January 2008 Entries
We had a requirement to generate some extract data in the form of XML. So while designing the solution, I had 2 options. 1. Use FOR XML in the Query with SQL 2005 2. Use regular SQL Queries and usign a Custom DataSet, serialize the data to XML. SQL 2005 has nice options to get the XML. You can assign name spaces to nodes, can have nested XMLs, can have custom Root and Child Xml node names. One example can be found here. http://www.wrox.com/WileyCD... But FOR XML queries are much...
WPF is the next generation Interface Design System for Windows Forms applications. The arrival of WPF is going to change the WinForm application development a lot. The WPF has made many architectural changes to UI subsystem. Now there is a better element subsystem, notification mechanism for the changed events for the UI elements etc. What are the new features of WPF? Integration : With existing UI services like User32, WinForms, Direct3D etc. Simplified Development using XAML : Flexible UI composition...
I came across a good BizTalk online magazine. http://biztalkhotrod.com/de... It has good content for Biztalkers
Both the .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5 are built on top of .NET 2.0. .NET 3.0 adds four frameworks namely Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Card Space to .NET 2.0 and Microsoft named the resulting framework as .NET 3.0 (a marketing tactic). Similarly .NET 3.5 adds Language Integrated Query (LINQ), Representational State Transfer (REST) and AJAX functionality to .NET 3.0 and named the resulting framework as .NET 3.5. I will...