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The Microsoft Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008by Jim Cheshire Publisher: Que Pub Date: November 02, 2

The Microsoft Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008

by Jim Cheshire

Publisher: Que Pub Date: November 02, 2007 Print ISBN-10: 0-7897-3665-9 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3665-9 Pages: 504

Mikhail Arkhipov

Principal Development Manager – Web Development ToolsMicrosoft Corporation

Expression Web introduced ASP.NET to a new group of webdevelopers This book is designed to help you start using

ASP.NET right away to add powerful new features to your

website Don't worry, you won't have to learn a lot of

programming; instead, you'll create an ASP.NET application

• Create and work with websites in Visual Web Developer2008

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Beginning to Intermediate

Guide to ASP.NET 3.5: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008

by Jim Cheshire

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Pub Date: November 02, 2007

Print ISBN-10: 0-7897-3665-9 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3665-9 Pages: 504

The Web Site Administration Tool

ASP.NET Configuration in IIS

Encrypting Information in the Configuration FilesChapter 7 Basic ASP.NET Security

The Structure of an ASP.NET Website

Creating a Web Application in Visual Web DeveloperStart Options in Visual Web Developer

Chapter 9 Creating ASP.NET Web Forms

Choosing the Right Tool for ASP.NET ApplicationDevelopment

Checkpoint

Chapter 13 Adding and Managing Users and RolesUsers and Roles

Configuring Authentication

Adding New Users

Enabling and Adding Roles

Configuring Access Rules

Common Validation Control Properties

Adding and Configuring ASP.NET Validation ControlsCheckpoint

Part VI: Styling Web Forms in Visual Web Developer 2008Chapter 17 Creating and Managing CSS Styles

The Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET

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Because Expression Web added support for ASP.NET

development, many Expression Web users who were migratingfrom FrontPage saw ASP.NET as a natural transition from theFrontPage components that they had grown so used to

Unfortunately, they quickly found themselves overwhelmed withASP.NET Let's face it: Most FrontPage users migrating to

Expression Web are not programmers and don't want to becomeprogrammers Instead, they want to take advantage of the

technologies exposed in Expression Web without having to

spend months learning how to write code

If you can relate to the previous two paragraphs, this book isfor you! This book is designed to walk you through creating anASP.NET web application from beginning to end, using MicrosoftVisual Web Developer Express Edition, (referred to as simplyVisual Web Developer from here on out.) Visual Web Developerhas many of the designer features and CSS features that you'llfind in Expression Web, but it's much better suited to designingASP.NET applications

Here are some of the ASP.NET features this book covers:

Creating ASP.NET websites

Accessing databases with ASP.NET

Editing database data with ASP.NET

Using ASP.NET membership to password protect parts of awebsite

Sending email with ASP.NET

Using ASP.NET Ajax 1.0

Much more

I'll show you how to implement all these features while writingthe least amount of code possible, but when code is necessary,I'll provide samples in both Visual Basic and C#

Because Expression Web added support for ASP.NET

development, many Expression Web users who were migratingfrom FrontPage saw ASP.NET as a natural transition from theFrontPage components that they had grown so used to

Unfortunately, they quickly found themselves overwhelmed withASP.NET Let's face it: Most FrontPage users migrating to

Expression Web are not programmers and don't want to becomeprogrammers Instead, they want to take advantage of the

technologies exposed in Expression Web without having to

spend months learning how to write code

If you can relate to the previous two paragraphs, this book isfor you! This book is designed to walk you through creating anASP.NET web application from beginning to end, using MicrosoftVisual Web Developer Express Edition, (referred to as simplyVisual Web Developer from here on out.) Visual Web Developerhas many of the designer features and CSS features that you'llfind in Expression Web, but it's much better suited to designingASP.NET applications

Here are some of the ASP.NET features this book covers:

Creating ASP.NET websites

Accessing databases with ASP.NET

Editing database data with ASP.NET

Using ASP.NET membership to password protect parts of awebsite

Sending email with ASP.NET

Using ASP.NET Ajax 1.0

Much more

I'll show you how to implement all these features while writingthe least amount of code possible, but when code is necessary,I'll provide samples in both Visual Basic and C#

This book is divided into multiple sections so that you can

quickly find the information you need Here is the rundown onall the sections:

Part I, "Understanding ASP.NET Architecture"— I cover thebasics of ASP.NET You'll learn about ASP.NET code models,compilation models, how ASP.NET page events work, howASP.NET is configured, and the basics of ASP.NET security.Part II, "Creating ASP.NET Applications and Web Forms"—

In this section, I cover creating ASP.NET websites and

ASP.NET Web forms

Part III, "Master Pages and User Controls"— I cover creatingWeb forms with master pages, a new feature introduced inASP.NET 2.0 I also cover creating and using reusable

ASP.NET components called user controls

Part IV, "ASP.NET Membership"— In this section I cover thesecurity features of ASP.NET more closely You'll create

users and roles (ASP.NET groups) and configure their access

to the website You'll also create a login page and other

pages to allow users to manage user accounts

Part V, "ASP.NET Forms and Validation"— In this sectionyou'll learn how to create custom forms in ASP.NET and how

to use the ASP.NET validation controls to configure formvalidation

Part VI, "Styling Web Forms in Visual Web Developer"— Inthis section you'll learn how to use the powerful CSS toolsetthat Expression Web brings to Visual Web Developer I alsocover ASP.NET skins and themes

Part VII, "Data Access with ASP.NET"— In this section I

cover the ASP.NET data controls and how to display, add,edit, and delete data from a database

Part IX, "Debugging and Troubleshooting ASP.NET"—

Realizing that things will go terribly wrong when you leastexpect it, this section covers debugging and troubleshootingASP.NET applications

Part X, "Deploying ASP.NET Applications"— In this section, Icover deploying your ASP.NET application to another webserver

I've also included one appendix that covers all the various

options and settings available in Visual Web Developer

Special Elements

Throughout the book, you'll find some special elements that aredesigned to make it easy to locate important information orspecial tips that help you get the most out of Visual Web

Developer

When a special term is used for the first time, it is printed in

italic and is defined close by If instructions require you to enter

text or values into a dialog, the data you are to enter appearslike this

Cross References

This book is designed to be read in order, but you may still findyourself wanting to read up on a specific topic in advance or goback and review a topic covered in a previous chapter For thatreason, I've made sure to cross-reference information wherepossible

Notes, Tips, Cautions, and Sidebars

You'll find numerous bits of information in these special

elements

Notes include additional technical information or URLsthat you can use to access important information

designed to give you more insight into a particular topic

If you're the kind of person who wants to know all the

details, you'll find sidebars to be extremely valuable

I've worked hard to make this book the definitive resource onASP.NET for Expression Web users who don't want to becomeASP.NET programmers I hope this book will excite you aboutdesigning ASP.NET applications and adding a whole new realm

of possibilities to your web design toolset

—Jim

Part I: Understanding ASP.NET Architecture

dabbled in writing code from time to time, few have becomecompetent enough to actually be considered software

developers The reason is simple: Programming technologiesare often obscure and complex and becoming proficient in theuse of them can involve years of study

Over the years, several software companies have attempted tomake it easier to develop rich applications quickly without

having to deal with the complexities of computer architectures.Most of these attempts have met with failure or only limitedsuccess

developers to quickly and easily develop desktop applicationsand web applications By providing common libraries for manyprogramming tasks, the NET Framework makes it easy to buildrobust applications rapidly As you progress through this book,you'll get a good idea of just how much power the NET

Before we go into the details of developing ASP.NET

applications, you'll want to make sure that you have a web

server configured to run ASP.NET applications All operatingsystems from Windows 2000 up support the use of the ASP.NETDevelopment Server Table 1.1 shows the web server choicesyou have in addition to the ASP.NET Development Server foreach operating system

Part I: Understanding ASP.NET Architecture

dabbled in writing code from time to time, few have becomecompetent enough to actually be considered software

developers The reason is simple: Programming technologiesare often obscure and complex and becoming proficient in theuse of them can involve years of study

Over the years, several software companies have attempted tomake it easier to develop rich applications quickly without

having to deal with the complexities of computer architectures.Most of these attempts have met with failure or only limitedsuccess

developers to quickly and easily develop desktop applicationsand web applications By providing common libraries for manyprogramming tasks, the NET Framework makes it easy to buildrobust applications rapidly As you progress through this book,you'll get a good idea of just how much power the NET

Before we go into the details of developing ASP.NET

applications, you'll want to make sure that you have a web

server configured to run ASP.NET applications All operatingsystems from Windows 2000 up support the use of the ASP.NETDevelopment Server Table 1.1 shows the web server choicesyou have in addition to the ASP.NET Development Server foreach operating system

Part I: Understanding ASP.NET Architecture

dabbled in writing code from time to time, few have becomecompetent enough to actually be considered software

developers The reason is simple: Programming technologiesare often obscure and complex and becoming proficient in theuse of them can involve years of study

Over the years, several software companies have attempted tomake it easier to develop rich applications quickly without

having to deal with the complexities of computer architectures.Most of these attempts have met with failure or only limitedsuccess

developers to quickly and easily develop desktop applicationsand web applications By providing common libraries for manyprogramming tasks, the NET Framework makes it easy to buildrobust applications rapidly As you progress through this book,you'll get a good idea of just how much power the NET

Before we go into the details of developing ASP.NET

applications, you'll want to make sure that you have a web

server configured to run ASP.NET applications All operatingsystems from Windows 2000 up support the use of the ASP.NETDevelopment Server Table 1.1 shows the web server choicesyou have in addition to the ASP.NET Development Server foreach operating system

The files that are required to run ASP.NET applications are

installed when the NET Framework is installed However,

ASP.NET must be configured on the web server before you canrun ASP.NET applications If you already have your web serverinstalled when you install the NET Framework, ASP.NET will beautomatically configured for you in most cases

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Tip

won't hurt anything if you configure it again

Configuring ASP.NET on IIS 5.1 or IIS 6.0

If you are using IIS 5.1 (on Windows XP Professional) or IIS 6,you configure ASP.NET by using a command-line utility called

aspnet_regiis.exe If IIS is installed when the NET

Framework is installed, this happens for you automatically.However, if you install IIS after you've installed the NET

Framework, you need to manually configure ASP.NET

Tip

The NET Framework is automatically installed when youinstall Visual Web Developer

Note

I don't cover the details of managing IIS in this book Ifyou're interested in thorough coverage of using and

the NET Framework To use ASP.NET 3.5, you will need

to run aspnet_regiis.exe as described in this chapter

The aspnet_regiis.exe utility is run from a command line,using command-line parameters To configure ASP.NET 3.5, youwill need to run the aspnet_regiis.exe utility from the installdirectory for the 2.0 version of the NET Framework becausethere isn't a new ASP.NET runtime in the NET Framework

Table 1.3 aspnet_regiis.exe Command

Line Parameters