11th December 2007

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This article discusses the concept of Code Access Security, its functions and the permissions related concepts.

http://aspalliance.com/1506_Understanding_Code_Access_Security_in_NET

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The MVC and ASP.NET 3.5 extensions preview is now available. The preview is a couple of days later than expected, but the bits it includes are available now as Brad Abrams announced a little while ago. Read his post for all the goodies, or just Download, Get Started, and Discuss.

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Interfaces are a very useful tool built into C#. In this article Brendan explains the basics of how interfaces work and for what they may be used. He explains how to create simple custom interfaces and how to implement them.

In this article Debjani discusses the feature enhancements in ColdFusion 8 in comparison to earlier versions and how these feature developments can lead to better programming code.

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Sometimes you need to create reports quickly. You might not always have time to format fancy reports containing graphs. Or maybe you have to create reports that do not need graphs. Reusing one ASP.NET web page you can display many reports.

In this article the author examines the different ways to extend ASP.NET AJAX client-side function from the server- side with the help of sample applications.

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An overview of Crystal Reports. Walkthroughs show how to use both Pull and Push methods as well as exporting the report file into other formats.

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