MS Access Project Using Multiple Web Services   16 Feb 2006 00:00 GMT
This article demonstrates how to create a project spanning multiple web services, using Microsoft Office XP Web Services Toolkit 2.0 in a step-by-step manner.
Source: AspAlliance

Pure C++: Live Source Browsing in Visual C++   15 Feb 2006 23:49 GMT
Visual C++ has supported source browsing for many years now, but in Visual C++ 2005, the feature has been given a major overhaul and has been renamed live source browsing to more accurately describe its abilities. Boris Jabes and Ameya Limaye tell all.
Source: MSDN

What’s New in Visual C++ 2005 IntelliSense   15 Feb 2006 23:48 GMT
Learn how Visual C++ 2005 makes significant improvements to IntelliSense support, including the elimination of prebuilt NCB files, dynamic parsing, macro-based parsing, template specialization support, C++/CLI language support, and much more.
Source: MSDN

Press Release: Introducing HelpStudio Lite Help Authoring Tool   15 Feb 2006 23:40 GMT
Innovasys Ltd., a leader in help authoring and documentation tools, announced the inclusion of a tailored version of the Innovasys HelpStudio help authoring product, HelpStudio Lite, in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Software Development Kit.
Source: MSDN

Encrypting Configuration Information in ASP.NET 2.0 Applications   15 Feb 2006 00:00 GMT

When creating ASP.NET 2.0 applications, developers commonly store sensitive configuration information in the Web.config file. The cannonical example is database connection strings, but other sensitive information included in the Web.config file can include SMTP server connection information and user credentials, among others. While ASP.NET is configured, by default, to reject all HTTP requests to resources with the .config extension, the sensitive information in Web.config can be compromised if a hacker obtains access to your web server's file system. For example, perhaps you forgot to disallow anonymous FTP access to your website, thereby allowing a hacker to simply FTP in and download your Web.config file. Eep.

Fortunately ASP.NET 2.0 helps mitigate this problem by allowing selective portions of the Web.config file to be encrypted, such as the <connectionStrings> section, or some custom config section used by your application. Configuration sections can be easily encrypted using code or aspnet_regiis.exe, a command-line program. Once encrypted, the Web.config settings are safe from prying eyes. Furthermore, when retrieving encrypted congifuration settings programmatically in your ASP.NET pages, ASP.NET will automatically decrypt the encrypted sections its reading. In short, once the configuration information in encrypted, you don't need to write any further code or take any further action to use that encrypted data in your application.

In this article we'll see how to programmatically encrypt and decrypt portions of the configuration settings and look at using the aspnet_regiis.exe command-line program. We'll then evaluate the encryption options ASP.NET 2.0 offers. There's also a short discussion on how to encrypt configuration information in ASP.NET version 1.x. Read on to learn more!
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CodeSnip: Exporting GridView to Excel   15 Feb 2006 00:00 GMT
In this article, you will learn how to export data from a GridView control to an Excel spreadsheet.
Source: AspAlliance

Advanced Basics: Set Word Document Properties Programmatically   14 Feb 2006 16:56 GMT
This month Ken Getz shows you how to set document properties for Word docs programmatically.
Source: MSDN

Bugslayer: Strengthening Visual Studio Unit Tests   14 Feb 2006 16:35 GMT
One of the most exciting additions in Visual Studio 2005 is unit testing. This month John Robbins takes a close look at what works well and what needs attention.
Source: MSDN

Copy Selected Text Within a Browser to a Clipboard   14 Feb 2006 03:36 GMT
Find out how you can copy selected text within a Web browser to a clipboard in VB.NET 2.0.
Source: DevX

Make Your ASP.NET Applications Talk with Text-to-Speech   14 Feb 2006 02:40 GMT
Silence may be golden, but increasingly, applications, appliances, and other automated systems are acquiring the ability to speak. You can take advantage of text-to-speech technology to voice-enable your .NET applications.
Source: DevX