News 10

* The .NET Show: Debugging with Visual Studio .NET
Features Shaykat Chaudhuri and Habib Heydarian talking about some of the debugging features and capabilities of Visual Studio .NET.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/

* .NET
Customize Authentication with .NET
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/Dncold/html/storagecustauth.asp?frame=true

* Security
Security Recommendation: Disable HTTP-GET and HTTP-POST Protocols for Production XML Web Services
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/disHTT.asp?frame=true

* Windows
High-Availability Solutions Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Cluster Service
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/Dnbiz2k2/html/bts_2002clustering.asp?frame=true

* Voices
Working with C#: Community and Launch
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncscol/html/csharp03122002.asp

* MSDN Magazine
Find articles easier and faster with our new searchable XML-based index, and check out the April preview article - Windows Forms: Developing Compelling User Controls that Target Forms in the .NET Framework.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/

* MDAC White Paper
Learn how MDAC gets installed, the recent version history of MDAC, and the common issues that you might encounter during MDAC installation. (12 printed pages)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmdac/html/data_mdacinstall.asp?frame=true

New KnowledgeBase Articles

* HOW TO: Use Custom Formatting with a Visual Basic 6.0 Data Grid
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315648

* FIX: Unchecked Buffer May Occur When You Connect to Remote Data Source (Q317979)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q317979&SD=MSKB&

* INFO: Windows XP Includes a New Version of Msvbvm60.DLL (Q314720) (Updated on March 10th 2002)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314720&SD=MSKB&

IV. DEVELOPER WEBCASTS
Free, live, interactive, deep how-to technical webcasts presented by knowledgeable Microsoft software design engineers. Watch code and application demos online, or ask the presenter questions. Note: registration closes 2 hours prior to event start time.

A. MSDN WEBCASTS
More MSDN Webcasts can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts

* MSPress Author Series- Building XML Web Services for the Microsoft .NET Platform
March 26, 2002 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm Pacific Time, 4:00pm Eastern Time.
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/700.asp

* .NET Class Libraries From A to Z
March 26, 2002 - 11:00am to 12:30pm Pacific Time, 2:00pm Eastern Time.
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/519.asp

* Rich Client Advantage for .NET Web Services
March 28, 2002 - 11:00am to 12:30pm Pacific Time, 2:00pm Eastern Time.
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/769.asp

Support WebCasts

Microsoft COM+ and the Microsoft .NET Framework
Friday, March 22, 2002: 10:00 A.M. Pacific time (Greenwich mean time -8).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;webcst&FR=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US&CT=SD&SE=NONA

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Virtual Server: Things You Should Know
Tuesday, March 26, 2002: 10:00 A.M. Pacific time (Greenwich mean time -8).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;webcst&FR=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US&CT=SD&SE=NONA

Additional Microsoft Webcasts

* ASP.NET - Tips and Tricks
March 19, 2002 2:00 - 3:30pm
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/518.asp

* SQL Server 2000 and XML Integration
March 21, 2002 3:00 - 4:30pm
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/693.asp

* Introducing Data Mining in SQL Server 2000
April 3, 2002 3:00 - 4:30pm
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/694.asp

V. DEVELOPER CHATS

Upcoming Developer Chats - information on all Developer Chats can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats

* Windows XP Embedded
March 19, 2002: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. PST; 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. EST; 18:30 - 19:30 GMT

* DataGrid Web Server Control
March 19, 2002: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. PST; 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. EST; 20:00 - 21:00 GMT

* Building Server Controls
March 21, 2002: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. PST; 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. EST; 20:00 - 21:00 GMT

* Microsoft .NET Developer Certifications
March 21, 2002: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M. PST; 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. EST; 22:00 - 23:00 GMT

* How to Integrate Windows CE .NET and the Intel PXA250 Processor in Your Next Embedded Design
March 22, 2002: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. PST; 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. EST; 20:00 - 21:00 GMT

* eMbedded Visual C++
March 25, 2002: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. PST; 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. EST; 20:00 - 21:00 GMT

* Working with Single-File Web Forms Pages
March 26, 2002: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. PST; 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. EST; 20:00 - 21:00 GMT

* Windows CE .NET - Realtime
March 26, 2002: 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. PST; 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. EST; 21:30 - 22:30 GMT

* Windows CE .NET Graphics and User Technologies
March 27, 2002: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. PST; 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. EST; 20:00 - 21:00 GMT

* Mysteries of Windows CE .NET Platform Builder 4.0 Revealed
March 28, 2002: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. PST; 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. EST; 18:30 - 19:30 GMT

* Office XP Developer Chat on Fabrikam 2.0 Sample Solution
March 28, 2002: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. PST; 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. EST; 20:00 - 21:00 GMT

GULF COAST: South Texas and Louisiana

* Gulf Coast MSDN Sessions
Discover where .NET can take you. Our upcoming MSDN session will be posted shortly. We will also be adding San Antonio and New Orleans back on list of visited cities. Check the following Web-site for dates and locations.
http://www.developercare.com

* Microsoft Tech�Ed 2002
April 9-13, 2002, New Orleans, LA
The definitive Microsoft conference for building integrated solutions. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Microsoft Tech�Ed will be better than ever, with more than 200 technical breakout sessions, expert panel discussions, enhanced hands-on labs, and an attendee party you won't want to miss.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/teched/go/Learn/

ASP.NET DataGrid Paging - Custom Paging w/ Caching & Numeric Links
By Curis Swartzentruber - 3/13/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/tutorials.aspx?tutorialid=287

This tutorial is a variation on Doug Seven's article (ASP.NET
DataGrid Paging Part 2 : Custom Paging) . You should read this
article first to understand the code and concepts involved in my
modification. While my implementation is specific to my particular
needs, hopefully you can see how to apply this concept to many
different types of result sets.

Connecting to Databases the ASP.NET Way
By Doug Seven - 3/11/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/tutorials.aspx?tutorialid=16

This article demonstrate how to connect to databases using the three
NET Data Providers - SQL, OleDb, and ODBC - It has contains a page
that demonstrates a performance comparison between the three and
links to other performance comparisons.

FREE MSIL Obfuscator from PreEmptive
Submitted by Bob Kulon - 3/12/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=288

Dotfuscator Community Edition is a robust, free obfuscation tool for
NET MSIL code. It contains the same powerful, patented Overload
Induction renaming algorithms that made PreEmptive Solutions DashO
tools the #1 obfuscator for Java. Dotfuscator tools provide complete
protection of intellectual property in your distributed MSIL code.
They disrupt de-compilation and prevent reverse-engineering. As a
result, you valuable algorithms cannot be stolen and your security
mechanisms cannot be understood. Dotfuscator Community Edition is
real, released, and ready to help make your .NET project secure.
It is free for non-commercial use. The Professional Edition extends
the Community Edition by providing a commercial-use license, A GUI
console application, incremental obfuscation, and technical support.

New .Net IL-Obfuscator Released By Imca Systems
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/11/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=286

Imca Systems .Net IL-Obfuscator provides obfuscation for assemblies
created in Microsoft .Net Framework. IL-Obfuscator - not only the
tool for the maximal complication of research and reverse engineering
of your code. You can use IL-obfuscator as IL-code browser.
IL-Obfuscator reduct your assembly size, optimize speed of your
application

Installing the ColdStorage Sample
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/10/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=284

Provides a detailed guide to installing the ColdStorage sample Web
service on your own machine. (9 printed pages)

Security Recommendation for XML Web Services
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/10/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=285

For security reasons, Web service operators may want to disable the
HTTP-GET and HTTP-POST messaging protocols for XML Web services.
Disabling these protocols will help prevent external Web sites from
maliciously communicating with XML Web services on your intranet.
(5 printed pages)

WWSD - Wimdows.net Web Services Directory
Submitted by Wim Hollebrandse - 3/9/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=283
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Now on Wimdows.net: WWSD, a web service directory - which will soon be
integrated with an up-time monitoring system and an option to have
your own portfolio of web services which you need to keep a close eye
on!

WinForm DualList Component
Submitted by Fons Sonnemans - 3/8/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=282

The DualList component handles the movement of items between 2
listboxes. You can place it on the form as a sort of "invisible
control". Next you set its behaviour properties: Action, Button,
ListBoxFrom and ListBoxTo. Optionally you can set the
DoubleClickSupport and AutoDisableButton properties.
The C# source code is included!

Get Started with XML Web Services in Visual Studio .NET
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/7/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=280

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and XML Web services provide a simple,
flexible, standards-based model that allows developers to assemble
applications regardless of the platform, programming language, or
object model. This article will help you get started creating and
accessing XML Web services with Visual Studio .NET. (21 printed pages)

Developing a Custom Authentication Scheme in .NET
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/7/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=281
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Provides an overview of the issues encountered during the design and
development of the custom authentication component used by the
ColdStorage sample Web services. (9 printed pages)

VB .NET: Real World Web Services (hands on)
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#34

Chat with Microsoft VB.NET Experts on DataGrid Web Server Control
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#40

Microsoft .NET Developer Certifications
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#41

Chat with Microsoft ASP.NET experts on Building Server Controls
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#42

How to Integrate Windows CE .NET and the Intel PXA250 Processor i
n Your Next Embedded Design
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#43

Chat with Microsoft VB.NET experts on Working with Single-File Web
Forms Pages
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#44

Chat with Microsoft experts on Windows CE .NET - Realtime
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#45

Windows .NET Server chat with Microsoft Corporate Vice President,
Bill Veghte
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#46

Chat with Microsoft Experts on Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect
Tools
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#38

Chat with Microsoft Experts on .NET Remoting
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#39

ZipCodeLookup
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/webserv/browse.aspx

Error handling in ASP.NET applications
By Bipin Joshi - 3/7/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/tutorials.aspx?tutorialid=279
Even though you take lot of care in designing your application errors
do occur. In case of web applications the chances of errors still
increase because of its nature. In this article we will see various
error handling techniques. Our focus will be on ASP.NET web
applications though many of the concepts are applicable to other
types of applications as well. Download includes a full sample
application!

How-To Build a Dynamic Head User Control
By Xico Loko - 3/7/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/howto/default.aspx?id=16

In this How-To Xico Loko shows you how to build a user control to
dynamically render the Head element of a Web Form.

Get Started with XML Web Services in Visual Studio .NET
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/7/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=280
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and XML Web services provide a simple,
flexible, standards-based model that allows developers to assemble
applications regardless of the platform, programming language, or
object model. This article will help you get started creating and
accessing XML Web services with Visual Studio .NET.
(21 printed pages)

Developing a Custom Authentication Scheme in .NET
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/7/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=281
Provides an overview of the issues encountered during the design and
development of the custom authentication component used by the
ColdStorage sample Web services. (9 printed pages)

Using Reflection Emit to Cache .NET Assemblies
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/4/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=278

Details a non-intrusive caching solution that uses Reflection Emit in
the Microsoft .NET Framework. (26 printed pages)

Performance Comparison: Transaction Control
Submitted by Donny Mack - 3/4/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=277

Focuses on performance aspects of transaction control that affect
performance, scalability, and maintainability by comparing
transactions models, including database transactions, Microsoft
ADO.NET manual transactions, and ADO.NET automatic transactions
in common applications scenarios with a Microsoft SQL Server 2000
database. (11 printed pages)

New ASP.NET community site: Wimdows.net!
Submitted by Wim Hollebrandse - 3/3/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=276

On this new ASP.NET community site, founded by Wim Hollebrandse,
you will find quality articles, which will be added several times a
month, anonymous discussion forums on various ASP.NET issues, sample
code, .NET components and news items. You can add your own news items
and .NET components when you sign up. In the making is a web services
directory with status monitoring and a bi-montly newsletter.

Creating DataGrid Programmatically
Submitted by Bipin Joshi - 3/1/2002
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=275

Generally ASP.NET DataGrid is placed on the web form at design time.
You add the asp:DataGrid control to the web form and then add bound
columns to it. However, some times it becomes necessary to create
DataGrid via code and then add it to the web form. This articles will
show you how to do just that.

Chat with Microsoft Experts on Compiler Security Checks: The /Gs Switch
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#37

Chat with Microsoft Experts on Windows Forms
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#35

VB .NET: Real World Web Services (hands on)
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#34

Chat with Microsoft Experts on Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Tools
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#38

Chat with Microsoft Experts on .NET Remoting
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/events/default.aspx#39

XML MESSAGING SECURITY UNDER THE GUN | Tip: Ed Tittel

SOAP is the Simple Object Access Protocol, an XML-based technology
designed to pass messages between applications across a network. RPC
stands for Remote Procedure Call, and represents a set of
programmatic interfaces to let local applications request and reply
to network access and services "as if they were local." REST stands
for Representational State Transfer, a Web oriented set of
transaction services that defines its own mechanisms to model and
handle networked transactions of all kinds.

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OCX: OVAL BUTTON THAT SUPPORTS EVENTS AND PROPERTIES | SearchVB Code

Member Robert Moss of RobNet Enterprises submits this week's featured
code. It's an oval button that supports common Events & properties.

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VBA AND POWERPOINT | SearchVB Discussion Forums

SearchVB member "forsythg" posts: 'I am using VB pushbuttons to load
pictures to a slide (many picture on this single slide) but I get
flicker during each loading of the picture. Is there a better way of
doing this. What seems to happen is that when a picture is loaded,
all the other items on the slide are reloaded, too.' Forsythg
provides sample code...can you help?

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GENERATE AN AUTOMATIC SCRIPT TO SELECT ALL COLUMNS IN A TABLE | Tip

This SQL tip shows how to use the derived table technique to generate
an automatic script for selecting all columns in a table.

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CALLING AN ORACLE PROCEDURE IN VISUAL BASIC | searchVB Code Library

Member Muhammad Zahid Saleem submits this week's featured code for
calling an Oracle procedure in Visual Basic.

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HOW MUCH OVERHEAD DOES ADO ADD TO CLIENT SYSTEM? | searchVB Forums

SearchVB member Jose asks: "In a Win98/NT/2000 client environment
with a WINNT server and SQL server backend ...how much overhead does
ADO add to the client's system. Bear in mind that the application I
am modifying is already making trips to the SQL server, as well as my
other VBA programs using ADO?"

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A stored procedure to export/import data using BCP | SQL Tip

This is a stored procedure that can be run from a master database to
export or import a table to/from a given file path+name from/to a
given database.

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FIRST C# MAIL VIRUS DETECTED | News: InternetNews
A 17 year-old Dutch girl, with way too much time on her hands, claims
to have written the first virus in C#. The W32/Sharpei@MM virus snaps
at the .NET framework through a three-pronged worm. The prongs are a
dropper program, a mailer, and a .NET component. The worm disguises
itself as an e-mail promising to make Windows 50% faster and more
secure. Experts say it's low risk and not in the wild.

UNDERSTAND SOAP EXTENSIONS
by Bob Tabor

In the previous tip, we discussed DiffGrams and I showed what a
DiffGram looked like in its native habitat. Since these creatures
only come out under the cover of a SOAP message (and are therefore
too fast for humans to see with the naked eye) we need a tool to
capture a snapshot picture of what a SOAP message looks like during
transfer between client and server. To do this, we're going to take a
brief detour and talk about how ASP.NET works so we can then explain
how SOAP Extensions will allow us to plug into and capture the SOAP
stream before (or after) it gets transformed into an object that is
processed by your Web Service code, and also capture the objects
before (or after) they are transformed back into an outgoing SOAP
message.

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http://www.searchWebServices.com/tip/1,289483,sid26_gci810805,00.html

QUIZ #20: CRYPTOGRAPHY | searchWebServices Quiz

"OK, boys and girls! Do you have your secret decoder handy? Here's
this week's special message." (Radio message to subscribed members of
the Lone Ranger Club, circa 1943.)

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http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci804320,00.html

XML MESSAGING SECURITY UNDER THE GUN | by Ed Tittel

As Dodd's article points out, there's a raging debate in the XML
developer community right now that while SOAP-RPC is a powerful and
all-too-usable technology to bolt applications and services together
across a network, it's fraught with potential security issues that
could be problematic in many, many scary ways.

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SAY HELLO TO XHTML 1.1! | by Ed Tittel

On May 31, 2001, the W3C released a new specification for XHTML
called "XHTML 1.1 - Module Based XHTML." As the name of this new
specification suggests, this new formulation for XHTML is strongly
based on the XHTML Modularization finalized in April 2001. In simple
terms, here's how to understand XHTML 1.1.

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XML DOM OBJECT TO MAKE A DATABASE CALL | Expert Advice: Sean McGrath

A member asks, "On my Web page (IE5.0), I am using XML DOM object to
make a database call. The result set is received in XML format by the
client function (javascript) which parses it. If my XML text content
contains the character '(r)' then on some user machine the parser
errors with a message 'invalid character in the text content'. On
most other systems, it handles it just fine. What is the problem and
how can I fix it?"

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SUN FILES PRIVATE ANTITRUST SUIT AGAINST MICROSOFT | News: the451
Sun has sued Microsoft, alleging Microsoft's illegal behavior has
harmed Sun's Java platform. The legal action, though not the first
between the two, drives a deeper wedge between the two biggest
players in the Web services market. Other vendors like IBM and
Hewlett-Packard are eager to bridge the gap, but any future Web
services partnership between Microsoft and Sun now seems unlikely.

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THE MISSING LINK | Online porn site said to have duped Army

When the U.S. Army says "be all you can be," they probably didn't
have this in mind. A computer specialist convinced the military to
pay for a T1 Internet line that he said they needed to communicate
with troops stationed in Bosnia. But this was allegedly a bunch of
Balkan baloney. Investigators say he really used the line to run a
for-profit sex show on the Web. Major mistake! The indictment says
the T1 cost the Army more than $100,000 between 1997 and 1998.

Source: Reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&u=/nm/20020308/od_nm/sex_dc_3

THE MISSING LINK | Audit reveals true nature of "work" e-mail

Personal e-mail at work? Egads! Inquiring minds at a security
software company wanted to know just how much of that work e-mail is
related to work. According to research from Peapod, which stuck its
nose into British businesses, 54% of e-mails going through corporate
gateways are personal, 7% are pornographic and slightly more than 1%
are the kinds of e-mails that could get a company in trouble with the
law. So the next time you're on the clock and forward elf bowling to
a mate in Manchester, remember, you're in the majority!

Source: vnunet
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1129846

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********** FREE WEB SERVICES WHITE PAPER FROM MERCATOR **********
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existing systems - such as SAP, PeopleSoft, mainframe applications
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incurring expensive development and integration costs. To learn
more, download the FREE white paper "Leveraging Web Services with
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VALUE OF USING XML AND WEB SERVICES STANDARDS | Discussion Day

Who: Roy Hoobler, Director of Internet Technologies, Net@Work
Date: March 14, 2002
Time: 10:00a to 2:00p, Eastern Time

Please join us in our Best Practices Discussion Forum where frequent
searchWebServices contributor and XML professional Roy Hoobler will
discuss the business values of using standards such as XML and Web
services.

"Many are touting Web services to be the saving grace of software
development -- saving businesses money, mainly on projects that
integrate different products together. On March 14th, we'd like to
discuss how this is going to be accomplished, i.e. are businesses
going to use the tools major vendors are pushing (WebSphere, IPlanet,
Visual Studio.Net)? Or are developers going to use open source, or
build their own tools, relying on a neutral platform for deployment?
Finally, are Web services going to bring developers to a higher level
of programming and testing (quality assurance) to keep a project on
time and within budget? How might Web services help?" -- Roy Hoobler

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At our recent Discussion Day, a user asked Howard, "How does
in-process business logic compare with .NET remoting implementations
and ASP.NET Web services?"

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QUIZ #19: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | searchWebServices Quiz

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind...Winston
Churchill. Take our fun quiz to test your knowledge of artificial
intelligence.

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UPDATE USING WEB SERVICES, DATASETS | Tip: searchWebServices

In this tip, Bob Tabor continues the series on using Web Services and
Datasets, demonstrating how to make changes to the data in the
Dataset (on the client application), then send the modified Dataset
back to the Web Service provider to update the database.

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UPDATE USING WEB SERVICES, DATASETS AND DIFFGRAMS
by Bob Tabor

In this tip, I demonstrate how to make changes to the data in the
Dataset (on the client application), then send the modified Dataset
back to the Web service provider to update the database. To
accomplish this, Microsoft has created the concept of a DiffGram. Due
to the disconnected nature of the Dataset, it is possible that many
different sources (other applications, or many different users of the
same application) could have changed the underlying data after it was
sent to our consumer. Also, its possible that our consuming
application can do more than just update the data...perhaps it can
add new rows of data to the Dataset, or delete rows of data from the
Dataset.

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ADOBE OPENS WEB SERVICES PUBLISHING DOOR | News: InfoWorld
Today Adobe Systems plans to introduce a Web services enabled version
of its AlterCast imaging server for publishing Web content. Adobe has
added Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) to the product, which will
allow developers to access the software over the Internet using Java
or .NET application program interfaces.

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VALUE OF USING XML AND WEB SERVICES STANDARDS | Discussion Day

Who: Roy Hoobler, Director of Internet Technologies, Net@Work
Date: March 14, 2002
Time: 10:00a to 2:00p, Eastern Time

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RPC VS. DOCUMENT TYPE | Expert Advice: Anne Thomas Manes

A user asks "What is the difference between RPC and document type of
orientations in SOAP?"

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RAD TOOLS NEED SHORT LEARNING CURVE | News: searchWebServices
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WEB SERVICES' DIRTY LITTLE SECRET | News: CNET
Hold your enthusiasm over Web services, this commentary suggests. In
spite of its potential, the giants that are behind the latest,
greatest computing thing were also sharing the bandwagon
client-server applications a while back and that flopped.
Interoperability might be the stated Web services goal, but will the
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