Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB

1704 Pages·2008·35.58 MB·English

by  Bill Evjen

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Professional
ASP.NET 3.5
In C# and VB
Bill Evjen
Scott Hanselman
Devin Rader
WileyPublishing,Inc.
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Professional ASP.NET 3.5
In C# and VB
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Contents
Introduction xxxi
Chapter 1: Application and Page Frameworks 1
ApplicationLocationOptions 1
Built-InWebServer 2
IIS 3
FTP 4
WebSiteRequiringFrontPageExtensions 5
TheASP.NETPageStructureOptions 6
InlineCoding 8
Code-BehindModel 10
ASP.NET3.5PageDirectives 13
@Page 14
@Master 17
@Control 18
@Import 19
@Implements 21
@Register 21
@Assembly 22
@PreviousPageType 22
@MasterType 23
@OutputCache 23
@Reference 24
ASP.NETPageEvents 24
DealingwithPostBacks 26
Cross-PagePosting 27
ASP.NETApplicationFolders 33
\App_CodeFolder 33
\App_DataFolder 38
\App_ThemesFolder 38
\App_GlobalResourcesFolder 39
\App_LocalResources 39
\App_WebReferences 39
\App_Browsers 39
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Compilation 40
BuildProviders 44
UsingtheBuilt-inBuildProviders 45
UsingYourOwnBuildProviders 46
Global.asax 51
WorkingwithClassesThroughVS2008 54
Summary 61
Chapter 2: ASP.NET Server Controls and Client-Side Scripts 63
ASP.NETServerControls 63
TypesofServerControls 64
BuildingwithServerControls 65
WorkingwithServerControlEvents 67
ApplyingStylestoServerControls 70
ExaminingtheControls’CommonProperties 70
ChangingStylesUsingCascadingStyleSheets 72
HTMLServerControls 76
LookingattheHtmlControlBaseClass 79
LookingattheHtmlContainerControlClass 80
LookingatAlltheHTMLClasses 80
UsingtheHtmlGenericControlClass 81
ManipulatingPagesandServerControlswithJavaScript 83
UsingPage.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock 84
UsingPage.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript 86
UsingPage.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptInclude 88
Client-SideCallback 89
ComparingaTypicalPostbacktoaCallback 89
UsingtheCallbackFeature—ASimpleApproach 90
UsingtheCallbackFeaturewithaSingleParameter 96
UsingtheCallbackFeature—AMoreComplexExample 99
Summary 105
Chapter 3: ASP.NET Web Server Controls 107
AnOverviewofWebServerControls 107
TheLabelServerControl 108
TheLiteralServerControl 110
TheTextBoxServerControl 111
UsingtheFocus()Method 112
UsingAutoPostBack 113
UsingAutoCompleteType 114
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TheButtonServerControl 115
TheCausesValidationProperty 115
TheCommandNameProperty 115
ButtonsThatWorkwithClient-SideJavaScript 117
TheLinkButtonServerControl 119
TheImageButtonServerControl 119
TheHyperLinkServerControl 120
TheDropDownListServerControl 121
VisuallyRemovingItemsfromaCollection 124
TheListBoxServerControl 125
AllowingUserstoSelectMultipleItems 126
AnExampleofUsingtheListBoxControl 126
AddingItemstoaCollection 129
TheCheckBoxServerControl 129
HowtoDetermineWhetherCheckBoxesAreChecked 131
AssigningaValuetoaCheckBox 131
AligningTextAroundtheCheckBox 131
TheCheckBoxListServerControl 132
TheRadioButtonServerControl 134
TheRadioButtonListServerControl 136
ImageServerControl 138
TableServerControl 139
TheCalendarServerControl 142
MakingaDateSelectionfromtheCalendarControl 142
ChoosingaDateFormattoOutputfromtheCalendar 144
MakingDay,Week,orMonthSelections 144
WorkingwithDateRanges 144
ModifyingtheStyleandBehaviorofYourCalendar 147
AdRotatorServerControl 151
TheXmlServerControl 153
PanelServerControl 153
ThePlaceHolderServerControl 156
BulletedListServerControl 157
HiddenFieldServerControl 162
FileUploadServerControl 164
UploadingFilesUsingtheFileUploadControl 164
GivingASP.NETProperPermissionstoUploadFiles 167
UnderstandingFileSizeLimitations 167
UploadingMultipleFilesfromtheSamePage 170
PlacingtheUploadedFileintoaStreamObject 172
MovingFileContentsfromaStreamObjecttoaByteArray 173
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MultiViewandViewServerControls 174
WizardServerControl 178
CustomizingtheSideNavigation 180
ExaminingtheAllowReturnAttribute 180
WorkingwiththeStepTypeAttribute 180
AddingaHeadertotheWizardControl 181
WorkingwiththeWizard’sNavigationSystem 182
UtilizingWizardControlEvents 183
UsingtheWizardControltoShowFormElements 184
ImageMapServerControl 189
Summary 192
Chapter 4: Validation Server Controls 193
UnderstandingValidation 193
Client-SideversusServer-SideValidation 194
ASP.NETValidationServerControls 195
ValidationCauses 196
TheRequiredFieldValidatorServerControl 197
TheCompareValidatorServerControl 202
TheRangeValidatorServerControl 206
TheRegularExpressionValidatorServerControl 209
TheCustomValidatorServerControl 211
TheValidationSummaryServerControl 216
TurningOffClient-SideValidation 220
UsingImagesandSoundsforErrorNotifications 221
WorkingwithValidationGroups 222
Summary 227
Chapter 5: Working with Master Pages 229
WhyDoYouNeedMasterPages? 229
TheBasicsofMasterPages 231
CodingaMasterPage 233
CodingaContentPage 235
MixingPageTypesandLanguages 239
SpecifyingWhichMasterPagetoUse 241
WorkingwiththePageTitle 242
WorkingwithControlsandPropertiesfromtheMasterPage 243
SpecifyingDefaultContentintheMasterPage 250
ProgrammaticallyAssigningtheMasterPage 251
NestingMasterPages 253
Container-SpecificMasterPages 257
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EventOrdering 258
CachingwithMasterPages 259
ASP.NETAJAXandMasterPages 259
Summary 262
Chapter 6: Themes and Skins 263
UsingASP.NETThemes 263
ApplyingaThemetoaSingleASP.NETPage 263
ApplyingaThemetoanEntireApplication 265
RemovingThemesfromServerControls 266
RemovingThemesfromWebPages 267
UnderstandingThemesWhenUsingMasterPages 267
UnderstandingtheStyleSheetThemeAttribute 268
CreatingYourOwnThemes 268
CreatingtheProperFolderStructure 268
CreatingaSkin 269
IncludingCSSFilesinYourThemes 272
HavingYourThemesIncludeImages 275
DefiningMultipleSkinOptions 278
ProgrammaticallyWorkingwithThemes 280
AssigningthePage’sThemeProgrammatically 280
AssigningaControl’sSkinIDProgrammatically 281
Themes,Skins,andCustomControls 281
Summary 286
Chapter 7: Data Binding in ASP.NET 3.5 287
DataSourceControls 287
SqlDataSourceControl 289
LINQDataSourceControl 302
AccessDataSourceControl 307
XmlDataSourceControl 307
ObjectDataSourceControl 309
SiteMapDataSourceControl 314
ConfiguringDataSourceControlCaching 314
StoringConnectionInformation 315
UsingBoundListControlswithDataSourceControls 317
GridView 318
EditingGridViewRowData 334
DeletingGridViewData 341
DetailsView 344
Inserting,Updating,andDeletingDataUsingDetailsView 349
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ListView 350
FormView 360
OtherDataboundControls 365
DropDownList,ListBox,RadioButtonList,andCheckBoxList 365
TreeView 366
AdRotator 366
Menu 367
InlineData-BindingSyntax 367
Data-BindingSyntaxChanges 368
XMLDataBinding 369
ExpressionsandExpressionBuilders 369
Summary 375
Chapter 8: Data Management with ADO.NET 377
BasicADO.NETFeatures 378
CommonADO.NETTasks 378
BasicADO.NETNamespacesandClasses 383
UsingtheConnectionObject 384
UsingtheCommandObject 386
UsingtheDataReaderObject 387
UsingDataAdapter 389
UsingParameters 392
UnderstandingDataSetandDataTable 395
UsingOracleasYourDatabasewithASP.NET3.5 400
TheDataListServerControl 403
LookingattheAvailableTemplates 403
WorkingwithItemTemplate 404
WorkingwithOtherLayoutTemplates 407
WorkingwithMultipleColumns 409
TheListViewServerControl 410
LookingattheAvailableTemplates 410
UsingtheTemplates 411
CreatingtheLayoutTemplate 412
CreatingtheItemTemplate 414
CreatingtheEditItemTemplate 415
CreatingtheEmptyItemTemplate 415
CreatingtheInsertItemTemplate 416
TheResults 416
UsingVisualStudioforADO.NETTasks 419
CreatingaConnectiontotheDataSource 419
WorkingwithaDatasetDesigner 422
UsingtheCustomerOrdersDataSet 427
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AsynchronousCommandExecution 432
AsynchronousConnections 454
Summary 454
Chapter 9: Querying with LINQ 455
LINQtoObjects 455
TraditionalQueryMethods 455
ReplacingTraditionalQuerieswithLINQ 464
DataGrouping 472
OtherLINQOperators 473
LINQJoins 473
PagingUsingLINQ 475
LINQtoXML 476
JoiningXMLData 479
LINQtoSQL 481
Insert,Update,andDeleteQueriesthroughLINQ 490
ExtendingLINQ 494
Summary 495
Chapter 10: Working with XML and LINQ to XML 497
TheBasicsofXML 498
TheXMLInfoSet 500
XSD–XMLSchemaDefinition 501
EditingXMLandXMLSchemainVisualStudio2008 503
XmlReaderandXmlWriter 506
UsingXDocumentRatherThanXmlReader 508
UsingSchemawithXmlTextReader 509
ValidatingAgainstaSchemaUsinganXDocument 511
IncludingNameTableOptimization 513
Retrieving.NETCLRTypesfromXML 515
ReadSubtreeandXmlSerialization 517
CreatingCLRObjectsfromXMLwithLINQtoXML 518
CreatingXMLwithXmlWriter 519
CreatingXMLwithLINQforXML 522
ImprovementsforXmlReaderandXmlWriterin2.0 524
XmlDocumentandXPathDocument 525
ProblemswiththeDOM 525
XPath,theXPathDocument,andXmlDocument 525
DataSets 530
PersistingDataSetstoXML 530
XmlDataDocument 531
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TheXmlDataSourceControl 533
XSLT 537
XslCompiledTransform 539
XSLTDebugging 543
DatabasesandXML 544
FORXMLAUTO 545
SQLServer2005andtheXMLDataType 549
Summary 556
Chapter 11: IIS7 557
ModularArchitectureofIIS7 557
IIS-WebServer 558
IIS-WebServerManagementTools 561
IIS-FTPPublishingService 562
ExtensibleArchitectureofIIS7 562
IIS7andASP.NETIntegratedPipeline 562
BuildingaCustomizedWebServer 564
UpdateDependencies 565
InstallingIIS7onWindowsVista 565
InstallingIIS7onWindowsServer2008 565
Command-LineSetupOptions 567
UnattendedSetupOption 568
Upgrade 569
InternetInformationServices(IIS)Manager 569
ApplicationPools 570
WebSites 575
HierarchicalConfiguration 577
Delegation 581
MovinganApplicationfromIIS6toIIS7 584
Summary 586
Chapter 12: Introduction to the Provider Model 587
UnderstandingtheProvider 588
TheProviderModelinASP.NET3.5 589
SettingUpYourProvidertoWorkwithMicrosoftSQLServer7.0,2000,2005,or2008 591
MembershipProviders 598
RoleProviders 602
ThePersonalizationProvider 606
TheSiteMapProvider 608
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