ASP.NET 3.5 SP1. In C# and VB. Professional. Covers. Service Pack 1. Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader

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1 Wrox Programmer to Programmer TM Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 In C# and VB Covers Service Pack 1 Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader CD-ROM includes the full book in PDF format

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3 Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 Edition In C# and VB Introduction...xxxvii Chapter 1: Application and Page Frameworks...1 Chapter 2: ASP.NET Server Controls and Client-Side Scripts Chapter 3: ASP.NET Web Server Controls Chapter 4: Validation Server Controls Chapter 5: Working with Master Pages Chapter 6: Themes and Skins Chapter 7: Data Binding in ASP.NET Chapter 8: Data Management with ADO.NET Chapter 9: Querying with LINQ Chapter 10: Working with XML and LINQ to XML Chapter 11: IIS Chapter 12: Introduction to the Provider Model Chapter 13: Extending the Provider Model Chapter 14: Site Navigation Chapter 15: Personalization Chapter 16: Membership and Role Management Chapter 17: Portal Frameworks and Web Parts Chapter 18: HTML and CSS Design with ASP.NET Chapter 19: ASP.NET AJAX Chapter 20: ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Chapter 21: Security Chapter 22: State Management Chapter 23: Caching Chapter 24: Debugging and Error Handling Chapter 25: File I/O and Streams Chapter 26: User and Server Controls Chapter 27: Modules and Handlers Chapter 28: Using Business Objects Chapter 29: ADO.NET Entity Framework Chapter 30: ASP.NET Dynamic Data Chapter 31: Building and Consuming Services Chapter 32: ADO.NET Data Services Chapter 33: Localization Chapter 34: Configuration Chapter 35: Instrumentation Chapter 36: Administration and Management Chapter 37: Packaging and Deploying ASP.NET Applications Appendix A: Migrating Older ASP.NET Projects Appendix B: ASP.NET Ultimate Tools Appendix C: Silverlight 2 and ASP.NET Appendix D: ASP.NET Is Greater Than ASP.NET MVC Appendix E: ASP.NET Online Resources Index

4 Praise for Professional ASP.NET 3.5 In C# and VB Bill, Scott and Devin are long-time ASP.NET experts, and the authors of several best selling ASP.NET and.net books. This latest book is outstanding and provides an excellent end-to-end resource for almost all things ASP.NET related... The book is very well organized, with a nice balance of text, code samples, and screen-shots... All in all, a great book and a fantastic addition to any ASP.NET developer s library. Scott Guthrie, Microsoft Corporation, Vice President --.NET Developer Division If there s one book to own on ASP.NET 3.5 this is it! Rob Zelt, President of INETA, Microsoft ASP.NET MVP I ve got the ASP.NET 2.0 version of this book (both the original and special edition versions) and all of the strengths still hold: It still walks you through all of the common (and some of the uncommon) usage for ASP.NET and provides great examples and code snippets to illustrate points. I m not an ASP.NET newbie and I still find myself referring to the book from time to time... Travis Illig These 3 authors and their editors delivered a book the ASP.net developer will find invaluable, and help them write better code, solve tougher problems, and elegantly understand and apply quite a bit of the richness the Framework offers in real world ASP.net web site building and maintenance. Bravo, Bravisimo! Charles M. Carroll What s on the CD Adobe PDF e-book version of this complete book 7 PDF Wrox Blox that normally sell for $6.99 (US) each: Internet Explorer 8 and Its Impact on Your ASP.NET Web Sites by Robert Boedigheimer Jumping from ASP.NET to Silverlight 2 by Daniel Crenna Leverage LINQ in ASP.NET 3.5 Projects by Roger Jennings Dynamic Control Survivability in ASP.NET by Jerome DiMarzio ASP.NET AJAX Control Development with Visual Studio 2008 and.net 3.5 Framework by Damien White Leveraging httpmodules for Better ASP.NET Applications by Chris Love Leveraging httphandlers to Stream Custom Content in ASP.NET by Chris Love

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7 Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 Edition In C# and VB Bill Evjen Scott Hanselman Devin Rader Wiley Publishing, Inc.

8 Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 Edition: In C# and VB Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN Copyright 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Evjen, Bill. Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 edition : in C# and VB / Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN (cloth/cd-rom) 1. Active server pages. 2. Microsoft.NET. 3. C# (Computer program language) 4. Microsoft Visual BASIC. I. Hanselman, Scott. II. Rader, Devin, III. Title. TK A26E dc No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) , fax (978) Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) , fax (201) , or online at Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and the author make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaim all warranties, including without limitation warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales or promotional materials. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for every situation. This work is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising herefrom. The fact that an organization or Web site is referred to in this work as a citation and/or a potential source of further information does not mean that the author or the publisher endorses the information the organization or Web site may provide or recommendations it may make. Further, readers should be aware that Internet Web sites listed in this work may have changed or disappeared between when this work was written and when it is read. For general information on our other products and services please contact our Customer Care Department within the United States at (877) , outside the United States at (317) or fax (317) Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley logo, Wrox, the Wrox logo, Wrox Programmer to Programmer, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates, in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.

9 About the Authors Bill Evjen is an active proponent of.net technologies and community-based learning initiatives for.net. He has been actively involved with.net since the first bits were released in In the same year, Bill founded the St. Louis.NET User Group ( one of the world s first such groups. Bill is also the founder and former executive director of the International.NET Association ( which represents more than 500,000 members worldwide. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Bill is an acclaimed author and speaker on ASP.NET and XML Web Services. He has authored or co-authored more than fifteen books including Professional C# 2008, Professional VB 2008, ASP.NET Professional Secrets, XML Web Services for ASP.NET, andweb Services Enhancements: Understanding the WSE for Enterprise Applications (all published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.). In addition to writing, Bill is a speaker at numerous conferences, including DevConnections, VSLive, and TechEd. Along with these items, Bill works closely with Microsoft as a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP. Bill is the Global Head of Platform Architecture for Lipper ( as part of Thomson Reuters, the international news and financial services company. He graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, with a Russian language degree. When he isn t tinkering on the computer, he can usually be found at his summer house in Toivakka, Finland. You can reach Bill at bill.evjen.public@gmail.com Scott Hanselman works for Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager in the Developer Division, aiming to spread the good word about developing software, most often on the Microsoft stack. Before this he worked in efinance for 6+ years and before that he was a Principal Consultant at a Microsoft Partner for nearly 7 years. He was also involved in a few things like the MVP and RD programs and will speak about computers (and other passions) whenever someone will listen to him. He blogs at and podcasts at and contributes to Devin Rader is a Product Manager on the Infragistics Web Client team, responsible for leading the creation of Infragistics ASP.NET and Silverlight products. Devin is also an active proponent and member of the.net developer community, being a co-founder of the St. Louis.NET User Group, an active member of the New Jersey.NET User Group, a former board member of the International.NET Association (INETA), and a regular speaker at user groups. He is also a contributing author on the Wrox title Silverlight 1.0 and a technical editor for several other Wrox publications and has written columns for ASP.NET Pro magazine, as well as.net technology articles for MSDN Online. You can find more of Devin s musings at

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11 Development Editor Lori Cerreto Technical Editor Alexei Gorkov Production Editor Daniel Scribner Copy Editor Nancy Rapoport Editorial Manager Mary Beth Wakefield Production Manager Tim Tate Credits Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Richard Swadley Vice President and Executive Publisher Barry Pruett Associate Publisher Jim Minatel Project Coordinator, Cover Lynsey Stanford Proofreader Publication Services, Inc. Indexer J&JIndexing

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13 Acknowledgments I have said it before and I ll say it again: Writing a book may seem like the greatest of solo endeavors, but it requires a large team of people working together to get technical books out the door and this book is no exception. First and foremost, I would like to thank Jim Minatel of Wrox for giving me the opportunity to write the original ASP.NET book, which then led to this special edition. There is nothing better than getting the opportunity to write about your favorite topic for the world s best publisher! Besides Jim, I worked with Adaobi Obi Tulton on the first edition and then Lori Cerreto as development editor and Nancy Rapoport as copy editor on this SP1 Edition. Without their efforts, this book would not have happened. I worked closely with Scott Hanselman and Devin Rader on the original edition of this book, and these guys deserve a lot of thanks. I appreciate your help (and Devin, I appreciate the new appendix for this edition) and advice throughout the process. Thanks guys! Finally, thanks to my entire family. Book writing is a devil in disguise as it is something that I love to do but at the same time, takes way too much time away from my family. Thanks to my family for putting up with this and for helping me get these books out the door. I love you all. Bill Evjen

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