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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.

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The June 2008 issue features the first installment of a new MSDN Magazine column on software design fundamentals. We’ll discuss design patterns and principles in a manner that isn't bound to a specific tool or lifecycle methodology. In this issue, Jeremy Miller starts the Patterns in Practice column ...
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Mobilize: Explore The New Features In Windows Embedded CE 6.0
Paul Yao presents an overview of Windows Embedded CE 6.0. Paul Yao
Graphics To Go: Make A Mobile Imaging App With The .NET Compact Framework 2.0
This article focuses on developing for Pocket PCs, a skill which can then be transferred to Smartphone application development. Rob Pierry
Windows Workflow: Build Custom Activities To Extend The Reach Of Your Workflows
This article covers the core components required for building custom activities in Windows Workflow Foundation. Matt Milner
Extend ASP.NET: Simplify Data Binding In ASP.NET 2.0 With Our Custom Control
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
BizTalk Adapters: Integrate E-Mail Processing Into Your Business Solutions
Use BizTalk Server to monitor e-mail for new messages, trigger confirmations, and persist e-mail and attachments to a custom database. Alex Starykh
Locale Hero: Enable Global Apps With Locale Builder And Windows Vista
Everything you need to know about locales in Windows Vista. Kieran Snyder and Shawn Steele
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Editor's Note: A Look Into the Future
Josh Trupin takes a look at mobility, the theme of this month’s issue. Joshua Trupin
Toolbox: Issue and Defect Tracking, Automate IT Tasks, and More
In this issue, issue and defect tracking, automating IT tasks, and more. Scott Mitchell
Advanced Basics: TableLayoutPanels
This month Ken Getz writes a demo-creation system for Windows-based applications, which he calls a switchboard. Ken Getz
CLR Inside Out: Inside Diagnostic Tools for .NET
In this installment of CLR Inside Out, a look inside the CLR Profiling API and tools that use it. Jonathan Keljo
Data Points: RSS Feeds on a Smartphone
John Papa builds a Windows Mobile 5.0 application that reads RSS feeds and loads them into an ADO.NET DataSet. John Papa
Cutting Edge: The Client Side of ASP.NET Pages
This month Dino Esposito dissects the client-side source code generated by ASP.NET pages. Dino Esposito
Test Run: String Permutations
The ability to programmatically create and use string permutations is essential in software testing, as James McCaffrey explains. Dr. James McCaffrey
Service Station: Web Service Software Factory
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
.NET Matters: Deserialization Progress, and More
Build a standard progress bar that indicates how much deserialization has completed and how much still remains. Plus, System.Collection.Generics performance. Stephen Toub
Netting C++: The Design Space of the Common Type System
Stanley Lippman moves Text Query Language to the Microsoft .NET Framework using the C++/CLI language extensions in Visual C++ 2005. Stanley B. Lippman
{End Bracket}: And Along Came 10…
IntroducingOn10.net (http://on10.net), the Channel 9 answer for the technology enthusiast who isn’t necessarily a programmer. Duncan Mackenzie
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