Asp.Net : Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Web Applications on the .Net Framework Book

	How to Use this Book	xiv
1)	Getting Started with ASP.NET
	Introduction to ASP.NET	2
	Install Internet Information Server 5.0	4
	Install the .NET Framework	6
	Change the Home Directory in IIS	8
	Add a Virtual Directory in IIS	10
	Set a Default Document for IIS	14
	Change Log File Properties for IIS	16
	Stop, Start, or Pause a Web Site	18
2)	Web Development Basics
	Browse Your Default Web Site	20
	Explore a Web Site	22
	Open a Template File	24
	Save a File to the Default Web Site	25
	Create an HTML Page	26
	Create an ASP Page	28
	Create an ASP.NET Web Page	30
	Add an Event Handler to an ASP.NET Page	32
3)	C# Basics
	Write Your First C# Application	34
	Compile a C# Application	36
	Format Your Code	38
	Declare a Variable	40
	Initialize a Variable	42
	Access Properties	44
	Make Decisions Using Conditional Statements	46
	Work with Arrays	48
	Control Logic Using Iterative Statements	50
	Concatenate a String	52
	Convert a Variable	54
	Enumerate a Collection	56
	Declare and Use Methods	58
	Implement Exception Handling	62
	Convert a Console Application to an ASP.NET Web Page	64
4)	Work with HTML Controls
	Introduction to HTML Controls	66
	Process Requests to the Server	68
	Create a Form Button	70
	Create an HTML 4.0 Button	72
	Create a Graphical Button	73
	Request Single Line Input	74
	Request Multiple Line Input	76
	Request Boolean Input	77
	Request a Selection from a Group	78
	Request Input from a Drop-Down List	79
	Create a Link	80
	Render an Image	82
	Build a Table	84
	Store Hidden Information on a Form	86
	Upload Files	88
5)	Work with Web Controls
	Introduction to Web Controls	90
	Create a Button for Posting Data	92
	Create a Hyperlinked Button	94
	Create a Graphical Button	95
	Request Text Input	96
	Request Boolean Input	98
	Request a Selection from a Group	100
	Request Input from a Drop-Down List	102
	Request Dates from a Calendar	104
	Create a Link	106
	Render an Image	107
	Build a Table	108
	Manipulate Text	110
	Add a Placeholder for Controls	111
	Provide a Container for Controls	112
	Display Advertisement Banners	114
	Validate Required Fields	116
	Compare Two Fields for Validation	118
	Check the Boundaries of Input	120
	Validate with Regular Expressions	122
	Summarize Validation Errors	124
6)	Access Data with ASP.NET
	Introduction to Data Access with ASP.NET	126
	Display Repeating Data	128
	Display Complex Lists	130
	Display SQL Data	132
	Insert Data into a SQL Database	134
	Update Data from a SQL Database	136
	Delete Data from a SQL Database	138
	Sort Data from a SQL Database	140
	Execute Stored Procedures	142
	Work with Master-Detail Relationships	144
	Work with XML Data Sources	146
	Transform and Display XML	148
7)	Work with Web Services
	Introduction to Web Services	150
	Create a Simple Web Service	152
	Test a Web Service	154
	Using a Parameter with a Web Service	156
	Return an Array from a Web Service	158
	Return an Enumerated Type from a Web Service	160
	Return an Object from a Web Service	162
	Return XML from a Web Service	164
	Return SQL Data from a Web Service	166
	Work with the Session Object in a Web Service	168
	Work with the Application Object in a Web Service	170
	Create a Client Web Page for a Web Service	172
	Create a Client Console Application for a Web Service	174
8)	Create Custom Components
	Create a Simple Component	176
	Create a Stateful Component	180
	Create a Two-Tier Web Form	184
	Create a Three-Tier Web Form	188
	Use a Code-behind for Your ASP.NET Page	192
9)	Using ASP.NET Components
	Read Form Data with Request.Form	194
	Display Data with Request.Params	196
	Write Output Using Response.Write	198
	Redirect Using Response.Redirect	200
	Check for Web Browser Types	202
	Send an E-Mail Using ASP.NET	204
	Use the ASP.NET Page Cache	206
	Use the ASP.NET Data Cache	208
10)	ASP.NET Applications and State Management
	Introduction to Applications and State Management	210
	Create a Global.asax File	212
	Using Processing Directives in the Global.asax file	216
	Using Server-Side Objects in the Global.asax File	218
	Using Application Event Handlers in the Global.asax File	220
	Using Application State	222
	Using Session State	226
	Work with Cookies	230
	Work with Page State	234
11)	Configure your ASP.NET Applications
	Add Application Settings	236
	Set Standard Configuration	238
	Add Custom Settings	240
12)	Debug Your ASP.NET Applications
	Enable Page-Level Debugging	242
	Enable Custom Error Handling	244
	Handle Errors Programmatically	246
	Use a Page-Level Trace	248
	Use an Application-Level Trace	250
13)	Security and ASP.NET
	Using Windows Authentication	252
	Using Forms Authentication	256
	Authorize Users	260
14)	Localization and ASP.NET
	Set Up Encoding	262
	Using CultureInfo	264
	Using RegionInfo	266
	Localize with the Page Control	268
	Create and Use Resources	270
	Use Resource Manager Information	272
15)	Migrate from Asp to ASP.NET
	Work with Multiple Server-Side Languages	274
	Work with Script Blocks	276
	Using Render Functions	278
	Using Page Directives	280
	Migrate VBScript to VB.NET Syntax	282
	Migrate JScript to JScript.NET Syntax	286
Appendix A	ASP.NET Quick Reference	288
Appendix B	C#, VB, and Jscript Language Equivalents	292
Appendix C	What's on the CD-ROM	300
	Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement	304
	Index	306