ASP.Net Professional Secrets Book

	Preface	vii
Part I	Starting the ASP.NET Journey	1
Chapter 1	Introducing .NET and ASP.NET	3
	Welcome to .NET	3
	A Closer Look at the .NET Foundation	8
	What's New in .NET 1.1?	13
	Summary	16
Chapter 2	Creating ASP.NET Applications with Visual Studio .NET	17
	Visual Studio .NET for ASP.NET	18
	Examining Hidden Items in Visual Studio .NET	25
	Discovering the Power Behind the Server Explorer	33
	Letting Visual Studio .NET Macros Do the Work for You	46
	Summary	49
Chapter 3	Using the ASP.NET Web Matrix Project	51
	Exploring the ASP.NET Web Matrix Project	52
	Working with the Web Matrix	59
	Extending the Web Matrix	68
	Summary	80
Part II	Controls	81
Chapter 4	The What, Where, When, Why, and How of Controls	83
	Why Make the Change to ASP.NET?	84
	An Overview of ASP.NET Server Controls	85
	HTML Server Controls	98
	Web Server Controls	104
	Formatting Web Server Controls	108
	Summary	115
Chapter 5	Making HTML Server Controls Work for You	117
	Creating HTML Server Controls	118
	Playing with HTML Elements	123
	Specific HTML Server Controls Provided by Visual Studio .NET and the Web Matrix	140
	Summary	155
Chapter 6	Basic Web Controls	157
	Introducing Web Server Controls	158
	Displaying Text Using Web Server Controls	159
	Form Input Web Server Controls	161
	Form Submission Controls	189
	Navigation Controls	197
	Image Controls	199
	Layout Controls	201
	Summary	207
Chapter 7	Understanding List Web Controls	209
	Paging Data	210
	Sorting Data	242
	Editing Data in a DataGrid	251
	Summary	271
Chapter 8	Manipulating Rich Web Controls	273
	Using the Calendar Control	274
	The AdRotator Control	290
	Summary	293
Chapter 9	Taking Advantage of Validation Server Controls	295
	Introducing Validation	296
	.NET to the Rescue!	298
	Summary	327
Chapter 10	User Controls: Building Reusable Pieces of Code	329
	Introducing User Controls	330
	Building a Simple User Control	331
	Creating a Navigation User Control	337
	Exposing Properties and Methods from User Controls	341
	Dynamically Loading User Controls	347
	Creating User Controls Using the Code-Behind Technique	354
	Summary	361
Chapter 11	Building Custom Controls	363
	Creating Custom Controls with the Control Class	364
	Creating Custom Controls Using the WebControl Class	375
	Building a Composite Control	379
	Raising Events from Controls	385
	Creating a Templated Control	385
	Causing Client-Side Postback from a Server Control	393
	Using a Custom Control in Visual Studio .NET	399
	Summary	400
Part III	Applications as a Whole	401
Chapter 12	An In-Depth Look at the .aspx Page	403
	The Languages of Your Pages	404
	Understanding Inline Versus Code-Behind	408
	Working with ASP.NET Directives	417
	Working with Page Events	425
	Understanding the Page Lifecycle	426
	Understanding the Page Class	428
	Summary	430
Chapter 13	Understanding the Entire Application	431
	Hosting Applications on a Server	432
	A Visual Studio .NET ASP.NET Application	440
	Versioning and Runtimes	441
	Looking at Global.asax	447
	Summary	452
Chapter 14	Debugging ASP.NET Pages and Handling Exceptions	453
	Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications	454
	ASP.NET Tracing	464
	Handling Exceptions in an ASP.NET Web Application	472
	Summary	481
Chapter 15	Controlling Security for Your ASP.NET Applications	483
	Authentication, Authorization, and Impersonation	484
	Overview of Authentication in ASP.NET	485
	Authorization	501
	Impersonation	503
	Summary	507
Chapter 16	Packaging and Deploying Your ASP.NET Applications	509
	Introduction to Setup and Deployment	510
	Structure of an ASP.NET Web Application	510
	Deployment Options Supported by .NET	511
	Summary	525
Chapter 17	Interoperability	527
	COM Interop: Using COM within .NET	528
	Using .NET from Unmanaged Code	542
	Summary	552
Chapter 18	Networking: Understanding E-mail in .NET	553
	Overview of E-mail	554
	Exploring System.Web.Mail	559
	E-mailing a Web Page	563
	Sending International E-Mails	569
	Troubleshooting System.Web.Mail	571
	Building Your Own SmtpClient Component	575
	Summary	595
Chapter 19	Networking: Understanding File I/O in .NET	597
	Overview of the System.IO Namespace	598
	Manipulating Text Files	603
	Manipulating Binary Files	605
	Reading and Writing Data Asynchronously	607
	Summary	613
Part IV	ASP.NET and Data	615
Chapter 20	Understanding ADO.NET	617
	Realizing the Dream of Common Database Access	618
	Picking a .NET Data Provider	619
	ADO.NET Objects	620
	Making Your Connection	621
	Issuing Commands	624
	Retrieving and Displaying Data with a DataReader	632
	Feedback Reader	637
	Calling Stored Procedures	639
	The Disconnected Database: DataAdapter and DataSet	644
	Summary	647
Chapter 21	Rendering and Data Binding with ADO.NET Objects	649
	Data Binding with ASP.NET Server Controls	650
	Implementing Sorting and Paging Using a DataGrid Control	663
	In-Place Editing of a DataGrid	667
	Embedding One DataGrid within Another DataGrid Control	673
	Summary	680
Chapter 22	XML and ADO.NET	681
	XML Support Provided by the DataSet Object	682
	The XmlDataDocument Object and ADO.NET	693
	Retrieving XML Data Directly from SQL Server	705
	Summary	708
Chapter 23	XML Namespaces	709
	XML Support in .NET Framework	710
	Summary	738
Part V	Performance and Optimization	739
Chapter 24	Configuring Your Applications	741
	Configuration File Locations and Meanings	742
	Configuration File Structure	743
	Categories and Settings	745
	Consolidating and Locking Down Configuration Settings	756
	Summary	759
Chapter 25	Applying Caching and Other Performance Enhancements	761
	Understanding Caching	762
	Understanding the Different Types of Caching	763
	Creating a Callback Method for a Cached Item	788
	Using Performance Counters Related to Caching	794
	Summary	795
Chapter 26	State Management Techniques and Their Consequences	797
	Introducing State Management	798
	Client-Side State Management	798
	Server-Side State Management	810
	Summary	820
Part VI	XML Web Services	821
Chapter 27	Understanding the Basics of XML Web Services	823
	Introducing XML	824
	XML, SOAP, and HTTP	825
	Understanding the Problems That XML Web Services Address	826
	The Composition of XML Web Services	827
	Viewing and Testing XML Web Services	838
	The Business of XML Web Services	849
	Summary	851
Chapter 28	Building and Consuming XML Web Services	853
	Building a Simple XML Web Service	854
	Consuming an XML Web Service	860
	From One XML Web Service to Another	879
	Throwing SOAP Exceptions	883
	Caching XML Web Services	885
	Application Center Test (ACT)	887
	Summary	896
Chapter 29	Taking XML Web Services One Step Farther	897
	Asynchronous XML Web Services	898
	Sending Images in Your SOAP Messages	903
	Working with SOAP Headers	910
	Overloading WebMethods	922
	Tracing SOAP Messages	924
	Summary	928
Chapter 30	Getting What You Need by Screen Scraping	929
	Screen Scraping Niceties 101	930
	The Screen Scraping Process	930
	Stock Quote Example	931
	The Delicate Nature of Screen Scraping	942
	Building a Consuming Application	943
	Summary	949
Part VII	Mobile Development	951
Chapter 31	Building Wireless Applications	953
	Online and Offline Applications	954
	Mobile Application Development Challenges	955
	Mobile Application Development Process	956
	Summary	970
Chapter 32	Uncovering the Secrets of Mobile Controls	971
	Mobile Controls	972
	List Controls	988
	Summary	1000
Chapter 33	Advanced Techniques for Building Mobile Applications	1001
	Examining the ObjectList Control	1002
	Examining the PhoneCall Control	1011
	Providing a Common Look and Feel	1014
	Writing Device-Specific Code	1025
	Summary	1032
Appendix A	Language Lookup: Visual Basic .NET	1033
Appendix B	Language Lookup: C#	1055
Appendix C	ASP.NET Resources	1079
	Index	1081