Want to add rich data reports to your Windows applications? Brian Welcker shows how the new report controls in Visual Studio 2005 make it easy to embed managed server reports or build and embed local reports into your Windows Forms application.

(Doug Eckersley) SQL is a powerful tool for querying data from iSeries databases. Part of what makes SQL so powerful is its predicates, used to select certain rows or groups of rows. A predicate, according to IBM’s documentation, “specifies a condition that is true, false, or unknown about a given r

(Michael L. Gonzales) This white paper describes two methods for minimizing the risk associated with BI iterations: Rule-Based Audits and Proof-of-Concepts. Independently used, each will help you clarify and better understand risk points associated with your project. (R)

(Martin Jansen) A fine implementation of the object-overloading paradigm has found its way into PHP version 5. This article explores the possibilities of the overload methods __call(), __set(), and __get(). After explaining the basic theory of overloading, it dives straight into the topic by using t

All organizations face the same security challenge, regardless of their size–keeping intruders away from their private information. However, most companies tend to fall into the same traps and make the same mistakes. John McCormick cites five of the worst security practices he frequently comes acro

(Alex Homer) In this article, we move on to look at the XmlWriter and XmlWriterSettings classes, and how they can be used to write XML documents and fragments more easily and more efficiently than in version 1.x of .NET. The topics we’ll be covering are: –Using the XmlWriterSettings class to gen

(Dave Bost) A key tool in any software development arsenal is a structured build process. NAnt is a tool for building Visual Studio .NET applications that you can incorporate into your development process and that provides something greater than simply compiling code.

(Kendall Scott) Classes, by themselves, aren’t particularly useful. It’s the relationships among classes that provide the foundation for the structure of a new system. The following sections explore how you use the UML to illustrate various kinds of class relationships.

(Scott Mitchell) The DataGrid Web control includes a bevy of common features, such as paging, sorting, and row-by-row editing of the DataGrid’s underlying data. We’ve discussed how to accomplish these tasks in previous installments of the An Extensive Examination of the DataGrid Web Control article

(Alessandro Lacava) The Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) is targeted at cell phones, smart cards, pagers, and other consumer devices. J2ME technology consists of a virtual machine and a set of APIs suitable for tailored runtime environments for these devices. PHP, on the other hand, is a widely