Gantenbein, H: Visual Basic .Net 2003 Unleashed

Introduction. I. FUNDAMENTALS. 1. Introduction to .NET. 2. Language Fundamentals. 3. Object-Oriented Programming Fundamentals. 4. .NET Framework Data Types. II. WINDOWS FORMS APPLICATIONS. 5. Windows Forms. 6. Controls. 7. Drawing. 8. Deploying Your Application. 9. Printing. 10. Advanced Windows Forms Techniques. III. DATABASE PROGRAMMING. 11. ADO.NET Classes. 12. Creating and Maintaining a Database in Visual Studio. 13. Using the Data Form and DataAdapter Wizards in Windows Applications. 14. Data Binding in Windows Applications. 15. ADO.NET and XML. IV. WEB APPLICATIONS (ASP.NET). 16. Basic Web Application. 17. Data Binding in Web Applications. 18. State Management. 19. Caching. 20. Website Management. 21. Security. 22. Extending ASP.NET. V. ADVANCED PROGRAMMING. 23. Versioning and the Global Assembly Cache. 24. IO and Persistence. 25. Interoperability with COM. 26. Events and Delegates. 27. Multithreading. 28. Reflection to Extend the Framework. VI. SECURING APPLICATIONS. 29. Code Access Security (CAS). 30. User- and Role-Based Permissions. VII. REMOTING. 31. Practical .NET Remoting. VIII. WEB SERVICES. 32. Basic Web Services. 33. Security and Web Services Enhancements. IX. ENTERPRISE SERVICES. 34. Introduction to Enterprise Services. 35. Activation-Related Services. 36. Transaction Services. 37. Concurrency Protection for Serviced Components. 38. Services for Loosely Coupled Systems. 39. Securing Serviced Components. 40. Advanced Enterprise Services Programming. Index.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 UnleashedAbout the Authors Heinrich Gantenbein is a solutions architect at Avanade specializing in .NET security, scalability, and multitier architectures. He is an expert in C#, VB .NET, Enterprise Services, and Java to .NET interoperability. Heinrich influences the future of .NET technologies through his participation in Microsoft's Preview Labs and has presented at many events, including Microsoft's Security Summit 2004, Comdex's Web Services Innovation Center, and user groups and webinars. With more than 20 years of experience in software engineering and engineering management, Heinrich combines architectural excellence and commitment to a productive development process. Before Avanade, he was a principal software architect at the .NET consulting company IDesign. Heinrich was named a BEA technical director in recognition of his work on interoperability. Greg Dunn is the president of Instinctive Webware and Database, a software consulting and training business based in Pleasanton, California. He teaches object-oriented programming, SQL, Visual Basic, and mathematics for the University of Phoenix and has been writing database apps since the 1980s in dBase, Clipper, FoxPro, Access, and VB. He holds a Master's degree in operations research from the University of Texas at Austin. Amit Kalani has authored or coauthored 10 programming books, including Que Certification's MCAD/MCSD Training Guides for the Microsoft Exams 70-315, 70-316, and 70-320. He is president of TechContent Corporation, where he provides contract programming, consulting, and training services. Amit lives in Michigan and can be reached at amit@techcontent.com. Chris Payne has had a passion for computers and writing from a young age. He holds a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering from Boston University, and he supported himself through college as an independent consultant and writer of technical articles focused on web development. He currently makes his