Latest .NET Framework Articles

Creating a Pager Control for ASP.NET
10/17/2003
Create a control that enables paging of data with any ASP.NET list control.

Creating Markup Text in Visual Basic .NET
10/15/2003
Read about a tool that allows you to markup code in any language, is customizable for personal color schemes,produces output in HTML or XML tagged text, and renders HTML markup.

Building a Custom Project Wizard in Visual Studio .NET
10/15/2003
Learn how to extend Visual Studio to create a custom project type for new types of applications, or to enforce corporate standards.

Building a Custom Web Form Wizard in Visual Studio .NET
10/15/2003
Learn how to extend Visual Studio with a custom Webform Wizard to add common functionality easily to your Web applications.

Tablet PC Achieve the Illusion of Handwriting on Paper When Using the Managed INK API
10/15/2003
Creating the illusion of a pen writing on paper is no easy software task. Fortunately, the .NET Framework hosts Tablet PC extensions

Cryptography Simplified in Microsoft .NET
10/9/2003
Leverage the Cryptography features in the .NET Framework by creating a wrapper to protect your data.

.NET: More on Generics in the CLR
10/8/2003
Find out what creating generic types is all about in the second part of Jason Clark's series on programming with generics.

Basic Instincts: Deploying assemblies
10/8/2003
The second in a series focused on working with assemblies in the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Plug-Ins: Let Users Add Functionality to Your .NET Applications with Macros and Plug-Ins
10/8/2003
Get to know the extensibility features of the .NET Framework, including plug-in security considerations and how to use late binding and reflection.

J# Browser Controls version 1.1 RTM
10/7/2003
Migrate your existing applets to the Microsoft .NET Framework using J# Browser Controls version 1.1. End users who use applications built with the J# Browser Controls should also download the official release.

Adding Design Time Support to ASP.NET Controls
10/6/2003
Discover how you can add design-time support to your ASP.NET Server Controls. This allows your users to work with your controls as easily as they work with the built-in ASP.NET controls.

Creating Mobile Solutions for Visual FoxPro Developers
10/5/2003
See how ASP.NET Mobile Controls can help you create a mobile device presentation layer atop your Visual FoxPro application.

Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit CD
10/2/2003
This kit contains Microsoft .NET controls, worth $899 US, from ComponentOne and other leading .NET component vendors. Technical content includes white papers, videos, and code samples to help you get the most from Visual Basic .NET. Download for free or order a CD for a small fee.

MSDN Chat Transcript: Using Windows Forms Controls in Visual Basic .NET (9/16/03)
10/1/2003
Microsoft experts answer questions about Windows Forms, including performance issues, classes, backcolor transparency, and more.

Wonders of Windows Forms: Creating Document-Centric Applications in Windows Forms, Part 1
9/29/2003
Chris Sells outlines an implementation of simple document handling for an SDI application, including proper save functionality and opening documents using the command line.

OLAP: Build an OLAP Reporting App in ASP.NET Using SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services and Office XP
9/26/2003
OLAP-based data mining provides a way to query multidimensional data sets and drill down into the data to find patterns, and ASP.NET and the Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) enable Web-based OLAP reporting.

Blogging: Design Your Own Weblog Application from Scratch Using ASP.NET, JavaScript, and OLE DB
9/26/2003
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.

Tablet PC: Achieve the Illusion of Handwriting on Paper When Using the Managed INK API
9/26/2003
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.

Using Role-Based Security with Web Services Enhancements 2.0
9/26/2003
See how WSE 2.0 integrates X.509-based WS-Security authentication with role-based security features in the Microsoft .NET Framework, and how to use WS-Policy in WSE 2.0 to greatly simplify tasks.

Office Talk: The Definitive "Hello World" Managed Smart Document Tutorial
9/25/2003
This article defines smart document technology and walks you through the steps of creating, deploying, and using a smart document solution.

Code Secure: An Overlooked Construct and an Integer Overflow Redux
9/25/2003
Michael Howard investigates an often-overlooked code construct that can lead to serious buffer overruns, and then looks an alternate way to perform arithmetic without overflow side effects.

Get Embedded: Cloning the Microsoft Public Common Code
9/24/2003
See how to make changes to the public source that ships with Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2.