No More Hangs: Advanced Techniques To Avoid And Detect Deadlocks In .NET Apps   09 Mar 2006 16:51 GMT
You can combat deadlocks using a combination of disciplined locking practices and advanced techniques which Joe Duffy aptly explains in this article.
Source: MSDN

Get Your Hands on Better Multimedia Control in .NET   08 Mar 2006 21:50 GMT
Playing audio and video is easier in version 2 of the framework, but the basic capabilities available still leave a lot to be desired. Fortunately, the free MediaPlayer component provided with this article demonstrates a more feature-rich solution to your multimedia needs—and it's compatible with all versions of the .NET Framework.
Source: DevX

Management at the Edge in Industry Verticals   08 Mar 2006 19:43 GMT
Adapt rapidly to changing business conditions by bringing new products and services to market, adjusting internally to support business changes, and tightly controlling risks with Microsoft IT management products.
Source: MSDN

Examining ASP.NET 2.0's Site Navigation - Part 5   08 Mar 2006 00:00 GMT

Part 1 - shows how to create a simple site map using the default XML-based site map provider and how to display a TreeView and SiteMapPath (breadcrumb) based on the site map data.

Part 2 - explores programmatically accessing site map data through the SiteMap class; includes a thorough discussion of the SiteMapPath (breadcrumb) control.

Part 3 - examines how to use base the site map's contents on the currently logged in user and the authorization rules defined for the pages in the site map.

Part 4 - delves into creating a custom site map provider, specifically one that bases the site map on the website's physical, file system structure.

Part 5 - see how to customize the markup displayed by the navigation controls, and how to create your own custom navigation UI.

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A Multipart Series on ASP.NET 2.0's Site Navigation
This article is one in a series of articles on ASP.NET 2.0's site navigation functionality.

The site navigation features in ASP.NET 2.0 make it easy to define a site map and implement common navigation UI elements, such as a breadcrumb, treeview, and menu. Due to its use of the provide model, you can dictate how to serialize the site map. ASP.NET 2.0 ships with a default implementation that serializes site map information to an XML-formatted file (Web.sitemap, by default), but as we saw in Part 4 this logic can be customized to garner site map information directly from the file system or through a SQL Server database table. Site navigation can even be configured to use security trimming, which will remove those nodes in the site map for which the currently logged on user does not have authorization to view.

The site map provider model and security trimming features are used to customize the set of site map nodes used by the navigation Web controls, and afford a great deal of customization. However, there are times where we may want to customize the rendered output of the navigation control based on the site map data. For example, maybe in our Menu control we want to display an icon next to each menu item depending on some classification defined for the menu item's corresponding site map node. Alternatively, the markup rendered by ASP.NET's built-in navigation controls may not suit our needs. Rather than displaying a TreeView or Menu, we may want to show the site navigation information in a bulleted list. Such functionality is possible by directly working with the SiteMap class.

In this article we'll look at how to accomplish a hodgepodge of customizations when rendering the navigation UI controls. Read on to learn more!
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Build a Generic Range Class with .NET 2.0   07 Mar 2006 19:08 GMT
Find out how to take advantage of the generics capability introduced with .NET 2.0, which provides an elegant solution to performing range checks within your applications.
Source: DevX

ADO.NET 2.0: The Data Access Classes Nobody Learned About   06 Mar 2006 21:12 GMT
Few developers have paid much attention to the new classes and methods offered by ADO.NET 2.0, the enhanced set of database access classes that shipped along with Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005. That's a shame. There's a lot of new goodness hidden in ADO.NET 2.0; here are some of Alan Zeichick's favorites.
Source: DevX

Unveiling Windows SideShow   04 Mar 2006 02:19 GMT
Windows SideShow, an auxiliary hardware display, gives users the ability to use PCs even when they are turned off—and developers get to provide the content.
Source: DevX

A Crashcourse on ASP.NET Control Development: Building Composite Controls   03 Mar 2006 21:18 GMT
Attend Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2006, May 8-11 in Las Vegas, and get the latest on building and bringing to market the next wave of devices, applications, content and services for the Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded platforms.
Source: MSDN

Having Fun with Code Snippets   02 Mar 2006 01:16 GMT
Using code snippets can make it quick to add common code pieces to your application, while creating your own snippets allows you to build a library of custom code pieces and share them with other developers.
Source: DevX