(Mahesh Chand) A ToolTip is a pop-up window that displays some information in a small window. The ToolTip class in .NET 3.5 represents a ToolTip. This article demonstrates how to create and use a ToolTip control by using XAML and C#.

(Mike McIntyre) Extension methods are new in Visual Basic 2008. This short blog series explores how extension methods can be used to add Subs and Functions to the .NET String type.

(Scott Mitchell) In a perfect world all web applications would be snappy and responsive, and there would be no such thing as lengthy postback waits. But in the real world there are plenty of scenarios that take seconds to complete. For example, when a user visits a travel booking site like Expedia a

(Tony Patton) CAPTCHA is often used to provide a security checkpoint for Web applications. It helps ensure that an actual user is visiting a site as opposed to automated software or robots. As an alternative, Microsoft provides the NoBot control to prevent certain types of unauthorized access to a W

(Adrian Aisemberg) Visual-Studio 2008 adds a new Explore command to all folders in the Solution-Explorer.

(Arman Eshraghi) In many ways, a business intelligence dashboard is no different than the dashboard in your car. It keeps you informed of your cars (read: business) performance and alerts you when youre running out of gas (read: money). In order to truly benefit your business, a great dashboard need

(Hannes du Preez) Curiosity killed the cat, meaning: being too curious can be dangerous. Why am I mentioning this? Well, I’m a curious person, I always want to know what makes something tick; in today’s lesson, you will say that I wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes when changing Mouse set

(Walt Ritscher) Though ata binding is pervasive in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), it’s also different enough that you’ll need to rethink the way you use it in your applications. .NET 3.5 SP1, released in August 2008, is more than just a bug-and-performance fix service pack. It is a feature r

(Mark Grand) UML is a standard maintained by the Object Management Group. UML has its own terminology that is independent of implementation languages such as Java and C#. UML calls pieces of information stored in instances of a class attributes rather than variables. UML calls a class’s encapsulatio

(Suprotim Agarwal) An ASP.NET AJAX TabContainer creates a set of Tabs that can be used to save screen space and organize content. The TabContainer contains a number of TabPanel controls. You can place your controls inside each TabPanel. In this article, we will explore some common tips and tricks wi