Upcoming MSDN Magazine articles
Have you checked the Extend the ASP.NET DataGrid with Client-side Behaviors article on MSDN Magazine? It shows how a IE5 behavior (in general, script code) can add drag-and-drop capabilities to a DataGrid control. Any feedback you want to share? I think I'll post soon about DHTML and ASP.NET...
In the February 2004 installment, the Cutting Edge column on MSDN Magazine will feature graphic menu a-la Office 2003 and owner-draw in .NET. I endeavoured to make it work on top of existing menus so that it has a minimal impact on existing apps.
In the March 2004 installment, instead, I'll cover personalization in ASP.NET 1.x. I confess I've taken the shortest (and simplest) route in doing that. So don't expect to find advanced features like dynamic class compilation. It's really hard to accomplish in ASP.NET 1.x. Not impossible but it requires a big effort and probably requires some assumptions about web.config and permissions. I'm currently working on it in the perspective of a couple of projects. I'll post here any significant result. However, I spoke to Rob Howard about this and he confirmed my concerns. In ASP.NET 2.0, the new compilation model makes dynamic class compilation much easier...