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CodeGuru Newsletter
July 11, 2006
http://www.CodeGuru.com
This newsletter is part of the Developer.com, EarthWeb, and
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TOPICS:
–> Editorial
–> Recently Published Books
–> New on CodeGuru:
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Articles
==>
Controls
– [Updated] Alternative Mechanism for Acessing Simple Dialog
Items
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Forms
– The Web Form Wizardry of ASP.NET 2.0’s Wizard
Control
==>
Multimedia
– Audio Feedback the Easy Way
==> .NET
3.0
– Add Simple Animations to Your WPF Application with
Timelines
– WPF 2D Transformations
==>
Orcas
– An Orcas Preview: Go Inside the Next Version of
VB
==>
Reporting
– Reporting on Hierarchical Recursive Data Using MS Reporting
Services
==> Web
Parts
– ASP.NET 2.0: WebPart Framework Basics
–> Discussion Groups — HOT
Threads
– How can you
find the value of a macro? (C++)
–
Help coloring individual listview item instead of all listview item in
Visual C++
– Embedded nulls
(VC++)
–> Highlighted new articles on
Developer.com
1.
Understanding the Discrete Cosine Transform in
Java
2. Building in J2EE
Performance during the Development
Phase
3. Objects and
Collections
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Comments
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Microsoft has released a third beta of Internet Explorer 7. Internet Explorer
7 is finally getting some of the features that many people love about Firefox.
This includes tabs for opening multiple pages and more. I talk briefly about
some of the other features of the IE 7 beta at:
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,7rb4,g33g,jorm,i5r0
Robotics and electronics have always been around, but it seems they are
getting easier to tap into with our programs. I recently took some time to play
with a Phidgets kit that was given to me. This is a kit that contained servos
and a controller board. Hooking the servos together and attaching a
camera, I was able to create a nice little programmable device that can
tilt and turn a camera by connecting my Phidgets pieces to a USB port.
What is cooler about this project is that I can tap into a library downloaded
from Phidgets.com. This library and a little .NET code allows me to control the
direction my camera is pointing. All-in-all this was a very simple robotics
project that had very cool results.
I used servos and a controller board to move and turn the camera. In addition
to servos, there are other sensors and items you can get that can be controlled
via programming. These include temperature gauges, LCDs, and more.
We currently have people writing articles on a couple of these topics, so you
can look for them in the coming weeks on Codeguru. Additionally, Microsoft
recently released a Robotics SDK, which we also hope to cover in a few articles
on the site.
If you were ever interested in Robotics, it has never been easier to get
started. With products like those offered by Phidgets.com and other companies,
it is really easy to do some cool things quickly. Using .NET simply makes it
even cooler to do!
Until next week…
Brad!
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Bradley L.
Jones
www.CodeGuru.com
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Recently
Published Books
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For those of you keeping up by reading books. The following are just a few of
the new books that have been recently released. If you’ve read any of these,
feel free to write a review to be posted on CodeGuru. See the submission
guidelines at: http://www.codeguru.com/review-guidelines.php
–> ASP.NET 2.0
Illustrated
By Alex Homer & Dave
Sussman for Addison-Wesley
760 pages for
$54.99
http://books.internet.com/books/0321418344
–> .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation
Training Kit
By
Northrup & Wildermuth for Microsoft Press
1050 pages for $69.99 Hardbound w/ CD
http://books.internet.com/books/0735622779
–> Deploying .NET Applications: Learning MSBuild and
ClickOnce
By Hashimi & Hashimi
for Apress
260 pages for
$39.99
http://books.internet.com/books/1590596528
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New
& Updated Articles on
CodeGuru
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Following are short descriptions of new articles on CodeGuru. If you are
interested in submitting your own article for inclusion on the site, then you
will find guidelines located at http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,fka1,909i,jorm,i5r0
This week’s CodeGuru posts:
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=== Articles ===
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==> Controls
– [Updated] Alternative Mechanism for Acessing Simple Dialog
Items
By Michael Furman
Learn about a new way
to manipulate edit and static controls.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,84nm,huak,jorm,i5r0
==> Forms
– The Web Form Wizardry of ASP.NET 2.0’s Wizard
Control
By Bipin Joshi
ASP.NET 2.0 provides a
new control called Wizard that allows hassle-free development of multiple Web
forms that each contains a portion of a user’s input.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,4gj,a5ye,jorm,i5r0
==> Multimedia
– Audio Feedback the Easy Way
By Mike
Gunderloy
Adding audio feedback to a .NET 2.0 application is easy using the
System.Media namespace.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,31h,chu3,jorm,i5r0
==> .NET 3.0
– Add Simple Animations to Your WPF Application with
Timelines
By Marius
Bancila
Learn how to animate your Windows Presentation Foundation
applications by using timelines.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,dpxk,bw74,jorm,i5r0
==> .NET 3.0
– WPF 2D Transformations
By Marius
Bancila
Learn how to apply 2D transformations of Windows Presentations
Foundation elements.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,d1x0,3f7k,jorm,i5r0
==> Orcas
– An Orcas Preview: Go Inside the Next Version of
VB
By Josh Fitzgerald
Visual Basic 9 (codename:
Orcas) promises exciting new features to make developers’ lives easier,
especially in the areas of data access and management. Get a feature preview of
a few standouts.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,bpmc,kmdz,jorm,i5r0
==> Reporting
– Reporting on Hierarchical Recursive Data Using MS
Reporting Services
By Asif
Sayed
Here’s a new twist on creating database reports.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,1vet,73k6,jorm,i5r0
==> Web Parts
– ASP.NET 2.0: WebPart Framework
Basics
By Sahil Malik
ASP.NET 2.0 provides
fantastic support for WebParts, reusable Web site widgets. With very little
code, you can leverage WebParts to create a full-fledged widget/portal framework
that’s both flexible and powerful.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,dxn,4law,jorm,i5r0
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Discussion
Groups
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Check out the CodeGuru discussion forums at:
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,bcr8,cx5j,jorm,i5r0
Forums include Visual C++, General C++, Visual Basic, Java, General
Technology, C#, ASP.NET, XML, Help Wanted, and much, much, more!
… HOT THREADS …
Some of the current threads with the most activity are:
==> How can you find the value of a macro?
(C++)
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,b8ma,bqn2,jorm,i5r0
==> Help coloring individual listview item instead of
all listview item in Visual
C++
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,2ps4,5ns2,jorm,i5r0
==> Embedded nulls
(VC++)
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,5ty9,bnat,jorm,i5r0
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New
Articles on
Developer.com
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Below are some of the new articles that have been posted to Developer.com (http://www.developer.com).
1. Understanding the Discrete Cosine Transform in
Java
By Richard G. Baldwin –
Learn the basics
of the Discrete Cosine Transform, which is used in many applications, including
JPEG image compression.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,6v5t,gmso,jorm,i5r0
2. Building in J2EE Performance during the Development
Phase
By Steven Haines –
When building a car,
is it premature to test the performance of your alternator before the car is
assembled and you try to start it? Obviously the answer is No, it.s not
premature. The same principle holds for application development.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,hrs7,hpxx,jorm,i5r0
3. Objects and Collections
By Matt
Weisfeld –
Examine how objects relate to collections within object-oriented
programming. You will start by covering arrays and will consider the advantages
and disadvantages of the original concept of an array. You will then cover how
collections such as ArrayLists provide additional functionality.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kvi,1,lzx7,f2uj,jorm,i5r0
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