.NET Reference Guide

Sample Code and Video Show Downloads

Created Mar 14, 2003.

• Visual Studio .NET 2003 Evaluation Guide. Download this guide to evaluate Visual Studio .NET 2003.

• Visual Basic .NET code samples:

• Top-Level Forms demonstrates a multiple-forms application similar to Microsoft Word.

• Implement Role-Based Security with Enterprise Services shows how to add role-based security to components running within the enterprise services environment. Such security controls who has access to the component (based on roles defined within the COM+ application to which the component belongs, and adding users to those roles).

• Master-Details Web Form. The master-details interface is one of the most common types of data-access interfaces in use. Imagine data structured hierarchically, such as in the TreeView control used in Windows Explorer.

• TCP Remoting is designed to show how to use the .NET Remoting architecture using three types of remote objects.

• Use Crystal Reports demonstrates how to use the Crystal Reports print-preview report viewer.

• Data Access - Data Entry Form demonstrates how to create a data entry form to add, update, and delete records from a single table using ADO.NET.

• XP Theme Support demonstrates how to enable support for XP themes in your application.

• Using the COM Port in VB.NET demonstrates how to control a communications port from .NET. Since the .NET Framework doesn't support direct control of the communications port, a separate class is used that provides direct Win32 API calls. (Note: "Com port" is synonymous with COM port, serial port, or RS232 port.)

• Create a Screensaver with GDI+ shows how to create a screen saver using Visual Basic .NET.

• Visual Basic .NET Voices Shadows download. Code for the MSDN Voices column - Visual Basic.

• Deploying .NET Applications: Lifecycle Guide provides guidance for deploying .NET applications. It discusses the issues and processes that developers should adopt to deploy distributed .NET applications. It also includes discussions on using Visual Studio.

• System.DirectoryService sample code. Sample code for an article on System.DirectoryServices.

• .NET Compact Framework code samples:

• Pocket TaskVision. Pocket TaskVision is an extension of the TaskVision solution and allows users to manage tasks using Pocket PC devices in a connected or a disconnected environment.

• DateTimePicker Control. Download the sample code that goes with the MSDN white paper on the DateTimePicker control.

• Deployment. Sample code associated with the Deployment white paper.

• Code sample for the MSDN article "Creating a Visual Studio .NET Add-In To Provide Windows XP Theme Support," by Duncan Mackenzie.

• ASP.NET Sample: Extending WebServices for SOAP Security. This sample code demonstrates how to extend Microsoft .NET Framework web services to include SOAP message-based security. It reveals how to authenticate messages based on digital signature technology and encrypt these messages for confidentiality.

• The Visual Studio .NET hands-on labs were used at TechEd 2001. Download now and start learning about the programming features in Visual Studio .NET.

• Coding4Fun Issue 2: Background Copy. This sample allows you to schedule and manage downloads using the Background Intelligent Transfer Service.

• Weaning Developers from the CommandBuilder. This code sample supplements the above-named MSDN article on the ADO.NET Command Builder and describes how to create your own insert, update, and delete queries.

• Comparing and Sorting Text for Arabic Cultures in Visual Studio .NET. Visual Studio .NET has a variety of classes to support string manipulation. Alphabetical order and conventions for comparing items vary from culture to culture. Arabic is a very rich language that contains several things to consider while comparing and searching strings.

• The .NET Show articles:

• ADO.NET. Michael Pizzo and Sean Draine explain how ADO.NET has evolved to become the primary database programming model for .NET.

• The Developer Roadmap - 300k. Thomas O'Grady and Kerry Carnahan speak about the .NET Developer Roadmap.

• The Compact Framework - 300k. David Rasmussen, Oshoma Momoh, and Ed Kaim discuss the features, benefits, implementation details, and programming methodologies that the Compact Framework enables.

• Code Optimization - 300k. Patrick Dussud and Gregor Noriskin from the CLR team explain general concepts of code optimization.

• Customizing the Windows Forms DataGrid Sample shows how to customize the Windows Forms DataGrid in Visual Basic .NET and C#.

• The MSDN Show: The .NET Framework. Anders Hejlsberg and Brian Harry explain how the .NET Framework allows applications to easily take advantage of the overall .NET architecture.