3rd June 2008

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In this first part of the series, Abhishek describes the concepts of threading, different procedures to create threads, synchronization among multiple threads, uses of Sleep and Join methods, code locking using SyncLock, and Monitor with sample code in Visual Basic 2005.

http://aspalliance.com/1656_Understanding_Threads_using_Visual_Basic_2005__Part_1

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As a small note in last week's newsletter I mentioned that a new preview of ASP.NET MVC was available on CodePlex. This week I will follow along with a little bit more information for those of you who did not go and check it out. Plenty has been added in this new version to allow MVC to be even more testable. The actions on the controllers now are able to return an ActionResult which can be used for testing purposes. More advances route handling has been added as well. View helper methods have also become more advanced. I recommend you read Scott Guthrie's post about this ASP.NET MVC Preview 3.

Also, this updated version of ASP.NET MVC is supported by Visual Web Developer 2008 Express.

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In the second part of this series, Eric shows how to automatically incorporate testing report output from your crystal reports using Fitnesse and Visual Studio 2008. After providing a short overview, he examines the need for testing values and outlines the required steps to build a Fitnesse test. He also deeply analyzes the code sample along with the screenshot of the final output.

In this video Mohammad Azam demonstrates how to use the JQuery Ajax API to invoke web service methods. He uses a simple web service to show the API one uses to call web services using JQuery. [6:30]

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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 presents a comprehensive solution to build a GridView with template fields generated at run time with in-place Insert, Delete and Edit operations with a full description of an effective implementation and usage of ITemplate interface.

Determine if a user's Session is still active.

This article provides some tips to improve the performance of your ASP.NET applications by using multiple recordsets, paged data access, and Cache API. The author further examines Per-request, Page output, and Kernel caching mechanisms along with a description of connection pooling and GZip compression.

AJAX is the latest buzzword in the web development industry. But what is it, and how can you use it? Ramaprasad Potturi and Sanjay Patnaik explain the technology and provide a real-world example of a web page that presents a country and state pair of drop-down lists, where the state drop-down list is populated dynamically on the client side, removing the need for the page to post back to the server.

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In the second part of this series, Eric shows how to automatically incorporate testing report output from your crystal reports using Fitnesse and Visual Studio 2008. After providing a short overview, he examines the need for testing values and outlines the required steps to build a Fitnesse test. He also deeply analyzes the code sample along with the screenshot of the final output.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows how to use automated acceptance testing against Crystal Reports using the object model. After providing the requirements, he examines how to utilize automated acceptance tests with reports along with sample code to validate the report. He concludes the article by providing a structure of the report settings.

Creating reports can be a daunting task. Reports can demand a great deal of effort and time, especially if you have not worked with Crystal Reports much. In this article, Jeff provides six quick Crystal Reports Design Tips to assist in creating killer reports with style and speed. Among other tips, you will learn how to add WaterMarks to your reports. Each tip has been deeply examined with the help of relevant explanations and screenshots for better understanding.

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In this second part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create a burndown chart using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of burndown reports with the help of relevant SQL statements and screen shots.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create two reports using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of scenario story report with the help of relevant SQL and screen shots.

This article examines the steps the author took to make the local reports work using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in ASP.NET.

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