(Kurt Survance) A serious performance problem can arise when connecting a Java application to a SQL Server 2000 database. Many developers are not aware of the issue or of how to avoid it. The essence of the problem is this: By default, most, if not all, Java middleware drivers send string parameters

(Jesse Liberty) Generics provide the ability to create type-safe collections in .NET. The best way to understand Generics is to understand the problem they were designed to solve.

(Rahul Vyas) This article presents three special effects you have always wanted to include in your VB.Net applications.

(Brian Vaughn) In this article, we will set up an automatic search listener to execute the code for our searchable inventory system. With this final piece, we will assemble all of the parts of our application into a working search tool. It will allow us to search for records using any combination of

(Scott) For many years now, we’ve been writing code to implement forms authentication in our Internet applications. We’ve written the code to accept the user’s name and password, the code to hash and verify passwords, and the code to create and manage users. If you compare any two implementation

9Santhi Maadhaven) For our project purpose, we may want some specific template for our user control like company specific namespace, functions to be included in by default when we create user control. This article shows you how to create custom template for web user control in visual studio.net 2003

(Alex Feinman) Learn about how to use the Visual Studio 2005 Device Emulator and debugger for smart device projects—managed, native, and mixed.

(Kevin Kenan) This chapter discusses how cryptography can address the concerns raised in the previous chapter. After explaining what cryptography is and providing a general idea of how it works, we dig into the various types of cryptographic algorithms and see where the strengths and weaknesses of e

(Maarten Struys) Learn about what’s new in Visual Studio 2005 for user interface and database design to use for .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 applications. This article introduces you to the new development environment—specifically to the new Windows Forms Designer that is part of Visual Studio

(Wei-Meng Lee) In the days of ASP.NET 1.x, Microsoft first created ASP.NET Starter Kits to help developers jumpstart Web development. ASP.NET Starter Kits are sample ASP.NET applications that provide code as an extensible template for accomplishing common Web development tasks. Each Starter Kit is c