.NET Tutorials & Articles
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Dynamic Search Conditions in T-SQL
by Erland SommarskogA very common requirement in an information system is to have a function (or several functions) where the users are able to search the data by selecting freely among many possible criterias. In this text I will look at various techniques to solve this problem.
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Microsoft Indexing Service and ASP.NET
by Barry DorransMicrosoft Indexing Service is a service that provides a means of quickly searching for files on the machine. Barry investigates how we can use the indexing service to expose full-text searching in ASP.NET.
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Common Intermediate Language
by Granville BarnetttGranville gets down with the CLR, and takes a look at CIL/MSIL - the intermediate language that every .NET language gets compiled to, and has full access to the capabilities of the CLR.
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Creating Applications for Handheld Devices Using eMbedded Visual Basic
by Rob BickelA no nonsense tutorial designed to give Visual Basic developers an insight into developing VB applications for handheld devices such as PDAs.
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Collection Controls with Rich Design Time Support
by Tim DawsonThis extensive article details the process of creating complex list-based controls with rich design time support similar to my DotNetWidgets and OutlookBar controls.
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Overview of Automated Transactions
by Kamran ShakilAn overview of using automated transactions in asp.net
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Visual Studio Installer
by James CrowleyLearn about the new Windows Installer technology, how to create your own installations using the Visual Studio Installer and a review of Wise for Windows Installer. What more could you ask for?!
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The forgotten problems of 64-bit programs development
by Andrey KarpovThough the history of 64-bit systems development makes more than a decade, the appearance of 64-bit version of OS Windows raised new problems in the sphere of development and testing applications. In the article there are considered some mistakes connected with 64-bit C/C++ code development for Windows.
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SQL Trusted Connections with ASP.NET
by Barry DorransHard coding passwords into your application or your web site is a bad thing. Barry looks at how we can use trusted connections to provide the authentication we need, without the need for these potential security hazards.
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Business logic processing in a socket server
by Len HolgateTo maintain performance a socket server shouldn't make any calls that should block from its IO thread pool. In this article we develop a business logic thread pool and add this to the server developed in the previous article.
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Test-driven development with NUnit
by Roy OsheroveAn introduction to test-driven development with NUnit and the NUnit-Add-in
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Attributed Programming in .NET Using C#
by Deepak DuttaAn attribute is a new code level language construct in all major .NET languages. It provides integration of declarative information to assemblies, classes, interfaces, members, etc. at the code level. The information can then be used to change the runtime behavior or collect organizational information. In this article, I illustrate the power of attributed programming by examples that show a modular approach to issues that can crosscut many classes.
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API Programming Series #1
by Sreejath S. WarrierThis is the first part of a series of articles explaining how to access and use the Win32 API from within VB.
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Using Interfaces In .NET Remoting
by David Talbot.NET Remoting allows for a clean seperation between client side code and server side code through the use of interfaces. In this article, we will create a remote object and referance it only by interface.
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Getting Started with Kinect Development
by Chris AlexanderBuilding apps on top of the Kinect device
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Memory in .NET - what goes where
by Jon SkeetA lot of confusion has been wrought by people explaining the difference between value types and reference types as 'value types go on the stack, reference types go on the heap'. This is simply untrue (as stated) and this article attempts to clarify matters somewhat.
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Dynamic Column Sorting and Paging in ASP.NET
by Dimitrios MarkatosDemonstrates how to enable your visitors to sort your datagrid by columns, and implement paging.
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Creating a Generic Site-To-Rss Tool
by Roy OsheroveI’ll show how to use regular expressions to parse a Web page’s HTML text into manageable chunks of data. That data will be converted and written as an RSS feed for the whole world to consume. Finally, I’ll show how to create a generic tool that enables you to automatically generate an RSS feed from any website, given a small group of parameters.
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Windows Form Designer generated code
by Palo MrazTaking a closer look at the code generated by the Windows Forms Designer and understanding some of the important implications.
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ASP.NET and GDI+
by Ruan MeyerWorking with GDI can be tricky on the web, this tutorial is a basic introduction for people who needs to draw images on the fly. Here we cover drawing text and lines.