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ACT (Application Center Test), 119 “120

ADO.NET

explanation of, 127

and working with databases in code, 128

ADO.NET objects, resource for, 130

alert warnings, raising in ASP.NET, 74

alphanumerical matcher in Regex library, example of, 313 “314

Amazon.com, querying for Web services, 190 “193

American and British dates, converting with Regex, 332

Anchor property, use of, 28

animated GIFs, displaying without

browser control, 32 “33

application instances, checking for, 44 “45

Application object, using with ASP.NET applications, 66

application updates, downloading, 62

applications.

See also ASP.NET

applications;

developer secrets for ASP.NET;

Web applications;

Windows applications

building for .NET Compact

Framework, 216 “218

creating from PDAs, 215 “220

deploying on .NET Compact

Framework, 218 “220

printing from, 51 “54

App.Path property, .NET replacement for, 248

arrays, changes in, 15

ASIN (Amazon standard identification number), explanation of, 190 “191

ASP.NET

accessing Code window with, 11

changing text properties in, 11

creating Web sites with, 9 “12

displaying Properties window in, 10

explanation of, 3

sending mail in, 87 “88

Server.Transfer versus Response.Direct in, 113 “114

testing Web applications in, 12

ASP.NET applications.

See also applications;

developer secrets for

ASP.NET;

Web applications;

Windows applications

Application object used with, 66

compiling, 68

cookies used wit, 67

debugging, 68

deploying, 123

development essentials of, 64 “68

encoding and decoding strings in, 68

maintaining state of Web forms in, 65

Session object used with, 65

system requirements for, 64

using query strings with, 67 “68

ASP.NET Forms authentication, setting up, 100 “102

ASP.NET Forums, using code from, 105

ASP.NET hosts , storing files on, 122 “123

ASP.NET Mobile Controls, advisory about, 210

ASP.NET Web service project, features of, 4

assemblies

explanation of, 21

location of, 25

renaming, 24

asynchronous access, performing with Web services, 197 “198

authentication in ASP.NET, explanation of, 100 “103