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CodeGuru Newsletter
July 20, 2004
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TOPICS:
–> Editorial –
… Book Winners …
… Over at
IBM …
–> New Articles on CodeGuru:
==> ASP
– The ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Model
==> Controls
– Custom
Design-Time Appearance of Controls
==> C# Syntax
– Interfaces in
C#
==> DataGrid
– Event Spy for MS Data Grid
==> DataGrid
–
DataGrid Advanced Techniques
==> Data Types
– Converting Between
MFC/C++ and .NET Types
==> Dialogs
– [Updated] Creating Partially
Translucent/Transparent Windows in VB (2)
– CSplash — A Splash Window
Class
==> Mobile
– Examining Remote System Status
==>
Networking
– GroupTalk (unedited)
==> Projects
– Prime Programming
Proficiency, Part 1: Lines-of-Code Heuristics
==> XML
– .NET and XML:
Part 1 — XPath Queries
–> Discussion Groups
–>
Highlighted new articles on Developer.com
1. Data to Web in Five Minutes with
Visual Web Developer 2005
2. Running
IPv6 Code in Multiple Windows
Environments
3. Comparing Microsoft
Speech Server 2004 and IBM WebSphere Voice Server
V4.2
4. Learn to Program Using Python:
Indirection
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… Book Winners …
In case you missed it, the two people who submitted articles in June that
also get a copy of either:
CodeGuru.com Visual C++ Goodies or
Kate Gregory’s Visual C++ .NET 2003 Kicks Start,
They are Dillip Kumar Kara and Kirants. They each wrote and submitted an
article that was published in June. As the selected people, they have 60 days to
let me know which book they want. For more on a chance to get one of these
books, see:
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,5vha,fptl,jorm,i5r0
… Over at IBM …
This week IBM is having a conference in Texas. This is their IBM Rational
Software Development User Conference.Like most big conferences, a number of
announcements are being made. In this case, they obviously center on IBM and IBM
products.
IBM further detailed their intent to bring support for Eclipse into their
products. Eclipse is an open source IDE. One item of note is an application
available from IBM that will help to migrate WinForms to Eclipse. Of
course, this is just scratching the surface of what was announced. You can check
out the following for a bit more information:
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,jsbx,hyer,jorm,i5r0
Until next week!
Brad!
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Brad Jones
www.CodeGuru.com
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… Recently Published Books
For those of you keeping up by reading books. The following are just a few of
the new books that have been recently released. If you’ve read any of these,
feel free to write a review to be posted on CodeGuru. See the submission
guidelines at:
https://www.codeguru.com/review-guidelines.php
–> Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 E-Commerce
From Novice to
Professional
By Cristian Darie and Karli Watson for Apress
630 pages
$39.99
http://books.internet.com/books/1590592549
–> Programming in C
By Stephen G. Kochan for Sams
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New
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CodeGuru
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Following are short descriptions of new articles on CodeGuru. If you are
interested in submitting your own article for inclusion on the site, then you
will find guidelines located at
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,fka1,909i,jorm,i5r0
This week’s posted CodeGuru articles:
==> ASP
– The ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Model
By Dino Esposito
To move the session state from the local memory (the
ASP.NET cache) to a SQL Server table, all you do is modify an attribute in the
web.config file. You don’t need to recompile or even touch the code. Learn about
the magic behind this behavior, which the ASP.NET 2.0 provider model
provides.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,aafp,3dt3,jorm,i5r0
==> Controls
– Custom Design-Time Appearance of Controls
By Peter Morris
Learn how to make a control appear differently at design
time than it does at runtime.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,m73m,glie,jorm,i5r0
==> C# Syntax
– Interfaces in C#
By Fatima Ahmed
Learn about
interfaces and how they inherit in C#.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,gsb4,1ib0,jorm,i5r0
==> DataGrid
– Event Spy for MS Data Grid
By Mark McGinty
A utility
form that will show DataGrid events with parameters as they happen in real
time.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,8h9p,bzpw,jorm,i5r0
==> DataGrid
– DataGrid Advanced Techniques
By Mark
McGinty
Demonstrates implementing “lookup” columns that let the user select a
value from a list, boolean columns represented by heckboxes, context
menus, and calculating parent-relative positions of controls inside
containers.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,f485,9m9a,jorm,i5r0
==> Data Types
– Converting Between MFC/C++ and .NET Types
By Tom Archer
–
Converting between types is frequently a sticking point for coders new to
mixing MFC and .NET. Tom Archer illustrates some basic conversions that will
help you should you get stuck in a painful series of compiler error messages
about type mismatches.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,96qd,aaif,jorm,i5r0
==> Dialogs
– [Updated] Creating Partially Translucent/TransparentWindows in VB
(2)
By awni
Shows how to make ‘holes’ in a window by using a
color key and three API functions.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,7ret,l7bm,jorm,i5r0
==> Dialogs
– CSplash — A Splash Window Class
By
Abhinaba Basu
Learn to create a “splash” window at an application’s
startup.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,iu9x,47am,jorm,i5r0
==> Mobile
– Examining Remote System Status
By Nancy
Nicolaisen
Learn how to remotely monitor system status with Nancy’s RAPI Demo
example program.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,30g1,esn6,jorm,i5r0
==> Networking
– GroupTalk (unedited)
By Nagareshwar Talekar
Learn
about a multicasting-based group chat application in which any number of users
can join the group and communicate together.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,kt4x,dpei,jorm,i5r0
==> Projects
– Prime Programming Proficiency, Part 1:
Lines-of-CodeHeuristics
By Paul Kimmel
This first article of a
three-part series provides your software development team with a starting point
for productivity improvement: measuring lines of code and evaluating them
relative to your production schedule.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,5ogy,gbbk,jorm,i5r0
==> XML
– .NET and XML: Part 1 — XPath Queries
By Klaus
Salchner
This is the first of a series of articles that evaluates how well
.NET supports XML and its surrounding standards. This article provides a good
overview of the power of XPath queries.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,kliz,4wv3,jorm,i5r0
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Discussion
Groups
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Check out the CodeGuru discussion forums at:
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Forums include Visual C++, General C++, Visual Basic, Java, General
Technology, C#, ASP.NET, XML, Help Wanted, and much, much, more!
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New
Articles on
Developer.com
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Below are some of the new articles that have been posted to Developer.com (http://www.developer.com).
1. Data to Web in Five Minutes with Visual Web Developer
2005
By Mike Gunderloy –
See how you can quickly get your data to the web using
part of the new wave of ‘Express’ products that Microsoft is introducing
for the Visual Studio 2005 product cycle.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,gfex,6uqu,jorm,i5r0
2. Running IPv6 Code in Multiple Windows
Environments
By Sanjay Narang
–
Discover how you can run IPv6 code in different versions
of Windows, despite the fact that the support for IPv6 is of varied levels in
each version of Windows.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,de3k,hcct,jorm,i5r0
3. Comparing Microsoft Speech Server 2004 and IBM WebSphere Voice
Server V4.2
By Xiaole Song –
Currently, there are several speech-enabling
enterprise products with either VoiceXML or SALT open industry standards in the
marketplace. The Microsoft Speech Server (MSS) 2004 and IBM WebSphere Voice
Server V2.4 are leading providers in this field. Decide which is best for
you.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,ivd9,ke0p,jorm,i5r0
4. Learn to Program Using Python:
Indirection
By Richard Baldwin –
This lesson, which ends our miniseries on tuples, will
explain indirection, and will also teach you how to use indirection to modify
the value of an object referred to by a tuple item.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10oy,1,cob5,8×90,jorm,i5r0
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