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- Use generics to create faster, more concise, and more elegant code in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005
- Discover why generics may be the most important new feature of Microsoft Visual Basic and other .NET languages in this sample chapter from Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language. In a nutshell, generics give you the ability to define a class that takes a type as an argument. Depending...
- Tags: Generic, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters
- Master Building Blocks and other time-saving text tools in Microsoft Office Word 2007
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 includes a number of tools designed to help you speed up typing repetitive text and those monotonous tasks you might face daily or deal with those infrequent tasks that require a few moment for you to refresh your memory. One of these tools is...
- Tags: Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Chapter Coverage, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Demystify software estimation to achieve better control over your project and meet your project goals
- The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project's outcome, but to determine whether a project's targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them. Problems arise when the gap between the business targets and the schedule and effort needed...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Press, Estimate, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Monitor the processes and performance of your Windows network systems
- An important part of every Windows system administrator's job is to monitor network systems and ensure that everything is running smoothly. Watching the event logs closely helps detect and track problems with applications, security, and essential services. Then, when you detect a problem, digging deeper to search out...
- Tags: Monitor, Network System, Performance, Network, Microsoft Press, Monitoring, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- MCSA/MSCE Exam 70-290 prep: Administer Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- In this sample chapter from MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, Second Edition, explore the various options available for administration and support of local and support systems in Windows Server 2003. Study Microsoft Management Console MMC snap-ins, Remote Desktop for Administration...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Remote Administration, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Use Excel Services to enable business intelligence on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 applications
- Excel Services is a new technology built and conditioned to interact with Excel spreadsheets, allowing you to add spreadsheets and workbooks to your enterprise dashboards and portals. One of the defining points of this new technology is that it is designed to use Office SharePoint Server 2007 and...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Excel Services, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Explore disconnected data access classes in ADO.NET 2.0
- The ADO.NET class hierarchy can be split into two categories, connected and disconnected objects. Developers need to know these classes well in order to implement a successful ADO.NET solution. In this sample chapter from Programming Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Applications: Advanced Topics, study disconnected data access classes, which...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Press, Data Access, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Book chapters 2007-02-27
- Use custom controls to get the most out of Windows Forms
- Get the most out of Windows Forms, the next-generation Windows programming class library, by using C# to create dynamic user interfaces and graphical outputs for Windows applications. Focus on developing custom controls in this sample chapter from Programming Microsoft Windows Forms: A Streamlined Approach Using C#....
- Tags: Microsoft Press, Programming, Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2006-12-06
- Combine the power of HTML, CSS, and ASP.NET 2.0 to create powerful Web Forms applications using less code
- One of the big controversies in the Web Forms development world involves the use of HTML tables vs. pure cascading style sheets design. Taking a middle ground, this sample chapter from Programming Microsoft Web Forms argues that both HTML tables and cascading style sheets have their place in Web...
- Tags: Web, HTML, Microsoft Press, Microsoft ASP.NET, Web Forms, Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, CSS, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing
- Book chapters 2006-10-25
- Add printer support to your Windows applications in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005
- Visual Basic 2005 enables developers to rapidly build applications, with enhancements across its visual designers, code editor, language, and debugger that help accelerate the development and deployment of robust, elegant applications across the Web, a business group, or an enterprise. However, printing support doesn't come automatically in Visual Basic 2005....
- Tags: Chapter, Printer, Windows Application, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp., Printing, Visual Basic 2005, Document Management, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters 2006-10-25
- Build mobile applications for wireless devices with ASP.NET mobile controls
- Developing mobile applications for wireless devices such as cell phones, pagers, pocket PCs, and other personal digital assistants PDAs like Palm and Blackberry devices can be a complex task because of differences in browser presentation models and gateways. The need to deal with radically different sets of capabilities forces developers...
- Tags: Mobile, Wireless Device, Microsoft Press, Microsoft ASP.NET, Mobile Application, Programming, Mobile Control, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Marketing
- Book chapters 2006-10-18
- Explore cascading style sheets (CSS)
- Cascading style sheets can save Web developers a tremendous amount of time by standardizing the formatting of an entire Web page or group of pages. Discover how style sheets are constructed and how they're attached to a document (either placed within the document itself, or as a separate file) in...
- Tags: Style Sheet, Microsoft Press, Chapter Coverage, Xhtml, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Book chapters 2006-10-11
- Use cursors wisely in your T-SQL Programming
- T-SQL database developers and administrators with solid knowledge of the various cursor types and the syntax for declaring and using them will deepen their understanding of when and how to use cursors appropriately in this sample chapter from Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming . Closely examine multiple...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL, Microsoft Press, Cursor, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Book chapters 2006-10-04
- Automate Windows management with advanced ADSI-based scripts
- Active Directory Services Interface ASDI is one of the most powerful tools your scripts can use. It can interact with Active Directory, any LDAP directory, the Security Accounts Manager, and other services. Most administrators who have been scripting for a while have probably worked with ADSI to some extent while...
- Tags: ADSI, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2006-09-27
- Convert stored data into business intelligence: Implement online analytical processing (OLAP) with Microsoft Analysis Services
- A data warehouse is a general structure for storing the data needed for good business intelligence BI, but data in a warehouse is of little use until it is converted into the information that decision makers need. The solution is online analytical processing OLAP, one of the best technologies for...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Solution, OLAP, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Analysis, Data Mining, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Book chapters 2006-09-27
- Build a simple Web browser with Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
- Tour the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment and learn how to use the lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual C# Express by creating your own application in this sample chapter from Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now. Build your own simple Web browser in five minutes or...
- Tags: Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Browsers, C#, Internet, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters 2006-09-19
- Create server-side controls that render custom HTML in ASP.NET
- The Web application infrastructure ASP.NET, introduced as part of version 1.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework, provides the thin-client counterpart to Microsoft Windows client development. ASP.NET 2.0 features a new set of controls and infrastructure that simplify Web-based data access and includes functionality that facilitates code reuse, visual consistency, and...
- Tags: HTML, Microsoft Press, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2006-09-12
- Create your first application in Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
- Take a quick-start, project-based approach to building your programming skills in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition in this sample chapter from Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!. First, investigate the differences between a console application and a Windows application. Then start Visual Basic Express,...
- Tags: Console, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters 2006-09-12
- Develop more secure software without sacrificing rapidity: Integrate the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) with Agile methods
- To date, there is very little guidance for development teams wanting to augment Agile methods, such as Scrum and Extreme Programming, with security discipline. After meeting with Agile proponents, the authors of The Security Development Lifecycle: A Process for Developing Demonstrably More Secure Software conclude that most of the...
- Tags: Software, Method, Microsoft Press, Agile, Security
- Book chapters 2006-09-13
- Secure and manage access to customer data with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
- Controlling how users access customer data is a mission-critical component of any business application. Investigate Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0's powerful and highly configurable security model and learn how to use it to configure and restrict information access according to your unique business needs in this sample chapter from Working with...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Security
- Book chapters 2006-09-04
