(Michael Livshitz) Most recommended way to create web or windows database applications is based on “allocation” of the data access layer (DAL) in a separate layer. There are many ways to create this layer, of course, including the new feature of the .NET 2.0 – the ObjectDataSource. In this article

(Arthur Fuller) Point in Time Architecture (PTA) is a database design that guarantees support for two related but different concepts – History and Audit Trail. –History – all information, both current and historical, that as of this moment, we believe to be true. –Audit Trail – all informatio

(Jayaram Krishnaswamy) Any developer who is using the Listbox control in his applications needs to be aware of how data binding has changed from VS 2003 to ADO.NET 2.0. This article will explain the changes. It appears to be an improvement over the previous techniques used.

(Mike Clark) Ever get tired of the square tabs on the .Net Menu Control? I did. This article combines several cool works done by others on the web to extend the .Net 2.0 Menu control to produce rounded tabs using no images for the corners.

(Eric Smith) For some applications, such as console or Windows Forms applications, it’s fairly easy to step through them to debug an issue. However, tracing down errors in web applications and services can be difficult, especially if they happen only in production environments where debugging isn’t

(Peter Aitken) Most programming articles focus on one specific aspect of technology. As useful as that approach is, it unavoidably leaves out some aspects of the development process. By looking at every detail of a development project in detail, as this series does, you may gain insights into the pr

(Wei-Meng Lee) One of the features released with the 2.0 version of .NET was support for FTP. In .NET 2.0, you can now programmatically access FTP servers using the FtpWebRequest and FtpWebResponse managed classes (both derived from the WebRequest and WebResponse classes).

(Neil FitzGerald) A common goal of report design is providing a single report that can service very specific reporting requirements and also accommodate a large audience of business users.

(Paul Kimmel) We veteran VB programmers think we understand untyped, dynamic identifiers, but this technology really is new. Dynamic identifiers are not just weakly typed variants extended to C#. This technology is a solid, strongly typed, natural extension of .NET, and it’s better than what we have

(kmckisic) In our development careers, many of us are and will be called upon to integrate either a stand-alone application or a web application to Crystal Reports. For must of these applications, you will not have access to a relational database where you could simply attach your report. So, there