Before you start reading on with this article, make sure you
have the following applications and add-ons installed on your machine.
·
Visual Studio Professional 2005
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Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition
·
Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0
·
Internet Information System 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
The above were used to develop the sample downloadable
application. However, you can also use the Visual Web Developer 2005 Express
and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Editions to run the example that we will
be developing in this article. To download both you can visit the following
URLs.
Visual
Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft SQL
Server 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0