ASP.NET 1.1 Solutions Toolkit (eBook)

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Contents 6
About the Lead Author 11
About the Technical Reviewer 12
Introduction 13
Chapter 1 Control Development 18
User Controls vs. Custom Controls 18
Design-time Support 19
Viewstate 22
Setting and Getting Values 22
The Serializer 22
Composite Controls 23
Naming Your Children 23
Where Children Are Born 24
Getting at the Children 25
What IDE to Use 25
Embedding Resource Files 26
Adding Items to the Toolbox 26
Chapter 2 Spinner Control 29
Scenario 29
Technology 30
Design 31
Implementation 33
Demonstration 45
Limitations 47
Extensions 47
Chapter 3 Bindable Bullet List 48
Scenario 48
Technology 49
Design 49
Implementation 52
Demonstration 61
Limitations 63
Extensions 64
Chapter 4 Data Navigator 65
Scenario 65
Technology 66
Design 66
Implementation 66
Demonstration 76
Limitations 79
Extensions 79
Chapter 5 File Uploader 80
Scenario 80
Technology 80
SMTP 81
ADO.NET 81
File Streams 82
Design 82
Implementation 82
Demonstration 97
Limitations 99
Extensions 99
Chapter 6 Globalizable Page 100
Scenario 100
Technology 101
Design 102
Implementation 102
Handling Localizable Resources 106
Demonstration 109
Limitations 112
Extensions 113
Chapter 7 Validation Control 114
Scenario 115
Technology 115
Design 116
Implementation 118
JavaScript Library 139
Demonstration 149
Building a Test Form 155
Limitations 157
Extensions 157
Chapter 8 Image Magnifier 159
Scenario 159
Technology 160
Design 160
Control Selection 161
Temporary Image Files 161
Implementation 161
Demonstration 171
Limitations 171
Extensions 172
Chapter 9 Chart 173
Scenario 173
Technology 173
Design 174
Implementation 175
The Chart Class 175
Demonstration 184
Limitations 188
Extensions 189
Chapter 10 Image Map Generator 190
Scenario 190
Technology 191
Design 192
Implementation 193
The ImageMap Control 194
Rectangles and Strings 198
Our Custom Type Editor 200
Coding the Editor Form 202
Demonstration 207
Limitations 209
Extensions 210
Chapter 11 Reviewing Controls 211
Scenario 211
Technology 211
Design 212
Implementation 213
The LastReview Control 218
The Average Control 223
The ReviewerForm User Control 225
Demonstration 226
Setting Up the ReviewsDB Database 226
Testing Our Controls 227
Limitations 229
Extensions 229
Chapter 12 Straw Poll 230
Scenario 230
Technology 230
Design 231
Control Separation 231
Data Source Selection 231
Abuse Prevention 231
Implementation 232
Poll Schema 232
XmlPoll and XmlPollResult Controls 234
The XmlPoll Control 239
Displaying Poll Results 246
Demonstration 249
Limitations 251
Extensions 252
Chapter 13 RSS Reader 253
Scenario 253
Technology 254
Design 256
Implementation 257
Demonstration 263
Limitations 266
Extensions 267
Chapter 14 Search Engine 268
Scenario 270
Technology 270
Indexing 271
Query Parsing 271
Design 272
Implementation 273
Indexer 273
Searcher 283
Demonstration 296
The Index Page 296
The Search Page 299
Limitations 302
Extensions 303
Index 305