ADO.NET and XML: ASP.NET On The Edge

ADO.NET and XML:ASP.NET On The Edge is an advanced ASP.NET book, using Visual Basic .NET as its primary language. On this site, you will find three appendixes in PDF format and a variety of sample applications to download as a companion to the book. The samples contain comments that link back to the code listings in the book to make it easier to work from either direction.

You can download the code for the entire book in a single download, or you can download one chapter at a time. Each file is available in a Visual Studio .NET and an SDK version. All database files are presented in both Access and SQL Server formats. To decompress the files, you will need a utility such as WinZip or Winrar.

All the code is available on the download page.

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Each ASP.NET project has an installer that installs the source code and the project and solution files to a Web folder. These .msi files also set up the Web properties so that you can quickly view the samples at work.

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If you want to download the code for a particular chapter only, use one of the following links:

Chapter 1: Introducing the .NET Framework and the CLR
This chapter contains a simple Hello, World application using Visual Basic .NET, along with IL (Intermediate Language) samples.

Ch01VS.zip   Ch01SDK.zip

Chapter 2: Visual Basic .NET
A variety of projects, primarily Hello, World projects to illustrate the new features in Visual Basic .NET.

Ch02VS.zip   Ch02SDK.zip

Chapter 3: ASP.NET
In this chapter's samples, I move Hello, World and other simple examples from Console applications to an ASP.NET application to illustrate how to use ASP.NET.

Ch03VS.zip   Ch03SDK.zip

Chapter 4: XML
Basic XML files to show how to use XML and XSLT.

Ch04VS.zip   Ch04SDK.zip

Chapter 5: ADO.NET
This chapter's samples contain simple Console and Windows Forms applications to illustrate how to use ADO.NET.

Ch05VS.zip   Ch05SDK.zip

Chapter 6: Your First ASP.NET Application
This chapter shows a simple ASP.NET employee search form.

Ch06VS.zip   Ch06SDK.zip

Chapter 7: Windows Forms and WebForms
The main focus here is to show how similar Windows and Web applications are in the .NET programming world.

Ch07VS.zip   Ch07SDK.zip

Chapter 8: Adding Interactivity with ASP.NET Web Controls
This chapter focuses on the enhanced controls that ship with ASP.NET. These controls are often called Server controls in Microsoft lingo.

Ch08VS.zip   Ch08SDK.zip

Chapter 9: Validation
This chapter's samples show how to use the various validation controls in ASP.NET.

Ch09VS.zip   Ch09SDK.zip

Chapter 10: Error Handling and Debugging
This chapter's samples show how to set up exception handlers in your applications and how to use the trace objects to add your own debugging code to production applications.

Ch10VS.zip   Ch10SDK.zip

Chapter 11: Sessions and Applications
This chapter focuses on the difference between the Session and Application objects in ASP and ASP.NET.

Ch11VS.zip   Ch11SDK.zip

Chapter 13: Security and Authentication
The primary focus of this chapter is on forms-based authentication, which is going to be the most common form of authentication used in ASP.NET Internet applications.

Ch13VS.zip   Ch13SDK.zip

Chapter 14: Web Services
This chapter focuses on creating and consuming XML Web Services. For simplicity, the entire solution is contained in one project.

Ch14VS.zip   Ch14SDK.zip

Chapter 15: Working with Provider Objects
The samples for this chapter compare ADO to ADO.NET and show you how to connect to a variety of databases. Through similar samples, you learn how to easily move from one type of database to another.

Ch15VS.zip   Ch15SDK.zip

Chapter 16: Data Binding with ADO.NET
This chapter focuses on binding to a variety of controls, including HTML Controls, ASP.NET Controls (aka, Server Controls), and all the data controls: DataGrid, DataList, and Repeater.

Ch16VS.zip   Ch16SDK.zip

Chapter 17: Advanced ADO.NET
This chapter expands on ADO.NET and shows how to build up a DataSet that includes features of a full RDBMS database, as well as how to use transactions in ADO.NET.

Ch17VS.zip   Ch17SDK.zip

Chapter 18: Working with XML
This chapter guides you through the basics of working with XML in ASP.NET, including how to use streams, readers, and writers.

Ch18VS.zip   Ch18SDK.zip

Chapter 19: Schemas in the .NET Framework
This chapter's samples contain a variety of projects showing how to use schemas and DTDs in .NET.

Ch19VS.zip   Ch19SDK.zip

Chapter 20: Transformations and Navigation
This chapter's samples focus on using XSLT and XPATH to transform XML into your user interface.

Ch20VS.zip   Ch20SDK.zip

Chapters 21 - 23: Real World Samples
All three chapters build on the same project, which includes intranet, Internet, and extranet samples in ASP.NET.

Ch21VS.zip   Ch21SDK.zip
Ch22VS.zip   Ch22SDK.zip
Ch23VS.zip   Ch23SDK.zip

Appendix A: A Brief Look at Visual Studio .NET
The samples from this chapter are used to illustrate features in Visual Studio .NET.

AppAVS.zip

Available in PDF format:

Appendix A - A Brief Look at the Visual Studio .NET IDE
Appendix B - A Comparison of Visual Basic .NET and C#
Appendix C - Some Important .NET Resources