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Vista, Exchange and Office 2007 Launch Event Coming to Phoenix in January (Updated)
One of Microsoft's biggest launch events in years is coming to Phoenix on January 17th. If you're interested in learning more about Vista, Exchange 2007 or Office 2007 then you'll definitely want to attend. If you register and attend the event you'll receive a free copy of Office 2007 Professional and Groove 2007 which is pretty cool!
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Understanding ASP.NET AJAX Web Service Proxies
Proxy code plays an important role in sending and receiving messages to and from Web Services. If you've worked with Web Services before in .NET, Java or other programming frameworks then chances are you used a client-side proxy to call a Web Service. With .NET, proxies are generated using wsdl.exe or Visual Studio's Add Web Reference menu option. ASP.NET AJAX proxies aren't created this way, however. In fact, they're even easier to create compared to C# or VB.NET Web Service proxies. An ASP.NET AJAX Web Service proxy is created by using the Services property of the ScriptManager control:
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WPF/E Pad
Microsoft's Mike Harsh just released an updated version of his WPF/E Pad that makes it easy to quickly test out XAML using the WPF/E viewer. Pretty cool stuff! Since I'm a big fan of XML I'm really excited about what WPF/E offers.
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Video: Edit XML Data with the XmlDocument Class
In this video tutorial I walk through how to use the XmlDocument class to edit XML. Click the link below to view the video.
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Video: Using XPath with the XmlDocument Class
In this video tutorial I walk through how to use XPath statements to parse an RSS feed and display results using the XmlDocument class Click the link below to view the video.
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.NET Distributed Application Development
I'm teaching Microsoft's .NET Distributed Application Development course this week in Phoenix and wanted to get some sample code I put together posted for everyone that is attending (and anyone else that is interested). The code demonstrates asynchronous Web Services calls, MSMQ fundamentals, remoting through code and remoting through configuration files, using delegates with remoting, WSE 3 features, plus more.
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Video: Debugging ASP.NET AJAX Applications with VS.NET 2005
Debugging is a key skill that every developer has to learn to become productive. However, how do you debug ASP.NET AJAX applications and client-side JavaScript? In this video tutorial I walk through a few required steps to enable debugging and show how to use tools such as the Script Explorer to simplify the process. It's important to note that many of the features shown in the video can also be used with the Visual Web Developer Express.
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Video: Calling Web Services using ASP.NET AJAX and JavaScript
ASP.NET AJAX provides several different ways to call Web Services including JavaScript, XML Script and the AutoCompleteExtender. In this video tutorial you'll see how to call Web Services using JavaScript. Topics covered include creating a Web Service, applying the ScriptService attribute, creating a client-side JavaScript proxy and calling a Web Service using JavaScript and callbacks.