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.NET Framework Essentials, 3rd Edition

by Thuan L. Thai, Hoang Lam

August 2003

Intermediate to advanced

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Copyright
Preface
AudienceAbout This BookAssumptions This Book MakesConventions Used in This BookHow to Contact UsAcknowledgmentsThuan ThaiHoang Q. Lam
1. .NET Overview
1.1. Behind Microsoft .NET1.2. The .NET Platform1.3. .NET Framework Design Goals1.3.1. Component Infrastructure1.3.2. Language Integration1.3.3. Internet Interoperation1.3.4. Simplified Development1.3.5. Simplified Deployment1.3.6. Reliability1.3.7. Security1.4. .NET Framework
2. The Common Language Runtime
2.1. CLR Environment2.2. CLR Executables2.2.1. Hello, World: Managed C++2.2.2. Hello, World: C#2.2.3. Hello, World: VB.NET2.2.4. Hello, World: J#2.2.5. .NET Portable Executable File2.3. Metadata2.3.1. Type Libraries on Steroids2.3.2. Examining Metadata2.3.3. Inspecting and Emitting Metadata2.3.4. Interoperability Support2.4. Assemblies and Manifests2.4.1. Assemblies Versus Components2.4.2. Unique Identities2.4.3. IL Code2.4.4. Versioning2.4.5. Deployment2.4.6. Security2.4.7. Side-by-Side Execution2.4.8. Sharing and Reuse2.4.9. Manifests: Assembly Metadata2.4.10. Creating Assemblies2.4.11. Using Assemblies2.5. Intermediate Language (IL)2.6. The CTS and CLS2.6.1. The Common Type System (CTS)2.6.1.1. Value types2.6.1.2. Reference types2.6.1.3. Boxing and unboxing2.6.1.4. Classes, properties, indexers2.6.1.5. Interfaces2.6.1.6. Delegates2.6.2. The Common Language Specification (CLS)2.7. CLR Execution2.7.1. Class Loader2.7.2. Verifier2.7.3. JIT Compilers2.7.4. Execution Support and Management2.8. Summary
3. .NET Programming
3.1. Common Programming Model3.1.1. System.Object3.1.2. Major Namespaces3.2. Core Features and Languages3.2.1. Managed C++ Code3.2.2. VB.NET Code3.2.3. C# Code3.2.4. J# Code3.2.5. Intermediate Language (IL) Code3.3. Language Integration3.3.1. Vehicle Class in Managed C++3.3.2. Car Class in VB.NET3.3.3. Plane Class in C#3.3.4. Test Driver in J#3.4. Summary
4. Working with .NET Components
4.1. Deployment Options4.1.1. Private Components4.1.1.1. One-directory deployment4.1.1.2. Multiple-directory deployment4.1.2. Shared Components4.1.2.1. Generating a random key pair4.1.2.2. Making the vehicle component a shared assembly4.1.2.3. Making the car component a shared assembly4.1.2.4. Making the plane component a shared assembly4.1.2.5. Viewing the GAC4.1.2.6. Building and testing the drive.exe4.1.2.7. Adding new versions4.2. Distributed Components4.2.1. Distributed Hello Server4.2.2. Remote Hello Client4.2.3. Distributed Garbage Collector4.3. COM+ Services in .NET4.3.1. Attribute-Based Programming4.3.1.1. Developing custom attributes4.3.1.2. Using custom attributes4.3.1.3. Inspecting attributes4.3.2. Transactions4.3.3. Object Pooling4.3.4. Role-Based Security4.3.4.1. Configuring role-based security4.3.4.2. Programming role-based security4.4. Message Queuing4.4.1. Enqueue4.4.2. Dequeue4.5. Summary
5. Data and XML
5.1. ADO.NET Architecture5.2. ADO.NET Benefits5.2.1. Interoperability5.2.2. Scalability5.2.3. Productivity5.2.4. Performance5.3. Content Components5.3.1. DataSet5.3.1.1. Creating a DataSet: An example in C#5.3.1.2. XML and tables sets5.3.2. DataTable5.3.2.1. Relations and constraints5.3.3. DataView5.3.4. DataRelation5.4. .NET Framework Data Providers5.4.1. Connection5.4.2. The Command and Data Reader Objects5.4.2.1. Command execution5.4.2.2. The data reader object5.4.3. The DataAdapter Object5.5. XML in the .NET Framework5.5.1. XML Parsers5.5.2. XML Classes5.5.2.1. XmlNode and its derivatives5.5.2.2. XmlNodeList5.5.2.3. XmlNamedNodeMap5.5.2.4. XmlDocument5.5.2.5. XmlReader5.5.2.6. XmlWriter5.5.2.7. XslTransform5.5.2.8. XmlDataDocument5.6. Summary
6. Web Services
6.1. Web Services in Practice6.2. Web Services Framework6.2.1. Web Services Architecture6.2.2. Web Services Wire Formats6.2.2.1. HTTP GET and HTTP POST6.2.2.2. SOAP6.2.3. Web Services Description (WSDL)6.2.3.1. WSDL structure6.2.4. Web Services Discovery6.2.4.1. Static discovery6.2.4.2. Dynamic discovery6.2.4.3. Discovery setting in practice6.2.4.4. UDDI6.2.5. The System.Web.Services Namespace6.3. Web Services Provider6.3.1. Web Service Provider Example6.3.1.1. Web.Config6.3.1.2. Discover files6.4. Web Services Consumers6.4.1. HTTP GET Consumer6.4.2. HTTP POST Consumer6.4.3. Non-.NET Consumers6.5. Async Web Services6.6. SOAP Header in Web Services6.7. Web Services and Security6.7.1. System Security6.7.2. Application Security6.8. Summary
7. ASP.NET
7.1. ASP7.2. ASP.NET7.3. The System.Web.UI Namespace7.3.1. Control Class7.3.1.1. Control’s properties7.3.1.2. Control class methods7.3.2. Page Class7.3.2.1. Page class properties and methods7.3.3. UserControl Class7.3.4. System.Web.UI.HtmlControls Namespace7.3.5. System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace7.4. Web Form Syntax7.4.1. Directives7.4.1.1. @ Page7.4.1.2. @ Control7.4.1.3. @ Import7.4.1.4. @ Implements7.4.1.5. @ Register7.4.1.6. @ Assembly7.4.1.7. @ OutputCache7.4.1.8. @ Reference7.4.2. Code Declaration Blocks7.4.3. Code-Rendering Blocks7.4.4. HTML-Control Syntax7.4.5. Custom-Control Syntax7.4.6. Data-Binding Expressions7.4.7. Server-Side Object Tags7.4.8. Other Elements7.5. ASP.NET Application Development7.5.1. Web Form Components7.5.1.1. Web Form events7.5.2. The Life Cycle of a Web Form7.5.2.1. Configuration7.5.2.2. Event handling7.5.2.3. Termination7.5.3. Server Controls7.5.4. Custom Server Controls7.5.4.1. Pagelets7.5.4.2. Control derivatives7.5.5. Event-Driven Programming7.5.6. Custom Server Controls and Client Script7.5.7. ASP.NET and Caching7.6. ASP.NET and Web Services7.6.1. The WebService Directive7.6.2. The WebMethod Attribute7.6.3. Using Web Services7.7. Data Binding and the Use of Templates7.7.1. DataGrid7.7.2. DataList7.7.3. Repeater7.8. State Management and Scalability7.8.1. ASP.NET Session-State Management7.8.1.1. Out-of-process session-state management7.8.1.2. SQL Server session-state management7.8.1.3. Cookieless session-state management7.8.2. Performance Versus Scalability and Reliability7.9. Forms Authentication in ASP.NET7.10. Summary

8. Windows Forms
8.1. Introducing Windows Forms8.2. The System.Windows.Forms Namespace8.2.1. Control Class8.2.2. Form Class8.2.2.1. Extending existing controls8.2.2.2. Creating composite controls8.2.3. Application Class8.3. Windows Forms Development8.3.1. Windows Forms Application8.3.2. Windows Controls8.3.2.1. Adding controls onto the form8.3.2.2. Binding the event handler8.3.2.3. Data binding8.3.2.4. Arranging controls8.3.3. Visual Inheritance8.3.4. MDI Applications8.3.5. Stage Deployment8.4. Windows Forms and Web Services8.5. Summary
9. .NET and Mobile Devices
9.1. ASP.NET Mobile Controls9.1.1. System.Web.UI.MobileControls namespace9.1.2. ASP.NET Web Server Controls Versus Mobile Controls9.1.3. ASP.NET Mobile Web Application9.2. .NET Compact Framework9.2.1. The .NET Framework Versus the .NET Compact Framework9.2.2. Mobile Devices and SQL Server 2000 CE9.2.2.1. Storing off-line data as XML9.2.2.2. Storing off-line data in SQL Server for Windows CE9.3. Summary
A. .NET Languages
A.1. Microsoft-Supported Languages for .NETA.2. Third-Party Languages for .NET
B. Common Acronyms
C. Common Data Types
C.1. UsageC.1.1. ArrayC.1.2. ArrayListC.1.3. BitArrayC.1.4. HashTableC.1.5. QueueC.1.6. SortedListC.1.7. Stack
D. Common Utilities
D.1. Assembly Generation Utility (al.exe)D.2. Assembly Registration Utility (gacutil.exe)D.3. MSIL Assembler (ilasm.exe)D.4. MSIL Disassembler (ildasm.exe)D.5. C++ Compiler (cl.exe)D.6. C# Compiler (csc.exe)D.7. Visual Basic Compiler (vbc.exe)D.8. PE File Format Viewer (dumpbin.exe)D.9. Type Library Exporter (tlbexp.exe)D.10. Type Library Importer (tlbimp.exe)D.11. XML Schema Definition Tool (xsd.exe)D.11.1. XDR to XSDD.11.2. XML to XSDD.11.3. Classes to XSDD.11.4. XSD to ClassesD.11.5. XSD to DataSetD.12. Strong Name Utility (sn.exe)D.13. Web Service Utility (wsdl.exe)
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Chapter 1. .NET Overview

The .NET Framework is a development framework that provides a new programming interface to Windows services and APIs, and integrates a number of technologies that emerged from Microsoft during the late 1990s. Microsoft announced the .NET initiative in July 2000. In April 2003, Version 1.1 of the integral .NET Framework was released. This book describes this updated version of the .NET Framework.

The .NET platform consists of four separate product groups:

Development tools and libraries: A set of languages, including C#, J#, and VB.NET; a set of development tools, including Visual Studio .NET; a comprehensive class library for building web services and web and Windows applications; as well as the Common Language Runtime (CLR). These components collectively form the largest part of the .NET Framework.
Web services: An offering of commercial web services, specifically the .NET Services initiative; for a fee, developers can use these services in building applications that require them.
Specialized servers: A set of .NET-enabled enterprise servers, including SQL Server, Exchange Server, BizTalk Server, and so on. These provide specialized functionality for relational data storage, email, and B2B commerce. Future versions of these products will increasingly support the .NET Framework.
Devices: New .NET-enabled, non-PC devices, from cell phones to game boxes.

Behind Microsoft .NET

While the main strategy of .NET is to enable software as a service, .NET is much more than that. ...

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