C#.net Web Developer's Guide (With CD-ROM)

dotthatcom.com, Syngress

ISBN:1928994504, Edition: 1, 2001-12-15

Price: $49.95

Contents

Foreword ~ xxi

Chapter 1 Introducing the Microsoft .NET Platform ~ 1
Introduction ~ 2
Introducing the.NET Platform ~ 2
Microsoft .NET and Windows DNA ~ 3
Microsoft .NET Architecture Hierarchy ~ 4
Features of the .NET Platform ~ 5
Multilanguage Development ~ 5
Platform and Processor Independence ~ 7
Automatic Memory Management ~ 7
Versioning Support ~ 8
Support for Open Standards ~ 9
Easy Deployment ~ 9
Distributed Architecture ~ 10
Interoperability with Unmanaged Code ~ 11
Security ~ 12
Performance and Scalability ~ 14
Components of the .NET Architecture ~ 14
.NET Runtime ~ 14
Managed/Unmanaged Code ~ 14
Intermediate Language ~ 15
Common Type System ~ 15
.NET Base Class Library (BCL) ~ 15
Assemblies ~ 16
Metadata ~ 16
Assemblies and Modules ~ 17
Assembly Cache ~ 18
Reflection ~ 19
Just In Time Compilation ~ 19
Garbage Collection ~ 20
Exploring the Code Cycle ~ 21
The Pursuit of Standardization ~ 24
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 26

Chapter 2 Introducing C# Programming ~ 33
Introduction ~ 34
Getting Started ~ 35
Creating Your First C# Program ~ 37
Compiling and Executing ~ 38
Defining a Class ~ 40
Declaring the MainMethod ~ 43
Organizing Libraries with Namespaces ~ 43
Using the using Keyword ~ 44
Adding Comments ~ 45
Introducing Data Types ~ 47
Value Types ~ 47
Primitive Data Types ~ 47
Reference Types ~ 48
Explaining Control Structures ~ 49
Using the ifStatement ~ 49
Using the if-elseStatement ~ 50
Using the switch caseStatement ~ 50
Using the forStatement ~ 51
Using the whileStatement ~ 52
Using the do whileStatement ~ 52
Using the breakStatement ~ 52
Using the continueStatement ~ 53
Using the returnStatement ~ 54
Using the gotoStatement ~ 55
Understanding Properties and Indexers ~ 56
Using Properties ~ 56
Get Accessor ~ 59
Set Accessor ~ 59
Accessing Lists with Indexers ~ 60
Using Delegates and Events ~ 69
Delegates ~ 70
Single Cast ~ 74
Multicast ~ 75
Events ~ 79
Using Exception Handling ~ 85
Using the tryBlock ~ 89
Using the catchBlock ~ 89
Using the finallyBlock ~ 89
Using the throwStatement ~ 89
Understanding Inheritance ~ 90
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 104

Chapter 3 Visual Studio.NET IDE ~ 109
Introduction ~ 110
Introducing Visual Studio.NET ~ 110
Components of VS.NET ~ 112
Design Window ~ 112
Code Window ~ 113
Server Explorer ~ 114
Toolbox ~ 116
Docking Windows ~ 117
Properties Explorer ~ 117
Solution Explorer ~ 118
Object Browser ~ 119
Dynamic Help ~ 120
Task List Explorer ~ 121
Contents ~ xv
Features of VS.NET ~ 122
IntelliSense ~ 122
XML Editor ~ 124
Documentation Generation (XML Embedded Commenting) ~ 127
Adding XML Document Comments to C# Pages ~ 127
Customizing the IDE ~ 129
Creating a Project ~ 130
Projects ~ 130
Creating a Project ~ 130
Add Reference ~ 131
Build the Project ~ 131
Debugging a Project ~ 132
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 133

Chapter 4 Windows Forms ~ 137
Introduction ~ 138
Introducing Windows Forms ~ 138
Writing a Simple Windows Forms Application ~ 141
Adding Controls ~ 142
Adding an Event Handler ~ 145
Adding Controls at Runtime ~ 147
Attaching an Event Handler at Runtime ~ 152
Writing a Simple Text Editor ~ 154
Starting the Project ~ 154
Creating a Menu ~ 155
Adding a New Form ~ 157
Creating a Multiple Document Interface ~ 159
Creating a Dialog Form ~ 160
Using Form Inheritance ~ 162
Adding a TabControl ~ 164
Anchoring Controls ~ 166
Changing the Startup Form ~ 167
Connecting the Dialog ~ 167
Using the ListView and TreeView Controls ~ 170
Building an ImageList ~ 170
Adding a ListView ~ 172
Using the Details View ~ 173
Attaching a Context Menu ~ 174
Adding a TreeView ~ 175
Adding a Splitter ~ 177
Implementing Drag and Drop ~ 178
Creating Controls ~ 181
Creating a User Control ~ 181
Adding a Property ~ 182
Adding Functionality ~ 182
Writing a Custom Control ~ 183
Testing the Control ~ 187
Enhancing the Control ~ 189
Subclassing Controls ~ 191
Custom Controls in Internet Explorer ~ 193
Setting Up IIS ~ 193
Creating a Virtual Directory ~ 193
Writing a Test Page ~ 194
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 196

Chapter 5 Network Programming:
Using TCP and UDP Protocols ~ 203
Introduction ~ 204
Introducing Networking and Sockets ~ 204
Introduction to TCP ~ 206
Introduction to UDP ~ 208
Introduction to Ports ~ 211
System.NetNamespace ~ 212
System.Net.SocketsNamespace ~ 213
Example TCP Command Transmission and Processing ~ 214
General Usage of Needed .NET Classes ~ 216
The Server ~ 217
The Client ~ 220
Compiling and Running the Example ~ 226
Example UDP Command Transmission and Processing ~ 227
General Usage of Needed .NET Classes ~ 228
The Server ~ 229
The Client ~ 231
Compiling and Running the Example ~ 234
Creating a News Ticker Using UDP Multicasting ~ 235
General Usage of Needed .NET Classes ~ 236
The Server ~ 240
The Client ~ 243
Compiling and Running the Example ~ 250
Creating a UDP Client Server Chat Application ~ 250
The TCPServerSessionClass ~ 253
The TCPServerClass ~ 256
The Chat Protocol ~ 260
The ChatServerClass ~ 260
The ChatClientClass ~ 265
Compiling and Running the Example ~ 268
Creating a TCP P2P File Sharing Application ~ 269
The Remote File Stream Protocol ~ 271
The RemoteFileStreamServerClass ~ 272
The RemoteFileStreamProxyClass ~ 276
The FileSharingPeerClass ~ 279
Compiling and Running the Example ~ 283
Access to Web Resources ~ 283
General Usage of Needed .NET Classes ~ 284
A Web Access Client ~ 285
Compiling and Running the Example ~ 289
Request Method ~ 290
Redirection ~ 290
Authentication ~ 291
Cookies ~ 291
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 292

Chapter 6 Remoting ~ 299
Introduction ~ 300
Introducing Remoting ~ 301
Remoting Architecture ~ 302
Creating a Simple Remoting Client Server ~ 303
Creating the Remote Server Object ~ 303
Creating the Hosting Application ~ 305
Creating the Client Application ~ 306
Understanding the Remoting Code ~ 308
Improving the Sample Application ~ 310
Adding Event Logging and Error Handling ~ 310
Using the soapsuds Tool ~ 312
Using Configuration Files ~ 313
Updating Configuration Files Using the .NET
Framework Configuration Tool ~ 318
Changing the Hosting Application to a Service ~ 319
Using the TCP Channel with the Binary Formatter ~ 321
Summary of the Improved Sample Application ~ 321
Creating an Intranet Application ~ 321
Object Lifetime and Leasing ~ 321
Creating the CountServer Project ~ 322
Creating the CountHost Project ~ 325
Creating the CountClient Project ~ 326
Understanding the Leasing and Sponsorship Code ~ 329
Client Activated Objects ~ 331
Sending and Receiving Objects by Value ~ 332
Sending and Receiving Objects by Reference ~ 333
Creating Service-Based Applications ~ 334
Building a Versioned Remoting Application ~ 334
Creating the VersionHost Project ~ 336
Creating the VersionClient Project ~ 337
Testing Side-By-Side Execution of Remote Objects ~ 339
Summary/Solution Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 340

Chapter 7 Message Queuing Using MSMQ ~ 345
Introduction ~ 346
Introducing MSMQ ~ 346
MSMQ Architecture ~ 348
Installing MSMQ ~ 349
Using Visual Studio to Manage Queues ~ 349
Creating a Simple Application ~ 349
Understanding the Messaging Code ~ 353
Sending Messages ~ 353
Message Formats ~ 355
Sending and Receiving Messages with Complex Objects ~ 356
Storing Files within Messages ~ 360
Setting Queue Options ~ 364
Creating a Complex Application ~ 365
Creating the MSMQGraphics Drawing Library ~ 366
Creating the DrawingSender Project ~ 369
Creating the DrawingReceiver Project ~ 373
Creating an Asynchronous Application ~ 376
Using Public Queues While Disconnected from the Network ~ 378
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 379

Chapter 8 ADO.NET ~ 383
Introduction ~ 384
Introducing ADO.NET ~ 384
ADO.NET Architecture ~ 386
Understanding the ConnectionObject ~ 388
Building the Connection String ~ 389
Understanding the CommandObject ~ 391
Understanding DataReaders ~ 396
Understanding DataSets and DataAdapters ~ 396
DataTable ~ 398
DataColumn ~ 398
DataRow ~ 402
Differences between DataReader Model and DataSet Model ~ 405
Understanding the DataViewObject ~ 406
Working with System.Data.OleDb ~ 408
Using DataReaders ~ 408
Using DataSets ~ 414
Working with SQL.NET ~ 418
Using Stored Procedures ~ 419
Working with Odbc.NET ~ 422
Using DSN Connection ~ 423
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 426

Chapter 9 Working with XML ~ 431
Introduction ~ 432
Introduction to XML ~ 432
Explaining XML DOM ~ 434
Explaining XPath ~ 435
Explaining XSL ~ 436
Explaining XML Schemas ~ 437
XML Classes in the .NET Framework ~ 437
Working with XML DOM ~ 439
Creating an Empty XML DOM Document ~ 442
Adding an Element to the XML Document ~ 443
Updating an Element in the XML Document ~ 446
Deleting an Element in the XML Document ~ 450
Loading and Saving the XML Document ~ 451
Working with XML and Relational Data ~ 452
XML and the DataSetClass ~ 456
XML Schemas and the DataSetClass ~ 461
Traversing Relations in the DataSetClass ~ 464
Working with XPath and XSL Transformations ~ 469
Working with XPath ~ 469
Working with XSL ~ 479
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 490

Chapter 10 ASP.NET ~ 495
Introduction ~ 496
Introducing the ASP.NET Architecture ~ 496
ASP.NET Server Controls ~ 497
Working with User Controls ~ 501
Custom Controls ~ 510
Understanding the Web.config File ~ 511
Using the Global.asax Page ~ 513
Working with Web Forms ~ 513
Creating a Simple Web Form ~ 513
Building an XML Poll ~ 517
Creating the updateXPoll Method ~ 523
Creating the updateFile Method ~ 525
Displaying the Current Poll Statistics ~ 526
Working with ADO.NET ~ 529
Building a Message Board with SQL ~ 529
Using VS.NET to Validate Form Input with a Regular Expression ~ 538
XML and XSLT ~ 543
Using the String Builder Class ~ 547
Building a Shopping Cart with SQL ~ 549
Creating dataaccess.cs ~ 551
Creating XmlShoppingCart.cs ~ 553
Creating catalog.cs ~ 556
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 571

Chapter 11 Web Services ~ 575
Introduction ~ 576
The Case for Web Services ~ 576
The Role of SOAP ~ 577
Why SOAP? ~ 578
Why Web Services? ~ 579
The World of Web Services ~ 579
Web Service Standards ~ 581
Wiring Up Distributed Objects—The SOAP Protocol ~ 581
Creating Your Very First Web Service ~ 581
Running Your Very First Web Service ~ 589
Describing Web Services—WSDL ~ 602
Discovering Web Services—DISCO ~ 608
Publishing Web Services—UDDI ~ 610
Working with Web Services ~ 611
Passing Complex Data Types ~ 611
Error Handling ~ 614
Malformed SOAP Request ~ 614
Wrong Argument Types ~ 617
Exceptions in Server Code ~ 617
Writing a SOAP Client Application ~ 619
Passing Objects ~ 626
Passing Relational Data ~ 631
Passing XML Documents ~ 635
Working with UDDI ~ 639
SOAP Headers ~ 646
Advanced Web Services ~ 646
Maintaining State ~ 647
State Information in the URL (URL Mangling) ~ 648
State Information in the Http Header (Cookies) ~ 651
State Information in the Http Body (SOAP Header) ~ 653
Security ~ 662
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 664

Chapter 12 Building a Jokes Web Service ~ 669
Introduction ~ 670
Motivation and Requirements for the Jokes Web Service ~ 670
Functional Application Design ~ 672
Defining Public Methods ~ 672
Defining the Database Schema ~ 673
Defining the Web Service Architecture ~ 674
Security Considerations ~ 676
State Management ~ 677
Error Handling ~ 677
Implementing the Jokes Data Repository ~ 677
Installing the Database ~ 678
Creating the Stored Procedures ~ 680
Implementing the Jokes Middle Tier ~ 694
Setting Up the Visual Studio Project ~ 694
Developing the Error Handler ~ 698
Developing the Database Access Component ~ 702
Developing the User Administration Service ~ 704
Adding New Users ~ 704
Checking Existing User Information ~ 709
Adding Moderators ~ 713
Creating the Public Web Methods—Users ~ 715
Error Handling for the Public Web Methods ~ 718
Creating the Public Web Methods—Administrators ~ 720
Testing the Public Web Methods ~ 722
Developing the Jokes Service ~ 724
Best Practices for Returning Highly Structured Data ~ 724
Setting Up Internal Methods to Wrap the Stored Procedure Calls ~ 727
Setting Up Internal Methods to Manage Jokes and Ratings ~ 734
Setting Up Internal Methods to Return Jokes ~ 742
Creating the Public Web Methods ~ 748
Creating a Client Application ~ 758
Some Ideas to Improve the Jokes Web Service ~ 775
Summary/Solutions Fast Track/Frequently Asked Questions ~ 776

Index ~ 781