October 2006 - Posts
What .NET's LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) has to offer the VB developer.
An implementation of a web browser control for the .NET Framework 1.1
This article dives into Windows Forms. Rather than focusing on a specific feature, it covers a variety of topics that will assist you in building fully functional and well performing Windows Forms applications. You'll need to have some level of familiarity with topics such as data binding and validation to follow along.
ADO.NET 2.0 introduces many new features and enhancements over previous versions of ADO.NET, but one new feature that has caught my eye recently is the new DBProviderFactory class which allows you to write generic database code without too much difficulty.
This guide gives you prescriptive guidance on how to overcome architectural challenges and design issues when building Business Intelligence solutions using Microsoft platform.
Arrays are a basic feature of the .NET languages. They allow you to easily work with multiple data items in one container. Tony Patton tells you more about using arrays in your code.
This article explains the concept of reflection and how it saves development time throughout the project life-cycle.
Want to test just how broad and expressive the language C# is? Learn how to implement nested functions for C#, which so closely models nested functions that nested behaviors practically exist already for the language.
Create a class that addresses common threading problems and overcomes cross-thread calling and resource protection issues.
Data models provide important insights into your company's business. Learn how to read one, as well as some tips for creating strong data models of your own.
In the first article of the series we created a very basic pie chart using the GDI+ methods available to us in the .NET Framework. So for the first example in this article we will recreate this chart and then print it.
Collections allow you to manage groups of objects. Irina Medvinskaya looks at how to use an ArrayList class, which provides basic functionality that is useful to most applications.
Discover a way to write Add-Ins such that a single binary can be hosted across multiple versions of DevStudio, Visual Studio, and Office. It uses C++ & ATL, but the principles should carry over to other languages and frameworks.
The primary goal of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is to help developers create attractive and effective user interfaces. Learn how the WPF unified platform helps make designers active participants in creating user interfaces, and provides a common programming model for standalone and browser applications.
This whitepaper identifies the places you can insert your own code or tools into the process for control or monitoring purposes. This whitepaper also identifies potential hazards of certain solutions that may seem like a good idea, but that can lead to fragility or unexpected results.
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