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Simplify the task of validating Web form input by using attributes. If standard validators don't meet your needs, you can create custom data annotations for richer validations.
- By Joe Kunk, Vijay Jagdale
- 09/01/2010
In the second installment of her series of tips and strategies for debugging code in Visual Studio, Kathleen Dollard looks into valuable resources like the TraceSource class.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 08/31/2010
In the second of two Windows 7-themed columns, Patrick Steele looks at how to get the most out of thumbnails with the Windows API CodePack.
- By Patrick Steele
- 08/04/2010
On VB author Joe Kunk shows how you can quickly discover the orientation of an unknown database using dynamic queries.
Windows 7 contains a number of UI improvements to the classic taskbar. One very useful feature for quickly launching an application with its associated files is Jump Lists. In this issue, we'll look at how you can utilize Jump Lists in your own Windows 7 applications.
- By Patrick Steele
- 07/29/2010
Sometimes, when the user clicks on a menu choice, you want to pass some data based on the page's content. Here's how to dynamically alter a menu control based on the data on the page.
Joe Kunk looks at how to manage a numeric system that extends to the entire alphabet.
In part 2 of his series on Web performance testing and load testing in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Ben Day explains how to set up a load test rig to determine how well your application performs with multiple users.
- By Benjamin Day
- 07/12/2010
We explore the WCF service boundary after upgrading sample applications to Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 07/01/2010
Patrick Steele shows how you can realize major performance gains when working with large images by using memory-mapped files.
- By Patrick Steele
- 06/22/2010
Performance testing and debugging is a major focus of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.
- By Benjamin Day
- 06/17/2010
Continuing his investigation of what works and doesn't work with the AJAX library and .NET 4, Peter Vogel continues to explore how to retrieve data from the client... and discovers that it can be very easily done.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk shows you how to use the power of Silverlight 4 COM automation and local file system access to turn Microsoft Word into a report writer for Silverlight.
Learn how you can store history information for the user on the local client PC in a sandboxed Silverlight 3 application.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2010
Kathleen Dollard shows how to display a list of complex bound criteria, including data, child data and photos for each item, in Silverlight.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2010