Designing Microsoft Asp.Net Applications

This core reference demonstrates the latest techniques for building dynamic, ultra-scalable business solutions with Active Server Pages.NET-formerly ASP+. After surveying the history of ASP programming, the book shows how ASP.NET integrates with the COM+ 2.0 runtime environment and uses Extensible Markup Language (XML), ActiveX® Data Objects .NET (formerly ADO+), Web Services, and Web Forms to create powerful Web solutions. It comes with code samples on CD-ROM in Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C# development system.

Key Book Benefits:

• Describes how to exploit the new functionality of ASP.NET, including improved integration with the COM+ 2.0 runtime environment, XML, and ADO.NET
• Presents how-to-examples for Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C# for building dynamic, reusable Web applications faster and more efficiently
• Features code samples and the .NET Framework SDK on CD-ROM for supplemental reference and study

Contents

• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction xiii

1 Introduction to ASP.NET Development 1

• The Problem: Developing Dynamic Web Applications 2
• One Solution: Common Gateway Interface 3
• Another Solution: Internet Server Application Programming Interface 7
• A Better Solution: Active Server Pages 11
• A New Solution: ASP.NET 19
• Conclusion 20

2 Managed Code and the Common Language Runtime 21

• Overview of the .NET Framework 22
• Introduction to Microsoft Intermediate Language 24
• Getting the JITters—Just in Time! 30
• Managed Code and Data 31
• About Unsafe Code 33
• Conclusion 33

3 The .NET Framework Objects and Languages 35

• The .NET Solution to Type Compatibility 37
• Other Objects in the .NET Framework 45
• Overview of Visual Basic .NET 47
• C# (C Sharp) Overview 57
• Conclusion 64

4 ASP.NET Development 101 65

• Hello ASP.NET World! 65
• The ASP.NET Development Model 71
• Creating an ASP.NET Web Application with Visual Studio .NET 72
• Other Types of ASP.NET Applications 81
• Configuring an Application 85
• Conclusion 108

5 Web Forms 109

• Using the Classic ASP Program Architecture 110
• Using Validator Controls 118
• Maintaining the State of Controls in ASP.NET 148
• Manipulating Server Controls Programmatically 152
• Conclusion 164

6 Creating ASP.NET Components 165

• The Trouble with Components 165
• ASP.NET Control Classes 168
• The Life Cycle of a Control 170
• Creating User Controls 172
• Creating Custom Controls 187
• Conclusion 213

7 Balancing Server and Client Functionality 215

• Client-Side Scripting 216
• Creating an Extensive Client-Side Web Control 228
• Conclusion 240

8 Time to Get the Data! 241

• XML as the Universal Data Language 241
• Using the IEnumerator Interface 244
• Introducing ADO.NET 249
• Conclusion 277

9 Data and ASP.NET Forms 279

• Accessing Data Using ASP Forms 279
• Accessing Data Using ASP.NET Forms 282
• The DataGrid Server Control 282
• The Repeater Server Control 298
• Creating Data Entry Pages 310
• Conclusion 332

10 XML Web Services 333

• Standards for XML Web Services 334
• Creating a Simple XML Web Service 336
• Consuming a Simple XML Web Service 344
• A Real-World XML Web Service: Article Distribution 355
• Conclusion 366

APPENDIX A Configuring ASP.NET Applications in IIS 367

• ASP.NET User Authentication 367
• Creating a New Virtual Directory in IIS 368

APPENDIX B What You Need to Know About HTML to Use This Book 377

• HTML Tags 378
• HTML Links 378
• HTML Widgets 379
• HTML Tables 382

INDEX