2007 - July/August

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2007 - July/August · 12 articles

1. 01
   

   Seeing the Silverlight

   By Rod Paddock

   Rod Paddocks July/August 2007 Editorial Article

2. 02
   

   MVP Corner: 13 Steps for Building an Article

   By Kevin Goff

   July/August 2007 MVP Corner

3. 03
   

   Have You Xiine It?

   By Markus Egger

   Article on Xiine by Markus Egger July/August 2007

5. 04
   

   Enterprise Application Integration with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, Part 2

   By Rick Garibay

   Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is a collection of architectural principles combined to integrate new and existing applications both within the enterprise and in business to business or partner integration scenarios. Building on the principles introduced in Part 1 (May/June issue of CoDe Magazine), I’ll provide a step-by-step example of how to implement a solution that addresses a business case and suggest some real-world patterns and techniques for fulfilling the business case.

6. 05
   

   The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Using LINQ

   By Kevin Goff

   How many software tasks DON’T involve reading through data? Answer: very few. Developers work all the time with database data, XML data, DataSets, collections, lists, and arrays-all with different syntax and functionality for each one. Developers who write T-SQL code often covet set-based language statements when they work against other types of data. Additionally, developers who have coded against strongly-typed custom collections wish they could write SQL database queries with IntelliSense. Language Integrated Query (LINQ), a set of extensions to the .NET Framework for the next version of Visual Studio codename “Orcas”, brings the promise of integrated and uniform query capabilities to increase developer productivity when working with different types of data. While LINQ is a large topic worthy of books, this edition of The Baker’s Dozen will provide a crash course to learn what’s under the LINQ hood.

7. 06
   

   Create a Custom DataGridView Column

   By Getz, Ken

   Creating custom column types for the DataGridView control isn’t nearly as tricky as it once was.In this article, you’ll learn how to take advantage of inheritance to create your own bar graph column in a grid cell.

8. 07
   

   It All Adds Up

   By Moreau, Tom

   Tom’s having a lot of fun playing with SQL Server 2005’s T-SQL enhancements.In this article he combines a bunch of them in concert to solve an interesting problem.

9. 08
   

   Adding Smart Tags to Windows Forms Controls

   By Wei-Meng Lee

   One new features in Visual Studio 2005 is the support for smart tags. A smart tag is a panel that displays next to a control and contains a list of commonly used properties.

10. 09
    

    Heard on .NET Rocks! Dead Head Bill Wagner

    By Franklin, Carl

    Carl Franklin's .NET Rocks July/August 2007 column.

11. 10

    CoDe on the Road: No Stopping the CoDe Team!

    July/August 2007 CoDe on the Road article.

12. 11
    

    Ask the Doc Detective

    By Doc Detective

    July/August 2007 Doc Detective Column.

13. 12
    

    My Nightmare, and an Apology

    By Getz, Ken

    Ken Getz July/August 2007 .FINALIZE() column