IntelliSense Support in Visual C++   31 Mar 2005 08:00 GMT
Get the basics on IntelliSense in Visual C++. Learn how the feature was implemented, how it works, and what to expect from its functionality both now and in the future.
Source: MSDN

Understanding The Web Configuration File - Part 1   31 Mar 2005 00:00 GMT
Many of the configuration settings for an ASP.NET application that you may be working on can be maintained in a distinct XML based text file named Web.config. If you are familiar with XML then you will discover that this file is easy to follow and understand. Even if your experience level with XML is limited, I believe you will find the Web.config a user friendly configuration alternative.
Source: AspAlliance

Extending Behavior with the Visitor Pattern   30 Mar 2005 20:46 GMT
One common problem involves adding or extending behavior after—sometimes long after—you've implemented a class. A similar problem requires you to tack on behavior dependent on the features of a class but that doesn't belong to that class. Both problems have the Visitor pattern written all over them—and if you implement it, you'll find that the Visitor pattern provides excellent results.
Source: DevX

Searching Your Website with Microsoft Index Services   30 Mar 2005 00:00 GMT

Virtually every Web application has a search functionality, from big eCommerce sites like Amazon.com, down to small blogs or personal sites that might have only a handful of pages. Search has become so ubiquitous that when visitors to your site want to find some past article they read, they'll immediately start hunting for the search capability.

From the website developer's perspective, providing search capabilities requires two steps:

1. First, you must create an index of the site's contents. An index of a website is synonymous to the index in a book. If you want to read about a particular topic in the book you can quickly find the page(s) through the index, as opposed to having to read through the book's entire contents.
2. Once an index has been created you need to be able to search through the index. Essentially, a user will enter a search string and you'll need to find the matching, relevant results in the index, displaying them to the user.

Unfortunately, building a search engine for your site is not as straightforward and simple as we'd like. Writing your own indexer, indexing the content, and building code to search the index is definitely possible, but requires a good deal of work. Fortunately there exist a number of indexers out there that you can leverage for your site. Some indexers include commercial products like EasySearchASP.NET and Building31.Search, which are products designed to specifically search an ASP.NET website. Additionally, Microsoft provides its own indexer, Microsoft Index Services.

This article examines using Microsoft Index Services for your site's search functionality. With Index Services you can specify a specific group of documents or HTML pages to be indexed, and then create an ASP.NET page that can query this index. We'll build a simple, fast, and extensible search tool using .NET and Microsoft Indexing Services along with the Adobe IFilter plug-in, which allows MS Indexing Services to index PDF documents and display them in your search results. Read on to learn more!
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Source: 4GuysFromRolla

MSDN TV: Introduction to Visual J# 2005   25 Mar 2005 08:00 GMT
Pratap Lakshman introduces various enhancements to Visual J# 2005 and discusses themes such as, providing language level support for common programming idioms, making it easier to write better and correct code, and enabling new scenarios through enhanced security and integration.
Source: MSDN

Meet the Future of Data Head-on with Comega   25 Mar 2005 04:01 GMT
Take a peek inside the research labs of Microsoft to see the future of data integration in programming languages.
Source: DevX

Step by Step: Program Microsoft SQL Server CE 2.0 Merge Replication Using .NET Compact Framework   24 Mar 2005 08:00 GMT
Learn how to use the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server CE to configure merge replication, build an application user interface, subscribe to a SQL Server publication, modify and synchronize data, and resolve conflicts.
Source: MSDN

Crystal Licensing Information For Web Developers   24 Mar 2005 00:00 GMT
A laymans view of the different Crystal Licensing options available for Web Developers, from Crystal .NET to Crystal XI
Source: AspAlliance

Setting the Password Value in ASP.NET   23 Mar 2005 01:50 GMT
Find out how to set the default password value by using the Value attribute.
Source: DevX

Print a DataGrid Alone from an ASP.NET Web Page   23 Mar 2005 00:31 GMT
Ever wanted to print a DataGrid alone from an ASP.NET Web page? Put an tag inside the tag does the trick.
Source: DevX