(Mark Strawmyer) The focus of this article will be an introduction to Language Integrated Query, or LINQ for short. This article will cover what LINQ is and isn’t, with a brief refresher on the language features that enable it, and then jump in to some examples of working with LINQ. This will be par

(Stephen Walther) In this tip, I discuss four strategies for passing data to Master Pages and User Controls. I explain how you can pass data by using a code-behind class, by using an action filter, by using method calls, and by using abstract controller base classes. I recommend the final strategy.

(Eric Landes) One of the issues I have heard discussed is how to create different looks for the same report. When creating reports for different customers, sometimes you may need to display the same crystal report, but with different formatting. This can apply for commercial software development g

(Mahesh Chand) XAML <TextBox /> element represents the XAML TextBox control. This article discusses how to create a TextBox and set its various properties such as background and foreground colors, setting size and positions, fonts, wrapping, scrolling, and input validations.

(Scott Mitchell) Most data-driven web applications have a fixed data model and user interface. What I mean by “fixed” it that the data it needs to be captured is known in advance. Consequently, the database’s tables are created before a single line of code is written and the application’s user inter

(Darryl Caillouet) The DataGridView has a button column that can display text, and it also has an image column. But, it does not have a button column that can display an image. This was a problem because I wanted my newer projects to be visually consistent with some earlier projects written using C+

(Stephen Walther) In this tip, I show how you can create custom route constraints that prevent you from accessing a URL unless you are local and authenticated. I show you how you can create a LocalConstraint and an AuthenticatedConstraint. I also demonstrate how you can test your custom constraints.

(Paul D Dickinson) This article discusses how to use my Virtualizing TreeView (or VTreeView). It also, compares the performance and flexibility between WPF’s TreeView and my VTreeView.

(Stephen Walther) In this tip, I demonstrate how you can create a special controller that you can use to test your custom routes. I also explain how you can give your routes back their names so you can more effectively unit test your routes.

(Michael Klaene) Your organization has decided to embark on a large software project. In addition, it has also been decided that this new project will help introduce the company to new technology. After conducting a little research, the two candidates are Java and .NET. This is not an unlikely situa