[...]... (Apress, 2001), and the award-winning Pro C# 2005 and the NET 2.0 Platform, Third Edition (Apress, 2006) Andrew has also authored numerous articles on NET for MSDN online and MacTech (where he explored the platformindependent aspects of the NET platform) , and he is a frequent speaker at various NET conferences and user groups Andrew currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife, Amanda He spends... Studio 2005 962 Implementing the TellFortune() Web Method 963 The Role of the WebService Base Class 965 Understanding the Attribute 965 The Effect of the Namespace and Description Properties 966 The Name Property 966 Understanding the. .. Data Adapter Objects 822 Setting the InsertCommand Property 823 Setting the UpdateCommand Property 824 Setting the DeleteCommand Property 825 Autogenerating SQL Commands Using CommandBuilder Types 825 Multitabled DataSets and DataRelation Objects 826 Navigating... 331 The VB 2005 DirectCast Keyword 333 The VB 2005 TryCast Keyword 334 Summary 335 ■ CHAPTER 12 Understanding Generics and Nullable Data Types 337 Revisiting the Boxing, Unboxing, and System.Object Relationship 337 The Problem with (Un)Boxing... Additional ADO.NET Namespaces 771 The System.Data Types 772 The Role of the IDbConnection Interface 773 The Role of the IDbTransaction Interface 773 The Role of the IDbCommand Interface 773 The Role of the IDbDataParameter and IDataParameter... 875 The Role of the web.config File 877 Configuration File Inheritance 880 The ASP.NET 2.0 Website Administration Utility 881 Summary 882 ■ CHAPTER 26 ASP.NET 2.0 Web Controls, Themes, and Master Pages 883 Understanding the Nature of... with Parameterized Command Objects 797 Specifying Parameters Using the DbParameter Type 797 Executing a Stored Procedure Using DbCommand 799 Asynchronous Data Access Under NET 2.0 801 Understanding the Disconnected Layer of ADO.NET 802 Understanding the Role of the DataSet ... About the Author ■ANDREW TROELSEN is a Microsoft MVP (Visual C#) and a partner, trainer, and consultant with Intertech Training (http://www.IntertechTraining com), a NET and J2EE developer education center He is the author of numerous books, including Developer’s Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 (Wordware Publishing, 2000), COM and NET Interoperability (Apress, 2002), Visual Basic NET and the NET Platform: ... 774 The Role of the IDbDataAdapter and IDataAdapter Interfaces 774 The Role of the IDataReader and IDataRecord Interfaces 775 Abstracting Data Providers Using Interfaces 776 Increasing Flexibility Using Application Configuration Files 777 The NET 2.0 Provider Factory Model 778 Registered Data Provider... 849 Problems with Classic ASP 849 Major Benefits of ASP.NET 1.x 850 Major Enhancements of ASP.NET 2.0 850 The ASP.NET 2.0 Namespaces 851 The ASP.NET Web Page Code Model 852 Working with the Single-file Page . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Pro VB 20 05 and the .NET 2. 0 Platform Second Edition Andrew Troelsen 5785ch00FM.qxd 3/31 /06 3:31 PM Page i Pro VB 20 05 and the .NET 2. 0 Platform Copyright © 20 06 by Andrew. 31 PART 2 ■ ■ ■ Visual Basic 20 05 Language Fundamentals ■CHAPTER 3 VB 20 05 Programming Constructs, Part I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 ■CHAPTER 4 VB 20 05 Programming. Basic 20 05 and the .NET Platform ■CHAPTER 1 The Philosophy of .NET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ■CHAPTER 2 Building Visual Basic 20 05