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Just-in-time setup is a great way to create multiple user profiles on
machines. In particular, it's a great way for system administrators to set
up new computers, but there are gotchas you have to watch out for along
the way. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you what you
need to watch out for and how to solve any problems you might encounter.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/11/16/JIT.html
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the language used for scripting
Microsoft Word, isn't really known for its string-processing abilities.
But sometimes, string hacking is a quick and convenient way to solve a
problem, and the string functions VBA does provide are often up to the
task. Andrew Savikas, author of Word Hacks, shows you how to use strings
for simple list.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/11/16/wdhks_2.html
Jesse Liberty, this week, continues part two of a Liberty on Whidbey
column. Last week, he showed you how to use web forms security to create a
personalized site. This week, he builds on that work to introduce the
concepts of skins and themes, which allow you to configure the look and
feel of your site.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/11/15/libertyonwhidbey.html
Firefox will always be superior to Internet Explorer, even if Microsoft
eventually decides to modernize its browser with features like tabbed
browsing. That's because Firefox builds on the collective intelligence of
the internet, something that Microsoft is not likely to ever do. For
details, head to my weblog.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/5947
See you next week.
Preston Gralla,
Editor, WindowsDevCenter.com, OnDotNet.com
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*** Top Five Windows and .NET Articles Last Week ***
1. Enhancing ASP.NET Pages with JavaScript
A sprinkling of JavaScript code can enhance the reach and responsiveness
of your ASP.NET web pages without sacrificing ASP.NET's secure,
server-based model for your coding. Matthew MacDonald, coauthor of ASP.NET
in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, shows you how to use JavaScript in an ASP.NET
web page to perform three common tasks: showing a pop-up window, changing
control focus, and handling frame navigation. You can use these tricks to
quickly solve problems that have no native .NET solution.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/09/15/aspnet.html
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2. Optimizing Windows Startup
Tired of waiting for what seems like an eternity while XP loads after you
turn on your PC? Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you
how to speed up XP startup in no time.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/windows/2004/11/09/XP_startup
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3. ASP.NET File Uploading
File upload and download are much simpler tasks in ASP.NET than in classic
ASP, thanks to the extensive .NET Framework class library. While file
upload in ASP.NET is as easy as retrieving an HTML form value, file
download is still a bit tricky.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/04/01/asp.html
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4. Hacking Word
How can you make the world's most widely used word processing program work
even better for you? Andrew Savikas, author of Word Hacks, gets you five
steps closer to taming your text with his generous collection of hacks.
Rid yourself of hidden character styles, tap VBScript for powerful string
searching, use Perl from within a Word macro, and more.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/wdhks_1/index.html
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5. ASP.NET Data Controls Part 3: DataList
In this third part of the ASP.NET Data Controls series, Wei-Meng Lee talks
about the DataList control. The DataList control is somewhat of a
combination of the DataGrid and Repeater controls. It works like the
Repeater control, allowing you to create templates so that it can be bound
to a data source. It also allows you to edit records, much like the
DataGrid control.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/03/10/datalist.html
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