.NET Framework


Web Parts Without Users

Want to give your users personalized pages without giving up control? It's easy with Web Parts. Peter shows you how.

Using Silverlight's Grid Control

Grid control works a lot like the table tag -- only it's much more concise. Dan walks through one example.

Intercept Studio 5.0 Monitors Apps

AVIcode releases the newest version of its AVIcode Intercept Studio, an application-monitoring and reporting suite for .NET dev shops.

OOXML Reaffirmed, ISO/IEC Reject Appeals

The boards of the ISO and IEC standards bodies today rejected the appeals of four participating members (Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela) that had questioned the process by which Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format specification was approved as an international standard, called "ISO/IEC 29500."

Intel Boosts Parallel Programming

Intel updates Threading Building Blocks library, a developer resource for writing parallelized C++ code for multi-core CPUs.

The New .NET Identity Class

Simplifying identity with Microsoft's 'Zermatt' class libraries.

Java Developer Idolizes .NET

Grad student with a Java dev focus wins the New York City .NET User Group’s Speaker Idol competition, and learns to love .NET in the process.

Is Vista New Coke?

Windows Vista is still struggling to find a place in dev shops and the enterprise, and its biggest enemy may be Windows XP.

Visual Studio 2008 Facelift Is Ready

More than just bug fixes, SP1 promises to improve developer productivity.

Windows 7 Gets a Blog

Microsoft's team developing the Windows 7 operating system has come out with a new blog called "Engineering Windows 7."

Managing Web.Config Settings During Deployment

Moving from a test to a production environment can be tricky. Here's where the Web Deployment Projects add-on comes in handy.

SQL Injection Attacks on the Rise

MessageLabs reports that the number of SQL injection attacks spiked sharply last month.

Microsoft Ships Visual Studio 2008 and .NET SP1

Microsoft released to manufacturing its widely touted first service pack (SP) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5.

Creating a Flyout StackPanel Using Silverlight Animations

A header menu that expands and contracts as users mouse over it can be easy to create. Dan shows you how.

Seven Critical Fixes Expected on Tuesday

IT Pros and system administrators will be mighty busy this month as Microsoft announced plans to release 12 patches.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 to Manufacturing, IT Pros

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services

Handling Update Exceptions in the DataView Events

Peter shows a "code-lite" way to handle exceptions when using DataView to update data.

The Red X of Death

Can't access the Documents or Reports folder? Mickey shows you the two most common causes for this problem and how to correct them.

Embarcadero Releases SQL Optimizer

Embarcadero Technologies releases DB Optimizer, a new toolset designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.

A Vote for Transparency

Roger weighs in on the reasons behind the controversy surrounding Entity Framework.

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