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Listing 5. This procedure demonstrates a technique for combining an Insert statement and an Update statement into a single stored procedure.
Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 simplify the process of incorporating SharePoint into your Visual Studio applications.
- By Gustavo Velez
- 10/01/2007
Dan starts a new series of columns on Silverlight 1.0 by walking you through the fundamentals.
Your code is the expression of your design intent -- make sure you communicate
clearly.
Dan Wahlin walks you through the steps and code for creating a Silverlight application from scratch.
Windows Presentation Foundation has been greatly underserved by Microsoft’s emphasis on glitz and glamour; learn how to take advantage of WPF in your everyday Windows business apps.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 09/01/2007
It requires a lot of plumbing to create, manage, and communicate with background threads. The System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker class already contains the functionality you need to follow best practices.
Use the declarative programming model to enable type-safe data access in ADO.NET.
Learn how to copy all the custom data formats in objects to the clipboard and determine which ones are appropriate when you paste.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 09/01/2007
Using Page Methods when adding the ScriptService attribute is overkill for a single page -- find out how to add the functionality directly using AJAX.
Dan Wahlin walks you through exactly how to return any object that contains sub-objects exposed through properties.
Dan walks you through using the ScriptMethod Attribute.
Multithreaded programming is difficult because context switches can happen any time. Here are a few techniques to mitigate the chance of failure.
Learn how to create expandable menus such as you find in Office; handle mouse up/down events properly; and create a custom toolstrip button.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 07/01/2007
Learn to set up and change durations in a supply-chain application that's both metadata- and template-driven.
- By Joel Champagne
- 07/01/2007