http://www.msdnmagazine.com Thank You for subscribing to our RSS Feed. en-us © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:10 GMT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:10 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 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b6d15c5-c9f5-4a87-a36a-640b1fe25f71 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b6d15c5-c9f5-4a87-a36a-640b1fe25f71 November 2005<br/><br/>It's much easier to build a rich user interface into your Web application in ASP. NET 2. 0 than it was in previous versions. Master Pages let you build pages based on existing templates of markup and code. Dino Esposito Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f90b086d-3b04-4523-bb61-f30ad7b3a93d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f90b086d-3b04-4523-bb61-f30ad7b3a93d November 2005<br/><br/>Who would have believed that XML, such a seemingly trivial technology, could revolutionize an industry? It may have seemed like a long shot in the beginning, but the XML aficionados saw something special and pragmatic right away—a sort of duct tape for the world's information systems. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3937744-2142-4e64-965e-7657f5073b34 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3937744-2142-4e64-965e-7657f5073b34 November 2005<br/><br/>Those of you who have been reading this old Bugslayer column over the last nine years have branded into your frontal lobe a single word: ASSERT! Anytime you can have the code tell you about a problem instead of having to find it by slaving away with a debugger is a huge timesaver. John Robbins Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7930301-b5c6-40ba-b3f2-97b8f832528c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7930301-b5c6-40ba-b3f2-97b8f832528c November 2005<br/><br/>I've been spending a lot of time lately building secure Web services with the Microsoft® . NET Framework 2. 0, and Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3. 0 has been a lifesaver for me, so I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate a column to security features in this new product. Keith Brown Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ea99a3e-72b9-40fa-bc5d-70d0daff8952 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ea99a3e-72b9-40fa-bc5d-70d0daff8952 November 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Disabling Print Screen, Calling Derived Destructors, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ddccf828-b8dd-4494-bd1e-e7a9ea7c136d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ddccf828-b8dd-4494-bd1e-e7a9ea7c136d November 2005<br/><br/>Phoenix is neither a compiler nor a JITer, but will eventually transform both. It is the codename for an internal Microsoft project that provides an extensible framework for the analysis, optimization, and modification of code during compilation. Guy Eddon Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c886f5c7-e7aa-4e64-853a-212d31c24d65 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c886f5c7-e7aa-4e64-853a-212d31c24d65 October 2005<br/><br/>Because the use of low-lock techniques in your application significantly increases the likelihood of introducing hard-to-find bugs, it is best to use them only when absolutely necessary. Here Vance Morrison demonstrates the limitations and subtleties low-lock techniques so that if you are forced to use them you have a better chance of using them correctly. Vance Morrison Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/937c0dd3-a9f0-4081-8529-e2611ebf55ca http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/937c0dd3-a9f0-4081-8529-e2611ebf55ca October 2005<br/><br/>Reliability requires the capacity to execute a sequence of operations in a deterministic way, even under exceptional conditions. This allows you to ensure that resources are not leaked and that you can maintain state consistency without relying on application domain unloading (or worse, process restarts) to fix any corrupted state. Unfortunately, in the.NET Framework, not all exceptions are deterministic and synchronous, which makes it difficult to write code that is always deterministic in its ability to execute a predetermined sequence of operations. In this article Stephen Toub will show you why, and explore features of the .NET Framework 2.0 that help you to mitigate these situations and write more reliable code. Stephen Toub Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39b2981f-713a-44ba-a936-4145b9923178 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/39b2981f-713a-44ba-a936-4145b9923178 October 2005<br/><br/>Having more than one CPU core on a single chip makes a system with a processor with two cores operate just like a dual-processor computer, and a system with a processor with four cores operate like a quad-processor computer, so you get much better performance. But if your application does not take advantage of these multiple cores, you may not reap the benefits. OpenMP helps you create multithreaded C++ applications more quickly so the benefits of multithreading can be realized. Kang Su Gatlin and Pete Isensee Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/464e906c-24ab-48e0-bf24-829e2b7e9354 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/464e906c-24ab-48e0-bf24-829e2b7e9354 October 2005<br/><br/>The upcoming Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 adds a number of globalization features that address the important issues of extensibility, standards support, and migration. Here authors Michael Kaplan and Cathy Wissink explain what these features mean to your globalization effort. Michael Kaplan and Cathy Wissink Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ee60b53c-e9ad-452f-98c9-be8585a73299 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ee60b53c-e9ad-452f-98c9-be8585a73299 October 2005<br/><br/>In today's security-conscious environments, a reliable audit trail is a valuable forensic tool The Windows Server 2003 operating system provides features that let you enable a wide range of applications to make use of auditing functionality. This article looks at auditing from the operating system perspective and describes a sample managed code implementation that will allow you to add auditing to your own server applications. Mark Novak Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/513326a8-fe2b-4016-b8d8-450c9b781015 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/513326a8-fe2b-4016-b8d8-450c9b781015 October 2005<br/><br/>In our first 20 years in print, we have covered a lot of new product releases. Back in the 1980s and 1990s it was a series of OSs that drove developer innovations. However, in the past five years the programming landscape has changed. Joshua Trupin Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/efc3b907-9978-4b8c-af6e-e95351e6d811 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/efc3b907-9978-4b8c-af6e-e95351e6d811 October 2005<br/><br/>ActiveReports for . NET 2. 0 by Data Dynamics is written in C# and integrates with the Visual Studio® . NET development environment to let you create dynamic reports and charts. Drop the Report Viewer control on your Windows® Form or Web Form, specify the data source and authentication information for the data connection wizard, and it builds the connection string for you. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d11a147-7e60-4567-b538-7cfe1d8e293e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d11a147-7e60-4567-b538-7cfe1d8e293e October 2005<br/><br/>My four-year-old son has decided that he wants to be like his dad when he grows up. He is planning to work in my office, and write computer programs just like I do. But there is one problem—he thinks I write games. Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e9a72ea6-5c9c-4f8b-923a-f70b3dfdf1ff http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e9a72ea6-5c9c-4f8b-923a-f70b3dfdf1ff October 2005<br/><br/>E nterprise applications can have a wide variety of data update requirements. Sometimes you need to save multiple rows of changes at once within a single transaction. Other times, the user must be allowed to enter multiple rows of data, send them to the database in a batch; and if a row or two fails, only the rows that succeeded should be committed and remain committed. John Papa Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebb1dea7-2dfb-4cb8-b9ff-3f9de416243a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebb1dea7-2dfb-4cb8-b9ff-3f9de416243a October 2005<br/><br/>In my childhood I spent several weeks a year in Holland with my extended family. As a young American boy I was fascinated with the electric Dutch trains, something we didn't see in my hometown of Dallas, Texas. Rob Howard Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ae2227b7-a7a3-435a-a33c-9d2b8faaa45e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ae2227b7-a7a3-435a-a33c-9d2b8faaa45e October 2005<br/><br/>As Web applications have become more complex, testing them has become more important. There are many testing techniques available to you. For example, in the April 2005 issue of MSDN®Magazine, I describe a simple JScript®-based system that can test a Web app through its UI by using the Internet Explorer Document Object Model. James McCaffrey Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c8037c1-1140-4a49-9d8e-b4ab878effcd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c8037c1-1140-4a49-9d8e-b4ab878effcd October 2005<br/><br/>Personalization is growing to be more and more of an essential ingredient in many types of Web apps, including portals and shopping sites. Without it, it's quite difficult to serve your customers efficiently. Dino Esposito Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5137b7e3-e8f5-4dde-a165-d20af4b807ac http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5137b7e3-e8f5-4dde-a165-d20af4b807ac October 2005<br/><br/>ASP.NET 2.0 is replete with new features ranging from declarative data binding and Master Pages to membership and role management services. But my vote for the coolest new feature goes to asynchronous pages, and here's why. Jeff Prosise Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1113abeb-8d92-4329-a668-2c9bd6356c89 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1113abeb-8d92-4329-a668-2c9bd6356c89 October 2005<br/><br/>In my career, I have architected and implemented many thread synchronization techniques. This has provided me with a lot of experience that has shaped the way I now think about thread synchronization problems. Jeffrey Richter Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bdcb3352-97d8-43d0-89a0-a38eab98097b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bdcb3352-97d8-43d0-89a0-a38eab98097b October 2005<br/><br/>.NET Matters: NamedGZipStream, Covariance and Contravariance Stephen Toub Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf9d659c-7484-41d7-8c0a-531e9c692996 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf9d659c-7484-41d7-8c0a-531e9c692996 October 2005<br/><br/>As I promised last time, in this month's column I'll walk through the process of defining and invoking a generic or template function under C++\CLI. A function template or a generic function begins with the template or generic keyword followed by its parameter list. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6b247480-5e1e-46c9-9008-854856d26c73 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6b247480-5e1e-46c9-9008-854856d26c73 October 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Writing, Loading, and Accessing Plug-Ins Paul DiLascia Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62f1b8a3-9ac9-4858-ac8e-39d38094cfb8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62f1b8a3-9ac9-4858-ac8e-39d38094cfb8 October 2005<br/><br/>For the past few years, it has become fashionable to embrace a dynamic language such as Perl, PHP, Python, or Ruby. While I'll admit to having a short but pleasurable tryst with Ruby, I believe I have found true love in the dialect of Lisp called Scheme. Don Box Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1a158a6-87e5-45ed-bdd8-7c5b616c18fb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1a158a6-87e5-45ed-bdd8-7c5b616c18fb September 2005<br/><br/>ASP.NET provides a number of ways to maintain user state, the most powerful of which is session state. This article takes an in-depth look at designing and deploying high-performance, scalable, secure session solutions, and presents best practices for both existing and new ASP.NET session state features straight from the ASP.NET feature team. Mike Volodarsky Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ff037d64-7aed-48cd-af19-9ad5249c9296 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ff037d64-7aed-48cd-af19-9ad5249c9296 September 2005<br/><br/>ASP.NET 2.0 introduces a Web Part control that is designed to deal with the serialization, storage, and retrieval of customization and personalization data behind the scenes. In this article, the authors explain how you can put the WebPart control to work in your ASP.NET 2.0 applications. Ted Pattison and Fritz Onion Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/36ff1531-0098-4971-8891-0442156a7656 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/36ff1531-0098-4971-8891-0442156a7656 September 2005<br/><br/>The current version of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) satisfies many current and future manageability requirements. In this article Michael Jurek demonstrates how WMI provides important system management capabilities and develops a WMI-aware monitoring solution you can use to instrument your ASP.NET applications. He then introduces the capabilities of MOM 2005 that allow you to monitor these instrumented applications. Michael Jurek Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3447a0de-264f-4dd6-9181-0f7e8d99c3bc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3447a0de-264f-4dd6-9181-0f7e8d99c3bc September 2005<br/><br/>SQL Server 2005 offers a completely redesigned SQL Server Integration Services engine, formerly known as Data Transformation Services. It includes many new features such as built-in support for Fuzzy Lookups and Fuzzy Groupings, which help you build powerful data-cleansing solutions. This article provides an overview of fuzzy searching techniques and a dissection of the underlying fuzzy search technology implemented in SQL Server 2005. Jay Nathan Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9aa6444-d91f-48d1-92eb-885ddb084c8d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9aa6444-d91f-48d1-92eb-885ddb084c8d September 2005<br/><br/>With the .NET Framework and GDI+, you can easily add elements of style to your applications. You can use transparency, irregularly shaped windows, notification icons, toast pop-ups, different color schemes, and lots more. Designed well, these techniques can create much more compelling interactions between your application and your users. This article explains how. Bill Wagner Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a332651-f8b0-460a-947b-41efb86fba16 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a332651-f8b0-460a-947b-41efb86fba16 September 2005<br/><br/>Here in the pages ofMSDN Magazine, we cover a lot of topics that developers can use every day to further their careers. This month, however, we'll look at a more basic question: how does an average developer win fame and recognition as a guru on the programming scene?. Joshua Trupin Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6675ed84-48c2-4631-a6b3-cbd10a5bf7be http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6675ed84-48c2-4631-a6b3-cbd10a5bf7be September 2005<br/><br/>From my first look at VG. net V2. 4b by Prodige Software Corporation, it seemed like just another typical graphics add-on, but as I discovered what a potent tool it is for Visual Studio® . NET graphical interface development, I became more and more impressed. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/790270a5-9b8d-499a-9429-99b5010695b1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/790270a5-9b8d-499a-9429-99b5010695b1 September 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Smart Navigation, ASP.NET Project Structure, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad8a6039-2737-4ffd-8751-13362dfd7270 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad8a6039-2737-4ffd-8751-13362dfd7270 September 2005<br/><br/>Forms are an essential piece of ASP. NET—the ASP. NET Web programming model itself wouldn't be possible without forms. The use of forms is not constrained in pure HTML, but it is subject to some restrictions in ASP. Dino Esposito Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e746b9d-8a4f-4d91-97b8-472d2f4f5697 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e746b9d-8a4f-4d91-97b8-472d2f4f5697 September 2005<br/><br/>On the conference circuit recently, I was speaking about some of my favorite new features in the Microsoft® . NET Framework 2. 0, using the content of three recent columns in this series as fodder. In my talk I sped through generics, operator overloading, and the BackgroundWorker component, all in the space of an hour (for the columns, see Advanced Basics: Being Generic Ain't So Bad, Advanced Basics: Calling All Operators, and Advanced Basics: Doing Async the Easy Way). Ken Getz Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94e2dc89-161a-4015-8d48-4f9552125a18 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/94e2dc89-161a-4015-8d48-4f9552125a18 September 2005<br/><br/>There are several ways to test a Windows®-based application through its user interface. For example, in the January 2005 issue of MSDN®Magazine (Test Run: Lightweight UI Test Automation with . NET) I described a lightweight technique for testing . James McCaffrey Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/150cb018-259b-45e6-a5c3-036172ab7128 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/150cb018-259b-45e6-a5c3-036172ab7128 September 2005<br/><br/>Today there is a greater focus than ever on reusing existing components and wiring together disparate components to form a cohesive architecture. But this wiring can quickly become a daunting task because as application size and complexity increase, so do dependencies. Griffin Caprio Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/150501e4-3ae4-4b9b-ab09-3b54eafbff39 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/150501e4-3ae4-4b9b-ab09-3b54eafbff39 September 2005<br/><br/>I get loads of security questions from friends and former students, and recently I've gotten a number of questions about building secure data-driven Web sites for internal enterprise systems. I've decided to answer them here to hopefully save you some headaches in your own projects. Keith Brown Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c83a35e-6909-46b9-99e0-c782ae87a5fc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c83a35e-6909-46b9-99e0-c782ae87a5fc September 2005<br/><br/>.NET Matters: Stream Decorator, Single-Instance Apps Stephen Toub Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4ea2be7d-8691-4a1d-a915-8af30a013e3c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4ea2be7d-8691-4a1d-a915-8af30a013e3c September 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Copy Constructors, Assignment Operators, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/328264ba-1de6-4c24-9b42-09c20ddaa723 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/328264ba-1de6-4c24-9b42-09c20ddaa723 September 2005<br/><br/>HIV is a major global health problem, with over 40 million people infected worldwide. Biomedical researchers are working to create a vaccine that would be effective against many different strains, taking into account all the individual differences in people's immune systems. Nebojsa Jojic and David Heckerman Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d51384fa-4347-4d5f-9e2f-ad4988c597f7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d51384fa-4347-4d5f-9e2f-ad4988c597f7 August 2005<br/><br/>Multithreading offers lots of benefits, but it's not a technique you can employ willy nilly without first learning about all the potential pitfalls. To get you started, Vance Morrison covers multithreading and the shared memory threading model, race conditions and how concurrent access can break invariants. He also discusses how to use locks so you can understand the costs involved. Vance Morrison Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/912e4c4c-f309-4a6e-94af-8c3310c1f443 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/912e4c4c-f309-4a6e-94af-8c3310c1f443 August 2005<br/><br/>Proxy settings can be a real pain in the neck and very frustrating for users to configure properly. In this article, Durgaprasad Gorti discusses how you can use automatic proxy configuration via script and how it works in the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0. Durgaprasad Gorti Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a81628a4-e4a0-4fd3-af9e-4c4b8ffb7141 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a81628a4-e4a0-4fd3-af9e-4c4b8ffb7141 August 2005<br/><br/>In this article, Paul Ballard shows how you can provide data binding support for your custom collections to enable sorting, searching, and editing in as simple a manner as possible. In addition, he shows how to make all of these features available in the Windows and Web Forms Designers, just like an ADO.NET DataSet. Paul Ballard Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f7d8c04-2ab2-4ae5-9427-4ecbad7db645 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f7d8c04-2ab2-4ae5-9427-4ecbad7db645 August 2005<br/><br/>The Win32 Windows Sockets library (Winsock) provides mechanisms to improve the performance of programs that use sockets, and the Microsoft .NET Framework provides a layer over Winsock so that managed applications can communicate over sockets. To use all these layers to write a truly high-performance socket-based application requires a little background information, as Daryn Kiely explains here. Daryn Kiely Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4787ee8-c5c8-45f8-aef3-25e09e5ef6b2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4787ee8-c5c8-45f8-aef3-25e09e5ef6b2 August 2005<br/><br/>The User Interface Process Application Block (UIP) from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices team can help you isolate your UI, write unit tests for your UI logic, and write a UI that really is the thin layer it was always meant to be. Mark Seemann shows you how it's done in this article. Mark Seemann Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/98bfd4b0-734a-4a64-94b1-af3b6b58945e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/98bfd4b0-734a-4a64-94b1-af3b6b58945e August 2005<br/><br/>Last month, we told you about a contest to help design the next-generation PC hardware and we know you're working feverishly on your entries for that. Well, this month we have news of an even more exciting competition—one that MSDN Magazine is proudly co-sponsoring. Joshua Trupin Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e591b5d0-6d7a-415b-8c43-2d7db639cab3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e591b5d0-6d7a-415b-8c43-2d7db639cab3 August 2005<br/><br/>Tired of spending oodles of time trying to reproduce bugs so you can then fix them? RadViewSoftware Inc. has a new addition to their Web application function and load testing tools that captures everything that goes on at the client and the server in synchronized logs. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3d02e531-02e3-4c57-8c64-fad0ef3fd583 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3d02e531-02e3-4c57-8c64-fad0ef3fd583 August 2005<br/><br/>In my last column, I discussed Microsoft® Application Center Test and how it could be used to measure the performance of your Web application (see Extreme ASP. NET: Tools of the Trade: Application Center Test). Rob Howard Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c8c0589-7a3f-4d5c-8962-7cadcc004ed4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c8c0589-7a3f-4d5c-8962-7cadcc004ed4 August 2005<br/><br/>In the May 2005 Basic Instincts column I wrote about the Microsoft® . NET Framework support for custom attributes and attribute-based programming (see Basic Instincts: Designing With Custom Attributes). Ted Pattison Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3316ccec-40e9-4b1d-b50d-d94713ee69db http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3316ccec-40e9-4b1d-b50d-d94713ee69db August 2005<br/><br/>Last month I explored the foundation of the Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block (DAAB) including how it all fits into an architecture (see Data Points: The Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block, Part 1). John Papa Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53781685-4081-4c33-accd-f1461ae45e0c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53781685-4081-4c33-accd-f1461ae45e0c August 2005<br/><br/>In software, five years is like a geological era. Five years ago, the Microsoft® . NET Framework had just been announced. Since then, the DataSet has emerged as the key object for performing a variety of data-related tasks in . Dino Esposito Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54b0862b-65c0-4654-bcc9-046a274f6a8e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54b0862b-65c0-4654-bcc9-046a274f6a8e August 2005<br/><br/>The Microsoft® . NET Framework provides you with many ways to write software test automation. But in conversations with my colleagues I discovered that most engineers tend to use only one or two of the many fundamental test harness design patterns available to them. James McCaffrey and James Newkirk Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0100a01d-5805-493f-acc6-7c7ce31f4cfc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0100a01d-5805-493f-acc6-7c7ce31f4cfc August 2005<br/><br/>In some of my past columns on service orientation and contract-first development, I've mentioned the new suite of designers, formerly codenamed "Whitehorse," that are part of Visual Studio® Team edition for Software Architects Team System. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d49eee9c-cf55-4ac7-8d66-d95e10c2a6e0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d49eee9c-cf55-4ac7-8d66-d95e10c2a6e0 August 2005<br/><br/>As I discussed in my last column, a param-eterized type that does more than simple storage and retrieval is constrained as to the acceptable types that may be safely bound to it (see Pure C++: CLR Generics Versus C++ Templates. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4013faf-70b4-4776-aef0-e1c3e49a9b4b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4013faf-70b4-4776-aef0-e1c3e49a9b4b August 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Dialog Templates, RegexTest Paul DiLascia Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a1c9ddb9-b4b1-4de5-955f-c262cd602406 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a1c9ddb9-b4b1-4de5-955f-c262cd602406 August 2005<br/><br/>It seems that at least twice a week, I am asked about poor performance in Managed DirectX®. This frequency is actually a big improvement over the 5-10 times a week I was asked a few years ago when the technology first came out. Tom Miller Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb17729a-1889-460b-b135-87ebcf7a0680 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb17729a-1889-460b-b135-87ebcf7a0680 July 2005<br/><br/>Starting in Visual Studio 2005, XML documentation support will become available in Visual Basic and C++ as it has been for C#. However, making full use of the many comment tags will take a little extra work In this article, the author shows how Visual Studio macros can be used to automate the creation of XML documentation and creates macros that write large sections of comments with just a keystroke. Tony Chow Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62ae5cad-7361-4a3c-949f-293863b818f0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62ae5cad-7361-4a3c-949f-293863b818f0 July 2005<br/><br/>Windows Forms 2.0 components expose smart tags by utilizing Designer Actions. By taking advantage of this feature, you can add smart tags to your own custom components to make setting their properties and other actions much easier and developer-friendly. Michael Weinhardt Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/76f01b43-c0a6-44e0-b189-e2ae64fa8e0d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/76f01b43-c0a6-44e0-b189-e2ae64fa8e0d July 2005<br/><br/>With reflection in .NET, you can load types, understand their members, make decisions about them, and execute, all within the safety of the managed runtime. But to use this power wisely, it's important to understand the associated costs and pitfalls to keep performance impact at a minimum. This article explains how. Joel Pobar Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d37ad8d3-712e-4781-9faf-ca71b0e74da6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d37ad8d3-712e-4781-9faf-ca71b0e74da6 July 2005<br/><br/>Underlying the My namespace's APIs is a fully extensible architecture you can leverage to customize the behavior of My and to add new services to its hierarchy to adapt to specific application needs. the My namespace is optimized to provide simple solutions to common problems. But if your requirements are different, you can use the My namespace's customization model to modify the behavior of individual My namespace members to meet specific application requirements. Joe Binder Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fad863c5-1ba2-4084-a2a9-c7b3984a9b80 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fad863c5-1ba2-4084-a2a9-c7b3984a9b80 July 2005<br/><br/>In this article, the author presents a basic overview of several common design patterns and how they are used in the .NET Base Class Library and other areas of the .NET Framework. You'll discover some of the motivation for why the Framework is designed the way it is, and come away with a better understanding of the abstract concepts of the patterns themselves. Rob Pierry Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31b51bc4-f677-49db-b02e-22e421d46b34 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31b51bc4-f677-49db-b02e-22e421d46b34 July 2005<br/><br/>Errors happen. But in production, error logs often provide little or no help in pinpointing the exact line of code in which the problem originates. You can't usually isolate the root cause by modifying code in a production environment because recreating the exact same environment is very difficult due to the large number of potential software and hardware configurations. This article provides some concrete steps you can take to get at the heart of the problems in your production code. Matt Adamson Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd44fc9a-7435-458c-95bb-cbffddd67dc6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd44fc9a-7435-458c-95bb-cbffddd67dc6 July 2005<br/><br/>While spending some idle moments poking around on the Web between working on articles the other day, we ran across a design challenge that Microsoft is co-sponsoring. Along with the IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America), Microsoft is inviting all you designers out there to draw up plans for the next-generation PC. Joshua Trupin Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55553c69-8f3e-4351-97af-b7dcacefe298 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55553c69-8f3e-4351-97af-b7dcacefe298 July 2005<br/><br/>r.a.d.controls by telerik gives you an impressive set of great looking interface components, Visual Studio® .NET design-time support, cross-browser compatibility, keyboard support, and data binding. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1310d404-3fa8-43bc-a29a-681da0170e86 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1310d404-3fa8-43bc-a29a-681da0170e86 July 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Web Page Layout, Quirks Mode, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/747082df-3f22-4c67-a182-2eeb9c71eada http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/747082df-3f22-4c67-a182-2eeb9c71eada July 2005<br/><br/>Hansel and Gretel had the right idea when "they followed the pebbles that glistened there like newly minted coins, showing them the way. " The deeper you get into the forest or into your data, the more likely you are going to need help to find your way back out again. Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a82e6983-227e-46c8-8bda-3043473b554b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a82e6983-227e-46c8-8bda-3043473b554b July 2005<br/><br/>In the past, I've covered some core aspects of the interaction between DHTML behaviors, the browser, and ASP. NET runtime (see Cutting Edge: Extend the ASP. NET DataGrid with Client-side Behaviors and Cutting Edge: Moving DataGrid Rows Up and Down). Dino Esposito Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6144c59f-f40c-4589-9dc2-91fd91c3ae9c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6144c59f-f40c-4589-9dc2-91fd91c3ae9c July 2005<br/><br/>A solid data access later (DAL) can benefit an application by hiding redundant tasks, helping handle exceptions more gracefully, helping clean up resources more efficiently, and providing a layer of abstraction from the database. John Papa Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/10114dfe-6ed8-46af-b0cc-61d449a01563 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/10114dfe-6ed8-46af-b0cc-61d449a01563 July 2005<br/><br/>By now, you've certainly heard about the big changes coming in Visual Studio® 2005, but when it's time to move your code over it will be the small things that trip you up. In this column, I want to cover two of the many excellent changes that you could easily overlook as you make the move to the new runtime and development tools. John Robbins Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/503048a9-2fe1-415c-83e3-0f5be627b7b5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/503048a9-2fe1-415c-83e3-0f5be627b7b5 July 2005<br/><br/>.NET Matters: StringStream, Methods with Timeouts Stephen Toub Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b86c2bd9-dc14-44bc-8c4d-c1053822e741 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b86c2bd9-dc14-44bc-8c4d-c1053822e741 July 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Enum Declarations, Template Function Specialization Paul DiLascia Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4748bbc5-ad1f-442d-9c06-43172512eaf6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4748bbc5-ad1f-442d-9c06-43172512eaf6 July 2005<br/><br/>After five years of guiding generics for the Microsoft® . NET Framework into Visual Studio® 2005, I've turned my attention to attempting to achieve a synthesis between type-safe, scalable, math-oriented scripting and programming for . Don Syme Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3a623ec7-7c74-45d9-b029-3962d4fe332a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3a623ec7-7c74-45d9-b029-3962d4fe332a June 2005<br/><br/>Get a peek at the new security features in SQL Server 2005 from a developer's point of view. While there are lots of admin enhancements, there are also plenty of dev-specific security improvements you can take advantage of, such as endpoint authentication and support for the security context of managed code that executes on the server. Here Don Kiely elucidates. Don Kiely Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c67949de-53de-4a5d-860e-87f76dd3a0b1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c67949de-53de-4a5d-860e-87f76dd3a0b1 June 2005<br/><br/>If you want to employ unit testing and test-driven development techniques in your database application development process, you'll have different factors to consider than you do when you're not involving a database. For example, you have to maintain a consistent state within the database and be able to roll back transactions when necessary. This article shows you how to get the best of unit testing for your database apps in a safe, usable manner. Roy Osherove Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bafff4e3-64fb-44f7-a460-bde0db9eb7ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bafff4e3-64fb-44f7-a460-bde0db9eb7ab June 2005<br/><br/>By now, you're certainly collecting a variety of data from your Web site. But once you collect it, what do you do with it. For it to be meaningful, this data must be categorized and analyzed. The SQL Server 2005 data mining functionalities can help you get the most out of those reams of data you collect, as Peter Pyungchul Kim explains. Peter Pyungchul Kim Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17c78083-be38-4a42-9342-5f1e32c5e43d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/17c78083-be38-4a42-9342-5f1e32c5e43d June 2005<br/><br/>Analysis Management Objects (AMO) for SQL Server 2005 facilitates client-side custom programming as Decision Support Objects (DSO), the object model in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services. With AMO, a whole range of data mining questions can be answered at the operational level. This means that sales and marketing departments get answers more quickly and thus can make informed decisions. Liu Tang and Paul Bradley Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/921d50c6-22a8-460f-898d-d9bc177f921a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/921d50c6-22a8-460f-898d-d9bc177f921a June 2005<br/><br/>In this article, the author explores the hyper-threading technology found on newer Intel Pentium 4 processors and demonstrates how adding parallelism to your code can improve performance on hyper-threaded machines. He covers advanced optimizations for hyper-threading and shows a number of useful patterns. Code samples are in C#, but you can apply the same principles in other languages as they apply to both managed and unmanaged applications. Yaniv Pessach Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7f7ec66-7709-4a82-98cf-7a1591cd3f9a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7f7ec66-7709-4a82-98cf-7a1591cd3f9a June 2005<br/><br/>You may use them every day, but how much do you really know about events? What's going on when you add an event handler to a class? In this article, Ken Getz demonstrates various ways to interact with events and event handlers, and shows how they can solve common problems. Along with the article, you can download two sample applications (one for Visual Basic .NET 2002 and 2003 and one for Visual Basic 2005) and follow along. Ken Getz Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8eb7b8cf-3194-464c-a8a4-fc1cfd33690c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8eb7b8cf-3194-464c-a8a4-fc1cfd33690c June 2005<br/><br/>Here at MSDN Magazine, we get a lot of mail from readers. As you can imagine, much of it involves fulsome praise for our content, our eye-catching covers, or the handsome photo that now graces this page. Joshua Trupin Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00734c1c-16aa-40e5-a92a-c473a277b346 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00734c1c-16aa-40e5-a92a-c473a277b346 June 2005<br/><br/>A few months ago I had a large SQL Server™ asset management database into which I had to import data from text files in daily batches. I needed to tweak the tables, add some queries, and generate new reports. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9329a49a-c848-4f32-b0d1-24bb1144ae98 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9329a49a-c848-4f32-b0d1-24bb1144ae98 June 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Locking Pop-Up Blocker, Mixed Authentication, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b46b75a9-2dcb-4aad-9c4d-7dd3d377c86b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b46b75a9-2dcb-4aad-9c4d-7dd3d377c86b June 2005<br/><br/>The ASP. NET Repeater is a basic container control that allows you to create custom lists from any data available to the page. It's a handy control, especially since most ASP. NET pages that display data need to repeat the same kinds of data over and over. Dino Esposito Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54ddf1ff-c112-4401-a633-e94a37433607 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54ddf1ff-c112-4401-a633-e94a37433607 June 2005<br/><br/>One of the features that distinguishes Visual Basic® from the other languages in Visual Studio® is its use of a background compiler (BC). The BC runs from the moment you start up a Visual Basic project until the time you close the last one down. Matthew Gertz Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4cadda77-6f18-4ae5-8f12-10e25f36951d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4cadda77-6f18-4ae5-8f12-10e25f36951d June 2005<br/><br/>SQL Server™ 2000 includes several XML features that let you transform relational rowsets into hierarchical XML documents, read XML documents, and bulk load data via XML. For example, you can pass an XML document to a stored procedure, join the XML to some tables and return a rowset, or even modify data in the database. John Papa Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2337bd6-173d-4e59-b285-a72259b89b9d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2337bd6-173d-4e59-b285-a72259b89b9d June 2005<br/><br/>In my May 2005 column, I discussed contract-first development and appropriate times to use it (see Service Station: Contract-First Service Development). In this second part, I'm going to focus on some techniques for contract-first development within the ASMX framework. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/83e1ec51-db8d-4943-b0bc-f248808e55a4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/83e1ec51-db8d-4943-b0bc-f248808e55a4 June 2005<br/><br/>When you sit down to write an ASP. NET application, how much time do you spend thinking about performance? It's unfortunate, but for most developers performance is an afterthought. Performance planning and design really need to be front and center. Rob Howard Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bab06d02-5ce8-4b98-a8ab-847e2d58f620 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bab06d02-5ce8-4b98-a8ab-847e2d58f620 June 2005<br/><br/>Most software testing takes place at a relatively low level. Testing an application's individual methods for functional correctness is one example. However, some important testing must take place at a very high level—for example, determining if a current build is significantly better overall than a previous build. James McCaffrey Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d007dbdc-3e77-4a7b-9de5-db458d2bdf77 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d007dbdc-3e77-4a7b-9de5-db458d2bdf77 June 2005<br/><br/>GINA, the Graphical Identification and Authentication component, is a part of WinLogon that you can customize or replace. Last month I introduced GINA customization; this month, I'm going to drill down to implement each of the GINA entry points. Keith Brown Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6898f4ec-6519-41bc-a217-c405875c3f9e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6898f4ec-6519-41bc-a217-c405875c3f9e June 2005<br/><br/>In the February 2005 issue, I introduced five lesser-known features of ASP. NET 2. 0 that have the potential to make a significant impact on the security, performance, and robustness of your code (see Wicked Code: Five Undiscovered Features on ASP. Jeff Prosise Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/78f186f0-7cb3-44ec-a293-4b86cb26ec25 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/78f186f0-7cb3-44ec-a293-4b86cb26ec25 June 2005<br/><br/>Visual Studio® 2005 brings the type parameter model of generic programming to the Microsoft® . NET Framework. C++/CLI supports two type parameter mechanisms—common language runtime (CLR) generics and C++ templates. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53a3a443-993e-4cfc-9b60-0f3974a660ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53a3a443-993e-4cfc-9b60-0f3974a660ab June 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Counting MDI Children, Browsing for Folders Paul DiLascia Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3327b9c-b3ff-4901-a940-d91f565ace3e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a3327b9c-b3ff-4901-a940-d91f565ace3e June 2005<br/><br/>Creating a typeface that's truly readable on a screen is much more complex than people realize. The average core font in Windows®, for instance, has about 25,000 lines of executable code as well as the outline and other data. Bill Hill Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac8a50d0-f893-4056-9120-758ad791b359 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac8a50d0-f893-4056-9120-758ad791b359 May 2005<br/><br/>There's lots to explore in the .NET Framework 2.0, and plenty of digging to be done. If you want to get your hands dirty and learn some of the internals that will carry you through the next few years, you've come to the right place. This article explores CLR internals, including object instance layout, method table layout, method dispatching, interface-based dispatching, and various data structures. Hanu Kommalapati and Tom Christian Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4e25a451-bf10-4089-aec9-cb95fe4cb229 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4e25a451-bf10-4089-aec9-cb95fe4cb229 May 2005<br/><br/>Before the Microsoft .NET Framework, creating a distributed cluster of computers to perform scientific analysis was expensive in terms of hardware, programming and debugging time, and maintenance. You had to purchase expensive servers, spend time debugging network communication, design a distributed system completely different from a system deployed locally, and maintain a melting pot of error handling, data acquisition, networking, and analysis code. In this article, the author shows you how he was able to engineer a distributed computing system in C# to perform analysis of real-world data continuously acquired at high sampling rates, thanks to the .NET Framework. Nate D'Anna Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/184e3dc1-d605-4948-8a0d-631ef7ee7172 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/184e3dc1-d605-4948-8a0d-631ef7ee7172 May 2005<br/><br/>In this article, the winning Windows Forms duo of Chris Sells and Michael Weinhardt team up again to explore lots of new features and additions to Windows Forms 2.0 that will let you build more flexible, feature-rich controls, get better resource management, more powerful data-binding abilities, and make your development life a whole lot more fun. Michael Weinhardt and Chris Sells Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6572ad89-1c20-49dc-b546-6687dc7eb052 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6572ad89-1c20-49dc-b546-6687dc7eb052 May 2005<br/><br/>When Visual Studio 2005 ships, it will include a major upgrade to the Visual C++ Libraries that was the result of a complete security review of the functions contained in the C Runtime Library, Standard C++ Library, ATL, and MFC. From that extensive review came the Safe C and C++ Libraries, which can improve the security and robustness of your apps. Martyn Lovell Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f3e8882-8f0f-4b93-9c5e-c6d64d74af17 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f3e8882-8f0f-4b93-9c5e-c6d64d74af17 May 2005<br/><br/>Pattern recognition is an increasingly complex field. Every day technologies like handwriting recognition, spam filters, and search engines must identify ever more complicated patterns. One way these complex relationships can be represented is through the use of neural networks. Find out what neural networks can do for your pattern recognition and prediction tasks. Christopher M. Frenz Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d90c087c-cd6f-44b2-878a-f15219c9b822 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d90c087c-cd6f-44b2-878a-f15219c9b822 May 2005<br/><br/>There are some people who have little curiosity about the world around them. They drive to work without asking why their airbag light is on. They work all day, never once wondering why their computer goes through periods where it's slow as a snail. Joshua Trupin Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f9a81a51-fee3-4643-a0e9-be14a3130737 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f9a81a51-fee3-4643-a0e9-be14a3130737 May 2005<br/><br/>Visual Build Professional 5. 6 by Kinook Software is a management solution for developers writing programs for Microsoft® Windows® and the Web that lets you create an automated, repeatable process for building your software. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d56efd03-bd53-483d-976e-5e582e18c636 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d56efd03-bd53-483d-976e-5e582e18c636 May 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: ASP.NET Performance, Notification, Keeping Sort Order, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3a1c9ca7-38c3-4d69-bd8d-4962dfbad836 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3a1c9ca7-38c3-4d69-bd8d-4962dfbad836 May 2005<br/><br/>When it's time to design the Data Access Layer (DAL) of your distributed Microsoft® . NET Framework-based app, one of the key decisions you'll make is how you'll pass data to and from methods of DAL classes. Dino Esposito Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7b2aad9-0120-4020-9011-8be56efb96b0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7b2aad9-0120-4020-9011-8be56efb96b0 May 2005<br/><br/>When your goal is a scalable and efficient enterprise solution, you need to develop an efficient data-access strategy. You can't just do some testing on your production machines and rely on the results. John Papa Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/10f3a9d9-ab4a-44c5-b754-fbb1b0c10406 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/10f3a9d9-ab4a-44c5-b754-fbb1b0c10406 May 2005<br/><br/>In one of my previous columns on Service Orientation (SO), I introduced the concept of "contract-first" service development (see Service Station: SOA: More Integration, Less Renovation). Over the next two installments of this column, I'm going to cover the topic in depth. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21d944e7-a669-4493-9e68-d009c1e37cf7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21d944e7-a669-4493-9e68-d009c1e37cf7 May 2005<br/><br/>Having worked for so many years designing and developing ASP. NET while at Microsoft, it's exciting now to have a venue in which to talk about it. In this new column, Extreme ASP. NET, I'll discuss and demonstrate time-tested techniques and approaches to implementing high-performance, reliable, secure, and user-friendly Web applications with ASP. Rob Howard Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/28600c90-bfc2-4110-838d-aac9740296ed http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/28600c90-bfc2-4110-838d-aac9740296ed May 2005<br/><br/>One of the most powerful aspects of the Microsoft® . NET Framework is its support for attributes. Attribute-based programming is extremely powerful because it adds a declarative dimension to designing and writing software. Ted Pattison Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31210e54-100f-4abc-897d-0163479cf7e0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31210e54-100f-4abc-897d-0163479cf7e0 May 2005<br/><br/>Over the years I've had many people ask me to write about GINA, the Graphical Identification and Authentication component that serves as the gateway for interactive logons. This month I'll begin my coverage of this topic to help you get started if you're tasked to build such a beast. Keith Brown Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abf504cb-c7b2-4f78-875d-8bcfb277c676 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abf504cb-c7b2-4f78-875d-8bcfb277c676 May 2005<br/><br/>In last month's . NET Matters column, I answered a question concerning the PropertyGrid control, specifically about using it with classes that expose fields instead of properties. I demonstrated how the ICustomTypeDescriptor interface in the Microsoft® . Stephen Toub Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb8569d1-5b51-4d3f-919a-b4ebe3978a88 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb8569d1-5b51-4d3f-919a-b4ebe3978a88 May 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Unreferenced Parameters, Adding Task Bar Commands, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c176097-52c7-4edb-b310-927d890d69b6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c176097-52c7-4edb-b310-927d890d69b6 May 2005<br/><br/>I was asked to reminisce about my experience as a software technical director on the Firebird segment of Disney's Fantasia 2000 in the special effects group. They're the group that puts the twinkle in Mickey's eyes, literally. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ecce8f9-b4a6-4b05-91d7-e18c81442258 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ecce8f9-b4a6-4b05-91d7-e18c81442258 April 2005<br/><br/>By now you're probably used to reaching into the .NET Framework using Managed Extensions with your C++ code. But what do you do if you have legacy apps that use older versions of the compiler, or if you want to avoid some of the CLR requirements? Well, you can wrap Framework classes in a native way so you can use them in any C++/MFC app without /clr. Paul DiLascia shows you how. Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/706c8e80-3334-4267-85b9-1da45fa768e9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/706c8e80-3334-4267-85b9-1da45fa768e9 April 2005<br/><br/>The .NET Framework 2.0 provides custom credentials management to ASP.NET apps out of the box. Using it, you can easily authenticate users without using Windows accounts. In this article the author presents a set of helper classes that let a Windows Forms application use the ASP.NET credentials management infrastructure as easily as if it were an ASP.NET application. Juval Lowy Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d0e27c9-8d1b-4ffa-b2e1-bf725cf37eed http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d0e27c9-8d1b-4ffa-b2e1-bf725cf37eed April 2005<br/><br/>In the .NET Framework 2.0, NGen has been greatly improved and offers a number of compelling new features to make it easier and faster to deploy high-performance managed applications. This article introduces some of these new features and explains how and when you should use NGen to improve the performance of your apps. Reid Wilkes Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bc39c7e-6be9-4041-83b4-b16358fec138 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bc39c7e-6be9-4041-83b4-b16358fec138 April 2005<br/><br/>DLL Hell that results from versioning conflicts is generally not a problem in .NET because components do not require registration, and are either totally isolated to an application or are managed in a well-defined side-by-side way with the help of the Global Assembly Cache. But if you're still using COM, wouldn't it be great if you could deploy your existing COM components using a model similar to the .NET Framework? In Windows XP, you can, and this article explains how. Dave Templin Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b55f0e2a-59d8-43f6-92ef-9a4cdf83e921 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b55f0e2a-59d8-43f6-92ef-9a4cdf83e921 April 2005<br/><br/>ADO.NET 2.0 will streamline your data access development efforts. Its new features let you work better with XML and SQL Server, and they offer lots of other improvements as well. This article takes a detailed look at some of the more interesting enhancements and focuses on performance and flexibility. Julia Lerman Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/defcda35-e825-4ae4-840b-8cfed12ea751 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/defcda35-e825-4ae4-840b-8cfed12ea751 April 2005<br/><br/>Visual Studio 2005 Team System includes tools to help project managers, architects, developers, testers, and even development managers. In this article, the author provides an overview of Team System using the Visual Studio 2005 December Community Technology Preview, shows you how to set up a development project, and explores the typical development process, from inception through testing. Chris Menegay Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6dd05658-cfda-4647-910c-0743f58fd8bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6dd05658-cfda-4647-910c-0743f58fd8bd April 2005<br/><br/>Microsoft Systems Journal (MSJ) was founded in 1986. At the time, no other publication focused specifically on the needs of programmers who were using Microsoft tools and technologies. Two issues were produced in the first year, each with five articles. Joshua Trupin Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f866dbcb-1ac0-4fea-8ab8-5d38eb600bce http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f866dbcb-1ac0-4fea-8ab8-5d38eb600bce April 2005<br/><br/>DbNetGrid. Net 2. 71 by DbNetLink Limited, is a Web-based grid component that works with DHTML behaviors that support both ASP and ASP. NET. The integrated DbNetGrid GUI designer application lets you create your grids without writing any code. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46f13e42-aea8-49bd-9515-0a0d296c508c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46f13e42-aea8-49bd-9515-0a0d296c508c April 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Get Authentication Type, Get Screen Resolution, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38e27bde-62a6-47f0-bf82-a7c6cd86cb95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38e27bde-62a6-47f0-bf82-a7c6cd86cb95 April 2005<br/><br/>Many applications need to store user-specific settings to be persisted between sessions. But how do you go about saving and restoring these settings in your Microsoft® . NET Framework-based application? It's not all that easy to find the correct answer. Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c8a63210-7ec6-4142-bcb4-a94a2c93a065 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c8a63210-7ec6-4142-bcb4-a94a2c93a065 April 2005<br/><br/>Grid controls are essential in many of today's apps. Until now, though, most developers using Visual Basic® have had to buy third-party components to get an effective, easy to use grid component. The Windows® Forms DataGrid turned out to lack too many features for the average developer. Dino Esposito Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8cc59706-570c-47f8-b05a-a514d9b79658 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8cc59706-570c-47f8-b05a-a514d9b79658 April 2005<br/><br/>The release of ASP. NET revolutionized Web development and made it easy to create full-featured Web applications. Visual Studio® 2005 and ASP. NET 2. 0 will let you add even more functionality to your applications, but the more features a Web application has, the more important testing becomes. James McCaffrey Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6e614ed-884d-4f72-a4a4-12a81cdcdb5f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d6e614ed-884d-4f72-a4a4-12a81cdcdb5f April 2005<br/><br/>Version 2. 0 of the Microsoft® . NET Framework makes numerous improvements at various levels in the Web services protocol stack. In addition, better tool support and an increased focus on interoperability make your life easier. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a2e524c-8148-4995-92ae-07dbf1785d06 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a2e524c-8148-4995-92ae-07dbf1785d06 April 2005<br/><br/>.NET Matters: ICustomTypeDescriptor, Part 1 Stephen Toub Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6f6aded9-f04f-44bd-884e-b58f280d63d2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6f6aded9-f04f-44bd-884e-b58f280d63d2 April 2005<br/><br/>Visual Studio® 2005 brings the type parameter model of generic programming to the Microsoft® . NET Framework. Parameterized types are, of course, standard fare for C++ programmers. So, for those who are unfamiliar with them, I'll give a brief introduction to generic programming in my next few columns. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0b410562-ebfb-4c65-9797-2f490bbcf202 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0b410562-ebfb-4c65-9797-2f490bbcf202 April 2005<br/><br/>I thought I'd use this month's column to describe an interesting app I built using the RegexWrap library described in my article "Wrappers: Use Our ManWrap Library to Get the Best of . NET in Native C++ Code" in this issue. Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9379097-cefe-475b-8dd3-42db85568fb0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9379097-cefe-475b-8dd3-42db85568fb0 April 2005<br/><br/>Metrics play an important role in our lives. Even if we don't realize it or characterize it as such, many daily activities have the potential to be quantified to some degree. So it's not surprising that metrics play an even greater role in the workplace, where there are goals and a bottom line and where much of a day's activity can be summarized in numbers. Stephen Toub Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1613d14c-c006-485a-839b-2d37538550b3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1613d14c-c006-485a-839b-2d37538550b3 March 2005<br/><br/>The very tools that have helped drive the growing adoption of Web services, and the enabling abstractions that they provide, can often prevent developers from peeking behind the curtains at the XML standards that make up the Web services stack. This article will offer a solution that enables type sharing between proxies created for complementary Web services, while at the same time providing an opportunity to examine the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) and its interaction with the Web services tools you know and love. Gerrard Lindsay Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f246ee0-39a0-4246-a2cf-3abf4dda0665 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f246ee0-39a0-4246-a2cf-3abf4dda0665 March 2005<br/><br/>In this article the author focuses on one critically important Web services specification that has been largely overlooked: the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS, or BPEL). He describes why BPEL is important and what it offers you if you are implementing Web services today or planning to in the future. Concrete examples using BizTalk Server 2004 are presented in the article. Jon Fancey Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/91ea3ce3-dc56-4cd3-a93e-abbd9650903b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/91ea3ce3-dc56-4cd3-a93e-abbd9650903b March 2005<br/><br/>If you want to schedule ASP.NET tasks, one solution is to use a Web service to provide an interface to your ASP.NET application and build a Windows service that calls to it at scheduled intervals. Thus the ASP.NET application doesn't have to own the scheduling logic. Here the author shows how to schedule your ASP.NET tasks using a Windows service to initiate the Web service call because Windows services can start themselves when Windows boots up. Andrew Needleman Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b985a596-36d5-4f05-85fb-aa6dcf8ccbcf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b985a596-36d5-4f05-85fb-aa6dcf8ccbcf March 2005<br/><br/>Web services use XML to communicate with each other. But sometimes the XML your service emits is not the same XML that another service is expecting. If you want to avoid the problems that this kind of situation can cause, you need to get good control over your XML serialization. Here author Chris Dix shows you exactly how to tackle this problem. Chris Dix Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d77892e-1645-4dd7-a7ba-9885eca52cb0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d77892e-1645-4dd7-a7ba-9885eca52cb0 March 2005<br/><br/>When the author was faced with implementing support for changing a security descriptor on an object, he noticed there was not support for that operation in .NET. So he devised two solutions to the problem: the first, simpler one, is tailored to the .NET Framework 1.1 and can be used today. The second solution incorporates several advanced features available only in the .NET Framework 2.0. Both are presented here. Mark Novak Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0235c0ea-7c64-4a42-943c-7e7e98b9abc4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0235c0ea-7c64-4a42-943c-7e7e98b9abc4 March 2005<br/><br/>CultureInfo is a complex .NET class whose objects are used for resource loading, formatting, parsing, casing, sorting, and other conventions that change as the language, location, or writing system is changed. It can be tricky to use correctly in every situation. Here Michael Kaplan explains some common scenarios in which you will use CultureInfo and provides information about the behavior, best practices, and consequences of a wrong decision. Michael Kaplan Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d394290-e1ef-4226-b994-4450c2eca8a0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d394290-e1ef-4226-b994-4450c2eca8a0 March 2005<br/><br/>This month in MSDN Magazine, we are looking at the world of Web services. But before we tell you all about this month's issue, we have a topic we would like to address. In fact, it's our civic duty to do so. Joshua Trupin Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6f90d7fd-c0ca-48b0-b3c7-2540c007d16e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6f90d7fd-c0ca-48b0-b3c7-2540c007d16e March 2005<br/><br/>XMLSpy 2005 by Altova is an XML development environment for modeling, editing, debugging, and transforming all XML technologies. It implements the W3C's new XSLT 2. 0 and XPath 2. 0 specs, and provides native support for XQuery 1. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8b885317-f1b2-49ec-8826-1288e4ae95e3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8b885317-f1b2-49ec-8826-1288e4ae95e3 March 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Data Integrity Over HTTP, IIS Credentials, DataGrids, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/db88957d-ade6-4348-8ff1-1715ed388d4f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/db88957d-ade6-4348-8ff1-1715ed388d4f March 2005<br/><br/>If you've been following Ted Pattison's excellent series of Basic Instincts columns on multithreading and asynchronous behavior, you should by now be an expert on handling the issues involved in working with multiple threads in Windows®-based apps. Ken Getz Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d27df0e9-2d08-4bd5-9e96-0a8716edf2ae http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d27df0e9-2d08-4bd5-9e96-0a8716edf2ae March 2005<br/><br/>Imagine opening your Inbox one morning and finding a message that reads "Dear Mr. DataGrid, I urgently need an ASP.NET DataGrid that lets my users move rows on the client. You're my last hope. Will you please help me?" Dino Esposito Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fdc608e1-a5a3-4b8e-85d0-285ade8e2160 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fdc608e1-a5a3-4b8e-85d0-285ade8e2160 March 2005<br/><br/>It's no exaggeration to say that Web services are revolutionizing application-to-application communication. Web services are already being used extensively in corporate intranet environments and are making their way into commercial use, too. James McCaffrey Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d853fb9-a017-4bb9-bf24-350ba389685c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6d853fb9-a017-4bb9-bf24-350ba389685c March 2005<br/><br/>I love the part of my job that lets me write code and develop software. In addition to those responsibilities, however, I manage a development organization that's working on a number of large strategic projects. Larry W. Jordan Jr. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e2ccfb3-cc49-4f01-baa2-198749cc6f6b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7e2ccfb3-cc49-4f01-baa2-198749cc6f6b March 2005<br/><br/>Access control lists (ACLs) can be complex beasts, and user interfaces for editing them are incredibly tricky to implement properly. That's why I was really excited when Windows® 2000 shipped with a programmable ACL editor, shown in Figure 1. Keith Brown Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8311fdf-6f16-4935-9142-28a1bc238dc9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8311fdf-6f16-4935-9142-28a1bc238dc9 March 2005<br/><br/>In debugging some large Microsoft® . NET Framework-based ap-plications over the last few months, I've been spending more time looking at mini dumps than at live processes. This is mainly because in those large applications problems surface when the apps are running in production and not on test systems. John Robbins Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b86c4a18-631b-4fe4-98f4-1b2a3e567751 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b86c4a18-631b-4fe4-98f4-1b2a3e567751 March 2005<br/><br/>C++ at Work: Making Static Links Keyboard-Capable, Launching URLs from Your App Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f485b10a-f44c-48e0-8081-0327676a9efc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f485b10a-f44c-48e0-8081-0327676a9efc March 2005<br/><br/>The common user interface technique of confirmation, popping a dialog box into the user's face and asking, "Are you really REALLY sure you want to do that?" is evil. It's unfriendly, it's distracting, and it's completely ineffective. David S. Platt Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1e111c19-000f-4837-8bc8-f7d606abc9df http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1e111c19-000f-4837-8bc8-f7d606abc9df February 2005<br/><br/>Often, IM conversations contain important information you'd like to keep and reuse. Fortunately, MSN Messenger 6.2 has a feature to keep a conversation history permanently in XML format. This article shows you how to leverage that conversation history by consolidating IM exchanges so they are indexed, searchable, and ultimately reusable using the Microsoft Office 2003 Research and Reference task pane. John R. Durant Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cbdafcdf-64b7-407a-aefb-842e875c4029 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cbdafcdf-64b7-407a-aefb-842e875c4029 February 2005<br/><br/>Excel 2003 lets you dynamically integrate the data provided by different Web services. It also lets you take advantage of the latest capabilities in Office 2003 to customize list views, graphs, and charts, and to catalog bulk items online or offline. Find out how you can makle the most of the data returned from your Web services with the Office 2003 Web Services Toolkit API. Alok Mehta Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c318df40-0b77-428d-87c3-51327a187274 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c318df40-0b77-428d-87c3-51327a187274 February 2005<br/><br/>Windows SharePoint Services helps improve collaboration and workflow while protecting documents and intellectual property. But one feature is conspicuously missing - an easy way to back up and restore deleted files from document libraries. In this article, the authors take advantage of the extensibility of WSS and its server-side and client-side object models to build a restore feature that works like the Recycle Bin in Windows Explorer. Maxim V. Karpov and Eric Schoonover Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3267f65a-b44c-40c0-9bbd-7ba4b8b9c880 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3267f65a-b44c-40c0-9bbd-7ba4b8b9c880 February 2005<br/><br/>While you may well be excited about the prospect of building managed smart tags, there is little information available to help you create them using .NET. In this article the author fills in the blanks. Along the way he discusses the Microsoft Office Smart Tag List XML schema, advanced managed smart tags for Office 2003 and Office XP, and deploying these features in an organization. Ben Waldron Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0b0087c1-855d-4fa8-aa77-bb86fb176e37 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0b0087c1-855d-4fa8-aa77-bb86fb176e37 February 2005<br/><br/>SQL Server 2005 Reporting Servicesis a great tool that offers a centralized approach to storing and rendering reports. It also lets users view and download reports without installing additional software. Plus, reports can be saved in any number of different formats using custom report renderers. In this article, the author will develop one such report renderer that outputs HTML reports, but the skills you'll learn can easily be used to create a renderer for Microsoft Word documents or any other format of your choosing. James Yip Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08dadb4b-d9c8-40df-97ca-56c3937436a6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08dadb4b-d9c8-40df-97ca-56c3937436a6 February 2005<br/><br/>For specification documents to be truly valuable, they need to give an accurate picture of all the requirements of a project. This article describes how the communication value of specification documents can be improved by permitting users to test the code under construction using the Framework for Integrated Test (FIT), an open-source tool. It also explains how you can build a Windows Forms application in C# (WinFITRunnerLite) that converts functional tests, as written by your customers using Excel, into a form that allows you to run them with FIT against the code you're developing. Will Stott Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0c5be160-d450-4cfd-8675-1eac46ba73bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0c5be160-d450-4cfd-8675-1eac46ba73bd February 2005<br/><br/>How long have you been reading MSDN Magazine? Did you start picking it up five years ago? Ten years ago when we were Microsoft Systems Journal? Even longer? If you've been reading our publication for a decade or more, you've seen a lot of changes in what's considered "cutting edge" development. Joshua Trupin Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ef2aa399-0619-4e0d-92f6-48d1aa808398 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ef2aa399-0619-4e0d-92f6-48d1aa808398 February 2005<br/><br/>Registry Medic 3.0, released by Iomatic, allows you to clean up your registry, improves PC performance, protects your machine from Trojans, and gets rid of those annoying start-up program artifacts that can be so hard to remove. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40480740-5b36-472b-a4f2-35b6e84342b7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40480740-5b36-472b-a4f2-35b6e84342b7 February 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: ActiveX Privileges, Making Icon Files, Sticky Sessions, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d35e0510-ada4-416b-b44b-c4384d1adf95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d35e0510-ada4-416b-b44b-c4384d1adf95 February 2005<br/><br/>This is the first installment of a new column about MSDN® projects: what we're doing, how we're doing it, and what we're learning along the way. It will be written by MSDN staff with the goal of sharing the team's experiences in solving the real-world business problems MSDN faces. Tim Ewald Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a532445-633d-41bd-952c-921719291fbb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a532445-633d-41bd-952c-921719291fbb February 2005<br/><br/>In several installments over the past year I have written about multithreading programming techniques in Visual Basic® . NET. In the September 2004 issue of MSDN®Magazine, I discussed the need for thread synchronization and how to write thread-safe code using monitors. Ted Pattison Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/241eea1c-948c-444c-b63c-dffb3e41bbb5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/241eea1c-948c-444c-b63c-dffb3e41bbb5 February 2005<br/><br/>The Microsoft® . NET Framework versions 1. 0 and 1. 1 represented major changes in software development. However, one important thing that did not change much was support for distributed transactions. John Papa Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e2243759-ebc5-4a0b-a5d3-553a94d638cd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e2243759-ebc5-4a0b-a5d3-553a94d638cd February 2005<br/><br/>Although the context menu is a common element of most desktop applications, it is still fairly uncommon in Web application names because it doesn't map well to a server-based technology like ASP. NET. Dino Esposito Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/47773113-6818-41a5-b1a5-4c511006afdf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/47773113-6818-41a5-b1a5-4c511006afdf February 2005<br/><br/>By now, developers everywhere have had the opportunity to download the first beta of the Microsoft® . NET Framework 2. 0. ASP. NET developers who have played with it are no doubt salivating at all the cool new features. Jeff Prosise Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7cdc3392-4e26-49b3-9f84-e056c60a8a20 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7cdc3392-4e26-49b3-9f84-e056c60a8a20 February 2005<br/><br/>Since the focus of this column is service-oriented architecture (SOA), I thought now might be a good time to step back and take a wide-angle look at the general concept and what it means to developers. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16f61bec-7aca-44e4-9651-f6b038bb9917 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16f61bec-7aca-44e4-9651-f6b038bb9917 February 2005<br/><br/>.NET Matters: File Copy Progress, Custom Thread Pools Stephen Toub Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fcebac7-5f6a-4454-a441-5134fd725d82 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fcebac7-5f6a-4454-a441-5134fd725d82 February 2005<br/><br/>Welcome to my first column for MSDN®Magazine. I had actually written a completely different first column—one on the new generic programming support in Visual Studio® 2005. Reviewing it, though, I realized that it left far too many unanswered questions. Stanley B. Lippman Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4b1189a-28d8-45f3-bcab-3bd5fe16b2ec http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e4b1189a-28d8-45f3-bcab-3bd5fe16b2ec February 2005<br/><br/>This month marks the 11th anniversary of my column and the inauguration of a new title: C++ At Work. We're also adding a new bimonthly column, "Pure C++," by my pal Stan Lippman, one of the great C++ Masters. Paul DiLascia Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e48efcd6-f9ca-4656-930d-891f7be7a2ca http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e48efcd6-f9ca-4656-930d-891f7be7a2ca February 2005<br/><br/>Some things just don't mix as well as you would like. Take C# and Microsoft® Excel 2003 or Word 2003, for example. Not only are these applications huge productivity tools, but they both also provide access to large object models that you can program against from your own applications. Ken Getz Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/372abbc5-636c-482d-8ebc-00d476326af8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/372abbc5-636c-482d-8ebc-00d476326af8 January 2005<br/><br/>Writing a Web application with ASP.NET is unbelievably easy. So many developers don't take the time to structure their applications for great performance. In this article, the author presents 10 tips for writing high-performance Web apps. The discussion is not limited to ASP.NET applications because they are just one subset of Web applications. Rob Howard Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2318f4dc-b98b-499f-9b3b-01ceadd9118b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2318f4dc-b98b-499f-9b3b-01ceadd9118b January 2005<br/><br/>Many programmers think that C++ gets good performance because it generates native code, but even if your code is completely managed you'll still get superior performance. In Visual Studio 2005, the C++ syntax itself has been greatly improved to make it faster to write. In addition, a flexible language framework is provided for interacting with the common language runtime (CLR) to write high-performance programs. Read about it here. Kang Su Gatlin Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e472b054-b416-40c9-b3e2-c0679b8ae7e0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e472b054-b416-40c9-b3e2-c0679b8ae7e0 January 2005<br/><br/>Managed applications rely on the garbage collector in the .NET Framework to allocate and clean up memory. The little CPU time spent performing garbage collection (GC) is usually a fair trade-off for not having to worry about memory management. But for applications in which CPU time and memory are precious resources, minimizing the time spent garbage collecting can greatly improve application performance and robustness. Find out how to manage memory all over again. Erik Brown Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/49c05713-7496-408f-8bf4-8806049f5a18 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/49c05713-7496-408f-8bf4-8806049f5a18 January 2005<br/><br/>The common language runtime (CLR) profiling API makes available information about the application domains, assemblies, and classes that are loaded and used in a process, just-in-time (JIT) compiler notifications, memory usage tracking, tracing of events, exception tracking, managed to unmanaged code transitions, and the state of the runtime. And if that weren't enough, you will find a nicely enhanced profiling API in the .NET Framework 2.0. Find out what's coming up in this next version. Jay Hilyard Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/95e320c8-8991-4ca0-9c53-0234fd2b67d1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/95e320c8-8991-4ca0-9c53-0234fd2b67d1 January 2005<br/><br/>Using .NET objects from ASP can help you gain experience with the .NET Framework before migrating to ASP.NET. Your ASP pages will make use of the new .NET components through COM-callable wrappers (CCW). But how will you handle exceptions? This article fills you in. Matt Adamson Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0f04839a-4136-418c-8149-26762f703ef8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0f04839a-4136-418c-8149-26762f703ef8 January 2005<br/><br/>This article examines seven characteristics of statics that will help you in your development. The discussion will touch on static constructors and how the C# and Visual Basic compilers work together with the runtime to implement additional safety behind the scenes. By the end of the article, you will come away with best practices for the use of static members and static classes in your apps. K. Scott Allen Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af380c66-9dd0-4906-9233-2347e5f79566 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af380c66-9dd0-4906-9233-2347e5f79566 January 2005<br/><br/>The world of software development is all about milestones. At the lowest level, a programmer has to create a certain set of functions in a fixed amount of time, and is then judged on this performance. Joshua Trupin Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/294d3fd5-7df9-4f35-a875-947085791d11 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/294d3fd5-7df9-4f35-a875-947085791d11 January 2005<br/><br/>Spices. VSIP. NET (Visual Studio Integration Pack), released by 9rays, is a set of plug-ins for Visual Studio® . NET that let you to add obfuscation, verification, modeling, and debugging to your assemblies built within the Microsoft® . Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7ca3e4c-9a86-4bdc-8b15-91620e910e35 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7ca3e4c-9a86-4bdc-8b15-91620e910e35 January 2005<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Caching and Expiration, Connection Pools, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4cff39a3-722b-4d95-9a62-47bbb5b3bcd6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4cff39a3-722b-4d95-9a62-47bbb5b3bcd6 January 2005<br/><br/>I have to admit it; most of my Windows® Forms controls are an attempt to copy something that already exists. In my October 2004 column I showed you how to create a progress bar that mimicked the one shown during the Windows XP setup routine, and this month I'm at it again. Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2057c19f-348f-4861-88ef-c1451f136d5e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2057c19f-348f-4861-88ef-c1451f136d5e January 2005<br/><br/>ASP. NET 2. 0 introduces a series of new tools that improve data access including several data source and data bound controls. The new assortment of data source controls can eliminate a ton of repetitive code that was required in ASP. John Papa Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08a05373-3e2e-4914-b4dc-c03beb1d16f1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08a05373-3e2e-4914-b4dc-c03beb1d16f1 January 2005<br/><br/>ASP. NET client callbacks represent a neat and elegant way to execute server-side code without posting and refreshing the current page. I discussed ASP. NET callbacks in the August and December 2004 installments of Cutting Edge, considering them from the perspective of rendered pages making background callbacks to the server, sending input data to the relevant page, and receiving a response. Dino Esposito Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/63948767-9c5d-4408-9250-21ef1b63b12c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/63948767-9c5d-4408-9250-21ef1b63b12c January 2005<br/><br/>Manual user interface testing is one of the most fundamental types of software testing and it's the kind of testing that most software engineers first experience. Paradoxically, automated user interface tests are probably the most technically challenging kind of test to write. James McCaffrey Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3b43e11f-ccde-4306-ad3f-93e4b0ea4a7a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3b43e11f-ccde-4306-ad3f-93e4b0ea4a7a January 2005<br/><br/>Web applications are different from applications that run in homogenous environments because they send their output to all kinds of platforms and Web browsers. Some browsers support client-side scripting, some support XHTML, and still others have limited screen real estate. George Shepherd Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ee2e76ab-e9ad-40eb-bd1e-80852afd8263 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ee2e76ab-e9ad-40eb-bd1e-80852afd8263 January 2005<br/><br/>As I write this column, version 2. 0 of the Microsoft® . NET Framework is at Beta 1. When I got my bits, I hacked together a little program to dump all of the public members of all public types in the entire Framework and ran it on version 1. Keith Brown Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54ce2eca-96aa-4ce6-ba1d-9053972a5d84 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/54ce2eca-96aa-4ce6-ba1d-9053972a5d84 January 2005<br/><br/>.NET Matters: Sepia Tone, StringLogicalComparer, and More Stephen Toub Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dddc4e77-0bd4-4d54-a4b4-ff900228109d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dddc4e77-0bd4-4d54-a4b4-ff900228109d January 2005<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Sending Keystrokes to Any App, Calling .NET from an MFC App, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d58ee2ee-3c86-4318-a3aa-0192013f3d52 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d58ee2ee-3c86-4318-a3aa-0192013f3d52 January 2005<br/><br/>It's been more than a year since my words last floated across the pages of MSDN®Magazine. As readers of my blog probably know, my life's been interesting the past 12 months. Matt Pietrek Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e9b18bfe-2790-411f-b7f4-7c74debd5085 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e9b18bfe-2790-411f-b7f4-7c74debd5085 December 2004<br/><br/>Check out the cool new features in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, including a number of Ink types, and ink that's stored as ink. Here Paul Yao takes you on a tour of everything you need to know to get started. Paul Yao Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1e0b230-6522-49cb-84d8-8dfb3dc785f4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1e0b230-6522-49cb-84d8-8dfb3dc785f4 December 2004<br/><br/>The .NET Compact Framework can be used to write great code and great applications. As long as you take a few things into consideration and are willing to bend a rule or two, you can have your performance cake and eat it too. In this article the authors present some neat tricks to make life as a programmer easier when using the .NET Compact Framework. Later they discuss techniques to increase performance, and decrease both load time and memory footprints. Sample code is provided. Dave Edson and John Socha-Leialoha Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ef4d8ce-4749-46c3-812e-56d085bfa3b7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ef4d8ce-4749-46c3-812e-56d085bfa3b7 December 2004<br/><br/>Find out how the .NET Framework, a team of programmers, and a bunch of people from Carnegie Mellon University built an automated car to compete in the DARPA Grand Challenge. Along the way you get some inside tips on building an extensible real-time control architecture based on a whiteboard metaphor and implementing an accurate GPS-synchronized timer component for .NET. John Hind Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad160d36-48ab-4644-9663-acc4f9cba999 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ad160d36-48ab-4644-9663-acc4f9cba999 December 2004<br/><br/>The design-time architecture of Windows Forms in the .NET Framework has made development much more flexible than it had been with MFC. With Windows Forms, you can drag one of your custom controls from the toolbox and drop it onto the Visual Studio design surface and even though Windows Forms knows nothing about the control, it's able to host it and let you manipulate its properties—not possible in MFC. In this article, the author discusses what's going on under the covers as you design your forms and then walks through the creation of a bare-bones forms designer. Sayed Y. Hashimi Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3edaff93-9a22-45ca-b14a-8b7b08f60ec1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3edaff93-9a22-45ca-b14a-8b7b08f60ec1 December 2004<br/><br/>Because the common language runtime (CLR) is a black box, it's pretty hard to divine what's going on when you want to track down performance problems. Microsoft will be delivering a brand new profiler, the Enterprise Performance Tool (EPT), as part of Visual Studio 2005 Team Developer Edition that's ideal for use on a production system because it offers some very lightweight means of collecting performance data. Here John Robbins takes you on a tour. John Robbins Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c22d9a2-cd5a-450c-81fa-68f022005b66 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c22d9a2-cd5a-450c-81fa-68f022005b66 December 2004<br/><br/>A couple of times a week, we are the recipients of advertising e-mail from a popular retailer of mobile products. Here at MSDN Magazine, we field a few dozen publicly available e-mail aliases, so it's easy for mail like this to get lost in the shuffle of our Junk E-Mail folder. Joshua Trupin Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c2f7fc86-7ecd-4237-b653-080aad475fe8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c2f7fc86-7ecd-4237-b653-080aad475fe8 December 2004<br/><br/>There is more to fielding a mobile device than just putting a couple of company-specific applications on it. Here are some already written mobile applications that might be good to know about if you are tasked with deploying a mobile solution. Marnie Hutcheson Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a5f6738-15c3-45e2-858c-685812fb9c36 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a5f6738-15c3-45e2-858c-685812fb9c36 December 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Windowed and Windowless Elements, Cookie Characters, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38f997a4-f7c9-4cc1-92a5-2debf13856ae http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38f997a4-f7c9-4cc1-92a5-2debf13856ae December 2004<br/><br/>This month I found an interesting question in my mailbag. It went something like this: "I am writing some code working with points and other drawing objects in Visual Basic® 2003, and I just want to add an offset to a point, effectively moving the point. Ken Getz Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c1f60a18-6cef-4a3a-b692-8dcee26cf029 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c1f60a18-6cef-4a3a-b692-8dcee26cf029 December 2004<br/><br/>Someone once said to me that the hallmark of a good developer is the desire to spend time efficiently. Developers are continually pursuing ways to make coding easier and faster, and to reduce the number of errors. John Papa Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/99ea7186-d5c5-4fcc-bf37-19fb417c20f5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/99ea7186-d5c5-4fcc-bf37-19fb417c20f5 December 2004<br/><br/>Script callbacks in ASP. NET 2. 0 is a feature whose time has come. Script callbacks can significantly speed up an application by limiting server postbacks. They also allow you to execute small portions of server-side code without having to manage the view state for reading or writing. Dino Esposito Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6107063b-d1cc-4a02-b5d1-6b723f86cc2d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6107063b-d1cc-4a02-b5d1-6b723f86cc2d December 2004<br/><br/>When the Microsoft® . NET Framework first shipped, it introduced a breakthrough Web services framework known as ASMX. The motivation behind the ASMX design was to simplify the process of developing Web services as much as possible so that even if you're not an XML expert, you can get a Web service up and running. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7b60bb42-0806-4203-b492-e3fca1f1249d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7b60bb42-0806-4203-b492-e3fca1f1249d December 2004<br/><br/>.NET Matters: Asynchronous HttpWebRequests, Interface Implementation, and More Stephen Toub Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ab82489-4fb5-4ec2-a0b5-1e6bf3c08789 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ab82489-4fb5-4ec2-a0b5-1e6bf3c08789 December 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Deleting Managed Objects, Wrapping a Library, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba468097-7913-4375-ab58-d1f9c03552e6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba468097-7913-4375-ab58-d1f9c03552e6 December 2004<br/><br/>The Visual Basic team at Microsoft has spent much of the past eight months out on the road as a part of the Visual Basic® . NET User Group Tour 2004. We've had a chance to visit 13 user groups in the U. Jay Roxe Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6318029b-0771-4279-9741-48e0d64d596d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6318029b-0771-4279-9741-48e0d64d596d November 2004<br/><br/>In this article, Microsoft security expert Michael Howard discusses the cardinal rules of attack surface reduction. His rules - reduce the amount of code executing by default, reduce the volume of code that is accessible to untrusted users by default, and limit the damage if the code is exploited - are explained along with the techniques to apply the rules to your code. Michael Howard Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af0b42a8-a258-4397-959b-2f159fa52899 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af0b42a8-a258-4397-959b-2f159fa52899 November 2004<br/><br/>Whether you're storing database connection strings, user credentials, or logon info, you'll need to practice good defensive programming techniques to avoid those surprise situations in which your data is exposed. In this article, author Kenny Kerry shows you how. Kenny Kerr Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5ffe08f6-bde6-4247-a75e-9c36c1162310 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5ffe08f6-bde6-4247-a75e-9c36c1162310 November 2004<br/><br/>When storing sensitive data, you need to be able to identify threats, determine how these threats interact with each other, and how issues can combine to constitute a vulnerability that will leave your data exposed. With a good understanding of the various cryptographic algorithms, salt, hashes, ACLs, and other available techniques, you'll be in a better position to protect your critical data. Michael Stuart and J Sawyer Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d11a10d6-a743-46de-8499-553a60cf3e0d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d11a10d6-a743-46de-8499-553a60cf3e0d November 2004<br/><br/>You can sign any kind of data using XML Signature, including part of an XML document, other XML documents, or other data of any format. However, in practice, XML signatures are most frequently used to sign other data represented in XML. In this article, the authors discuss the new standard and how you can benefit from it in your apps. Mike Downen and Shawn Farkas Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/93cfbc86-eaa7-482b-876e-8a9ca4bca016 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/93cfbc86-eaa7-482b-876e-8a9ca4bca016 November 2004<br/><br/>Until now, Microsoft did not provide explicit support in the .NET Framework for manipulating security settings. With the .NET Framework 1.x, access can only be granted to users via a series of cumbersome P/Invoke calls. By introducing the concepts of security objects and rules, the .NET Framework 2.0 allows developers to manipulate security settings of objects in a few easy steps using managed code. Want to know more? Read on. Mark Novak Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/563e5a69-e487-4ed8-ae2b-d0ccfc9865b3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/563e5a69-e487-4ed8-ae2b-d0ccfc9865b3 November 2004<br/><br/>Once you've addressed security in your code, it's time to look at the environment it runs in. Firewalls stop unauthorized traffic from getting into your network, and smart Web service-specific firewalls, like the one that comes with Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004, bring XML intrusion prevention to your system for that added layer of safety. Dino Esposito Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45cfde66-10d6-4041-891f-380dc240a255 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45cfde66-10d6-4041-891f-380dc240a255 November 2004<br/><br/>As this issue of MSDN Magazine goes to press, Election Day is drawing near. Like many candidates for office, this magazine sports some bold cover lines and bright, appealing pictures. Unlike those same politicians, however, we will keep working for you month after month, year after year, even after you elect to purchase the magazine. Joshua Trupin Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/83dca214-dd7b-41f3-a2f6-b13762468508 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/83dca214-dd7b-41f3-a2f6-b13762468508 November 2004<br/><br/>Jungo Software Technologies has announced the release of Go-HotSwap 6. 22, a complete off-the-shelf software package offering a solution for hardware vendors, system integrators, and operating system vendors, aiming to provide hot-swap capabilities to their users. Nancy Michell Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f7ba2143-83a2-4850-8a8f-66e7d78c2459 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f7ba2143-83a2-4850-8a8f-66e7d78c2459 November 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: ADO.NET Joins, HTML to XHTML, ASP.NET ViewState, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a2559aee-7e4b-46c1-a822-9b05d86a23c9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a2559aee-7e4b-46c1-a822-9b05d86a23c9 November 2004<br/><br/>Every day a developer somewhere needs to write code to iterate through SQL Server™ system objects, query and update tables in linked servers, handle optimistic concurrency, and retrieve column and stored procedure metadata. John Papa Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c1fe3021-f535-4482-81e0-047e908e00f1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c1fe3021-f535-4482-81e0-047e908e00f1 November 2004<br/><br/>The most fundamental type of software test automation is automated API testing. API testing essentially entails testing the individual methods that make up a software system rather than testing the overall system itself. James McCaffrey Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2320fb7b-0a61-45a0-896d-91d492232ac8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2320fb7b-0a61-45a0-896d-91d492232ac8 November 2004<br/><br/>As a parent of a young child, I take a lot of pictures—many more than anyone would ever be interested in seeing. Well, anyone except my mother. This is her first grandchild and the one or two pictures I send to her each week only brush the surface of her grandmotherly needs. Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62a56591-3419-4cbc-87c9-bccbf295cc28 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/62a56591-3419-4cbc-87c9-bccbf295cc28 November 2004<br/><br/>ASP.NET has a lot to offer to both the low-level programmer willing to control every little step of the code and the busiest of developers who needs to point-and-click his way through Web app development using just a few existing components. Dino Esposito Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6bf9c911-7588-4811-a73e-5c3de09a149d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6bf9c911-7588-4811-a73e-5c3de09a149d November 2004<br/><br/>If interoperability is the main promise of Web services, why is it that so many developers and organizations have a difficult time achieving it in practice? With all due respect to our hard-working standards bodies, the primary culprits are the imperfect specifications guiding today's implementations. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6dd84b18-96bd-4d69-93db-4edc23058f9b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6dd84b18-96bd-4d69-93db-4edc23058f9b November 2004<br/><br/>.NET Matters: ThreadPoolPriority, and MethodImplAttribute Stephen Toub Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46b7bcb5-1872-4524-a49e-7ec3c8fb8765 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46b7bcb5-1872-4524-a49e-7ec3c8fb8765 November 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Calling Virtual Functions, Persisting View State, POD Type Paul DiLascia Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f434533-96cf-4822-9fc5-3bb503d11970 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f434533-96cf-4822-9fc5-3bb503d11970 November 2004<br/><br/>I surf the Net somewhat obsessively when I have spare time, and I often read various discussion forums such as Slashdot and Neowin. Now, the journalism at those sites isn't always the highest quality, and I have noticed a marked lack of perspective on the level of changes that have occurred in this industry. Larry Osterman Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/be897691-0bd3-4c26-938f-a49ed119700d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/be897691-0bd3-4c26-938f-a49ed119700d October 2004<br/><br/>There are plenty of times when you need to get information on running processes, not the least of which is during performance tuning. Using the techniques in this article and special .NET classes you'll see how to get a process' ID, name, priority, number of threads, kernel handle, and memory consumption, as well as its user-mode, kernel-mode, and total elapsed running time and put them to use in a custom app called AssemblyBrowser. Sean Draine Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/41fddf97-70a7-4137-a37b-bdbad96e77d7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/41fddf97-70a7-4137-a37b-bdbad96e77d7 October 2004<br/><br/>There are plenty of times when you need to get information on running processes, not the least of which is during performance tuning. Using the techniques in this article and special .NET classes you'll see how to get a process' ID, name, priority, number of threads, kernel handle, and memory consumption, as well as its user-mode, kernel-mode, and total elapsed running time and put them to use in a custom app called AssemblyBrowser. Christophe Nasarre Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6efc412e-6847-4bf7-bb71-689a1d0eec02 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6efc412e-6847-4bf7-bb71-689a1d0eec02 October 2004<br/><br/>View state is a wonderful thing. It allows the ASP.NET developer to maintain state for server-side controls that are not form elements.Used judiciously, it can improve the user experience. But in the wrong hands, it can cause your pages to grind to a halt. The release of ASP.NET 2.0 will include a variety of improvements to view state that will make it easier to use and less likely to slow performance. Fritz Onion Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79e38221-ccaa-4178-8638-d2cd33c9767b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79e38221-ccaa-4178-8638-d2cd33c9767b October 2004<br/><br/>While .NET offers adequate support for the simple serialization cases, issues arise when you're attempting to support delegates and subscribers, versioning, and class hierarchies. . In addition, the introduction of generics in The .NET Framework breaks new ground in the complexity of the serialization task and the power of serialization tools. This article discusses these issues and related pitfalls, suggests techniques and workarounds that address them, and recommends when and how to best use the new serialization abilities. Juval Lowy Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fac8c908-a8ec-42d9-ad2a-39d96c54b141 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fac8c908-a8ec-42d9-ad2a-39d96c54b141 October 2004<br/><br/>BizTalk Server is an excellent platform for automating B2B and EAI workflows. Process-driven workflows send messages between machines and access data. Until now, such processes were very difficult to automate, but with the introduction of Human Workflow Services in BizTalk Server 2004, this class of workflow automation is a very real possibility. This article explains it all. Chris Whytock Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4bcbc3b6-60e1-4880-b650-682836496e74 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4bcbc3b6-60e1-4880-b650-682836496e74 October 2004<br/><br/>The problem: unit testing libraries, especially data access components, that have a complex set of dependencies. The solution: providing a dynamic mock implementation of your data access classes. Here the author explains just how to make testing easier and more reliable using NMock. Mark Seemann Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18839f37-38b0-4d4a-9b60-24e9514d1e4c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18839f37-38b0-4d4a-9b60-24e9514d1e4c October 2004<br/><br/>A traditional marriage "rule" is that the wedding should feature something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. The reasoning behind this escapes us. Why blue? Why have so many successful marriages (Britney Spears comes to mind) ignored this rule entirely? Can you borrow someone's new, blue thing? How long will this analogy go? In any event, this month we have news from all four of these categories. Joshua Trupin Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3aa416ce-55d6-400d-836c-9f31fc079685 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3aa416ce-55d6-400d-836c-9f31fc079685 October 2004<br/><br/>MKS Inc. , a provider of tools for porting Unix/Linux applications to Windows®, has just announced the availability of its new 64-bit products. MKS is shipping a beta version of MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-bit edition with support for extended-architecture 64-bit platforms such as AMD64 running Windows 64-bit OS. Nancy Michell Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/911e6132-b262-4757-9842-23051a492adf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/911e6132-b262-4757-9842-23051a492adf October 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Refreshing Web Pages, Spyware, Group Policy, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1c7790b-f6cb-4acc-80e2-a6bb5fe03363 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1c7790b-f6cb-4acc-80e2-a6bb5fe03363 October 2004<br/><br/>Enterprise development has been moving towards a discon-nected model in recent years and ADO. NET development is no exception. While the disconnected model of the ADO. NET DataSet offers great flexibility, that adaptability also means looser control over data updates than you get with a connected data access model. John Papa Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e29b8e44-35da-4955-b30c-8834c56fb146 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e29b8e44-35da-4955-b30c-8834c56fb146 October 2004<br/><br/>In many situations, accurately estimating the length of a certain process (copying a large file, loading data from a server, retrieving files from the Internet) would be both difficult and inefficient. Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/523ba81e-e9b2-4161-8c56-a32afd3b4b5b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/523ba81e-e9b2-4161-8c56-a32afd3b4b5b October 2004<br/><br/>In the July 2003 installment of the . NET column I covered the basics of Win32® interoperation with the Microsoft® . NET Framework (P/Invoke). Based on reader feedback, this topic is worthy of further coverage, so I have decided to revisit P/Invoke in this column. Jason Clark Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fe9efce4-2ae9-4a4b-9ccf-331954de4099 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fe9efce4-2ae9-4a4b-9ccf-331954de4099 October 2004<br/><br/>The ADO. NET DataSet object plays an essential role in most of today's distributed, multitiered applications. Instances of the DataSet class are used to move data across the tiers and to exchange data with external services. Dino Esposito Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/734b0760-7eb6-40ba-bca6-42be505f7c91 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/734b0760-7eb6-40ba-bca6-42be505f7c91 October 2004<br/><br/>Beginning this month, The XML Files will run under the name Service Station. We have made this change so that the column can discuss broader topics such as Web services, service-oriented architecture, and the like. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f15027b-6f0a-4ec8-938c-4618b9a3b1bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5f15027b-6f0a-4ec8-938c-4618b9a3b1bd October 2004<br/><br/>In my last column I introduced Password Minder, the tool I use to manage all of my passwords. It generates a long, random password for each site I visit, and makes it possible for me to use the most complex passwords possible, without ever having to see the actual password material or type it in manually. Keith Brown Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/858c1b1e-94f7-47b0-8541-47cba53cdc19 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/858c1b1e-94f7-47b0-8541-47cba53cdc19 October 2004<br/><br/>.NET Matters: ThreadPoolWait and HandleLeakTracker Stephen Toub Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9ebe070-1377-499c-aee6-ef354eb06c5c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9ebe070-1377-499c-aee6-ef354eb06c5c October 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Create Client Windows, Drag and Drop Between Listboxes Paul DiLascia Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c4b9599-6180-4b24-80ad-a7c844bb1384 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c4b9599-6180-4b24-80ad-a7c844bb1384 October 2004<br/><br/>In a settlement agreement reached in January 2001 to resolve a dispute over the Microsoft distribution of its Java implementation, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft agreed to limit the duration of the time Microsoft would use Sun's source code and compatibility test suites to support the Microsoft® Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM). Brian Keller Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d9fc686a-e1b8-45c9-a4e7-28f40d0774d2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d9fc686a-e1b8-45c9-a4e7-28f40d0774d2 September 2004<br/><br/>To execute a SQL injection attack, a hacker writes a Web page that captures text in a textbox to be used to execute a query against a database. The hacker enters a malformed SQL statement into the textbox that causes the back-end database to perform operations the owners did not intend it to perform, like making unauthorized updates. This article explains how you can protect against the all too common SQL injection attack in your own database. The steps covered include data validation, proper exception handing, and much more. Paul Litwin Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69e408b0-ffe6-40e5-b8f5-cc7b24584219 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69e408b0-ffe6-40e5-b8f5-cc7b24584219 September 2004<br/><br/>In SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services you'll find new algorithms, enhancements to existing algorithms, and more than a dozen added visualizations to help you get a handle on your data relationships. Plus, enhancements to the Data Mining Extensions to SQL along with OLAP, DTS, and Reporting Services integration make it possible to create a new breed of intelligent apps with embedded data mining technology. Here the author explains it all. Jamie MacLennan Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59a79269-b56e-4789-9ac0-c7e21fdc01cd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59a79269-b56e-4789-9ac0-c7e21fdc01cd September 2004<br/><br/>The Express Editions of Visual Basic and SQL Server 2005 have lots of the features of the full-sized versions, but with a lot less of the overhead. Professional developer features such as full IntelliSense support, local debugger, Add Web Reference, and the improved Visual Data Tools will all be available in the Express products, so you don't have to leave your favorite features behind. In this article the author introduces you to these express editions and builds a sample app to get you started. Brian A. Randell Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60f1b3bf-6fdd-4723-9610-40b95811fc88 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60f1b3bf-6fdd-4723-9610-40b95811fc88 September 2004<br/><br/>Database setup can be a tough and time-consuming process and sometimes fall victim to human error. Microsoft Installer or InstallShield can help, as can your own custom installer. In this article, the author tackles one approach to writing database installers and demonstrates the process with a working code sample. Alek Davis Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/502d45bf-55ea-484d-9962-186f2490dbbb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/502d45bf-55ea-484d-9962-186f2490dbbb September 2004<br/><br/>Service-oriented architecture is a great framework when you need to perform distributed computing tasks over the Internet. But when you want to perform processing inside your local network, a different solution may provide a better fit. That solution, based on the Command pattern, uses Windows services and Microsoft Message Queuing to implement a queued system that meets your needs better than a service-oriented solution. This article explains how to build it. Brad King Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c61c2d80-42d1-4e40-9f26-b5b388171edf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c61c2d80-42d1-4e40-9f26-b5b388171edf September 2004<br/><br/>Welcome back to the autumn term! We hope you had a great summer. We've been hard at work roasting marshmallows, making gimp bracelets, and learning how to make a baked brie using only twigs and berries. Joshua Trupin Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2bda1b79-101c-4548-85ad-e56da7099372 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2bda1b79-101c-4548-85ad-e56da7099372 September 2004<br/><br/>MimarSinan International has released InstallAware Professional Edition, which generates script-driven, Web-based Windows® Installer setups with customized user interfaces. Installations run on all existing Win32® platforms and do not require the . Theresa W. Carey Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e1ea523c-06dc-40f2-9be8-e58cf4fe5ed8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e1ea523c-06dc-40f2-9be8-e58cf4fe5ed8 September 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Caching Transforms, Connection Sharing, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b8ff5f4e-afea-4251-95d4-301b56cbce41 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b8ff5f4e-afea-4251-95d4-301b56cbce41 September 2004<br/><br/>One of the key features of the ADO. NET DataSet is that it can be a self-contained and disconnected data store. It can contain the schema and data from several rowsets in DataTable objects as well as information about how to relate the DataTable objects—all in memory. John Papa Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc0ff7e8-06a1-441b-bec2-9d861ba85b63 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc0ff7e8-06a1-441b-bec2-9d861ba85b63 September 2004<br/><br/>Many Windows®-based applications have a SQL Server™ back-end component that contains stored procedures. Although techniques to automatically test functions in the front-end code are well known, the techniques to write test automation for stored procedures are not. James McCaffrey Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd3e4e76-37e4-4d34-ab4a-2ea91573ec01 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bd3e4e76-37e4-4d34-ab4a-2ea91573ec01 September 2004<br/><br/>Ispeak at a lot of user groups and conferences where I field tech support questions. Recently, a conference attendee (I'll call him Adam) came up to me with a sheaf of printouts, along with the following question. Ken Getz Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0565254f-4e1d-4f22-9f75-e64f9fdd13b6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0565254f-4e1d-4f22-9f75-e64f9fdd13b6 September 2004<br/><br/>Tracing is important to the success of your ASP. NET applications. When tracing is enabled for an ASP. NET page, a large chunk of runtime information is appended to the page's output for your perusal. Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a33b5d2-2d64-4e73-86c3-c01c554b90c0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5a33b5d2-2d64-4e73-86c3-c01c554b90c0 September 2004<br/><br/>Even though you've been using ASP. NET for a while, how much do you really know about ASP. NET configuration files? While you've probably touched the Web. config file from time to time, there are some nuances involved in configuring ASP. George Shepherd Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4ef12e22-cc1b-4654-9a97-4ec85b20813a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4ef12e22-cc1b-4654-9a97-4ec85b20813a September 2004<br/><br/>My last three Basic Instincts columns have examined techniques for using asynchronous delegates and creating secondary threads. Those columns demonstrated how to introduce multithreaded behavior into your applications. Ted Pattison Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2191fac4-cfb9-442c-b1a6-507be63fe00a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2191fac4-cfb9-442c-b1a6-507be63fe00a September 2004<br/><br/>In the June 2004 installment of the Bugslayer column, I introduced the amazing FxCop, which analyzes your . NET assemblies for errors and problems based on code that violates the . NET Design Guidelines. John Robbins Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/002dbfae-72a4-411b-9f70-088b2544e270 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/002dbfae-72a4-411b-9f70-088b2544e270 September 2004<br/><br/>In the June 2004 issue of MSDN®Magazine, I described a class called ShowTime that you can use to do simple performance monitoring for your app. ShowTime uses its constructor/destructor to record the start/stop times of its existence so you can instantiate it in a block of code like so: { ShowTime st(_T("Total time is:")); // some lengthy operation } . Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa9d2bbe-1d41-4983-a616-95b727f668e1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa9d2bbe-1d41-4983-a616-95b727f668e1 September 2004<br/><br/>If you fly United Airlines, you can hear what's going on in the cockpit by turning the radio dial to Channel 9. Now if you want to get inside the head of Microsoft you can tune to Channel 9 on the MSDN Web site (see http://channel9. Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba034fba-d588-4aef-8b9d-6f255e968f37 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba034fba-d588-4aef-8b9d-6f255e968f37 August 2004<br/><br/>SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services--a server-based reporting platform built on the .NET Framework and integrated with SQL Server 2000--lets you easily add reporting from diverse data sources. Using Visual Studio and Reporting Services you can integrate reports from any data source that has an OLE DB, ODBC, or ADO.NET provider into your Web applications. This article explains how it's done. John C. Hancock Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/83160e9d-534c-4bbe-bb86-9177b19fefea http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/83160e9d-534c-4bbe-bb86-9177b19fefea August 2004<br/><br/>When incorporating the ASP.NET DataGrid control into your Web apps, common operations such as paging, sorting, editing, and deleting data require more effort than you might like to expend. But all that is about to change. The GridView control--the successor to the DataGrid-- extends the DataGrid's functionality it in a number of ways. First, it fully supports data source components and can automatically handle data operations, such as paging, sorting, and editing, as long as its bound data source object supports these capabilities. In addition, the GridView control offers some functional improvements over the DataGrid. Here DataGrid expert Dino Esposito introduces the GridView and explains all its long-awaited features. Dino Esposito Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa069dff-02ab-4b5e-92dd-cb913ab857bf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa069dff-02ab-4b5e-92dd-cb913ab857bf August 2004<br/><br/>Genetic Programming is an evolutionary algorithm that employs reproduction and natural selection to breed better and better executable computer programs. It can create programs that implement subtle, non-intuitive solutions to complex problems. By taking a well-known example from the Genetic Programming community and implementing it with the .NET Framework, this article demonstrates that CodeDOM and Reflection provide all the facilities that are needed to do Genetic Programming effectively. Brian Connolly Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58c71e60-e3d2-473b-a2bc-390c8bec2f03 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/58c71e60-e3d2-473b-a2bc-390c8bec2f03 August 2004<br/><br/>Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, which is part of the Office System, lets you create and manage virtual servers, site collections, sites, workspaces, and users. You can also use the Windows SharePoint Services object model to design and implement user-targeted applications. In the second part of a two part series, the authors take a look at the WSS and SPS object models, Web Part Page anatomy, creating and deploying Web Parts, and Web Part security. They also discuss Web Part infrastructure and how to create custom Web Parts. Jason Masterman and Ted Pattison Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75dc78f1-c863-49ed-adfa-c8508097797c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75dc78f1-c863-49ed-adfa-c8508097797c August 2004<br/><br/>Efficient testing can require many different machine and server configurations but the effort needed to manage these test environments can take a toll. Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 simplifies the provisioning and management of testing environments. This article demonstrates how the extensive Virtual Server COM API can be used to create an automated application testing environment to make your testing chores a whole lot easier. Ben Waldron Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ffe1d17e-a85f-494f-a2aa-a7e7ef6a5fcc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ffe1d17e-a85f-494f-a2aa-a7e7ef6a5fcc August 2004<br/><br/>Hey, remember the Web? Back around 1996 it was big news. People suddenly realized that with just a telephone line and Internet Explorer, they could go shopping without ever leaving the comfort of their home! Over the Web you could buy furniture, art, books, and appliances, all of which would make your home comfortable enough to stay there and do some more online shopping, accelerating the vicious cycle of consumerism. Joshua Trupin Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/97f19095-9666-4330-bf41-290965b7d207 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/97f19095-9666-4330-bf41-290965b7d207 August 2004<br/><br/>Blue Marble Geographics has released its developer toolkit, GeoTransform 5. 0. GeoTransform is a DLL for programmers using Visual Basic®, C++, Delphi, PowerBuilder, C++ Builder, and other Windows®-based development tools. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/844b8e19-d118-4d7f-92f2-9805d9af4978 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/844b8e19-d118-4d7f-92f2-9805d9af4978 August 2004<br/><br/>This month's column introduces you to Code Project, a vast site of resources for Web development. Code Project is a member of the Microsoft Code Wise Community, a source for tips, code samples, news, and advice from experts outside of Microsoft. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/420f2f46-99c1-4f34-864c-3de5958e9946 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/420f2f46-99c1-4f34-864c-3de5958e9946 August 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Page Ready State, DataGrid Row Deletion, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0e01f97-5b68-434a-a58a-82dd70790ca7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0e01f97-5b68-434a-a58a-82dd70790ca7 August 2004<br/><br/>As you move forward with your use of ADO. NET, you'll need to know how to approach situations that you previously learned to handle in ADO and now have to tackle with ADO. NET. Just as n-tiered solutions developed using Visual Basic®, C++, and ASP often rely on ADO for their data access needs, Windows® Forms, Web Forms, and Web services rely on ADO. John Papa Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/148448d9-69db-49b8-b350-6b8dc1a3b364 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/148448d9-69db-49b8-b350-6b8dc1a3b364 August 2004<br/><br/>If you're involved in Web development you may have faced a problem that you couldn't find a good solution for—making client-to-server calls outside the current page. For example, you might want to validate the content of a textbox against data stored on the server asynchronously, without interrupting the continuity of the work or without forcing a full page refresh, which is particularly heavy for UI-rich pages. Dino Esposito Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7dcbc642-d221-44cb-8dd5-ae922342076d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7dcbc642-d221-44cb-8dd5-ae922342076d August 2004<br/><br/>Microsoft has recently released Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft® . NET (WSE) 2. 0. WSE 2. 0 provides extensions to the existing ASP. NET Web services framework (. asmx) as well as a standalone messaging framework that's completely transport independent. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30160ad0-dcb9-4918-843c-b7147d48f71f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30160ad0-dcb9-4918-843c-b7147d48f71f August 2004<br/><br/>If you're encrypting user data with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) over HTTP and you want to test your Web applications programmatically you'll find that the techniques are not widely known. In this month's column I'll show you how to set up a test SSL server and write test automation that verifies the functionality of a simple but representative Web application. James McCaffrey Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a024336-4bcc-4b88-a4b8-7e317d9f4e2a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a024336-4bcc-4b88-a4b8-7e317d9f4e2a August 2004<br/><br/>Let's face it: every minute of every day, someone, somewhere, is patrolling the Web looking for sites to hack. ASP. NET developers must constantly be on their guard to ensure attempted hacks can't be successful. Jeff Prosise Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b16263d6-b38c-4b4c-a1d0-5085b66e31f0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b16263d6-b38c-4b4c-a1d0-5085b66e31f0 August 2004<br/><br/>Iwanted to use my first Advanced Basics column as an opportunity to strike out into new territory, to do something I haven't seen extolled much in the literature, so I've built a Windows® Forms chat program that uses Web services to communicate with other peers. Carl Franklin Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0771dfb-5991-42cc-be88-4c5a4a40f3cb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b0771dfb-5991-42cc-be88-4c5a4a40f3cb August 2004<br/><br/>.NET Matters: Debugger Visualizations, Garbage Collection Stephen Toub Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08040afa-b982-4c3b-96c2-5aef3b1074a6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08040afa-b982-4c3b-96c2-5aef3b1074a6 August 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: GetKeyState, the STL String Class, Exposing C++ Objects, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/687fdf8d-4e0e-4c00-9cc4-a164aee3e88e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/687fdf8d-4e0e-4c00-9cc4-a164aee3e88e August 2004<br/><br/>Having talked to thousands of developers who use the Microsoft . NET Framework, I've heard one consistent complaint: "I really wish all the samples were written in my programming language. " Nothing is more frustrating than having braved the wilds of Internet searches for a snippet of code that does exactly what you want but is written in a language you don't use. John Robbins Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69fa2c8d-484b-4808-b710-4c7ddf4869b1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69fa2c8d-484b-4808-b710-4c7ddf4869b1 July 2004<br/><br/>Microsoft is introducing a new suite of tools (code-named "Whitehorse") that will make it easier for you to design and implement systems that conform to a service-oriented architecture. Two of these tools -- the SOA Design Suite and the Class Designer -- support the graphical design of systems and components with support for code generation and support for bi-directional synchronization which lets you ensure that your diagram always represents your system design. This article introduces these tools and shows you how they'll improve your design and development efforts. Brian A. Randell and Rockford Lhotka Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e46a80da-64b8-4675-98ad-3b4b7652dc7d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e46a80da-64b8-4675-98ad-3b4b7652dc7d July 2004<br/><br/>In this article the authors provide an in-depth examination of the architecture of SharePoint products and technologies: WSS and SPS. WSS provides the foundation for creating collaborative Web sites that support customization and personalization and SPS complements WSS by playing the role of a content aggregator. This article explains how. Jason Masterman and Ted Pattison Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ffcf64cf-2a97-434e-b936-b38e022fe718 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ffcf64cf-2a97-434e-b936-b38e022fe718 July 2004<br/><br/>This article introduces 10 development tools that can increase your productivity, give you a better understanding of .NET, and maybe even change the way that you develop applications. The tools covered include NUnit to write unit tests, Reflector to examine assemblies, FxCop to police your code, Regulator to build regular expressions, NDoc to create code documentation and five more. James Avery Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3889095d-d80b-4c65-88f1-52f209a74997 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3889095d-d80b-4c65-88f1-52f209a74997 July 2004<br/><br/>There are plenty of options out there for managing user preferences including custom configuration files, the Windows registry, and the isolated storage. But each option has its pros and cons -- and a bad choice can make life difficult. In this article, the author evaluates various options and identifies the characteristics of a good preferences API. Based on those characteristics, he introduces an API that is specifically designed for preferences management, one that offers the best of all the options. Ray Djajadinata Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a1fdc238-765f-4dc3-9be0-88591a4d6f6a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a1fdc238-765f-4dc3-9be0-88591a4d6f6a July 2004<br/><br/>This article presents a general-purpose client quality reporting mechanism that can be used in any .NET-based transaction system that employs HTTP/SOAP. The design uses client response time and quality recording, upload of logs as SOAP headers attached to new transaction requests, and server handoff of these headers to a low priority queue for logging and analysis. This technique gives an enterprise near real-time information on actual end-user response times. These response times reflect network delays, client application overhead and server delays. By using this technique, enterprises can avoid the need to develop custom software to mine HTTP logs. Brian Connolly Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fea3ad23-aae8-4e99-8ef2-2014d8c291a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fea3ad23-aae8-4e99-8ef2-2014d8c291a3 July 2004<br/><br/>Over the past couple of months, we've received a lot of mail about our recent issues. Although opinions are mixed, several people have let us know that they feel we've covered too much forward-looking content recently. Joshua Trupin Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8d7b9c13-2a7b-491d-8e6a-1c679143fd00 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8d7b9c13-2a7b-491d-8e6a-1c679143fd00 July 2004<br/><br/>FlexiSoft Solutions Inc. has just released the latest version of their coding standards enforcement tool, Standards Master 2004, an add-in for Visual Studio® . NET. Standards Master 2004 brings many of the best features of Standards Master 2. Nancy Michell Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f78d876c-1fc8-49d4-9fee-2ce22937e93c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f78d876c-1fc8-49d4-9fee-2ce22937e93c July 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Pop-Ups, Encrypting an ADO.NET Data Stream, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6bb2dbf-e8a8-4b0b-8a8f-979e11b9f49d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6bb2dbf-e8a8-4b0b-8a8f-979e11b9f49d July 2004<br/><br/>In recent years ADO has taken the lead as the preferred method for implementing data access in Windows®-based applications. Huge numbers of ADO applications are in use today and many developers are well versed in ADO development. John Papa Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/080bd848-8643-44f4-b338-40cc67279969 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/080bd848-8643-44f4-b338-40cc67279969 July 2004<br/><br/>One of the most compelling improvements that ASP. NET brought to ASP programming was the Cache object. The Cache has some similarities to the Application object and is a container of global data (as opposed to session-specific data) that features a fair number of innovative characteristics. Dino Esposito Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c0f2475-12e0-4208-ada1-29d35473f352 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c0f2475-12e0-4208-ada1-29d35473f352 July 2004<br/><br/>The XML Files: Messages vs. Methods Aaron Skonnard Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21eb975d-42d3-4194-a895-18851613b953 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/21eb975d-42d3-4194-a895-18851613b953 July 2004<br/><br/>Test Run: Using Combinations to Improve Your Software Test Case Generation James McCaffrey Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de7a66fc-0590-4942-8625-713f22f8c7fb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/de7a66fc-0590-4942-8625-713f22f8c7fb July 2004<br/><br/>Security Briefs: Mind Those Passwords! Keith Brown Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a6e5d00-41ab-446b-853b-efb195af45c7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a6e5d00-41ab-446b-853b-efb195af45c7 July 2004<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Data Binding Radio Buttons to a List Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20dd4175-77e5-4266-816b-7180fd7485f2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20dd4175-77e5-4266-816b-7180fd7485f2 July 2004<br/><br/>In this fourth installment of . NET Matters, I'm taking a breather from the Q&A format. Instead, this month I bring you stories from the trenches; developers in product groups within Microsoft describe how they use . Edited by Stephen Toub Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/96465f7c-dc9f-4e1b-bbb5-6fdb68e20c8a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/96465f7c-dc9f-4e1b-bbb5-6fdb68e20c8a July 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Message Values, Managed String Literals, Obfuscating Code, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c33ae6f8-cc23-4cd8-8141-b25c8a99e811 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c33ae6f8-cc23-4cd8-8141-b25c8a99e811 July 2004<br/><br/>When MSDN Magazine asked me to write a page on something I care about, I said, "You mean, like abolishing taxes, car phones, and SUVs?" Alas, they meant something to do with programming. Well! After pondering, I realized that something I care about is writing good code. Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c5e3d17-efad-4116-b3be-6433d806cf76 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c5e3d17-efad-4116-b3be-6433d806cf76 June 2004<br/><br/>ASP.NET has become a bit of a gold standard for Web programming. The upcoming version, ASP.NET 2.0 will have even more of the kinds of features that have made it the popular framework it is today. This article takes a broad look at those features, including what's new in data source controls, themes and skins, the DataGrid and its new functionality, managing roles, and other administrative tasks. Jeff Prosise Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46ed5df9-b651-4a07-a980-99d7962c8ea6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46ed5df9-b651-4a07-a980-99d7962c8ea6 June 2004<br/><br/>ASP.NET 2.0 provides significant advantages with respect to security, especially for folks developing Web sites that use Forms authentication. By providing a user profile repository with support for roles, Forms authentication will move beyond the purview of the ASP.NET internals guru, and should become much more broadly accessible. This article introduces security in ASP.NET 2.0 to give you a head start with upcoming features. Keith Brown Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/25909519-f89a-47b3-83e0-c9172d44c59c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/25909519-f89a-47b3-83e0-c9172d44c59c June 2004<br/><br/>ASP.NET 2.0 has addressed some of the most common problems developers face today with a suite of controls, components and IDE tools. One such issuer is maintaining preferences information about individual users of a Web application in a uniform manner. This article drills down into ASP.NET 2.0 to illustrate how it helps solve these problems far easier than is possible today, and demonstrates how these features can be combined to build powerful, personalized Websites in very little time. Steven A. Smith Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca5d2516-d91e-4154-aba0-752e1c6fcb19 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca5d2516-d91e-4154-aba0-752e1c6fcb19 June 2004<br/><br/>A data source control is a server control that wraps some basic functions of a data source - be it a SQL Server database, an XML document, an Excel worksheet, or a sitemap description. Through the services of a similar component, data-bound controls can fetch data as well as insert new records or update and delete existing ones. Data source controls enable a consistent model across a variety of data sources and dramatically reduce the amount of code needed to implement a two-way data-binding scenario. This article provides an introduction to data source controls and other related data binding features. Dino Esposito Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6742c6bb-d80c-46bb-b2fa-ba7b12f43bc6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6742c6bb-d80c-46bb-b2fa-ba7b12f43bc6 June 2004<br/><br/>Master pages in ASP.NET 2.0 solve a problem many Web developers have been solving on their own with a variety of techniques for years - providing a single master template for an entire site. This article covers the details of master pages, discussing their usage and implementation and how they are a natural evolution of custom techniques developers are using today. Fritz Onion Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9e9880c-5398-45e8-aa50-730c9fd5e6ba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9e9880c-5398-45e8-aa50-730c9fd5e6ba June 2004<br/><br/>Navigation is central to a well functioning Web application and it can be implemented numerous ways using today's technologies. This article highlights some of the key details of the new navigation controls that are part of the upcoming ASP.NET 2.0, and talks about how to design and implement one of these navigation controls today. This article contains a simple Web site that demonstrates the use of these navigation controls, pointing out some of the key items such as a breadcrumb control and things to watch for along the way. The article then describes how to implement a breadcrumb control today. Dave Donaldson and Steven DeWalt Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7adca283-0e29-4e75-a93d-c377c177a354 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7adca283-0e29-4e75-a93d-c377c177a354 June 2004<br/><br/>As you could probably tell from the cover, we are bringing you early, in-depth coverage of ASP. NET 2. 0, the Web components of the next version of the Microsoft . NET Framework. ASP. NET 2. 0 was unveiled at the October 2003 Microsoft PDC, but until now has had limited availability. Joshua Trupin Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4709de6d-ae15-4333-99b3-53f843916e67 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4709de6d-ae15-4333-99b3-53f843916e67 June 2004<br/><br/>New Stuff: Resources for Your Developer Toolbox Theresa W. Carey Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6cb4bc77-b3d2-4f01-a42a-d6322acf49f0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6cb4bc77-b3d2-4f01-a42a-d6322acf49f0 June 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Visual Studio 2005, HTC Memory Problems, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b5c8acea-865b-45f4-8c09-930a1588ab51 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b5c8acea-865b-45f4-8c09-930a1588ab51 June 2004<br/><br/>Data Points: Contrasting the ADO.NET DataReader and DataSet John Papa Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0e9eeff-b830-4193-821a-a777e1279653 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e0e9eeff-b830-4193-821a-a777e1279653 June 2004<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Dress Your Controls for Success with ASP.NET 1.1 Themes, Part 2 Dino Esposito Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0ae1e23-2a71-43b9-979d-6388fb23e1c4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d0ae1e23-2a71-43b9-979d-6388fb23e1c4 June 2004<br/><br/>The XML Files: InfoPath 2003 SP1 Preview Aaron Skonnard Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f7faa36-c05f-4556-8655-a968807da064 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f7faa36-c05f-4556-8655-a968807da064 June 2004<br/><br/>.NET Column: Unexpected Errors in Managed Applications Jason Clark Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f6e842ba-78be-4fe9-8adc-86dc995fcdd5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f6e842ba-78be-4fe9-8adc-86dc995fcdd5 June 2004<br/><br/>Bugslayer: Bad Code? FxCop to the Rescue John Robbins Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/045a9beb-fef5-4763-b1cf-6b816152cd91 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/045a9beb-fef5-4763-b1cf-6b816152cd91 June 2004<br/><br/>Basic Instincts: Creating and Managing Secondary Threads Ted Pattison Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f4e2d60d-d6ec-4d15-a65f-fc61c83271f0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f4e2d60d-d6ec-4d15-a65f-fc61c83271f0 June 2004<br/><br/>.NET Matters: XML Comments, Late-bound COM, and More Stephen Toub Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1f399cb-5d2d-4133-93e4-904e49ba4c85 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1f399cb-5d2d-4133-93e4-904e49ba4c85 June 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Performance Optimization, Controls versus Components Paul DiLascia Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b167e6b6-8c49-48de-a8f6-d7bf7bc5a05d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b167e6b6-8c49-48de-a8f6-d7bf7bc5a05d June 2004<br/><br/>Resource File: Blogging Tools Aaron Skonnard Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3312cc3f-5a6e-4630-a75b-6cdc0fbfce5a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3312cc3f-5a6e-4630-a75b-6cdc0fbfce5a May 2004<br/><br/>C# 2.0 introduces a wealth of exiting new features, such as generics, iterators, partial classes and anonymous methods. While generics are the most talked-about feature especially for former classic C++ developers, the rest of the new features are important additions to your .NET development arsenal, enhancing power and improving overall productivity. This article is dedicated to all the new C# 2.0 capabilities besides generics to give you a good overall picture of the upcoming features. Juval Lowy Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1cd6dfa2-116e-406e-b5c8-71f633abe596 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1cd6dfa2-116e-406e-b5c8-71f633abe596 May 2004<br/><br/>The next version of Visual C++ has a new syntax that is both elegant and powerful. It has new optimization technology that has improved the speed of Microsoft. It has new compilation modes that ensure Common Language Infrastructure compliance and verifiability for the .NET Framework, and it has new models for interop. In this article Stephen Toub explains these and other improvements to Visual C++. Stephen Toub Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30a9e2f3-e4a0-42be-ba04-dd717c07a950 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30a9e2f3-e4a0-42be-ba04-dd717c07a950 May 2004<br/><br/>The next version of Visual Basic, Visual Basic 2005, will include some powerful new features. One of the most interesting is the My language extensions: My.Application, My.Computer, My.Forms, My.Resources, My.Settings, My.User, and My.WebServices. The My language extensions take the idea of helper functions to a whole new level because they include so much functionality out of the box. Called "a speed-dial for the .NET Framework" by the author, the My extensions are a feature you won't want to overlook. Duncan Mackenzie Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9115587d-9986-48e2-9b22-ce6bc9fbe18b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9115587d-9986-48e2-9b22-ce6bc9fbe18b May 2004<br/><br/>The upcoming version of the .NET Framework offers a host of enhancements an order of magnitude over and above existing versions. In particular, developers writing Windows Forms benefit from a variety of new and improved features targeting development, deployment, increased productivity, and auto-generated code. This article covers some of the key new features including designer enhancements, new controls, data binding, and deployment to give you a taste of what's to come. Michael Weinhardt and Chris Sells Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/efe6b4ab-5fdd-4155-b8d0-dc5a8dd07fa0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/efe6b4ab-5fdd-4155-b8d0-dc5a8dd07fa0 May 2004<br/><br/>ClickOnce is a new deployment technology that allows users to download and execute Windows-based client applications over the Web, a network share, or from a local disk. Users get the rich interactive and stateful experience of Windows Forms, but still have the ease of deployment and updates available to Web applications. ClickOnce applications can be run offline and support a variety of automatic and manual update scenarios.Learn all about it here. Brian Noyes Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a202e57-a2b2-4c1e-b2c5-66f252492a22 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a202e57-a2b2-4c1e-b2c5-66f252492a22 May 2004<br/><br/>There is a whole host of new goodies in upcoming release of Visual Studio 2005 that will enhance your debugging experience. One such improvement will make it easy to visualize types within the debugger. This article discusses those improvements and covers debugger attributes and type visualizers. In addition, the author shows you how to extend the display of your own types with custom attributes and how to plug in an assembly to visualize.NET types built into the framework. Morgan Skinner Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/591b2406-b779-47de-8345-a7f1a907c97f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/591b2406-b779-47de-8345-a7f1a907c97f May 2004<br/><br/>One of the great things about working for a print publication like MSDN Magazine is the sense of permanence that the printed word provides. Sure, there are fringe benefits—the trade show groupies and expensive vacation junkets paid for by advertisers are great—but at the end of the day, once something appears in print most people consider it "official" in a way that a Web site can never replicate. Joshua Trupin Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c87017a-2f6c-4daf-b0c6-0a32cfe74444 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c87017a-2f6c-4daf-b0c6-0a32cfe74444 May 2004<br/><br/>Guardsoft has announced the availability of VSGuard, which allows you to compare internal data between two executing programs. This technique can reduce time spent on debugging and testing. It is useful whenever a program is modified during the development process or ported to a different environment, such as when moving the program to a new platform or during system upgrades. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a951900d-8f89-47ff-bbae-0d9ea2df6e82 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a951900d-8f89-47ff-bbae-0d9ea2df6e82 May 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Request Timeouts, Byte Array Conversion, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/47d2ea14-4de1-40b9-b829-79072e21f587 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/47d2ea14-4de1-40b9-b829-79072e21f587 May 2004<br/><br/>Data Points: Saving Parent-child Data in a Multitiered App Using ADO.NET John Papa Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5826033f-ce3c-464c-acb0-c775a308a7ce http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5826033f-ce3c-464c-acb0-c775a308a7ce May 2004<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Dress Your Controls for Success with ASP.NET 1.1 Themes Dino Esposito Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c92594af-15f9-45fa-82e7-ed26929648e1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c92594af-15f9-45fa-82e7-ed26929648e1 May 2004<br/><br/>The XML Files: XML Data Migration Case Study: GEDCOM Aaron Skonnard Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33162ebf-7416-48d0-a32d-6ae77f03fa64 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33162ebf-7416-48d0-a32d-6ae77f03fa64 May 2004<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Create a Graphical Editor Using RichTextBox and GDI+ Ken Spencer Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a45500bc-f853-4e5b-90bb-7122e80dffb4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a45500bc-f853-4e5b-90bb-7122e80dffb4 May 2004<br/><br/>Basic Instincts: Updating the UI from a Secondary Thread Ted Pattison Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/84331912-cc0d-4f0f-9340-500a23e6de06 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/84331912-cc0d-4f0f-9340-500a23e6de06 May 2004<br/><br/>.NET Matters: Finalizers, Assembly Names, MethodInfo, and More Stephen Toub Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43a58b86-f7d5-4344-9ccd-1c7fa9a6e4ee http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43a58b86-f7d5-4344-9ccd-1c7fa9a6e4ee May 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Updating Views in MFC, Spying on Events in the .NET Framework Paul DiLascia Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1e9e416-58e3-42ce-b876-bbb40d6f6857 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1e9e416-58e3-42ce-b876-bbb40d6f6857 May 2004<br/><br/>Microsoft offers more than 1,900 public and 500 private newsgroups that cover all aspects of Microsoft products and technologies. An individual newsgroup might get up to 15,000 postings per month, with developers answering customer questions, asking about specific product features, and getting product feedback. Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40980013-a692-4158-be5d-8b0b6fb81e8d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/40980013-a692-4158-be5d-8b0b6fb81e8d April 2004<br/><br/>When running your tests how do you know which parts of your product code are actually executed and tested? This article presents a complete system called Fundamental Function code coverage that operates at the method level. The author gives an overview of the system so you can understand code coverage principles, explains the key parts of the underlying code, and discusses how code coverage fits into the overall product development cycle. After reading this article you will be able to perform code coverage analysis on any .NET software system. James McCaffrey Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/914c7a41-492d-4445-8dac-1a497415ef6a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/914c7a41-492d-4445-8dac-1a497415ef6a April 2004<br/><br/>Test-driven development (TDD) should be on every developer's radar screen because a comprehensive set of tests makes for maintainable code and frees you from having to create a perfect design up-front. This article explains how to perform TDD and takes you step-by-step through a number examples to get you started. Will Stott and James Newkirk Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/036f7288-deb6-4343-b11c-6ea590728853 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/036f7288-deb6-4343-b11c-6ea590728853 April 2004<br/><br/>As systems grow and become more heterogeneous, so their complexity increases. The more code you write, the more that can go wrong. The more that can go wrong, the more you need a good instrumentation policy. In this article, the author looks at the various technologies available in the .NET Framework, such as tracing, logging, WMI, EIF, which are designed to help you. He will also look at the pitfalls you should avoid and provide you with the fundamentals from both a technical and managerial perspective so that you can instrument your code effectively. Jon Fancey Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b21f7cf1-1c8b-486f-977c-21652681c489 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b21f7cf1-1c8b-486f-977c-21652681c489 April 2004<br/><br/>It's easy to postpone stress testing when developing an application, and it's easy to forgo it altogether. Having an easy-to-use framework at your fingertips to conduct these tests can make the task far less painful. This article walks you through an application that eases the task of generating load for a variety of layers within an application. Brian Otto Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/25899acd-19e9-4434-903e-62ae899b48f4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/25899acd-19e9-4434-903e-62ae899b48f4 April 2004<br/><br/>The Compact Framework Control class doesn't provide direct access to Windows messages. However, with P/Invoke, a few lines of native code, and the Compact Framework MessageWindow class, it's still possible to access underlying Windows messages. This can be used to work around any .NET Framework features, including keyboard support, that are not included in the Compact Framework. Alan Pulliam Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87875afd-77af-439a-b5c4-a3ce7aa29f6f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87875afd-77af-439a-b5c4-a3ce7aa29f6f April 2004<br/><br/>Each month dozens of readers turn to this page for the latest news on what the editors of MSDN Magazine are thinking. And we do our best to oblige with our hard-hitting yet pithy observations on the state of the world around us, the latest in XML fashions, what's coming up in the current issue, and more. Joshua Trupin Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/837d63bb-7500-4b79-b057-3d0c2f3bfbb2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/837d63bb-7500-4b79-b057-3d0c2f3bfbb2 April 2004<br/><br/>Infragistics is shipping NetAdvantage 2004 Volume 1, a toolset for developing commercial-quality user interfaces for the Microsoft® . NET Framework, ASP. NET, Tablet PC, and COM. NetAdvantage 2004 Volume 1 features Windows® Forms and ASP. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/da942713-b962-4f05-b739-d5c3c12293e8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/da942713-b962-4f05-b739-d5c3c12293e8 April 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: JScript Leaks, Getting the XmlDataDocument, and ASPX Includes Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e68edd9f-ef9d-4c68-90b1-11b51389c5ae http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e68edd9f-ef9d-4c68-90b1-11b51389c5ae April 2004<br/><br/>Dealing with error handling between T-SQL and a calling application, evaluating when a field's value has changed, and creating auditing tables in SQL Server™ are all common issues that developers must tackle. John Papa Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/880780e7-8e7c-47c5-a9b2-8b6b94c0c67e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/880780e7-8e7c-47c5-a9b2-8b6b94c0c67e April 2004<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Image Generation Service for ASP.NET 1.1 Dino Esposito Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d5d312f4-8119-46db-86e0-2f6deec0897d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d5d312f4-8119-46db-86e0-2f6deec0897d April 2004<br/><br/>The XML Files: All About Blogs and RSS Aaron Skonnard Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b63f964d-53ae-41db-8147-171f7e685846 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b63f964d-53ae-41db-8147-171f7e685846 April 2004<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Synchronizing Multiple Windows Forms Ken Spencer Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/efb86b02-00c8-458f-bd5d-29e10dc68472 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/efb86b02-00c8-458f-bd5d-29e10dc68472 April 2004<br/><br/>Welcome to . NET Matters. This new column will delve into the ins and outs of the Microsoft® . NET Framework, answering readers' questions on various topics related to its extensive libraries, languages, and the common language runtime. Stephen Toub Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5d465f11-cd49-4c2a-9e8f-5770a32c1519 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5d465f11-cd49-4c2a-9e8f-5770a32c1519 April 2004<br/><br/>The vast majority of managed applications run with full trust, but based on my experience teaching . NET security to developers with a broad range of experience, most really don't understand the implications of fully trusted code. Keith Brown Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0249cfc2-9202-4f45-b4f9-5534731aa18a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0249cfc2-9202-4f45-b4f9-5534731aa18a April 2004<br/><br/>As you saw in last month's column, . NET internationalization support is excellent and allows you to move your application to a world audience quite easily. Before you jump into this month's discussion, you may want to go back and read the March column. John Robbins Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/089f7c39-b251-4512-9197-f9571a28ed17 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/089f7c39-b251-4512-9197-f9571a28ed17 April 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: CD Burning and Device Discovery with IMAPI Paul DiLascia Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43338472-821c-498d-b631-57d3f48ef368 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/43338472-821c-498d-b631-57d3f48ef368 April 2004<br/><br/>MSDN Magazine recently talked to Robert Green, the Community Lead Program Manager for Visual Basic, about what to expect in the next version and how the Visual Basic team hopes to work more closely with the Visual Basic community. Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53c35dec-252f-4f75-a8fe-26e3bea6cc16 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53c35dec-252f-4f75-a8fe-26e3bea6cc16 March 2004<br/><br/>Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System is a new technology that brings the advanced features of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework to applications built for Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003. Deploying solutions built with this technology requires that you understand how runtime security is enforced in managed applications and how to configure users' systems to run your solutions without introducing security holes.To promote that understanding, this article will demonstrate how to establish trust, explain policy considerations and permissions, and explain what trusted code is all about. Secure assembly deployment is also covered in detail. Brian A. Randell and Ken Getz Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7999ccdb-1ad6-4705-9ce4-dcc71488bc8d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7999ccdb-1ad6-4705-9ce4-dcc71488bc8d March 2004<br/><br/>The C# language has been used quite successfully in many kinds of projects, including Web, database, GUI, and more. One of the last frontiers for the application of C# code may well be scientific computing. But can C# measure up to the likes of FORTRAN and C++ for scientific and mathematical projects?In this article, the author answers that question by looking at the .NET common language runtime to determine how the JIT compiler, Microsoft intermediate language, and the garbage collector affect performance. He also considers C# data types, including arrays and matrices, along with other language features that play an important role in scientific computing applications. Fahad Gilani Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30731556-00ad-4087-aeb7-59e524d5eab1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/30731556-00ad-4087-aeb7-59e524d5eab1 March 2004<br/><br/>The timestamps that you can obtain from Windows NT are limited to a maximum resolution of 10 or 15 milliseconds, depending on the underlying hardware. At times, such as when you need to timetag frequent events, it is desirable to achieve a higher resolution. For example, what if you want to be able to contact a thread or perform some other task at intervals more frequent than 10 milliseconds? Suggested ways of achieving better resolution include using performance counters in conjunction with the sytem time to calculate smaller time increments. But using performance counters is a technique that presents its own problems. This article shows one possible way of overcoming limitations inherent in this approach. Johan Nilsson Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f73f9a4-770c-415d-8d62-413cda81c55f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f73f9a4-770c-415d-8d62-413cda81c55f March 2004<br/><br/>The beta version of Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 is now publicly available. It includes a rich SDK with several extensibility mechanisms that allow third parties to integrate their specialized solutions on top of the ISA platform. In this article, the author explores the application filter extensibility mechanism, which enables you to add high-level application layer filtering capabilities to ISA Server and to provide rich content filtering solutions. He also highlights the new features of the ISA Server 2004 SDK, then moves on to describe how to develop a basic application filter that monitors all data going through the ISA Server, and how to integrate a filter into the ISA Server management console to create a seamless interface experience for your users. Yigal Edery Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16d18afa-d070-455b-b022-6f5d68a5bb19 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16d18afa-d070-455b-b022-6f5d68a5bb19 March 2004<br/><br/>Exception handling semantics in .NET are based on type, so you can create custom exceptions that have their own properties and methods. In .NET, exceptions are first-class citizens, and since they're the built-in error handling mechanism, all .NET-compliant languages must support exceptions. In addition, COM+ services are available to .NET code as Enterprise Services, so you can leverage exceptions in your Enterprise Services design.In this article the author describes custom exceptions, throwing exceptions across COM interop boundaries, and working with Enterprise Services. Bob DeRemer Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/335ae735-0273-4352-9a7e-5a5fe0328695 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/335ae735-0273-4352-9a7e-5a5fe0328695 March 2004<br/><br/>Editor's Note: 200+ Issues Later Joshua Trupin Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/34d76a92-885a-452a-9027-74c2151a2fb5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/34d76a92-885a-452a-9027-74c2151a2fb5 March 2004<br/><br/>New Stuff: Resources for Your Developer Toolbox Theresa W. Carey Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af01280a-f74f-4214-bb2d-71438dade8ed http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af01280a-f74f-4214-bb2d-71438dade8ed March 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Hard Drive Security, Comparing Two Versions of a DB, and More SQL Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2e52523d-ed3c-4dba-83a3-fa530a8c546d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2e52523d-ed3c-4dba-83a3-fa530a8c546d March 2004<br/><br/>Data Points: Exception-handling Techniques John Papa Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/63f94c95-2a53-4463-9012-8e26c7137047 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/63f94c95-2a53-4463-9012-8e26c7137047 March 2004<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Personalization in ASP.NET 1.1 Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9dbcbdfc-211f-4da3-9e7f-f22b6af4d580 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9dbcbdfc-211f-4da3-9e7f-f22b6af4d580 March 2004<br/><br/>The XML Files: WS-Policy and WSE 2.0 Assertion Handlers Aaron Skonnard Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e730cd8-efde-4da3-9f0a-663bcf341399 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e730cd8-efde-4da3-9f0a-663bcf341399 March 2004<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Extracting Data from .NET Assemblies Ken Spencer Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/37ca0d50-5f18-45ba-a9c0-11d5963b80e4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/37ca0d50-5f18-45ba-a9c0-11d5963b80e4 March 2004<br/><br/>The ASP Column: Using SOAP Extensions in ASP.NET George Shepherd Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/04988e45-a956-4057-9d1f-f1a78ccdd97b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/04988e45-a956-4057-9d1f-f1a78ccdd97b March 2004<br/><br/>Bugslayer: Basics of .NET Internationalization John Robbins Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/44b687bc-cbaf-4d8b-a757-b22ced3b9d93 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/44b687bc-cbaf-4d8b-a757-b22ced3b9d93 March 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: List View Mode, SetForegroundWindow, and Class Protection Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/93d0d6dc-5a72-4fb3-93fc-f8f642c8b19c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/93d0d6dc-5a72-4fb3-93fc-f8f642c8b19c March 2004<br/><br/>Resource File: ASP.NET "Whidbey" Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c046999-3055-4bc9-94a9-cd108a799223 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c046999-3055-4bc9-94a9-cd108a799223 February 2004<br/><br/>The next version of SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," includes quite a few enhancements and expanded language support. For example, Transact-SQL now conforms more closely to the ANSI-99 SQL specification and makes querying more flexible and expressive. Yukon can execute user-defined functions, stored procedures, and triggers written in CLR-targeted languages, including Visual Basic .NET and C#. It supports a subset of the W3C standard XQuery language, and has native XML support.In this article, the author outlines the most significant language features and builds an order-entry sample app. Eric Brown Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2fecfd1-0ef6-4180-83be-34d4da493543 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2fecfd1-0ef6-4180-83be-34d4da493543 February 2004<br/><br/>The next version of Microsoft SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," represents quite a few steps forward in the evolution of XML integration. Yukon supports native storage of XML data using the XML data type, which makes it possible to run native queries on XML data using the emerging industry standard XQuery language. Data integrity of the XML data type can be enforced through schema validation and XML-based check constraints, and special indexes can be defined that help speed up queries. In addition, Yukon has the built-in ability to expose its data through Web services. This article discusses these and other XML features of Yukon. Bob Beauchemin Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c80f4b4c-660b-407a-9c13-2f6af7c06584 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c80f4b4c-660b-407a-9c13-2f6af7c06584 February 2004<br/><br/>The T-SQL language in the upcoming version of SQL Server will provide more power and flexibility than previous versions. Additions and enhancements include error handling with the TRY/CATCH construct, SNAPSHOT isolation, and WAITFOR enhancements. Also important are the BULK rowset provider, common table expressions, recursive queries, PIVOT and UNPIVOT operators, and much more. This article introduces these features so readers will be ready for the next version of SQL Server. Itzik Ben-Gan Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f483cfed-9c77-40c0-95af-6552721b9756 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f483cfed-9c77-40c0-95af-6552721b9756 February 2004<br/><br/>The next version of SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," will offer enhanced support for user-defined types (UDTs). Because UDTs can be managed by the CLR, you can represent a wide variety of data structures to create types not possible with previous versions of SQL Server. With UDTs you can more precisely control the kind of data your type accepts, resulting in better data management. This article explores UDTs in "Yukon" and covers their design and implementation. Peter W. DeBetta Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d3fc26cd-5248-439c-9308-d019e6a29eee http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d3fc26cd-5248-439c-9308-d019e6a29eee February 2004<br/><br/>The Microsoft .NET Framework is not just about Windows Forms and Web services. This article discusses the simplest kind of Framework-based application—the console app—along with the frequently overlooked constructs of standard input/output and the pipe. When designed carefully, console applications offer a surprisingly powerful way of solving complex programming problems. One of the more exciting aspects of this approach is that while each application in the pipe is fairly simple, the result of their interaction can be a relatively complex task. Here the author explores the ins and outs of writing these console apps. Michael Brook Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/faeba42f-612c-4749-a895-dd7e94ae824b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/faeba42f-612c-4749-a895-dd7e94ae824b February 2004<br/><br/>Timers often play an important role in both client applications and server-based components (including Windows services). Writing effective timer-driven managed code requires a clear understanding of program flow and the subtleties of the .NET threading model. The .NET Framework Class Library provides three different timer classes: System.Windows.Forms.Timer, System.Timers.Timer, and System.Threading.Timer. Each of these classes has been designed and optimized for use in different situations. This article examines the three timer classes and helps you gain an understanding of how and when each class should be used. Alex Calvo Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0457faec-1674-4352-aeea-189f028fdeb2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0457faec-1674-4352-aeea-189f028fdeb2 February 2004<br/><br/>Editor's Note: Yukon Bonanza Joshua Trupin Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d4801d0-71e5-494a-9c4b-2d04d8cf2565 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2d4801d0-71e5-494a-9c4b-2d04d8cf2565 February 2004<br/><br/>New Stuff: Resources for Your Developer Toolbox Theresa W. Carey Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cda866ce-7860-4694-a018-b9691164e493 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cda866ce-7860-4694-a018-b9691164e493 February 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: ANSI Chars in XML, E-commerce Architecture, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6ed4d252-67d7-4d51-bf2a-22ccd950cd54 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6ed4d252-67d7-4d51-bf2a-22ccd950cd54 February 2004<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Owner-Drawing in .NET Dino Esposito Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea4a3bc3-596d-4531-ab26-9769179f9897 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea4a3bc3-596d-4531-ab26-9769179f9897 February 2004<br/><br/>The XML Files: XML Report from the Microsoft PDC 2003 Aaron Skonnard Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ddc7c9e-2797-46ca-a3d1-1b93fbd9512f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ddc7c9e-2797-46ca-a3d1-1b93fbd9512f February 2004<br/><br/>The ASP Column: Web Services: ATL Server Versus ASP.NET George Shepherd Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2de011e7-241d-41e3-9ddf-8c5568f3c8fd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2de011e7-241d-41e3-9ddf-8c5568f3c8fd February 2004<br/><br/>Wicked Code: Client-side Paging for DataGrids Jeff Prosise Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ed67fff-3ee3-4b0e-a1a4-980f744913ae http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ed67fff-3ee3-4b0e-a1a4-980f744913ae February 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Color Support, Console Apps, and Saving User Settings Paul DiLascia Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c94835e-803e-4b12-8b33-4ef71d1499ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c94835e-803e-4b12-8b33-4ef71d1499ab February 2004<br/><br/>Resource File: Mobile and Embedded Application Development Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2886e6ad-5d74-4656-95bc-d6e7eda7a1b5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2886e6ad-5d74-4656-95bc-d6e7eda7a1b5 January 2004<br/><br/>The next version of the Microsoft Windows operating system, code-named "Longhorn," marks a significant change not only in terms of how the operating system works, but also in the way in which applications are built. The Longhorn version of Windows includes a new storage system, natural search technology, and an increased emphasis on security and trustworthy computing. Here the author provides an overview of Longhorn, focusing on the build-once, deploy n-times application model. In addition, he discusses the new language, code-named "XAML," that's used to create UI elements, then presents some working samples. Dino Esposito Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a03ba01e-3700-448a-9222-2288ca52cb98 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a03ba01e-3700-448a-9222-2288ca52cb98 January 2004<br/><br/>This article describes a collection of new programming frameworks that are part of "Longhorn," the upcoming version of Windows. "Indigo," the code name for this framework, provides rich support for service-oriented design that is complementary to traditional object-oriented approaches. Indigo marries the best features of .NET Remoting, ASMX, and .NET Enterprise Services into a unified programming and administration model. Indigo's deep support for standard protocols, including HTTP, XML, and SOAP, makes it easier to integrate applications and services without sacrificing security or reliability. Don Box Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fcf2af51-35a2-4c15-92fc-3355c27ad965 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fcf2af51-35a2-4c15-92fc-3355c27ad965 January 2004<br/><br/>The presentation subsystem in the next version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," offers powerful new capabilities to developers. This subsystem, code-named "Avalon," allows developers to take advantage of its capabilities through a new markup language code-named "XAML." In addition, modern object-oriented programming languages such as C# and Visual Basic .NET can be used to tie everything together. Because most applications written to Avalon will probably be a mix of XAML and programming code, this article discusses XAML tags used to control page layout along with the procedural code written to respond to events. Charles Petzold Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8e29197-7bf2-4721-a890-c4c57d88be94 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8e29197-7bf2-4721-a890-c4c57d88be94 January 2004<br/><br/>One of the monumental problems organizations face today is aggregating information that's stored in disparate formats. Knowledge workers have long wanted to be able to search for content independent of format. The next version of the Windows operating system, code-named "Longhorn," boasts a new storage subsystem that makes that task easier. That subsystem, code-named "WinFS," allows the user to perform searches based on the metadata of the stored item, regardless of what type of file it is or which application created it. This article covers the basic architecture of WinFS and explains how to use the WinFS managed API. Richard Grimes Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4aacd620-5a8d-475b-b675-9c849e5f7723 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4aacd620-5a8d-475b-b675-9c849e5f7723 January 2004<br/><br/>Extending the Windows shell with namespace extensions allows you to create some custom functionality for Windows Explorer. One common use is to enable Explorer to present a list of items that do not exist in one real folder, but actually reside in a number of places. The view on the folder makes it look like these items are in one place, so managing them becomes easier. This article illustrates the process of creating custom shell namespace extensions using C# and the .NET Framework. The author dispels some myths about the difficulty of writing such extensions, and shows that it is easier than it was before .NET. Along the way he outlines undocumented interfaces and describes advanced techniques for consuming them in .NET. Dave Rensin Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bb0959ba-f1be-4d76-915d-f3779d8acc9b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bb0959ba-f1be-4d76-915d-f3779d8acc9b January 2004<br/><br/>Editor's Note: PDC 2003 Trip Report Joshua Trupin Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8914e199-e7ea-400b-90b9-75c315647a09 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8914e199-e7ea-400b-90b9-75c315647a09 January 2004<br/><br/>New Stuff: Resources for Your Developer Toolbox Theresa W. Carey Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00843844-75ce-434f-bdd9-8fbcd53b4253 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/00843844-75ce-434f-bdd9-8fbcd53b4253 January 2004<br/><br/>Web Q&A: DTS Follow-up, Web Services, Access Over the Network, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9fc07f2e-687b-47df-a1d0-cfd6fec98795 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9fc07f2e-687b-47df-a1d0-cfd6fec98795 January 2004<br/><br/>Data Points: Exploring SQL Server Triggers: Part 2 John Papa Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebd63612-08ad-4453-ae12-ac97ef32c94f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ebd63612-08ad-4453-ae12-ac97ef32c94f January 2004<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Extend the ASP.NET DataGrid with Client-side Behaviors Dino Esposito Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15d8246c-4409-4260-9f4d-0e8327c6cfd3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15d8246c-4409-4260-9f4d-0e8327c6cfd3 January 2004<br/><br/>The XML Files: IntelliSense for XSLT, Namespace Collisions, and More Aaron Skonnard Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1e8043d1-370a-4f94-b489-e16932c44acb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1e8043d1-370a-4f94-b489-e16932c44acb January 2004<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Windows Forms Controls: Z-order and Copying Collections Ken Spencer Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/743e4837-14ed-47ce-8d2c-9257a5751cee http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/743e4837-14ed-47ce-8d2c-9257a5751cee January 2004<br/><br/>Basic Instincts: Asynchronous Method Execution Using Delegates Ted Pattison Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59b2c8de-4944-4610-a41e-d57d59686990 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59b2c8de-4944-4610-a41e-d57d59686990 January 2004<br/><br/>.NET Column: Practical Multithreading for Client Apps Jason Clark Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9f690f2f-f5d5-4f5d-ac7b-df966740f13a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9f690f2f-f5d5-4f5d-ac7b-df966740f13a January 2004<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Get Logical Drives with VolInfo, Modifying the System Menu Paul DiLascia Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c5cfead-45e9-4547-ac44-fb529834ac57 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6c5cfead-45e9-4547-ac44-fb529834ac57 January 2004<br/><br/>Talking To…: Carl Franklin Talks About Being a New MVP and His Passion for Visual Basic .NET Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7077312d-33b4-45b1-abaa-e08ecd8c0d20 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7077312d-33b4-45b1-abaa-e08ecd8c0d20 December 2003<br/><br/>Critical sections, a mechanism that prohibits more than one thread at a time from executing a particular section of code, is a topic that has not received much attention and thus tends not to be well understood. A solid understanding of critical sections in Windows can really come in handy when you need to track down multithreading performance issues in your code. This articles delves under the hood of critical sections to reveal information useful in finding deadlocks and in pinpointing performance problems. It also includes a handy utility program that shows all of your critical sections and their current states. Matt Pietrek and Russ Osterlund Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9b18525-147c-4fbe-974c-503ed9fe1636 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b9b18525-147c-4fbe-974c-503ed9fe1636 December 2003<br/><br/>When creating a distributed system you frequently need to provide for communication between two entities that are not in sync. Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ) provides the kind of store-and-forward messaging in a pre-built infrastructure that can help you address these kinds of messaging needs. In the past, MSMQ was accessed using a COM wrapper. Now there's a .NET wrapper that lets you accomplish your messaging goals easily from your Framework-based code. To illustrate the use of the wrapper, the author builds a messaging application, sends MSMQ messages over the Web, and discusses messaging security. David S. Platt Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7f54113-c2eb-44d3-8d0d-e3628e2897e9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a7f54113-c2eb-44d3-8d0d-e3628e2897e9 December 2003<br/><br/>Leasing and sponsorship is the solution for managing the lifecycle of a remote object in .NET. Each object has a lease that prevents the local garbage collector from destroying it, and most distributed applications rely upon leasing. There are several ways in which objects and clients can extend the lease, including dedicated sponsor objects. In this article, the author explains leasing, shows how to configure it, and how it relates to the various remoting activation models. He then discusses design guidelines and options, along with their impact on throughput and performance. Additionally, he introduces a helper class used to automate the management of lease sponsors. Juval Lowy Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/379095d1-c7a5-45d2-b8a8-07c1f56a1fea http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/379095d1-c7a5-45d2-b8a8-07c1f56a1fea December 2003<br/><br/>One of the coolest new parts of Office 2003 is a programmability feature called Smart Documents, which allows developers to augment Word and Excel documents with programmable content and behavior. Typically, examples illustrating Office programmability use Visual Basic or Visual Basic .NET. In this article, the author develops a Smart Document for Excel using C++. He describes the new ISmartDocument interface and shows how to use it to manage a simple task list such as an Excel spreadsheet. Mike Kelly Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/04483f9d-3cdb-43bd-9319-eac8f0fe9034 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/04483f9d-3cdb-43bd-9319-eac8f0fe9034 December 2003<br/><br/>Microsoft Office Visio 2003 introduces a new drawing component that allows you to embed an interactive drawing surface into your application's user interface. You can drive the Visio drawing component from events in your host application or with data from a Web Service and an ADO.NET data adapter. The Visio drawing component supports the rich Visio application programming model, giving you control over how graphics are used and displayed on the drawing surface. This article explains how to embed the Visio drawing component into a C#-based Windows Forms client app that retrieves data from the Fabrikam 2.0 Web Service. Mai-lan Tomsen Bukovec and Blair Shaw Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bb8243c-bfce-46c5-bb1d-8d6bff4181da http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1bb8243c-bfce-46c5-bb1d-8d6bff4181da December 2003<br/><br/>Editor's Note: A Look Back and a Look Ahead Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/490b2581-d033-491e-8e6b-14867ad432d6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/490b2581-d033-491e-8e6b-14867ad432d6 December 2003<br/><br/>New Stuff: Resources for Your Developer Toolbox Theresa W. Carey Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6b3379f1-bb28-439b-bb9f-9e45b9ffa1b7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6b3379f1-bb28-439b-bb9f-9e45b9ffa1b7 December 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Virtual Directories, Releasing DB Connections, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bf0e01b5-a902-40d3-9421-f4066b1ce243 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bf0e01b5-a902-40d3-9421-f4066b1ce243 December 2003<br/><br/>Data Points: Exploring SQL Server Triggers John Papa Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8127776-d14e-4738-92e1-53d3b422f0b8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f8127776-d14e-4738-92e1-53d3b422f0b8 December 2003<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Custom Design-time Control Features in Visual Studio .NET Dino Esposito Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16e567dc-095c-4d21-95d7-bb09e8b5b6c6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16e567dc-095c-4d21-95d7-bb09e8b5b6c6 December 2003<br/><br/>The XML Files: A Survey of Publicly Available Web Services at Microsoft Aaron Skonnard Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb201f02-99c2-42ec-8e93-325f4778ef4a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb201f02-99c2-42ec-8e93-325f4778ef4a December 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Windows Forms Q&A Ken Spencer Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b2f1938-f226-4280-8b59-8541b12535d6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9b2f1938-f226-4280-8b59-8541b12535d6 December 2003<br/><br/>Design Patterns: Asynchronous Wait State Pattern in ASP.NET Lyn Robison Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2bf6ffc5-88a0-46ec-bc6a-34a84c5ae78f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2bf6ffc5-88a0-46ec-bc6a-34a84c5ae78f December 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Docking the Menu Bar, Abstract Classes vs. Interfaces, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a44383a-0c39-49ec-8e60-8e9c34ebc17d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1a44383a-0c39-49ec-8e60-8e9c34ebc17d December 2003<br/><br/>Talking To…: Steve Lombardi Discusses the Highlights of Microsoft MapPoint 2004 Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/49b2c08f-f922-409f-b5cd-d56638d9c113 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/49b2c08f-f922-409f-b5cd-d56638d9c113 November 2003<br/><br/>Protecting application secrets, such as database connection strings and passwords, requires careful consideration of a number of pertinent factors such as how sensitive the data is, who could gain access to it, how to balance security, performance, and maintainability, and so forth. This article explains the fundamentals of data protection and compares a variety of techniques that can be used to protect application settings. The author discusses what to avoid, such as hiding keys in source code and the use of Local Security Authority. In addition, he presents some effective solutions such as the Data Protection API. Alek Davis Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/27417c4c-d3ab-4dee-b7e9-5f7b780f66a1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/27417c4c-d3ab-4dee-b7e9-5f7b780f66a1 November 2003<br/><br/>The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a National Institute of Standards and Technology specification for the encryption of electronic data. It is expected to become the accepted means of encrypting digital information, including financial, telecommunications, and government data. This article presents an overview of AES and explains the algorithms it uses. Included is a complete C# implementation and examples of encrypting .NET data. After reading this article you will be able to encrypt data using AES, test AES-based software, and use AES encryption in your systems. James McCaffrey Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c5f44f0-62ab-4f55-b9d3-c61249da5e00 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c5f44f0-62ab-4f55-b9d3-c61249da5e00 November 2003<br/><br/>Authorization Manager in Windows Server 2003 represents a significant improvement in the administration of role-based security, making it more scalable, flexible, and easier to implement. Using Authorization Manager, you can define roles and the tasks those roles can perform. You can nest roles to inherit characteristics from other roles, and you can define application groups. In addition, Authorization Manager lets you use scripts to modify permissions dynamically, and it allows you to wrap your security logic in a security policy that can be stored in Active Directory. Authorization Manager also includes an easy-to-use API for running access checks. The author discusses all of these topics and demonstrates them with a working sample. Keith Brown Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e607cdc9-dd1e-4198-99ee-c486e92b9f0e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e607cdc9-dd1e-4198-99ee-c486e92b9f0e November 2003<br/><br/>Reviewing code for security defects is a key ingredient in the software creation process, ranking alongside planning, design, and testing. Here the author reflects over his years of code security reviews to identify patterns and best practices that all developers can follow when tracking down potential security loopholes. The process begins by examining the environment the code runs in, considering the roles of the users who will run it, and studying the history of any security issues the code may have had. After gaining an understanding of these background issues, specific vulnerabilities can be hunted down, including SQL injection attacks, cross-site scripting, and buffer overruns. In addition, certain red flags, such as variable names like "password", "secret," and other obvious but common security blunders, can be searched for and remedied. Michael Howard Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b244ab6-7db6-45f7-9ce1-99b4ce391291 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2b244ab6-7db6-45f7-9ce1-99b4ce391291 November 2003<br/><br/>As more organizations adopt XML-based Web Services, the need for message-level security has become evident. WS-Security, now supported in the Microsoft .NET Framework, addresses this need. Using the WS-Security framework, developers can implement channel sinks to intercept Remoting messages as they pass through the .NET Remoting infrastructure. The sink can read the message, change it, and pass it along. During this process, the message can be signed for added security. This article explains how to implement a Remoting channel sink that will modify the Remoting message by including a UserName token in the header, then sign the body using the token. Neeraj Srivastava Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31649a63-5805-4fbe-9344-0802a7342867 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31649a63-5805-4fbe-9344-0802a7342867 November 2003<br/><br/>One of the advantages of the .NET architecture is that assemblies built with it contain lots of useful information that can be recovered using ILDASM, the intermediate language disassembler. A side effect, though, is that someone with access to your binaries can recover a good approximation of the original source code. Here the authors present program obfuscation as a way to deter reverse engineering. In addition, they discuss the different types of obfuscation technologies available and demonstrate the new obfuscation tool that is included in Visual Studio .NET 2003. Gabriel Torok and Bill Leach Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3d459877-f296-4228-a412-156bcf6ac6df http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3d459877-f296-4228-a412-156bcf6ac6df November 2003<br/><br/>Last September, MSDN Magazine published its first-ever issue devoted entirely to the topic of security. Feedback was so positive that we thought "Hey! We can do this again next year!" It's this kind of forward thinking that's behind this year's security issue. Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/32d6961b-79da-4c0b-9a5a-04125a1812da http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/32d6961b-79da-4c0b-9a5a-04125a1812da November 2003<br/><br/>Desaware is shipping CAS/Tester (automated code access security testing) for Visual Studio® . NET. CAS/Tester was developed to address the issue of security constraints as software is deployed through the Internet, intranets, and other distribution channels. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba97c011-4b4e-4dbd-94f2-7fc870c00ce5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ba97c011-4b4e-4dbd-94f2-7fc870c00ce5 November 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Secure Passwords, Nested XML, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ef5dcb5-0033-45bb-a07f-6d1744add7eb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ef5dcb5-0033-45bb-a07f-6d1744add7eb November 2003<br/><br/>Data Points: SQL Server User-defined Functions John Papa Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/88ac9aa0-d27e-49b6-8c09-0df21ca3bc14 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/88ac9aa0-d27e-49b6-8c09-0df21ca3bc14 November 2003<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Custom Provider Controls Dino Esposito Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/468eb7f5-a705-4308-b648-a71c56e82d85 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/468eb7f5-a705-4308-b648-a71c56e82d85 November 2003<br/><br/>The XML Files: XML in Microsoft Office Word 2003 Aaron Skonnard Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ceb52ea-d392-4992-84fe-d71b210317b0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ceb52ea-d392-4992-84fe-d71b210317b0 November 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: SQL Server Metadata Ken Spencer Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d5dcb0e-a16d-4ebf-a90f-2fcdf74a833f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d5dcb0e-a16d-4ebf-a90f-2fcdf74a833f November 2003<br/><br/>The ASP Column: ATL Server Versus ASP.NET George Shepherd Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa3d754f-6a08-4416-9a1b-ea6c0cb0b40c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/aa3d754f-6a08-4416-9a1b-ea6c0cb0b40c November 2003<br/><br/>Bugslayer: Google from Visual Studio .NET John Robbins Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c267b57e-8d59-4728-a448-c5fb140b906a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c267b57e-8d59-4728-a448-c5fb140b906a November 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Menu Tips in an MFC App Paul DiLascia Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/32b7d250-a60a-4d64-9d56-1c6b7e67103c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/32b7d250-a60a-4d64-9d56-1c6b7e67103c November 2003<br/><br/>Resource File: Threat Model Your Security Risks Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/37aac861-f464-43fc-bc51-5d8c26a8ce75 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/37aac861-f464-43fc-bc51-5d8c26a8ce75 October 2003<br/><br/>Creating the illusion of a pen writing on paper is no easy software task. Fortunately, the .NET Framework hosts Tablet PC extensions, which lets you create ink-aware applications for the Tablet PC. This API allows applications to draw strokes on the screen and perform a variety of tasks including document markup, storage, and transmission.This article shows you how to handle a couple of inking events as used in the InkClipboard sample. Later, it discusses how to avoid common pitfalls including too frequent redrawing, which causes the ink flow to lag behind the pen movements, diminishing the illusion of ink on paper. Carlos C. Tapang Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/177e16a5-31d1-4b4d-98cb-3255048e5613 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/177e16a5-31d1-4b4d-98cb-3255048e5613 October 2003<br/><br/>Many organizations analyze their business-critical data using Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) technology. OLAP-based data mining provides a way to query multidimensional data sets and drill down into the data to find patterns. ASP.NET and the Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) enable Web-based OLAP reporting. The OWC controls include PivotTable and Chart components that can be embedded in a Web page and scripted by programmers. In this article, the authors build a Web-based OLAP reporting app using ASP.NET, OWC, and SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services to illustrate the process. Jeffrey Hasan and Kenneth Tu Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d337d3e7-b167-489e-9dde-ffec443b48fb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d337d3e7-b167-489e-9dde-ffec443b48fb October 2003<br/><br/>The ASP.NET advanced templated controls, such as the DataList and DataGrid, are perfect for many data representation situations. However, when you need the flexibility to render a variety of layouts, the Repeater control is what you need. In this article the author builds a full-featured blog application to illustrate the use of the Repeater and DataList controls that render nested data in a master-detail relationship. He then discusses how to override the default implementations of these controls by adding some client-side JavaScript code that makes the blog more responsive and enhances its usability. Marco Bellinaso Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4d12ef67-761c-41c6-9f36-5a44a8abe7aa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4d12ef67-761c-41c6-9f36-5a44a8abe7aa October 2003<br/><br/>Most user applications benefit from the ability to be extended by other developers. It's often easier and more efficient to extend an existing application that users are already familiar with and trained on than it is to develop one from scratch. Thus, extensibility makes your application more attractive. You can build extensibility into your application by supporting features like plug-ins or macros. This is easily accomplished using the .NET Framework even if the core application isn't a .NET Framework app. In this article, the author describes extensibility features of the .NET Framework including late binding and reflection and how to use them, along with plug-in security considerations. Jason Clark Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6c4d2c4-7481-45cb-9636-94925c0e3cce http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6c4d2c4-7481-45cb-9636-94925c0e3cce October 2003<br/><br/>Whew, what a month. As we worked on this super-fabulous issue, we've simultaneously been packing everything in the office for the move to our fancy new digs a few blocks away in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bde2c772-8841-4264-b3a1-e3b46646d938 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bde2c772-8841-4264-b3a1-e3b46646d938 October 2003<br/><br/>Excel Software has announced the availability of QuickHelp for Windows, a development tool for creating and deploying application help to Windows® 95 through Windows XP, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and virtually all Linux distributions. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3e307d08-687b-4ae3-99b7-303e0faf9efb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3e307d08-687b-4ae3-99b7-303e0faf9efb October 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Schema From a DataSet, Exporting SQL Data to Excel, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a37b52a-18df-4c08-a17c-585c3b56dfb9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a37b52a-18df-4c08-a17c-585c3b56dfb9 October 2003<br/><br/>Data Points: Exploring the ADO.NET DataRow John Papa Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0fc8f87f-e175-4a93-825a-70149cb3f0a2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0fc8f87f-e175-4a93-825a-70149cb3f0a2 October 2003<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Nested Grids for Hierarchical Data Dino Esposito Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1fdca24-87fc-46a4-bab0-0185e3889b13 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b1fdca24-87fc-46a4-bab0-0185e3889b13 October 2003<br/><br/>The XML Files: OPENXML, XSLT Keys, Select versus Match, XPath, and More Aaron Skonnard Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08b74fa6-27a5-406a-9c86-438bff54b519 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08b74fa6-27a5-406a-9c86-438bff54b519 October 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Enterprise Services, SQL Script Editing Ken Spencer Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/023e2552-f12e-4685-a5ca-0f8a95f2d593 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/023e2552-f12e-4685-a5ca-0f8a95f2d593 October 2003<br/><br/>Basic Instincts: Deploying Assemblies Ted Pattison Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20f390f2-76bf-45f2-baa0-0cd7ccd7c64d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/20f390f2-76bf-45f2-baa0-0cd7ccd7c64d October 2003<br/><br/>.NET Column: More on Generics in the CLR Jason Clark Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6cd09a0-0e13-41ad-a13b-42198bfb2430 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a6cd09a0-0e13-41ad-a13b-42198bfb2430 October 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Getting a Menu Handle, Declaring GetParam, and Filtering File Names Paul DiLascia Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c51dcfe-6809-4d05-a0dd-c9952824e2f9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7c51dcfe-6809-4d05-a0dd-c9952824e2f9 October 2003<br/><br/>Talking To…: Eric Brown Discusses SQL Server—Past, Present, and Yukon Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31e58e43-b98e-49c6-978c-d3b1f96c492e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/31e58e43-b98e-49c6-978c-d3b1f96c492e September 2003<br/><br/>Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System is a new technology that brings the advanced features of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework to apps built on Microsoft Word 2003 and Excel 2003. Now you can use Visual Basic .NET and C# to write document-centric, managed code solutions that run in-process with Word 2003 or Excel 2003, taking advantage of the rich object models they expose. Along the way you get the benefits of the managed environment in which a fully compiled .NET-based application executes, including code access security. Ken Getz and Brian A. Randell Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/681c3fc3-e65c-4530-8fc9-605a0c662c7e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/681c3fc3-e65c-4530-8fc9-605a0c662c7e September 2003<br/><br/>Office InfoPath 2003 is a new Microsoft Office product that lets you design your own data collection forms that, when submitted, turn the user-entered data into XML for any XML-supporting process to use. With an InfoPath solution in place, you can convert all those commonly used paper forms into Microsoft Office-based forms and end the cycle of handwriting and reentering data into your systems. Today organizations are beginning to realize the value of the mountains of data they collect every day, how hard it is to access it, and are striving to mine it effectively. InfoPath will aid in the design of effective data collection systems. Here the author shows you how to get started. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13924ef7-163e-4ccf-9872-d9d064bec454 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/13924ef7-163e-4ccf-9872-d9d064bec454 September 2003<br/><br/>The .NET Framework offers several methods for customizing the presentation of native .NET and COM object types. One such technique, custom marshaling, refers to the notion of specializing object type presentations. There are times, like when a legacy COM component needs to implement a new interface or when you need to make calls across process or machine boundaries, when custom marshaling saves the day. Elements of COM Interop permit the customizing of COM types while .NET Remoting offers the developer the ability to tailor native .NET types. This article examines these techniques. Jim Sievert Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/700c62e3-4244-4a4a-88bd-a546686c038f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/700c62e3-4244-4a4a-88bd-a546686c038f September 2003<br/><br/>In this article, the author shows how to dynamically rewrite Microsoft Intermediate Language code on the fly using the Profiling API of the CLR. Unlike approaches based on Reflection.Emit, this scheme works with the existing assemblies and doesn't require the creation of proxy or dynamic assemblies. The need for IL code rewriting emerges when you want to make your changes transparent to the client and preserve the identity of classes. This technique can be used for creation of interceptors, pre- and post-processing method calls, and code instrumentation and verification. Aleksandr Mikunov Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3a2b521-9ea5-49bf-9cc7-9843108de4bf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3a2b521-9ea5-49bf-9cc7-9843108de4bf September 2003<br/><br/>Coroutines are a powerful feature of many programming languages including CLU, Scheme, Python, Ruby, and ICON. Coroutines can save processor overhead and reduce redundancy because they allow you to stop execution of a procedure midstream, return a value, and resume exactly where the procedure left off.This article shows how coroutines can be implemented for the .NET Framework by using the Fiber API and Managed Extensions for C++, and how they can be easily used with other .NET-compliant languages. This article also shows a sophisticated use of the runtime host for running multiple managed threads on a single OS thread. Ajai Shankar Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/387d08a4-208c-4779-98e1-38f6cb0f3274 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/387d08a4-208c-4779-98e1-38f6cb0f3274 September 2003<br/><br/>Most C++ developers make extensive use of the Standard Template Library (STL) in their code. If you are one of them and are using STL and Visual C++ 6.0 directly out of the box, your application is at high risk of crashing under low memory conditions. The problem arises because checking for failure of operator new is such an uncommon practice. To make things worse, when new does fail, the response is not standard. Some language compilers return NULL while others throw an exception.In addition, if you are using STL in an MFC project, be aware that MFC has its own set of rules. This article discusses these problems, explains how the default behavior has changed in Visual C++ .NET 2003, and outlines the changes you must make if you're using Visual C++ 6.0 so that you can safely use the STL when operator new fails. James Hebben Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7a7065b-823f-49f6-ae43-d3bd58469eae http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d7a7065b-823f-49f6-ae43-d3bd58469eae September 2003<br/><br/>One of the most annoying things about the Internet is that no matter how hard you try to make something permanent, it can be gone tomorrow with no forwarding address. We found this out the hard way earlier this year, and we're hoping to remedy the situation with this Editor's Note. Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c37d3589-deac-45e5-8f00-978ef6d9725d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c37d3589-deac-45e5-8f00-978ef6d9725d September 2003<br/><br/>ISYS/Odyssey Development Inc. now supports the Microsoft® . NET Framework with the availability of the ISYS:web. asp 6. 0 search engine product. Developers using ASP. NET can interface directly with the core ISYS engine, powering their Web applications with the search and retrieval features of ISYS:web. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4d32bef-043e-4422-97db-36560a99731a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a4d32bef-043e-4422-97db-36560a99731a September 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: InfoPath Back End, WSH Script Signing, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/86bbda3c-7b41-4b6d-a923-79bea35a9d20 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/86bbda3c-7b41-4b6d-a923-79bea35a9d20 September 2003<br/><br/>Data Points: Developing Apps with the .NET Compact Framework, SQL Server CE, and Replication John Papa Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1fcbf1e7-cffb-4a73-bac3-2de9b32843a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1fcbf1e7-cffb-4a73-bac3-2de9b32843a3 September 2003<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Managing Your Remote Windows Clipboard Dino Esposito Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/11e408a0-0c04-4dae-b60d-1ba4a0bd4d42 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/11e408a0-0c04-4dae-b60d-1ba4a0bd4d42 September 2003<br/><br/>The XML Files: Introducing the Web Services Enhancements 2.0 Messaging API Aaron Skonnard Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/35a9ee03-a3cb-46a1-b1f5-c7c8dde4f275 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/35a9ee03-a3cb-46a1-b1f5-c7c8dde4f275 September 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Creating Text Images On the Fly with GDI+ Ken Spencer Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e2f64f8-67c6-46d6-bea6-53497058c2a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e2f64f8-67c6-46d6-bea6-53497058c2a3 September 2003<br/><br/>The ASP Column: The Internet Explorer Toolbar Control George Shepherd Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d03a94ad-39c7-4f35-a454-a7a3767d6b35 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d03a94ad-39c7-4f35-a454-a7a3767d6b35 September 2003<br/><br/>.NET Column: Introducing Generics in the CLR Jason Clark Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3349e74f-71c2-4474-8226-86f3e2daf97b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3349e74f-71c2-4474-8226-86f3e2daf97b September 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Retrieving Hidden Path Names, Mouse Events in C# Paul DiLascia Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/094422b8-45c9-402c-96ba-0183f4f5c87d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/094422b8-45c9-402c-96ba-0183f4f5c87d September 2003<br/><br/>Developers who use the Microsoft virtual machine (VM) will need to transition away from its use by January 2004. To comply with a court settlement with Sun Microsystems, Microsoft will not be able to update the Microsoft VM, even to repair critical security vulnerabilities. Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e679e8eb-eb52-4131-8882-01cbd9d30ce5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e679e8eb-eb52-4131-8882-01cbd9d30ce5 August 2003<br/><br/>If you're building an ASP.NET Web site you could probably use a good, solid code foundation to start with and build upon. Wouldn't it be nice to start with a complete site, make a few tweaks and customizations, and go live? The ASP.NET Starter Kits are packaged solutions that let you do just that. The five kits—Community, Reports, Commerce, Portal, and Time Tracker—supply full, reusable code that can be easily customized. In addition, there are a number of ISPs that support automatic deployment of ASP.NET Starter Kit Web sites, leaving you with little left to do when you have to get there fast. Here, the author introduces the ASP.NET Starter Kits and builds a community Web site with lots of advanced features such as ratings, user polls, upload quotas, change notifications, and themes. Paul Litwin Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/293d3a86-fc59-44cf-a8f1-bad799457e79 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/293d3a86-fc59-44cf-a8f1-bad799457e79 August 2003<br/><br/>One of the most enduring challenges in writing user interfaces is figuring out how to display large amounts of data efficiently and intuitively without bewildering the user. The problem becomes particularly thorny when the interface must reflect hierarchical relationships within the data that the user needs to modify. The Windows Forms DataGrid control gives developers a powerful and flexible tool to meet this challenge. This article explains its basic operations and shows how to extend the DataGrid to display columns of data in an application-appropriate manner. Kristy Saunders Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a53f909a-d2dd-440a-a806-c83cc7812e68 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a53f909a-d2dd-440a-a806-c83cc7812e68 August 2003<br/><br/>Code generation techniques using technologies such as XSLT are playing an increasingly important part in software projects as they support the development of a rapidly maintainable code base. This article discusses some of the benefits and possible applications of code generation.To demonstrate these techniques the author develops a Web Forms application that supports the maintenance of records in a SQL Server database, using the database's own metadata to drive the generation process. The SQL Server database schema is extracted using SQLXML 3.0 data access and processed through XSLT stylesheets that generate both a database access layer and a Web Forms user interface with query and update pages. Peter Ashley Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f181fb0-72f7-40fc-96cc-cb7707fe8e7a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3f181fb0-72f7-40fc-96cc-cb7707fe8e7a August 2003<br/><br/>Now that you're writing managed code, you'll certainly want to use your existing COM components, but you can't simply call them directly. Instead, you have to wrap the COM component in a runtime-callable wrapper that acts as a proxy between the component and your managed code. While the CLR provides wrapper classes for this purpose, there will be times when you'll want custom objects to wrap your COM components. One way to get the low-level access you need to precisely control resource cleanup, pass security information, and get access to CLR features is to write your own wrapper class in managed C++. This article shows you how. Vishwas Lele Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f2a76c77-e770-4e71-82f3-b99491467ade http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f2a76c77-e770-4e71-82f3-b99491467ade August 2003<br/><br/>In an earlier article the authors showed how to build a custom WebMethods extension that provides XML Schema validation, a function that is lacking in ASP.NET. In the process they established a foundation for enforcing business rules during the deserialization of XML data. The technique, which is described in this article, uses declarative XPath assertions to test business rule compliance.In building this business rules validation engine, the authors integrate the validation descriptions into the WSDL file that is automatically generated by the WebMethod infrastructure. Finally, they demonstrate how to extend wsdl.exe, the tool that generates WebMethod proxy/server code from WSDL files, to make use of their extensions. Aaron Skonnard and Dan Sullivan Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69f0d3bc-4fed-4c9d-82f3-3a0cafe5f4ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/69f0d3bc-4fed-4c9d-82f3-3a0cafe5f4ab August 2003<br/><br/>When we arrived in Dallas for Tech•Ed in June, there was reason to worry. For a moment, we felt that familiar unease we once had as adolescents sent off to visit the grandparents down in Miami. How else to explain the "Happy 100th Birthday, Irving!" signs on the highway exit from DFW?. Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c58b345d-b847-44cb-ba38-a7d6e9320a6f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c58b345d-b847-44cb-ba38-a7d6e9320a6f August 2003<br/><br/>Dubbeldam Software has released HtmlTweak, a tool that allows Web developers and designers to locate and inspect HTML elements loaded in Microsoft® Internet Explorer, and modify HTML, Cascading Style Sheet rules, and attributes to test changes. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55991632-90be-4472-adad-9ff3119f6768 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55991632-90be-4472-adad-9ff3119f6768 August 2003<br/><br/>This month find out which part of an HTML document has called a script, how to concatenate binary files, find a node, reference one script from another, build a GUI database front end in Access, and compare XML files. Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/68307a9a-ce2e-4cca-8a20-b3a4642f72c3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/68307a9a-ce2e-4cca-8a20-b3a4642f72c3 August 2003<br/><br/>If you bind a multi-table DataSet to a DataGrid, only the first table is recognized. Here Dino Esposito writes a custom solution the the multi-table problem. Dino Esposito Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/91eda6c1-3712-4504-a213-cd7276b28a8e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/91eda6c1-3712-4504-a213-cd7276b28a8e August 2003<br/><br/>This month Aaron Skonnard covers how keys work in XSLT, XSLT match and select attributes, SelectNodes order, finding <script> tags, XSLT pattern matching, xsl:include and xsl:import, xsl:if, and xsl:output. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c90b1dc7-8372-4ca4-bab7-ad6afbbda86d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c90b1dc7-8372-4ca4-bab7-ad6afbbda86d August 2003<br/><br/>Ken Spencer introduces data binding in Visual Basic .NET. Ken Spencer Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/095af4fd-14e5-43eb-aa17-5c428b70f7a4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/095af4fd-14e5-43eb-aa17-5c428b70f7a4 August 2003<br/><br/>Keith Brown describes how yo can hash passwords when you want to store them in your own custom database, and when to use the AllowPartiallyTrustedCallers attribure on your assembly. Keith Brown Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d138f6ab-ea0d-4067-8062-9585892c41d7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d138f6ab-ea0d-4067-8062-9585892c41d7 August 2003<br/><br/>Learn what the different parts of an assembly name mean, how to create a stronly named assembly, and get other assembly security tips. Ted Pattison Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9ccfbd11-7467-417b-a554-99eebe603e7f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9ccfbd11-7467-417b-a554-99eebe603e7f August 2003<br/><br/>This month Paul DiLascia discusses how to find windows with GetLastChild and outputting HTML with a C++ procedure equivalent to document.write. Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8850ab5a-6d8c-4471-ab28-d0f6436b3466 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8850ab5a-6d8c-4471-ab28-d0f6436b3466 August 2003<br/><br/>Privacy issues are of primary concern to those involved in Internet commerce. Some consumers are hesitant to provide information to Web sites without clearly understanding how their data will be used and with whom it will be shared. Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1429e0c4-f41c-4e37-bf04-ace905f83049 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1429e0c4-f41c-4e37-bf04-ace905f83049 July 2003<br/><br/>DirectX 9.0 is the latest evolution of the Microsoft 3D graphics technology for Windows. Direct3D, a major component of the DirectX Graphics subsystem, has evolved so rapidly in the last few years that the underlying programming paradigm has changed quite a bit from its origin. This article introduces the fundamental concepts of the unmanaged Direct3D architecture and illustrates how the managed Direct3D layer abstracts the unmanaged layer. Also, the author describes the Geometry, Texture, Device, and other classes and uses code from the Samples SDK. Yahya H. Mirza and Henry da Costa Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d896aba-7aef-4cdf-a6de-0701b06b8c0d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0d896aba-7aef-4cdf-a6de-0701b06b8c0d July 2003<br/><br/>Although most developers and APIs use the RGB scheme when working with colors, it's not the only available way to represent or select colors. For instance, the standard Windows color-selection dialog box allows you to work with the HSL color scheme in an indirect way. In this article, the author describes several color selection schemes, and uses GDI+ (via the System.Drawing namespace) to create a component that makes it possible for your own applications to provide a simpler, friendlier color chooser. Along the way, you'll get tips to help you use GDI+ in your own apps. Ken Getz Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f2df877-b776-4d72-b7fb-23b4c8c5c4aa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f2df877-b776-4d72-b7fb-23b4c8c5c4aa July 2003<br/><br/>Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), a W3C graphics standard built around XML, is one of several vector graphics technologies that allows fast, lightweight drawings such as charts and graphs to be rendered on the fly in an appropriate viewer. There are many advantages to such vector graphics, including conservation of bandwidth and storage media, and flexibility. This article explains these benefits and shows you how to easily add powerful, dynamic, interactive visual elements to your Web applications. Dennis Forbes Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a02f1c1-3bfb-46a1-8bd5-f0d981477ff3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a02f1c1-3bfb-46a1-8bd5-f0d981477ff3 July 2003<br/><br/>WebMethods make the development of XML Web Services easier by encapsulating a good deal of functionality, but there is still a lot of underlying XML processing that you have to be responsible for. For example, WebMethods do not validate messages against the implied schema. Because they are not validated, the response that's returned can result in unintended consequences. To address this, the authors extend the WebMethod framework by adding XML Schema validation through a custom SoapExtension class. Aaron Skonnard and Dan Sullivan Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60f8e72a-bc7b-4a55-8fa4-6ec88a2559a3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60f8e72a-bc7b-4a55-8fa4-6ec88a2559a3 July 2003<br/><br/>XPath is emerging as a universal query language. With XPath, you can identify and process a group of related nodes in XML-based data sources. XPath provides an infrastructure that is integral to XML support in the .NET Framework. The XPath navigation model is even used under the hood of the XSLT processor. In this article, the author reviews the implementation details of the XPath navigator and the XSLT processor and includes practical examples such as asynchronous transformations, sorted node-sets, and ASP.NET server-side transformations. Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/84343ec6-728a-462d-b6cc-594b0a3b96eb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/84343ec6-728a-462d-b6cc-594b0a3b96eb July 2003<br/><br/>Since we founded MSDN Magazine back in 1932, we've seen generation after generation of technological advances, from the early TV test transmissions of Felix the Cat dolls that made up the bulk of our coverage in the 1940s to the special 132-page bumper issue that coincided with the launch of "New" Coke in 1985. Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d44ee2d4-df53-471e-b570-8eec91cba2e1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d44ee2d4-df53-471e-b570-8eec91cba2e1 July 2003<br/><br/>TeaLeaf Technology has announced the availability of TeaLeaf IntegriTea with Session to Script. This new feature allows scripts for testing products, such as the Microsoft® Web Application Stress tool, to be automatically generated directly from the Web sessions of real users. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e9bfec1-a870-41cc-9e2c-fa7c8f586596 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8e9bfec1-a870-41cc-9e2c-fa7c8f586596 July 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Accessible Images, Image Format Converter, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/34571d7d-390c-4180-a3f4-79b037619736 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/34571d7d-390c-4180-a3f4-79b037619736 July 2003<br/><br/>Data Points: Managing Hierarchical Inserts in ASP.NET and ADO.NET John Papa Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d470bb88-fabc-4922-8dc5-c1e1f275f04b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d470bb88-fabc-4922-8dc5-c1e1f275f04b July 2003<br/><br/>Cutting Edge: Working with Images in the .NET Framework Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2754247-6baa-427a-80da-17362102c2fa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2754247-6baa-427a-80da-17362102c2fa July 2003<br/><br/>The XML Files: XML Namespace Collisions, XmlNodeList and Deserialization, and More Aaron Skonnard Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d999bea9-8266-43d3-8783-d11f54f43215 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d999bea9-8266-43d3-8783-d11f54f43215 July 2003<br/><br/>.NET Column: Calling Win32 DLLs in C# with P/Invoke Jason Clark Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b4b2539f-23b6-4c57-9f24-fa37d5f5af7f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b4b2539f-23b6-4c57-9f24-fa37d5f5af7f July 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Passing Data Between Objects in an Application Ken Spencer Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b62599df-c4d1-4803-8919-c37f72b85393 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b62599df-c4d1-4803-8919-c37f72b85393 July 2003<br/><br/>Design Patterns: Architecture of an Autonomous Application Sten Sundblad and Per Sundblad Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48f06f0b-2bb5-44fd-a5f4-b8c31aac9d60 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48f06f0b-2bb5-44fd-a5f4-b8c31aac9d60 July 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Parent and Child Window Captions, More MoveDlg Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/90bb394d-ff3a-4d46-a3f7-2aa406e133b1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/90bb394d-ff3a-4d46-a3f7-2aa406e133b1 July 2003<br/><br/>Talking To…: Ken Getz Talks About His Role as a Microsoft MVP Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79b6d0ef-8ba3-4d2d-a688-dde709c91de2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/79b6d0ef-8ba3-4d2d-a688-dde709c91de2 June 2003<br/><br/>There's a lot to say about Windows Server 2003. First of all, it's the first operating system with built-in .NET Framework support, and it's the first 64-bit OS from Microsoft. But wait, there's more! There are lots of new features and APIs in this version as well. For instance, Windows Server 2003 features Hot Add Memory and a number of other arcane new tidbits. There are new APIs for handling threads, directories, and files, and new features like the low fragmentation heap for managing memory and system information. There's vectored exception handling and new UI APIs as well.OS internals expert Matt Pietrek takes a look at the additions he finds most interesting and useful so you'll have a good place to start when you dive into Windows Server 2003. Matt Pietrek Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/855360c7-cfc6-46f1-bdbb-2d379610214f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/855360c7-cfc6-46f1-bdbb-2d379610214f June 2003<br/><br/>Fortunately for developers, threading in ASP.NET is a lot easier than it was in ASP. In this article, the author takes a look at threading in the ASP.NET HTTP pipeline, and explains how threads are managed efficiently without the involvement of the developer. The article considers how the common language runtime threadpool is used by ASP.NET to service requests, looks at the pooling mechanisms used for handlers, modules, and applications, and covers both IIS 5.0 and IIS 6.0 and how they differ in their approach to request processing and thread allocation. Finally, how and when to use asynchronous handlers is discussed for developers who still need to use threads in their own applications. Fritz Onion Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f2e106e-5102-4a47-a184-a99c19b1b065 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4f2e106e-5102-4a47-a184-a99c19b1b065 June 2003<br/><br/>Zip compression lets you save space and network bandwidth when storing files or sending them over the wire. In addition, you don't lose the directory structure of folders you Zip, which makes it a pretty useful compression scheme. The C# language doesn't have any classes that let you manipulate Zip files, but since .NET-targeted languages can share class implementations, and J# exposes classes in the java.util.zip namespace, you can get to those classes in your C# code. This article explains how to use the Microsoft J# class libraries to create an application in C# that compresses and decompresses Zip files. It also shows other unique parts of the J# runtime you can use from any .NET-compliant language to save some coding. Ianier Munoz Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e875a87c-fb1a-4961-9c1e-342f53ce0960 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e875a87c-fb1a-4961-9c1e-342f53ce0960 June 2003<br/><br/>As .NET Remoting gains popularity in the enterprise space, it must meet business demands for trustworthy computing. Remoting traffic can be secured when objects are hosted in IIS, but when they aren't hosted in IIS, custom security solutions can be developed to secure them. This article provides an in-depth look at writing channel sinks for .NET. It also details the flow of data through custom channel sinks and explains the kinds of manipulations that can be performed on that data. Stephen Toub Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/303f5cfa-bf4e-4a08-b743-3b242f453cc1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/303f5cfa-bf4e-4a08-b743-3b242f453cc1 June 2003<br/><br/>Managing resources in C++ is not easy. When you're unsuccessful, your app can leak all kinds of resources including file system handles, database connections, and, of course, memory. Even in garbage-collected languages like Managed C++, resource management is difficult because garbage collection only deals with memory management, not the other resources that cause performance problems.In this article, the author describes the SmartAny template library he created, which uses a policy-based approach to dynamic resource management. Readers will learn how to use the SmartAny classes and policies to ensure the proper cleanup of their resources, be they files, OS handles, or native and unmanaged objects. Eric Niebler Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1346711c-88bb-47b3-8691-3473c574c8e1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1346711c-88bb-47b3-8691-3473c574c8e1 June 2003<br/><br/>RSS is a great, example of how a technology like XML can be used to improve the overall user experience. RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a description of a simple XML schema that can be used to describe the contents of a Web destination. Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2429a6ef-cf44-453b-a41e-b6db3abff5b4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2429a6ef-cf44-453b-a41e-b6db3abff5b4 June 2003<br/><br/>Olero Software Inc. has announced the release of ORM. NET 1. 2, an object relational mapping tool designed for developers using the Microsoft® . NET Framework. ORM. NET auto-generates a complete data layer object model based on your SQL database schema. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c16d42c-21be-4a91-aa13-f9f19bf7118f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c16d42c-21be-4a91-aa13-f9f19bf7118f June 2003<br/><br/>Font Sizing, Internationalization in JScript, and More. Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b3026658-004c-4cc8-9e80-2098067e31fa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b3026658-004c-4cc8-9e80-2098067e31fa June 2003<br/><br/>How do you know which technique is best for retrieving data and populating a DataSet in ADO.NET?. Since the Microsoft .NET Framework offers so many choices on how to write the code, many developers are now taking a close look at the different options. See what they are. John Papa Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea3c74ef-cae9-401f-a75f-5d3ab50b4b88 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea3c74ef-cae9-401f-a75f-5d3ab50b4b88 June 2003<br/><br/>Can XmlSerializer deal with choice compositors? How about mixed content models? XmlSerializer won't serialize objects that implement IDictionary by default, so how do you get arount it? And more. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a57725e0-ce2b-4a6f-98d2-6341435ba6ad http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a57725e0-ce2b-4a6f-98d2-6341435ba6ad June 2003<br/><br/>It's easy to create a custom control in ASP.NET by deriving a new class from an already existing control. Creating a new ASP.NET control from scratch, on the other hand, is more challenging. When you need a Web server control and none of the existing ones meet your requirements, you can derive from one of the base classes - Control or WebControl. Try it out. Dino Esposito Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1c1b75fa-70ed-4634-9fcb-e371d2d316f1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1c1b75fa-70ed-4634-9fcb-e371d2d316f1 June 2003<br/><br/>In past versions of Visual Basic, there were rudimentary graphics controls. In Visual Basic .NET you have the GDI+ library, which enables you to draw lines, circles, and most anything else. But how can you use the functionality of GDI+ to create lines and other graphics that respond to user mouse clicks and events? Find out. Ken Spencer Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75219a80-a5ab-4e6f-a348-0fb163df09d4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75219a80-a5ab-4e6f-a348-0fb163df09d4 June 2003<br/><br/>Manipulating the TreeView server-side control is very much like programming any other ASP.NET server-side control. There are a number of properties, methods, and events that are available both programmatically and through the designer. Find out how to take advantage of it. George Shepherd Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5f30d7d-2517-4370-a3b9-cabdfa602a7f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e5f30d7d-2517-4370-a3b9-cabdfa602a7f June 2003<br/><br/>Hidden deep inside the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 you'll find Son of Strike (SOS). If your app is a pure managed code, your development and debugging tasks are easily handled by existing Microsoft tools. If you're on border between managed and native code SOS is your man. John Robbins Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d8cee20f-a914-46ff-83fe-3f9445fecbe9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d8cee20f-a914-46ff-83fe-3f9445fecbe9 June 2003<br/><br/>How does the thread pool work in the CLR? Jeffrey Richter Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/14417c7f-5384-40f9-b5c0-e65d757dd7dd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/14417c7f-5384-40f9-b5c0-e65d757dd7dd June 2003<br/><br/>Prevent the sizing of the column headers in an ATL composite control. Also, see how you can share a small amount of simple data among multiple processes running on the same machine without Remoting. Paul DiLascia Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/779defa8-f0ee-43d8-a6c1-6d73e1057df3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/779defa8-f0ee-43d8-a6c1-6d73e1057df3 June 2003<br/><br/>When you're looking for information about a specific technology, don't you wish you could rely on one site to point you to the most pertinent content? Now you can. Based on feedback from software developers, MSDN Online has centralized all developer information on specific technologies so you don't have to hunt in several locations. Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b61da01a-a4ab-47b3-90df-e157e9ef74fe http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b61da01a-a4ab-47b3-90df-e157e9ef74fe May 2003<br/><br/>In the .NET Framework, XmlTextReader and XmlTextWriter provide for XML-driven reading and writing operations. In this article, the author discusses the architecture of readers and how they relate to XMLDOM and SAX parsers. He also shows how to use readers to parse and validate XML documents, how to leverage writers to create well-formed documents, and how to optimize the processing of large XML documents using functions to read and write Base64 and BinHex-encoded text. He then reviews how to implement a stream-based read/write parser that combines the functions of a reader and a writer into a single class. Dino Esposito Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/71ca1808-5515-4d89-9bd9-70150ed1eee4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/71ca1808-5515-4d89-9bd9-70150ed1eee4 May 2003<br/><br/>Building a basic, reusable application framework can make development quicker and easier. This allows you to focus more on the problems at hand and less on the repetitive tasks involved in building any application. In this article, the author presents a framework that provides facilities to access the registry and an extensible framework for logging messages to a console window or the Event Viewer. This reusable framework can be included as a library in your projects, allowing you to display an enhanced, color-coded message log and dynamically change logging levels. Daryn Kiely Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0b2825f-4f51-4b35-ad9c-f464c0e648ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0b2825f-4f51-4b35-ad9c-f464c0e648ab May 2003<br/><br/>SQL Server 2000 Meta Data Services is a repository technology that stores and manages metadata for SQL Server. Instead of building database schemas over and over, Meta Data Services allows you to freeze an entire schema for use in other projects. You can also use these schemas for training, testing, or debugging. In this article, the authors will review the various components of Meta Data Services and show how it can be programmed using a Visual Basic client, XML, and XSLT. They will also show you how to manage and manipulate your metadata by generating a simple database schema using a SQL Server repository. Alok Mehta and Ricardo Rodriguez Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9793919-af55-4e07-b880-c0db5a98fcab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9793919-af55-4e07-b880-c0db5a98fcab May 2003<br/><br/>This is the second of two articles discussing the extremely rich design-time features of the .NET Framework. Part 1 discussed the basics, showing you where to start and how to extend your control implementation through attributes and interfaces, as well as their effects on the property browser, code serialization, and other controls. Part 2 continues the journey by concentrating on design-time functionality that you can implement beyond your components and controls, including TypeConverters, UITypeEditors, and Designers. It would be impossible to cover everything you can do in two short articles, which is a testament to just how all-encompassing and flexible the design-time capability of the .NET Framework is. Michael Weinhardt and Chris Sells Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b38b7d24-4816-45f9-ad93-984c25c14bc6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b38b7d24-4816-45f9-ad93-984c25c14bc6 May 2003<br/><br/>Developer's machines can often be more vulnerable to viruses than the average corporate user because of their more frequent access to remote machines and shares, and the differing administrative privileges they maintain across mutiple machines. Reliance on antivirus software is fine as a first line of defense, but you need a basic arsenal of skills for securing the executables on your system and coping with viruses on your own. This article reviews proactive methods you can use to defend yourself against malicious executable code in resources, component libraries, scripts and macros, as well as how to avoid a handful of other potential vulnerabilities. Jason Fisher Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/92d4837e-beb1-4649-be00-819fa433c45b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/92d4837e-beb1-4649-be00-819fa433c45b May 2003<br/><br/>Over the years, we've celebrated a lot of anniversaries in this column. Who can forget our "Ten Years of ENIAC!" Editor's Note back in June 1957? Or the "How Far We've Come: Five Years of the Altair 8800" issue back in January 1980? Or even the "Macintosh Interface: 15 Years Without an Update" Editor's Note page just four years ago?. Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1849f352-a05b-4536-adfc-85d9c0783487 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1849f352-a05b-4536-adfc-85d9c0783487 May 2003<br/><br/>Consonica Ltd. has announced StateStitch, which enables ASP. NET technology to be used with existing ASP applications. ASP. NET offers a more powerful feature set, but since ASP and ASP. NET applications cannot share session data, existing applications would otherwise need to be completely rewritten. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/222178c8-3aa2-475c-9d12-8a184ee6be3f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/222178c8-3aa2-475c-9d12-8a184ee6be3f May 2003<br/><br/>Find out the best way to store large amounts of XML data in SQL Server, along with the performance implications. What's the maximum length of an XML query to SQL Server in a URL? Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/637ae1b3-37c3-4e08-9c84-62241e871c80 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/637ae1b3-37c3-4e08-9c84-62241e871c80 May 2003<br/><br/>There are a number of ways to handle paging in Web applications. This month I'll examine several paging techniques and weigh their pros and cons. John Papa discusses how to manage paging and caching issues through the lower tiers of an n-tiered architecture, including how to make SQL Server manage the paging on your app's behalf. John Papa Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3286955c-106c-485b-a878-8ec4981d6ebd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3286955c-106c-485b-a878-8ec4981d6ebd May 2003<br/><br/>One of the most common snags that ASP developers encounter when they first approach ASP.NET is that managed Web applications must be written according to a single-form interface model. Find out how it works. Dino Esposito Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ac4048a-6b4a-4ce3-9058-f09b4a318b1c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7ac4048a-6b4a-4ce3-9058-f09b4a318b1c May 2003<br/><br/>Aaron Skonnard covers the difference between document/literal and rpc/encoded Web Services and the history behind them. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7e094a2-0d9c-45cd-abe0-ee84aa2dd274 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7e094a2-0d9c-45cd-abe0-ee84aa2dd274 May 2003<br/><br/>Build a control that allows the user to drag and drop other controls onto the new control at run time, and allow the user to move the control around on a form, all in Visual Basic. Ken Spencer Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/207f87c4-da77-4c84-bfce-de567858314f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/207f87c4-da77-4c84-bfce-de567858314f May 2003<br/><br/>The ASP.NET Web Services infrastructure includes support for programming with SOAP message headers. Unfortunately, the model for handling mandatory headers is flawed in that you need to write additional code so that a Web Service will not execute when a mandatory header is not processed. This column explores a specific problem that arises when you deal with mandatory SOAP handles and presents three solutions. Tim Ewald Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/613d602e-8052-4352-af40-485abe442cdb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/613d602e-8052-4352-af40-485abe442cdb May 2003<br/><br/>Some practical examples of handling some of the more commonly used events in the Microsoft .NET Framework. Ted Pattison Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8bb062af-3da5-433f-ae86-b614759b8b20 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8bb062af-3da5-433f-ae86-b614759b8b20 May 2003<br/><br/>If a window is destroyed, does the .NET Framework immediately destroy the corresponding Form, or does it wait until a garbage collection to do this? How can you release my resources as soon as the window is destroyed? This month Paul DiLascia gives you the answers. Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f03882e-8299-4f96-a839-6013029a3699 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1f03882e-8299-4f96-a839-6013029a3699 May 2003<br/><br/>If you have an application that handles Windows Media content and you need an effective way to track content usage, Windows Media 9 Series now offers Digital Rights Management (DRM). It allows you to take advantage of the peer-to-peer distribution model and still redirect users back to your app once they have downloaded your content (prior to viewing). Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af01b647-112f-46a2-9316-78e578617221 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/af01b647-112f-46a2-9316-78e578617221 April 2003<br/><br/>Without good security, Web Services will never reach their potential. WS-Security and its associated technologies, the focus of this article, represent the future of security for Web Services. Provided here is an overview of these emerging security standards that explains what they do, how they work, and how they get along together. Topics discussed include integrity and confidentiality and how these are provided by public key cryptography, WS-Security, and more. Some of the key components of WS-Security, such as the wsu namespace, are also covered. David Chappell Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a6bcbf8-16b7-4982-a094-e2137e85b530 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a6bcbf8-16b7-4982-a094-e2137e85b530 April 2003<br/><br/>Visual Studio .NET provides support for designing rich features into your controls and components, allowing you to set properties, set form placement, inherit from base classes, and much more. So how does Visual Studio .NET do all this? What does the Windows Forms designer do? What's the difference between a control and a component? How does Visual Studio integrate your controls so that they can access features of the .NET Framework?In this article, the authors answer these common questions by building a clock control and taking the reader along for the ride. In building the control, hosts and containers are illustrated, the property browser is explained, debugging is discussed, and a general overview of the design-time infrastructure is presented. Michael Weinhardt and Chris Sells Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9a930c4b-2959-4c2c-ba5f-b001fbf7cd6b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9a930c4b-2959-4c2c-ba5f-b001fbf7cd6b April 2003<br/><br/>ASP.NET provides many different ways to persist data between user requests. You can use the Application object, cookies, hidden fields, the Session or Cache objects, and lots of other methods. Deciding when to use each of these can sometimes be difficult. This article will introduce the aforementioned techniques and present some guidelines on when to use them. Although many of these techniques existed in classic ASP, best practices for when to use them have changed with the introduction of the .NET Framework. To persist data in ASP.NET, you'll have to adjust what you learned previously about handling state in ASP. Steven Smith Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45d748f4-a035-4b8b-a92f-74c8ea36a5ed http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45d748f4-a035-4b8b-a92f-74c8ea36a5ed April 2003<br/><br/>ADO.NET provides many techniques for improving the performance of data-intensive applications and for making them easier to build. The DataSet, the hallmark of the ADO.NET object model, serves as a miniature, disconnected facsimile of a data source. While using the DataSet improves performance by reducing expensive trips to the database server, it also introduces the possibility of multiple users attempting to change the same data simultaneously, thereby generating data concurrency exceptions. This article examines the common causes behind data concurrency exceptions and presents techniques for overcoming them. David Burgett Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e68e01f-d2e3-4c48-afab-c8c71a7505ab http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e68e01f-d2e3-4c48-afab-c8c71a7505ab April 2003<br/><br/>Design-time automation makes coding faster and ensures that all the procedures generated use the same naming conventions and structure. In an effort to improve their coding efficiency in a large SQL project, the authors wrote a set of design-time stored procedures that generate run-time stored procedures, and have used them in project after project ever since. Recently, the authors updated their procedures to make use of SQL Server 2000 features, including user-defined functions. This article covers the creation and execution of these dynamic T-SQL scripts to automate the coding of common database stored procedures. Peter W. DeBetta and J. Byer Hill Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d30ba132-75ad-4b16-9de3-1cac6df15cd0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d30ba132-75ad-4b16-9de3-1cac6df15cd0 April 2003<br/><br/>Implementing data access functionality is a core activity of most developers working with the .NET Framework, and the data access layers they build are an essential part of their applications. This article outlines five ideas to consider when building a data access layer with Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. The tips include taking advantage of object-oriented techniques and the .NET Framework infrastructure by using base classes, making classes easily inheritable by following guidelines, and carefully examining your needs before deciding on a presentation method and external interface. Dan Fox Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/980f9b2e-9ecf-44ce-9ef5-c4cd3001968c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/980f9b2e-9ecf-44ce-9ef5-c4cd3001968c April 2003<br/><br/>Although it's been several months since the slammer virus hit SQL Server installations, we'd like to offer a public service announcement for anyone who hasn't patched their machine yet. PATCH YOUR MACHINE NOW! We found out the hard way that it can hit any machine that runs SQL Server and is attached to the network. Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/325cff73-f521-433f-98ec-3cd50c43c0ba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/325cff73-f521-433f-98ec-3cd50c43c0ba April 2003<br/><br/>TALtech has announced a new version of its Bar Code ActiveX Control for Microsoft® Access, Excel, and Word. This new limited license version is based on TALtech's Bar Code ActiveX® PLUS version, limited for use on up to five workstations. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a939785-4011-4fb0-ba09-360a2a602515 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6a939785-4011-4fb0-ba09-360a2a602515 April 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Consuming a DataSet in ASP.NET, XML and SQL, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55b963f9-995d-4a0b-8767-d2b933fc95a4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/55b963f9-995d-4a0b-8767-d2b933fc95a4 April 2003<br/><br/>The Microsoft® . NET Framework comes with a rich set of programming tools for debugging and tracing applications. I'm not talking about integrated debuggers; I'm referring to software components that you use in the development cycle. Dino Esposito Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/632beb41-1c20-4a03-aa58-531667105ae5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/632beb41-1c20-4a03-aa58-531667105ae5 April 2003<br/><br/>Programmers using Visual Basic® 6. 0 have long bowed to the altar of the ADO recordset. It's probably the most commonly used data structure in Windows®-based applications today. The ADO. NET DataSet is poised to play a similar role in the realm of managed Windows-based applications. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/180768dd-00c7-4c50-a695-0b18092d0d69 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/180768dd-00c7-4c50-a695-0b18092d0d69 April 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Usage Tips Ken Spencer Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8676c8c9-2762-4bf8-a699-a8358050a3c5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8676c8c9-2762-4bf8-a699-a8358050a3c5 April 2003<br/><br/>Building Web sites that provide services external to the corporate firewall is tricky. Usually it's not desirable to grant corporate domain accounts to external clients, and from a purely practical standpoint Kerberos does not work well over the Internet due to the typical configuration of client-side firewalls. Keith Brown Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8b3acbcb-50d7-4db5-8338-f5af96765ee4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8b3acbcb-50d7-4db5-8338-f5af96765ee4 April 2003<br/><br/>Developers love the ASP. NET application cache. One reason they love it is that ASP. NET lets them create dependencies between items placed in the cache and files in the file system. If a file targeted by a dependency changes, ASP. Jeff Prosise Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf479345-ce1e-4d58-b53a-e58fc21539af http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cf479345-ce1e-4d58-b53a-e58fc21539af April 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Desktop Location, sscanf Equivalents in C#, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4b446209-6921-445e-ad37-bc2f0cb714f6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4b446209-6921-445e-ad37-bc2f0cb714f6 April 2003<br/><br/>It's a well-known axiom in the world of programming: build the samples and they will come. ASP. NET is well suited for building online storefronts and communities, but a lack of easy-to-use, standardized samples has sometimes slowed adoption. Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/086ea1d8-9311-4c67-9d40-86556c5f10e3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/086ea1d8-9311-4c67-9d40-86556c5f10e3 March 2003<br/><br/>Any time an upgrade of a favorite tool is released, questions about compatibility, versioning, and changes in methodology abound. The release of Visual Studio .NET 2003 is no exception. Developers will be relieved to learn that breaking changes have been kept to a minimum, and delighted to learn that important new features, like Visual J#, have been added. These and other new features of the .NET Framework 1.1 and Visual Studio .NET 2003, including mobile support and improved debugging, are discussed here. Carl Franklin Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f90df66-05ee-4c7d-8be6-6cf7135f00d0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f90df66-05ee-4c7d-8be6-6cf7135f00d0 March 2003<br/><br/>Managed Extensions for C++ is the preferred programming language for developing Windows Services. Visual Studio .NET 2003 introduces C++ support for designers, providing all the RAD facilities that were available to other languages for developing forms, controls, components, and DataSets. Furthermore, support has been added for the creation of verifiable assemblies with C++.In this article, the author reviews these additions as well as the new compiler and linker switches, demonstrating how C++ remains the premier systems language while becoming a powerful tool for .NET GUI development as well. Richard Grimes Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/283960ad-3792-46f8-960b-2894aeeed0f3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/283960ad-3792-46f8-960b-2894aeeed0f3 March 2003<br/><br/>With the much-anticipated release of the .NET Framework 1.1, developers are eager to know what's been added to their programming bag of tricks. In this article, the author focuses on new developments in Windows Forms, such as namespace additions, support for hosting managed controls in unmanaged clients, and designer support for C++ and J#. Integrated access to the Compact Framework and new mobile code security settings also make this release noteworthy. Along with these features, the author reviews the best ways to handle multiple versions of the common language runtime and highlights some potential pitfalls. Chris Sells Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/759bad90-b788-4a98-a9c6-85b67b3b8986 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/759bad90-b788-4a98-a9c6-85b67b3b8986 March 2003<br/><br/>Smartphone applications promise to be at the crest of a new wave of cell phone advances as the familiar process of using Microsoft dev tools can produce cutting-edge mobile phone applications. Because Smartphones are Windows-powered devices, developers can easily and inexpensively extend both new and time-tested business applications to mobile users. These applications will possess the necessary levels of enterprise functionality while integrating mobile phone features through the use of several easy to use APIs. This article looks at the basics of building a real-world business application for the Smartphone. Chris Dellinger Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6f327a3-986b-45dd-8347-86ad96152fa9 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6f327a3-986b-45dd-8347-86ad96152fa9 March 2003<br/><br/>One way that Web sites and applications become better able to meet the needs of customers is by allowing them to personalize their experience. For Web sites, this means displaying the content as the user wants to see it. For rich-client applications, this often means allowing the user to choose the user interface through a technique known as skinning, which is similar to themes in Windows XP. This article shows how you can apply skinning to Web sites, wrapping their functionality in a new user interface. The technique uses the rich XML classes in the .NET Framework and the built-in extensibility of ASP.NET. Harry Pierson Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6822c70a-557c-4675-babc-7df2ace7b834 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6822c70a-557c-4675-babc-7df2ace7b834 March 2003<br/><br/>The .NET Framework can use contexts as an object's execution scope and intercept calls going to and from the object, similar to the way COM+ provides component services. What is new with this mechanism is that the runtime allows developers to take part in the interception chain and add powerful services, thus extending existing component services. This in turn decouples the business logic from the system plumbing and simplifies long-term maintenance. Presently, .NET contexts and interception are undocumented aspects of .NET. This article presents the underlying interception architecture and message processing, explains custom context attributes, and walks through a custom interception-based component service. Juval Lowy Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4831a0c8-f896-456d-a414-c4f397f334c5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4831a0c8-f896-456d-a414-c4f397f334c5 March 2003<br/><br/>As loyal readers of MSDN Magazine know, each month's Editor's Note starts out with a tepid, last-minute stab at humorous content. The formula's pretty tried-and-true by now, and you could probably fill in the details in your sleep. Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f041b70-e3fc-45b7-ad56-0192b19d4b49 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f041b70-e3fc-45b7-ad56-0192b19d4b49 March 2003<br/><br/>StarPrint Limited has released VS. NETcodePrint, a Visual Studio® . NET Add-in that allows you to produce printouts of source code in Visual Basic® . NET. You can preview the printouts before printing and exporting to RTF, HTML, and PDF formats. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/276bf3a1-fa86-4b56-bd39-7410a7f5f456 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/276bf3a1-fa86-4b56-bd39-7410a7f5f456 March 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: IDs as Anchors, Preventing Search, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1fd23ed0-b076-4553-9624-8479d5616c92 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1fd23ed0-b076-4553-9624-8479d5616c92 March 2003<br/><br/>The XML Files: Merging XML Files, Schema Validation, and More Aaron Skonnard Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e0d10b4-3ab3-46fa-9dab-598b92110838 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e0d10b4-3ab3-46fa-9dab-598b92110838 March 2003<br/><br/>Displaying an Open File dialog is certainly easy in the Microsoft® . NET Framework with Windows® Forms, but the resulting window is not as customizable as when you create it through the Win32® API. With Windows 2000, Microsoft added a nice feature—the places bar, which is the vertical toolbar that appears on the left side of the window to let you select a frequently visited folder. Dino Esposito Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d8dc5d50-4d24-4661-9f5b-194456ef86dc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d8dc5d50-4d24-4661-9f5b-194456ef86dc March 2003<br/><br/>Design patterns are a powerful tool for designing flexible soft-ware. They provide well-tested solutions to recurring software design problems. One such widely used pattern is the Concrete Factory. Romi Kovacs Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65924f41-e62a-4da9-a6d2-60a01f94fcbb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65924f41-e62a-4da9-a6d2-60a01f94fcbb March 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Handling Null Values with Controls Ken Spencer Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65e26106-c94a-4a13-b383-13dd3dc28524 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/65e26106-c94a-4a13-b383-13dd3dc28524 March 2003<br/><br/>Web Services exchange XML messages. Most of today's Web Service toolkits do their best to hide this fact from developers, by exposing a Web Service's behavior as method invocations against objects instead. Tim Ewald Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19940607-d8ff-4b3c-8ef0-feddc3d5d499 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/19940607-d8ff-4b3c-8ef0-feddc3d5d499 March 2003<br/><br/>This month's Basic Instincts column builds upon my last three columns in which I introduced and explained the fundamental concepts and syntax associated with delegates and events. Last month I showed you how to design and write a simple class that defines and raises events. Ted Pattison Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6fcd4ac-8f69-47a0-9cb8-c2a6a6766b7e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6fcd4ac-8f69-47a0-9cb8-c2a6a6766b7e March 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Find Icons, Launch an App from List Control, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7b371556-903e-46b1-ab4c-b36f1eddbcf7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7b371556-903e-46b1-ab4c-b36f1eddbcf7 March 2003<br/><br/>The growth of interconnected computers in recent years has pushed security concerns to the forefront of development and application design. The Microsoft effort, dubbed the Secure Windows Initiative (SWI), focuses on securing new and legacy code. Paul DiLascia Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ad186da-1c2d-4992-be38-5f9018dee066 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1ad186da-1c2d-4992-be38-5f9018dee066 February 2003<br/><br/>In the .NET Framework, the CodeDOM object model can represent code in a variety of languages. This article examines how source code templates written with the Framework's System.CodeDom and System.CodeDom.Compiler namespaces allow developers to create reusable boilerplate source code that can be shared between projects. Components designed via templates improve productivity and shorten development time.Here C++-style classes and templates are simulated and code is generated in multiple languages through the creation of CodeDOM object graphs. Compiling object graphs and formatting output code are also explained. Adam J. Steinert Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a931368c-46f9-4c8b-afe6-29066cf16ecb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a931368c-46f9-4c8b-afe6-29066cf16ecb February 2003<br/><br/>Both the .NET Framework and Windows have some very interesting APIs for creating applications that are capable of updating themselves automatically over a network. There are many advantages to writing your application to update itself like Windows Update does, including convenience for your users, from easier maintenance to network administration. Automatic updates require attention to factors such as discovery, security, and file replacement. In this article, the author covers the BITS API as well as a number of features of the .NET Framework that take care of these facets of auto-updating using the same facilities that the Windows Update uses. Jason Clark Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15b6068c-abb2-4c95-8269-6a547476dd5c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15b6068c-abb2-4c95-8269-6a547476dd5c February 2003<br/><br/>Printing is an integral part of every complete Windows-based application. Providing robust printing capabilities in these applications has often proved to be a tedious chore. Now, printing from Windows Forms with the .NET Framework means you must adopt a document-centric approach, resulting in cleaner and more manageable code. While the System.Windows.Forms namespace provides seamless integration with all the standard print dialogs (such as Print Preview, Page Setup, and Print), the System.Drawing.Printing namespace offers numerous classes for extensibility and customization. These classes, and how they provide access to printing capabilities, are covered here. Other useful techniques, such as printing in the background to allow the user to continue other tasks, is also explained. Alex Calvo Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d696dc05-f1f7-4d93-8797-ad9335d0ea53 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d696dc05-f1f7-4d93-8797-ad9335d0ea53 February 2003<br/><br/>If your application performs any non-UI processing on the thread that controls the user interface, it may make the app seem slow and sluggish, frustrating users. But writing multithreaded apps for Windows has long been restricted to C++ developers. Now with the .NET Framework, you can take advantage of multiple threads in C# to control the flow of instructions in your programs and isolate the UI thread for a fast and snappy user interface. This article shows you how. Also, it discusses the pitfalls of multiple threads and presents a framework for safe concurrent thread execution. Ian Griffiths Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/964843f6-7f23-4336-83e5-c24b343583ac http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/964843f6-7f23-4336-83e5-c24b343583ac February 2003<br/><br/>Delegates, new in Visual Basic .NET, are type-safe, object-oriented references to methods. By using delegates, you make your methods accessible to others and therefore more extensible. This article provides an introduction to delegates, their benefits, and how they are used.Here the author shows you how to declare, create, and use delegates to invoke instance and shared methods at run time, and how to implement delegates as properties. He then goes on to provide examples of how delegates are used for callback functionality and explains the relationship between delegates and events. Finally, the article provides a glimpse at how delegates are implemented in intermediate language code by the Visual Basic .NET compiler. Jesse Liberty Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/056b38ed-a1d6-45c0-b632-c7a5c05b009c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/056b38ed-a1d6-45c0-b632-c7a5c05b009c February 2003<br/><br/>LinkLabels are Windows Forms controls that enable a user to hyperlink to a URL that points to either the Web or the local directory system. While the SDK documentation discusses the control, it does not demonstrate how linking is accomplished, nor does it outline the power and flexibility the control provides. This article fills those gaps, showing how to link using the LinkLabel control. It also shows the flexibility of this control for the programmer using the .NET Framework. In addition, the author covers the large number of properties that allow you to customize your controls and accurately place them. Their built-in behaviors are also discussed, along with their use in both Visual Basic .NET and C#. Dan Hurwitz Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e328a1e8-1328-4c75-94a3-4ace0fbac6ed http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e328a1e8-1328-4c75-94a3-4ace0fbac6ed February 2003<br/><br/>It's the dead of winter here at the MSDN Magazine offices, and we're having a blast. Temperatures are making their daily struggle to stay above zero. The tempting aroma of chestnuts roasting on an open subway ventilation grate fills the city with a wintry mix of excitement and anticipation. Dan Hurwitz Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e791ac6-e1af-4419-b5af-4c0a0aa9f3a8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5e791ac6-e1af-4419-b5af-4c0a0aa9f3a8 February 2003<br/><br/>Vektrex Electronic Systems Inc. has announced the launch of a new version of VIVID, a software development toolkit for the generation of IVI-COM-compliant instrument drivers. VIVID links the many IVI Foundation specifications into a full lifecycle environment and produces IVI-COM drivers that are compliant with the latest specifications approved by the IVI Foundation. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85b4a80d-18f9-47fd-a174-074ec2239c6a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/85b4a80d-18f9-47fd-a174-074ec2239c6a February 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Data Shredding, Updating the Status Bar, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26e8e957-e8cd-4eda-931f-f755f73fe55b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26e8e957-e8cd-4eda-931f-f755f73fe55b February 2003<br/><br/>The XML Files: XPath Selections and Custom Functions, and More Aaron Skonnard Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d074c81-19bb-4af2-b60f-a055fb3ebef6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1d074c81-19bb-4af2-b60f-a055fb3ebef6 February 2003<br/><br/>In ASP. NET pages, the view state represents the state of the page when it was last processed on the server. It's used to build a call context and retain values across two successive requests for the same page. Dino Esposito Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a7eb691-6ebf-4173-bb01-047476099928 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a7eb691-6ebf-4173-bb01-047476099928 February 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Automatically Generating Proxy Classes Ken Spencer Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e936412d-4de0-437a-a997-30f440e5c657 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e936412d-4de0-437a-a997-30f440e5c657 February 2003<br/><br/>This month's Basic Instincts column builds upon my last two columns in which I talked about concepts and programming techniques associated with delegates. I will assume you have read the last two installments of this column and that you understand the role that delegates play within the Microsoft® . Ted Pattison Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f4fc9c29-4b3c-4809-a875-2f56cb998a2b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f4fc9c29-4b3c-4809-a875-2f56cb998a2b February 2003<br/><br/>During the lifespan of ASP, there have been many technologies developed for making browser-based user interface development easier. For example, during the early days of classic ASP development, keeping a browser-based UI consistent required many conditional statements into the ASP script. George Shepherd Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abd141fd-f7c6-4a0b-ba8a-f172919bdef2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/abd141fd-f7c6-4a0b-ba8a-f172919bdef2 February 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Singleton Class Private Constructor, C# Singleton Class, and More Paul DiLascia Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/550d5d0c-3b1c-459e-88b6-83d5b4114f35 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/550d5d0c-3b1c-459e-88b6-83d5b4114f35 February 2003<br/><br/>Development can have its frustrating moments. How many times have you been in the middle of a project and encountered a problem you just couldn't solve alone? In order to help you through this, Microsoft provides quite a wide variety of support options from Web-based chats and newsgroups to paid premier customer support. Paul DiLascia Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8aed6c98-d38a-48b8-afcd-fb3c6e8a750e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8aed6c98-d38a-48b8-afcd-fb3c6e8a750e January 2003<br/><br/>Developers using .NET often make memory leak tracking a low priority because the common language runtime takes care of garbage collection. What few developers realize, however, is that their objects' lifespans, along with their size and what other objects have been instantiated, all affect how they are cleaned up. Depending on the particular circumstances, these combinations can negatively affect performance, especially over the lifetime of an application. This article presents a way for developers to see memory usage and understand garbage collection using the .NET Profiler API. Along the way, a sample application to demonstrate these principles is built. Jay Hilyard Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/865235e7-78ca-4c93-859d-6a550fa25c32 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/865235e7-78ca-4c93-859d-6a550fa25c32 January 2003<br/><br/>In a previous article, the author devised a simple method to detect Graphical Device Interface (GDI) objects that are not properly released by Win32-based applications on Windows 9x platforms. Because some newer versions of Windows require a slightly different approach to GDI leaks, the author has updated his techniques for those operating systems. He builds and explains two tools designed to detect and eradicate GDI leaks in applications running on Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT. Christophe Nasarre Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1ffc9a1-c0c9-4adb-b998-a2f11bb11c5c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f1ffc9a1-c0c9-4adb-b998-a2f11bb11c5c January 2003<br/><br/>Load testing should be part and parcel of every Web development effort, and it should be performed early in the process. However, if you think you can load test using your development environment, you're going to have some surprises when you go live. In this article, the authors outline the process of planning your load testing effort, considering which machines to use, how many users to simulate, which tools are right for you, and how to interpret your results. Jeff Dunmall and Keith Clarke Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a6a8ce5-398e-44d0-a285-603101877f3f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2a6a8ce5-398e-44d0-a285-603101877f3f January 2003<br/><br/>The .NET Framework provides a surprising new way to quickly and easily create user interface test automation. By using objects in the System.Reflection and System.Threading namespaces, you can write automated tests in minutes instead of hours. This article walks you through the building of a typical Windows-based application that will be used as the test subject. The author then runs through the creation of a C#-based test tool that simulates clicking the test app's UI controls and checks the application's state. After the tool is built, the author explains in detail how it works so you can modify and extend it for your own use. James McCaffrey Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/926d7856-d0e3-4f31-a02a-063fbb403980 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/926d7856-d0e3-4f31-a02a-063fbb403980 January 2003<br/><br/>Developers have myriad options when it comes to creating solutions for mobile devices. One of the greatest challenges facing mobile developers is finding a compact yet robust local storage solution. SQL Server CE 2.0 promises to deliver on both fronts. This new release represents a tremendous leap in terms of features and performance over its predecessor. This article will review some of the platform and tools choices developers have today. The authors will compare and contrast the significant new features in SQL Server CE 2.0 with the previous release. Following that, they will build a sample app for illustration. Mark Brown and David Meunier Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d738be3d-efa3-459b-a7ac-bbad875c39c1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d738be3d-efa3-459b-a7ac-bbad875c39c1 January 2003<br/><br/>Programming is fun. It's one of the world's great jobs, pure mental exercise with a golden payoff at the end. There's nothing like the feeling of accomplishment when that program you wrote is working, looks good, and is ready to ship. Mark Brown and David Meunier Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4435bfd0-ee0f-4a1a-9040-73580c12e39b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4435bfd0-ee0f-4a1a-9040-73580c12e39b January 2003<br/><br/>Wanderlust Software LLC has released licX Licensing Component for . NET, a solution for licensing applications and components written for Microsoft® . NET. Featuring drag and drop integration with existing Visual Studio® . Theresa W. Carey Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7e68229-23ef-4ca3-9490-086ce490149f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c7e68229-23ef-4ca3-9490-086ce490149f January 2003<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Releasing Memory in JScript, Bulkload Problems, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5efaad7c-298c-4825-a0d9-16736d0be95a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5efaad7c-298c-4825-a0d9-16736d0be95a January 2003<br/><br/>Over two years ago in one of the first installments of this column, I wrote about XPath version 1. 0 (see The XML Files: Addressing Infosets with XPath for a quick review). As stated in the original specification: "XPath is a language for addressing parts of an XML document. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f66a7dbc-cdb8-4d82-982d-4b9ae3582d88 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f66a7dbc-cdb8-4d82-982d-4b9ae3582d88 January 2003<br/><br/>Managing relations in a database became a whole lot easier with ADO. NET. Instead of returning a single rowset to a data store, you can return a series of rowsets and relate them within a DataSet. There are numerous advantages to using related DataTables in ADO. John Papa Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/67bb5e45-9daf-4fd6-aa49-3bbbef1dcdd2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/67bb5e45-9daf-4fd6-aa49-3bbbef1dcdd2 January 2003<br/><br/>In the September and October 2000 issues of MSDN® Magazine I discussed how to build a client-side environment for ASP applications; that is, a serverless environment to run ASP pages (see Cutting Edge: A Client-side Environment for ASP Pages and Cutting Edge: A Client-side Environment for ASP Pages—Part 2). Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/24333207-9b92-4ec3-a7b5-ae23e58c157b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/24333207-9b92-4ec3-a7b5-ae23e58c157b January 2003<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Automatically Generating a Web Service Ken Spencer Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5c1627bb-2ee0-4926-ba05-7fd77de07444 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5c1627bb-2ee0-4926-ba05-7fd77de07444 January 2003<br/><br/>This month's column is a follow-up to the December 2002 installment in which I introduced the basic concepts and programming techniques associated with delegates. I am going to assume you have already read that column and that you are familiar with the fundamentals of programming delegates. Ted Pattison Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/12cc159e-aa70-43d1-89f5-bdcc0820c300 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/12cc159e-aa70-43d1-89f5-bdcc0820c300 January 2003<br/><br/>By far, the most common use of thread synchronization is to ensure mutually exclusive access to a shared resource by multiple threads. In the Win32® API, the CRITICAL_SECTION structure and associated functions offers the fastest and most efficient way to synchronize threads for mutually exclusive access when the threads are all running in a single process. Jeffrey Richter Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8f7595df-a5d4-435a-8c85-40181fabcad6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8f7595df-a5d4-435a-8c85-40181fabcad6 January 2003<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Progress Indicator in the Status Bar, International UI Terms Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1b2c4b2f-e91a-4b14-adb5-fd62c9e672c5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1b2c4b2f-e91a-4b14-adb5-fd62c9e672c5 January 2003<br/><br/>If you are looking for technical architectural guidance, check out Microsoft patterns & practices. This site offers design practice guidelines for specific software needs utilizing multiple Microsoft products within the . Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/488acad9-c4ff-4ba2-b45e-6a6efd159f12 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/488acad9-c4ff-4ba2-b45e-6a6efd159f12 December 2002<br/><br/>Throughout this issue, you'll read all about the promise of Web Services and how the .NET Framework enables Web Service development. Many people will also be building their Web Services atop C++ code and frameworks like ATL Server, particularly when performance is paramount. In this article, the authors show how fully functional Web Services are built using ATL Server and Visual Studio .NET. Beginning with unmanaged C++ classes, they add ATL attributes that make the code work over HTTP. Kirk Fertitta and Chris Sells Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60aa4836-dfdc-4df7-ba7c-1b7fd18cb0f1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/60aa4836-dfdc-4df7-ba7c-1b7fd18cb0f1 December 2002<br/><br/>Direct Internet Message Encapsulation (DIME) is a new specification for sending and receiving SOAP messages along with additional attachments, like binary files, XML fragments, and even other SOAP messages, using standard transport protocols like HTTP. In this article, the author explains what DIME is and how it differs from MIME encapsulation. A detailed description of the message format and how it is parsed, as well as working with SOAP and extending it with WSDL, is also included. Jeannine Hall Gailey Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59c8c13a-77fe-4728-889d-a55013afd19a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59c8c13a-77fe-4728-889d-a55013afd19a December 2002<br/><br/>The Office XP Web Services Toolkit makes it possible to build applications that gather information and trigger transactions through various Web Services. The toolkit allows you to easily discover Web Services remotely. It also includes the Web Service Reference Tool, which lets you call a Web Service from inside an Office application. This article shows how toolkit-generated code can be used to access simple, as well as complex, Web Services.The author steps through the auto-generated code to explain the classes that collect parameters, the schema to format the request/response, and the actual operations of the Web Service. Krishnamurthy Srinivasan Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb5ce81d-295f-4783-86c3-9f3a8b29ac38 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cb5ce81d-295f-4783-86c3-9f3a8b29ac38 December 2002<br/><br/>Performance is an important concern for any application, but becomes critical when the app is a Web Service accessed by thousands of clients simultaneously. One hardware approach to distributing Web Services requests evenly is a Web farm consisting of multiple servers. Once on a Web farm, Web Service performance can be improved by using ADO.NET DataSet objects to cache frequently accessed data, reducing round-trips to the database. Here the author describes data caching in a Web farm environment and discusses how to avoid the cross-server synchronization problems inherent in this approach. David Burgett Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f211a31-52b5-4aaf-8e37-30eafe6d0002 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2f211a31-52b5-4aaf-8e37-30eafe6d0002 December 2002<br/><br/>Web Services are all about exchanging data in the form of XML messages. If you were about to design a database schema, you probably wouldn't let your tool do it for you. You'd hand-tool it yourself to ensure maximum efficiency. In this article, the author maintains that designing a Web Service should be no different. You should know what kind of data will be returned by Web Service requests and use the structure of that data to design the most efficient message format. Here you'll learn how to make that determination and how to build your Web Service around the message structure. Yasser Shohoud Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c8e94e8-de5b-4f80-9f5b-3ecce58f2d39 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c8e94e8-de5b-4f80-9f5b-3ecce58f2d39 December 2002<br/><br/>Over the years, many industry-standard XML schemas and dialects have been developed. These industry-specific schemas embrace the original purpose of XML and are extremely valuable in promoting and supporting B2B interaction. Unfortunately, the ASP.NET Web Services runtime does not allow developers to directly reference external schemas from within their XML Web Services interface (the WSDL file). This article builds an external schema framework as an extension to the ASP.NET Web Services runtime to enable you to reference external schemas within your XML Web Service interface. Scott Short Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea248421-5195-4237-8799-1629450952f5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea248421-5195-4237-8799-1629450952f5 December 2002<br/><br/>Building Web Services to provide enterprise-level solutions is only the first step. You need to take care of the infrastructure aspects of your solution as well, including provisioning, billing, security, and reporting. In this article, the author uses the .NET Framework and SQL Server 2000 to design a provisioning system that will take care of all these housekeeping tasks. He discusses the general requirements of a Web Service provisioning system, walks through the implementation, and then outlines various scenarios for putting this system to work. Chandu Thota Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c1353d6-cbde-4aad-91a3-ef5945644f54 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8c1353d6-cbde-4aad-91a3-ef5945644f54 December 2002<br/><br/>The crackle of leaves underfoot. The first hints of frost across the pumpkin patch. The Jets playing a string of meaningless games. Once again, we find ourselves in the grip of autumn in New York. Chandu Thota Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2614cacc-5bee-4e06-860b-0a83ccbc5637 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2614cacc-5bee-4e06-860b-0a83ccbc5637 December 2002<br/><br/>Pegasus Imaging Corporation recently released ImagXpress Professional 6. 0 and ImagXpress Standard 6. 0, digital imaging software development tools that are compatible with Microsoft® . NET. Both ImagXpress editions are now available as . Theresa W. Carey Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46720465-7447-4b74-beb0-68315422151b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/46720465-7447-4b74-beb0-68315422151b December 2002<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Web Services Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9bfc3d4-6605-4ceb-b3d7-1ab603c52818 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a9bfc3d4-6605-4ceb-b3d7-1ab603c52818 December 2002<br/><br/>The XML Files: WSDL, Web Services, and More Aaron Skonnard Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a43a95c-b6f7-4cb9-9f25-75355f817cb3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7a43a95c-b6f7-4cb9-9f25-75355f817cb3 December 2002<br/><br/>One of the key elements that makes ADO. NET superior to ADO is the level of integration with XML. In ADO, XML is just an I/O format. In addition, the ADO XML format is totally inflexible and doesn't allow any type of customization. Dino Esposito Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac3dc950-f3f5-4deb-8fbc-990e33056a22 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ac3dc950-f3f5-4deb-8fbc-990e33056a22 December 2002<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Advanced Features in Visual Basic .NET and Testing for Scalability Ken Spencer Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ac53d8b-c79f-4369-b5a9-61b63d38210a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ac53d8b-c79f-4369-b5a9-61b63d38210a December 2002<br/><br/>Delegates are a critical aspect of the Microsoft® . NET Framework and are required learning for many programmers. They will take some time to master, but once you learn how to program with delegates, you'll be thrilled with the possibilities they offer. Ted Pattison Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2972767e-f2b6-4607-8f39-17bccd0479be http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2972767e-f2b6-4607-8f39-17bccd0479be December 2002<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Full Screen Display and Implementing Drag to Move Dialogs Paul DiLascia Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e0624e7-80c6-45cb-95d9-d1e6f96efbd7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9e0624e7-80c6-45cb-95d9-d1e6f96efbd7 December 2002<br/><br/>Don Box has long been the preeminent expert on COM, as well as one of the creators of the SOAP protocol. He has written numerous books and articles including Essential COM (Addison-Wesley, 1997) and Essential . Paul DiLascia Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/52a694f1-baee-4e84-8e1c-13ac9317bd5f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/52a694f1-baee-4e84-8e1c-13ac9317bd5f November 2002<br/><br/>While Windows Forms in .NET has lots of cool features, if you're used to MFC, there are a couple of things you'll find missing, like doc/view, command routing, and UI update. The .NET answer to this is a code generator that writes new code for every single element. But there's a better way. In this article, Paul DiLascia shows how to develop an XML-based GUI language parser for .NET that lets you code resources, menus, toolbars, and status bars in XML instead of with procedural code. He also shows how a user interface based on XML can easily be localized using standard .NET techniques, and introduces his very own library, MotLib.NET, with lots of GUI goodies for your programming pleasure. Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75c40b3b-c003-418c-946e-a8800edcde77 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/75c40b3b-c003-418c-946e-a8800edcde77 November 2002<br/><br/>If you've built Web sites using ASP.NET, you'll welcome the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit (MMIT). MMIT extends the Visual Studio .NET IDE you already know by providing new controls for handheld devices letting you easily develop applications for wireless devices. This means you can write less code while adapting it to more devices. Not only does MMIT integrate with Visual Studio .NET, it extends ASP.NET as well. This article gives you the background you need to write, test, and deploy a site with MMIT and make all your code able to target specific devices for a custom fit. Paul Yao and David Durant Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5aefd6fe-2878-4017-b75b-9c226b453b46 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5aefd6fe-2878-4017-b75b-9c226b453b46 November 2002<br/><br/>The adoption of wireless devices continues to spread unabated, and organizations are looking for new ways to get in touch with customers through these new mobile devices. In the past, unsuccessful ideas such as push technology were used to send targeted information to customers. Now, SQL Server Notification Services uses the SQL Server 2000 database engine and the .NET Framework to promote a new breed of notification applications that will allow relevant, consensual communications to be sent to any subscriber device.Here the author provides an architectural overview of the core features that make up SQL Server Notification Services. Along the way he discusses how they can be used for pushing Web content. Mark Brown Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f9eb28e0-6802-4912-be77-a899681231b1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f9eb28e0-6802-4912-be77-a899681231b1 November 2002<br/><br/>With the release of .NET, the Microsoft scripting strategy has evolved. Script engines can now compile or interpret code for the Microsoft common language runtime (CLR) instead of integrating debugging capabilities directly into apps through Active Scripting. With that change comes a new set of published services for including debugging functionality in a custom host application. You'll see how to use the debugging services published in the .NET Framework to create a full-featured CLR debugger that allows you to set breakpoints, view call stacks, browse variables, view processes, enumerate threads, and perform other important debugging tasks. Mike Pellegrino Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eebdb48d-3051-4530-9dcf-7e35fad568ca http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eebdb48d-3051-4530-9dcf-7e35fad568ca November 2002<br/><br/>If you're used to Visual Basic 6.0 and you're making the transition to Microsoft .NET, you will find that error handling is quite different from what you've used for years. Visual Basic .NET uses a more object-oriented solution to signaling and responding to unexpected problems while your program is running. This approach, called structured exception handling, has a number of advantages over the On Error statements provided in previous versions of Visual Basic. For instance, exceptions give you lots more information about exactly what went wrong in your app. To help you take advantage of this modern error handling paradigm, this article will show you how to raise and respond to exceptions, as well as how to create your own custom exception classes. Jesse Liberty Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0cd88309-3f1b-4002-ac78-61becaa23123 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0cd88309-3f1b-4002-ac78-61becaa23123 November 2002<br/><br/>The past year has been full of uncertainty and change. A year ago, everything seemed to be falling into place. Windows XP was nearing final release. An RC version of the Microsoft . NET Framework was whetting our appetites for the final February release. Jesse Liberty Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bb0a4e2b-6a03-4819-8227-6b7e8c9a5433 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bb0a4e2b-6a03-4819-8227-6b7e8c9a5433 November 2002<br/><br/>Keynote Systems has published Transaction Perspective 4. 0, which helps developers benchmark, test, and manage the end-to-end performance of e-business applications and systems. The program is designed to identify, diagnose, and repair transaction performance problems, ensuring an optimal quality of experience for users and mitigating bottom-line business impact. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59cb0bbb-6dd8-4b82-91ca-2effcb8c28c3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/59cb0bbb-6dd8-4b82-91ca-2effcb8c28c3 November 2002<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Mobile Internet Toolkit versus Smart Device Extensions, SSL Glitch Again, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a735653-9fa9-4abc-8409-606e2329dda4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8a735653-9fa9-4abc-8409-606e2329dda4 November 2002<br/><br/>The XML Files: WebMethod Validation, SOAP Validation, XmlSerializer, One-way Operations, and More Aaron Skonnard Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08317f6c-1edc-4b78-9516-6834ef0f37ed http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/08317f6c-1edc-4b78-9516-6834ef0f37ed November 2002<br/><br/>One of the biggest differences between traditional ADO and ADO. NET is that the rowsets stored within ADO. NET can be truly relational. For example, a DataSet can store one DataTable containing customers and another DataTable containing the customers' orders. John Papa Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d58b1b5e-7858-4cc1-bbb2-c118048db07a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d58b1b5e-7858-4cc1-bbb2-c118048db07a November 2002<br/><br/>It's fairly safe to assume that all programmers working in Windows® environments are familiar with MessageBox. The MessageBox function displays a message through a popup dialog box and lets programmers add dialog buttons and icons to the message to improve user feedback. Dino Esposito Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0261c778-a9b4-4c45-9540-839bac9ae6e7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0261c778-a9b4-4c45-9540-839bac9ae6e7 November 2002<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Using MSMQ with Visual Basic .NET Ken Spencer Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b48ed1b7-64fe-44ca-af0e-b4dbf1abb392 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b48ed1b7-64fe-44ca-af0e-b4dbf1abb392 November 2002<br/><br/>When Visual Studio® . NET was released back in February 2002, it included a number of new features that made it easier to create Web applications. The Microsoft® . NET Framework includes classes for intercepting and processing HTTP requests, and Visual Studio . George Shepherd Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df4ed1b7-ea67-4bbc-8f68-41d35f01a48e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/df4ed1b7-ea67-4bbc-8f68-41d35f01a48e November 2002<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: System Tray Balloon Tips and Freeing Resources Quickly in .NET Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/830c3ca2-9904-4b0f-ab9a-a549f0d7e5e5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/830c3ca2-9904-4b0f-ab9a-a549f0d7e5e5 November 2002<br/><br/>Microsoft has recently launched the . NET Architecture Center, a site devoted to business, software, and infrastructure architects who want to understand the Microsoft approach to enterprise software. Paul DiLascia Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ccc174e4-c6f9-4ec6-9412-df1f1c4df43a http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ccc174e4-c6f9-4ec6-9412-df1f1c4df43a October 2002<br/><br/>Visual Studio .NET has lots of cool features. Obviously, it supports languages that target the common language runtime, like C# and Visual Basic .NET, and it lets you write CLR-managed code. But did you know that there are features of the environment itself, independent of the language features, that earn Visual Studio .NET the cool tool stamp of approval?In this article the authors count down their favorite environment features—the ones they think every developer will applaud. They include support for debugging stored procedures, project reference management, metadata in Class View, a richer immediate window, custom environment programming with macros, and more. Jon Flanders and Chris Sells Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ccdc2f3-c29a-462c-9542-773353f2884d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ccdc2f3-c29a-462c-9542-773353f2884d October 2002<br/><br/>The .NET Framework Class Library and the common language runtime (CLR) serve as the foundation for all .NET-based applications. But how much do you know about any of the thousands of CLR classes in the library and where do you begin to learn about them?In this article, the author uses the number of relationships with other types to determine which types are going to affect your programming most frequently and how often you'll encounter them. He programmatically surveys the CLR library using reflection to make that determination. Following that, an in-depth examination of the nine most important CLR types is provided. Panos Kougiouris Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/97f27a24-a502-407c-beae-bcd293567adc http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/97f27a24-a502-407c-beae-bcd293567adc October 2002<br/><br/>Prior to the advent of .NET, DCOM was the underlying technology for remote communications between Windows-based applications. But DCOM is quirky to set up and configure and not as interoperable as it should be. In .NET, XML Web Services and .NET Remoting are a seamless and effective answer to the demand for tools to build distributed applications.This article provides a primer on .NET Remoting with insights into the internal plumbing. Important aspects of remoting, such as channels, object lifetime management, and clients for remote objects are discussed. In addition, some practical examples are provided. Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/878048b7-1d2a-4a23-8026-46cca52bf532 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/878048b7-1d2a-4a23-8026-46cca52bf532 October 2002<br/><br/>Out-of-the-box, the only way of coding RS232 serial communications applications in the .NET environment is to import the outdated and somewhat limited MSComm ActiveX control. This article describes the development of a lean, multithreaded, and modern RS232 base class library in C# managed code. The library uses Platform Invocation Services to interact with the Win32 API directly. Application programmers can use the library from any .NET language through inheritance; the article explores examples written in C# and Visual Basic .NET. John Hind Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d384f155-287b-4993-a506-bd16375aa1d1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d384f155-287b-4993-a506-bd16375aa1d1 October 2002<br/><br/>In Windows Forms applications, similar commands, such as those in a menu and their counterparts on a toolbar, are not automatically related. They don't fire the same event or run the same handler routine. Yet code that allows the same or similar user commands to fire the same code simplifies development.This article describes the principles of command management and why it's important to have functional commands that are not exclusive to any one UI element. In order to provide an MFC-like command management infrastructure, a design pattern is developed and applied as a series of C# classes. Michael Foster and Gilberto Araya Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e3ab8c8-fcae-4a64-9fb7-1ba29a68e30c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6e3ab8c8-fcae-4a64-9fb7-1ba29a68e30c October 2002<br/><br/>Visual Basic .NET comes loaded with features not available in previous versions, including a new threading model, custom class creation, and data streaming. Learn how to take advantage of these features with an application that is designed to extract information from Web pages for indexing purposes. This article also discusses basic database access, file I/O, extending classes for objects, and the use of opacity and transparency in forms. Mark Gerlach Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fbf361f-e351-4b87-b59d-232ab2d491b5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7fbf361f-e351-4b87-b59d-232ab2d491b5 October 2002<br/><br/>Sometimes progress seems to move more quickly than time. Sometimes time seems to fly in the face of progress. What are we talking about? Has the summer heat finally made us lose our minds? Don't be silly! Just because this has been the hottest summer in New York City since 2001 doesn't mean we're not thinking straight. Mark Gerlach Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/237e13eb-ea69-479f-98c5-85c96eeed4ca http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/237e13eb-ea69-479f-98c5-85c96eeed4ca October 2002<br/><br/>Red Gate Software has released ANTS Enterprise Edition, which enables you to load, scale, and stress test Microsoft® . NET-based Web applications and XML Web Services for large commercial enterprises. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6f92ff19-cf95-4de2-a335-426de8078b12 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/6f92ff19-cf95-4de2-a335-426de8078b12 October 2002<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Allowing ASP in IIS 6.0, Sorting XML Elements, SSL and Navigation, and More Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9f2fd54d-44bb-4c1b-97f1-90107a6bad31 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/9f2fd54d-44bb-4c1b-97f1-90107a6bad31 October 2002<br/><br/>The XML technology receiving the most attention these days is Web Services. Web Services is a term commonly used to describe an entire new breed of applications. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees on what that breed is. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8ebdce74-6a7a-40ee-aa92-fb001a8c3e7d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8ebdce74-6a7a-40ee-aa92-fb001a8c3e7d October 2002<br/><br/>If you wanted to, you could distinguish two general categories of classes in the Microsoft® . NET Framework—classes that introduce new functionality such as XML readers and ADO. NET providers, and collections and classes that wrap underlying Win32® system functions. Dino Esposito Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c818183-04a0-4dd1-961d-a85b45a9ce40 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4c818183-04a0-4dd1-961d-a85b45a9ce40 October 2002<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Building an Attribute Documenter and Viewer Ken Spencer Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2ed6bd1-36fb-4b79-b2d1-20e74693851d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2ed6bd1-36fb-4b79-b2d1-20e74693851d October 2002<br/><br/>In the June 2002 installment of Basic Instincts I began a discus-sion of objects and values. This month I'll build on that column, so I will assume you've read the June installment and that you know the fundamental differences between value types and reference types. Ted Pattison Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5573ef74-dd60-423a-b81a-457927b9f7aa http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/5573ef74-dd60-423a-b81a-457927b9f7aa October 2002<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Getting Version Info, CFolderTabCtrl Revisited Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ff0f7ddb-6391-4916-9ebb-4f274a1f21f5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ff0f7ddb-6391-4916-9ebb-4f274a1f21f5 October 2002<br/><br/>WS-Security is a recently proposed specification from Microsoft, IBM, and VeriSign. It has been submitted to OASIS for industry standardization. WS-Security builds on the SOAP specification to provide you with a standard mechanism to exchange secure, signed messages in a Web Services environment. Paul DiLascia Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61f73483-e8e0-4568-b79e-4eb559096894 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/61f73483-e8e0-4568-b79e-4eb559096894 September 2002<br/><br/>There are many ways to get into trouble when it comes to security. You can trust all code that runs on your network, give any user access to important files, and never bother to check that code on your machine has not changed. You can run without virus protection software, not build security into your own code, and give too many privileges to too many accounts. You can even use a number of built-in functions carelessly enough to allow break-ins, and you can leave server ports open and unmonitored. Obviously, the list continues to grow. What are some of the really important issues, the biggest mistakes you should watch out for right now so that you don't compromise your data or your system? Security experts Michael Howard and Keith Brown present 10 tips to keep you out of hot water. Michael Howard and Keith Brown Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cafa0bb5-51a4-42f2-b3d8-3f869c4a458d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/cafa0bb5-51a4-42f2-b3d8-3f869c4a458d September 2002<br/><br/>The common language runtime of the .NET Framework has its own secure execution model that isn't bound by the limitations of the operating system it's running on. In addition, unlike the old principal-based security, the CLR enforces security policy based on where code is coming from rather than who the user is. This model, called code access security, makes sense in today's environment because so much code is installed over the Internet and even a trusted user doesn't know when that code is safe.In this article, Don Box explains how code access security works in the CLR. He discusses the kinds of evidence required by policy, how permissions are granted, and how policy is enforced by the runtime. Don Box Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f05e4a2f-1ae9-4c34-9ed7-1914ccfd8f3b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f05e4a2f-1ae9-4c34-9ed7-1914ccfd8f3b September 2002<br/><br/>Security improvements have been a top priority in the evolution of IIS. IIS 6.0, which will be part of Windows .NET Server, has improved security features and a new approach to server configuration. New security-related tools for IIS, including IIS LockDown, make securing your server against attack easier than ever. The author explains how and why you can shut down services with IIS LockDown. He discusses limiting port access with TCP/IP filtering, controlling how files are served with extension mapping, what's new for Secure Sockets Layer, the use of URLScan, and more. Wayne Berry Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/afd054ac-ccfd-49b4-ae27-a4dcc965520e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/afd054ac-ccfd-49b4-ae27-a4dcc965520e September 2002<br/><br/>Secure sign-in, a new feature in version 2.0 of the .NET Passport single sign-in and profile service, is a functionality that will be especially useful for sites containing confidential information or anywhere security is a primary concern. Such sites include banks, medical sites, and so on. Secure sign-in is as safe as any SSL-based Web site login used today and provides a way to virtually eliminate vulnerability to replay and dictionary attacks.This article explains secure sign-in and demonstrates how you can implement this feature with very little effort in either ASP using the Passport.Manager COM object or in ASP.NET using the .NET class PassportIdentity. Michael Kogotkov-Lisin Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3761691-073b-4480-941a-bb0a64d2f074 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e3761691-073b-4480-941a-bb0a64d2f074 September 2002<br/><br/>ASP.NET is a flexible and extensible framework for server-side HTTP programming. While most people think of ASP.NET in terms of pages served, there is a lower-level infrastructure sitting beneath this page model. The underlying plumbing is based on a pipeline of app, module, and handler objects. Understanding how this pipeline works is key if you want to get the most out of ASP.NET as an HTTP server platform, while making your process more efficient, and keeping your server secure. This article introduces the architecture of the pipeline and shows how you can use it to add sophisticated functionality to an ASP.NET-based app. Tim Ewald and Keith Brown Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2c182d27-7f16-4549-86a9-86483ccd7a9d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2c182d27-7f16-4549-86a9-86483ccd7a9d September 2002<br/><br/>Cryptographic hash algorithms produce fixed-length sequences based on input of arbitrary length. A given input always produces the same output, called a hash code. Using these algorithms, you can compute and validate hash codes to ensure that code running on your machine has not been tampered with or otherwise changed. ASP.NET provides a software mechanism for validating hash code fingerprints for every page requested by a client. In this article, the author shows how to use hash codes with ASP.NET applications to detect tampering and prevent malicious code from running when tampering is detected. Jason Coombs Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16cb614f-1ad3-4338-84b6-c31c81c44b96 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/16cb614f-1ad3-4338-84b6-c31c81c44b96 September 2002<br/><br/>Earlier this year, Bill Gates outlined a comprehensive vision for trustworthy computing. Simply put, to achieve trustworthy computing developers must pay attention to security and reliability—the two biggest issues facing the world of computing today. Jason Coombs Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fcdf02ea-8873-4305-950e-dc1279a53b9b http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fcdf02ea-8873-4305-950e-dc1279a53b9b September 2002<br/><br/>ePresence Inc. and OpenNetwork Technologies, an identity management security company, recently announced a partnership to deliver directory-based security management solutions utilizing Microsoft® Active Directory® as the identity store and Microsoft . Theresa W. Carey Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea81b528-db29-4d17-894c-22c7a2174f99 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ea81b528-db29-4d17-894c-22c7a2174f99 September 2002<br/><br/>Web Q&A: Scripting Security Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0adb6ab4-c37f-4573-91a1-e39be996163c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0adb6ab4-c37f-4573-91a1-e39be996163c September 2002<br/><br/>The XML Files: WS-Security, WebMethods, Generating ASP.NET Web Service Classes Aaron Skonnard Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e889ebd5-e140-4746-a1a9-3ef773a8c4c4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e889ebd5-e140-4746-a1a9-3ef773a8c4c4 September 2002<br/><br/>Web Services are often presented as the perfect tool for pro-grammers. They're interoperable, based on open standards such as SOAP and WSDL, and are fully integrated with the Microsoft® . NET platform. Dino Esposito Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b56ead44-52b0-4099-8708-b23f5309caba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b56ead44-52b0-4099-8708-b23f5309caba September 2002<br/><br/>Advanced Basics: Reducing Memory Footprints, Gathering Process Info with MSDNMagProcessMonitor Ken Spencer Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26b482dd-6694-4cb4-a72b-fc9ebfd8c267 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26b482dd-6694-4cb4-a72b-fc9ebfd8c267 September 2002<br/><br/>This is the third part of my three-part series on serialization. In part one, I showed how to serialize and deserialize objects. I also showed how to define types that allow instances of themselves to be serialized. Jeffrey Richter Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/458713d1-9aef-43f2-b073-433649b8f1e7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/458713d1-9aef-43f2-b073-433649b8f1e7 September 2002<br/><br/>C++ Q&A: Typename, Disabling Keys in Windows XP with TrapKeys Paul DiLascia Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2aaeaf0c-a3d1-4e2e-a522-15261be8ac96 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/2aaeaf0c-a3d1-4e2e-a522-15261be8ac96 September 2002<br/><br/>Two Microsoft Web sites have been created to assist developers in writing secure code using the latest technology. Paul DiLascia Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ac0edd3-43e1-4a56-8af4-3df031a77db6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/3ac0edd3-43e1-4a56-8af4-3df031a77db6 August 2002<br/><br/>In the past, the Microsoft Active Scripting architecture has allowed you to make your applications extensible. But it came with some drawbacks. You couldn't call into DLLs; you had to use COM interfaces. The scripts were not compiled, so they ran more slowly than they otherwise might, and a number of objects had to ride along with the script. To solve these problems and make extensibility easier to attain, Visual Studio for Applications was introduced. Presented here is an introduction to VSA that covers language support, types, events, and much more. Chris Sells Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ece3a2cb-00d8-4b19-a6a5-2c4a0a8961d8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ece3a2cb-00d8-4b19-a6a5-2c4a0a8961d8 August 2002<br/><br/>There can be many reasons to reroute incoming Web requests. For instance, sometimes it's necessary to redirect a browser to a page based on user criteria without passing long lists of parameters in the URL. In the past, the only way to intercept such page requests and send them elsewhere was with ISAPI. Now, in ASP.NET, the IHttpModule interface provides notification of server requests, and lets you easily reroute them based on criteria other than browser type or version. Here the author demonstrates the use of IHttpModule for interception and explains the use of ISAPI filters for anyone who isn't yet using ASP.NET. Panos Kougiouris Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ccf2124c-d5f1-452b-abeb-d71288475c06 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ccf2124c-d5f1-452b-abeb-d71288475c06 August 2002<br/><br/>Application service providers often must send information to clients automatically rather than on-demand. For example, a manufacturer may want to know each day how many of their products were sold by a retail chain. While SQL Server is ideal for maintaining this type of database, you have to write scripts to get the data out in a client-friendly format. Here you will see how you can use Data Transformation Services (DTS), a powerful tool in SQL Server, to automate the retrieval and formatting of data from SQL Server 2000 and make the process of pushing data to your users a lot easier. Alok Mehta and Daniel Williams Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1875066f-4682-42a1-8669-9483f13b6869 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/1875066f-4682-42a1-8669-9483f13b6869 August 2002<br/><br/>Building on his article published in the June issue, which demonstrated several ways to get process and DLL-related information from APIs such as PSAPI, NTDLL, and TOOLHELP32, the author presents some unusual ways to get system-oriented info that you can easily integrate in your own toolkit. There are three tools included as samples: LoadLibrarySpy, which monitors an application and detects which DLLs are really loaded; WindowDump, which retrieves the content and a detailed description of any window; and FileUsage, which redirects console-mode applications to tell you which process is using any opened file. Christophe Nasarre Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c29d8f4e-14ba-45d5-82de-f8adde81f714 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c29d8f4e-14ba-45d5-82de-f8adde81f714 August 2002<br/><br/>If you're planning to build an e-commerce site, you'll be pleased to see that ASP.NET makes it easier than ever. Existing controls can be used and extended to add a great deal more functionality than you might expect. In this article, forms-based authentication is used to verify the identity of users and make certain areas of the site, such as the check-out page, inaccessible to unauthorized users. The power and flexibility of validation controls are demonstrated using the CustomValidator control to connect to a Web Service that verifies addresses. A shopping cart is then implemented in ASP.NET using the DataGrid, and finally, credit card authorization and billing are performed. Jason Lefebvre and Robert Lair Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ddf09a2-f9a1-47ce-bcb3-e3c581759143 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0ddf09a2-f9a1-47ce-bcb3-e3c581759143 August 2002<br/><br/>Networked applications must deal with a host of connection problems ranging from timeouts to congestion to unavailability. If these applications can check the current connection status and, when disconnected, cache transmissions, they become more efficient. Fortunately, both the System Event Notification System (SENS) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) can send notifications to keep applications informed of network status. In this article, the author explains the use of several SENS interfaces, including ISensNetwork and ISensLogon, which trigger events for connects/disconnects and logons/logoffs, respectively. The author then shows how you can subscribe to each of these events, and follows with a discussion of when you might use WMI events instead. Aspi Havewala Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b18a702a-ce57-42b9-b54d-c74181877d07 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b18a702a-ce57-42b9-b54d-c74181877d07 August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Atif Aziz Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33ecc22d-b37c-435c-9899-0df8a8218cb4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/33ecc22d-b37c-435c-9899-0df8a8218cb4 August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Atif Aziz Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/697474ae-1ce1-4d5b-b46e-ca1b3f262bef http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/697474ae-1ce1-4d5b-b46e-ca1b3f262bef August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a5c19b09-20ff-47f0-bfc7-b8fb4eb4a909 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/a5c19b09-20ff-47f0-bfc7-b8fb4eb4a909 August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca69df3c-573d-4545-b1bf-3eab53ca38ce http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ca69df3c-573d-4545-b1bf-3eab53ca38ce August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fd762253-ae10-4f24-ba8b-dcec1ba3d56e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/fd762253-ae10-4f24-ba8b-dcec1ba3d56e August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Dino Esposito Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6f976c0-5b9a-4a8b-9577-fc0bb7245f9f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b6f976c0-5b9a-4a8b-9577-fc0bb7245f9f August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Ken Spencer Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/64b44d81-6e83-47bb-9fde-eca51e772099 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/64b44d81-6e83-47bb-9fde-eca51e772099 August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. George Shepherd Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73d45b82-6474-4fd7-b19a-baf2e1498828 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73d45b82-6474-4fd7-b19a-baf2e1498828 August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Jeff Prosise Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15d9e62f-e158-4a3b-b458-0f4d558725bd http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/15d9e62f-e158-4a3b-b458-0f4d558725bd August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Paul DiLascia Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eebfca45-281b-4254-ad84-006ac87d0006 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/eebfca45-281b-4254-ad84-006ac87d0006 August 2002<br/><br/>One major inconvenience of using SQL stored procedures from code is having to match type information. You have to write long wrapper functions around the procedures just to expose the data types. In the .NET Framework, however, the reflection services of the System.Reflection namespace allow you to query rich metadata that describe data types. This article explains how to use reflection in .NET to end your stored procedure nightmares. The author creates four custom classes, including one that generates a SQLCommand object based on the metadata of a method. Using this library, you'll be on your way to automating the generation of stored procedures. Paul DiLascia Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7bc67e24-9012-408a-af95-af612e961eba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/7bc67e24-9012-408a-af95-af612e961eba July 2002<br/><br/>With over 9,000 files, and including some 1300 public classes to pore through, the Shared Source CLI can teach you quite a bit about the internal workings of the CLR. But the sheer amount of source code included can make just starting your exploration a monumental task. This article discusses some of the things you can learn from the source code facsimile of the CLR, like how JIT compilation works. It will also help you understand how to control execution along with debugging and loading classes. A walk through the steps involved in setting up the runtime will let you become familiar with the process. Jason Whittington Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9609d29-964e-4292-a40d-06253798301f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c9609d29-964e-4292-a40d-06253798301f July 2002<br/><br/>Windows CE .NET, the newest member of the .NET family, includes a number of improvements over previous versions of Windows CE. For example, there are quite a few new APIs and enhancements to security and connectivity, the user interface, the kernel, and the emulator. In addition, DirectX support has been added and C++ in Windows CE .NET now supports C++ exceptions, STL, and runtime type information. In this article the author takes a tour of Windows CE .NET, starting with the New Platform Wizard that allows you to code for your choice of devices. A sample application is included that locates features on portable devices so the reader knows what's available before writing code. Paul Yao Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45281c1a-62e1-431f-aa5a-a643022ee996 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/45281c1a-62e1-431f-aa5a-a643022ee996 July 2002<br/><br/>DirectShow is an API that enables Windows applications to control a wide variety of audio/video input devices including (but not limited to) DV camcorders, Web cams, DVD drives, and TV tuner cards. It provides out-of-the-box support for a variety of formats, from WAV and AVI to Windows Media. DirectShow is also extensible, enabling third parties to support their own specialized devices, formats, or processing components. This article introduces the basic concepts behind DirectShow and gives a step-by-step tutorial showing how to create your own video effect filter. Michael Blome and Mike Wasson Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc5b32b2-5b34-4656-8a49-47c7c09412d6 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/bc5b32b2-5b34-4656-8a49-47c7c09412d6 July 2002<br/><br/>Windows Forms applications solve many of the problems inherent in building Web applications the old fashioned way?with HTML. To demonstrate the use of Windows Forms over the Web, the author takes his existing app, Wahoo!, and ports it to Windows Forms. In doing so, he discusses versioning, linked files, security, storage isolation, the deployment model, and everything else you need to get started building your own Windows Forms apps for the Web. Chris Sells Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6f9fb0b-e5d8-485b-993e-7c76875386b2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6f9fb0b-e5d8-485b-993e-7c76875386b2 July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Roy Margolis Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2642d6a-81d0-4bd6-8893-650e335e118d http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b2642d6a-81d0-4bd6-8893-650e335e118d July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Roy Margolis Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26782da8-6c12-4e01-a081-eed7827c23cf http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/26782da8-6c12-4e01-a081-eed7827c23cf July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Theresa W. Carey Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d84052fe-0335-4b68-832d-bffadc3d5905 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/d84052fe-0335-4b68-832d-bffadc3d5905 July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Edited by Nancy Michell Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/157caa04-994a-48a2-89d3-0011a4e783d3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/157caa04-994a-48a2-89d3-0011a4e783d3 July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Aaron Skonnard Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53607a05-e208-48bf-b5c5-9797aa2672b3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53607a05-e208-48bf-b5c5-9797aa2672b3 July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Dino Esposito Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/688061bc-2dc6-4763-b734-114c9bca2e8e http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/688061bc-2dc6-4763-b734-114c9bca2e8e July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. John Papa Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/edc21e2c-13f5-407c-8c21-ee3ab5bbe3be http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/edc21e2c-13f5-407c-8c21-ee3ab5bbe3be July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Ken Spencer Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ce3aec93-84fa-4ecd-b3bb-68090c2874c7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ce3aec93-84fa-4ecd-b3bb-68090c2874c7 July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Jeffrey Richter Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/334827ef-e219-440f-a517-b13e4d7e13c1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/334827ef-e219-440f-a517-b13e4d7e13c1 July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Paul DiLascia Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4dd78512-340c-4cfc-ba0a-948f550daf45 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4dd78512-340c-4cfc-ba0a-948f550daf45 July 2002<br/><br/>One of the most significant features of ADO.NET is its integration with XML. Developers can either use an ADO-like API to access the data or work directly with an XML representation of the data. This article demonstrates how both of these techniques can be used together to create Web applications that take advantage of XML standards such as XSLT. The example presented here is a bug tracking application built using C# and the.NET Framework. The development of the application covers several topics including data access using ADO.NET, the presentation of data using XSLT stylesheets, and the integration of ADO.NET with the .NET XML Framework. Paul DiLascia Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18234143-f7db-4e11-8397-8f7b9100eb10 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/18234143-f7db-4e11-8397-8f7b9100eb10 June 2002<br/><br/>Pre-built custom controls make application design easier and faster and allow you to maintain UI consistency. However, prepackaged controls can be big and slow, and are OS-specific. For those who don't want to use prepackaged controls, Visual Studio .NET provides controls for Web Forms similar to those found in Windows Forms, including label and textbox, and new additions such as the DataGrid, all of which you can customize. If you want to design your own controls, the .NET Framework provides inheritable classes that take care of all the nasty stuff you want to avoid, including page lifecycle, maintaining state across invocations, and browser detection. This article discusses these concepts, as well as eventing, rendering, and client-side scripting. David S. Platt Tue, 14 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48b274ac-1a96-4352-8d02-15ea842701c3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/48b274ac-1a96-4352-8d02-15ea842701c3 June 2002<br/><br/>DLL conflict problems can be tough to solve, but a large number of tools are available to help. There are also many Windows APIs that you can use to build custom debugging tools. Three such tools are discussed here and provided as samples. DllSpy lists all the DLLs loaded in the system and the processes that are using them. ProcessSpy enumerates the running processes and exposes the DLLs they are using, and ProcessXP displays the list of concurrent running sessions for Windows XP. Christophe Nasarre Tue, 14 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38e95631-7451-41c2-8489-4d186f33f0a2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/38e95631-7451-41c2-8489-4d186f33f0a2 June 2002<br/><br/>The .NET Framework includes a set of cryptographic services that extend the services provided by Windows through the Crypto API. In this article, the author explores the System.Security.Cryptography namespace and the programming model used to apply cryptographic transformations. He discusses reasons why cryptography is easier in .NET than it was before, including the easy programmatic acccess developers have to the cryptography APIs and the difference between symmetric and asymmetric algorithms. Along the way, a brief discussion of the most widely used algorithms, including RSA, DSA, Rijndael, SHA, and other hash algorithms, is provided. Dan Fox Tue, 14 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0023e4fd-fec6-4c45-b12d-3fd0e05a6afb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/0023e4fd-fec6-4c45-b12d-3fd0e05a6afb June 2002<br/><br/>How would an English speaker feel if his car's owner's manual was written in German or if the dash board markings were written in Japanese because the car was manufactured in that country? This is an experience common to computer users all over the world who don't speak English as their primary language, and it's becomming more important. The Microsoft .NET Framework not only makes it possible to build international applications, but many of the tools such as Visual Studio .NET make it quite easy. This article looks at internationalization with .NET and presents real tools you can use to make all of your Windows Forms applications global-ready. Jason R. Bell Tue, 14 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87030eab-87b7-40ff-8a8b-217324e27f82 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/87030eab-87b7-40ff-8a8b-217324e27f82 June 2002<br/><br/>C# allows developers to embed XML comments into their source files-a useful facility, especially when more than one programmer is working on the same code. The C# parser can expand these XML tags to provide additional information and export them to an external document for further processing. This article shows how to use XML comments and explains the relevant tags. The author demonstrates how to set up your project to export your XML comments into convenient documentation for the benefit of other developers. He also shows how to use comments to generate help files. J. Andrew Schafer Tue, 14 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53357c07-23a1-4c45-87f8-9b3c2e1a77c2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/53357c07-23a1-4c45-87f8-9b3c2e1a77c2 June 2002<br/><br/>Rich clients employ many of the features and conveniences of the operating system they run on, and the lis