Beginning ASP.Net 2.0 in C# 2005

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005 From Novice to Professional - - - Matthew MacDonald Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional Copyright (c) 2006 by Matthew MacDonald All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-59059-572-5 ISBN-10 (pbk): 1-59059-572-6 Printed and bound in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Contributor of Chapter 27: Julian Templeman Lead Editor: Jonathan Hassell Technical Reviewer: Ronald Landers Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Dan Appleman, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jason Gilmore, Jonathan Hassell, Chris Mills, Dominic Shakeshaft, Jim Sumser Project Manager and Production Director: Grace Wong Copy Edit Manager: Nicole LeClerc Copy Editor: Kim Wimpsett Assistant Production Director: Kari Brooks-Copony Production Editor: Kelly Winquist Compositor: Pat Christenson Proofreader: Nancy Riddiough Indexer: Michael Brinkman Artist: Kinetic Publishing Services, LLC Cover Designer: Kurt Krames Manufacturing Director: Tom Debolski Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 233 Spring Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013. Phone 1-800-SPRINGER, fax 201-348-4505, e-mail , or visit . For information on translations, please contact Apress directly at 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 219, Berkeley, CA 94710. Phone 510-549-5930, fax 510-549-5939, e-mail , or visit . The information in this book is distributed on an as is basis, without warranty. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the author(s) nor Apress shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this work. The source code for this book is available to readers at in the Source Code section. You will need to answer questions pertaining to this book in order to successfully download the code. iv Contents at a Glance About the Author ... xxvi About the Technical Reviewer... xxvii Acknowledgments...xxviii Introduction ... xxix PART 1 - - - Introducing .NET -CHAPTER 1 Introducing the .NET Framework ... 3 -CHAPTER 2 Learning the C# Language... 23 -CHAPTER 3 Types, Objects, and Namespaces ... 59 -CHAPTER 4 Introducing Visual Studio 2005... 91 PART 2 - - - Developing ASP.NET Applications -CHAPTER 5 Web Form Fundamentals ... 125 -CHAPTER 6 Web Controls ... 175 -CHAPTER 7 Tracing, Logging, and Error Handling... 219 -CHAPTER 8 Validation and Rich Controls ... 267 -CHAPTER 9 State Management... 317 -CHAPTER 10 Master Pages and Themes ... 359 -CHAPTER 11 Website Navigation ... 389 -CHAPTER 12 Deploying ASP.NET Applications ... 427 PART 3 - - - Working with Data -CHAPTER 13 ADO.NET Fundamentals ... 471 -CHAPTER 14 Data Binding... 539 -CHAPTER 15 The Data Controls ... 581 -CHAPTER 16 Files and Streams... 625 -CHAPTER 17 XML... 655 v PART 4 - - - Website Security -CHAPTER 18 Security Fundamentals ... 707 -CHAPTER 19 Membership ... 739 -CHAPTER 20 Profiles... 781 PART 5 - - - Web Services -CHAPTER 21 Web Services Architecture ... 813 -CHAPTER 22 Creating Web Services ... 831 -CHAPTER 23 Enhancing Web Services ... 869 PART 6 - - - Advanced ASP.NET -CHAPTER 24 Component-Based Programming... 903 -CHAPTER 25 Custom Controls ... 937 -CHAPTER 26 Caching and Performance Tuning ... 985 -CHAPTER 27 Web Parts ... 1029 -INDEX ... 1063