Sams Teach Yourself .Net in 21 Days

By Jason Beres

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You
  • Introduction
  • Week 1: At a Glance
  • Day 1. Introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Day 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 3. Writing Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 4. Deploying Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 6. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
    • Introduction to ASP.NET Deployment
    • Creating an ASP.NET Application for Deployment
    • Deploying ASP.NET Applications Using Copy Project
    • Deploying ASP.NET Applications Using Copy
    • Deploying ASP.NET Applications with Windows Installer
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Exercises
  • Day 7. Exceptions, Debugging, and Tracing
  • Week 1. In Review
  • Week 2: At a Glance
  • Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#
  • Day 9. Using Namespaces in .NET
  • Day 10. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
  • Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools
  • Day 12. Accessing XML in .NET
  • Day 13. XML Web Services in .NET
  • Day 14. Components and .NET
  • Week 2. In Review
  • Week 3: At a Glance
  • Day 15. Writing International Applications
  • Day 16. Using Macros in Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 17. Automating Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 18. Using Crystal Reports
  • Day 19. Understanding Microsoft Application Center Test
  • Day 20. Using Visual SourceSafe
  • Day 21. Object Role Modeling with Visio
  • Week 3. In Review

Quiz

1. True or False: After running the XCopy deployment, the only thing you need to change on the newly created virtual directory is the default document that shows up when people browse to the site.

   False. If the virtual directory hasn't been created in IIS, you must do so. If you have any dependent COM components, you must register them on the target machine.

2. True or False: Using Copy Project, the folder on the Web server and the folders in the solution are merged together, creating a new directory with a combination of files.

   False. The folders are overwritten, but you're prompted just in case that isn't your intention.

3. By adding a _____________, I can extend the functionality of my deployment projects using external applications that I write in .NET.

   Custom action

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