InfoPath SP1 and the new .NET 2003 Toolkit let you implement business logic behind InfoPath forms with managed VB.NET or C# code instead of JScript or VBScript event handlers.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2004
You can boost performance in server-side apps by using COM+ pooled objects to cache resources. Be sure to enlist the connection manually each time the object pool picks up the object.
- By Enrico Sabbadin
- 05/01/2004
In an entirely new approach to product reviews, 13 loyal MCP Magazine readers detail their experiences running Exchange 2003 in production environments.
VB.NET offers an improved palette for creating Web-based software. Programming the Web with Visual Basic .NET is a complete reference book that gives you all the info you need.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 04/26/2004
How to move the default directories created by IIS from the system drive. Plus, methods to make FTP more secure.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 04/01/2004
With the ease of deployment for .NET applications, WinForms are once again a viable solution for large deployment environments. If you're considering WinForm programming, Windows Forms Programming in Visual Basic .NET is a must-have.
Create a shared database to provide interoperability between .NET and J2EE platforms, then extend it with a notification level between platforms.
Knowing what’s in your Event Logs is a key to knowing what your servers are doing. Here’s how to make sense of them.
- By Derek Melber
- 04/01/2004
Use FTP or HTTP POST to transfer files over the Internet with .NET. Also learn how to secure a database Connection string.
Sure, you can do Knowledge Base searches online. But there’s plenty more that TechNet offers.
You'll never truly see the beauty of Exchange 2003 unless you migrate. Here are five tools to make that move quicker and easier.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 04/01/2004
You can adapt the logical perimeter network design to suit your own access requirements, but most common requirements are met with this design.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 04/01/2004
Computer networks allow people to share resources, but computer security prevents access to resources. How to decide if you need PKI, and a step-by-step guide to installing PKI on your servers.
Traffic-management switches are quickly becoming easier to deploy and support, with greater intelligence to repel more sophisticated application attacks
- By Hariharan Krishnan
- 04/01/2004
Chances are, you work for a company that’s involved in outsourcing in some form. The question you need to answer for yourself is whether that’s such a bad thing.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/01/2004
Users will notice how much faster your Web pages and sites run when you apply these seven ASP.NET tips to your coding.
Two tools that stop popups dead in their tracks
Three continents, incompetent management and an impossible deadline is a case study in how to NOT do a major upgrade.
- By Greg Neilson
- 03/01/2004
The File Replication Service (FRS) has a justifiably bad reputation for bugginess and indecipherable logs. But recent changes from Redmond make it worth another look.
Visual Basic .NET Power Coding offers concise discussion and helpful examples of VB.NET's most complex topics, such as delegates, threading, remoting, Reflection, and security.