(Peyton McCullough) In “Serialization with .NET,” we began by serializing a simple string. Then, we moved on to serializing custom types and examined how a class can participate in the serialization and deserialization processes using the OnSerializing, OnSerialized, OnDeserializing and OnDeserializ

(Tony Patton) Now that you’re up to speed on ASP.NET Site Map and SiteMapPath controls, I’ll explore the TreeView control, which gives users an easy way to navigate a Web application. I will begin with an examination of the SiteMapDataSource control, which you may use to populate the TreeView contro

(Michael Hillenbrand) For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of being audited for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the experience can be about as pleasant as a trip to the dentist. But it doesn’t have to be that painful. Just like when visiting the dentist, a little proactive maintenance an

(Tess Fernandez) Recently we have been getting quite a few similar hangs in ASP.NET. From the first look they really aren’t all that similar but when we get down to the nitty-gritty we see that they all hang or rather have a very high latency, in the exact same location.

(David O’Connell) Mobile business intelligence (BI) was a long time coming, but it’s finally here and people are using it. Although it has been around for a long time in the form of alerts and emails, it was fairly crude. Information flowed in one direction – to the mobile user – and there was littl

(Peyton McCullough) Initializing and manipulating objects in a program is fairly straightforward, but in some situations, this isn’t enough. Rather than just being used and discarded, it’s sometimes necessary for an object to be preserved for later use. It’s also sometimes necessary for objects to b

(Jay Miller) Last week, I showed you how you can help ensure that your objects release their resources by implementing IDisposable. This week, I want to show you the using statement that allows you to specify when your objects release their resources. Objects declared in the using statement will exp

(Tony Patton) The ASP.NET Site Map Web server control allows you to easily set up and define a Web application’s logical structure. It is designed to work with ASP.NET 2.0’s Menu, SiteMapPath, and TreeView navigation controls. This article describes how to implement user-friendly Web site navigation

(Ken Getz) I tend to get random e-mail requests for programming help. I do the best I can to solve all the issues that come up, but generally refer random questions to the public newsgroups. If the question is really interesting, however, I can’t help myself from digging in. Recently, I got an e-mai

(Irina Medvinskaya) VB.NET improved a number of features compared to the legacy VB language. One of the most notable changes is the introduction of structured exception handling. Even though VB.NET still supports the On Error Goto type of error handling, it’s not a good idea to use it. Instead, you