f7-feb0-43bc-abdc-1a7b90e83886 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad6b30f7-feb0-43bc-abdc-1a7b90e83886 Launch 2008<br/><br/>With custom form regions in Outlook you can pull in data from designated data sources and truly customize your users' Outlook 2007 experience. Steve Fox Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7523670-3b81-408b-9f56-0ba4aa730171 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7523670-3b81-408b-9f56-0ba4aa730171 Launch 2008<br/><br/>Jamie Laflen extols the benefits of TDD when applied to database development—and supplies some useful techniques along the way. Jamie Laflen Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6ca5101-2a62-431e-8709-4a1ba961cff5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6ca5101-2a62-431e-8709-4a1ba961cff5 Launch 2008<br/><br/>Here we introduce you to some of the concepts behind the new F# language, which combines elements of functional and object-oriented .NET languages. We then help you get started writing some simple programs. Ted Neward Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33a3ef43-10db-41c3-ab6b-ebd203ad851d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33a3ef43-10db-41c3-ab6b-ebd203ad851d Launch 2008<br/><br/>This month Howard Dierking discusses the coverage of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. Howard Dierking Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9ce3dbb-3567-4ad3-a037-1f6b374a200e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9ce3dbb-3567-4ad3-a037-1f6b374a200e Launch 2008<br/><br/>This month: help writing SQL code, modeling your database with SubSonic, and a review of Visual Studio Team System: Better Software Development for Agile Teams. James Avery Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fa6b477-4315-4bc7-8357-8d0405bdce30 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fa6b477-4315-4bc7-8357-8d0405bdce30 Launch 2008<br/><br/>This month Dino Esposito shows you how to get Windows-style modal dialog boxes for your Web applications thanks to the Ajax Control Toolkit and some clever coding. Dino Esposito Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f060f705-49e2-4b0f-b073-557f280ff28e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f060f705-49e2-4b0f-b073-557f280ff28e Launch 2008<br/><br/>In this month's column Dr. James McCaffrey describes some of the ways you can use the Visual Studio 2005 Team System to manage custom software test automation. Dr. James McCaffrey Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3bbdd011-a22a-4dcd-a777-29924269531b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3bbdd011-a22a-4dcd-a777-29924269531b Launch 2008<br/><br/>: Jeff Prosise presents great tips for Silverlight development, which while it's gaining wide adoption, still needs more documentation and best practices so developers can make the most of the dazzling new features. Jeff Prosise Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/658e140b-b887-4cef-bd96-60908fa86d9a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/658e140b-b887-4cef-bd96-60908fa86d9a Launch 2008<br/><br/>Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition is a collection of resources for modeling and building Web services for Windows Communication Foundation and ASMX. Gerardo de Geest and Gerben van Loon Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0a3f2d7-f34f-498f-b9fb-78bb617d2df9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0a3f2d7-f34f-498f-b9fb-78bb617d2df9 Launch 2008<br/><br/>With the NET Framework 3.5, Windows Workflow Foundation can now truly be integrated with Windows Communication Foundation. This column describes how the integration works and how to make use of it effectively. Matt Milner Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fcc304c2-3773-4868-8156-f4a6247b83f6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fcc304c2-3773-4868-8156-f4a6247b83f6 Launch 2008<br/><br/>Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 bring some significant changes that make it simpler to produce services that are more secure and responsive. Kenny Kerr Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a90b080c-05d7-4501-9360-d99403367fef http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a90b080c-05d7-4501-9360-d99403367fef Launch 2008<br/><br/>Learn how to add check-in notes and check-in policy support to a Word add-in, in this fifth and final installment of an ongoing discussion. Brian A. Randell Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eeb1face-c8cb-47b8-8060-08adf6535b29 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eeb1face-c8cb-47b8-8060-08adf6535b29 Launch 2008<br/><br/>Bill Hill discusses his Digital Declaration of Independence. Bill Hill Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e78eff63-3542-4f14-8519-b2682515bb33 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e78eff63-3542-4f14-8519-b2682515bb33 February 2008<br/><br/>Joel Pobar presents an introduction to how compilers work and how you can write your own compiler to target the .NET Framework. Joel Pobar Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f66d99b-b92f-4ac9-988e-afcaf1421fda http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f66d99b-b92f-4ac9-988e-afcaf1421fda February 2008<br/><br/>Maria Blees introduces WinUnit, a handy new unit testing tool for native C++ projects. Maria Blees Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f697c2d-9d42-4f7b-92f2-7f8fc18f99b6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f697c2d-9d42-4f7b-92f2-7f8fc18f99b6 February 2008<br/><br/>Laurence Moroney demonstrates how to employ the Expression Encoder plug-in APIs by building and debugging a simple FTP upload plug-in. Laurence Moroney Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6897bd2a-dec5-43bb-830b-ecb1ae17eaf6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6897bd2a-dec5-43bb-830b-ecb1ae17eaf6 February 2008<br/><br/>Using the PIAB you can enhance WCF services with policies such as validation, performance monitoring, authorization and caching without having to change a line of code. Hugh Ang and David San Filippo Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a64a1e8-19e8-4ba8-8d33-845c889de400 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a64a1e8-19e8-4ba8-8d33-845c889de400 February 2008<br/><br/>State Machine workflows represent a different way of visualizing program logic. Rather than flowing from activity to activity like sequential workflows, State Machines transition from state to state. Learn about uses for State machines and see how to design and build a State Machine workflow with Windows Workflow Foundation. Keith Pijanowski Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/35017444-de89-4f1c-9f7c-bd201801e24a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/35017444-de89-4f1c-9f7c-bd201801e24a February 2008<br/><br/>This month Howard Dierking explains why the choice of a programming language can be a personal one. Howard Dierking Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2cf1b14d-e31c-47bc-93aa-7faffec2b74e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2cf1b14d-e31c-47bc-93aa-7faffec2b74e February 2008<br/><br/>Powerful Text Editing, Web Testing in .NET, Extended Unit Testing, and More James Avery Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6646c218-bcea-48ad-99d9-521185811245 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6646c218-bcea-48ad-99d9-521185811245 February 2008<br/><br/>DLRConsole gives you an interactive environment for playing with dynamic languages in Silverlight. Jimmy Schementi Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7945871d-b31d-4c94-9289-5bc33be31bfd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7945871d-b31d-4c94-9289-5bc33be31bfd February 2008<br/><br/>With Visual Basic 9.0, working with XML gets much easier for developers. Here's a look at some of the new features, including LINQ support, XML literals, embedded expressions, XML properties, and XML Schema IntelliSense. Jonathan Aneja Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c368bbf-8fe9-44bc-8483-a9782c601309 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c368bbf-8fe9-44bc-8483-a9782c601309 February 2008<br/><br/>With the Entity Framework, developers are given more flexibility by being able to design around a conceptual model rather than a relational data model. To get started, you need to know how to design an Entity Data Model. John Papa walks you through that process. John Papa Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d1c3a84-1d38-4bcc-914d-1b99e62291aa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d1c3a84-1d38-4bcc-914d-1b99e62291aa February 2008<br/><br/>This month Dino looks at AJAX control extenders again, adding more advanced features including masked editing and autocompletion. Dino Esposito Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a70a5f3-5e8d-4839-8ab4-c3c5a2fdd260 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a70a5f3-5e8d-4839-8ab4-c3c5a2fdd260 February 2008<br/><br/>This month Ted Pattison presents an overview of programming security and permissions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Ted Pattison Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6c82792-7a66-4c15-aae2-1d3a3d441a04 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6c82792-7a66-4c15-aae2-1d3a3d441a04 February 2008<br/><br/>James McCaffrey shows you how to get started with UI test automation using the new Microsoft UI Automation library. Dr. James McCaffrey Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b5db7236-358d-4a95-b387-59dc6f094abd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b5db7236-358d-4a95-b387-59dc6f094abd February 2008<br/><br/>Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 provide new tools and support that extends Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Visual Studio 2008 also automates a number of manual WCF tasks for the developer as well. Juval Lowy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3e7c62d-0699-4b25-9859-aeb46be63002 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3e7c62d-0699-4b25-9859-aeb46be63002 February 2008<br/><br/>This month Stephen Toub explains how to make the most of dual processors when running encryption and compression tasks. Stephen Toub Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6ede1e5f-dce4-4254-abb5-7e997b4930f1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6ede1e5f-dce4-4254-abb5-7e997b4930f1 February 2008<br/><br/>Passion, intelligence, and the love of learning exemplify the ideal Microsoft candidate. Howard Dierking explores these and other recruiting philosophies. Howard Dierking Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/44e3649c-265c-45a1-87c0-0f64f486cbe2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/44e3649c-265c-45a1-87c0-0f64f486cbe2 January 2008<br/><br/>Mike Volodarsky demonstrates how IIS 7.0 lets you add performance and security upgrades to PHP apps without touching a line of PHP code. Mike Volodarsky Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/35ecf2da-5b80-4e6d-ab9f-f1dc8ce28e63 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/35ecf2da-5b80-4e6d-ab9f-f1dc8ce28e63 January 2008<br/><br/>The .NET Framework has excellent internationalization support, but JavaScript does not. If you're using ASP.NET AJAX, learn what you need to do to adapt. Guy Smith-Ferrier Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b862a7d9-878f-442c-b130-fafdb676b016 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b862a7d9-878f-442c-b130-fafdb676b016 January 2008<br/><br/>Introducing Web-centric features of Windows Communication Foundation in the .NET Framework 3.5, including the HTTP programming model and the new syndication API. Justin Smith Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26120ad8-47e4-4467-b96c-e2d3c20f0cef http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26120ad8-47e4-4467-b96c-e2d3c20f0cef January 2008<br/><br/>SQL Server 2005 gathers a lot of useful data that you can use to identify areas where database performance can be improved. Here's what you need to improve performance. Ian Stirk Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2db07ea4-5e04-42a9-924f-45f134e239b0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2db07ea4-5e04-42a9-924f-45f134e239b0 January 2008<br/><br/>Here's an overview of the new System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement class in the .NET Framework 3.5 and how it simplifies working with directory services. Joe Kaplan and Ethan Wilansky Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/251bcbda-2e8a-413d-b535-74385c623cde http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/251bcbda-2e8a-413d-b535-74385c623cde January 2008<br/><br/>The results of our reader survey are in. This month, Howard Dierking shares the takeaways. Howard Dierking Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55a88e14-9eed-4e66-989b-abbf5a6c0d25 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55a88e14-9eed-4e66-989b-abbf5a6c0d25 January 2008<br/><br/>This month we look at advanced unit testing, object mocking, profiling, and lots more. James Avery Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/afceb6f3-f462-474c-b117-f77022874949 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/afceb6f3-f462-474c-b117-f77022874949 January 2008<br/><br/>Marshaling is an important part of .NET interop. It allows you to call into unmanaged code from managed code. This column will help you get started. Yi Zhang and Xiaoying Guo Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bbdb8dec-29f6-4f5c-a11b-dc048859ac02 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bbdb8dec-29f6-4f5c-a11b-dc048859ac02 January 2008<br/><br/>This month John Papa takes a look at developing a mobile application that can access data on your application server. John Papa Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/14f572c1-501e-4d64-a7f8-afd805137034 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/14f572c1-501e-4d64-a7f8-afd805137034 January 2008<br/><br/>This month Advanced Basics flaunts the power of generics and reflection and shows how you get more flexible and efficient development by combining the two. Ken Getz Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5b7e869-3347-4721-a967-e75773926985 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5b7e869-3347-4721-a967-e75773926985 January 2008<br/><br/>AJAX Extenders extend the behavior and features of ordinary Web controls so you can reduce postbacks and control input even better than with AJAX alone. Dino Esposito Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fa40235a-c2aa-4095-8195-87bdebeee783 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fa40235a-c2aa-4095-8195-87bdebeee783 January 2008<br/><br/>Jeff Prosise shows how you can implement drag-and-drop functionality in your Web app with ASP.NET AJAX. Jeff Prosise Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/28fcfcb9-ae67-48bf-a178-1f438f31d4b2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/28fcfcb9-ae67-48bf-a178-1f438f31d4b2 January 2008<br/><br/>Charles Petzold demonstrates how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) templates let you turn common controls into uncommon visual objects. Charles Petzold Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ed61b4ae-36e3-4454-995d-f0ed5e4b5d6e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ed61b4ae-36e3-4454-995d-f0ed5e4b5d6e January 2008<br/><br/>To implement Silverlight in ASP.NET pages, you can encapsulate your Silverlight elements in ASP.NET controls. Here's how. Fritz Onion Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb3931f7-2928-4ebc-b4f8-9e64aaa4e17d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb3931f7-2928-4ebc-b4f8-9e64aaa4e17d January 2008<br/><br/>Scott Hanselman ruminates on the term "5:01 developer" and why success in any field requires passion and craftsmanship. Scott Hanselman Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/29b3e033-4b64-448e-82e2-7f89df0d54fa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/29b3e033-4b64-448e-82e2-7f89df0d54fa December 2007<br/><br/>Scott Wisniewski uses Windows Presentation Foundation data binding along with LINQ and new XML features in Visual Basic to build an interactive app that maps demographic data. Scott Wisniewski Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8ac48727-05eb-4017-97ab-e26caf281c43 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8ac48727-05eb-4017-97ab-e26caf281c43 December 2007<br/><br/>With Visual Studio Tools for Office you can easily build Office-based services that harness the power of Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, and LINQ. Andrew Whitechapel Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bfcb6851-7f69-4753-8bb9-55f8f86028b6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bfcb6851-7f69-4753-8bb9-55f8f86028b6 December 2007<br/><br/>Jim Truher presents an introduction to writing and registering your own custom cmdlets to be used in Windows PowerShell. Jim Truher Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3e25ae07-1dbd-4926-8886-adb26ec06172 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3e25ae07-1dbd-4926-8886-adb26ec06172 December 2007<br/><br/>If you have a significant investment in legacy COBOL applications running on mainframes, you need the BizTalk Adapters for Host Integration Server . Bashar “Bash” Badawi Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17d59246-5202-472a-a2fb-9e9409ffb987 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17d59246-5202-472a-a2fb-9e9409ffb987 December 2007<br/><br/>Jack Couch looks at how to set up ADFS and when to use it; he then shows how to connect to an outside organization to offer single sign-on. Jack Couch Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00f0465a-0cbe-4b38-85c1-5f6c6fd2d86b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00f0465a-0cbe-4b38-85c1-5f6c6fd2d86b December 2007<br/><br/>This month Howard Dierking reflects on 2007 and looks forward to exciting possibilities in 2008. Howard Dierking Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c0edd4f9-29c7-450e-9113-04855a6d43b7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c0edd4f9-29c7-450e-9113-04855a6d43b7 December 2007<br/><br/>This month, more of the tools you need to get your job done. Scott Mitchell Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d9b337ce-ddba-4dcd-b957-9db2406faa1b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d9b337ce-ddba-4dcd-b957-9db2406faa1b December 2007<br/><br/>Here's a look at how code fails and techniques for writing more reliable and resilient managed code. Alessandro Catorcini and Brian Grunkemeyer Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8dc4340a-64cd-4511-b67a-5ac8f6e6449a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8dc4340a-64cd-4511-b67a-5ac8f6e6449a December 2007<br/><br/>WPF is one of the most important new technologies in the .NET Framework 3.0. This month John Papa introduces its data binding capabilities. John Papa Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b717b5cd-2fb3-4e15-ab6e-5319eb2ea93d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b717b5cd-2fb3-4e15-ab6e-5319eb2ea93d December 2007<br/><br/>Dino Esposito introduces the Microsoft AJAX Library and the JavaScript library for ASP.NET AJAX 1.0. Dino Esposito Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f7b7a3a5-f0f6-4671-aa0b-9ade423f5d6f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f7b7a3a5-f0f6-4671-aa0b-9ade423f5d6f December 2007<br/><br/>This installment of Test Run is a guide to using Windows PowerShell to perform ultra lightweight UI automation. Dr. James McCaffrey Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a06d1506-5d7a-44e4-9b58-2d7a6e5b7535 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a06d1506-5d7a-44e4-9b58-2d7a6e5b7535 December 2007<br/><br/>WCF extensibility points allow you to customize the process by which messages are translated, formatted, and sent over the wire for more customized services. Aaron Skonnard Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/815da2a7-a746-42f7-9ad3-4a6d1c614026 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/815da2a7-a746-42f7-9ad3-4a6d1c614026 December 2007<br/><br/>This month begins the design of the actual mouse class for EEK! Stanley B. Lippman Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9d26b98-f56f-4ed9-9929-431ab7a89cc4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9d26b98-f56f-4ed9-9929-431ab7a89cc4 December 2007<br/><br/>The author creates a managed wrapper to use the new IFileOperations interface in Windows Vista from managed code. Stephen Toub Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d880cc4f-db4e-42db-a37c-fbf8b1944bb8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d880cc4f-db4e-42db-a37c-fbf8b1944bb8 December 2007<br/><br/>Kenny Kerr takes a look at Windows Template Library (WTL) support for new Windows Vista control enhancements, including task dialogs, Aero wizards, and open file dialogs. Kenny Kerr Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1e0851e5-3b31-4de1-9c51-d5a8d2d2b845 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1e0851e5-3b31-4de1-9c51-d5a8d2d2b845 December 2007<br/><br/>Robert Bogue explains five reasons why you should make learning Microsoft SharePoint Technologies a priority, including its framework for user interface components and the embedded search engine. Robert Bogue Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1d10593-a158-4d1b-ae6e-c1313c22761f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1d10593-a158-4d1b-ae6e-c1313c22761f November 2007<br/><br/>Five years ago, Bill Gates issued a directive to enhance security across the board. Since then, many valuable lessons have been learned about building more secure software. Michael Howard Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/397ff3fa-0018-4eef-86ff-0a418d21a4b5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/397ff3fa-0018-4eef-86ff-0a418d21a4b5 November 2007<br/><br/>Here the authors analyze program crashes to help you understand if you have the potential for read or write violations in your applications, and how they can lead to security vulnerabilities. A. Abouchaev, D. Hasse, S. Lambert, and G. Wroblewski Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4e99ab7-2ded-4ba1-b2c4-a6b1131217eb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4e99ab7-2ded-4ba1-b2c4-a6b1131217eb November 2007<br/><br/>Code defects can be found using many approaches, but manual code reviews stand out in terms of precision and quality. We provide some best practices for planning and executing code reviews on your own team. M. Chmielewski, N. Clift, S. Fonrobert, and T. Ostwald Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ff3b9558-d7ef-4b38-9fbb-37739e6a7317 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ff3b9558-d7ef-4b38-9fbb-37739e6a7317 November 2007<br/><br/>Dan Griffin shows the extensibility of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers by discussing the modification of the existing Test Interface Provider sample in the latest Visual Studio SDK and implements Fuzz Testing. Dan Griffin Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eaa3ca4c-713a-4159-baf7-1f19c8317701 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eaa3ca4c-713a-4159-baf7-1f19c8317701 November 2007<br/><br/>This month Howard Dierking sheds some light on what we really mean when we talk about security. Howard Dierking Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fc01d779-8aa2-47f1-a26e-901d022010b4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fc01d779-8aa2-47f1-a26e-901d022010b4 November 2007<br/><br/>This time: Windows Forms grids, professional-looking date textboxes, file merging, and more. Scott Mitchell Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3464225f-2afa-4de6-a5ed-a4b9249d3cf6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3464225f-2afa-4de6-a5ed-a4b9249d3cf6 November 2007<br/><br/>Although the .NET Framework provides a managed execution environment, it is important to consider object lifetime management and write code that uses and releases resources correctly. The CLR team shows you how. Tim Fischer Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/be6a64c3-de32-48ba-8544-f333fb0fbff0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/be6a64c3-de32-48ba-8544-f333fb0fbff0 November 2007<br/><br/>This column discusses one of the new features of Visual Basic 2008—Extension Methods. This powerful new feature was introduced to support LINQ. See what extension methods are, how to apply them yourself, and get some great usage tips. Adrian Spotty Bowles Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f7cc0997-c5dd-471a-8506-28c2bb3da599 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f7cc0997-c5dd-471a-8506-28c2bb3da599 November 2007<br/><br/>Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 provides a new and improved infrastructure for handling server-side events. In this installment of Office Space, we look at techniques for hooking up Before Events and After Events using both Features and code. Ted Pattison Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c7f314b-8d3a-4234-a1c6-0c20b4f9ad30 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c7f314b-8d3a-4234-a1c6-0c20b4f9ad30 November 2007<br/><br/>This month Dino takes a look at limitations and UI issues in Partial Rendering AJAX pages and techniques for managing the UI. Dino Esposito Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c14ca03-fbd3-42ae-9427-cad738e49947 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c14ca03-fbd3-42ae-9427-cad738e49947 November 2007<br/><br/>Team Foundation Server provides APIs that let you create check-in notes (categorized string data) and custom check-in policy implementations. These features combine to give project administrators better control over the group development process. Brian A. Randell Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f3dbedfb-6c6e-42bc-aafd-197c09ce849a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f3dbedfb-6c6e-42bc-aafd-197c09ce849a November 2007<br/><br/>After a description of what synchronization contexts are and how WCF uses them, the author demonstrates various options for extending WCF to use custom synchronization contexts, both programmatically and declaratively. Juval Lowy Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6ba384e8-1bbc-4fbc-9e1b-dc667edebc68 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6ba384e8-1bbc-4fbc-9e1b-dc667edebc68 November 2007<br/><br/>Bloated view state can be a real performance bottleneck for your Web app, but it can be difficult to diagnose. John Robbins creates a handy tool that records and reports the view state size for pages in your ASP.NET applications. John Robbins Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d5b71ad-44e0-4a69-94f7-7038410f5d4a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d5b71ad-44e0-4a69-94f7-7038410f5d4a November 2007<br/><br/>Jeffrey Richter introduces his AsyncEnumerator class and explains how it harnesses some recent additions to the C# programming language that make working with the asynchronous programming model significantly easier. Jeffrey Richter Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/84050ec8-63f2-494f-8031-948fba8fe22f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/84050ec8-63f2-494f-8031-948fba8fe22f November 2007<br/><br/>Find out how to use finalizers as a way to warn developers who use your custom types when they are garbage collected without having been disposed of correctly. Stephen Toub Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e35ef038-d16a-42d9-882f-86ddd3ff464d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e35ef038-d16a-42d9-882f-86ddd3ff464d November 2007<br/><br/>There's still a role for developers in creating applications with WPF and XAML. In fact there are three: plumber, widget author, and ground breaker. Kevin Moore Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0ffc89b-40b4-4768-a68b-e2b0b20f7234 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0ffc89b-40b4-4768-a68b-e2b0b20f7234 October 2007<br/><br/>The new threadpool APIs in Windows Vista and in the upcoming Windows Server 2008 provide advances that even native Windows developers can benefit from. Robert Saccone Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7937810-7cd3-4e3b-85fb-6e4f7423c546 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7937810-7cd3-4e3b-85fb-6e4f7423c546 October 2007<br/><br/>Understanding the Windows Presentation Foundation threading model helps when creating user interfaces that are both compelling and responsive. Shawn Wildermuth Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5c4c731f-5b94-420c-9230-2f3b1d0c2ebc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5c4c731f-5b94-420c-9230-2f3b1d0c2ebc October 2007<br/><br/>Use Parallel Language Integrated Query (PLINQ) to take advantage of multi-processor computers and the newer wave of multi-core processors. Joe Duffy and Ed Essey Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7811643f-1a21-4406-9f08-35c510e2de11 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7811643f-1a21-4406-9f08-35c510e2de11 October 2007<br/><br/>While multi-core processors have become increasingly common, most applications still fail to take advantage of multiple cores. Here's an overview of creating multithreaded applications that benefit from these new processors. Daan Leijen and Judd Hall Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0d5a585-9177-4fc3-a4f3-2c17a0e09f11 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0d5a585-9177-4fc3-a4f3-2c17a0e09f11 October 2007<br/><br/>Here's an overview of designing and installing a Windows Mobile app that monitors the noise level in the surrounding environment and adjusts the ring volume of a Pocket PC accordingly. Chris Mitchell Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7228c1da-df2c-4c87-83eb-24ed625fed94 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7228c1da-df2c-4c87-83eb-24ed625fed94 October 2007<br/><br/>This month our new Editor-in-Chief, Howard Dierking, ponders the convenience of metaphor and abstraction in both software design and magazine production. Howard Dierking Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f03b12b-4adc-4935-a134-c76b98d6beff http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f03b12b-4adc-4935-a134-c76b98d6beff October 2007<br/><br/>This month's products include DatabaseSpy, FileZilla, NCache, and more. Scott Mitchell Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/975e6292-211e-4304-b179-dfe7532343ad http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/975e6292-211e-4304-b179-dfe7532343ad October 2007<br/><br/>This column uses the .NET version of the Python programming languages IronPython to demonstrate the value of dynamic languages and the new Dynamic Language Runtime. Bill Chiles Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eb9f9712-4328-47d1-a991-2eb229dd9cea http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eb9f9712-4328-47d1-a991-2eb229dd9cea October 2007<br/><br/>Visual Basic 2008 provides type inference to get the language ready to take advantage of LINQ and make your code more robust. Bill Horst Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56b88692-bee0-47c6-9f59-e485c23adc3d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56b88692-bee0-47c6-9f59-e485c23adc3d October 2007<br/><br/>In T-SQL, views and derived tables serve similar purposes and have their advantages. But when working with SQL Server 2005,there's a third option--using Common Table Expressions (CTEs). John Papa explains. John Papa Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4eda0836-397a-4d7a-9414-3d8bfda0fd90 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4eda0836-397a-4d7a-9414-3d8bfda0fd90 October 2007<br/><br/>The second of this two-part series delves into the script services programming model, which is useful if you're looking for a full paradigm shift in building AJAX applications. Dino Esposito Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ad1abca-76b9-4471-b4a0-771131f09b45 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ad1abca-76b9-4471-b4a0-771131f09b45 October 2007<br/><br/>This month's column explores how to create lightweight but powerful UI test automation for software systems that run on Windows XP Embedded. Dr. James McCaffrey and Mike Hall Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48d9224b-3dcb-469b-bec1-7e5882e3a46e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48d9224b-3dcb-469b-bec1-7e5882e3a46e October 2007<br/><br/>This month Charles Petzold explores techniques for generating 3D text in Windows Presentation Foundation. Charles Petzold Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ae5d95a-67f4-402b-9ead-7083cb6ebaeb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ae5d95a-67f4-402b-9ead-7083cb6ebaeb October 2007<br/><br/>The new Task Scheduler in Windows Vista can do so much more than previous versions. We introduce some basic concepts and building blocks you can put to use in your own scheduled task projects. Kenny Kerr Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d17c6521-da09-4c4c-80e4-e23b4e40be47 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d17c6521-da09-4c4c-80e4-e23b4e40be47 October 2007<br/><br/>This column crafts an XML document to hold the mouse environment simulation data and shows how to incorporate an XML file into the program using a DataSet. Stanley B. Lippman Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a157cd4-6364-4ac7-ace7-493e882deb37 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a157cd4-6364-4ac7-ace7-493e882deb37 October 2007<br/><br/>This month Stephen Toub discusses deadlocks that can occur when synchronizing threads. Stephen Toub Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7ff5c5f-3b44-4176-901a-d3867b310d37 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7ff5c5f-3b44-4176-901a-d3867b310d37 October 2007<br/><br/>Our site manager Mike Richter leverages Virtual Earth, the Microsoft MapPoint Web service, and Visual Studio to automate the creation of a Web site for his future nuptials and to manage the guest list. Michael Richter Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7543f8d-2680-492e-8533-efe377deb271 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7543f8d-2680-492e-8533-efe377deb271 September 2007<br/><br/>Learn how to use the ScriptManager control, which provides much of the magic behind ASP.NET AJAX. Ben Rush Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6086005f-6217-4c2a-9db4-638082afcc37 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6086005f-6217-4c2a-9db4-638082afcc37 September 2007<br/><br/>We implement search providers for both Live.com and SharePoint so you can take advantage of either in your own applications. Marco Bellinaso Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d3872e0-aec8-4f01-bf92-4f3762af711d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d3872e0-aec8-4f01-bf92-4f3762af711d September 2007<br/><br/>This article covers three core changes to networking support in Visual Studio 2008 and the upcoming release of the .NET Framework. Mariya Atanasova, Larry Cleeton, Mike Flasko, and Amit Paka Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/450379ac-9f52-4027-93c6-b2dfce69b64d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/450379ac-9f52-4027-93c6-b2dfce69b64d September 2007<br/><br/>Learn about a new IIS feature called the Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) that makes it possible to host Web services beyond HTTP. Dominick Baier, Christian Weyer, and Steve Maine Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/622f2638-9f2b-4122-8baa-750a2ab328c7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/622f2638-9f2b-4122-8baa-750a2ab328c7 September 2007<br/><br/>Creating and using mock component servers simplifies unit testing. Use these examples to get started. Mark Seemann Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9eb165a9-df9e-4497-ae21-45d8736244f9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9eb165a9-df9e-4497-ae21-45d8736244f9 September 2007<br/><br/>As the thermometer rises, we cool down with a look at AJAX technologies. Joshua Trupin Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/98a0bfc4-990d-4fd3-8798-9085451fe775 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/98a0bfc4-990d-4fd3-8798-9085451fe775 September 2007<br/><br/>ASP.NET controls, a comprehensive FTP library, rich imaging support, and a book about SQL Server 2005. Scott Mitchell Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eb2ffcc3-c3cc-4806-8b99-44572de49b7d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eb2ffcc3-c3cc-4806-8b99-44572de49b7d September 2007<br/><br/>We create an Active Template Library (ATL) connection point server. Thottam R. Sriram Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb3217df-4835-45a9-ac59-4692449a36e1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb3217df-4835-45a9-ac59-4692449a36e1 September 2007<br/><br/>Sample the basic concepts of lambda expressions, explore their benefits, and witness how to use them to write more expressive programs. Timothy Ng Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8b64193f-a26e-4359-be69-824f19f3e514 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8b64193f-a26e-4359-be69-824f19f3e514 September 2007<br/><br/>In the first of a two-part column, Dino explains AJAX from an architectural standpoint to help developers, architects, designers, and administrators better understand the issues that affect their sites. Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e9f44009-5487-4914-8552-46993d4416e8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e9f44009-5487-4914-8552-46993d4416e8 September 2007<br/><br/>Add support for work items to the Team Foundation Server version control add-in. Brian A. Randell Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c702123-7a84-4ade-afa3-0de562b78b2e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c702123-7a84-4ade-afa3-0de562b78b2e September 2007<br/><br/>Matt Milner introduces the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) communication architecture and covers sending data out of a workflow and submitting data to running workflow instances. Matt Milner Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a69ed08-7e6a-4b49-b298-bb005add124f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a69ed08-7e6a-4b49-b298-bb005add124f September 2007<br/><br/>Keith Brown introduces you to the new identity model in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. Keith Brown Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4b93ba4-5947-4b95-8962-b1a6ff756715 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4b93ba4-5947-4b95-8962-b1a6ff756715 September 2007<br/><br/>Stephen Toub and Shawn Farkas discuss creating an adapter that takes the functionality of RNGCryptoServiceProvider and adapts it to the interface of Random. Stephen Toub and Shawn Farkas Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/832b3a22-6858-424d-ac46-2555d3c19d43 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/832b3a22-6858-424d-ac46-2555d3c19d43 September 2007<br/><br/>The British Library is digitizing some of its collection to reach a broad audience. Even better, the digitized versions are being turned into a rich interactive experience that brings the books to life. Tim Sneath Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9251258e-c181-4c21-a8b8-ccab00da3832 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9251258e-c181-4c21-a8b8-ccab00da3832 August 2007<br/><br/>A Sidebar gadget is a powerful little too that's surprisingly easy to create. Get in on the fun with Donavon West. Donavon West Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48a32d1d-b73b-4e70-a3f1-714fd62b2587 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48a32d1d-b73b-4e70-a3f1-714fd62b2587 August 2007<br/><br/>Markus Egger discusses all the flexibility and power of flow documents in Windows Presentation Foundation Markus Egger Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/547e745d-4f1f-4a50-bc73-9864791e584b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/547e745d-4f1f-4a50-bc73-9864791e584b August 2007<br/><br/>Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) defines a structured means for storing application data together with related resources. Learn about the benefits here. Jack Davis and Andrey Shur Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c01c08ec-c1f9-4c04-9179-2aa64adbf050 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c01c08ec-c1f9-4c04-9179-2aa64adbf050 August 2007<br/><br/>VSTO brings you the full feature set of Visual Studio including LINQ, WPF, WCF, and the .NET Framework 3.5. Paul Stubbs and Kathleen McGrath Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e30bc3a7-e574-482a-b8a0-c3ec85a06231 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e30bc3a7-e574-482a-b8a0-c3ec85a06231 August 2007<br/><br/>The Excel Services architecture lets users design their own algorithms and share workbooks on a server. Vishwas Lele and Pyush Kumar Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ce3bb9c3-0813-4cfc-94d2-134af7c20566 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ce3bb9c3-0813-4cfc-94d2-134af7c20566 August 2007<br/><br/>Stephen Toub gets nostalgic as he prepares to leave MSDN Magazine. Stephen Toub Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/04a34a4c-8929-4382-b5b3-4a601ad1a36e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/04a34a4c-8929-4382-b5b3-4a601ad1a36e August 2007<br/><br/>Turn boring data into stunning graphs, create, parse, send, and receive mail messages from code, and more. Scott Mitchell Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43b99f02-90c0-4199-b277-c5fb650b1a62 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43b99f02-90c0-4199-b277-c5fb650b1a62 August 2007<br/><br/>This month Inbar Gazit shows readers how to get the most out of the System.Collections namespace. Inbar Gazit Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4eb81b10-e854-4643-bd07-e1499b0723fc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4eb81b10-e854-4643-bd07-e1499b0723fc August 2007<br/><br/>Scott Wisniewski digs into LINQ and builds a custom query provider to create queries in real-world apps. Scott Wisniewski Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e306720-8a19-4cf8-9577-7d0cf8c5f7a1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e306720-8a19-4cf8-9577-7d0cf8c5f7a1 August 2007<br/><br/>WSS 3.0 introduces a new deployment mechanism that lets you move your development efforts into a staging or production environment. Ted Pattison Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8afe8188-7b4f-4e29-a5a8-edb410692268 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8afe8188-7b4f-4e29-a5a8-edb410692268 August 2007<br/><br/>This month Dino explains how to remotely cancel tasks running on the server using ASP.NET AJAX. Dino Esposito Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c348a694-87d9-4696-aa96-ceb9a68b08e0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c348a694-87d9-4696-aa96-ceb9a68b08e0 August 2007<br/><br/>The Web Service Software Factory is designed to provide guidance and enhanced tools for building Web services using ASMX or WCF. Fritz Onion Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a3a6f0c-0233-4e67-aab8-c19ebbcbdb24 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a3a6f0c-0233-4e67-aab8-c19ebbcbdb24 August 2007<br/><br/>Juval Lowy designs easily configured security settings for applications built on Windows Communication Foundation. Juval Lowy Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc01b98e-492d-4ce7-861d-375e2ea4cef5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc01b98e-492d-4ce7-861d-375e2ea4cef5 August 2007<br/><br/>Stanley B. Lippman explores the use of C++/CLI as a pure Microsoft .NET Framework-compliant language. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e89a0af-b881-40ab-aed3-30a629e2a74c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e89a0af-b881-40ab-aed3-30a629e2a74c August 2007<br/><br/>With the release of Windows Vista, C++ developers will be happy to know there's plenty of magic left to perform. This new column will provide the necessary insight. Kenny Kerr Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f023cb6-10ad-4fb3-8c28-e8d79c88bfd9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f023cb6-10ad-4fb3-8c28-e8d79c88bfd9 August 2007<br/><br/>Dependency management, in which one group provides a software component to be utilized by others, can really benefit from some structure and collaborative efforts. Eric N. Bush Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/387ef11b-c09b-42c8-bf32-edbdb8c745fb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/387ef11b-c09b-42c8-bf32-edbdb8c745fb July 2007<br/><br/>Here Andre Michaud shows you how to use power notifications to make your applications power aware. Andre Michaud Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0f9e075-9c98-404b-9b50-fefc21306b84 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0f9e075-9c98-404b-9b50-fefc21306b84 July 2007<br/><br/>If you're building .NET client apps already, target them to Windows Mobile using the same skills and toolsets. Daniel Moth Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2fc4ae05-f7b8-49d2-8630-f24bc9dfc2e6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2fc4ae05-f7b8-49d2-8630-f24bc9dfc2e6 July 2007<br/><br/>Presented here is an overview of Transactional NTFS and how it revolutionizes transactions. Jason Olson Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f889232b-d44a-4fd7-8152-389cd7814c64 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f889232b-d44a-4fd7-8152-389cd7814c64 July 2007<br/><br/>Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) is meant to be a long-term replacement for the CryptoAPI, providing replacements for all of the cryptographic primitives it offered. Kenny Kerr Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df03c232-1ece-46bc-acad-90ea9dd09cf2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df03c232-1ece-46bc-acad-90ea9dd09cf2 July 2007<br/><br/>Learn how to make your apps speech-aware by supporting Windows Speech Recognition and the Text Services Framework. Eric Brown Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c65920e-2502-4b54-8954-d70dc89bd0a5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c65920e-2502-4b54-8954-d70dc89bd0a5 July 2007<br/><br/>Does mobility come from a motorized scooter, a cell phone, or a Pocket PC? It depends on who you are. Joshua Trupin Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c542b66f-e109-469c-9396-e96ec80ecaf6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c542b66f-e109-469c-9396-e96ec80ecaf6 July 2007<br/><br/>This month, find performance and memory bottlenecks, essential security reading, and more. Scott Mitchell Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79be826f-468a-43ae-a1d6-2d64c3abdc07 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79be826f-468a-43ae-a1d6-2d64c3abdc07 July 2007<br/><br/>This month: cleaning up resources that are not garbage collected by the CLR garbage collector. Shawn Farkas Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/72a3e235-b56d-4c7f-adac-4ae3604700bc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/72a3e235-b56d-4c7f-adac-4ae3604700bc July 2007<br/><br/>The new Entity Framework in ADO.NET will let you manipulate data using an object model. John Papa explains. John Papa Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b26c364-93ad-4190-8037-782a45265912 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b26c364-93ad-4190-8037-782a45265912 July 2007<br/><br/>Beyond progress bars: talking to server-side apps with ASP.NET AJAX. Dino Esposito Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3bdba0db-609c-4d80-b288-322f96de73d1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3bdba0db-609c-4d80-b288-322f96de73d1 July 2007<br/><br/>The WCF programming model makes it easy to configure services with a variety of wire formats and message protocols, thanks to binding. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82a1d698-560a-49b7-ba29-e9697077bcff http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82a1d698-560a-49b7-ba29-e9697077bcff July 2007<br/><br/>Windows Vista has a new API called Wait Chain Traversal (WCT), which allows you to determine when and why a process is deadlocked. Read on. John Robbins Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82f8767c-38be-4d45-acb7-fdc6f08af540 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82f8767c-38be-4d45-acb7-fdc6f08af540 July 2007<br/><br/>If you're not taking advantage of Active Directory, you should be. Learn the benefits from Keith Brown. Keith Brown Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/182c5067-34d1-402a-b04f-14c8ff16e8be http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/182c5067-34d1-402a-b04f-14c8ff16e8be July 2007<br/><br/>Learn what the WPF Animation Classes can do, what they can't, and how to extend them. Charles Petzold Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9264f86e-d788-4abd-86d6-e7bce1447557 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9264f86e-d788-4abd-86d6-e7bce1447557 July 2007<br/><br/>See what the Interactive Visual Media Group at Microsoft Research is up to these days. Richard Szeliski Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/86de880e-a5b3-4d80-ae1a-76fdfa99b17f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/86de880e-a5b3-4d80-ae1a-76fdfa99b17f June 2007<br/><br/>LINQ gives allows developers to take advantage of the power of queries. Find out how it came to be. Anson Horton Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0efd5ccb-0786-45b1-9dd9-985a64c2b448 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0efd5ccb-0786-45b1-9dd9-985a64c2b448 June 2007<br/><br/>LINQ, coming in the next version Visual Studio, codename "Orcas", adds type-safe data querying to .NET languages. Ting Liang and Kit George Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5121ad3c-0188-451d-8c5b-92eb913bdcad http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5121ad3c-0188-451d-8c5b-92eb913bdcad June 2007<br/><br/>The next version of Visual Studio (code-named “Orcas”) will help C++ developers take full advantage of the new capabilities in Windows Vista. Tarek Madkour Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3df34ca7-408a-4d28-bd79-8a2344ff5b3b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3df34ca7-408a-4d28-bd79-8a2344ff5b3b June 2007<br/><br/>See how to use Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System to build powerful custom applications against the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Steve Fox and Paul Stubbs Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0a0dc77b-f52c-42d1-91a4-620cd1e9b6ad http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0a0dc77b-f52c-42d1-91a4-620cd1e9b6ad June 2007<br/><br/>Build rich, compelling, cross-platform, interactive applications with Microsoft Silverlight. Laurence Moroney Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d865be64-4a1a-49a2-9a28-774e9f95b477 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d865be64-4a1a-49a2-9a28-774e9f95b477 June 2007<br/><br/>Windows Vista has lots of goodies for native C++ developers including condition variables, slim reader/writer locks, and one-time initialization. Robert Saccone and Alexander Taskov Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d163d51c-eac0-446f-8dd6-875e7f5fa4e4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d163d51c-eac0-446f-8dd6-875e7f5fa4e4 June 2007<br/><br/>Ruminations on ten years of Visual Studio. Joshua Trupin Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05c9d94e-f065-460e-9133-26c687e08876 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05c9d94e-f065-460e-9133-26c687e08876 June 2007<br/><br/>This month, online payment processing services, XML comments the easy way, and more. Scott Mitchell Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60c45516-fbc4-4cc3-84c3-25acfc17823b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60c45516-fbc4-4cc3-84c3-25acfc17823b June 2007<br/><br/>This month's installment of CLR Inside Out takes on reflection and the System.Reflection namespace. Mike Repass Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dd9b74aa-8d78-494d-8645-0bb41030ed31 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dd9b74aa-8d78-494d-8645-0bb41030ed31 June 2007<br/><br/>SQL Server Management Objects offer developers a robust toolset for backing up and restoring databases, and issuing DDL commands, as John Papa explains. John Papa Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c25cfae-a208-4c74-b67a-beb2111ee803 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c25cfae-a208-4c74-b67a-beb2111ee803 June 2007<br/><br/>Ken Getz prepares Visual Basic developers to use RibbonX. Ken Getz Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39348b94-8bac-407f-99b6-1b21171a6807 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39348b94-8bac-407f-99b6-1b21171a6807 June 2007<br/><br/>When modeling business logic, workflows inevitably represent transactional tasks, so you need to know how to code transactional semantics in the Windows Workflow Foundation. Dino Esposito Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a47cf2a1-7872-4a0f-8070-71201dac0be7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a47cf2a1-7872-4a0f-8070-71201dac0be7 June 2007<br/><br/>This month Aaron Skonnard looks at addressing details surrounding endpoint communication, many of which enable more advanced messaging scenarios. Aaron Skonnard Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/308867e2-7f53-4ba8-a41d-e6acc23bd546 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/308867e2-7f53-4ba8-a41d-e6acc23bd546 June 2007<br/><br/>Jeff Prosise explains when it's better to use UpdatePanel and when it's better to use asynchronous calls to WebMethods or page methods instead. Jeff Prosise Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c8a4abf5-29f4-4510-8cb0-b713d60e2b50 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c8a4abf5-29f4-4510-8cb0-b713d60e2b50 June 2007<br/><br/>This month Matt Milner explains a critical component in the execution, persistence, and compensation of workflows. Matt Milner Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f5f6a979-3f4b-4d6b-babd-15506abbb926 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f5f6a979-3f4b-4d6b-babd-15506abbb926 June 2007<br/><br/>Jeff Richter uses the AsyncResult<TResult> class to implement the CLR’s Asynchronous Programming Model to perform hardware device operations asynchronously. Jeffrey Richter Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b3748f0-eb67-4b70-a045-f3759154d7b3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b3748f0-eb67-4b70-a045-f3759154d7b3 June 2007<br/><br/>Stanley Lippman begins a look at using C++/CLI as a purely .NET-compliant language. Stanley B. Lippman Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05d61124-18df-44bf-a6ce-898faa98b071 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05d61124-18df-44bf-a6ce-898faa98b071 June 2007<br/><br/>Many developers who use the Microsoft .NET Framework think that application type is tied to the libraries that can be used in that application. Stephen Toub clarifies. Stephen Toub Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7f77c332-2960-4aa3-8455-da1e746efd95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7f77c332-2960-4aa3-8455-da1e746efd95 June 2007<br/><br/>A developer doesn't just code; he or she writes code that is fast, reliable, well-tested, secure, maintainable and globalizable. Adam Barr Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82a10943-4871-4398-a40f-c330905909d5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82a10943-4871-4398-a40f-c330905909d5 May 2007<br/><br/>JavaScript: Create Advanced Web Applications With Object-Oriented Techniques Ray Djajadinata Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/718379b3-9ea2-4f83-b10f-4d650b686f4d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/718379b3-9ea2-4f83-b10f-4d650b686f4d May 2007<br/><br/>Got Game?: Unleash Your Imagination With XNA Game Studio Express Charles Cox and Michael Klucher Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e92134b5-8f55-4686-8565-2b15a29259b2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e92134b5-8f55-4686-8565-2b15a29259b2 May 2007<br/><br/>WPF: Customizing Controls For Windows Presentation Foundation Shawn Wildermuth Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d2d8f61-c8c4-4bf1-87f4-bc132aa3c543 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9d2d8f61-c8c4-4bf1-87f4-bc132aa3c543 May 2007<br/><br/>Migration: Convert A Java Web Application To ASP.NET Using JLCA Brian Jimerson Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/899b5ca4-df03-4b7d-8870-ccdcd3c09d68 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/899b5ca4-df03-4b7d-8870-ccdcd3c09d68 May 2007<br/><br/>BizTalk Server: 8 Tips And Tricks For Better BizTalk Programming Marty Wasznicky and Scott Zimmerman Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5528fea0-b699-451d-aa82-15bf9d3173cc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5528fea0-b699-451d-aa82-15bf9d3173cc May 2007<br/><br/>Collaborate: Help Teams Work Together With Web Services And Groove 2007 John C. Hancock Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62b12ef9-9877-4bce-9af9-260d01c99219 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62b12ef9-9877-4bce-9af9-260d01c99219 May 2007<br/><br/>Editor's Note: Daylight Savings Joshua Trupin Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a8fccdf9-eb0e-42c4-a037-5b4c59b7236e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a8fccdf9-eb0e-42c4-a037-5b4c59b7236e May 2007<br/><br/>Toolbox: Code Exploration, SQL Queries, and More Scott Mitchell Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/132042e8-8d7a-429c-a68e-7a81c31fe5ba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/132042e8-8d7a-429c-a68e-7a81c31fe5ba May 2007<br/><br/>CLR Inside Out: 9 Reusable Parallel Data Structures and Algorithms Joe Duffy Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0e8b6b20-df41-443a-8d33-fc995d6767b3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0e8b6b20-df41-443a-8d33-fc995d6767b3 May 2007<br/><br/>Office Space: Features for SharePoint Ted Pattison Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4bfc458-ca7f-4c31-befc-be9b241efbd3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4bfc458-ca7f-4c31-befc-be9b241efbd3 May 2007<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Subclassing and Overriding ASP.NET Pages—Part II Dino Esposito Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5b22e03d-da31-4367-87eb-a7a997904101 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5b22e03d-da31-4367-87eb-a7a997904101 May 2007<br/><br/>Test Run: Lightweight Testing with Windows PowerShell Dr. James McCaffrey Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fa9de97d-e751-4939-baa7-7ca53dec6183 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fa9de97d-e751-4939-baa7-7ca53dec6183 May 2007<br/><br/>Security Briefs: Events in Windows Vista Keith Brown Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9a7f75f-47f7-487b-b472-725be0d6698e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9a7f75f-47f7-487b-b472-725be0d6698e May 2007<br/><br/>Foundations: WCF Transaction Propagation Juval Lowy Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/11ce4bd6-7f35-4886-9a07-6a4c587a7dc7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/11ce4bd6-7f35-4886-9a07-6a4c587a7dc7 May 2007<br/><br/>{ End Bracket }: Exercising Agility James Waletzky Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/78d5a196-e345-40f9-9f15-5f8d33a03270 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/78d5a196-e345-40f9-9f15-5f8d33a03270 April 2007<br/><br/>Windows CardSpace replaces traditional authentication with a more consistent and streamlined login process and improves trust between end-users, applications and services. Michèle Leroux Bustamante explains. Michele Leroux Bustamante Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c813ed23-1fce-4262-9ac6-7e35914e73fb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c813ed23-1fce-4262-9ac6-7e35914e73fb April 2007<br/><br/>In this article we introduce the Desktop Window Manager, the new interface that manages how windows are rendered on the Windows Vista desktop. Ron Fosner Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c4336196-a2ea-4b72-9943-f275ec1b145a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c4336196-a2ea-4b72-9943-f275ec1b145a April 2007<br/><br/>XmlLite provides a high-performance, low-overhead XML reader and writer geared for applications written in native C++. Learn more here. Kenny Kerr Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/98494ddd-43e0-4f5f-ad60-bbbec74aef57 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/98494ddd-43e0-4f5f-ad60-bbbec74aef57 April 2007<br/><br/>Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) provides general-purpose, high-speed tracing of events raised by both user-mode applications and kernel-mode device drivers. Learn how ETW can improve your development and debugging work. Dr. Insung Park and Ricky Buch Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6b54afcc-8257-4492-8f2f-1f58785da4b2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6b54afcc-8257-4492-8f2f-1f58785da4b2 April 2007<br/><br/>Web standards are about much more than closing HTML tags. They are a critical factor in how well software components can be used in future contexts. Ben Waldron Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d81c546c-a93d-4ef5-bdb2-1a909c06bd67 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d81c546c-a93d-4ef5-bdb2-1a909c06bd67 April 2007<br/><br/>Josh Trupin discusses MSDN Magazine's awards from the Society for Technical Communication Joshua Trupin Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4694cb6-3e4b-4fc5-a677-6126dcb956d6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4694cb6-3e4b-4fc5-a677-6126dcb956d6 April 2007<br/><br/>The WiX toolset’s use of a command-line environment allows for integration with automated build processes. The Toolbox column explains. Scott Mitchell Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5cfa2d82-b8de-4e06-8d50-5cec102e60e7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5cfa2d82-b8de-4e06-8d50-5cec102e60e7 April 2007<br/><br/>The next version of Visual Studio currently code-named “Orcas”supports advanced encryption algorithms, Elliptic curve cryptography, big integers, and other security enhancements. The CLR team explains. Mike Downen, Inbar Gazit, and Justin Van Patten Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5dbc39e9-18fc-4f30-a98e-d0b9ec61e560 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5dbc39e9-18fc-4f30-a98e-d0b9ec61e560 April 2007<br/><br/>What to do when you need to disable triggers and constraints to perform data synchronization and other tasks with an offline database. John Papa Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/495c2bde-c525-4be1-a22b-1ba4bd76911d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/495c2bde-c525-4be1-a22b-1ba4bd76911d April 2007<br/><br/>In this column, Brian Randell explains how to build a simple Work Item explorer and demonstrates the core operations needed to add work item support when building your own add-in. Brian A. Randell Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b4c65e9-cead-4d1b-b83f-286eb3357aa8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b4c65e9-cead-4d1b-b83f-286eb3357aa8 April 2007<br/><br/>There are a number of techniques that allow you to modify a running ASP.NET page without touching its source code. Dino discusses some this month. Dino Esposito Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df6a398e-234d-42d5-bbc3-c671cab65518 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df6a398e-234d-42d5-bbc3-c671cab65518 April 2007<br/><br/>When something goes wrong, a manageable application will tell the administrator how to fix the problem. The Windows Event Log can provide the necessary information. Keith Brown Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3b4200d3-9b5f-4876-8333-b34de888285d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3b4200d3-9b5f-4876-8333-b34de888285d April 2007<br/><br/> This month Aaron Skonnard highlights some of the key messaging features behind the sophisticated XML-based messaging framework of Windows Communication Foundation. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a2af4437-bc4c-48b6-b1f8-9890d83c3b95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a2af4437-bc4c-48b6-b1f8-9890d83c3b95 April 2007<br/><br/>ASP.NET 2.0 development is the easiest ASP development yet. Fritz Onion reveals why. Fritz Onion Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5fea6759-7ae3-45df-821b-aefcd94fab97 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5fea6759-7ae3-45df-821b-aefcd94fab97 April 2007<br/><br/>This month Charles Petzold focuses on a very important part of the Viewport3D assemblage—the MeshGeometry3D class that defines the geometry of a 3D object in Windows Communication Foundation. Charles Petzold Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39792474-12de-497d-9e8d-ae1877be0e2d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39792474-12de-497d-9e8d-ae1877be0e2d April 2007<br/><br/>This month Stephen Toub answers questions pertaining to the Windows Vista Restart Manager API and generic method compilation. Stephen Toub Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/368d61fa-664a-4a36-bd06-ac1bd399b488 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/368d61fa-664a-4a36-bd06-ac1bd399b488 April 2007<br/><br/>In this installment, Stanley Lippman continues to port his ISO-C++ Text Query Language application to the Microsoft .NET Framework and C++/CLI. Stanley Lippman Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c1b00dd5-366e-4e67-ab16-bc2a6ce0968b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c1b00dd5-366e-4e67-ab16-bc2a6ce0968b April 2007<br/><br/>Josh Trupin introduces geopegging--a special technique for storing GPS location data in a JPG. Joshua Trupin Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/36348f24-5564-4cb2-9cb1-3efd76b4cf59 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/36348f24-5564-4cb2-9cb1-3efd76b4cf59 March 2007<br/><br/>IIS 7.0: Explore The Web Server For Windows Vista And Beyond Mike Volodarsky Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e1eb80d-fb0a-465f-87eb-b0029dbbe323 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e1eb80d-fb0a-465f-87eb-b0029dbbe323 March 2007<br/><br/>.NET Security: Support Certificates In Your Applications With The .NET Framework 2.0 Dominick Baier Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0423cf26-29b1-48b8-9a3e-e74ae7fe5a16 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0423cf26-29b1-48b8-9a3e-e74ae7fe5a16 March 2007<br/><br/>Digital Media: Add Video To Controls And 3D Surfaces With WPF Lee Brimelow Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0e3842e-99ce-46b3-a020-3229d2eb6a57 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0e3842e-99ce-46b3-a020-3229d2eb6a57 March 2007<br/><br/>WiX Tricks: Automate Releases With MSBuild And Windows Installer XML Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ad59687-6b47-482a-b2de-21f748d4074a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ad59687-6b47-482a-b2de-21f748d4074a March 2007<br/><br/>ASP.NET 2.0: Manage Web Users With Custom Profile Providers Jason N. Gaylord Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7e6328c-3354-4d3e-8d97-3c39e7a52ce3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7e6328c-3354-4d3e-8d97-3c39e7a52ce3 March 2007<br/><br/>Editor's Note: Bring On the Swag Joshua Trupin Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/258965ea-ce89-45c0-962e-93ec4d8ce5a4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/258965ea-ce89-45c0-962e-93ec4d8ce5a4 March 2007<br/><br/>Toolbox: Share Your Desktop, Lightweight Code Editing, and More Scott Mitchell Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58ff9671-58ab-4060-8812-45a987534e45 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58ff9671-58ab-4060-8812-45a987534e45 March 2007<br/><br/>CLR Inside Out: .NET Application Extensibility, Part 2 Jack Gudenkauf and Jesse Kaplan Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30759bef-3ece-46a6-88c0-6354f892a255 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30759bef-3ece-46a6-88c0-6354f892a255 March 2007<br/><br/>Test Run: Testing Custom Transform Streams Dr. James McCaffrey Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/23403469-0121-4550-a93e-e1b68ac64010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/23403469-0121-4550-a93e-e1b68ac64010 March 2007<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Validating ASP.NET Query Strings Dino Esposito Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e131d935-7594-4abf-aec0-613cdefd5709 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e131d935-7594-4abf-aec0-613cdefd5709 March 2007<br/><br/>Wicked Code: Scalable Apps with Asynchronous Programming in ASP.NET Jeff Prosise Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f79ed59b-e0c8-49d0-a5dc-45db9f448aa7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f79ed59b-e0c8-49d0-a5dc-45db9f448aa7 March 2007<br/><br/>Service Station: BizTalk Server 2006 Web Services Aaron Skonnard Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15b68fb2-dd41-46ae-996e-797230c74573 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15b68fb2-dd41-46ae-996e-797230c74573 March 2007<br/><br/>Bugslayer: GUI Control to Major Tom John Robbins Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5cc4964e-3e70-41ab-b7ad-93cccb905a49 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5cc4964e-3e70-41ab-b7ad-93cccb905a49 March 2007<br/><br/>Foundations: Tracking Services in Windows Workflow Foundation Matt Milner Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59f07124-23dd-4ea4-b095-4812048984ea http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59f07124-23dd-4ea4-b095-4812048984ea March 2007<br/><br/>Concurrent Affairs: Implementing the CLR Asynchronous Programming Model Jeffrey Richter Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61de9f59-d335-46bd-bcdd-5e815087ed38 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61de9f59-d335-46bd-bcdd-5e815087ed38 March 2007<br/><br/>{ End Bracket }: Developing the Virtual Earth 3D Control Duncan Lawler Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6bf7f35-cedb-47b4-8ce0-e07d390ee70b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6bf7f35-cedb-47b4-8ce0-e07d390ee70b February 2007<br/><br/>If you want to create your own professional looking tabs and controls in Office, check out the RibbonX API of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Eric Faller Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b70436d5-8be0-4bc2-a497-5e2972fafd34 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b70436d5-8be0-4bc2-a497-5e2972fafd34 February 2007<br/><br/>SmartArt incorporates a gallery of templates and predefined shapes that can quickly be inserted and configured in your Microsoft Office documents. Find out how. Janet Schorr Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/81e0475e-7ef5-4ac5-bc33-b51faed459fe http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/81e0475e-7ef5-4ac5-bc33-b51faed459fe February 2007<br/><br/>Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System is more powerful than ever, allowing you to create add-ins for Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and InfoPath. Paul Stubbs Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ca291a4-7af2-4d92-b4cd-ae30ab68d2a7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ca291a4-7af2-4d92-b4cd-ae30ab68d2a7 February 2007<br/><br/>Here Brian Randell presents everything you need to know to get started with Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals. Brian A. Randell Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fba01c4-ef0f-4a20-b44f-cf182d876fb0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fba01c4-ef0f-4a20-b44f-cf182d876fb0 February 2007<br/><br/>Now you can perform efficient, sophisticated text analysis using regular expressions in SQL Server 2005. David Banister Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5c7d6887-5510-47f6-87af-0e7b139f12d5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5c7d6887-5510-47f6-87af-0e7b139f12d5 February 2007<br/><br/>Nothing’s more disappointing than clever design paired with poor implementation. Bluetooth headsets come to mind: they’re tiny, wireless, and cute. But, they don’t pair properly, they turn on when you want them off, or off when you want them on. Joshua Trupin Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02cffe87-0dee-449c-b61e-67aef4143e2b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02cffe87-0dee-449c-b61e-67aef4143e2b February 2007<br/><br/>In this issue, create rich Web app UIs, explore tools for regular expressions, and create screen mockups. Scott Mitchell Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a5880f5-6d5c-47f9-b946-87d9d7f41baf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a5880f5-6d5c-47f9-b946-87d9d7f41baf February 2007<br/><br/>This month the CLR team introduces the new System.AddIn namespace in the Base Class Library, which will be available in the next release of Visual Studio. Jack Gudenkauf and Jesse Kaplan Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de9c735a-fce0-4269-88ef-63a515c8c3e6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de9c735a-fce0-4269-88ef-63a515c8c3e6 February 2007<br/><br/>In this column see how to bind a custom list of business entities using the binding tools in the .NET Framework 2.0. John Papa Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/332c585e-06e2-4c96-82dc-699b077f91bb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/332c585e-06e2-4c96-82dc-699b077f91bb February 2007<br/><br/>This new column explores how you can extend and customize Microsoft Office System applications and file formats. Ted Pattison Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e0ac837-42a0-4bf4-a336-337f81ba66cb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e0ac837-42a0-4bf4-a336-337f81ba66cb February 2007<br/><br/>This month James McCaffrey presents a technique that allows you to write lightweight test automation to verify the functionality of AJAX Web applications. Dr. James McCaffrey Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79b82728-a10a-4b11-b988-71ad39c8ab10 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79b82728-a10a-4b11-b988-71ad39c8ab10 February 2007<br/><br/>AJAX allows you to build rich browser applications using powerful combinations of existing client-side Web technologies. This month Dino delves into AJAX Dino Esposito Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a33ab72b-ebb7-460d-993e-e83cf6e683ba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a33ab72b-ebb7-460d-993e-e83cf6e683ba February 2007<br/><br/>This month Aaron Skonnard continues his exploration of software factories with a look at the Web Service Software Factory for Windows Communication Foundation. Aaron Skonnard Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21261a10-c387-4b4d-8705-284fcdc1ffe4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21261a10-c387-4b4d-8705-284fcdc1ffe4 February 2007<br/><br/>With queued calls in Windows Communication Foundation you can perform work in a disconnected manner by sending messages through Microsoft Message Queuing. Juval Lowy explains. Juval Lowy Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19a09b3e-837b-4a71-acfa-c5ee6fbe7ed4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19a09b3e-837b-4a71-acfa-c5ee6fbe7ed4 February 2007<br/><br/>This month Stanley Lippman begins translating the Text Query Language Query class hierarchy from C++ to the .NET Common Type System. Stanley B. Lippman Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7c4296c-038f-4fc2-949e-da054b446eb7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e7c4296c-038f-4fc2-949e-da054b446eb7 February 2007<br/><br/>What's the deal with const functions, and lots more on the reasoning behind the design of the C++/CLI. Paul DiLascia Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df53e241-7ea3-4a7a-8fdc-db96aeb19495 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df53e241-7ea3-4a7a-8fdc-db96aeb19495 February 2007<br/><br/>Charles Petzold discusses why limiting resources can spawn great creativity. Charles Petzold Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6c1c3dc-93f4-4ffc-9aec-9e119214d02e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6c1c3dc-93f4-4ffc-9aec-9e119214d02e January 2007<br/><br/>User Account Control in Windows Vista keeps the OS safe from intentional and accidental configuration changes. Chris Corio Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/91a1cf59-56a4-48a2-80b8-f1ad1934df33 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/91a1cf59-56a4-48a2-80b8-f1ad1934df33 January 2007<br/><br/>Stephen Toub shows you how to write your own Preview handlers for Windows Vista and Outlook 2007. Stephen Toub Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f8b58cb-f322-498c-b0b1-6fffaaf06ed0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f8b58cb-f322-498c-b0b1-6fffaaf06ed0 January 2007<br/><br/>SideShow Gadgets for Windows Vista are cool. Writing your own is even better. Find out how it's done. Jeffrey Richter Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/094fb720-d7ca-4516-aaf7-90b4ab06c6b8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/094fb720-d7ca-4516-aaf7-90b4ab06c6b8 January 2007<br/><br/>Why is a change to the Windows logon plug-in interface so exciting? Because with credential providers you can customize the logon experience for your users. Dan Griffin Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a126b20a-bba1-419a-a6e4-1bc24348a54c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a126b20a-bba1-419a-a6e4-1bc24348a54c January 2007<br/><br/>When using global applications, people want to communicate with others on their terms, in their own languages. Unicode 5.0 brings that ideal closer to reality. Julie D. Allen, Michael S. Kaplan, Cathy Wissink Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5fc79758-cf8d-49c7-a31c-d74b3769da07 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5fc79758-cf8d-49c7-a31c-d74b3769da07 January 2007<br/><br/>When is the .NET Garbage Collector unable to reclaim memory? The answer might surprise you. Stay tuned. James Kovacs Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02dc3197-82e0-4e59-92e4-c13e7445b710 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02dc3197-82e0-4e59-92e4-c13e7445b710 January 2007<br/><br/>Josh Trupin revs the engine to get us all ready for Windows Vista. Joshua Trupin Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0bddbf44-ad0f-4276-8dff-9ff88ef6ea27 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0bddbf44-ad0f-4276-8dff-9ff88ef6ea27 January 2007<br/><br/>Save Coding Time, Manage Compressed Files, and More Scott Mitchell Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00fe5648-59fa-41a8-a87f-d7143479e6c2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00fe5648-59fa-41a8-a87f-d7143479e6c2 January 2007<br/><br/>The CLR allows seamless interactions between Microsoft .NET applications and COM. But how, exactly? The CLR team knows. Thottam R. Sriram Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6bc5cea2-a5c2-4e4b-a668-64b6c8479b99 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6bc5cea2-a5c2-4e4b-a668-64b6c8479b99 January 2007<br/><br/>This month John Papa fields some of his favorite questions regarding data manipulation with ADO.NET. John Papa Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf772c14-5189-4be6-8098-1b7ac2c8b9ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf772c14-5189-4be6-8098-1b7ac2c8b9ab January 2007<br/><br/>Where are the files generated by ASP.NET stored and how are they used to serve page requests? This month Cutting Edge explains. Dino Esposito Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/50c6dd50-66c3-4046-aaa5-ae5695fd8a55 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/50c6dd50-66c3-4046-aaa5-ae5695fd8a55 January 2007<br/><br/>This month we welcome Charles Petzold to MSDN Magazine with his first column on building apps for Windows Vista and the .Microsoft NET Framework 3.0. Charles Petzold Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1aea2cee-1baf-427b-ad4a-9fdcba33763b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1aea2cee-1baf-427b-ad4a-9fdcba33763b January 2007<br/><br/>In this new column, Brian Randell begins his long look at how to extend and enhance Visual Studio Team System. Brian A. Randell Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5d93498-4a53-4704-933d-f5f0e43e4c7d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5d93498-4a53-4704-933d-f5f0e43e4c7d January 2007<br/><br/>Microsoft AJAX Library and the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions provide a number of compelling features ranging from client-side data binding, to DHTML animations and behaviors. Learn all about them here. Fritz Onion Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d691e93-0856-4bb7-b20c-0762dfb672ce http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d691e93-0856-4bb7-b20c-0762dfb672ce January 2007<br/><br/>Now that Windows Server 2003 is widely deployed, Keith Brown addresses questions from readers who are trying to use protocol transition to build secure gateways into their intranets. Keith Brown Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca45206f-066e-4b2b-8533-cb5bf714562f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca45206f-066e-4b2b-8533-cb5bf714562f January 2007<br/><br/>This month End Bracket explores the reasons why predicting the amount of development effort is extremely difficult early in a project. James Waletzky Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9022fd91-7034-4b1c-8868-434573e905b9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9022fd91-7034-4b1c-8868-434573e905b9 December 2006<br/><br/>Paul Yao presents an overview of Windows Embedded CE 6.0. Paul Yao Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f118ef0-c409-48ac-9f02-4717494aa780 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f118ef0-c409-48ac-9f02-4717494aa780 December 2006<br/><br/>This article focuses on developing for Pocket PCs, a skill which can then be transferred to Smartphone application development. Rob Pierry Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/01a46586-5271-4fae-9a82-5ada91d33d39 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/01a46586-5271-4fae-9a82-5ada91d33d39 December 2006<br/><br/>This article covers the core components required for building custom activities in Windows Workflow Foundation. Matt Milner Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7164ddcd-0ebc-4898-9321-79d59bb0461c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7164ddcd-0ebc-4898-9321-79d59bb0461c December 2006<br/><br/>The wwDataBinder control addresses simple control data binding--binding simple form controls like textboxes, checkboxes, and the selected values of list controls to individual data or object values. Rick Strahl Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fab22f05-d1b2-4f4f-ad11-72b5ceafcc51 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fab22f05-d1b2-4f4f-ad11-72b5ceafcc51 December 2006<br/><br/>Use BizTalk Server to monitor e-mail for new messages, trigger confirmations, and persist e-mail and attachments to a custom database. Alex Starykh Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2ad8d850-8df7-47e9-9224-6777bdbf3531 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2ad8d850-8df7-47e9-9224-6777bdbf3531 December 2006<br/><br/>Everything you need to know about locales in Windows Vista. Kieran Snyder and Shawn Steele Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/574fd42e-8d41-44fe-9ff1-2cd236c3947c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/574fd42e-8d41-44fe-9ff1-2cd236c3947c December 2006<br/><br/>Josh Trupin takes a look at mobility, the theme of this month’s issue. Joshua Trupin Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a6cc196-14d4-43ca-ad6f-bd5684f26490 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a6cc196-14d4-43ca-ad6f-bd5684f26490 December 2006<br/><br/>In this issue, issue and defect tracking, automating IT tasks, and more. Scott Mitchell Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80b81259-e4d0-4ec0-a012-837bb4445dd2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80b81259-e4d0-4ec0-a012-837bb4445dd2 December 2006<br/><br/>This month Ken Getz writes a demo-creation system for Windows-based applications, which he calls a switchboard. Ken Getz Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e2ac056d-a2c8-4c74-9849-4f93f3e3d782 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e2ac056d-a2c8-4c74-9849-4f93f3e3d782 December 2006<br/><br/>In this installment of CLR Inside Out, a look inside the CLR Profiling API and tools that use it. Jonathan Keljo Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f5a313be-ec3b-48fe-bcc8-bf06f36eb457 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f5a313be-ec3b-48fe-bcc8-bf06f36eb457 December 2006<br/><br/>John Papa builds a Windows Mobile 5.0 application that reads RSS feeds and loads them into an ADO.NET DataSet. John Papa Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33af8748-f700-442b-99a2-dde20f9b8fc4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33af8748-f700-442b-99a2-dde20f9b8fc4 December 2006<br/><br/>This month Dino Esposito dissects the client-side source code generated by ASP.NET pages. Dino Esposito Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40f7bd88-efc6-4231-9e5a-840a705d3c68 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40f7bd88-efc6-4231-9e5a-840a705d3c68 December 2006<br/><br/>The ability to programmatically create and use string permutations is essential in software testing, as James McCaffrey explains. Dr. James McCaffrey Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6eb5b160-2f5b-4f97-925c-744bd4c41a94 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6eb5b160-2f5b-4f97-925c-744bd4c41a94 December 2006<br/><br/>Web Service Software Factory is designed to help you build Web service solutions that follow known architecture and design patterns, as Aaron Skonnard explains here. Aaron Skonnard Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d134f0c3-deb8-4968-bac4-47f9597b3256 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d134f0c3-deb8-4968-bac4-47f9597b3256 December 2006<br/><br/>Build a standard progress bar that indicates how much deserialization has completed and how much still remains. Plus, System.Collection.Generics performance. Stephen Toub Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e152f47-e166-4303-bcfc-7f20f81141a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e152f47-e166-4303-bcfc-7f20f81141a3 December 2006<br/><br/>Stanley Lippman moves Text Query Language to the Microsoft .NET Framework using the C++/CLI language extensions in Visual C++ 2005. Stanley B. Lippman Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9ea89aa9-e931-4265-a04b-ed85cc14ef12 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9ea89aa9-e931-4265-a04b-ed85cc14ef12 December 2006<br/><br/>IntroducingOn10.net (http://on10.net), the Channel 9 answer for the technology enthusiast who isn’t necessarily a programmer. Duncan Mackenzie Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/944b8d1f-7249-4e05-9982-1c6661edde7a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/944b8d1f-7249-4e05-9982-1c6661edde7a November 2006<br/><br/>Never trust data, model threats against your code, and other good advice from a security expert. Michael Howard Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad7365a2-3e35-4a2e-9556-69c4582042df http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad7365a2-3e35-4a2e-9556-69c4582042df November 2006<br/><br/>Whenever you build a new system you should consider how an in¬truder might go about attacking it and then build in appropriate defenses at design time. Shawn Hernan, Scott Lambert, Tomasz Ostwald, Adam Shostack Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb541212-0e43-47d4-bdd6-de2b233ace9a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb541212-0e43-47d4-bdd6-de2b233ace9a November 2006<br/><br/>Use Active Directory Federation Services to allow other organizations to use your Web applications without the need for you to grant access explicitly. Keith Brown Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f2a403d7-86f3-4bcb-91dd-c6ea0364e382 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f2a403d7-86f3-4bcb-91dd-c6ea0364e382 November 2006<br/><br/>Smart cards are a compelling alternative to the reliance on passwords, which are the weakest link in authentication systems. Get the Windows smart card programming basics here. Dan Griffin Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b3574bf0-02f3-4a54-91c1-0b3a775c0ae3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b3574bf0-02f3-4a54-91c1-0b3a775c0ae3 November 2006<br/><br/>In this article, the author presents an extension to the Security Development Lifecycle Which could promote a better flow of information between users and designers of software security features. Mark Novak Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a42c9ef4-f7c6-46d4-8ebc-c86ae574166a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a42c9ef4-f7c6-46d4-8ebc-c86ae574166a November 2006<br/><br/>Exploits using SQL injection have drawn a lot of attention for their ability to get through firewalls and intrusion detection systems to compromise your data layers. Whether it's a first-order or second-order injection, if you look at the basic code pattern, it is similar to any other injection issue where you use untrusted data in the construction of a statement. Bala Neerumalla Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e30891ca-ce94-4a6f-9700-2942f415443c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e30891ca-ce94-4a6f-9700-2942f415443c November 2006<br/><br/>Why we use the paper we do. Joshua Trupin Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eab8dada-c05f-4492-a045-4c804b9e4ae7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eab8dada-c05f-4492-a045-4c804b9e4ae7 November 2006<br/><br/>Compare files and folders, create demo and support videos, add rich textboxes in your web apps, and more. Scott Mitchell Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dc7c49e2-2ace-4ca3-b26d-7c47ac7d64a9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dc7c49e2-2ace-4ca3-b26d-7c47ac7d64a9 November 2006<br/><br/>This month, Office Open XML, which allows ASP.NET and SharePoint developers to read, write, and generate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on the server without running an Office desktop application there. Ted Pattison Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/197b7c83-24b9-450c-aeef-fa2ef8147a0e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/197b7c83-24b9-450c-aeef-fa2ef8147a0e November 2006<br/><br/>This month see how to use Excel for test automation storage, whether you’re just starting out with NET, or you’re an advanced programmer. Dr. James McCaffrey Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1189e060-24e4-4ae8-b0db-e4b0bd4e2717 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1189e060-24e4-4ae8-b0db-e4b0bd4e2717 November 2006<br/><br/>The System.Transactions namespace of the Microsoft .NET Framework makes handling transactions much simpler than previous techniques. Read all about it this month. John Papa Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e54cf508-8e3f-4c61-8a89-82733f92c218 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e54cf508-8e3f-4c61-8a89-82733f92c218 November 2006<br/><br/>Memory issues can manifest in a wide variety of ways. This column shows you how to collect the data you need to determine what types of mem¬ory issues you are experiencing. Claudio Caldato and Maoni Stephens Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3783df70-38c7-40a7-b317-7686f8665247 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3783df70-38c7-40a7-b317-7686f8665247 November 2006<br/><br/>Windows Workflow Foundation supports virtually any scenario where human opera¬tors are involved. Learn how to use it to tame your workflows. Dino Esposito Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3d69fa0b-3aee-4801-aa63-0304978e2686 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3d69fa0b-3aee-4801-aa63-0304978e2686 November 2006<br/><br/>This installment of Bugslayer covers the use of ADPlus to create a minidump of your Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 pro¬cesses on specific exceptions. John Robbins Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2526dd87-4dde-4a81-9409-c2e6506e3d9f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2526dd87-4dde-4a81-9409-c2e6506e3d9f November 2006<br/><br/>Security Briefs: Limited User Problems and Split Knowledge Keith Brown Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d038c01-bf83-4138-8ab3-9f21fbbee474 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d038c01-bf83-4138-8ab3-9f21fbbee474 November 2006<br/><br/>Concurrent Affairs: The ReaderWriterGate Lock Jeffrey Richter Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/663c33ae-b1ff-425f-bda6-9de08422412e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/663c33ae-b1ff-425f-bda6-9de08422412e November 2006<br/><br/>Creating events on classes by adding the event keyword to a delegate member variable declaration. Stephen Toub Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9667224-f3df-4ce9-85b4-7779b74ea4b9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9667224-f3df-4ce9-85b4-7779b74ea4b9 November 2006<br/><br/>This month Stanley Lippman introduces the support for regular expressions in the .NET Framework. Stanley B. Lippman Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5ef40c54-193b-4f1f-9736-dd0dea440f6b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5ef40c54-193b-4f1f-9736-dd0dea440f6b November 2006<br/><br/>Considering human visual fields in software design. Bill Hill Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4755685-41ed-45c9-9f71-2201de9f807b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d4755685-41ed-45c9-9f71-2201de9f807b October 2006<br/><br/>Object and component-oriented programming have only one way for clients to call a method, but Windows® Communication Foundation introduces two more. In this article Juval Lowy explains how they work. Juval Lowy Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/896fb8ed-f71b-489a-9efa-7a020826f774 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/896fb8ed-f71b-489a-9efa-7a020826f774 October 2006<br/><br/>P2P applications face a number of barriers preventing their wide adoption as a productivity solution. Fortunately Windows Vista improves the situation, as you’ll learn here. Justin Smith Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b8bf1e3f-5a94-49ce-8ab7-f22e20a5eec2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b8bf1e3f-5a94-49ce-8ab7-f22e20a5eec2 October 2006<br/><br/>The Windows Presentation Foundation application model distinguishes between standalone and browser applications and between menu driven and hyperlink driven navigation, resulting in a more satisfying experience for your users. Michael Weinhardt Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85b2907e-2579-46a2-850a-56020b14c1d1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85b2907e-2579-46a2-850a-56020b14c1d1 October 2006<br/><br/>Due to the distributed nature of a business process it makes sense for a workflow to be deployed as a distributed application. See how Windows Workflow and Web Services hold the key. Israel Hilerio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8afbed14-803a-4efe-9e77-23a5219a83d2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8afbed14-803a-4efe-9e77-23a5219a83d2 October 2006<br/><br/>Custom report items in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services address your needs for custom reports without the pain of doing it from scratch. Teo Lachev Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a5dc87c8-0d19-4869-9f6b-c74f2a530f74 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a5dc87c8-0d19-4869-9f6b-c74f2a530f74 October 2006<br/><br/>Executive Editor Josh Trupin gets himself in trouble with live electrical current and a penchant for twiddling. Joshua Trupin Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/291b47cd-a8af-4841-8d30-18dbc00a1274 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/291b47cd-a8af-4841-8d30-18dbc00a1274 October 2006<br/><br/>This month obfuscating your code, persisting your data, and a good read on SQL Server 2005. Scott Mitchell Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d4e8f2c-6ee2-41bf-8e67-5b7be552828b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d4e8f2c-6ee2-41bf-8e67-5b7be552828b October 2006<br/><br/> IronPython, the CLR implementation of the dynamic programming language Python is introduced this month. James Schementi Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5b4758d-22eb-47a6-b29b-c33f1ef300e7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5b4758d-22eb-47a6-b29b-c33f1ef300e7 October 2006<br/><br/>Get the inside track on how the MSDN team uses Web Services to power MSDN2. Craig Andera Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4b97b6aa-a52e-4f8f-a26e-fba224da8dc1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4b97b6aa-a52e-4f8f-a26e-fba224da8dc1 October 2006<br/><br/>The goal of competitive analysis is to compare the overall quality of your software against similar systems. But it’s not easy. Here James McCaffrey accomplishes the goal with the help of a little MAGIQ. Dr. James McCaffrey and Nasa Koski Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82cea24f-f19d-44a1-812b-c2ecadad0067 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/82cea24f-f19d-44a1-812b-c2ecadad0067 October 2006<br/><br/>Dino Esposito rewrites his task progress bar with the help of ASP.NET “Atlas.” Dino Esposito Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1873baa4-4124-401f-9b96-bcc22de15e48 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1873baa4-4124-401f-9b96-bcc22de15e48 October 2006<br/><br/>Control adapters let you provide alternate renderings of controls for mobile devices. But they can also be used to completely change the rendering of a con¬trol based on browser type, which can be useful in a number of situations. Fritz Onion Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ddeaad4-1acd-46b7-bee0-fec0a3681d77 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ddeaad4-1acd-46b7-bee0-fec0a3681d77 October 2006<br/><br/>This month Keith Brown fields some reader questions on InfoCard turned CardSpace and passwords for SqlMembershipProvider. Keith Brown Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18935c0d-f2ba-4507-9a02-36ed3a6bae67 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18935c0d-f2ba-4507-9a02-36ed3a6bae67 October 2006<br/><br/>Jeff Prosise describes performance problems in an ASMX Web service that relied on legacy COM and Visual Basic 6.0 to perform key processing tasks and the approach he took to find a fix. Jeff Prosise Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a5275831-d653-480a-bdf3-949d48e60c10 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a5275831-d653-480a-bdf3-949d48e60c10 October 2006<br/><br/>This month DLL problems, context menus, MFC strings to managed C++, and more. Paul DiLascia Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0595f11-ccd5-4306-9b0d-9529ffa5a827 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0595f11-ccd5-4306-9b0d-9529ffa5a827 October 2006<br/><br/>This month Stanley B. Lippman asks the question: Is programming an art? Find out what he concludes after some serious contemplation. Stanley B. Lippman Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/51316daf-4834-4e1b-8571-7387f4be7a00 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/51316daf-4834-4e1b-8571-7387f4be7a00 September 2006<br/><br/>Integrated Desktop is a loosely coupled hosting architecture and composite UI that runs on the desktop and is supported by a loosely coupled architecture on the back end. It collapses the number of applications a user must deal with when making decisions. Christian Thilmany and Jim Keane Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3a5256b3-bc37-48d9-8227-701317feea87 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3a5256b3-bc37-48d9-8227-701317feea87 September 2006<br/><br/>Enterprise Library is a collection of application functionality blocks that you can re-use in your application for common functionality you'd otherwise have to write again and again. Here Jay Hilyard explains how to use them. Jay Hilyard Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ea59ade-04a6-48a3-8bb3-21fea49de79a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ea59ade-04a6-48a3-8bb3-21fea49de79a September 2006<br/><br/>In this article, Chandu Thota highlights some of the most salient features of the Virtual Earth APIs and shows you how to build your own powerful mapping and local search applications using them. Chandu Thota Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/536e5bd7-2cbb-44ce-949f-a162cee0155c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/536e5bd7-2cbb-44ce-949f-a162cee0155c September 2006<br/><br/>If you were to build a new communications protocol from scratch, how would you address security? Here the authors take a look at that question and generate some valuable insights into secure protocols. Mark Novak and Andrew Roths Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac39c9f6-61be-4cb8-bb57-f0f1a214011b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac39c9f6-61be-4cb8-bb57-f0f1a214011b September 2006<br/><br/>MSDN Magazine Executive Editor introduces this issue Joshua Trupin Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f739550-4a85-4501-8d51-557b3def467a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f739550-4a85-4501-8d51-557b3def467a September 2006<br/><br/>This month we look at creating documentation, guarding intellectual property, automating the build process, and a book on writing software. Scott Mitchell Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9969ba64-27c6-43d1-a4fb-c242a77c0b22 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9969ba64-27c6-43d1-a4fb-c242a77c0b22 September 2006<br/><br/>The System.Array and System.Collections.Generic.List classes provide methods that let you avoid writing code to loop through every element of an array or list to find the items you’re looking for. Ken Getz explains. Ken Getz Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/993b4728-c01a-4c42-b9a7-a9047787403d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/993b4728-c01a-4c42-b9a7-a9047787403d September 2006<br/><br/>In this installment of Test Run, James McCaffrey discusses how you can generate random test case data. Dr. James McCaffrey Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/771a753a-b6a0-44fc-a474-3245b385968a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/771a753a-b6a0-44fc-a474-3245b385968a September 2006<br/><br/>Because of the popularity of multiprocessor machines, many concurrency articles focus on how to make concurrency safe in your code. However, they don't deal with how to get concurrency into your code in the first place. Joe Duffy Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c80175e0-10a2-4100-9bd7-86d0880fe17e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c80175e0-10a2-4100-9bd7-86d0880fe17e September 2006<br/><br/>The progress bar is great for keeping users informed about the progress of a task. Unfortunately, there’s no progress bar element built into ASP.NET, so Dino Esposito solves that problem with his ProgressPanel control. Dino Esposito Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/52f5bcf4-37de-4baf-9ae3-a11d065ee638 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/52f5bcf4-37de-4baf-9ae3-a11d065ee638 September 2006<br/><br/>In this installment of Service Station, Aaron Skonnard takes a long hard look at System.Xml 2.0. Aaron Skonnard Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7b319cf0-d60c-42dd-82c1-ecc10e6d8aff http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7b319cf0-d60c-42dd-82c1-ecc10e6d8aff September 2006<br/><br/>What can a robot-programming toolkit do for you? Read on and find out. Jeffrey Richter Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3c5e68b8-9d82-4d62-98f5-2612dec1367b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3c5e68b8-9d82-4d62-98f5-2612dec1367b September 2006<br/><br/>This month Stephen Toub explains how you can get some of the functionality found in the TransactionScope class in your own classes. Stephen Toub Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc4d1a52-50e3-405a-8b2a-96ecf9442fef http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc4d1a52-50e3-405a-8b2a-96ecf9442fef September 2006<br/><br/>This month Paul DiLascia teaches readers the right way to create dynamic dialogs, explains satellite DLLs and discusses language resource DLLs. Paul DiLascia Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73d35798-3794-401d-a5c4-37190138b14f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73d35798-3794-401d-a5c4-37190138b14f September 2006<br/><br/>Here Jon Schwartz discusses a programming environment designed just for kids. Jon Schwartz Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f3da0391-d122-4ba0-a49e-bd5d4a7343f8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f3da0391-d122-4ba0-a49e-bd5d4a7343f8 August 2006<br/><br/>Business Apps: What You Need To Know About Using Office As A Development Platform Andrew Whitechapel and John Peltonen Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e887484-2962-4a46-9f0e-a91ac0cf87ff http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e887484-2962-4a46-9f0e-a91ac0cf87ff August 2006<br/><br/>Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 provides great portal and search features and much more, and Ted Pattison puts them to good use here. Ted Pattison Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7d5cc910-644a-4f60-8796-0d3e3ad83afc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7d5cc910-644a-4f60-8796-0d3e3ad83afc August 2006<br/><br/>If you're looking to increase the usefulness of your applications by making them customizable, you'll want to read about these three technologies available from Microsoft. Paul Stubbs Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4eb792b6-688b-45ec-addb-86f59381965d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4eb792b6-688b-45ec-addb-86f59381965d August 2006<br/><br/>InfoPath 2007 is an XML forms designer and editor, and a fully featured and integrated member of the Office family. This article takes a sneak peek at some of its new features. Scott Roberts and Hagen Green Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4b6b8837-6afb-45e7-90a4-5704947ca550 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4b6b8837-6afb-45e7-90a4-5704947ca550 August 2006<br/><br/>The latest releases of WinDBG and Visual Studio know exactly how to use source server, so its benefits are available to both .NET and native C++ developers. See why this is so important in tracking down bugs. John Robbins Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd06a876-8452-4ef9-bdff-42608489d721 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd06a876-8452-4ef9-bdff-42608489d721 August 2006<br/><br/>Josh Trupin introduces this month's issue. Joshua Trupin Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0baccf0-e7f7-4fcb-b61c-c97b57a57283 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0baccf0-e7f7-4fcb-b61c-c97b57a57283 August 2006<br/><br/>This month we bring you products that let you synchronize data, correct runtime errors, and more. Scott Mitchell Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74f89ea5-cba5-439d-92ce-08e9147921bb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/74f89ea5-cba5-439d-92ce-08e9147921bb August 2006<br/><br/>In this installment of Advanced Basics Ted Pattison discusses the localization of Web sites in ASP.NET 2.0. Ted Pattison Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/368e1cda-aa1a-4a08-bff6-3e4a2fb842c0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/368e1cda-aa1a-4a08-bff6-3e4a2fb842c0 August 2006<br/><br/>By using the CLR 2.0 hosting APIs, developers of native hosts can execute managed code in-process with complete knowledge and control over how the CLR behavior can affect their application. Alessandro Catorcini and Piotr Puszkiewicz Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de776d62-62b2-4467-bacb-8cf95a28c562 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de776d62-62b2-4467-bacb-8cf95a28c562 August 2006<br/><br/>Dino Esposito reviews the basics of enumeration types and their implementation in the Microsoft .NET Framework. Dino Esposito Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fd21a197-1b8f-4136-91f0-dfaca834e517 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fd21a197-1b8f-4136-91f0-dfaca834e517 August 2006<br/><br/>The MVP pattern helps you separate your logic and keep your UI layer free of clutter. This month learn how. Jean-Paul Boodhoo Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05a5d527-9e83-48f6-95ce-ed8748001b71 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05a5d527-9e83-48f6-95ce-ed8748001b71 August 2006<br/><br/>Windows Communication Foundation supports several serialization mechanisms and provides a simple, interoperable foundation for future service-oriented applications. Here Aaron Skonnard explains it all. Aaron Skonnard Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d750f1d7-bfb3-42a4-8842-844b2845073f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d750f1d7-bfb3-42a4-8842-844b2845073f August 2006<br/><br/>Windows Communication Foundation provides three major protections— confidentiality, integrity, and authentication. This month Keith Brown explains what they can do for you. Keith Brown Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65f39bd7-303e-43d3-92fb-d59189e16db2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65f39bd7-303e-43d3-92fb-d59189e16db2 August 2006<br/><br/>Last time Stan Lippman did not consider the visibility of types and nondeterministic finalization in writing his TQL wrapper code. This month he rewrites the code. Stanley B. Lippman Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80f8d191-535c-4bfa-85ed-dd56700d6963 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/80f8d191-535c-4bfa-85ed-dd56700d6963 August 2006<br/><br/>This month Paul DiLascia codes some Microsoft Office-style dialog box features. Paul DiLascia Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4bb13efb-8f91-4f69-acc5-4f67ac479ccc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4bb13efb-8f91-4f69-acc5-4f67ac479ccc August 2006<br/><br/>Kevin Moore ruminates on the future of UI design in Windows Vista. Kevin Moore Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b7cd32b3-63e8-4591-bebb-07bea5c7f0f2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b7cd32b3-63e8-4591-bebb-07bea5c7f0f2 July 2006<br/><br/>Atlas At Last: ASP.NET Atlas Powers the AJAX-Style Sites You’ve Been Waiting For Matt Gibbs Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e1374ca2-89a0-4439-9ba9-13fc04d28950 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e1374ca2-89a0-4439-9ba9-13fc04d28950 July 2006<br/><br/>Code & Seek: Bring Windows Desktop Search Into Visual Studio With Our Cool Add-In Sergey Mishkovskiy Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/530fd6f9-0304-4944-9f72-8f0ed96ce664 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/530fd6f9-0304-4944-9f72-8f0ed96ce664 July 2006<br/><br/>Beyond WinFX: Transactions, Aero Wizards, And Task Dialogs In Windows Vista Kenny Kerr Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e67ff2eb-0112-4cf5-9447-2ba005397549 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e67ff2eb-0112-4cf5-9447-2ba005397549 July 2006<br/><br/>Web App Follies: Keep Sites Running Smoothly By Avoiding These 10 Common ASP.NET Pitfalls Jeff Prosise Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/68c6a4e8-ac54-41eb-9f52-7c6f3cdf1f84 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/68c6a4e8-ac54-41eb-9f52-7c6f3cdf1f84 July 2006<br/><br/>WSS 3.0 Preview: Discover Significant Developer Improvements In SharePoint Services Ted Pattison Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a0d49ba0-9348-447c-be99-886dbdf4ace3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a0d49ba0-9348-447c-be99-886dbdf4ace3 July 2006<br/><br/>Patterns & Practices: Speed Development With Custom Application Blocks For Enterprise Library Mark Seemann Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c73dca09-8fe5-4bd3-907b-9ea7379b0628 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c73dca09-8fe5-4bd3-907b-9ea7379b0628 July 2006<br/><br/>If you’re fortunate enough to attend a developer conference this year, look around at the variety of people. There are all kinds out there, a diverse ecosystem as the marketing folks might say. Even within a relatively narrow group like programmers, you’ll find a wide range of goals and interests. Mark Seemann Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a859e37-186e-4e6a-95a8-8474be29d15f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a859e37-186e-4e6a-95a8-8474be29d15f July 2006<br/><br/>End users today expect a level of interconnectivity between applications that was unheard of a mere five years ago. Many applications periodically determine if a new version is available and, if so, offer to download and install it. Scott Mitchell Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3467c8f5-ee77-44a4-869d-8124546ef6ea http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3467c8f5-ee77-44a4-869d-8124546ef6ea July 2006<br/><br/>It never fails. The application you just deployed ran great on your development machine—but stumbles in production. The problem might show up right away or maybe it creeps up over time. Now what? Brad McCabe Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eeabc269-2f44-4533-8d89-596b9211c333 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eeabc269-2f44-4533-8d89-596b9211c333 July 2006<br/><br/>Strong name signatures (and signing in general) are a key facet of Microsoft® . NET Framework security. But regardless of how well designed . NET signatures may be, they won’t offer the maximum benefit if you don’t know how to use them properly. Mike Downen Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c98617c2-b9f5-48bd-b9d5-c4f709df8d97 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c98617c2-b9f5-48bd-b9d5-c4f709df8d97 July 2006<br/><br/>Reporting has always been one of the dark arts of development. The tools typically seem to do just enough to get you to a certain point, then leave you to find workarounds to solve more complex issues. John Papa Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fce29dbb-934d-4820-b28f-44d19eef5509 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fce29dbb-934d-4820-b28f-44d19eef5509 July 2006<br/><br/>Great ideas are timeless. A long time ago in Microsoft Systems Journal Paul DiLascia demonstrated a neat trick to display context-sensitive tooltips floating over pictures. As the user moved the mouse over the picture, the tooltip control updated its text to reflect the name of the pointed figure. Dino Esposito Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a17a5814-b7eb-4e12-b965-4b1c0fa2495d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a17a5814-b7eb-4e12-b965-4b1c0fa2495d July 2006<br/><br/>Have you visited msdn2. microsoft. com? It’s the new online face of the MSDN® Developer Tools and Enterprise Server documentation. The infrastructure behind it includes a system developed by my team at Microsoft for aggregating information related to our content. John Mollman Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ad3106d-1ad0-408e-877e-01283a2c4acf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ad3106d-1ad0-408e-877e-01283a2c4acf July 2006<br/><br/>Building a customizable Web site complete with a collection of pluggable Web Parts is fairly easy with the portal infrastructure of ASP. NET 2. 0. This model is very flexible, allowing users to easily place your Web Parts anywhere on the Web page so they are free to customize your site. Fritz Onion Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9bba0bea-de5e-4221-8de2-8c16a5323d74 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9bba0bea-de5e-4221-8de2-8c16a5323d74 July 2006<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Controlling Balloon Tips, and More Paul DiLascia Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05ef61fc-08aa-40e7-a939-d732afe098a7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05ef61fc-08aa-40e7-a939-d732afe098a7 July 2006<br/><br/>There are certain fundamental laws of the universe that we just can’t escape. One of these is the Second Law of Thermodynamics as it applies to the general branches of science. It says that everything moves to a state of equilibrium and an increase in disorder, or entropy. Eric N. Bush Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2c3609c4-7647-44d5-9bfe-7a8749461650 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2c3609c4-7647-44d5-9bfe-7a8749461650 June 2006<br/><br/>Learn how you can use MSBuild to customize your builds. Since it ships as a part of the .NET Framework, you don't even need to have Visual Studio installed on your machine. Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/138d3dc8-47d8-4086-b456-56f04c2a5120 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/138d3dc8-47d8-4086-b456-56f04c2a5120 June 2006<br/><br/>Instance management refers to a set of techniques used by Windows Communication Foundation to bind a set of messages to a service instance. This article introduces the concept and shows you why you need instance management. Juval Lowy Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/36a9aa37-990a-42e4-a8c4-6ecba84f0ef7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/36a9aa37-990a-42e4-a8c4-6ecba84f0ef7 June 2006<br/><br/>There are a number of ways to configure an application in the .NET Framework 2.0. This article explores the classes of the revamped System.Configuration namespace and explains how to use XML configuration files for your app configuration settings. Bryan Porter Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aff7854c-87aa-4667-9348-514e71cc650d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aff7854c-87aa-4667-9348-514e71cc650d June 2006<br/><br/>The Microsoft .NET Framework 1.x provided minimal options for mapping classes to schemas and serializing objects to XML documents, making this sort of mapping quite a challenge. The .NET Framework 2.0 changes all this with Schema providers and the IXmlSerializable interface. Keith Pijanowski Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4128e4f-58ad-40d8-8b6b-758e19ddb8f2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4128e4f-58ad-40d8-8b6b-758e19ddb8f2 June 2006<br/><br/>This article discusses a new load test tool in Visual Studio 2005 Team System for performance and stress testing your Web sites, Web services, and other server components. Combined with its handy reporting capabilities, the load test tool provides some powerful options for sharing and managing test results. Wen Ding Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5cc304ac-b356-4dff-81ce-6c4a053068c3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5cc304ac-b356-4dff-81ce-6c4a053068c3 June 2006<br/><br/>We've all been subconsciously conditioned through the years to turn a skeptical eye towards claims of being "new and improved. " After all, the phrase often means that some favorite feature has been turned into a new deficiency. Wen Ding Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/182426cc-4c0c-4c49-858c-8d41d6be1a34 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/182426cc-4c0c-4c49-858c-8d41d6be1a34 June 2006<br/><br/>Most data-driven Web sites are used as interfaces to collect, process, and summarize information. Reports that summarize the data can be presented to the user in a variety of formats—the most common way is to display the report directly in a Web page. Scott Mitchell Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e32102e-0ac4-4fce-9aeb-6478b4737625 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e32102e-0ac4-4fce-9aeb-6478b4737625 June 2006<br/><br/> The last time I wrote this column (March 2006), I shared an application that allows you to update all the Microsoft® Word documents in a folder and its subfolders. Each time the application finds a document in the specified path, it updates the document properties to match those you specified in the application. Ken Getz Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c9570ab-c118-41c1-a1df-9d6ad28f1b34 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c9570ab-c118-41c1-a1df-9d6ad28f1b34 June 2006<br/><br/> Windows XP and the Microsoft .NET Framework both have APIs that support globalization. Windows Vista™ will further extend globalization support by introducing several new features. Shawn Steele Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b03cd05-a63f-4067-a8a4-e88142a53893 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b03cd05-a63f-4067-a8a4-e88142a53893 June 2006<br/><br/> Many applications require some degree of integration with a reporting tool. A good solution, SQL Server™ Reporting Services 2005, provides Web-based reports and can be integrated into both Windows® Forms and Web-based applications. John Papa Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f77f564d-2a0b-43c2-bfb6-6280bfd4155f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f77f564d-2a0b-43c2-bfb6-6280bfd4155f June 2006<br/><br/> The use of XML files in software testing has steadily increased over the past few years. Test case data, test harness configuration information, and test result data are now stored as XML. Recently I was writing some . Dr. James McCaffrey Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1639ad2-9133-47e2-9a3c-3fddf237e623 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1639ad2-9133-47e2-9a3c-3fddf237e623 June 2006<br/><br/>When it comes to catching programming errors, the debugger is a developer's best friend. ASP. NET tracing, however, is a nice complement to the debugger and shouldn't be overlooked. It enables your ASP. Dino Esposito Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca90e5e0-8eed-4e2f-a042-245de0b4bc82 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca90e5e0-8eed-4e2f-a042-245de0b4bc82 June 2006<br/><br/>It's that time again. Time to answer some of the questions I get on a regular basis. This month I'll look at service orientation and policy-based compatibility, SOAP's transport-neutral design, and Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0. Aaron Skonnard Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5438b730-ee16-4494-8597-053ad784f765 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5438b730-ee16-4494-8597-053ad784f765 June 2006<br/><br/> Data-driven site navigation is among the niftiest and most useful features in ASP. NET 2. 0. To get it working, all you do is create an XML site map file (or a SQL site map if you're using the MSDN®Magazine SqlSiteMapProvider), add a SiteMapDataSource, and bind a TreeView or Menu to the SiteMapDataSource. Jeff Prosise Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9754806-948f-4f19-8bae-29c91a27d27d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9754806-948f-4f19-8bae-29c91a27d27d June 2006<br/><br/> If multiple threads concurrently execute code that writes to or modifies a resource, then obviously the resource must be protected with a thread synchronization lock to ensure that the resource doesn't get corrupted. Jeffrey Richter Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c4faad0-f2a0-4ac1-aebe-d4578217cac4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c4faad0-f2a0-4ac1-aebe-d4578217cac4 June 2006<br/><br/>This month Stephen Toub answers readers questions that include: How do I pass data to a new thread? Why can't I convert from "ref string" to "ref object"? And what's the difference between EventWaitHandle, AutoResetEvent and ManualResetEvent? Stephen Toub Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20a16e6a-eb1b-4555-9cac-a8d59ffcd2d6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20a16e6a-eb1b-4555-9cac-a8d59ffcd2d6 June 2006<br/><br/> This month, we are changing the column name from Pure C++ to Netting C++ to better reflect our focus on Microsoft® . NET programming using C++/CLI, the . NET extensions to Visual C++® that are supported in Visual Studio® 2005. Stanley B. Lippman Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa62f60c-84b4-4e06-ba96-b635a96177b1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa62f60c-84b4-4e06-ba96-b635a96177b1 June 2006<br/><br/> Many of you are no doubt in the process of upgrading to Visual Studio® 2005, so I thought now would be a good time to relate some of my own experiences with the new compiler. What took me so long? Hey, I'm a retro kind of guy! Better late than never!. Paul DiLascia Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fc318ff6-bd50-42ee-bf80-356e3afc3de8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fc318ff6-bd50-42ee-bf80-356e3afc3de8 June 2006<br/><br/>When the C and C++ programming languages were invented, computers were slow, memory was limited, and compilers were simple and memory challenged, so a practical language could be little more than a veneer for assembly language. James Larus, Galen Hunt, and David Tarditi Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b60b8dc-fabb-4e29-9ca7-b61e4aaa7df6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b60b8dc-fabb-4e29-9ca7-b61e4aaa7df6 May 2006<br/><br/>Wrap It Up: Call Into The .NET Framework From Existing Visual Basic 6.0 Apps Scott Swigart Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ee28a9af-ead5-4e93-9c97-6ba27c1a8c60 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ee28a9af-ead5-4e93-9c97-6ba27c1a8c60 May 2006<br/><br/>x64 Primer: Everything You Need To Know To Start Programming 64-Bit Windows Systems Matt Pietrek Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc88614a-d9ad-4997-8583-66c68a93357f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc88614a-d9ad-4997-8583-66c68a93357f May 2006<br/><br/>Mix And Match: Integrate Windows Forms Into Your MFC Applications Through C++ Interop Marcus Heege Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c792a837-fde3-4501-98d6-91317ccff21a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c792a837-fde3-4501-98d6-91317ccff21a May 2006<br/><br/>Managed Debugging Assistants are new to the .NET Framework 2.0 and help you to discover serious bugs quickly. Learn how to harness their power. Stephen Toub Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87788030-8641-4bbe-b8c7-53e0f63ec319 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87788030-8641-4bbe-b8c7-53e0f63ec319 May 2006<br/><br/>Analyze This: Find New Meaning In Your Ink With Tablet PC APIs In Windows Vista Markus Egger Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a72501e-0964-4e1e-9693-2f637fe6f32f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a72501e-0964-4e1e-9693-2f637fe6f32f May 2006<br/><br/>We know what you're thinking. Visual Studio 2005 has been out for a few months now. You're getting your head around it, discovering its vast inner beauty. But still, there's a nagging voice inside your head taunting you, asking why you're content to work with a released product. Markus Egger Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/355e38e6-0564-47b9-96ad-6b7a6d39fb23 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/355e38e6-0564-47b9-96ad-6b7a6d39fb23 May 2006<br/><br/>From a developer’s perspective, once a database’s schema has been defined and the tables, stored procedures, and other database objects have been created, it can be forgotten, abstracted away into the data access layer of the application’s architecture. Scott Mitchell Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43ad975f-0c43-4242-a538-d8a83bc61d1a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43ad975f-0c43-4242-a538-d8a83bc61d1a May 2006<br/><br/>There are two ways you can utilize resources such as strings, images, and text-based files from your Microsoft® . NET Framework-based application. You can embed them directly in the app or you can load them from an external file. Ted Pattison Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/403c5e42-e842-41db-9262-0bbbaa49ed5c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/403c5e42-e842-41db-9262-0bbbaa49ed5c May 2006<br/><br/>T ypically, methods in managed executables are just-in-time (JIT) compiled. The machine code generated by the JIT compiler is thrown away once the process running that executable exits; therefore, the method must be recompiled when the application is run again. Surupa Biswas Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2b4028a-3ebc-4cda-8981-8111c994a830 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2b4028a-3ebc-4cda-8981-8111c994a830 May 2006<br/><br/> SQL Server 2005 includes several important improvements to the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) language. One added feature is a new kind of trigger that fires when data definition language (DDL) statements run. John Papa Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b699938d-accb-45c2-b8bb-5a74714777c7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b699938d-accb-45c2-b8bb-5a74714777c7 May 2006<br/><br/> Welcome to my100th consecutive installment of Cutting Edge. I've been writing this column since January 1998 in Microsoft Internet Developer. Looking back over the past eight years, I realize that I've touched on almost every subject in the Windows® SDK and the Microsoft® . Dino Esposito Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/42b384b5-2198-4686-85cb-334485aaf35d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/42b384b5-2198-4686-85cb-334485aaf35d May 2006<br/><br/>Stress testing is a fundamental quality assurance activity that should be part of every significant software testing effort. The key idea behind stress testing is simple: instead of running manual or automated tests under normal conditions, you run your tests under conditions of reduced machine or system resources. Dr. James McCaffrey Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17441266-9d83-4267-ae2c-3c3c35bb2dfc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17441266-9d83-4267-ae2c-3c3c35bb2dfc May 2006<br/><br/> Storing data securely in a configuration system is not an easy problem to solve. While I was on the ASP. NET team, this particular feature, secure connection string storage, looked as if it wouldn’t get done. Rob Howard Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f17b378e-4648-43f5-a6ad-f7f86e0af18d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f17b378e-4648-43f5-a6ad-f7f86e0af18d May 2006<br/><br/>In my April 2006 column I began a discussion of InfoCard, the upcoming identity metasystem, which is being prepared for release in the Windows Vista™ timeframe. If you haven’t read that column, you should definitely start there because I’m going to assume you’re familiar with the basics I covered. Keith Brown Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5b78c522-a762-4936-981c-100ff1584326 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5b78c522-a762-4936-981c-100ff1584326 May 2006<br/><br/>This month: CWebVersion revisited using HTTP instead of FTP, and adding sounds to an MFC-based app. Paul DiLascia Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d09c0482-5db7-4409-8408-28e7dcd778a1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d09c0482-5db7-4409-8408-28e7dcd778a1 May 2006<br/><br/>How would you feel if you were having your dream house built, but when you inspected the house you found some fairly obvious flaws in the work—cracks in the foundation, support beams missing, crooked and leaning walls. Eric N. Bush Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e3cd1a0-a304-448f-bd57-08f52c589bd8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e3cd1a0-a304-448f-bd57-08f52c589bd8 April 2006<br/><br/>Spy++ displays Win32 information such as window classes, styles, and messages. Now you can get that same functionality for managed code using our ManagedSpy. Get it here. Benjamin Wulfe Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5b8cc778-968d-4d17-89cc-cddf22b2f14b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5b8cc778-968d-4d17-89cc-cddf22b2f14b April 2006<br/><br/>You can combat deadlock using a combination of disciplined locking practices which Joe Duffy aptly explains in this article. Joe Duffy Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebb240c3-bfdc-4376-9aa7-27edc86a1878 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebb240c3-bfdc-4376-9aa7-27edc86a1878 April 2006<br/><br/>With mutation testing, the system under test is changed to create a faulty version called a mutant. Here James McCaffrey explains how to do this in .NET. James McCaffrey Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13677500-0e85-41ba-b7ff-45cd4505c5fa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13677500-0e85-41ba-b7ff-45cd4505c5fa April 2006<br/><br/>This article explores the services provided by Compute Cluster Server 2003 and the tools provided by Visual Studio 2005 that will help you develop High-Perfomance Computing applications. Rich Ciapala Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b886dde9-b4d7-4606-9612-04ba89323399 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b886dde9-b4d7-4606-9612-04ba89323399 April 2006<br/><br/>Here Joachim H. Fröhlich and Reinhard Wolfinger show you how to get all the great functionality of the .NET Profiling API the easy way, with custom wrappers. Joachim H. Fröhlich and Reinhard Wolfinger Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cfc1b665-fb18-4b87-9896-8707da40eb47 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cfc1b665-fb18-4b87-9896-8707da40eb47 April 2006<br/><br/>The returns are in. MSDN Magazine—or, we should say, the award-winning MSDN Magazine—has added a couple of trophies to the shelf. And in the spirit of sharing, we are also officially the award-giving MSDN Magazine. Joshua Trupin Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a143a4ad-f01b-43af-8d09-861204791047 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a143a4ad-f01b-43af-8d09-861204791047 April 2006<br/><br/>Debugging Web applications can be a difficult process due to the logical, physical, and temporal differences between the mishmash of technologies that comprise such an application. For bugs that arise from the HTML and script received by the browser or in the transfer or request of a page's markup, developers often adopt archaic debugging techniques, such as using View Source and Notepad to scrutinize the contents received by the browser. Scott Mitchell Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e4a284d-84b2-4c71-8d05-05d5390f7f19 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e4a284d-84b2-4c71-8d05-05d5390f7f19 April 2006<br/><br/>IntelliSense code snippets are one of the coolest new features in Visual Studio® 2005. Code snippets are highly customizable code fragments intended to accomplish simple to intermediate tasks quickly; they can be inserted into your code with just a few keystrokes. Lorenzo Minore Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/142a4ab3-dadb-4536-8c52-eabdc5a137a6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/142a4ab3-dadb-4536-8c52-eabdc5a137a6 April 2006<br/><br/>The System. Diagnostics namespace in the Microsoft® . NET Framework contains powerful tracing capabilities. This includes the main tracing API: TraceSource. As you will see, the tracing APIs in System. Krzysztof Cwalina Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba13f19b-c7e6-4eff-829b-4c06f835ea74 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba13f19b-c7e6-4eff-829b-4c06f835ea74 April 2006<br/><br/>In last month's column, I presented a helpdesk workflow sample that focused on Windows® Forms client applications. This month I'll discuss ASP. NET workflow applications and the ability to expose a workflow as a Web service and invoke a Web service from a workflow. Dino Esposito Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58ff72d1-6cad-4430-b713-2af8471d5ec7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58ff72d1-6cad-4430-b713-2af8471d5ec7 April 2006<br/><br/>State management in Web applications is a contentious issue. Should you store user data per session or should you persist it across sessions? You can easily store information temporarily while someone navigates your site by using session state. Fritz Onion Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8eb0eb38-2a65-454c-af7c-b14c58373c13 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8eb0eb38-2a65-454c-af7c-b14c58373c13 April 2006<br/><br/>You've probably heard that the new version of Web Services Enhancements (WSE) for the Microsoft® . NET Framework simplifies the process of building secure Web services. What you may not know is that most of these improvements derive from some core architectural changes made in WSE 3. Aaron Skonnard Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0005af27-d4fa-4d16-9de5-a56b1806400a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0005af27-d4fa-4d16-9de5-a56b1806400a April 2006<br/><br/>The Web can be annoying at times. I'm certain that I'm not alone in my frustration with filling out the same old forms on every Web site I visit. Like most other techies, I've acquired many tools over the years to help combat this repetition, and I even wrote my own password manager for my hundreds of different identities on the Web. Keith Brown Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e8a4a525-70c1-4fcf-9740-5598b623fdc9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e8a4a525-70c1-4fcf-9740-5598b623fdc9 April 2006<br/><br/>I'm closing out this series of columns on generic programming in the Microsoft® . NET Framework by showing how templates and generics do and do not work together, and pointing out a pitfall with the current implementation of templates under Visual C++® 2005. Stanley B. Lippman Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bde2ede-8322-4314-b494-6d2bd8037f93 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bde2ede-8322-4314-b494-6d2bd8037f93 April 2006<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Implement Triple-Click, Subclass the Main Window Paul DiLascia Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/70a62932-1f34-4ec1-8e69-c677858d47a9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/70a62932-1f34-4ec1-8e69-c677858d47a9 April 2006<br/><br/>Someday all scientific literature and data will be online and accessible to everyone everywhere. The astronomy community has made unusually good progress toward this vision of online science in addition to addressing the associated challenges of data publication. Jim Gray and Alexander Szalay Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b79a79b8-f363-46aa-8ec3-03762d5dbed4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b79a79b8-f363-46aa-8ec3-03762d5dbed4 March 2006<br/><br/>This article discusses techniques you can use to ensure that Windows Forms-based apps provide optimal performance to match the rich UI responsiveness they're known to provide. Milena Salman Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9eecfc05-6f59-432d-ae01-b153a86f7605 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9eecfc05-6f59-432d-ae01-b153a86f7605 March 2006<br/><br/>The System.Windows.Forms.TextRenderer class provides support for complex scripts in Windows Forms controls so you can render text the way you want and support international locales. Miguel A. Lacouture Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/028b14b8-6e88-4f36-ac24-34beccfd541c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/028b14b8-6e88-4f36-ac24-34beccfd541c March 2006<br/><br/>Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 supported only Microsoft Word and Excel. The new version, however, has the tools you need to create managed code add-ins for Outlook 2003. John R. Durant Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb5e2296-d15b-4f1f-8cf1-ae55767d918c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fb5e2296-d15b-4f1f-8cf1-ae55767d918c March 2006<br/><br/>Thanks to Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System, Windows Forms controls can be bound to databases, Web services, or objects and added to a workbook or document. Find out how. Eric Carter and Eric Lippert Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0c064b7-70b8-4be6-a6dd-6e582d2b9cb6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0c064b7-70b8-4be6-a6dd-6e582d2b9cb6 March 2006<br/><br/>How does Visual Studio 2005 Team System and Team Foundation Server facilitate the process of agile development and continuous integration? Here Ben Waldron explains it all. Ben Waldron Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3120c230-14b9-41cd-bb3b-825ae9c44ee7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3120c230-14b9-41cd-bb3b-825ae9c44ee7 March 2006<br/><br/>The solution covered here includes a custom SharePoint Web service that accepts SQL Server-generated report files and, through the WSS object model, stores the file in the appropriate library for enhanced collaboration possibilities. Ed Hild Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c4d6710-31a8-4152-bfdf-534633e00164 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9c4d6710-31a8-4152-bfdf-534633e00164 March 2006<br/><br/>The .NET Framework 2.0 introduces a set of classes that can be used to host designers right out of the box. With the understanding of designers you'll glean from this article, you'll be ready to host them in your own apps. Dinesh Chandnani Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/768e0ef4-f1d3-4fa9-9995-88118cb2124a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/768e0ef4-f1d3-4fa9-9995-88118cb2124a March 2006<br/><br/>This issue marks the sixth anniversary of our merger, when Microsoft Systems Journal and Microsoft Internet Developer combined to become MSDN Magazine. We've been around to witness the birth and growth of the Microsoft . Dinesh Chandnani Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f95d0f2-1e92-4a13-81dc-5b06176cb951 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f95d0f2-1e92-4a13-81dc-5b06176cb951 March 2006<br/><br/>While the Visual Studio® Build menu's Build Solution option is the usual way developers compile their current work on a project, the process of building the complete solution for testing, deployment, or production often requires many more steps. Scott Mitchell Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/317b92c0-5192-4458-893c-7318e893e962 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/317b92c0-5192-4458-893c-7318e893e962 March 2006<br/><br/>At the beginning of another lovely day of writing courseware in mad pursuit of unrealistic deadlines, I received a frantic call from a business partner. He was at the end of a long consulting project and had several hundred Microsoft® Word documents, all of which required their document properties to be set identically, except the Title property of the document, which was to be based on the document file name, minus the . Ken Getz Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b635ea5e-3ab3-4855-aca4-b6ab069ef205 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b635ea5e-3ab3-4855-aca4-b6ab069ef205 March 2006<br/><br/>If we learned only one thing about compatibility in the past few years, it is that compatibility is much more than avoiding breaking changes. On the Microsoft®. NET Framework and Visual Studio® teams, we do our part to ensure that the products we build are stable platforms that developers can truly rely on. Jesse Kaplan Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13a0d2ed-3f79-40b4-8458-23a76b5d974f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13a0d2ed-3f79-40b4-8458-23a76b5d974f March 2006<br/><br/>SQL Server 2005 introduces a lot of new features, but it also enhances the popular and oft-used Transact-SQL (T-SQL) language. Changes include the introduction of new datatypes to store large values using the MAX indicator, the integration of enhanced XML querying and data modification with XQuery, and the new XML datatype. John Papa Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5dfe7752-17f3-4b16-a53c-e8f555d2469f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5dfe7752-17f3-4b16-a53c-e8f555d2469f March 2006<br/><br/>In the January 2006 issue, Don Box and Dharma Shukla introduced Windows® Workflow Foundation and discussed the overall architecture of the framework and its constituent components (see WinFX Workflow: Simplify Development With The Declarative Model Of Windows Workflow Foundation). Dino Esposito Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b5a5683e-e804-4fe3-8976-2a6042b90cef http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b5a5683e-e804-4fe3-8976-2a6042b90cef March 2006<br/><br/>Before you can test any software system effectively, you must understand the system under test. If the system includes the Microsoft® . NET Framework, understanding the system under test includes understanding its assembly and method dependencies. James McCaffrey Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4da60cab-4f9c-4c78-9e7b-8e91ed378849 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4da60cab-4f9c-4c78-9e7b-8e91ed378849 March 2006<br/><br/>In my last column, I showed the various thread synchronization mechanisms employed by the Microsoft® . NET Framework (see Concurrent Affairs: Performance-Conscious Thread Synchronization). I then examined the performance characteristics of all these mechanisms and determined that the Interlocked methods performed the best because the calling thread never has to transition to kernel mode. Jeffrey Richter Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/caf66bd6-aebc-4800-beed-9f6f7754d121 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/caf66bd6-aebc-4800-beed-9f6f7754d121 March 2006<br/><br/>Visual Studio 2005 brought so many new features to the table that it can seem almost overwhelming. One of the most exciting additions is the new unit testing features found in the Test menu on the main menu bar. John Robbins Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79acfe59-cf23-43fc-b648-7438d733a28b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79acfe59-cf23-43fc-b648-7438d733a28b March 2006<br/><br/>.NET Matters: Abortable Thread Pool Stephen Toub Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0059422a-f2b5-4865-840b-8b988903b1b7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0059422a-f2b5-4865-840b-8b988903b1b7 March 2006<br/><br/>Last month I answered a question about implementing native events in C++ (see C++ At Work: Event Programming). I discussed events in general and showed how to use an interface to define event handlers for your class that clients must implement to handle events. Paul DiLascia Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1eacac23-7d06-41cd-abe2-e448dc5b9854 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1eacac23-7d06-41cd-abe2-e448dc5b9854 March 2006<br/><br/>If you develop software for a large company, you've undoubtedly experienced the joys of dealing with "Legal. " The meetings, the endless explanations, the long waits. I'm here to report from the other side. Don McGowan Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f30fc2cc-a5ec-488d-af4e-efdb50d29c6e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f30fc2cc-a5ec-488d-af4e-efdb50d29c6e February 2006<br/><br/>Windows Communication Foundation unifies the existing suite of .NET distributed technologies into a single programming model to improve the developer experience. This article introduces WCF so you'll be prepared to take advantage of all the new capabilities. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0773da41-9b97-4cec-ab7b-bcfa1bbb8646 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0773da41-9b97-4cec-ab7b-bcfa1bbb8646 February 2006<br/><br/>UDP, the lesser-known sibling of TCP, is used for DNS resolution, SNMP network status, Kerberos security, digital media streaming, VoIP, and lots more. Learn how to put UDP to work for you. Yaniv Pessach Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7be7ab20-a98a-4bff-99f4-5aa59e19ad94 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7be7ab20-a98a-4bff-99f4-5aa59e19ad94 February 2006<br/><br/>In artificial intelligence, an agent is a logical entity that has some level of autonomy within its environment or host. A mobile agent has the added capability that it can move between hosts. In this article Matt Neely brings mobile agents from the halls of academia to a dev shop near you. Matt Neely Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21e7b0d0-a8fd-45b4-bffc-8744d6cb0b1f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21e7b0d0-a8fd-45b4-bffc-8744d6cb0b1f February 2006<br/><br/>This article describes the WSE policy framework, which allows you to describe constraints and requirements a Web service must enforce. Discussions include security scenarios in WSE 3.0 and extending the framework with custom constraints and requirements. Tomasz Janczuk Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dfcc6377-ee3f-42ae-bf9e-60d245052ef6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dfcc6377-ee3f-42ae-bf9e-60d245052ef6 February 2006<br/><br/>Smart client apps use local resources, provide a rich client experience, and support intelligent install mechanisms. Web services offer powerful interoperability and integration features. Find out how to combine them to develop integrated apps that incorporate data from disconnected sources. Carl Nolan Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ecadc1f7-ebec-4cac-ac3d-9ff6d1c7d71a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ecadc1f7-ebec-4cac-ac3d-9ff6d1c7d71a February 2006<br/><br/>Build a Visual Basic add-in that lets you copy C# code and paste it into Visual Studio as Visual Basic using the code converter of your choice. Scott Swigart shows you how. Scott Swigart Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1da39758-27c2-454e-8348-e80997e5ba80 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1da39758-27c2-454e-8348-e80997e5ba80 February 2006<br/><br/>We'd like to have a word about product code names this month. Scott Swigart Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e6cff0e-c256-41e0-9842-30f2b20fb8b2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e6cff0e-c256-41e0-9842-30f2b20fb8b2 February 2006<br/><br/>Microsoft® Office is one of the most well-known and most-used consumer products. For many people, their only experience with a computer is when using Office, be it checking e-mail, creating presentations, or writing a document. Scott Mitchell Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2082b853-9530-48e6-97de-1e7256c9ee2b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2082b853-9530-48e6-97de-1e7256c9ee2b February 2006<br/><br/>When you begin to work with the Microsoft® . NET Framework 2. 0 and ASP. NET, you discover that the new Web Parts infrastructure adds some very powerful functionality to the underlying platform. In the September 2005 issue of MSDN®Magazine, Fritz Onion and I have an article on programming Web Parts titled "ASP. Ted Pattison Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a292f4cd-abcd-4da2-9c07-a3bf9bf86197 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a292f4cd-abcd-4da2-9c07-a3bf9bf86197 February 2006<br/><br/>Visual Studio is a wonderful development environment, whose IntelliSense®, integrated debugging, online help, and code snippets help boost your performance as a developer. But just because you're writing code fast doesn't mean you're writing fast code. Claudio Caldato Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1445acb0-ea2b-4378-bc60-33dff679a5bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1445acb0-ea2b-4378-bc60-33dff679a5bd February 2006<br/><br/>In ASP. NET and Windows Forms projects, some file types are treated differently than others. For example, ASPX and ASCX files are dynamically parsed and compiled to an assembly on the fly. The contents of an XML Schema Definition (XSD) file are used to create a new, strongly typed DataSet-based object at design time. Dino Esposito Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/93141926-f7a1-4b81-9908-bb2b9355f6cc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/93141926-f7a1-4b81-9908-bb2b9355f6cc February 2006<br/><br/>Now that ASP.NET 2.0 is a shipping product, it seems appropriate to revisit an issue that tops the new features wish lists of many developers: a SQL Server™ site map provider. Jeff Prosise Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/735bd274-5dbf-483c-800a-55f604908b5d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/735bd274-5dbf-483c-800a-55f604908b5d February 2006<br/><br/>If you're wondering where Stan Lippman is, we're happy to report that he has graciously granted us the use of his column this month to talk about some of the recent work the Visual C++ team has been doing to improve developer productivity. Boris Jabes and Ameya Limaye Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05827dc1-abb8-457f-a998-0e05a24eef0c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/05827dc1-abb8-457f-a998-0e05a24eef0c February 2006<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Event Programming Paul DiLascia Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d42e6a40-e8ea-4bcd-a7ec-685db06fdd43 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d42e6a40-e8ea-4bcd-a7ec-685db06fdd43 February 2006<br/><br/>The GUI is the interface of choice for scenarios when the user has a large keyboard, mouse, and display. But most cell phones have just a keypad and a small display. Drivers want to get directions without taking their eyes off the road or their hands off the wheel. Alex Acero Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa61390b-0feb-49eb-a81c-1006fe7e4ad4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa61390b-0feb-49eb-a81c-1006fe7e4ad4 January 2006<br/><br/>Windows Workflow Foundation allows you to write workflow-based programs in terms of domain-specific activities that are implemented in CLR-based programming languages such as C# and Visual Basic. Here Don Box and Dharma Shukla get you started. Don Box and Dharma Shukla Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/25773c4b-57b8-4faf-8779-2ec8f7cdf125 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/25773c4b-57b8-4faf-8779-2ec8f7cdf125 January 2006<br/><br/>The Windows Presentation Foundation provides new techniques for UI-based developing applications and makes better use of current hardware and technologies. In this article, Ian Griffiths and Chris Sells explain 10 of the most significant advances that make WPF superior to its Win32 predecessors. Ian Griffiths and Chris Sells Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ef45d32-65c5-45c9-8a8e-d3ccc00ea197 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ef45d32-65c5-45c9-8a8e-d3ccc00ea197 January 2006<br/><br/>Windows Vista includes a built-in speech recognition engine exposed through a number of new APIs that will let your users interact with your app using speech rather than a keyboard or mouse. Here Robert Brown explains speech recognition and introduces you to the APIs to use in your upcoming Windows Vista applications. Robert Brown Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c22baf67-e4a5-4bb4-a0b7-5d220c593f31 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c22baf67-e4a5-4bb4-a0b7-5d220c593f31 January 2006<br/><br/>Windows Vista includes improved document technology called the XML Paper Specification that is designed to provide users with a consistent document appearance regardless of where and how the document is viewed, solving the age-old problem of document portability and display consistency. Here Bob Watson explains. Bob Watson Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/64889d0e-7d2c-4461-9d33-afd3d7700099 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/64889d0e-7d2c-4461-9d33-afd3d7700099 January 2006<br/><br/>Visual Studio 2005 introduces a new model that lets you define your own project templates and starter kits, something developers have been requesting for some time. Here Matt Milner shows you how to consume, create, and customize these templates. Matt Milner Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ec942509-e6e2-4669-8928-022b17cb49a9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ec942509-e6e2-4669-8928-022b17cb49a9 January 2006<br/><br/>Everybody's talking about unit testing and you want to get into the game too. But you don't want the tests to take up all your development time and energy. Fortunately Roy Osherove is here to dispel some testing myths and put you on the road to efficient unit testing. Roy Osherove Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abe827b0-933a-4480-8346-8c200049827c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abe827b0-933a-4480-8346-8c200049827c January 2006<br/><br/>As we head into the cold winter months, we've got great content to keep you warm! You might wonder why I started this Editor's Note with such a tired intro, but we have a reason. We're covering a lot of fresh, exciting new material this month, and we didn't want to upstage the good news. Roy Osherove Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5c5a8b6-5906-498a-b415-28badd246f1a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5c5a8b6-5906-498a-b415-28badd246f1a January 2006<br/><br/>Developers have a number of tools at their disposal, but which of these components do you really need to complete your project? Each month we'll analyze the latest software and books to see if they merit inclusion in your toolbox. Scott Mitchell Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9fc0587-2a9b-4c70-b52b-5094a22b9d5d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9fc0587-2a9b-4c70-b52b-5094a22b9d5d January 2006<br/><br/>After receiving a late-breaking news bulletin at magazine headquarters early this month stating that the Web is just a fad that will never amount to anything, we have reluctantly decided to retire our venerable Web Q&A column and replace it with one we like to call Dev Q&A. Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94e78710-6345-4d45-a6a3-be6eda4ef5db http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94e78710-6345-4d45-a6a3-be6eda4ef5db January 2006<br/><br/>The common language runtime (CLR) sits at the very heart of managed code. Indeed, it is the heart of managed code, so to understand managed code you need to understand the CLR. Kit George Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/196e6e82-0b5f-4950-8e12-6f2dc56180de http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/196e6e82-0b5f-4950-8e12-6f2dc56180de January 2006<br/><br/>Several significant enhancements have been made to ADO. NET 2. 0 in the areas of improved performance, increased flexibility, and added features. In my last column (Data Points: DataSet and DataTable in ADO. John Papa Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5046c39c-b214-4d26-aaf9-f114f19cd0f2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5046c39c-b214-4d26-aaf9-f114f19cd0f2 January 2006<br/><br/>So you've got a burning desire to accompany your application's splash screen with a rousing chorus of "Funky Cold Medina" (that's Tone Loc for those of you who aren't children of the 80s). Prior to working with Visual Studio® 2005, adding even simple tunes and system sounds to your application could be a challenge. Brad McCabe Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0db9f51e-16cc-477c-b585-9a079edea08c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0db9f51e-16cc-477c-b585-9a079edea08c January 2006<br/><br/>In ASP. NET 2. 0, the GridView and DetailsView controls are designed to work together. They don't merely provide complementary services, they also share a number of helper classes and components. The output of the GridView control consists of a sequence of rows, each with a fixed number of columns. Dino Esposito Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c87b57b7-e83d-456e-b26e-331ab0529c2d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c87b57b7-e83d-456e-b26e-331ab0529c2d January 2006<br/><br/>The release of the Microsoft® . NET Framework 2. 0 reshapes the Web services landscape in several interesting, and perhaps confusing, ways. So this month I'm going to field some of the most common questions related to ASP. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f61c451-e41b-4788-8141-522e7c22708a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f61c451-e41b-4788-8141-522e7c22708a January 2006<br/><br/>As I write this column, the release candidates of the Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio® 2005 have just come out, and by the time you read this, they will both already be on the shelves. It feels like it's been a long time coming. Fritz Onion Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dfbcf6cb-6c4d-4a55-87aa-6f8aaa3ef8d8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dfbcf6cb-6c4d-4a55-87aa-6f8aaa3ef8d8 January 2006<br/><br/>Do you have a Web site or other system that deals in secrets of any sort? It seems like every time I give a security talk, people ask how to deal with the sticky problem of storing secrets. Connection strings with passwords are an obvious problem. Keith Brown Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3741d81f-aba3-4ae7-b538-6203f1b250be http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3741d81f-aba3-4ae7-b538-6203f1b250be January 2006<br/><br/>.NET Matters: Iterating NTFS Streams Stephen Toub Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3840c7b4-08ed-40aa-ab45-d6b2350b28ec http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3840c7b4-08ed-40aa-ab45-d6b2350b28ec January 2006<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Installing a Hook, Strings in Managed C++, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f6631a4-3e42-4118-ae7e-a6553c8a045b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f6631a4-3e42-4118-ae7e-a6553c8a045b January 2006<br/><br/>Injecting parallelism into your app is easy—managed code offers things like explicit threading and a thread pool for that. Ensuring your code remains correct when run in parallel, on the other hand, is not quite so simple. Joe Duffy Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f10f2ad4-0f4b-4e65-8c8e-9dded2f13f0f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f10f2ad4-0f4b-4e65-8c8e-9dded2f13f0f Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>The My Namespace is best described as a speed-dial for the .NET Framework. It provides an intuitive navigation hierarchy that exposes existing .NET functionality through easily understood root objects. Here Duncan Mackenzie explains it all. Duncan Mackenzie Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/41f05151-a2c1-4842-8de1-f8e88d67cde2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/41f05151-a2c1-4842-8de1-f8e88d67cde2 Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>C++/CLI is a self-contained, component-based dynamic programming language that, like C# or Java, is derived from C++. In fact, you can look at it as a natural step in the evolution of C. Stanley Lippman, who was there from the beginning, provides some insight. Stanley B. Lippman Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85503bb9-eb85-4c69-8195-cb9c2f0ff67c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85503bb9-eb85-4c69-8195-cb9c2f0ff67c Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>In this article Juval Lowy describes how exciting new features in Visual Studio 2005, that will improve your overall productivity compared to the first version of C#, so you can write cleaner code faster. Juval Lowy Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3efd8def-3e84-4029-a62a-58b9568075b4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3efd8def-3e84-4029-a62a-58b9568075b4 Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>Generics are an extension of the CLR type system that allow developers to define types for which certain details are left unspecified. These details are specified when the code is referenced by consumer code, making for enhanced flexibility. Jason Clark explains how. Jason Clark Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bda7cf51-8f18-436c-b054-38f7a168c97a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bda7cf51-8f18-436c-b054-38f7a168c97a Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>The System.Windows.Forms namespace has increased by approximately 134 percent over the .NET Framework 1.1. There are 446 new public types; 113 existing types have been updated with new members and values; 218 types have been carried over from the original namespace. Read about it here. Chris Sells and Michael Weinhardt Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cec9e8ce-907b-40b7-983a-b954a6879cfd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cec9e8ce-907b-40b7-983a-b954a6879cfd Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>ASP.NET 2.0 aims to reduce the amount of code required to accomplish common Web programming tasks by 70 percent or more. New services, controls, and features make it almost as dramatic an improvement to ASP.NET 1.x as that was to ASP Classic. Here Jeff Prosise explores the new features. Jeff Prosise Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/89f00ed3-b496-4cf4-b416-9d096899484c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/89f00ed3-b496-4cf4-b416-9d096899484c Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>The.NET Framework 2.0 got quite a few security enhancements. This month Keith takes you on a whirlwind tour of the goodies you'll find there. Keith Brown Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b7e522cb-2433-4713-9063-1fe77c2157a9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b7e522cb-2433-4713-9063-1fe77c2157a9 Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>In this article, Chris Menegay shows you how to use Team System throughout your software development lifecycle. He covers both the client tools available with Visual Studio Team Suite and the server features enabled by Team Foundation Server. Chris Menegay Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4992628-aef4-4ee0-8b86-81e2ece0142c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4992628-aef4-4ee0-8b86-81e2ece0142c Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour 2006<br/><br/>2005 was a truly exciting year for us here at MSDN Magazine. We launched a new magazine. We covered all sorts of amazing advances for the programmer, courtesy of Visual Studio 2005. We lost a couple of weeks, because of that dodgy falafel cart on 49th Street. Chris Menegay Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d5c2354d-838b-4963-8e40-57f047b29acc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d5c2354d-838b-4963-8e40-57f047b29acc December 2005<br/><br/>Power to the Pen: The Pen is Mightier with GDI+ and the Tablet PC Real-Time Stylus Charles Petzold Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f31c230-4210-49e5-ae85-7516a3f3a2ce http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f31c230-4210-49e5-ae85-7516a3f3a2ce December 2005<br/><br/>Here Juval Lowy discusses the benefits you'll get when you implement transactions in your non-database applications, with a little help from volatile resource managers in the .NET Framework 2.0. Juval Lowy Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45fc7d63-7c0d-4b05-9aaf-f1f33b81c8a0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45fc7d63-7c0d-4b05-9aaf-f1f33b81c8a0 December 2005<br/><br/>Creating UI controls on the fly can be accomplished via run-time code generation. And there are lots of reasons to do so. Generating these controls once and then reusing them as needed is more efficient than generating the controls each time. Read on. Morgan Skinner Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc39b55e-ef50-4579-b374-121ec65d83ae http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc39b55e-ef50-4579-b374-121ec65d83ae December 2005<br/><br/>System.DirectoryServices is a managed code layer on top of Active Directory Service Interfaces, and you can employ it to better manage Active Directory from your code. Here Ethan Wilansky helps you get started. Ethan Wilansky Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/231ac1c8-fd90-4f68-b198-b660f7c2da21 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/231ac1c8-fd90-4f68-b198-b660f7c2da21 December 2005<br/><br/>James Avery does it again with his popular list of developer tools. This time he covers the best Visual Studio add-ins available today that you can download for free. James Avery Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94e49211-1b24-4dc1-8948-4e731c2d3c0d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94e49211-1b24-4dc1-8948-4e731c2d3c0d December 2005<br/><br/>Back in the September 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine, we offered advice to our readers on how to become a guru. Perhaps "guru" is too strong a word, but it conveys the essence of our thoughts on the subject. James Avery Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/92f8e53e-2a55-414a-ae60-e0b50dcb04c6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/92f8e53e-2a55-414a-ae60-e0b50dcb04c6 December 2005<br/><br/>Databeacon Smart Client software allows users to perform data analysis, turning relational data from any data source into online analytical processing (OLAP) cubes that can be explored and manipulated using one of three Databeacon viewers. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc2c3eab-4687-4d6b-aa50-be63955357b0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cc2c3eab-4687-4d6b-aa50-be63955357b0 December 2005<br/><br/>If you're like me, you regularly do tech-support for family, friends, and neighbors. You can't go to a party without hearing the familiar refrain: "I've just got a quick question. " It's always something—their Internet connections get dropped, they've got a virus, they can't install some piece of hardware, or some file has gone missing. Ken Getz Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/96954d27-b4d7-4a76-8cff-f86fc54669d2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/96954d27-b4d7-4a76-8cff-f86fc54669d2 December 2005<br/><br/>Paradoxes are fun. In this month's column I show you three interesting cases that can occur when you are performing software testing. They're fundamentally mathematical in nature, and they can be a useful addition to your troubleshooting arsenal. James McCaffrey Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58aa3302-407b-46d7-a608-ca85353e1772 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58aa3302-407b-46d7-a608-ca85353e1772 December 2005<br/><br/>ASP. NET 1. x introduced some powerful and useful data-bound controls. However, none were designed specifically to manage the view of a single record. When you build master/detail views, you need to display the contents of a single record. Dino Esposito Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c39d4910-5376-4272-99a7-6e11a6f64bff http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c39d4910-5376-4272-99a7-6e11a6f64bff December 2005<br/><br/>In my last column, I provided a brief introduction to BizTalk® Server 2004 for XML developers (see Service Station: An XML Guru's Guide to BizTalk Server 2004, Part I). I covered the product evolution, core architecture, and several aspects of the underlying messaging layer, all of which have helped make BizTalk Server 2004 the powerful integration technology it is today. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d3fba35-f9f7-4aad-9d03-8c9a66069385 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d3fba35-f9f7-4aad-9d03-8c9a66069385 December 2005<br/><br/>.NET Matters: BigInteger, GetFiles, and More Stephen Toub Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9e3f19c-6c28-4f09-a0b1-145b1c3aaab8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9e3f19c-6c28-4f09-a0b1-145b1c3aaab8 December 2005<br/><br/>A funny thing happened to templates on their way to the common language runtime (CLR)—they lost their {type} identity. This is analogous to what happens with macros under native programs. Just as the C/C++ compilers have no awareness of macro preprocessor expansions, the CLR has no awareness of template instantiations. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d58edacf-828c-44e9-9d79-74410f9810a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d58edacf-828c-44e9-9d79-74410f9810a3 December 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Layered Windows, Blending Images Paul DiLascia Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d203bb26-b92c-4711-a1e0-0904980b93f8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d203bb26-b92c-4711-a1e0-0904980b93f8 December 2005<br/><br/>The Authenticode dialog box that users see when they download software from the Internet, asking them if they trust the publisher and want to install the software is, in my opinion, a useless and annoying waste of time that provides no safety whatsoever. David S. Platt Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56e11458-9bf7-4814-89bf-c361a84aa374 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56e11458-9bf7-4814-89bf-c361a84aa374 November 2005<br/><br/>Unlike role-based security measures, code access security is not based on user identity. Instead, it is based on the identity of the code that is running, including information such as where the code came from. Here Mike Downen discusses the role of code access security (CAS) in .NET and outlines some key new features and changes in CAS for the .NET Framework 2.0. Mike Downen Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/818cdfda-6c30-4e0b-b365-90b613d5855e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/818cdfda-6c30-4e0b-b365-90b613d5855e November 2005<br/><br/>When you allow your application to run arbitrary code through an add-in, you may expose users to unknown code, running the risk that malicious code will use your application as an entry point into the user's data. There are several techniques you can use to reduce the attack surface of your application, which Shawn Farkas discusses here. Shawn Farkas Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/beac2e5e-c347-44f5-b875-091c0322ab1c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/beac2e5e-c347-44f5-b875-091c0322ab1c November 2005<br/><br/>Ensuring the security of a Web application is critical and requires careful planning throughout the design, development, deployment, and operation phases. It is not something that can be slapped onto an existing application. In this article, Mike Volodarsky outlines best practices that allow you to take advantage of the security features of ASP.NET 2.0 and IIS 6.0 to build and deploy more secure Web applications. Mike Volodarsky Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e8a14df4-1160-4ab1-86c9-d9a69ccd6155 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e8a14df4-1160-4ab1-86c9-d9a69ccd6155 November 2005<br/><br/>Here Dino Esposito and Andrea Saltarello cover the plumbing of the Membership API and its inherently extensible nature, based on pluggable providers. To demonstrate the features, they take an existing ASP.NET 1.x authentication mechanism and port it to ASP.NET 2.0, exposing the legacy authentication mechanism through the new Membership API. Dino Esposito and Andrea Saltarello Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8980a491-84f2-4e46-9fd3-6c0f80fd5519 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8980a491-84f2-4e46-9fd3-6c0f80fd5519 November 2005<br/><br/>In this article, Niels Flensted-Jensen demonstrates how you can combine new and existing Microsoft technologies with minimal new code to provide flexible authorization for individual Web service methods. Windows 2003 Authorization Manager, Web Service Enhancements 3.0, and Enterprise Library all play a part. Niels Flensted-Jensen Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e958eb21-170b-4a39-8773-b0fae6303c9e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e958eb21-170b-4a39-8773-b0fae6303c9e November 2005<br/><br/>In this article, Microsoft security expert Michael Howard outlines how to apply the Security Development Lifecycle to your own software development processes. He explains how you can take some of the lessons learned at Microsoft when implementing SDL and use them in your own development process. Michael Howard Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a494ea7-1b29-4c6b-9d13-f8cef951b42c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a494ea7-1b29-4c6b-9d13-f8cef951b42c November 2005<br/><br/>Every year at this time, we bring you our now-famous security issue. We recognize the vast importance of writing and deploying secure code—it affects so many areas of concern—which is why we devote an entire issue each year to the topic. Michael Howard Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0dac1c8c-1742-4f76-91a7-3e512dc83926 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0dac1c8c-1742-4f76-91a7-3e512dc83926 November 2005<br/><br/>Code refactoring is defined as the act of changing code without changing what it does. The actual work involved in refactoring—extracting methods from oversized modules, tidying up and unifying variable names, identifying unhandled exceptions, and all the other cleanup, simplification, and standardization chores—can be daunting, indeed, and risky too. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/be85fcec-18c2-4a7b-90bd-f1a907f2e881 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/be85fcec-18c2-4a7b-90bd-f1a907f2e881 November 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: ASP.NET Session State, Validation, DataGrids, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02a0deea-dcb4-430d-9096-71dad2204f2e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/02a0deea-dcb4-430d-9096-71dad2204f2e November 2005<br/><br/>ADO. NET 2. 0 sports some exciting enhancements to the core classes found in ADO. NET 1. x and introduces a variety of new classes, all of which promise to improve performance, flexibility, and efficiency. John Papa Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c80396b8-3d29-4098-9e34-51b636a055aa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c80396b8-3d29-4098-9e34-51b636a055aa November 2005<br/><br/>If you are just now migrating from Visual Basic® 6. 0 to Visual Basic . NET, be prepared for a change, because the way you program file I/O is very different. The good news is that an idiosyncratic, proprietary approach has been replaced by an elegant and reusable one that has become an industry standard. Ted Pattison Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT