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.NET Archive
ADO.NET 2.0 Feature Matrix
ADO.NET 2.0 includes a new base-class provider model, features for all providers, and changes to System.Data.SqlClient. Get an overview of these new features, examples of their use, and a chart of which features are provider-neutral and SqlClient-specific. Elsewhere, get an overview of the new services, controls, and features in ASP.NET 2.0.
Introduction to Delphi for .NET and the New IDE
Delphi for .NET is here and Xavier Pacheco provides an overview of Delphi for .NET, with a focus how to use Delphi to develop software for business solutions.
Defining and Using Generics in Visual Basic 2005
This article provides an overview of the generics feature in Visual Basic 2005, and explains the basic concepts involved in defining and using generics and their usefulness to the Visual Basic developer.
Improved Caching in ASP.NET 2.0
Stephen Walther looks at the new caching features included in ASP.NET 2.0, and how you can use them to improve the performance and scalability of your ASP.NET applications.
wx.NET 0.5 Released
wx.NET 0.5 official has been released. Their webpage has also been updated: user manual, API reference, class status, and screenshots.
The .NET Framework Standard Library: the System Namespace
Brad Abrams describes the System namespace, which is the root of all namespaces in the .NET Framework, containing all other namespaces as subordinates. Elsewhere, in another chapter, Dan Kent picks apart the code of the online community application seeing how it works.
Shell: Write Shell Extensions with C#; Java & .NET Interoperability
In this article, Dino Esposito demonstrates how to create a Windows shell extension using C# code and the .NET Framework. He discusses the COM Interop layer and using a practical example, shows you techniques and tricks you need to know to build managed shell extensions. On the same site: Java and .NET are both great platforms on their own, but together, they are a practical necessity in today's enterprise. This article looks at various interoperability issues between the Java & .NET platforms.
.NET 1.x and 2.0 SDK Betas; Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Screens
Get all the links for .NET 1.x and 2.0 SDK and Redistributable Betas at ActiveWin. Elsewhere, with the codename "Whidbey", the new visual studio, has reached finally Beta 1 and Flexbeta has prepared a few screenshots.
XP theme engine for DotGNU WinForms; Other .NET-related News
Shortly after the QT theme engine release, DotGNU announces the availability of the XP theme engine for its implementation of WinForms. The new XP engine allows DotGNU WinForms to use literally thousands of custom designed "visual styles", such as those available from ThemeXP.org. Screenshots 1 and 2. On other .NET-related news,
Monodevelop 0.5 is released, #develop Fidalgo RC2 was released 3 days ago and wx.NET Beta 2 was released late last week.
.NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package Beta 1
The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 beta redistributable package is the most recent update and includes everything you need to run applications developed using the .NET Framework.
Visual Studio 2005 Beta Ready to Roll
Microsoft is including Visual Studio Team System technology in the first beta of Visual Studio 2005, to be released at TechEd Europe. More info about it here and here.
Using Object Oriented State Machines in .NET
Maybe you haven't worked with state machines since your college computer science courses. Jon Shemitz offers a reason to dust off the technique with .NET: object-oriented state machines can be easier to read and debug than their enum and switch equivalents.
DotGNU’s Win.Forms Use Qt Painters
According to reliable sources DotGNU is using Qt for their Windows.Forms backend. The project is not using Qt's widgets - they are simply using Qt styles (or was it themes) on an offline XPixmap , and blitting it over onto the screen. Here's the obligatory
screenshot.
Sharpdevelop Fidalgo 1.0-RC1 Released
SharpDevelop Fidalgo (1.0) has now entered Release Candidate status with this RC1 release. As with Beta 1, no features have been added, only two existing ones have been improved to be more useful: you now can convert entire projects from VB.NET to C# (and vice versa), as well as import ASP.NET projects from VS.NET. Other than that, we have worked on two major areas (and will continue to work on): Bug fixes and performance improvements (for details please see the Subversion change log). Its Mono port, MonoDevelop, had version 0.4 releasing yesterday.
MSDN: System.Xml.Schema Namespace; MSBuild; ASP.NET 2.0
Three MSDN articles: Dare Obasanjo provides examples of lesser-known class functionality in System.Xml.Schema namespaces. This second of a three-part article series explains how to write, install, and debug your own tasks to enhance what is possible to build with MSBuild. While ASP.NET 2.0 is completely backwards compatible with ASP.NET 1.1, its new features may require you to revise parts of your Web applications. This article provides a detailed analysis of how changes in ASP.NET 2.0 will influence your porting decisions.
Multithreading with the .NET Framework
Every programmer needs to know how and when to use multithreading. Peter Aitken shows you how easy it is to accomplish in .NET.
DotGNU Ported to PocketPC
Pocket C# is port of C# compiler from DotGNU project to Windows CE. DotGNU contains open-source runtime, compiler and tools creating a free cross-platform .NET environment.
Understanding ASP.NET View State
Scott Mitchell looks at the benefits of and confusion around View State in Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, he shows you how you can interpret (and protect) the data stored in View State.
Windows CE .NET 4.1’s .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2 Update
This downloadable file will update the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 module of your existing Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.1 Platform Builder installation to the 1.0 SP2 version of the .NET CF.