Microsoft ASP.NET Using Visual Basic 2010 Table of Contents

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1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION... I-1 Prerequisites... I-2 Installing the Practice Files... I-3 Software Requirements... I-3 Installation... I-3 The Chapter Files... I-3 Sample Database... I-4 Security... I-5 About the Authors... I-6 INTRODUCTION TO ASP.NET A Review of Classic ASP Dynamically Creating Web Pages An ASP Example ASP Shortcomings ASP.NET to the Rescue ASP.NET Web Applications Creating a New Web Application Rendering HTML with Server Controls Types of Server Controls Using HTML Controls Using ASP.NET Web Server Controls Data Binding in ASP.NET Web Development in Visual Studio Code Behind vs. Inline Code Web Sites and Applications ASP.NET Development Server Multi-Targeting Support LAB 1: INTRODUCTION TO ASP.NET Lab 1 Overview Work with Web Controls Display Data in Web Controls TOC-1

2 WORKING WITH CONTROLS Introduction to Web Controls The WebControl Class The Label Control Simple Input Controls TextBox Controls CheckBox Controls RadioButton Controls HyperLink and Button Controls Postback Behavior HyperLink Controls Button Controls Displaying Images Using the ImageMap Control Image Alternate Text List Controls The Sample Page Adding Items to Lists Adding Items Programmatically Handling Selections and Postbacks Clearing Selected Items Removing Items Controlling Focus Setting Form Defaults Calling the Focus() Method Using TabIndex and AccessKey Overriding Default Button Settings with Panel Controls LAB 2: WORKING WITH CONTROLS Lab 2 Overview Create Web Forms Controls Make the Web Forms Controls Work USING RICH SERVER CONTROLS Introduction to Rich Controls The Calendar Control Working with the Calendar Control Handling Calendar Events Adding Custom Content with DayRender Investigating the Client-Side Code TOC-2

3 The AdRotator Control How the AdRotator Works Setting Up the Advertisement File Advertisement File Contents Adding User-Defined Elements Setting the Target Frame Filtering Images with the KeywordFilter Property Using the AdCreated Event The XML Control Setting the XML Control Properties Providing the Style Sheet LAB 3: USING RICH SERVER CONTROLS Lab 3 Overview Work with the Calendar Control Work with the AdRotator Control ACCESSING DATA Overview of ADO.NET ADO.NET Classes The ADO.NET Architecture Creating ADO.NET Data Objects The DataTable Object Connecting to Data Setting Up Connection Information Using the Connection Object Executing Commands Using a SqlDataReader Working with Data Working with Data Using a Data Adapter Managing Data with the DataSet Object Filling a DataTable within a DataSet Filling DataSets from SQL Server Choosing an ADO.NET Provider The SQL Server.NET Data Provider The OLE DB.NET Data Provider The ODBC Data Provider Writing Code for Multiple Providers TOC-3

4 LAB 4: ACCESSING DATA Lab 4 Overview Use a Data Reader to Fill a ListBox with Categories Use a DataSet to Fill a GridView with Products INTRODUCTION TO LINQ Language Integrated Query LINQ Using Visual Basic and C# LINQ Syntax Basic LINQ Syntax Extension Methods LINQ and More Complex Objects Anonymous Types Some Interesting Examples LINQ to SQL Creating a Data Model Calling Stored Procedures Using Anonymous Types with SQL Modifying SQL Data LINQ to DataSets LINQ to Typed DataSets LINQ to Untyped DataSets LINQ to XML Generating XML Querying XML Transforming XML Are You Done? Is there More? LAB 5: INTRODUCTION TO LINQ Lab 5 Overview Use LINQ to Objects Use LINQ to SQL Use LINQ to XML CONFIGURATION Configuration Overview Navigating the Configuration File Hierarchy Configuration File Elements Sample web.config TOC-4

5 ASP.NET Configuration Tools Configuration Security Features Using the Web Site Administration Tool The Web Site Administration Tool Graphical User Interface Using the Web Site Administration Tool to Create a Custom Error Page Programming Configuration Files The Configuration APIs Storing and Retrieving Connection Strings Writing to Configuration Files Using External Configuration Files Standard Configuration Sections Is That All There Is? Encrypting Configuration Sections Protected Configuration Providers Encrypting the connectionstrings Section in web.config Encrypting External Configuration Files Moving Encrypted Configuration Files LAB 6: CONFIGURATION Lab 6 Overview Use the Web Site Administration Tool Read Application Settings from web.config DATA BINDING Introducing Data Source Controls Introducing Data-Bound Controls Reading and Writing Data Using the SqlDataSource Control Bind a DropDownList Control Display Product Information in a DetailsView Control Filter Data Based on the DropDownList Value Data Source Control Events Should You Use the SqlDataSource Control? Displaying and Editing Middle-Tier Data Using the ObjectDataSource Control Binding Using the LinqDataSource Control Demonstrating the LinqDataSource Control Displaying XML Data Using the XmlDataSource Control Configuring the XmlDataSource Control Add the FormView Control TOC-5

6 LAB 7: DATA BINDING Lab 7 Overview Display a DropDownList of Categories Display a GridView Control with the Selected Category Information Display and Edit the Selected Product VALIDATING USER INPUT Overview of ASP.NET Validation Controls The Validation Controls Using the Simple Validators Using the RequiredFieldValidator Using a RangeValidator to Ensure that Data Falls within a Specified Range Using a CompareValidator to Compare Values Using the Complex Validators Validate General Text with the RegularExpressionValidator Create Your Own Validation Using the CustomValidator Control Summarizing Results with the ValidationSummary Control Display Modes for the ValidationSummary Control Separating Validation into Validation Groups LAB 8: VALIDATING USER INPUT Lab 8 Overview Add Required Field and Range Validators Add a Compare Validator and Validation Summary Add a Regular Expression Validator Add a Custom Validator CASCADING STYLE SHEETS Introducing Cascading Style Sheets Advantages of Using Styles Converting from Embedded to Linked Style Sheets What Is CSS, Really? Investigating Styles Font Attributes Color Attributes Margins and Alignment Positioning TOC-6

7 <DIV> and <SPAN> Classes and IDs Grouping Is That All? Using Visual Studio s Tools for Working with Styles Split View Editing Manage Styles Window Using the Direct Style Application Toolbar Creating New Styles in the Stylesheet Editor Creating New Styles from the Manage Styles Window Using the CSS Properties Window LAB 9: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS Lab 9 Overview Use CSS for Text Formatting Use CSS Styles for Text Positioning THEMES AND MASTER PAGES Creating a Consistent Web Site ASP.NET Themes Working with Themes, Folders, and Skins Applying a Theme Creating a Theme Working with Themes Creating Named Skins More Issues with Themes Master Pages Creating a Master Page Creating a Content Page Converting a Standard Page to a Content Page Adding Default Content Practical Master Pages Creating Nested Master Pages LAB 10: THEMES AND MASTER PAGES Lab 10 Overview Create a Theme Set Up a Master Page and Content Pages Create Named Skins TOC-7

8 SITE NAVIGATION ASP.NET Web Site Navigation Providers and Data Sources Absolute and Relative URLs Creating an XML Site Map File A Hierarchy of Nested sitemapnode Elements Built-In and Custom Attributes Site Navigation Controls Breadcrumb Controls and Hierarchical Navigation Using the Site Navigation API Accessing Current and Sibling Nodes Exploring the SiteMap Class URL Mapping Mapping URLs in Web.config Adjusting the Site Map Using Multiple Site Map Providers Security Trimming Authentication and Authorization The Web Site Administration Tool Enabling Security Trimming Automatic Role-Based Trimming LAB 11: SITE NAVIGATION Lab 11 Overview Add a SiteMap and Menu Add a Category Node and SiteMapPath DISPLAYING DATA WITH THE GRIDVIEW CONTROL Introducing the GridView Control Displaying Data with the GridView Control Filter Data in the GridView Control Create the DropDownList of Countries Filter the Data Based on the Selected Country Allow Users to Select from a DropDownList in the Grid Introducing Templates Convert the Country Field into a Template Add a Hyperlink to the Grid Create the CustomerOrders Page Create the Hyperlink TOC-8

9 Deleting a Row and Handling Errors Add the Delete Link Add the Client-Side Alert Add Event-Handling Code What s Left? LAB 12: DISPLAYING DATA WITH THE GRIDVIEW CONTROL Lab 12 Overview Format the Orders Grid and Add Functionality Add a Related GridView Control Showing Order Details Modify the HyperLink Column so that it s Editable MANAGING STATE Preserving State in Web Applications Methods of Preserving State Page-Level State Enabling Dynamic Page Modifications ViewState and the Page Lifecycle Enabling Change Events Understanding ViewState When to Disable ViewState Limitations of Page-Level State Using Cookies to Preserve State Working with Cookies in ASP.NET Code Limitations of Using Cookies ASP.NET Session State Problems in Classic ASP The Session Object Storing Objects in Session State Storing ADO.NET Objects in Session Session State Object Storage Configuring Session State Editing Configuration Files Session State Options Setting Up an Out-of-Process State Server Ensuring that Your Data Is Serializable Testing StateServer Session State Storing Session State in SQL Server Configuring SQL Server Session State TOC-9

10 Testing SQL Server Session State Using Cookieless Session IDs Application State Limitations of Application State LAB 13: MANAGING STATE Lab 13 Overview Store Data in Session State Implement Out-of-Process Session State Using a State Server MANAGING USERS WITH ASP.NET'S MEMBERSHIP FEATURES Introduction to Membership and Roles Introducing Membership Management in ASP.NET Introducing Role Management The Security Services Stack Data Has to Go Somewhere Configuring Members and Roles Modifying Provider Behavior Working with Roles Authentication and Cookies Using Membership Controls LoginStatus Control Login Control LoginView Control LoginName Control ChangePassword Control PasswordRecovery Control CreateUserWizard Control Writing Code to Interact with Membership and Roles The Membership and MembershipUsers Classes The Roles Class Creating Custom Providers Setting Up the XML Provider LAB 14: MANAGING USERS WITH ASP.NET'S MEMBERSHIP FEATURES Lab 14 Overview Create Users and Add Authentication Add Support for Password Handling Add Access Rules TOC-10

11 SERVER-SIDE DEBUGGING Server-Side Code Debugging in ASP.NET Using the Visual Debugger Configuring Debugging Setting Breakpoints Stepping Through Code Debugging Exceptions and Handling Errors The Exception Assistant Redirecting Users Debugging Stored Procedures Creating a Database Project Working with Data Connections Debugging Stored Procedures LAB 15: SERVER-SIDE DEBUGGING Lab 15 Overview Debug Code Redirect Users CLIENT-SIDE AND ADVANCED DEBUGGING Client-Side Code Debugging in ASP.NET Debugging Client-Side JavaScript Configuring Script Debugging Script Debugging Debugging Script in Dynamic Resource Files Limitations of Breakpoint Mapping Custom Data Visualizers A Client Data Visualizer Building a Custom Visualizer The Visualizer Class Deploying a Custom Visualizer Debugging.NET Framework Source Code Configuring.NET Framework Source Code Access Exploring the Source Code LAB 16: CLIENT-SIDE AND ADVANCED DEBUGGING Lab 16 Overview Debug Client-Side JavaScript Build a String Data Visualizer TOC-11

12 TRACING ASP.NET Trace Page-Level Tracing Application-Level Tracing Instrumenting with Trace Listeners The WebPageTraceListener Health Monitoring with Web Events Working with the TraceFinished Event Sending Web Event Data to SQL Server Using the SqlWebEventProvider Providers, Rules, and Event Mappings Viewing Event Data LAB 17: TRACING Lab 17 Overview Implement Page-Level Tracing Work with Programmatic Tracing Configure Application-Level Tracing CREATING NEW CONTROLS Two Kinds of User-Defined Controls Creating a User Control A More Complex User Control Investigating the User Control Providing States Data User Control Properties User Control Events Testing the User Control Why Not Stop Here? Creating a Custom Control Investigating the StateDropDownList Control Rendering the Control Control Properties Managing Property Behavior Using Attributes Working with Postback Data Specifying a Toolbox Icon Finishing Touches What s Next? TOC-12

13 LAB 18: CREATING NEW CONTROLS Lab 18 Overview Render the Control s HTML Add Control Properties Add Postback and Event Support Add the Final Touches (Optional) IMPROVING PERFORMANCE WITH OUTPUT CACHING The Importance of Caching Improvements over Classic ASP Types of Caching in ASP.NET Declarative Page Output Caching Caching Static Pages Code Behind the Caching Example Pages Caching Multiple Versions of a Page Caching Page Fragments Using VaryByControl Caching Multiple Versions of a Control on a Page Post-Cache Substitution Calling a Method to Insert HTML Using a Substitution Control Caching Configuration Output Cache Profiles Global Configuration Settings LAB 19: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE WITH OUTPUT CACHING Lab 19 Overview Vary Caching by Form Parameters Use a Cache Profile ADVANCED CACHING TECHNIQUES ASP.NET Caching Review Declarative Output Caching Overview of Advanced Caching Features Testing Caching in Visual Studio Programmatic Page Caching The Caching Object Model Caching Static Pages Programmatically TOC-13

14 Caching Data Using Cache.Add and Cache.Insert Controlling Expiration Caching Data with Dependencies Expiring a Cached Item when Data Changes Polling for Changes to a Table Polling for Changes to Query Results Using SQL Server Query Notifications for Caching LAB 20: ADVANCED CACHING TECHNIQUES Lab 20 Overview Configure Output Caching with Code Configure Polling-Based Caching Configure a Data Source Control to Cache Data with Query Notifications USING THE DATALIST AND REPEATER CONTROLS Overview of List-Bound Controls Using the Repeater Control Binding the Repeater Control to Data A More Complex Example The CategoryDetail Page Creating a DataList Control Formatting the DataList Binding Data to the DataList Displaying Bound Data Selecting a Row Refreshing the Display Editing Data with the DataList LAB 21: USING THE DATALIST AND REPEATER CONTROLS Lab 21 Overview Using the Repeater Control Using the DataList Control Introduction to the ListView Control Exploring the ASP.NET ListView Create a ListView ListView Control Templates Handling the No Data Situation Grouping Items TOC-14

15 Modifying Data in the ListView Control Convert a Static Page to Use a ListView Static Version of the Page Add a ListView Control to Display Content Add a LINQ Data Source Enable Data Editing Sort Data in a ListView Adding Paging with the DataPager Control Exploring ListView Paging Implement More Flexible Paging LAB 22: USING THE LISTVIEW AND DATAPAGER CONTROLS Lab 22 Overview Create and Use a ListView Control Customize the ListView with Templates and a DataPager ASP.NET PROFILE FEATURES Introducing Profiles Profile s Strongly Typed Access Storing Profile Data Considering Profiles Configuring Profiles Setting Up Web.config Using Custom Types Using SQL Server for Profile Storage Modifying Provider Behavior Investigating the Sample Site Working with Anonymous Profiles Enabling Anonymous Profiles Identifying Anonymous Users Enabling Specific Properties for Anonymous Users Migrating Anonymous Users Creating a Custom Profile Provider Examining the Custom Profile Provider Comparing Profiles and Session State LAB 23: ASP.NET PROFILE FEATURES Lab 23 Overview Add Profile Properties TOC-15

16 Add Anonymous Profile Support Migrate Anonymous Profile Information ASP.NET EXTENSIONS ASP.NET Extensions Web Deployment Projects ASP.NET AJAX History Feature Use AJAX History ASP.NET Dynamic Data Create a Dynamic Data Web Site Explore the Structure of a Dynamic Data Web Site Routing Change Data Display Change Page Templates for Some Tables LAB 24: ASP.NET EXTENSIONS Lab 24 Overview Use AJAX History in a Web Page Create a Dynamic Data Web Site INDEX... INDEX-1 TOC-16