ASP.Net Tutorial: ASP.NET – The Repeater Control The Repeater control is used to display a repeated list of items that are bound to the control. Bind a DataSet to a Repeater Control The Repeater control is used to display a repeated list of items that are bound to the control. The Repeater control may be bound to a database table, an XML file, or another list of items. Here we will show how to bind [...]

Introduction Purpose This tutorial is intended to show some of the differences VB.Net has introduced over VB6. Scope This tutorial is aimed at the VB.Net beginner. It will show some of the major differences VB.Net has introduced over VB6. This tutorial does not cover changes in the IDE, only basic code changes. Variable Declaration Variable types in VB.Net have altered when compared to VB6. Below is a table listing the variable types and the associated [...]

Beginning Visual C# .NET 5. Labels, Text Boxes, Variables Review and Preview We continue our look at the Visual C# .NET environment and learn some new controls and new C# statements.  As you work through this class, remember the three steps for building a Visual C# .NET project:  (1) place controls on form, (2) assign properties to controls, and (3) write event methods.  In this class, you will examine how to find and eliminate errors [...]

Beginning Visual C# .NET 4. Project Design, Forms, Buttons Review and Preview You have now learned the parts of a Visual C# .NET project and the three steps involved in building a project: 1.    Place controls on the form. 2.    Set control properties. 3.    Write desired event methods. Do you have some ideas of projects you would like to build using Visual C# .NET?  If so, great.  Beginning with this class, you will start to [...]

C#.Net Interview Questions: XML Documentation Questions Is XML case-sensitive? Yes. What’s the difference between // comments, /* */ comments and /// comments? Single-line comments, multi-line comments, and XML documentation comments. How do you generate documentation from the C# file commented properly with a command-line compiler? Compile it with the /doc switch. Debugging and Testing Questions: What debugging tools come with the .NET SDK? 1.   CorDBG – command-line debugger.  To use CorDbg, you must compile the [...]

WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION Overview Windows Communication Foundation takes many existing communication technologies, such as Web Services, Windows Remoting, Microsoft Message Queuing, and abstracts them into a single technology.  In most cases, this simplifies the way you communicate with other applications.  It also allows you to communicate with other applications without being coupled to a specific technology.  Therefore, you could use Web Services over SOAP to begin with, and later move to remote procedure calls (RPC) [...]

C# and VB Connecting to Database How To Use A Database In Your Program: Many .NET solutions are database driven and so many of us often wonder how to access the database. To help you understand the answer to this question I’ve provided the following as a quick example of how to retrieve data from a database. In order to connect to a SQL Server Database using .NET you will need to import the System.Data.SqlClient [...]