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The MSN Desktop Search may out-Google Google--it's a
spectacularly good tool for searching your hard disk. There's
a lot of power underneath the simple-looking surface, with
loads of hidden features and hacks. Wei-Meng Lee, author of
"Windows XP Unwired," opens up the hood, takes a look, and
fills you in on what he finds.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/21/msd_desktop_search.html>
Face it, Windows Explorer is old and tired. It was introduced
nine years ago, with Windows 95, and even then, it wasn't a
serious upgrade over the creaky File Manager for Windows 3.1
and Windows for Workgroups. This week, you can give the ancient
utility some vim and vigor with virtual Geritol. Mitch Tulloch,
author of "Windows Server Hacks," shows you how to power up
this venerable utility and make it an actual powerhouse.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/21/windows_explorer_hacks.html>
Microsoft has gotten a fair amount of justified criticism for
the myriad Windows and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities. But
now, the darling of the tech world, Google, is starting to take
some heat as well. Is Google slipping into Microsoft territory
when it comes to security holes? See what I have to say on my blog.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/6111>
See you next week.
Preston Gralla, editor
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WindowsDevCenter.com, OnDotNet.com
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*** Top Five Windows and .NET Articles Last Week ***
1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. ASP.NET Data Controls Part 2: Repeater
In his last article, Wei-Meng Lee talked about using the DataGrid
server control. The DataGrid control is a versatile control
and allows a high degree of customization. However, if your
intention is to simply display items from a data source as a
HTML table, there is a simpler control--the Repeater control.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/03/03/repeater.html
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5. Using OpenGL with VB.NET
Although VB.NET is not the first programming language that
comes to mind when you are thinking of writing applications
that use the OpenGL API, it is possible (and not that difficult),
if you are willing to dip your toes in the warm waters of open
source software. In this article, Jacek Artymiak shows you how
to use OpenGL in your own .NET apps.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/04/28/opengl.html
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