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- Get a handle on directory security with .NET's DirectorySecurity object
- An important topic when working with .NET directories is security; that is, you want the users who need to access adirectory to have it and restrict other users from the directory. This articleexamines the details of controlling and setting security at the directorylevel.Controlling access.NET's Directory class allows youto access (and...
- Tags: Software engineering/development, Security
- Technical articles 2007-05-08
- Business analysts, Clear communication may curb AppDev failures
- By Amy Rogers NazarovDespite decades of advances in programming languages andtesting tools, application development projects still fail at an uncomfortablyhigh rate.WhileThe Standish Group reports a lowerrate of outright failure -- 19% of software development projects in 2006 asopposed to 31.1% in 1994, when the organization's flagship CHAOS report wasfirst published...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-05-07
- Practical application: Put XSLT 2.0 to work for you
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes sample code listings and an example project exploring the potential of the methods shown.Severalweeks ago I received an e-mail from a friend concerning part of an applicationthan I developed several years ago. The application in question had one of...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-24
- Working with .NET files via the Path class
- Developers often need to know certain aspects of a file suchas the name, full path, drive, and file extension. The .NET Framework provideseasy access to these details via the Path class contained in the System.IO namespace.This article examines the various pieces of information available in the Pathclass with a focus...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-24
- Precisely control page and element backgrounds with CSS
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Before CSS arrived, Web developers had limited control overpage and element backgrounds. Sure, they could use the background attribute totile an image over an entire page, and they could control the background colorof an image with the bgcolor attribute.But their control ended...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-19
- Use the advantages of custom attributes in your C# applications
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes a sample Visual Studio project file with examples of custom attributes.Attributesare special classes that can be applied to classes, properties, and methods atdesign time. Attributes provide a way to describe certain aspects of an elementor determine the behavior of...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-12
- Get complete development tools for free with Express Editions
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.When I was in college, which according to my children wasduring the last ice age, there really wasn't anything in the way of freedevelopment tools for learning new skills. Basically all that we had was the version of Microsoft BASIC that came...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-11
- Compare file contents and render the output with PHP and PEAR
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.When it becomesnecessary to compare two or more text files in UNIX, most developers reach forthe diff program. This program, included by default in almostall UNIX distributions, compares the files line by line and displays thechanges between them in a number of...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-10
- Create .NET documentation with Microsoft's Sandcastle
- From its beginning, the .NET Framework allowed C# developersto use XML-style comments in their code. This feature was added to VB.NET withversion 2.0. The compiler can use these comments to generate basic technicaldocumentation. The end result of using the XML commenting feature is a largeXML file that is less than...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-10
- Implement the State pattern with ColdFusion Components
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes all the sample code in a more manageable text format.Theintroduction of ColdFusion Components CFCs in ColdFusion MX opened thedoor to more object-oriented programming in CF. When application developers and programmers start thinking aboutOOP, the idea of design patterns almost...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-03-15
- Use open source Subversion for personal document management
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Thereis an open source version control system, or revisioncontrol system, known as Subversion svnfor short that has rapidly become a favorite of developers. It enjoys anexcellent reputation and a wealth of free, online documentation, as well as agrowing body of published texts...
- Tags: Software engineering/development, Open source
- Technical articles 2007-03-14
- New XSLT 2.0 features every application developer should know
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which contains the same code (Listings A-L) in a more manageable text file format.Unlessyou've been devoting all of your time watching the Firefly box set and the movie Serenity that you got over the holidays and comparing family members openinggifts to...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-03-13
- Test XML queries interactively in Oracle 10gR2 SQL*Plus
- XML has become a common standard for informationinterchange. XQuery 1.0 is a standard language for querying dataexpressed in XML form. It is often called the SQL of XML because it performsthe same function for XML that the SQL language does for relational data.The XQUERY command is an addition to SQL*Plus...
- Tags: Software engineering/development, Business applications
- Technical articles 2007-03-13
- Manage WinForm controls using the Anchor and Dock properties
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes a Visual Studio project files with examples of the Anchor and Dock properties in action.Manydevelopers who are new to WinForms programming havetrouble keeping the various controls on their forms in sync with one anotherand proportional to the parent form...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-03-09
- Use the .NET FileSystemWatcher object to monitor directory changes in C#
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes a complete Visual Studio 2005 project file with example code.Thereare many instances that require systems to perform certain tasks when files ordirectories are created or modified. One example of this is an import systemthat pulls flat files into a...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, C#, monitor, Zach Smith, Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-03-07
- Easily manipulate data with the GridView control in ASP.NET 2.0
- Last week, I introduced ASP.NET 2.0's GridView data control and covered the basics of using it.This week, I go a step further by going into the details of working with thedata contained in the control. This includes viewing, editing, and deletingdata. Thankfully, the GridView control makes it easyto utilize these...
- Tags: Software engineering/development, server control, ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft ASP.NET, Tony Patton, GridView, HTML
- Technical articles 2007-03-06
- Microsoft cert changes match expertise with real-world needs
- Several years ago, seemingly everyone flocked to theinformation technology field. The dotcom boom drew staggering numbers of newadministrators and support professionals.Many seeking newfound fortune in the technology sector werequick to earn accreditation. Industry veterans were subsequently pressured toearn their own certifications just to maintain pace.When many newly minted MCSEs,freshly transitioning...
- Tags: accreditation, certification, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Hardware servers, Microsoft Certified, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-03-05
- Convert an XML file into an Excel spreadsheet with this technique
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes all of the sample code a more manageable text file format.GeorgeBernard Shaw once described the British and the Americans as two peopleseparated by a common language. Interestingly the same can also be said of application developers and the people...
- Tags: Â Â Â, Edmond Woychowsky, Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Software engineering/development, technique, XML, XML file
- Technical articles 2007-03-01
- Working with the GridView control in ASP.NET 2.0
- The DataGrid control is one ofthe more powerful and most used ASP.NET 1.1 controls, but it has its share oflimitations. Microsoft listened to at least some of the requests from developers anddelivered changes with ASP.NET 2.0, including the introduction of two new datacontrols: GridView and DetailsView.This week, I focus on...
- Tags: ASP.NET 2.0, DataGrid Control, GridView, GridView control, Microsoft ASP.NET, Software engineering/development, Tony Patton
- Technical articles 2007-02-27
- Handle exceptions properly in C#
- Developers often overlook the importance of exceptionhandling to the detriment of their own code. In this article, I discuss how touse exception handling in C#. I also explain simple ways to add code snippetsto application code to prevent users from seeing certain errors, which maycause applications to shut down.Structured exception...
- Tags: C#, HelpLink, Irina Medvinskaya, Listing B, Microsoft .NET, Software engineering/development, StackTrace, TargetSite
- Technical articles 2007-02-23
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