(Bipin Joshi) Reporting is one of the common requirements of any data driven business application. Since version 1.x, ASP.NET was lacking this important feature. In spite of add ons such as Crystal Report Viewer the .NET framework always lacked native support for reporting engine. Fortunately, .NET

(Fritz Onion) When ASP was first released, Web programming was more difficult because you needed IIS to serve your ASP pages. Later, ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 made everything easier by introducing the Web site model of development. Instead of creating a new project inside Visual Studio, the

(Paul Kimmel) In the not-too-recent past I predicted that code generators would produce some of the most exciting and useful innovations. Because code that writes code—once perfected—is perfect every time. Humans cannot get something perfect every time, ever.

(Eric Smith) Most developers have one server they use to develop their applications and another server where they deploy the applications. The problem with this configuration is that you typically have to change your database connection settings, file locations, and so forth, each time you deploy yo

(Ole E.) The standard GridView does not work very well for data-entry pages. The GridView class is however very flexible and may be adapted in different ways

(Tony Patton) ASP.NET 2.0’s FormView control resembles the DetailsView control in that it facilitates the display of single records from a backend data source. This article drills down on the control’s syntax and application.

(Dino Esposito) A client recently approached me and said “we need to enter changes to some ASP.NET pages. Can you help?” Like any consultant would, I promptly replied “Sure. Tell me more.” But the client didn’t actually have much more to share than the URLs to the pages. In a nutshell, the client ha

(Alejandro Gervasio) Polymorphism is an object-oriented programming concept that can be difficult to understand. This article, the first of a three-part series, walks you through the basics of Polymorphism so that you can make use of it in your own applications. The specific example in this article

(Scott Mitchell) Software engineering involves a number of important stages that occur before the application is deployed, such as requirements analysis, design, coding, and testing. The software engineering process, however, does not end once an application has been deployed and is being used. Rega

(Brandon Lucado) Is your financial reporting application compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404? The answer to this question will depend on what controls your company has established internally. SOX Section 404 mandates companies to implement a control framework for their financial reportin