Create a virtual page handler that lets you deliver data directly from your database to your Web users. The handler also lets you move your app into the world of REST Web Services.
The latest products for VSM readers.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 09/01/2006
A site's VirtualPathManager acts as a dispatcher for requests. In addition to invoking your VirtualFile objects, the path manager can also pass requests to the default ASP.NET path manager.
- By Jimmy Nilsson
- 09/01/2006
A reader agrees with Rockford Lhotka's assertion that software is too darn hard to use, and recommends that Microsoft think about this from the perspective of Visual Basic .NET.
Creating your own HTTP handler in ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0 gives you a flexible and fast way to move data to clients, browsers, and other Web pages.
Data models provide important insights into your company's business. Learn how to read one, as well as some tips for creating strong data models of your own.
- By Steven Berringer
- 08/01/2006
Using business objects effectively requires understanding the nuances of their life cycles.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 08/01/2006
Compiling your applications frequently can help you save time, effort, and sleepless nights down the road. Learn how to implement this system using the open source tool, Draco.NET.
Third-party tools can rock your world; check out a range of offerings here, from report writers, to editors and imaging toolkits. There's something here for everyone.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2006
It's not enough to build a great custom control to help your end users -- you must also help other developers use your control.
A reader explains that job market forces often force developers to opt for the latest and greatest, rather than tried and tested; another reader explains why he voted for no products in the most recent Readers Choice Awards survey.
Take advantage of Loops in Visual Basic .NET to save coding effort, as well as to create more readable and maintainable code.
- By James Foxall
- 07/01/2006
Build a component to accommodate changing requirements without having to recompile your code.
Graphical imaging tools and components are the theme in July's look at recent releases for VB and .NET developers.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 07/01/2006
VSM presented its annual Readers Choice Awards to the Visual Studio vendor community.
A reader explains that he likes VB6, and that is enough; another reader comments on the disconnect between Bill Gates' charitable work and Microsoft's (and other companies') assistance to the Chinese government in helping it stifle dissent.
From libraries to encryption, from refactoring to imaging, debugging, and lifecycle management—don't let anyone tell you there's not a rich selection of third-party tools awaiting.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 06/01/2006
Late binding can bring great flexibility to Visual Basic programmers, but it has a serious downside in eliminating static-type checking and IntelliSense support. Use a static wrapper for dynamic code to enjoy the best of both worlds.
- By Danijel Arsenovski
- 06/01/2006
VB differs from other .NET-languages in that it doesn't provide short-circuited conditional statements, but you can still achieve the same effect, and be backward compatible with pre-.NET versions of VB.
- By Billy Hollis
- 06/01/2006
Take advantage of /n software's IP*Works to simplify a variety of Internet-related tasks, from working with SOAP, to handling tasks related to HTTP, DNS, and FTP seamlessly.