Murach's ASP. NET 2. 0 Upgrader's Guide : C# Edition

by Lowe, Doug

• ISBN13: 9781890774356
• ISBN10: 1890774359
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Inc

Summary

What's new and how to use it! That's the quickest description for what this book presents as it shows C# developers how to upgrade from ASP.NET 1.x to ASP 2.0.NET 2.0. Unlike competing books, which present the what's new but not the how to, this book uses complete applications to show the reader exactly how to use all of the valuable new 2.0 features, including data access, master pages, site navigation, login controls, profiles, themes, web parts, and more. This book also presents the best techniques for converting 1.x applications to 2.0 and for deploying 2.0 applications.

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0
What's new in ASP.NET 2.0
An introduction to Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0	4	(2)
Visual Studio 2005 editions	4	(1)
New programming features for ASP.NET 2.0	4	(2)
ASP.NET 2.0's new code-behind model	6	(4)
The ASP.NET 2.0 code-behind model	6	(2)
How ASP.NET 2.0 applications are compiled	8	(2)
New features of ASP.NET 2.0	10	(14)
An introduction to master pages	10	(2)
An introduction to the ASP.NET 2.0 data access features	12	(2)
An introduction to site navigation	14	(2)
An introduction to the login controls	16	(2)
An introduction to profiles	18	(2)
An introduction to themes	20	(1)
An introduction to web parts	20	(2)
Other new features of ASP.NET 2.0	22	(2)
New features of Visual Studio 2005 and C# 2.0	24	(6)
New features of Visual Studio 2005	24	(2)
New C# language features	26	(4)
How to create an ASP.NET 2.0 application in Visual Studio 2005
The Shopping Cart application	30	(6)
The Order page	30	(2)
The Cart page	32	(2)
The files and folders used by the Shopping Cart application	34	(2)
How to work with ASP.NET 2.0 web sites	36	(4)
How to create a new ASP.NET 2.0 web site	36	(2)
How to add items to a web site	38	(2)
How to design an ASP.NET 2.0 web page	40	(6)
The HTML code for a new web page	40	(2)
How to work in Source view	42	(2)
How to work in Design view	44	(2)
How to create and use data sources	46	(6)
How to create an Access data source	46	(2)
How to configure an Access data source	48	(2)
How to bind a drop-down list to a data source	50	(2)
How to add code to an ASP.NET 2.0 page	52	(6)
How to use the Code Editor	52	(2)
How events are wired in ASP.NET 2.0	54	(2)
How to use code snippets	56	(2)
Two new ASP.NET 2.0 programming techniques	58	(4)
How to use cross-page posting	58	(2)
How to use C# code to get data from a data source	60	(2)
The code for the Shopping Cart application	62	(12)
The code for the Product and Cartltem classes	62	(1)
The aspx code for the Order page	62	(4)
The C# code for the Order page	66	(4)
The aspx code for the Cart page	70	(1)
The C# code for the Cart page	70	(4)
How to run an ASP.NET 2.0 application	74	(4)
How to use the development server	74	(1)
How to run a file-system web site with IIS	74	(4)
How to use master pages
How to create master pages	78	(10)
An introduction to master pages	78	(2)
How to create a master page	80	(2)
The aspx code for a new master page	82	(2)
The aspx code for the Halloween Store master page	84	(2)
The code-behind file for the master page	86	(2)
How to create and develop content pages	88	(4)
How to create a content page	88	(2)
How to add content to a page	90	(2)
How to access master page controls from a content page	92	(4)
How to expose a master page control as a public property	92	(2)
How to access a public property of the master page from a content page	94	(2)
How to use nested master pages	96	(8)
How nested master pages work	96	(2)
How to create nested master pages	98	(6)
Section 2 ASP.NET 2.0 data access
How to use SQL and XML data sources
An application that uses the new data access features	104	(4)
The Product List application	104	(2)
The design of the Halloween database	106	(2)
How to use a SQL data source	108	(12)
How to create a SQL data source	108	(2)
How to define the connection	110	(2)
How to save the connection string in the web.config file	112	(2)
How to configure the Select statement	114	(2)
How to create a Where clause	116	(2)
How select parameters work	118	(2)
How to use the Query Builder	120	(4)
How to create a Select statement with the Query Builder	120	(2)
How to define the parameters	122	(2)
How to use data binding	124	(6)
How to bind a list control to a data source	124	(2)
How to use the ASP.NET 2.0 Eval and Bind methods to bind data	126	(2)
The aspx file for the Product List application	128	(2)
How to use the advanced features of a SQL data source	130	(6)
How to create a data source that can update the database	130	(2)
How to change the data source mode	132	(1)
How to use caching	132	(2)
How to create and use a SQL cache dependency	134	(2)
How to use an XML data source	136	(12)
XML files that contain category and product data	136	(2)
How to create an XML data source	138	(2)
How to use XPath expressions for data sources and data binding	140	(2)
The aspx file for the XML version of the Product List application	142	(2)
The code-behind file for the XML version of the Product List application	144	(4)
How to use the GridView control
An introduction to the GridView control	148	(4)
How the GridView control works	148	(2)
How the GridView and DataGrid controls compare	150	(2)
How to customize the GridView control	152	(10)
How to define the fields in a GridView control	152	(2)
Elements used to create and format fields	154	(2)
How to enable sorting	156	(2)
How to enable paging	158	(2)
How to customize paging	160	(2)
A list application that uses a GridView control	162	(4)
The Product List application	162	(2)
The aspx file	164	(2)
How to update GridView data	166	(6)
How to work with command fields	166	(2)
How to use events raised by the GridView control	168	(2)
How to insert a row in a GridView control	170	(2)
A maintenance application that uses a GridView control	172	(8)
The Category Maintenance application	172	(2)
The aspx file	174	(4)
The code-behind file	178	(2)
How to work with template fields	180	(8)
How to create template fields	180	(2)
The template version of the Category Maintenance application	182	(1)
The aspx code for the template version	182	(6)
How to use the DetailsView and FormView controls
How to use the DetailsView control	188	(10)
An introduction to the DetailsView control	188	(2)
Attributes and child elements for the DetailsView control	190	(2)
How to add fields to a DetailsView control	192	(2)
How to enable paging	194	(2)
How to create a Master/Details page	196	(2)
How to update DetailsView data	198	(8)
An introduction to command buttons	198	(2)
How to add command buttons	200	(2)
How to handle DetailsView events	202	(2)
How to fix the optimistic concurrency bug	204	(2)
The Product Maintenance application	206	(8)
The operation of the application	206	(1)
The aspx file	206	(6)
The code-behind file	212	(2)
How to use the FormView control	214	(6)
An introduction to the FormView control	214	(2)
How to work with the item template	216	(2)
How to work with the edit item and insert item templates	218	(2)
A Shopping Cart application that uses a FormView control	220	(8)
The operation of the application	220	(2)
The aspx file for the Order page	222	(1)
The code-behind file for the Order page	222	(6)
How to use object data sources
An introduction to object data sources	228	(6)
How 3-layer applications work in ASP.NET 2.0	228	(2)
How to use the ObjectDataSource control	230	(2)
How to configure an ObjectDataSource control	232	(2)
A Product List application	234	(6)
The aspx file	236	(2)
The ProductDB class	238	(2)
How to create a data access class	240	(8)
How to design a data access class	240	(2)
How to create a select method	242	(2)
How to create update, delete, and insert methods	244	(2)
How to use attributes to mark a data access class	246	(2)
A Category Maintenance application	248	(8)
The design of the Category Maintenance application	248	(1)
The aspx file	248	(4)
The code-behind file	252	(1)
The CategoryDB class	252	(4)
How to use aggregate data types and detect concurrency errors	256	(8)
How to create an aggregate data type	256	(2)
How to use an aggregate data type	258	(2)
How to check for concurrency errors	260	(2)
How to use the generies feature to return a typed list	262	(2)
A Category Maintenance application that uses an aggregate class	264	(8)
The code-behind file	264	(1)
The CategoryDB class	264	(8)
Section 3 New ASP.NET 2.0 features
How to use site navigation
An introduction to site navigation	272	(6)
An introduction to the navigation controls	272	(2)
How to create a web.sitemap file	274	(2)
The web.sitemap file for the Navigation application	276	(2)
How to use the site navigation controls	278	(12)
How to use the TreeView control	278	(2)
How to create a SiteMapDataSource control	280	(2)
How to use the Menu control	282	(2)
How to use the SiteMapPath control	284	(2)
A master page for the Navigation application	286	(4)
How to use the login controls
An introduction to authentication	290	(4)
Three types of authentication	290	(2)
How forms-based authentication works	292	(2)
How to set up authentication and authorization	294	(12)
How to start the Web Site Administration Tool	294	(2)
How to enable forms-based authentication	296	(2)
How to create and manage roles	298	(2)
How to create and manage users	300	(2)
How to create and manage access rules	302	(2)
How to modify the membership and role provider	304	(2)
How to use the ASP.NET 2.0 login controls	306	(12)
How to use the Login control	306	(2)
How to use the LoginStatus and LoginName controls	308	(2)
How to use the CreateUserWizard control	310	(2)
How to use the PasswordRecovery control	312	(2)
How to use the ChangePassword control	314	(2)
How to use the LoginView control	316	(2)
The Authentication application	318	(8)
The pages	318	(4)
The directory structure	322	(1)
The access rules	322	(2)
The web.config files	324	(2)
How to use code to work with authentication	326	(10)
How to use the Membership class	326	(2)
How to use the MembershipUser class	328	(2)
How to use the FormsAuthentication class	330	(2)
How to use the Roles class	332	(4)
How to use profiles
An introduction to profiles	336	(6)
Profiles compared with session state	336	(2)
An overview of how profiles work	338	(2)
How the default profile provider works	340	(2)
How to use profiles with authenticated users	342	(10)
How to define profile properties	342	(2)
How to specify data types	344	(2)
How to group profile properties	346	(2)
How to specify default values	348	(1)
How to specify read-only properties	348	(2)
How to use custom types	350	(2)
How to use profiles with anonymous users	352	(4)
How to enable anonymous identification	352	(1)
How to allow anonymous users to access profile properties	352	(2)
How to migrate data from anonymous to authenticated users	354	(2)
The Cart Profile application	356	(10)
The pages	356	(4)
The code	360	(6)
How to use a custom profile provider	366	(12)
How to edit the web.config file so it uses a custom profile provider	366	(2)
How to write the class for the provider	368	(6)
The stored procedure that's used by the custom profile provider	374	(4)
How to use the MultiView and Wizard controls
How to use the MultiView control	378	(12)
How the MultiView control works	378	(2)
How to add views	380	(2)
How to add controls to a view	382	(2)
How to navigate between views with commands	384	(2)
How to access the data stored in a MultiView control	386	(2)
Properties and events of the MultiView and View controls	388	(2)
How to use the Wizard control	390	(14)
How the Wizard control works	390	(2)
How to add or remove steps	392	(2)
How to add a Cancel button	394	(2)
How to add a completion step	396	(2)
Properties and events of the Wizard and WizardStep controls	398	(2)
How to use templates and styles with wizards	400	(4)
How to use themes
An introduction to themes	404	(6)
A page before and after a theme has been applied	404	(2)
How themes work	406	(2)
How to make an existing theme available to an application	408	(1)
How to apply a theme to an application	408	(2)
How to create your own themes	410	(8)
How to use cascading style sheets	410	(2)
How to use skins	412	(2)
Another way to store skins	414	(2)
How to use images	416	(2)
More skills for working with themes	418	(8)
How to apply a theme to a page	418	(1)
How to apply a skin to a control	418	(2)
How to remove a theme from an application	420	(1)
How to remove a theme from a page	420	(1)
How to remove a theme from a control	420	(2)
How to use style sheet themes	422	(4)
How to use web parts to build portals
An introduction to the portal framework	426	(8)
A portal that uses web parts	426	(4)
How user configurations are stored	430	(1)
SharePoint and ASP.NET 2.0	430	(2)
Types of controls that can be used as web parts	432	(2)
How to use web parts	434	(18)
How to create a page that uses web parts	434	(4)
How to add a user control to a web part zone	438	(4)
How to let the user move web parts between zones	442	(2)
How to let the user add web parts to a zone	444	(2)
How to let the user edit the properties of a web part	446	(4)
How to apply formatting to web parts	450	(2)
How to write code that works with web parts	452	(6)
Classes for working with the web parts	452	(2)
How to develop and use a custom WebPart control	454	(4)
New ways to work with pages and other new web controls
New features for working with pages	458	(6)
How to use URL mapping	458	(2)
How to use access keys	460	(2)
How to use validation groups	462	(2)
Other new web controls	464	(14)
How to use the FileUpload control	464	(2)
How to use the BulletedList control	466	(2)
How to use the HiddenField control	468	(2)
How to use the ImageMap control	470	(2)
How to use the Substitution control for improved caching	472	(6)
Section 4 ASP.NET 2.0 in practice
How to migrate from ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0
An introduction to migration	478	(6)
Four options for running ASP.NET 1.x applications	478	(2)
How to set the ASP.NET version for a web site	480	(2)
Two common compatibility problems	482	(2)
How to convert an ASP.NET 1.x application to ASP.NET 2.0	484	(8)
How to use the Conversion Wizard	484	(2)
Changes made by the Conversion Wizard	486	(2)
How to use the conversion report	488	(4)
How to configure and deploy ASP.NET 2.0 applications
How to configure an ASP.NET 2.0 application	492	(4)
How to use the Web Site Administration Tool	492	(2)
How to use the IIS Management Console	494	(2)
How to deploy an ASP.NET 2.0 application	496	(8)
Three ways to deploy an ASP.NET 2.0 application	496	(2)
How to use the Copy Web Site command for Xcopy deployment	498	(2)
How to use the Publish Web Site command for precompiled deployment	500	(2)
How to use the aspnet_compiler command for precompiled deployment	502	(2)
How to create and use a Setup program	504