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Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:48 PM

Introduction to Building XML Web Services with ASMX

Download PDF Version Download Samples The Web Service standards define how to build application functionality that is made available to remote machines using generally available Internet protocols. The Web part defines how application functionality is
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Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:43 PM

An Introduction to Building XML Web Services with ASMX

An Introduction to Building XML Web Services with ASMX By Thom Robbins ( trobbins@microsoft.com ) Download PDF Version Download Samples Overview The Web Service standards define how to build application functionality that is made available to remote machines
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Friday, December 29, 2006 5:18 PM

Introducing the <DataContract>

As we have seen in previous articles . Creating a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service begins with annotating the class with a <ServiceContract> attribute and an <OperationContract> for each exposed operation. The design of WCF uses
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:13 AM

RC of MSDNWiki available

In case you haven’t seen it. The MSDN library has recently made available a Community Content feature for the Visual Studio 2005 documentation and the .NET 3.0 Class Library on MSDN Online. This feature is designed to allow the community of developers
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Thursday, December 07, 2006 4:03 AM

Looking at Assembly Information

Assembly information is an important part of building an application. This is what gets generated to the executable during compilation. How can you see where this data gets published? Within in a Windows application select the project properties From
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:47 AM

Environment.SpecialFolder

A very useful environment enumeration is SpecialFolder. This provides an enumeration to special folders like My Pictures or the Startup menu. These folders are set by default by the system, or explicitly by the user. For example, ever try to get at a
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:41 PM

Adding items to the task list

Many times I like to make a note of things that I need to do later or things I haven’t completed yet inline with my code. Using Visual Studio 2005 you have the ability to change or add items that show up in the comments section of the task list. This
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Friday, November 17, 2006 12:48 AM

Try out a Microsoft Virtual Lab Express

Virtual Lab Express is the fastest and easiest way to test drive Microsoft products and the Virtual Lab environment. These are 20-minute hands-on overviews of some of your favorite Microsoft products and developer tools. Try them out online now - no need
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Friday, November 17, 2006 12:45 AM

Showing Line Numbers with Visual Studio 2005

While presenting recently I was asked how I was able to line numbers in my code. I often find it a nice feature while doing demos to have line numbers turned on. I think it makes it easier to view the code. With Visual Studio 2005 this is actually very
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Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:31 AM

Windows SDK .NET Framework 3.0 Samples

The Windows SDK samples for .NET Framework 3.0 include samples for .NET Framework 2.0, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Cross Technology samples. These samples can be downloaded from her
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Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:30 AM

Windows Vista Readiness Hands on Lab

Check out this set of Hands on Lab designed to educate developers on known Microsoft Windows Vista application compatibility issues. This process will walk the developer through specifics, focusing on solutions that will enable customers running your
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Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:59 PM

The Microsoft Internet Explorer AddOn Contest Official Rules

Write an IE 7 addon and win a cool prize! The " Internet Explorer AddOn " Contest (the "Contest") is a skill contest in which participants are asked to create an extension program (AddOn) for the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) browser. Entries will
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:37 PM

Connections Session

Thanks to everyone that attended the Connections session that we did hear yesterday in Las Vegas. In case you couldn’t attend the session materials for: Introduction to .NET 3.0 Welcome to the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, the new managed code programming
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006 9:58 AM

.NET Framework 3.0 Released

It’s finally released and available! Check out the installation instructions here . Congratulations to the entire team!
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Monday, November 06, 2006 3:44 PM

Check out the pilot program for downloadable hotfixes!

The goal of this pilot is to provide you with direct access to the most requested hotfixes that are produced for our developer tools. A hotfix is a single package that includes one or more files that is used to address a very specific customer problem
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