
C#® Developer''s Guide to ASP.NET, XML, and ADO.NET
By
Jeffrey P. McManus, Chris Kinsman
Publisher
: Addison Wesley
Pub Date
: March 29, 2002
ISBN
: 0-672-32155-6
Pages
: 608
Slots
: 1

Copyright

About the Authors

About the Contributor

About the Technical Editor

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1.
Introduction: The Need for ASP.NET

Problems with ASP Today

Introducing ASP.NET

Chapter 2.
Page Framework

ASP.NET''s Control Model

Separating Presentation from Code Using Code Behind

Programming HTML Controls

Attributes of the Page Object

Creating User Interfaces with Web Controls

Server Controls and Page Object Reference

Chapter 3.
Debugging ASP.NET Applications

Tracing Your Web Application''s Activity

Debugging ASP.NET Applications

Creating Custom Performance Monitors

Writing to the Windows Event Log

Reference

Chapter 4.
State Management and Caching

State Management: What''s the Big Deal?

Caching

Class Reference

Chapter 5.
Configuration and Deployment

Understanding Configuration Files

Global and Local Configuration Files

Structure of Configuration Files

Accessing Configuration Files Programmatically

Editing Web Configuration Files in Visual Studio .NET

Initializing Web Applications Using Global.asax

Using XCOPY for Deployment

Managing the Global Assembly Cache

Chapter 6.
Web Services

Historical Influences

Network Data Representation

What Is a Web Service?

Why Web Services?

ASP.NET Web Services

Consuming Web Services

Class Reference

Chapter 7.
Security

Identity and Principal

Windows Authentication

Forms Authentication

Passport Authentication

File Authorization

URL Authorization

Custom Roles with Forms Authentication

Pulling It All Together

Impersonation

Class Reference

Chapter 8.
HttpHandlers and HttpModules

An Overview of ASP.NET Request Handling

HttpModules

HttpHandlers

Dynamic Handler Assignment

Class Reference

Chapter 9.
Building User Controls and Server Controls

Working with User Controls in Web Forms Applications

Creating Server Controls

Chapter 10.
Using XML

What Is XML?

Accessing XML Data Using .NET Framework Classes

Defining and Validating XML with Schemas

Processing XML Documents Using Style Sheets

Class Reference

Chapter 11.
Creating Database Applications with ADO.NET

Why a New Object Library for Data Access?

New Features in ADO.NET

Connecting to a Database

Running Queries

Using Data Adapters to Retrieve and Manipulate Data

Creating Web Forms for Data Entry

Handling Errors

ADO.NET Framework Reference

Index