... the other titles in the StepbyStep for Developers series available from
Microsoft Press, such as Microsoft ASP.NET 4 Stepby Step, Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Stepby
Step, and Microsoft Windows Communication ... Windows Communication Foundation 4 Stepby Step.
Organization of This Book
This book is divided into four sections:
■
Part I, "Introducing Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012," ... subsequent exercises I will simply
refer to solution paths by using a phrase of the form \Microsoft Press\Visual CSharp
Step By Step\ Chapter 2\Windows X\PrimitiveDataTypes, where X is either...
... used
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Introducing JavaScriptStepby Step,
Second Edition
Much has changed since the rst edition of JavaScriptStepbyStep was written in 2007 The
underlying JavaScript specication ... the “Tips for Using JavaScript section
later in this chapter, I offer some pointers you can follow for using JavaScript appropriately
on your website
JavaScript Stepby Step,
Second Edition
Steve ...
more popular
This second edition of JavaScriptStepbyStep builds on the foundation laid down by the rst
edition The underlying architecture of the JavaScript language is largely the same,...
... book. By using the code samples, you won’t waste time
creating fi les that aren’t relevant to the exercise. The fi les and the step- by -step instructions
in the lessons also let you learn by doing, ... Introduction xxv
Microsoft Internet Information Services (included with Windows)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition or Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Professional Edition
Microsoft SQL ... samples will be installed to the following location on your computer:
\My Documents \Microsoft Press\ASP.NET 3.5 Stepby Step\
The installer will create a virtual directory named aspnet35sbs under the...
... the open project
6 Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Stepby Step
■
Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Pro Expression Encoder can encode, enhance, and
publish videos across the web by using the Silverlight ... on of the
NET Framework 4 runt me
4 Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Stepby Step
Expression Studio 4 Ultimate consists of four interrelated products:
■
Microsoft Expression Blend + SketchFlow ...
The exerc ses n th s chapter do not requ re any accompany ng pract ce es
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Notice that the property changes are reected in the Artboard The red color...
... might consider reading John Sharp’s
Microsoft Visual C# 2010 StepbyStep (Microsoft Press 2010) or Michael Halvorson’s Microsoft
Visual Basic 2010 StepbyStep (Microsoft Press 2010).
With a heavy ...
other Microsoft Press books such as Mike Hotek’s Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 StepbyStep
(Microsoft Press, 2008) or Itzik Ben-gan’s Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals
(Microsoft ... chapter includes stepbystep examples and downloadable sample projects that you can
explore for yourself.
Who Is This Book For?
As part of Microsoft Press’s “Developer StepByStep series of...
... two steps: (1) it reads the reservations table to locate the next empty seat, and (2) it up-
dates the record to assign a user to the previously looked-up seat.
194 Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Stepby Step
Concurrency ... 188 Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Stepby Step
The second property for managing mapping exceptions is the SqlDataAdapter.Missing
SchemaAction. ... session. Some of these alternatives are described in this
chapter, on page 194.
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Table and Column Mapping
Sometimes it isn’t convenient or even possible to use...
... be sorted.
Call the collection object’s OrderBy extension method,
passing it “it.FullName” as the order -by clause.
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Note At this point, the Delete button on ... program prompts you to delete the customer, it successfully located the entity by
ID.
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Consider this simple Entity SQL statement that selects a few fields from ... in this chapter) that
act as collections for named or anonymous entity types.
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Query Builder
Method
Entity SQL
Equivalent
Description
Except EXCEPT Returns...
... ordering imposed by earlier calls to OrderBy or OrderByDescending, LINQ
provides the ThenBy and ThenByD escending extension methods. This pair sorts results just
like their OrderBy complements, ... together multiple OrderBy meth-
ods, the results will be sorted onl y by the last (rightmost) OrderBy call.
C#
// This sorts by tr.Name (ascending) ONLY!
var results = transport.OrderByDescending(
tr ... the Except extension method:
(query1).Except(query2)
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C#
var results = (from tr in transport
orderby tr.Wheels
select tr.Wheels).Distinct();
Visual Basic
Dim...
... number of states admitted to the United States
during the year specified by the supplied date.
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2. Open the source code view for the General class. Locate the GetConnectionString ...
sqlPortion.InitialCatalog = "StepSample"
sqlPortion.IntegratedSecurity = True
Adjust these statements as needed to provide access to your own test database.
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But converting ...
SqlFunctions class name to the start of each database function used in your query.
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C#
var result = from ord in context.OrderEntries
select new { ord.ID, ord.OrderCustomer.FullName,
...
... function of a class instance. The output shown by the
browser indicates the class rendering the HTML to the browser is named ASP.aspnet-
stepbystep_HelloWorld2_aspx, and it derives from a class ... assembly compiled by the ASP.NET runtime. Go to C:\WINDOWS \Microsoft
.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\aspnetstepbystep\. The subdi-
rectory is named v2.0.50727 at the time of ... Studio will display a dialog box like this one:
Give the Web site a useful name like ASPNETStepByStepExamples. Even though this is the
same directory name used for the previous IIS examples,...
... is certainly effective, this technique has a couple of downsides. For example, HTML
is defi ned by multiple standards. That is, browsers running both HTML version 3.2 and ver-
sion 4.0 occur in ... your HTML directly expecting requests from a certain kind of
browser, your users may be taken by surprise if they browse to your page with a new browser
that interprets HTML differently.
... (char.IsLetterOrDigit(c))
{
i++;
}
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4. Build the project by selecting Build, Build Solution from the main menu.
5. Add the PalindromeCheckerRenderedControl...
... might consider reading John Sharp’s
Microsoft Visual C# 2010 StepbyStep (Microsoft Press 2010) or Michael Halvorson’s Microsoft
Visual Basic 2010 StepbyStep (Microsoft Press 2010).
With a heavy ... SQL and Microsoft s SQL Server database platform,
other Microsoft Press books such as Mike Hotek’s Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 StepbyStep
(Microsoft Press, 2008) or Itzik Ben-gan’s Microsoft ... chapter includes stepbystep examples and downloadable sample projects that you can
explore for yourself.
Who Is This Book For?
As part of Microsoft Press’s “Developer StepByStep series of...