Visual Basic^®.Net Bible

by Bill Evjen; Jason Beres

• ISBN13: 9780764548260
• ISBN10: 0764548263
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Contributors Include: Jim Chandler, Jacob Grass, Kevin Grossnicklaus, Uday Kranti, NIIT, Rob Teixeira, and Yancey Jones.Visual Basic .NET Bible covers everything you need to get up and runningwith this much changed version of Visual Basic and to begin creating applications for the new Microsoft.NET Platform.

Author Biography

About the Authors Bill Evjen has been programming in Web development since 1996. Though raised in Seattle, Bill is presently an Internet Applications developer in St. Louis, Missouri. His abilities in Microsoft-centric Web technologies have led him to develop a number of large Internet-based applications for Fortune 500 companies and others. Bill's love of the new .NET platform led him to be the Founder and President of the St. Louis .NET User Group (http://www.stlnet.org/), and has helped in bringing prominent .NET speakers to the Midwest. Bill graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington with a Russian Linguistics degree, and when he isn't tinkering on the computer, he enjoys spending his free time in his summer place in Toivakka, Finland. You can reach Bill at [e-mail]. Jason Beres has been a software developer for 10 years. He is currently a consultant in south Florida and works exclusively with Microsoft technologies. Jason holds the MCT, MCSD, and MCDBA certifications from Microsoft. When he is not teaching, consulting, or writing, he is formatting his hard drive and installing the latest beta products from Microsoft and keeping up with the latest episodes of Star Trek. About the Series Editor Michael Lane Thomas is an active development community and computer industry analyst who currently spends a great deal of time spreading the gospel of Microsoft .NET in his current role as a .NET Technology Evangelist for Microsoft. In working with over a half-dozen publishing companies, Michael has written numerous technical articles and authored/contributed to almost 20 books on numerous technical topics including Visual Basic, Visual C++, and .NET technologies. He is a prolific supporter of the Microsoft certification programs, having earned his MCSD, MCSE+I, MCT, MCP+SB, and MCDBA. In addition to technical writing, Michael can also be heard over the airwaves from time to time, including two previous weekly radio programs on Entercom stations, most often in Kansas City on News Radio 980KMBZ. He can also occasionally be caught on the Internet doing an MSDN Webcast discussing .NET, the Next Generation of Web application technologies. Michael started his journey through the technical ranks back in college at the University of Kansas, where he earned his stripes and a couple of degrees. After a brief stint as a technical and business consultant to Tokyo-based Global Online Japan, he returned to the states to climb the corporate ladder. He has held assorted roles including IT Manager, Field Engineer, Trainer, Independent Consultant, and even a brief stint as Interim CTO of a successful dot com, although he believes his current role as .NET Evangelist for Microsoft is the best of the lot. He can be reached via email at [e-mail]. About the Contributors Jim Chandler is an independent consultant with extensive experience in architecting and developing custom, integrated software solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses in the Midwest. Before focusing his career on the Windows platform, Jim was a Graphics Partner at Digital Equipment Corporation, evangelizing X11 and Motif. Jim is a coauthor of an upcoming ASP book from Hungry Minds and an active member of the St. Louis .NET Users Group. He has delivered presentations on such topics as ASP.NET, XML, and Web Services to the St. Louis developer community. His research interests include everything .NET as well as COM+ and the Total Cost of Ownership initiatives. Outside the daily challenges of developing applications and fulfilling his research interests, Jim shares his spare time with his wife, Rhonda, and their two sons, Sam and Thomas. Jacob Grass is currently a Software Engineer at Abiliti Solutions, Inc., an industry leader in customer care and billing solutions for the Telecommunications Industry. His professional experience includes Quality Assurance, Research Analysis, Application Development, and instruction. Jacob currently specializes in development and instruction with Visual Basic .Net. This is his first publication. Kevin Grossnicklaus works as an Enterprise Application Architect for SSE in St. Louis, Missouri. He is responsible for assisting development teams in designing, architecting, and building enterprise scale, distributed Web applications using the latest in Web development tools and technologies. He spends a lot of time evangelizing Microsoft technologies through presentations and talks and pushing the use of XML throughout the enterprise. What spare time he has, he spends with his wife, Lynda, and his two (soon to be three) little girls. Yancey Jones is a full-time programmer with a small consulting firm in southern Ohio. He recently received his B.S. in Information Engineering Technology from the University of Cincinnati's College of Applied Science, where he graduated summa cum laude. Yancey has also done development work for various companies, including a leading airport consulting firm, a national provider of healthcare insurance, an online real estate agency, and a multimedia development company. When not at work Yancey enjoys spending time with his three daughters, playing EverQuest, and reading science fiction (in that order). Yancey can be reached at [e-mail]. Uday Kranti, NIIT, is an MCSD and MCDBA. He is currently employed with NIIT Ltd. as a consultant and has been with NIIT for the last three years. He has been involved in the development of applications in technologies such as Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual lnterDev, ASP, MS office automation, JavaScript, VBScript, XML, WML, VC++ (ATL), Flash + generator, Install Shield, C, C++ and COBOL. His responsibilities also include training development executives, managing projects, and instructionally and technically reviewing training material. Rob Teixeira is a Florida-based consultant who has been involved with Windows development for over a decade. He has worked with every version of Visual Basic, including VB for DOS, and is pleased and amazed at how the language has evolved to fit the needs of the programming community. His favorite aspect of the job is teaching, and he has taught many private corporate classes, as well as several semesters at the University of Southern Florida, Tampa. Rob is looking forward to the new era of programming that will be ushered in by .NET. You can reach him at Rob [e-mail]. NIIT is a global IT solutions company that creates customized multimedia training products and has more than 2,000 training centers worldwide. NIIT has more than 4,000 employees in 37 countries and has strategic partnerships with a number of major corporations including Microsoft and AT&T.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I: Introduction	1	(32)
Introduction to .NET	3	(14)
.NET Defined	4	(3)
Software as a service	4	(1)
The .NET experience	5	(2)
The .NET Framework	7	(7)
Common Language Runtime	8	(5)
Base Class Libraries	13	(1)
Visual Basic .NET	14	(2)
Language innovations	15	(1)
RAD features	15	(1)
Web Forms	15	(1)
Web Services	15	(1)
Windows Forms	15	(1)
Summary	16	(1)
VB6 and VB .NET Differences	17	(16)
Data Type Changes	18	(1)
Variant not supported	18	(1)
Integer and Long	18	(1)
Currency not supported	18	(1)
Date changes	19	(1)
Strings	19	(1)
DefType not supported	19	(1)
VarPtr, StrPtr, ObjPtr	19	(1)
Arrays	19	(1)
Arrays cannot be fixed	20	(1)
Option Base not supported	20	(1)
ReDim changed	20	(1)
The Value of True	20	(1)
Operators	20	(1)
EQV	20	(1)
Short-circuiting	21	(1)
Assignment	21	(1)
User Defined Types	21	(1)
Null Values	22	(1)
Variable Scoping	22	(1)
Variable Initialization	23	(1)
ParmArray Variables	23	(1)
Language Issues	23	(1)
IsMissing	24	(1)
Date$ and Time$	24	(1)
Atn, Sgn, and Sqr	24	(1)
MsgBox	24	(1)
Procedures	24	(1)
Calling procedures	24	(1)
Static procedures	25	(1)
ByVal, ByRef, and As Any	25	(1)
Properties	25	(1)
Let, Get, and Set	25	(1)
Default properties	26	(1)
Control Flow	26	(1)
While...Wend	26	(1)
GoSub...Return	27	(1)
Return	27	(1)
Forms-based Application Changes	27	(2)
PrintForm	27	(1)
Circle, Cls, PSet, Line, and Point	28	(1)
Caption property	28	(1)
Twips on forms	28	(1)
Fonts	28	(1)
Control arrays	28	(1)
Context menus and main menus	28	(1)
DDE	28	(1)
Clipboard object	29	(1)
Controls changes	29	(1)
Application Types	29	(1)
Webclasses	29	(1)
ActiveX documents	29	(1)
DHTML applications	30	(1)
User controls	30	(1)
Property pages	30	(1)
Data Access	30	(1)
Data Binding, RDO, and ADO	30	(1)
DAO	30	(1)
Debugging	31	(1)
Debug.Print	31	(1)
Debug.Assert	31	(1)
Summary	31	(2)
Part II: The VB .NET Programming Language	33	(316)
Object-Oriented Programming and VB .NET	35	(12)
Encapsulation	35	(2)
Inheritance	37	(4)
Polymorphism	41	(5)
Summary	46	(1)
Hello World	47	(12)
Creating a Windows Forms Application	48	(7)
Creating a Windows Application project	48	(1)
Using Windows controls	49	(3)
Using the Code window	52	(3)
Creating a Web Forms Application	55	(3)
Creating a Web Application project	55	(1)
Using the Web Forms Server controls	56	(1)
Using the Code window	57	(1)
Summary	58	(1)
Data Types, Variables, and Operators	59	(46)
Data Types and Variables	59	(12)
VB .NET data types	60	(2)
Reference types versus Value types	62	(1)
Types as classes	63	(1)
Declaring variables	63	(4)
Constants	67	(1)
Variable scope	67	(4)
Type Conversion	71	(5)
Built-in type conversion functions	72	(2)
System.Convert namespace	74	(2)
Option Strict statement	76	(1)
Structures	76	(2)
Numeric Parsing	78	(2)
System.String Class	80	(2)
Operators	82	(21)
Arithmetic operators	82	(7)
Concatenation operators	89	(1)
Assignment operators	90	(5)
Comparison operators	95	(3)
Comparing strings and numbers	98	(1)
Logical/bitwise operators	98	(3)
Operator precedence	101	(2)
Summary	103	(2)
Arrays	105	(14)
Introducing Arrays	105	(2)
Multidimensional Arrays	107	(1)
Dynamic Arrays	108	(3)
The ReDim statement	108	(1)
The Preserve keyword	109	(1)
The Erase statement	110	(1)
The Array Class Members	111	(3)
The GetUpperBound function	111	(1)
The GetLowerBound function	111	(1)
The GetLength function	112	(1)
The SetValue function	112	(2)
An Example	114	(1)
Arrays of Arrays	115	(3)
Summary	118	(1)
Conditional Logic	119	(12)
The If...Then...Else Statement	119	(3)
The Select...Case Statement	122	(2)
Do...Loop Statement	124	(2)
While...End While Statement	126	(1)
For...Next Statement	126	(1)
For Each...Next Statement	127	(1)
A Complete Example	128	(2)
Summary	130	(1)
Procedures	131	(34)
Procedures Overview	131	(2)
Procedure access modifiers	132	(1)
Advantages of procedures	132	(1)
Types of Procedures	133	(6)
Sub procedures	133	(4)
Function procedures	137	(2)
Built-in Functions	139	(25)
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Conversion	140	(1)
Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime	141	(10)
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings	151	(11)
Working with the registry	162	(2)
Summary	164	(1)
Dialog Boxes	165	(22)
Introduction to Dialog Boxes	165	(1)
The MessageBox Class	166	(8)
The Show method	166	(3)
The MsgBox function	169	(3)
The InputBox Function	172	(2)
The CommonDialog Class	174	(11)
The FileDialog class	174	(1)
The OpenFileDialog class	174	(3)
The Save FileDialog class	177	(2)
The ColorDialog class	179	(1)
The FontDialog class	180	(2)
The PageSetupDialog class	182	(2)
The PrintDialog class	184	(1)
Summary	185	(2)
File IO and System Objects	187	(38)
Introduction to IO	187	(1)
Directory and DirectoryInfo Class	188	(6)
Directory class	189	(3)
DirectoryInfo class	192	(2)
Path Class	194	(2)
File and FileInfo Class	196	(5)
Reading and Writing Files	201	(11)
File Streams	202	(4)
TextReader class	206	(3)
TextWriter class	209	(3)
XML IO	212	(8)
Reading XML files	212	(5)
Writing XML files	217	(3)
Watching the File System	220	(3)
Event watching	220	(2)
Creating a custom watcher application	222	(1)
Summary	223	(2)
Dictionary Object	225	(26)
Getting Started Using the DictionaryBase	226	(3)
Implemented Classes	226	(2)
Creating a Functional DictionaryBase collection	228	(1)
Adding Functionality	229	(3)
Creating the Add method	230	(1)
Creating the Remove method	231	(1)
Creating the Item property	231	(1)
Putting It All Together	232	(2)
DictionaryBase Members	234	(15)
Public properties	234	(4)
Protected properties	238	(1)
Protected methods	239	(9)
Protected constructors	248	(1)
Summary	249	(2)
Error Handling	251	(18)
Errors in Programming	251	(2)
Structured Exception Handling	253	(8)
Exceptions	254	(2)
Try...Catch...Finally	256	(3)
VB .NET extensions	259	(1)
Throwing exceptions	260	(1)
On Error Statement	261	(6)
The Err object	261	(1)
Error trapping	262	(1)
Handling errors	263	(2)
Exiting the error handler	265	(1)
The chains of errors	266	(1)
Custom Made Errors	267	(1)
Summary	268	(1)
Namespaces	269	(12)
Introduction to Namespaces	269	(2)
Creating Namespaces	271	(4)
Finding assemblies	273	(1)
References and auto-List members	274	(1)
Namespaces in .NET	275	(3)
Help on help	275	(2)
Working with namespaces	277	(1)
Namespace Reference	278	(2)
Component model	278	(1)
Data	279	(1)
Services	279	(1)
Networking	279	(1)
GUI	279	(1)
Security	279	(1)
Web Services	280	(1)
General application	280	(1)
Globalization	280	(1)
Summary	280	(1)
Classes and Objects	281	(24)
Introduction to Classes	282	(3)
Instance and static classes	283	(2)
Creating a Class	285	(5)
Component classes	288	(2)
What about standard modules?	290	(1)
The Class Block	290	(1)
Inside Classes	291	(7)
Methods	292	(1)
Properties	293	(3)
Fields	296	(1)
Events	297	(1)
Overloading and Overriding	298	(4)
Overloading	298	(2)
Overriding	300	(2)
Constructors and Destructors	302	(2)
Constructors	302	(1)
Destructors	303	(1)
Summary	304	(1)
Multithreading	305	(24)
Threading Background	306	(6)
Preemptive multitasking	306	(1)
Threading priorities and locking	307	(1)
Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP)	308	(1)
Resources-The more the merrier	309	(1)
Threading in VB6	309	(1)
Application domains	310	(1)
Benefits of multithreaded applications	311	(1)
Creating Multithreaded Applications	312	(11)
Creating new threads	313	(3)
Thread priority	316	(1)
Thread state	316	(7)
Returning Values from Threads	323	(3)
Polling and Listening	326	(1)
Summary	327	(2)
COM Interop and MSMQ	329	(20)
Consuming COM from .NET	329	(4)
Microsoft Message Queue	333	(2)
What is Message Queue?	333	(1)
Why MSMQ?	334	(1)
Getting started with MSMQ	334	(1)
Programming MSMQ	335	(13)
Creating queues	337	(1)
Accessing queues	338	(1)
Deleting queues	339	(1)
Referencing queues	340	(1)
Sending messages to queues	341	(1)
Reading queue messages	341	(3)
Deleting queue messages	344	(4)
Summary	348	(1)
Part III: Visual Studio .NET: The IDE for VB .NET	349	(100)
Visual Basic .NET IDE	351	(20)
The Start Page	351	(3)
My Profile	352	(1)
Get Started	353	(1)
What's New	353	(1)
Online Community	353	(1)
Headlines	353	(1)
Search Online	353	(1)
Downloads	353	(1)
Web Hosting	354	(1)
Your First Visual Basic .NET Solution	354	(3)
Solution directory structure	355	(1)
File extensions	356	(1)
Back to the IDE	357	(13)
Window management basics	357	(2)
Windows, dialogs, and more windows	359	(7)
The Code Editor	366	(3)
Designers	369	(1)
Summary	370	(1)
Compiling and Debugging	371	(32)
Compiling Your Code	372	(6)
Solution build configurations	372	(2)
Project configurations	374	(3)
Project item build properties	377	(1)
Conditional Compilation	378	(1)
Debugging	379	(5)
Breakpoints	380	(4)
Debugging Tools	384	(9)
Call stack	384	(1)
Autos	385	(1)
Locals	386	(1)
Me window	387	(1)
Watch windows	388	(1)
Command window	389	(1)
Modules	390	(1)
Edit and Continue	391	(1)
Microsoft CLR Debugger	391	(2)
Debug and Trace Objects	393	(9)
Debug class	393	(2)
Trace class	395	(1)
Debugger class	395	(1)
TraceListeners	396	(4)
Trace switches	400	(2)
Summary	402	(1)
Customizing	403	(24)
Start Page and Profiles	403	(3)
Getting Started	403	(1)
Up-to-date content	404	(1)
My Profile	404	(2)
Commands	406	(5)
Windows	411	(3)
Customizing Editors and Designers	414	(7)
Integrating external tools	421	(1)
Macros	422	(3)
Summary	425	(2)
Source Control	427	(22)
What Is Source Control?	427	(1)
Understanding Microsoft Visual SourceSafe	428	(1)
Installing SourceSafe	428	(2)
Using the Visual SourceSafe Administration Program	430	(6)
Adding, editing, and deleting users	430	(5)
Creating a new database	435	(1)
Using Visual SourceSafe Explorer	436	(8)
Creating a project	436	(1)
Adding files to a project	437	(1)
Setting a working folder	438	(1)
Checking out files	438	(1)
Checking in files	439	(1)
Undoing check out	439	(1)
Getting latest version of a file	440	(1)
Sharing files	440	(1)
Branching files	440	(4)
Accessing SourceSafe through the Visual Studio .NET IDE	444	(2)
Good SourceSafe Practices	446	(1)
Summary	447	(2)
Part IV: Data Access	449	(98)
Introduction to Data Access in .NET	451	(20)
A History of Microsoft Data Access Technologies	451	(8)
Open database connectivity	452	(1)
Visual Basic 3.0	453	(1)
Visual Basic 4.0	454	(1)
OLEDB	455	(1)
Visual Basic 6.0	456	(1)
ADO	457	(2)
Data Access Today	459	(2)
Visual Basic and the Internet	460	(1)
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)	461	(1)
Overview of ADO.NET	461	(9)
XML = data, data = XML	461	(1)
ADO.NET structure	462	(8)
Summary	470	(1)
ADO.NET	471	(32)
Accessing ADO.NET Features and Namespaces	471	(1)
Using ADO.NET	472	(29)
Understanding data providers	473	(18)
DataSets	491	(10)
Summary	501	(2)
Data Access in Visual Studio .NET	503	(30)
Visual Studio .NET Database Tools	504	(6)
Using Server Explorer	504	(1)
Adding connections	505	(1)
Administering data sources through the Server Explorer	506	(4)
Visual Studio .NET and ADO.NET	510	(21)
Adding components with the Component Designer	510	(2)
Adding connections to forms	512	(2)
Adding data commands in Visual Studio .NET	514	(4)
Adding DataAdapters in Visual Studio .NET	518	(8)
Adding DataSets to projects	526	(4)
Using typed DataSets	530	(1)
Summary	531	(2)
Introduction to XML in .NET	533	(14)
Visual Studio .NET and XML	533	(3)
Manipulating XML in Code	536	(9)
XML serialization	540	(5)
Summary	545	(2)
Part V: Windows Forms	547	(160)
Introduction to System.Windows.Forms	549	(8)
The Basics of the Window	550	(2)
What constitutes a window?	550	(1)
What can a window do?	551	(1)
Other potential pitfalls	551	(1)
Basics of the Windows Form	552	(2)
Where does the Windows Form come from?	553	(1)
Top 10 Reasons Why a Windows Form Is Better than a Visual Basic 6 Form	554	(2)
Summary	556	(1)
Controls	557	(26)
Delegates	557	(2)
System.Windows.Forms.Control	559	(23)
Properties	560	(10)
Methods	570	(12)
Summary	582	(1)
Specific Controls	583	(70)
Base Controls	583	(9)
ButtonBase	584	(1)
ListControl	584	(2)
ScrollableControl	586	(1)
Menu	587	(1)
ScrollBar	587	(1)
TextBoxBase	588	(2)
ContainerControl	590	(1)
UpDownBase	591	(1)
Derived Controls	592	(37)
Button	592	(1)
CheckBox	593	(1)
CheckedListBox	594	(1)
ComboBox	595	(3)
ContextMenu	598	(1)
DataGrid	598	(7)
DateTimePicker	605	(2)
DomainUpDown	607	(1)
HScrollBar and VScrollBar	607	(1)
ListBox*	608	(2)
ListView	610	(3)
MainMenu	613	(1)
MonthCalendar	613	(3)
NumericUpDown	616	(1)
PropertyGrid*	617	(2)
RadioButton	619	(1)
RichTextBox	620	(3)
TextBox	623	(1)
Timer	624	(1)
ToolBar	624	(1)
TrackBar	625	(1)
TreeView	626	(3)
Display Controls	629	(12)
Form*	629	(4)
GroupBox	633	(1)
Label	633	(2)
LinkLabel	635	(1)
Panel	636	(1)
PictureBox	636	(1)
ProgressBar	637	(1)
Splitter*	637	(1)
StatusBar	638	(1)
TabControl	639	(1)
ToolTip	640	(1)
Dialog Controls	641	(7)
CommonDialog	641	(1)
ColorDialog	642	(1)
FileDialog	643	(1)
FontDialog	644	(1)
OpenFileDialog	645	(1)
PageSetupDialog	646	(1)
PrintDialog	646	(1)
SaveFileDialog	647	(1)
Miscellaneous Controls	648	(1)
Examples	648	(4)
Summary	652	(1)
``Visual'' Inheritance	653	(24)
Why ``Visual?''	654	(1)
When to Use Visual Inheritance	654	(1)
Forms	655	(8)
Wizards	655	(5)
Data Entry	660	(3)
Controls	663	(8)
Examples	664	(7)
User Controls	671	(1)
Attributes	671	(3)
Designers	674	(2)
Summary	676	(1)
Irregular Forms	677	(14)
Shapes	677	(1)
Graphics	678	(10)
Surface	678	(1)
Stylus	679	(4)
Color	683	(1)
Object to draw	683	(5)
User Interactivity	688	(2)
Summary	690	(1)
Other Namespaces and Objects in the Catalog	691	(16)
System.Windows.Forms.Design	692	(3)
System.Resources	695	(1)
ResourceManager	695	(1)
The Application Object	696	(4)
The NativeWindow Object	700	(1)
The SystemInformation Object	701	(5)
Summary	706	(1)
Part VI: VB .NET and the Web	707	(294)
Introduction to Web Development	709	(10)
Languages and Technologies of the Web	710	(5)
HTML	710	(1)
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)	711	(1)
JavaScript	712	(1)
Transact-SQL	713	(1)
ADO 2.6 and ADO.NET	714	(1)
ASP.NET	714	(1)
Browser Issues	715	(3)
.NET to the rescue!	715	(1)
Another browser concern-resolution	716	(2)
Summary	718	(1)
Introduction to ASP.NET	719	(8)
Why ASP.NET?	719	(7)
ASP.NET controls	720	(1)
ASP.NET compared to ASP 3.0	720	(6)
Summary	726	(1)
Page Framework	727	(22)
Understanding HTML	727	(4)
Head section	728	(2)
Body section	730	(1)
Understanding Internet Infrastructure	731	(1)
Setting Up Your Server in Windows 2000	731	(2)
Using Visual Studio .NET to Build Your Web Forms	733	(14)
Creating your first Web application	733	(2)
Working with your first Web Form	735	(1)
Working in Design mode	736	(1)
Working with controls	737	(1)
Adding more files	737	(2)
Using page directives	739	(8)
Summary	747	(2)
HTML Server Controls	749	(40)
XHTML-Compliant Code	749	(1)
Common Tag Attributes	750	(1)
Overview of HTML Server Controls	750	(3)
Descriptions of the HTML Server Controls and How to Program Them	753	(28)
HTMLAnchor control	753	(1)
HTMLButton control	754	(2)
HTMLForm control	756	(1)
HTMLGeneric control	757	(4)
HTMLImage control	761	(2)
HTMLInputButton control	763	(2)
HTMLInputCheckBox control	765	(1)
HTMLInputFile control	766	(2)
HTMLInputHidden control	768	(1)
HTMLInputImage control	769	(2)
HTMLInputRadioButton control	771	(2)
HTMLInputText control	773	(2)
HTMLSelect control	775	(2)
HTMLTable, HTMLTableCell, and HTMLTableRow controls	777	(3)
HTMLTextArea control	780	(1)
Creating HTML Server Controls - Another Way	781	(6)
Summary	787	(2)
Web Controls	789	(78)
Browser Sniffing	790	(1)
HTML Server Controls versus Web Controls	790	(1)
Web Controls and How to Program for Them	791	(75)
Text display controls	794	(4)
Input controls	798	(16)
Form submission controls	814	(6)
Navigation controls	820	(4)
Image controls	824	(2)
Layout controls	826	(7)
Intrinsic controls	833	(7)
Data Binding	840	(4)
List Bound controls	844	(22)
Using Visual Studio .NET and Web Controls	866	(1)
Summary	866	(1)
Validation Controls	867	(22)
What Validation Means	867	(1)
Server-Side/Client-Side Validation	868	(1)
.NET to the Rescue!	869	(18)
<asp:requiredfieldvalidator>	873	(4)
<asp:comparevalidator>	877	(2)
<asp:rangevalidator>	879	(1)
<asp:regularexpressionvalidator>	880	(3)
<asp:customvalidator>	883	(1)
<asp:validationsummary>	884	(2)
Finishing the form	886	(1)
Summary	887	(2)
User Controls	889	(18)
Embracing Code Reuse	889	(1)
Understanding the Benefits of User Controls	890	(1)
Building a Simple User Control	891	(4)
Working with User Control Properties	895	(11)
The script	897	(1)
The file display	897	(1)
Testing the User control	897	(1)
Using Web Form events to change User control properties	898	(2)
Passing properties back to the Web Form	900	(6)
Summary	906	(1)
Events	907	(12)
Placing Events in Your Controls	907	(2)
Building Events	909	(2)
Using Web Form Events	911	(2)
Event arguments	911	(1)
Event postbacks	912	(1)
Creating Event Handlers in Design Mode	913	(4)
Default event handlers	913	(2)
Non-default event handlers	915	(2)
Summary	917	(2)
Cascading Style Sheets	919	(18)
The Benefits of Using CSS	919	(1)
Creating and Applying Styles	920	(5)
Creating styles directly in your HTML tags	920	(1)
Style Builder	921	(1)
Applying styles using the Style Builder	922	(3)
Internal Stylesheets	925	(2)
External Stylesheets	927	(9)
Referencing stylesheets in Web documents	929	(1)
Creating your own external stylesheet	929	(7)
Summary	936	(1)
State Management	937	(18)
Understanding State	937	(1)
ViewState	938	(3)
Toggling ViewState on and off	939	(1)
Extending ViewState	940	(1)
Querystrings	941	(4)
Creating querystrings	941	(1)
Retrieving querystrings	942	(3)
Sessions	945	(6)
Running sessions in-process	946	(1)
Running sessions out-of-process	947	(1)
Maintaining sessions on SQL Server	948	(2)
Deciding on the state of sessions	950	(1)
Cookieless session state	950	(1)
Cookies	951	(3)
Advantages to using cookies	952	(1)
Disadvantages to using cookies	952	(2)
Summary	954	(1)
ASP.NET Applications	955	(20)
Creating a Web Application	955	(4)
Deleting an Application	959	(1)
global.asax	959	(4)
Application directives	959	(3)
Declarations	962	(1)
Application-level events	963	(1)
Understanding web.config	963	(10)
<configuration> node	966	(1)
<compilation> node	966	(1)
<customerrors> node	967	(1)
<authentication> node	968	(1)
<authorization> node	969	(1)
<trace> node	970	(1)
<sessionState> node	970	(1)
<globalization> node	971	(1)
<appSettings> node	972	(1)
Summary	973	(2)
Tracing	975	(8)
Understanding the Benefits of ASP.NET Tracing	975	(1)
Enabling Tracing	976	(2)
Enabling tracing at the application level	976	(1)
Enabling page-level tracing	977	(1)
Viewing Tracing Output	978	(2)
Reading and Customizing the Trace Log	980	(2)
Summary	982	(1)
Security	983	(18)
Authentication and Authorization	983	(7)
Authentication	983	(7)
Accessing Authentication Properties	990	(2)
Performing Forms-Based Authentication	992	(7)
Summary	999	(2)
Part VII: Web Services	1001	(170)
Introduction to Web Services	1003	(26)
The Next-Generation Internet	1003	(1)
Understanding the Need for Web Services	1004	(2)
Basic Elements of Web Services	1006	(19)
Describing data	1006	(8)
Communicating requests and responses	1014	(3)
Describing Web Service capabilities	1017	(5)
Discovering available Web Services	1022	(1)
Determining which sites provide Web Services	1023	(2)
Microsoft HailStorm	1025	(2)
Summary	1027	(2)
Web Services Infrastructure	1029	(24)
Microsoft Web Services Platform	1029	(12)
The Microsoft .NET Framework	1031	(10)
Web Services Infrastructure	1041	(6)
Web Service directories	1041	(1)
Web Service discovery	1042	(2)
Web Service description	1044	(1)
Web Service wire formats	1045	(2)
Leveraging ASP.NET Features in Web Services	1047	(3)
Supporting transactions	1047	(1)
Enabling session state	1048	(1)
Caching Web Service data	1049	(1)
Buffering server responses	1050	(1)
Inside an ASP.NET Web Service	1050	(2)
Summary	1052	(1)
SOAP	1053	(24)
What is SOAP?	1053	(2)
Benefits of using XML with SOAP	1054	(1)
Transporting messages	1054	(1)
The SOAP Specification	1055	(1)
Elements of a SOAP Message	1056	(3)
The SOAP envelope	1056	(1)
The SOAP header	1057	(1)
The SOAP body	1058	(1)
SOAP Data Type Support	1059	(2)
SOAP Exceptions	1061	(2)
HTTP as a SOAP Transport	1063	(2)
SOAP in the .NET Framework	1065	(6)
Using SOAP headers	1065	(3)
Using SOAP extensions	1068	(3)
Handling SOAP exceptions	1071	(1)
The Microsoft SOAP Toolkit	1071	(5)
Toolkit Features	1072	(1)
Creating a Web Service	1073	(2)
Creating a Web Service consumer	1075	(1)
The WSDL/WSML generator tool	1075	(1)
The SOAP trace utility	1076	(1)
Summary	1076	(1)
Building a Web Service	1077	(30)
Creating the Temperature Conversion Web Service	1077	(12)
Temperature conversion formulas	1078	(1)
Method description	1078	(1)
Method arguments	1078	(1)
Method behavior	1079	(1)
Building the Web Service in Visual Studio	1079	(10)
Writing the Implementation Code	1089	(5)
Building the Web Service	1094	(1)
Testing the Web Service	1095	(7)
Testing the Web Service with HTTP-GET	1096	(5)
Testing the Web Service with HTTP-POST	1101	(1)
Test using Visual Studio	1102	(1)
Debugging the Web Service	1102	(4)
Setting a breakpoint	1103	(1)
Starting the debugger	1104	(1)
Testing Web Service methods	1104	(1)
Examining program variables	1104	(1)
Resuming method execution	1105	(1)
Summary	1106	(1)
Deploying and Publishing Web Services	1107	(20)
Deployment Preparation	1107	(1)
Deploying Web Services	1108	(9)
Web Service deployment tools	1109	(1)
Deployment using a Web Setup Project	1110	(4)
Deployment using project copy	1114	(2)
Deployment using XCOPY	1116	(1)
Deployment using other file transfer methods	1116	(1)
Publishing Web Services	1117	(9)
Publishing with DISCO	1117	(2)
Publishing with UDDI	1119	(4)
Adding a Web Service to your business registration	1123	(1)
Defining a new binding for the Web Service application	1124	(2)
Summary	1126	(1)
Finding Web Services	1127	(22)
Web Service Discovery	1127	(15)
Finding Web Services with the disco tool	1129	(3)
Finding Web Services with UDDI	1132	(4)
Finding Web Services with Visual Studio	1136	(6)
Web Service Interrogation and Proxy Classes	1142	(6)
Creating a proxy class with the WSDL tool	1143	(4)
Creating a proxy class with Visual Studio	1147	(1)
Summary	1148	(1)
Consuming Web Services	1149	(22)
Web Service Consumer Overview	1149	(2)
Creating the Web Application Project	1151	(3)
Locating the CTemp Web Service	1154	(2)
Adding a Web Reference	1156	(3)
Building the Web Form	1159	(3)
Creating an Instance of the CTemp Proxy	1162	(2)
Calling CTemp Proxy Methods	1164	(1)
Testing the Consumer Application	1165	(1)
Handling SOAP Exceptions	1166	(2)
Application Execution Model	1168	(2)
Summary	1170	(1)
Appendix A: Globalization	1171	(14)
Globalizing Applications	1171	(1)
Localization	1172	(1)
Resource Files	1173	(3)
CultureInfo Class	1176	(4)
ResourceManager Class	1180	(2)
Windows Forms Designer Globalization	1182	(3)
Appendix B: VB6 Upgrade Wizard	1185	(10)
Why You Should Not Upgrade	1186	(1)
The Upgrade Wizard	1187	(2)
SimpleClient.VBP	1189	(1)
SimpleClient.NET	1190	(5)
Index	1195