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Ajax

An Introduction to AJAX and Atlas with ASP.NET 2.0

Building Interactive User Interfaces with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX: Part 1 [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] [Part 11] 

Creating an AJAX-Enabled Calendar Control

Disabling a User Interface Element During a Partial Page Postback

Periodically Updating the Screen and Web Page Title with ASP.NET AJAX

Creating a Filtering User Interface With jQuery In a Web Forms Application: Part 1 [Part 2]

Accessing Server-Side Data from Client Script (Part 1) [Part 2] [Part 3]

 

MVC

Implementing the Store Locator Application Using ASP.NET MVC (Part 1) [Part 2]

Using the Chart Controls with ASP.NET MVC

Displaying a Grid of Data in ASP.NET MVC [Sorting] [Paging] [Filtering] [Sorting and Paging] [Sorting, Paging, and Filtering] [Using MvcContrib Grid]

 

Website Layout and Design

A Sneak Peak at MasterPages in ASP.NET 2.0

Passing Information Between Content and Master Pages

ASP.NET Master Page Advice, Tips, and Tricks

Examining ASP.NET 2.0's Site Navigation - Part 1 [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] 

Dynamically Setting the Page's Title in ASP.NET 2.0

Programmatically Creating Context-Sensitive Help on a Web Page

Creating CSS Friendly Websites with ASP.NET 2.0

Displaying Random Images in an ASP.NET Web Page

Implementing Incremental Navigation with ASP.NET

Improving CSS With .LESS

Displaying Multimedia Content In A Floating Window Using FancyBox

 

Using Visual Studio

A Look Forward at Microsoft's Visual Web Developer 2005

Creating and Using Code Snippets in Visual Studio 2005

Improved Debugging with Visual Studio 2005's Debugger Visualizers

An Overview of ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008

My Favorite New Features in Visual Studio 2010

Visual Basic 2010 Language Enhancements

C# Adds Optional and Named Arguments

 

Working With and Displaying Data

A Sneak Peak at Working with Data in ASP.NET 2.0

Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET: Data Source Control Basics [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] [Part 11] [Part 12] [Part 13] [Part 14] [Part 15] 

Working with Databases in ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005

GridView Examples for ASP.NET 2.0

Using Strongly-Typed Data Access in Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0

Returning Ranked Results with Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Custom Paging in ASP.NET 2.0 with SQL Server 2005 [Sorting Custom Paged Results] [Filtering Custom Paged Results]

Checking All CheckBoxes in a GridView [Adding a "Check/Uncheck All" Header CheckBox] [Using jQuery]

A Multitude of Tutorials that Examine Working with Data in ASP.NET 2.0

Creating a Tag Cloud in ASP.NET

Storing Binary Files Directly in the Database Using ASP.NET 2.0

Deploying a Local Database to a Remote Web Host

Debugging SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedures in Visual Studio

Displaying Extended Details in a GridView Using an Ajax Pop-Up (Part 1) [Part 2]

Using ASP.NET 3.5's ListView and DataPager Controls: Displaying Data with the ListView [Grouping Data] [Sorting Data] [Paging Through Data] [Grouping By a Data Field] [Deleting Data] [Editing Data] [Inserting Data] [Creating an SEO-Friendly Paging Interface] [The Ultimate DataPager Interface]

Extending the GridView to Include Sort Arrows [Improving the Sort Arrows GridView Control]

Importing an Excel Spreadsheet Using Typed DataSets and TableAdapters: Building the Database [Building the Importer Web Page and Uploading the Excel Spreadsheet] [Displaying the Uploaded Excel Spreadsheet] [Creating a Data Access Layer (DAL)] [Importing the Excel Spreadsheet]

Working with XML Data Using LINQ, a TreeView, and a ListView :: Displaying Data [Editing Data]

Displaying Detail Records for User-Selected Master Records :: Using a Dynamic IN Clause [Saving the User's Search Preferences]

Creating a Databound Label Control

Creating a Dynamic Data-Driven User Interface (Part 1) [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

Programmatically Retrieving a Stored Procedure's Parameters

Retrieving the Just-Inserted ID of an IDENTITY Column Using a SqlDataSource Control

New Date Data Types in Microsoft SQL Server 2008

An Extensive Examination of LINQ: An Introduction to LINQ [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] 

Using SqlBulkCopy To Perform Efficient Bulk SQL Operations [Using Transactions with SqlBulkCopy]

A Look at the GridView's New Sorting Styles in ASP.NET 4

Filtering Data Using ASP.NET 4's QueryExtender Control

Displaying Files and Folders in a GridView

 

System Architecture

A Look at ASP.NET 2.0's Provider Model

Examining ASP.NET 2.0's Membership, Roles, and Profile - Part 1 [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] [Part 11] [Part 12] [Part 13] [Part 14] [Part 15] [Part 16] [Part 17] [Part 18] 

Creating a Login Overlay

Using ASP.NET, Membership, and jQuery to Determine Username Availability

Apply ASP.NET Authentication and Authorization Rules to Static Content with IIS 7.0's Integrated Pipeline Feature

Gracefully Responding to Unhandled Exceptions - Displaying User-Friendly Error Pages [Processing Unhandled Exceptions]

Creating Custom Configuration Sections in

Web.config

[Using .NET 2.0's Configuration API]

Health Monitoring in ASP.NET 2.0: The Basics [Part 2] [Part 3] 

Rolling Your Own Website Administration Tool - Part 1 [Part 2]

Using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to Store Date/Time Values [Advice for Storing and Displaying Dates and Times Across Different Time Zones]

Taking an ASP.NET 2.0 Application Offline

Using ASP.NET Routing Without ASP.NET MVC [URL Routing in ASP.NET 4] [Dissecting ASP.NET Routing]

Exception Handling Advice for ASP.NET Web Applications

Querying a Multi-Tenant Data Architecture

Techniques for Preventing Duplicate URLs in Your Website

 

Working with Web Controls

Dissecting the Validation Controls in ASP.NET 2.0

Creating a Step-by-Step User Interface with the ASP.NET 2.0 Wizard Control: The Basics [Improving and Customizing the User Experience]

Customizing the CreateUserWizard Control [Customizing the CreateUserWizard Control To Display a Fixed Set Of Security Questions]

Using the TreeView Control and a DataList to Create an Online Image Gallery

Creating Validator Controls for the CheckBox and CheckBoxList |

Disabling the Submit Button Until a CheckBox is Checked

Creating a TextBox Word / Character Counter Control [Updates to the TextBox Word / Character Counter Control]

Working Around ASP.NET's HyperLink ImageUrl Bug

Picking Dates with a Free RJS PopCalendar, a Free ASP.NET Popup Calendar Control

Displaying a Message in Response to Some Action and Then Hiding It on Subsequent Postbacks

RedirectButton - Redirect Users With the Click of a Button

Creating a "What I'm Reading" Widget

Take Control Of Web Control ClientID Values in ASP.NET 4

Data Web Controls Enhancements in ASP.NET 4

Managing View State in ASP.NET 4 Using the New ViewStateMode Property

Focusing and Selecting the Text in ASP.NET TextBox Controls

 

Security

Encrypting Configuration Information in ASP.NET 2.0 Applications

An Overview of Cryptographic Systems and Encrypting Database Data [Using Symmetric Encryption in a SQL Server 2005 Database] [Using Asymmetric Encryption and Digital Signatures in a SQL Server 2005 Database]

 

Network Functions

Sending Email in ASP.NET 2.0 [HTML-Formatted Emails, Attachments, and Gracefully Handling SMTP Exceptions] [Reply-To, Priority, and Read Receipts]

Emailing the Rendered Output of an ASP.NET Web Control in ASP.NET 2.0

Returning an IPv4 Address in an IPv6-Enabled Environment

Parsing HTML Documents with the Html Agility Pack

 

Caching

Output Caching in ASP.NET 2.0

Extending ASP.NET Output Caching

 

Miscellaneous Topics

Accessing Embedded Resources through a URL using

WebResource.axd

Client-Side Enhancements in ASP.NET 2.0

Creating a Quick and Dirty Online Blackjack Game

A Look at ASP.NET 2.0's URL Mapping

Persisting Page State in ASP.NET 2.0

Personalizing RSS Feeds with ASP.NET 2.0

Building a User Control that Displays RSS Feeds Using a DataList and an XmlDataSource Control

Creating an ASP.NET 2.0 Polling User Control: Design Decisions and the Data Model [Building the Polling User Control] [Creating Administration Web Pages]

Hosting ASP.NET Applications in Medium Trust

Resetting Scroll Position When Using

MaintainScrollPositionOnPostback

Extending Base Type Functionality with Extension Methods

Dissecting ASP.NET Version 3.5's Web.config File

Creating an Online Boggle Solver :: Building the User Interface [Solving the Puzzle] [Using jQuery Templates and WCF]

Warning the User when Caps Lock is On

Techniques for Randomly Reordering an Array

Helping Visitors Search Your Site By Creating an OpenSearch Provider

Modifying the HTTP Response Using Filters

Key Configuration Settings When Deploying a Web Application

Locking the Screen During a Postback

Using Expression Builders in ASP.NET [skmExpressionBuilders - A Suite of Custom Expression Builder Classes]

Syndicating and Consuming RSS 1.0 (RDF) Feeds in ASP.NET 3.5

An Overview of Partial Classes and Partial Methods

Four Little Known, Helpful Methods, Properties, and Features for ASP.NET Developers

Accessing Images On Flickr From An ASP.NET Website Using The Flickr.Net Library

Removing Unnecessary HTTP Headers in IIS and ASP.NET

Adding a Color Picker Control To Your ASP.NET Application

Integrating Twitter Into An ASP.NET Website [Integrating Twitter Into An ASP.NET Website Using OAuth]

Comparing the Performance of Visual Studio's Web Reference to a Custom Class

Building a Store Locator ASP.NET Application Using Google Maps API (Part 1) [Part 2] [Part 3]

Preventing Users From Copying Text From and Pasting It Into TextBoxes

Search Engine Optimization Enhancements in ASP.NET 4

Maximize Your Website's Search Engine Placement Using Microsoft's Free SEO Toolkit

Defining Descriptive Text for Enumeration Members

Determine Your ASP.NET Page's View State Size

Create ZIP Files From An ASP.NET Application

Optimize Images Using the ASP.NET Sprite and Image Optimization Framework

Formatting Dates, Times and Numbers in ASP.NET

Use jQuery and ASP.NET to Build a News Ticker [Pausing and Resuming the Ticker]

Iron Speed Designer Review

Filling in PDF Forms with ASP.NET and iTextSharp [Creating PDF Documents with ASP.NET and iTextSharp]

 

Graphics and Charting

Creating Charts with the Google Chart API [A Google Chart API Custom Server Control]

Dynamically Generating and Caching Images in ASP.NET with the GeneratedImage Control [Image Transforms with the ASP.NET Generated Image Control]

Using Microsoft's Chart Controls In An ASP.NET Application: Getting Started [Plotting Chart Data] [Rendering the Chart] [Sorting and Filtering Chart Data] [Programmatically Generating Chart Images] [Creating Drill Down Reports] [Adding Statistical Formulas] [Enhancing Charts With Ajax] [Serializing Chart Data] [Using the Chart Controls with ASP.NET MVC] [Exporting Charts] 

 

Recommended ASP.NET 1.0 / 1.1 Articles...

These articles include information on ASP.NET version 1.x or on topics that are not version 2.0-specific...

[ASP.NET Basics] | [Working with Web Controls] | [Displaying Data] | [Advanced Data-Driven Tasks] | [Network Functions] | [Caching] | [Web Services] | [Software Design Principles and Best Practices] | [Application Architecture] | [XML] | [Examining ASP.NET Applications] | [Security] | [Graphics and Charting] | [Working with the File System] | [Utilizing Components] | [Advanced Techniques] | [Miscellaneous Topics]

ASP.NET Basics

Commonly Asked ASP.NET Questions... Answered!

ASP.NET Code Behind Pages

Mark Anders Answers your ASP.NET/.NET Questions!

Recommended Blogs for .NET and ASP.NET Developers

How ASP.NET Web Pages are Processed on the Web Server

Adding Client-Side Message Boxes in your ASP.NET Web Pages

Getting the Most Out of Visual Studio .NET | Improving Developer Productivity with Visual Studio .NET Macros

Passing Parameters from One Page to Another

 

Working with Web Controls

Form Validation with ASP.NET - It Doesn't Get Any Easier!

Using the CustomValidator Control

Displaying XML Data in the Internet Explorer TreeView Control | Using the TreeView IE Web Control

Populating Form Inputs Using the Calendar Control

Creating a RollOver Button Server Control

Easily Adding Functionality to ASP.NET Server Controls

A Custom ASP.NET Server Control for Displaying RSS Feeds | Displaying RSS Feeds - A Look at RssFeed Version 1.9 | Syndicating Your Web Site's Content with RSS and ASP.NET

Using Menus in an ASP.NET Web Application

Creating a Content Rater

Creating a Row-Selectable DataGrid Control

Introducing the RoundedCorners Web Control | Improving the RoundedCorners Web Control

Extending the Calendar Control's Date Navigation

Providing a Richer Means for Entering Text Data

Displaying Text in the Browser's Status Bar When Mousing Over a LinkButton | Stopping JavaScript Errors When Opening a LinkButton in a New Window

Creating a TextBoxLengthValidator Validator Control

An Easier Way to Highlight the Rows of a DataGrid on MouseOver

Display Local Weather Forecasts with the NOAA's Web Service [Updating the MultiDayForecast Web Control]

Enter and the Button Click Event [Two Common Pitfalls When Submitting a Web Form Using the Enter Key]

List Control Items and Attributes | ListControl Items, Attributes, and ViewState

 

Displaying Data

Using the ASP.NET DataGrid Control

Understanding the Differences Among the DataGrid, DataList, and Repeater

Efficiently Iterating Through Results from a Database Query using ADO.NET

An Extensive Examination of the DataGrid Web Control: Part 1 [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] [Part 11] [Part 12] [Part 13] [Part 14] [Part 15] [Part 16] [Part 17] [Part 18]

Displaying Records in a DataGrid in Random Order

Creating Databound DropDown Lists in ASP.NET | Creating a Default Option in a Databound DropDown List

Creating a DataBound List of Radio Buttons in ASP.NET

XML, the DataSet, and a DataGrid | DataGrids, DataSets, and XML Strings

Using the .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle

Binding a Scalar Array to a Data Web Control

Creating Collapsible Detail Regions in a Repeater | Creating a Tabbed Interface for Displaying Parent/Child Data

A Code Template for a Pageable, Bi-Directional Sortable DataGrid

Retrieving Scalar Data from a Stored Procedure

 

Advanced Data-Driven Tasks

Paging Database Results in ASP.NET | Paging in ASP.NET

Custom ASP.NET Datagrid Paging With Exact Count

Adding a

DropDownList

to an Editable DataGrid

Customizing DataBinded Output in Templates

Including Subheadings in a Datagrid

Summarizing Data with

ROLLUP

Computing Values from a DataTable

Adding a New Record to the DataGrid | Enhancing Inserting Data through the DataGrid Footer

Imposing Constraints on DataSet

DataTable

s

Transferring the Datagrid data Between Web Forms

Creating a Custom DataGridColumn Class

Displaying Custom Classes in a DataGrid

Hosting a Windows Control in a Web Form

Adding Paging Support to the Repeater or DataList with the

PagedDataSource

Class

Creating a Repeater that Supports Pagination and Sorting

Maintaining Database Consistency with Transactions

 

Network Functions

Screen Scraping with ASP.NET

Sending Email from an ASP.NET Web Page

Emailing the Rendered Output of an ASP.NET Web Control | Enhancing the 'Email the Rendered Output of an ASP.NET Web Control' Code | Emailing the Rendered Output of an ASP.NET Web Control in ASP.NET 2.0

Consuming an RSS Feed with ASP.NET | Creating an Online RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET

Uploading in ASP.NET

Performing Browser Detection Using ASP.NET

A Deeper Look at Performing HTTP Requests in an ASP.NET Page | Making Authenticated HTTP Requests from an ASP.NET Page

 

Caching

.NET Data Caching

Caching in ASP.NET

Displaying Cached XML Data in a DataGrid, and Intelligently Refreshing the Data

 

Web Services

Creating and Consuming a Web Service

Creating a .NET Web Service

Building Client Interfaces for .NET Web Services

An Extensive Examination of Web Services: Part 1 [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] [Part 11]

Searching Google Using the Google Web Service

Building an NBA Team Standings Web Service

 

Software Design Principles and Best Practices

FxCop, Your .NET Cop

NProf and ACT, Your Performance Assistants

A Brief Introduction to NAnt

Test Driven Development Using NUnit in C#

Advanced Techniques with NUnitAsp

Unit Testing the Data Access Layer

An Introduction and Overview of the Microsoft Application Blocks | Examining the Data Access Application Block | Examining the Exception Management Application Block (EMAB) | An Introduction to the Microsoft Enterprise Library | Working with the Enterprise Library's Data Access Application Block

Why I Don't Use DataSets in My ASP.NET Applications | More On Why I Don't Use DataSets in My ASP.NET Applications

Database Projects in Visual Studio .NET

Gracefully Responding to Unhandled Exceptions - Displaying User-Friendly Error Pages

 

Application Architecture

Using XML to Share Constants Across Projects | Improving Using XML to Share Constants Across Projects

Accessing Common Code, Constants, and Functions in an ASP.NET Project

An Introduction and Overview of the Microsoft Application Blocks | Examining the Data Access Application Block | Examining the Exception Management Application Block (EMAB) | An Introduction to the Microsoft Enterprise Library

Streamlining Your Data Access Layer with Helper Methods

Specifying Configuration Settings in

Web.config

[Creating Custom Configuration Sections in

Web.config

]

Globalizing ASP.NET Applications With Non-Standard Languages

Creating Template-Driven Web Sites with MasterPages

Using HTTP Modules and Handlers to Create Pluggable ASP.NET Components

Using a Custom Base Class for your ASP.NET Pages' Code-Behind Classes

 

XML

Creating XML Documents with the

XmlTextWriter

Class

Quickly Editing an XML File

Querying XML Data with XQuery

Using XML to Store States and Provinces

 

Examining ASP.NET Applications

An ASP.NET Rating System

Hangman in ASP.NET

A Robust Image Gallery for ASP.NET

Displaying a List of Scaled Images | True Image Resizing

Building an Event Calendar Web Application

Creating a Banner Ad System in ASP.NET

Creating a Content Rater | Improving the Content Rater

Web-Based Surveys Made Easy | Working with the WebSurvey Control's Results

Creating a Simple Image Slide Show

 

Security

Building Secure ASP.NET Applications: Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Communication

Using MD5 to Encrypt Passwords in a Database | Could you Pass the Salt? Improving the Security in Encrypting Passwords using MD5

Converting Mike Shaffer's VBScript RC4 Encryption Code to C#

Role-Based Authorization With Forms Authentication | Dissecting Forms Authentication

Protecting Files with ASP.NET

An Overview of Authentication and Authorization Options in ASP.NET

Encrypting Sensitive Data in a Database

Passing Tamper-Proof QueryString Parameters | Creating Expiring Web Pages

Generating Random Passwords with ASP.NET

An Overview of Cryptographic Systems and Encrypting Database Data [Using Symmetric Encryption in a SQL Server 2005 Database] [Using Asymmetric Encryption and Digital Signatures in a SQL Server 2005 Database]

 

Graphics and Charting

Drawing Serpinski's Triangle with ASP.NET

ASP.NET Charting Using Office Web Components (OWC)

Create Snazzy Web Charts and Graphics On the Fly with ASP.NET

An Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

ASP.NET Charting with NPlot

 

Working with the File System

Reading Text Files in an ASP.NET Web Page

| Highlighting Search Keywords in a DataGrid Web Control

Displaying the Files in a Directory using a DataGrid

Reading and Writing Text Files with the .NET Framework

 

Utilizing Components

Using Components in ASP.NET

Accessing .NET components from COM components

Using Win32 DLL functions and COM components from .NET applications

COM Interoperability in the .NET Framework

Building ASP.NET User Controls | An Extensive Examination of User Controls

Trigger Page Methods from a User Control

 

Advanced Techniques

Displaying Information about the ASP.NET Process

Displaying Performance Monitor Information through an ASP.NET Web Page

HTTP Handlers and HTTP Modules in ASP.NET

Dynamic Controls in ASP.NET | Working with Dynamically Created Controls | Dynamic Web Controls, Postbacks, and View State

Sorting An Array Using

Array.Sort()

Regular Expressions in .NET

Efficiently Searching a Sorted Array

Tracing in ASP.NET

HttpContext.Items

- a Per-Request Cache Store

Using ASP.NET to Prompt a User to Save When Leaving a Page | An Update on Prompting a User to Save When Leaving an ASP.NET Page

Understanding Interfaces and Their Usefulness

A Look at WebCharts, a Free .NET Charting Control

Bubbling Events Up the Control Hierarchy

Specialized Collections

 

Miscellaneous Topics

Understanding Enumerations

A Look at ASP.NET's Adaptive Rendering | Client-Side Validation in Downlevel Browsers

Decompiling .NET Assemblies

Understanding Pagination in ASP.NET 1.x Mobile Applications

Maintaining Scroll Position on Postback

Searching Your Website with Microsoft Index Services

Little Known, Invaluable Methods and Properties in the .NET Framework Base Class Library : Working with File Paths | Working with Colors

Subtleties in Providing a Read-Only User Interface