(Eric Smith) For some sites, allowing users to “save their passwords” is not a major security concern, and it speeds up the user’s ability to interact with the site. Assuming your site security can allow for persistent logins, this feature also is easy to provide. Under ASP.NET 1.x, the built-in For
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Bind Objects to a DataGridView Control
(Scott Lysle) This article describes a simple approach to displaying object property data within a data grid view control. The example includes a test application comprised of a simple data container class and a sample application used to bind and display object data within a data grid view control.
Avoid DLL Hell with Registration-free COM
(John Douglas) Reusable, dynamically linked components are generally a good idea, because they allow you to leverage code and save memory rather than reinvent the wheel. But with thousands of developers leveraging thousands of native DLLs—and no OS-enforced systematic control of versioning or instal
Finding if a String Contains a SubString
(Ged Mead) Although I’m now quite familiar with using them, I’ve always thought that IndexOf and LastIndexOf to be rather arcane methods of finding out if a particular character or string existed inside another one. You know the kind of thing – you have a text source that you’ve read into memory,
Using Predicates over foreach in Arrays
(Vandita Pandey) Arrays are integral part of our programming languages. They are the data structures that contain a number of variables of the same datatype. Array class has various methods for sorting, searching and manipulating.
WebBrowserControl for the .NET Framework 1.1
(Paulo Morgado) This article presents an implementation of a web browser control for the .NET Framework 1.1. It’s more of a reference for what it does than how it’s done.
ADO.NET Best practices
(Ashish Basran) Here are few tips which can be considered while working with ADO.NET. These may help using ADO.NET effectively.
Testing Your Application with the Application Compatibility Toolkit
(John Mueller) Most developers begin testing an application by writing a test suite, performing extensive studies, and then checking every possible facet of application performance (at least within reason). Obviously, this kind of testing is important. Without it, the developer doesn’t know whether
Bulk Copy Operations in ADO.NET 2.0
(Mahesh Chand) Bulk copying of data from one data source to another data source is a new feature added to ADO.NET 2.0. Bulk copy classes provides the fastest way to transfer set of data from once source to the other.
The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 Productivity Tips for Managing Data (Part 2 of 2)
(Kevin S. Goff) Regardless of whether you work in C# or VB.NET, or whether you spend more time on the front-end or back-end of an application, the ability to manage data will directly impact your contributions to a project.