Learn the ins and outs of .NET remoting and event handling in VB .NET with an examination of the supporting code in a simple chat client and server application, including the use of the command, observer, singleton, and factory patterns.
Learn how to implement a client's configuration file in VB .NET so that the client can talk to your server, and find out why clients that handle server events have to be remotable.
Learn a new way to handle .NET remoting.
The .NET thread pool's functionality for executing multiple tasks sequentially in a wave or group is insufficient. Luckily, a Visual C++.NET helper method that uses other types within the System.Threading namespace provides this batch-execution model.
The IDisposable interface can be used for far more than just the releasing of memory and resources. Learn how to use the interface to ensure that post conditions of code blocks are always met.
This month, .NET Nuts & Bolts covers exception handling, examining what exceptions are and why they are important. You'll learn how to use them, how to create custom exceptions, and how to apply common best practices.
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Hannes du Preez shows you how to disable titlebar buttons and menus in your programs temporarily.
WebSockets are intended to build bi-directional connections between a web browser and a server. This must be done in a safe way. In addition, the WebSockets have a huge disadvantage (to say it politely). Read on to learn more.
