(William Pearson) Among several new applications and server-side tools that make their debut in Microsoft Office 2007, many of the tools upon which we, as developers and architects, have relied in the past have also been enhanced in numerous ways. One of the key types of enhancement that continues t
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How to Add a Gradient Background to a Win Form with VB.NET & VB2005
(Mike McIntyre) This article and two downloadable Visual Studio Visual Basic solutions provide code that overrides the Form OnPaint event to create beautiful gradient backgrounds for a Windows Form. Also included is code that optimizes form drawing.
FIX: Error message when you run a full-text query in SQL Server 2000: ‘Error: 17883, Severity: 1, State: 0’
When you run a full-text query in SQL Server 2000 while a catalog merge operation also occurs, the result set may not return quickly. When this delay occurs, the SQL Server User Mode Scheduler (UMS) may stop responding. Additionally, you may experience stalled worker request behavior.
Adding Configuration Support for Custom Providers in Enterprise Library in ASP.NET 2.0
(Alex Homer) This is the last entry in a series of articles on Microsoft’s “patterns & practices” (p&p) Enterprise Library tools, and how you can use them in your ASP.NET applications. Enterprise Library provides a range of application blocks and features that make it easier to accomplish complex ta
Securing Non-ASP.NET Files Using ASP.NET 2.0
(John Peterson) One of the most anticipated features in ASP.NET 1.x was the forms authentication system. Web developers were no longer forced to roll their own authentication solutions when building web applications. The only real shortcoming in the system was that it didn’t protect non-ASP.NET file
ASP.NET: Parse Controls Dynamically
(Mads Kristensen) Most of the primitive types in the CLR have a Parse method that takes a string and parses it into its own data type.
XForms tip: Using setvalue
(Nicholas Chase) XForms provides a lot of ways to set the information on a control, from instance data to bind elements and calculations. But sometimes you just want to set a value directly; this tip shows you how to use the setvalue element to do just that.
Recover in a Flash
(Arup Nanda) If you are using Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) as a backup tool for your Oracle database, you probably already know that you have two options for the backup location: disk and tape. If you choose the former, you may back up to any location available to the server, but you must make sur
DB2 Symposium 2007 in Chicago, IL
The DB2 Symposium is a multi-day training event. You have a daily choice of three full-day, in-depth seminars. All sessions are done by the best quality trainers in the DB2 market. You can join us for one, two, or three days. You only pay for what you find interesting! No waste of time or money. If
Migrating/upgrading Oracle database from Unix to Linux
(Brian Peasland) I want to migrate an Oracle 7.3 Unix database to Oracle10g on RedHat Linux without losing any data. How to migrate the database? Please tell me the steps. (R)