ÿþ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>ASPAlliance Times - - 21st July 2009 </title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .headingLink { text-decoration: none; font: bold 0.7em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #CC0000; } .headingFeatureLink { text-decoration: none; font: bold 0.8em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #CC0000; } --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#cc0000" vlink="#cc0000" text="#333333"> <!-- shell --> <table width="560" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td align="center" style="font-family: Arial;"> <font size="1">Having trouble reading this e-mail? 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This gives the user the flexibility to manipulate the data and implement rules in a c# business class rather than in the report. He provides a detailed overview of each concept in a step-by-step manner supported with screen shots and source code. </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="background-color: #FFFFFF"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.7em; font-family: Arial"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/1866_Building_Reports_using_ASPNET_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_3__An_Invoice_Report_Using_Disconnected_Data" style="color: #CC0000; text-decoration: none;"> http://aspalliance.com/1866_Building_Reports_using_ASPNET_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_3__An_Invoice_Report_Using_Disconnected_Data </a> </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Featured Article --> <!-- Editor's Comments --> <tr> <td align="left"> <div style="font-size: 1em; color: White; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px;"> Editor's Comments</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="background-color: #FFFFFF"> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <span style="font-size: 0.7em; color: black; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight: bold">By Steven Smith </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> <p>This week, the July CTP of the Windows Azure SDK and Tools was released. You can read more on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2009/07/20/july-ctp-of-windows-azure-sdk-released.aspx"> WindowsAzure Blog</a> and <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128752">download them here</a>. As you probably heard, Azure pricing and announcement of commercial availability at PDC in November was <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2009/07/14/confirming-commercial-availability-and-announcing-business-model.aspx"> also recently announced</a>. So what's new in the latest Azure SDK?</p> <ul> <li>Support for multiple web and worker </li> <li>Support for Powershell-based worker</li> <li>New project creation dialog in VS</li> <li>Ability to associate an ASP.NET Web Application project as a Web Role</li> <li>TFS Build support for Cloud Services</li> <li>Enhanced robustness and stability</li> </ul> <p>I'm going to guess that this is the 2<sup>nd</sup>-to-last CTP we'll see for Azure, since they've been releasing new versions about every two months. There's probably one more coming in September-ish, which perhaps will be a Beta or Release Candidate (though I have no inside knowledge of such plans). It's quite exciting to see Azure nearing release only a year after it was first announced at PDC 2008.</p> <p>Speaking of <a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/">PDC</a>, the dates for 2009's event were just announced, so if you want to get a hotel near the conference, I suggest booking now. The dates are 17-19 November 2009, and it will once again be held in LA at the convention center. <a href="http://lakequincy.com/">Lake Quincy Media</a> is once again sponsoring the event, and I look forward to seeing many of you whom I know at the show.</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="background-color: #FFFFFF"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.7em; font-family: Arial"> <a href="http://stevesmithblog.com/" style="color: #CC0000; text-decoration: none;"> Steve's Blog </a> </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Editor's Comments --> <!-- Begin New Articles Section --> <tr> <td align="left"> <div style="font-size: 1em; color: White; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 10px;"> New Articles on ASPAlliance.com</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="background-color: #FFFFFF"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.7em; font-family: Arial"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/recentarticles.aspx" style="color:#CC0000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.7.em; font-family: Arial"> View All Recent Articles »</a></div> </td> </tr> <!-- Repeat for each article --> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/1853" class="headingLink"> Testing Controllers in ASP.NET MVC </a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.7em; color: black; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight: bold">By Manning Publications , 14th July 2009 </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> This article is taken from the book ASP.NET MVC in Action from Manning Publications. It addresses testing controllers. The focus of the Model-View-Controller pattern is the controller. Every screen is backed by a controller and rendered by a view. Without the controller, presentation logic would move to the view. Armed with test-driven development and a disciplined approach to separation of concerns, you will ensure the maintainability of your presentation layer. For the book s table of contents, the author Forum, and other resources, go to http://manning.com/palermo/. </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Repeat for each article --> <!-- Repeat for each article --> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/1856" class="headingLink"> Book Review: NHibernate in Action </a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.7em; color: black; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight: bold">By Anand Narayanaswamy , 14th July 2009 </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> Manning's NHibernate in Action is now available in stands if you want to learn about the tool. But will this book serve any purpose? Does it contain useful information? Anand examines all aspects of the book in detail and after reading it you will be in a position to judge whether or not the book will be of any worth to you. </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Repeat for each article --> <!-- End New Articles Section --> <!-- Begin Middle Advertisement --> <tr> <td align="right" style="background-color: #CCCCCC"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.7em; font-family: Arial"> Sponsor Advertisement</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Arial; font-weight:bold"> Filter the noise from the clouds </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> <p> All things Azure now can be found together on one common site without the noise common on most blogs. 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You might not always have time to format fancy reports containing graphs. Or maybe you have to create reports that do not need graphs. Reusing one ASP.NET web page you can display many reports. </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Repeat for each article --> <!-- Repeat for each article --> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/1768_Creating_Custom_GridView_Control" class="headingLink">Creating Custom GridView Control </a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.7em; color: black; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight: bold">By Abdulla Hussein AbdelHaq , 17th November 2008 </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> In this article, Abdulla examines the creation of a new custom GridView control from scratch, which allows the developer to include a checkbox column to the GridView control automatically with embedded JavaScript code to check/uncheck the checkbox column without the need to write any bit of code. He begins with comprehensive coverage of the steps involved in customization of the GridView class and implementation of template classes. Towards the end of the article, Abdulla examines the usage of the control with Visual Studio 2005. The article also covers how to embed a JavaScript file with a custom control and how to use it later on with the help of detailed analysis, relevant source code, and screenshots. </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Repeat for each article --> <!-- Repeat for each article --> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/1125_Dynamically_Templated_GridView_with_Edit_Delete_and_Insert_Options" class="headingLink">Dynamically Templated GridView with Edit, Delete and Insert Options </a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.7em; color: black; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight: bold">By G Mohyuddin , 22nd January 2007 </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> In this article the author presents a comprehensive solution to build a GridView with template fields generated at run time with in-place Insert, Delete and Edit operations with a full description of an effective implementation and usage of ITemplate interface. </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Repeat for each article --> <!-- End Popular Articles --> <!-- Crystal --> <tr> <td align="left"> <div style="font-size: 1em; color: White; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 10px;"> Crystal Alliance Recent Articles</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #FFFFFF"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.7em; font-family: Arial"> <a href="http://businessobjects.com/" style="color:#CC0000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.7.em; font-family: Arial">Sponsored by BusinessObjects</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="background-color: #FFFFFF"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.7em; font-family: Arial"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/crystal" style="color:#CC0000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.7.em; font-family: Arial">More Crystal Reports Resources »</a></div> </td> </tr> <!-- Repeat for each article --> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/1866_Building_Reports_using_ASPNET_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_3__An_Invoice_Report_Using_Disconnected_Data" class="headingLink">Building Reports using ASP.NET and Crystal Reports - Part 3 - An Invoice Report Using Disconnected Data </a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.7em; color: black; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight: bold">By Vince Varallo , 20th July 2009 </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> In this third part of the series, Varallo shows how to rebuild the Invoice created in Part 1 using disconnected datasets instead of connecting directly to the database. This gives the user the flexibility to manipulate the data and implement rules in a c# business class rather than in the report. He provides a detailed overview of each concept in a step-by-step manner supported with screen shots and source code. </div> </td> </tr> <!-- End Repeat for each article --> <!-- Repeat for each article --> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE"> <a href="http://aspalliance.com/1861_How_to_handle_multiple_queries_simultaneously_in_Crystal_reports_connecting_from_Business_object_Universe" class="headingLink">How to handle multiple queries simultaneously in Crystal reports connecting from Business object Universe. </a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.7em; color: black; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight: bold">By Umesh Bansal , 24th June 2009 </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; padding-left: 25px;"> <div style="color: black; font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Arial"> We have come across a situation where we have to generate the report from more then 2 queries using crystal reports. 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